Incomplete 1965 MLB Draft (OOTP 24)

[Indosim]

I am playing a historical game managing the SF Giants beginning in 1962. Have played up to the 1965 pre-season. IRL in June 1965, MLB held their draft over Two days. In the game, the draft pool players are revealed in March, just as pre-season is underway. I see 108 potential draftee names listed. However, IRL there were actually over 800 draftees in the 1965 class. 108 draftees will only require a 5-round draft with the 20 existing MLB franchises. I was REALLY hoping for a much larger draft class in 1965. I see from searching Google that MLB draft sites exist revealing the names of the actual players etc.


But I don't see any Mod files where I could load in my own 1965 draft class. Anyone reading this know any solution or suggestion?

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by Indosim

I am playing a historical game managing the SF Giants beginning in 1962. Have played up to the 1965 pre-season. IRL in June 1965, MLB held their draft over Two days. In the game, the draft pool players are revealed in March, just as pre-season is underway. I see 108 potential draftee names listed. However, IRL there were actually over 800 draftees in the 1965 class. 108 draftees will only require a 5-round draft with the 20 existing MLB franchises. I was REALLY hoping for a much larger draft class in 1965. I see from searching Google that MLB draft sites exist revealing the names of the actual players etc.


But I don't see any Mod files where I could load in my own 1965 draft class. Anyone reading this know any solution or suggestion?

The difference is that the 108 Draftees ended up playing in the bigs, the rest didn't. To get the others, you would have needed to invoke historical minor leagues when you created the game. I don't think you can do so after a game has been created.

So every year you'll just be getting the rookies who made at least one MLB appearance, not the career MiLB guys.

Your choices are to scrap the game, start again and select historical minors; or manually import the draftees.

The latter seems daunting, but if you know your way around a csv / Excel spreadsheet and the filter function it is pretty simple.

But there are complications because some of the guys on this list will also be on the MLB rookies list at a later date.

The choice awaits you.

G

[Indosim]

Thanks very much for your answer. Makes perfect sense!