Project Isekai no Yakyu - Alternate universe league in Japan

[tehsuigi]

Originally Posted by uknownick

Hey Suigi, you have signing international amateur free agents on in JPBL?

I am messing around with this league setup and trying to start a new save. Looking at the settings for JPBL now.

Also, minor leagues are missing in the world template version.

The A Set intentionally has no minor leagues, because I didn't feel like creating them. Feel free to add them.


International FAs are disabled in the JPBO, but can be turned on under the League Settings > Players tab.

[uknownick]

Originally Posted by tehsuigi

The A Set intentionally has no minor leagues, because I didn't feel like creating them. Feel free to add them.


International FAs are disabled in the JPBO, but can be turned on under the League Settings > Players tab.

Albert Pujols playing for the Yankees???

[uknownick]

Looks like the whole MLB has alternate history.

I think I will try to find a way to merge my normal MLB universe with this JPBO universe.

Probably remove MLB and *** from my setup, save it as a template, then import it to this JPBO universe. Will let you know if it works.

[uknownick]

Originally Posted by tehsuigi

The A Set intentionally has no minor leagues, because I didn't feel like creating them. Feel free to add them.


International FAs are disabled in the JPBO, but can be turned on under the League Settings > Players tab.

Holy ****, did you run a historical simulation of the MLB?

Jose Fernandez is still alive and ace of the dodgers in this universe.

And Ohtani is a closer for Seattle. What a mad world.

[uknownick]

I have added KBO and bunch of leagues to my JPBO save (set a)

Will play for a season and let you guys know.

Two teams have rebranded in my universe to change their fortunes - both decide to become aggressive animals

Fukuoka Rings to Vipers, Sendai Woodpeckers to Hawks.

And Osaka Bulls to Stars.

Very funny - Sapporo has a two way player as their best player??? Mitsuhisa Kihara, and two time MVP too.

I have found my franchise of choice - the Osaka Stars, Previously Known as Osaka Bulls. Had 8 straight losing seasons, and just finished last in the 2021 season. No money and the lowest budget (tied for 11th). The owner wants the team to reach Japan/Nihon series in 2024...... and I am 8M over budget??? And the last time the team won the championship was 1961, 60 years ago.


And all the ballparks/domes are so pitcher friendly... Astral is the only team that has a ballpark with park factors above 1.

I think by having no minor leagues, player dev was screwed in JPBO. There was a huge advantage of selecting college players than high schoolers - since if you get high school players high in the draft, they would unfortunately suck and bust in JPBO - there is no where else to go than the main roster.

[uknownick]

Some of the best players in JPBO

DeGrom of Japan and Trout of Japan both play for Chiba. Surprisingly they havent been able to build a dynasty.

Nagoya has two Aces on their staff. and just won the championship in the prior year.

Takahide Tanaka is basically Tanaka + Darvish + Sasaki. He would be the best pitcher in MLB if he gets posted.

Gentaro Shiba is the Yuki Yanagita of this universe.

[uknownick]

Changed some team names/branding, and added two expansion franchises. My goal is to expand to 16 teams in 5 seasons. Okinawa and Kobe are waiting to hear back from their expansion application

Osaka is definitely in trouble, 4.5M in the red for budget, havent had a 500 season since 2013.

Took me a while but I found the current best player in JPBO. Over 10 WAR last season. Hisanori Oba, with insane contact and power ability. Plus Plus defense at 2B.

I also added two independent leagues for Japan, I feel it serves as a good development ground for prospects that aren't drafted.

[tehsuigi]

uknownick, please consider moving your content to the Dynasty Reports forum where it may get more eyeballs on it. I appreciate the feedback on the JPBO project!

And yes, MLB ran alongside the JPBO as a historical set. That's why I offer both the 2022 Start (accurate MLB, fresh JPBO) and 1950 Start (alternate MLB, deep history JPBO) quickstarts.

It's worth pointing out that OOTP states that reserve rosters will still let players develop as if they were playing in the minors in their manual, so I thought it wouldn't affect player development for high schoolers.

[39_Ringo]

Originally Posted by uknownick

Holy ****, did you run a historical simulation of the MLB?

Jose Fernandez is still alive and ace of the dodgers in this universe.

And Ohtani is a closer for Seattle. What a mad world.

Yes, yes we did.

[Flying_Canuck]

Originally Posted by uknownick

Changed some team names/branding, and added two expansion franchises. My goal is to expand to 16 teams in 5 seasons. Okinawa and Kobe are waiting to hear back from their expansion application

Osaka is definitely in trouble, 4.5M in the red for budget, havent had a 500 season since 2013.

Took me a while but I found the current best player in JPBO. Over 10 WAR last season. Hisanori Oba, with insane contact and power ability. Plus Plus defense at 2B.

I also added two independent leagues for Japan, I feel it serves as a good development ground for prospects that aren't drafted.

Very interesting to read. I have followed this thread since the start and now seeing the league in action is truly awesome. This is the next best thing without having the real league, but once we are more familiar with Isekai no Yakyu, it is quickly becoming just as good if not better.

[uknownick]

Originally Posted by Flying_Canuck

Very interesting to read. I have followed this thread since the start and now seeing the league in action is truly awesome. This is the next best thing without having the real league, but once we are more familiar with Isekai no Yakyu, it is quickly becoming just as good if not better.

Yes. The universe is live and well. Lots of interesting timelines. Could even work as an alternate history save for those who are interested in playing as a different MLB too.

[uknownick]

Originally Posted by tehsuigi

uknownick, please consider moving your content to the Dynasty Reports forum where it may get more eyeballs on it. I appreciate the feedback on the JPBO project!

And yes, MLB ran alongside the JPBO as a historical set. That's why I offer both the 2022 Start (accurate MLB, fresh JPBO) and 1950 Start (alternate MLB, deep history JPBO) quickstarts.

It's worth pointing out that OOTP states that reserve rosters will still let players develop as if they were playing in the minors in their manual, so I thought it wouldn't affect player development for high schoolers.

I am loving it so far. just finished spring training of 2022 season

Just realized Osaka Stars is the most successful JPBO franchise in Universe B. Baseball Royalty. Gotta bring that to the A set in my save.

[uknownick]

Look at this man, he will probably enter hall of fame in both Japan and US.

785 Homeruns and counting in his pro career. Probably get to 850 when he is done.

122.1 WAR and counting.

Won MVP in both Japan and USA.

Won the Championship in both Japan (Hiroshima) and USA (St Louis).

This guy is gonna be the best of all time for Japan.

Made 286M in his career and will probably get another solid contract at age 41.

[uknownick]

Pinpoint Command - career BB/9 around 2.

Two time JPBO champion with Fukuoka Rings.

5 Yamamoto/Sawamura Award.

[uknownick]

Originally Posted by tehsuigi

uknownick, please consider moving your content to the Dynasty Reports forum where it may get more eyeballs on it. I appreciate the feedback on the JPBO project!

And yes, MLB ran alongside the JPBO as a historical set. That's why I offer both the 2022 Start (accurate MLB, fresh JPBO) and 1950 Start (alternate MLB, deep history JPBO) quickstarts.

It's worth pointing out that OOTP states that reserve rosters will still let players develop as if they were playing in the minors in their manual, so I thought it wouldn't affect player development for high schoolers.

Originally Posted by 39_Ringo

Yes, yes we did.

Guys, wonderful work! I absolutely love the JPBO universe you two have built. In fact, I enjoy it more than the normal *** since there are so much history and players that i need to discover and learn.

And the alternate history for MLB also adds a twist to the whole history. I think i might have shot to sign Mike Trout in this universe, down the road, which cannot happen in the real MLB/*** universe.

Again, kudos to you two!

This would work in OOTP24 I assume?? or after some tweaks? Regardless I will keep playing 23 until you two have this mod updated to 24.

[tehsuigi]

We'll likely release revised QSs for OOTP 24 based on what are the most popular. They're rather large files and I would prefer to stop paying for Google One at some point.

[uknownick]

Originally Posted by tehsuigi

We'll likely release revised QSs for OOTP 24 based on what are the most popular. They're rather large files and I would prefer to stop paying for Google One at some point.

I am almost finishing up season 1.

Some observations -
1. I added all the US indie balls, KBO, CPBL, Mexican League, and Cuban leagues as template to this universe. US indie balls might break the immersion since some of the players playing in US indie ball might have retired or are still playing in MLB. I have also seen a few players (like Addison Russell) could both be playing in mexico and usa if mexican league is added

So my suggestion for those who wants to add more leagues to this universe, is to add KBO, CPBL and the Cuban league, which dont have too many active/former MLB players playing in - which can avoid the issue of two addison russell playing in the same universe.

I might create a new template with these additional leagues (and possible indie ball leagues in the US and Japan) to mimic the OOTP MLB experience which makes this universe more complete.

2. I don't know what happened in this universe but there are lots of players that have very very low avoid k but high walk rates. Very odd to find out that.

3. For some reason, some players, especially two way players (at least Shohei Ohtani) are stuck in the minors despite having great hitting tool or pitching ability. Not sure what happened there.

4. Due to having only two professional leagues in this universe, there are many Japanese players playing in the MLB or its minor league systems.

5. I would suggest to turn up trading frequency to average if playing in JPBO so more trade activities among AI teams.

6. I love the low injury setting. It saved a lot of pitchers' careers.

7. The JPBO is on another level than the modern ***. After 70 years (since 1950) of drafting and development, based on what I have seen, the talent level between MLB and JPBO is small, especially on the pitching side. Almost every JPBO team has 2-3 pitchers that can play in MLB. Hitting wise, slightly worse than MLB in this universe, but there are a lot more talent, and when they go over to MLB, they succeed. I have even seen Japanese catcher (who definitely needed to hit enough to stay in the lineup) starting in MLB. If we compare this JPBO to BPN, this JPBO has more talent, and some insane talent even. Murakami might just be a star but not a superstar if he were to play in JPBO. There are MLB superstar talent in JPBO.

8. This might be an odd discovery but Sendai drafted an American from University of Albany called Joey Edwin in the second round of 2020 JPBO draft. Might need to give him Japanese second nationality so that he would not take a foreigner slot.

9. Some save suggestions - Osaka (worst team in JPBO), Hiroshima (worst team in the Nihon league), Chiba (best hitter and pitcher combo) and Fukuoka (biggest budget). Also, in this universe, Sendai did not get Masahiro Tanaka so they are still struggling after the expansion.

10. Just noticed that player enters arbitration after 1 year in service, instead the 3 years, in real life.

[39_Ringo]

Introducing throwback uniforms for the Sendai Hawks!

Despite their troubled history of only having one title in 73 seasons (2011), the Sendai Hawks have some awesome uniforms to fall back on. These are meant to be used as either an alternate or primary home uniforms from 1950 to 1997. The Hawks were like the Dragons, in that the road uniform font is not the same as their home uniform font.

[uknownick]

Originally Posted by 39_Ringo

Introducing throwback uniforms for the Sendai Hawks!

Despite their troubled history of only having one title in 73 seasons (2011), the Sendai Hawks have some awesome uniforms to fall back on. These are meant to be used as either an alternate or primary home uniforms from 1950 to 1997. The Hawks were like the Dragons, in that the road uniform font is not the same as their home uniform font.

Sendai definitely has some of the nicest jerseys in JPBO

[39_Ringo]

We also have a new cap for the Dolphins, with a more retro, flowy style. The caps change over the years but not the uniforms, but honestly, I prefer this look. (Sorry, suigi.)