Loading leagues?

Haiku · 01-01-2023, 05:27 PM

Is there any benefit to loading other leagues if I only plan to manage in MLB? If so, what leagues do you suggest loading along with MLB? Thank you.

Brad K · 01-02-2023, 04:04 PM

I enable AAA and AA because I want to have to deal with option years.

MathBandit · 01-02-2023, 04:32 PM

I tend to prefer the realism with adding in the other major leagues and getting posted players with real stats/histories vs international FAs being generated by the game.

Pelican · 01-03-2023, 10:01 PM

Knowing that you are new to baseball as well as to OOTP, I would think it’s fine to start with MLB only. You can always add minor leagues, at least in the off-season, or when setting up a new sim. For sure, minor leagues add realism, but for you this would be a whole new skill set of player evaluation and development, drafts, promotions, training. Fascinating; but better to learn the MLB basics first. Unless, as I suggested in another post, you want to set up a season to simply monitor the gameplay using default settings. Just as this would allow you to watch games play out and field managers making decisions, adding AAA and AA would allow you to learn how an organization functions, how a general manager developes talent - all merely by watching what happens on a day-by-day basis.

01-01-2023, 05:27 PM	#1
Haiku Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 111	Loading leagues? Is there any benefit to loading other leagues if I only plan to manage in MLB? If so, what leagues do you suggest loading along with MLB? Thank you.

01-02-2023, 04:04 PM	#2
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01-03-2023, 10:01 PM	#4
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,843 Blog Entries: 1	Knowing that you are new to baseball as well as to OOTP, I would think it’s fine to start with MLB only. You can always add minor leagues, at least in the off-season, or when setting up a new sim. For sure, minor leagues add realism, but for you this would be a whole new skill set of player evaluation and development, drafts, promotions, training. Fascinating; but better to learn the MLB basics first. Unless, as I suggested in another post, you want to set up a season to simply monitor the gameplay using default settings. Just as this would allow you to watch games play out and field managers making decisions, adding AAA and AA would allow you to learn how an organization functions, how a general manager developes talent - all merely by watching what happens on a day-by-day basis. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.” Last edited by Pelican; 01-03-2023 at 10:02 PM.

01-02-2023, 04:32 PM	#3
MathBandit All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 1,445	I tend to prefer the realism with adding in the other major leagues and getting posted players with real stats/histories vs international FAs being generated by the game.