1) 28 Man Rosters
- To speed up the draft, especially since I want to expand # of teams
- I am all for platooning, but want to make sure this isn't over used.
2) Iron Man Injury Ratings
- DMB allows for an iron man injury setting, reducing the odds a player gets injured. It does not eliminate the chance of injury. Batters and Pitchers will have unique sets of parameters, and I want to keep the number of players with this rating to under 20%. First Draft:
a. Batters
i. 160 games 1961 – current
ii. 152 games 1904-1960
iii. 135 games 1893-1903
iv. 140 games 1886-1892
v. 1885 or early not eligible
ii. 152 games 1904-1960
iii. 135 games 1893-1903
iv. 140 games 1886-1892
v. 1885 or early not eligible
b. Pitchers
i. 35+ starts 1994-current
ii. 36+ starts 1988-1993
iii. 38+ starts 1924-1980
iv. 40+ starts 1909-1923
v. 45+ starts 1897-1908
vi. 50+ starts 1893-1896
vii. 68+ starts 1874-1892
viii. 55+ starts 1871-1873
ii. 36+ starts 1988-1993
iii. 38+ starts 1924-1980
iv. 40+ starts 1909-1923
v. 45+ starts 1897-1908
vi. 50+ starts 1893-1896
vii. 68+ starts 1874-1892
viii. 55+ starts 1871-1873
3) Clutch Ratings. All HOF'ers and Negro Leaguer's to be considered 'clutch'. Minor impact, per DMB:
If you use them, batters and pitchers with better-than-normal clutch and jam ratings will be a little better than usual in the late innings of close games. But this isn't a strong factor in the design of the game, so we recommend that you avoid placing a lot of weight on these ratings when making your decisions. It's rarely a good idea to use a weaker player over a better one just because the weaker player may have a better clutch or jam rating.
4) Finally, I am toying around with idea of reducing the number of games played per week. Right now it is about 15. Perhaps we can play 2 games per mini-sim and reduce it to 10 games per week.
Would love your thoughts on all the above. nothing is set it stone, but I am fairly convinced 1 and 2 are great ideas, 3 and 4 less so.
I have to say I support both 1 & 2 but I'm not much for platooning anyway. Ironman seems like a pretty good deal as teams often resemble the walking wounded at sometimes. I don't think 3 will factor into my decisions at all so a MEH for me. #4 is completely whatever is easiest for you IMO
ReplyDeleteLou, all the changes seem reasonable to me and I'm all for mixing things up in a reasonable way. A 16 week season sounds good to me if it's OK with you ...
ReplyDeleteWould you permit petitioning you for clutch ratings, or perhaps make some assessments of your own on current/recently retired guys?