Drew
Savant
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This is going to be a log of my customized fictional league. It's fairly similar to the current MLB with a few notable exceptions. I have hand-placed teams into specific cities. There are two leagues, with interleague play, but they are the Eastern and Western leagues. Each league has four divisions, and each division has five teams. Neither league uses a DH, because I fucking hate that. The playoffs are composed of four rounds. The division winners plus four wildcards per league make the playoffs. The rounds are best of three, best of five, best of seven, and best of seven.
So, let's meet the teams.
I will be managing the NYC Metropolitans, and initially, all of my players are handmade caricatures of people I know.
OOTP itself awards several basic awards, but these are the ones I am going to be tracking.
The league was founded before the 2019 season, and everyone received a baseline $50m media contract to start off (in addition to whatever media contract they could negotiate). Every player was placed in a serpentine draft before spring training.
America's greatest pastime, now with memes and shitposts.
This is going to be a log of my customized fictional league. It's fairly similar to the current MLB with a few notable exceptions. I have hand-placed teams into specific cities. There are two leagues, with interleague play, but they are the Eastern and Western leagues. Each league has four divisions, and each division has five teams. Neither league uses a DH, because I fucking hate that. The playoffs are composed of four rounds. The division winners plus four wildcards per league make the playoffs. The rounds are best of three, best of five, best of seven, and best of seven.
So, let's meet the teams.
I will be managing the NYC Metropolitans, and initially, all of my players are handmade caricatures of people I know.
OOTP itself awards several basic awards, but these are the ones I am going to be tracking.
Full Squad
All Star - The All Star award is a fan-voted award for the best players at the midway point of the season. Popularity is a large factor here: Aging favorites will frequently get voted into this by fans instead of newer, perhaps more productive players.
All Majors 1st Team - 1x Each Position, 5 Starting Pitchers, 3 Relief Pitchers - The best all-around player at each position (including defense and baserunning), along with the best five starters and best three relievers, as decided by me. MLB recently started awarding something like this but it's not referenced anywhere, by anyone. All Star selections have much more value IRL, but because popularity is so integral to that award, it didn't seem right. So this is the alternative. Compare it to All NBA selections vs. NBA all star selections.
All Majors 2nd Team - 1x Each Position, 5 Starting Pitchers, 3 Relief Pitchers - The second best player at each position, and the sixth through the tenth starter, and the fourth through the sixth reliever. These players are still elite, they just aren't quite the best.
Silver Slugger - 1x Each Position - The best hitter at each position. Largely looking at OPS+.
Gold Glove - 1x Each Position - The best defender at each position. Largely looking at zonal rating, OOTP's equivalent to Total Zone.
Single Player Per League
Mike Trout Most Valuable Player - The player who had the most added value to their team over the year. WAR is the primary stat evaluated. Pitchers are unlikely to win.
Hank Aaron Slugger of the Year - The player with the most HRs hit per year.
Ozzie Smith Platinum Glove Award - The single best defender of the year. Unless there is an insane outlier, this will probably be the gold glove shortstop, catcher, or center fielder.
Barry Bonds Combo Player of the Year - The player who has the most home runs + stolen bases. A minimum of 20 and 20 are required to qualify. If no player meets the 20/20 threshold, I will check 19/19, and then 18/18, 17/17, etc.
Todd Helton Extra Hitter of the Year - The player with the most extra-base hits.
Bob Hamelin Rookie of the Year - The best rookie. Primarily looking at WAR.
Old Hoss Pitcher of the Year - The best pitcher. Relievers are unlikely to win.
Mariano Rivera Reliever of the Year - The best reliever.
All Star - The All Star award is a fan-voted award for the best players at the midway point of the season. Popularity is a large factor here: Aging favorites will frequently get voted into this by fans instead of newer, perhaps more productive players.
All Majors 1st Team - 1x Each Position, 5 Starting Pitchers, 3 Relief Pitchers - The best all-around player at each position (including defense and baserunning), along with the best five starters and best three relievers, as decided by me. MLB recently started awarding something like this but it's not referenced anywhere, by anyone. All Star selections have much more value IRL, but because popularity is so integral to that award, it didn't seem right. So this is the alternative. Compare it to All NBA selections vs. NBA all star selections.
All Majors 2nd Team - 1x Each Position, 5 Starting Pitchers, 3 Relief Pitchers - The second best player at each position, and the sixth through the tenth starter, and the fourth through the sixth reliever. These players are still elite, they just aren't quite the best.
Silver Slugger - 1x Each Position - The best hitter at each position. Largely looking at OPS+.
Gold Glove - 1x Each Position - The best defender at each position. Largely looking at zonal rating, OOTP's equivalent to Total Zone.
Single Player Per League
Mike Trout Most Valuable Player - The player who had the most added value to their team over the year. WAR is the primary stat evaluated. Pitchers are unlikely to win.
Hank Aaron Slugger of the Year - The player with the most HRs hit per year.
Ozzie Smith Platinum Glove Award - The single best defender of the year. Unless there is an insane outlier, this will probably be the gold glove shortstop, catcher, or center fielder.
Barry Bonds Combo Player of the Year - The player who has the most home runs + stolen bases. A minimum of 20 and 20 are required to qualify. If no player meets the 20/20 threshold, I will check 19/19, and then 18/18, 17/17, etc.
Todd Helton Extra Hitter of the Year - The player with the most extra-base hits.
Bob Hamelin Rookie of the Year - The best rookie. Primarily looking at WAR.
Old Hoss Pitcher of the Year - The best pitcher. Relievers are unlikely to win.
Mariano Rivera Reliever of the Year - The best reliever.
The league was founded before the 2019 season, and everyone received a baseline $50m media contract to start off (in addition to whatever media contract they could negotiate). Every player was placed in a serpentine draft before spring training.
If you would like to be added to the database as an amateur draft prospect, please fill out the following and when the draftees are announced I will edit one of them into you.
First Name:
Last Name:
Month and Day of Birth:
Age(17-22):
Nationality:
Second Nationality: Not required
Facial Type: Select one African/Asian/East Indian/Caucasian/Hispanic
City of Birth: Must be from Nationality
Height in Centimetres:
Weight in pounds:
Bats: Right/Left/Switch
Throws: Right/Left
Position: (If you are left handed, you must select pitcher, first baseman, or outfielder. No left handed catchers or other infielders are accepted by the game engine)
Personality Scores (All 1-200) (Higher number means having a lot of it, high greed and controversy are negative traits)
Leadership:
Desire for Winner:
Loyalty:
Greed:
Work Ethic:
Intelligence:
Adaptability:
Controversy:
Handle Success:
Handle Failure:
Handle Critics:
Injury Proneness (All 1-200) (High is more likely to be injured)
Back:
Legs:
Arm:
Groundball Tendency: Normal/Spray/Pull/Extreme Pull
Flyball Tendency: Normal/Spray/Pull
Running Speed (1-250):
Stealing Ability (1-250):
Baserunning Skills (1-250):
Sacrifice Bunting (1-250):
Bunting for a hit (1-250):
If you are a batter, take 20 points and assign them 0-6 in the following categories
BABIP:
Avoid Strikeout:
Gap Power:
Raw Power:
Eye:
Defense:
If you are a pitcher
Pick two to four of the following, and place them in your prioritized order
Fastball
Sinker
Cutter
Curveball
Slider
Changeup
Splitter
Forkball
Circle Change
Screwball
Knuckle Curve
Knuckleball
Now, take 16 points and assign them 0-6 in the following categories
Velocity:
Stuff:
Movement:
Control:
Stamina:
First Name:
Last Name:
Month and Day of Birth:
Age(17-22):
Nationality:
Second Nationality: Not required
Facial Type: Select one African/Asian/East Indian/Caucasian/Hispanic
City of Birth: Must be from Nationality
Height in Centimetres:
Weight in pounds:
Bats: Right/Left/Switch
Throws: Right/Left
Position: (If you are left handed, you must select pitcher, first baseman, or outfielder. No left handed catchers or other infielders are accepted by the game engine)
Personality Scores (All 1-200) (Higher number means having a lot of it, high greed and controversy are negative traits)
Leadership:
Desire for Winner:
Loyalty:
Greed:
Work Ethic:
Intelligence:
Adaptability:
Controversy:
Handle Success:
Handle Failure:
Handle Critics:
Injury Proneness (All 1-200) (High is more likely to be injured)
Back:
Legs:
Arm:
Groundball Tendency: Normal/Spray/Pull/Extreme Pull
Flyball Tendency: Normal/Spray/Pull
Running Speed (1-250):
Stealing Ability (1-250):
Baserunning Skills (1-250):
Sacrifice Bunting (1-250):
Bunting for a hit (1-250):
If you are a batter, take 20 points and assign them 0-6 in the following categories
BABIP:
Avoid Strikeout:
Gap Power:
Raw Power:
Eye:
Defense:
If you are a pitcher
Pick two to four of the following, and place them in your prioritized order
Fastball
Sinker
Cutter
Curveball
Slider
Changeup
Splitter
Forkball
Circle Change
Screwball
Knuckle Curve
Knuckleball
Now, take 16 points and assign them 0-6 in the following categories
Velocity:
Stuff:
Movement:
Control:
Stamina:
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