Progression & Regression in Franchise

[jack1535]

Has anyone with 22 tested out of player progression and regression has changed?

Are players still falling off at 31 for no reason? Can you use anyone past the age of 33?

[Funkycorm]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

In 2029.

Progression is still the same.

Regression has been tweaked a bit it seems.

In 2029, players like Trout, Arenado, Lindor, and many others are not high 90s anymore but are still great players ratings wise. They are not the top tier anymore but I would say second tier. Trout is 88 overall in my sim so far with 2 years left on his contract still. In previous games, he would be in the mid 70s at this point and buried in the bench of the Angels. Still relevant.

Performance does seem to impact it. He won MVP in 2026 and didn't regress much.

It is still far from perfect, and some editing has been needed for some players, but big names are still household names in 2029.

Like I said, Trout is not the top player in the league any more or even the top CF, but he is still very relevant.

Some players ending big contracts have still signed new contracts for a year or two.

And in free agency by the end of the offseason, pretty much all players over 76 are being signed to contracts.

Note that I am using my potential edited roster which helps all of the above substantially.

[TripleCrown]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

@Funkycorm thx for the info and the time spent testing that.

Are they regressing more in areas like speed, durability etc.... and less for contract, power, discipline by example ?

[jack1535]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

In 2029.

Progression is still the same.

Regression has been tweaked a bit it seems.

In 2029, players like Trout, Arenado, Lindor, and many others are not high 90s anymore but are still great players ratings wise. They are not the top tier anymore but I would say second tier. Trout is 88 overall in my sim so far with 2 years left on his contract still. In previous games, he would be in the mid 70s at this point and buried in the bench of the Angels. Still relevant.

Performance does seem to impact it. He won MVP in 2026 and didn't regress much.

It is still far from perfect, and some editing has been needed for some players, but big names are still household names in 2029.

Like I said, Trout is not the top player in the league any more or even the top CF, but he is still very relevant.

Some players ending big contracts have still signed new contracts for a year or two.

And in free agency by the end of the offseason, pretty much all players over 76 are being signed to contracts.

Note that I am using my potential edited roster which helps all of the above substantially.

Good to here. If I could fix one thing in franchise above all others it is this

I feel like it is oddly not talked about as much as other things.

[Funkycorm]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

@Funkycorm thx for the info and the time spent testing that.

Are they regressing more in areas like speed, durability etc.... and less for contract, power, discipline by example ?

It is still consistent across all ratings when they drop. Example of 3 for each of power L,R and contact L/R, visions durability etc.

Good to here. If I could fix one thing in franchise above all others it is this

I feel like it is oddly not talked about as much as other things.

I think more players play one season per cycle so it is seen less. I like to sim into the future and play so this is the first thing I look at every game as it is the most important to me. Progression and regression that is.

[jack1535]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

It is still consistent across all ratings when they drop. Example of 3 for each of power L,R and contact L/R, visions durability etc.



I think more players play one season per cycle so it is seen less. I like to sim into the future and play so this is the first thing I look at every game as it is the most important to me. Progression and regression that is.

Yeah I like to go through the first few seasons quickly as I love playing with top prospects and my draft picks

[Funkycorm]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

Yeah I like to go through the first few seasons quickly as I love playing with top prospects and my draft picks

Exactly. Playing with a team I built is the fun for me.

Now I am going a bit crazy and going to 2032. Lol.

But it lets me test my draft class edits, the long term impact of my base potential edits, and really see and play the league in a new way.

That is where the fun is in this series for me.

[Woopdidoo]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

Is the CPU drafting any better? It always seemed like they were intentionally drafting low overall/low potential players.

[Funkycorm]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

Is the CPU drafting any better? It always seemed like they were intentionally drafting low overall/low potential players.

Unfortunately you can still easily out draft the CPU, especially in the mid rounds. A good manual scouting plan by the user makes this even easier, as it has always been.

The blue chip players don't fall anymore really. If there are 8 in a class they will be gone by pick 10.

Still some misses by CPU in early rounds.

[Jr.]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

Unfortunately you can still easily out draft the, especially in the mid rounds. A good manual scouting plan by the user makes this even easier, as it has always been.

The blue chip players don't fall anymore really. If there are 8 in a class they will be gone by pick 10.

Still some misses by CPU in early rounds.

Yeah I have to force myself to turn scouting to manual and leave it alone, otherwise it's way too easy to outdraft the CPU and have your team loaded with A and B POT players by year 3.

Going completely blind into the draft leads to much more realistic results for me

[Therebelyell626]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

Unfortunately you can still easily out draft the CPU, especially in the mid rounds. A good manual scouting plan by the user makes this even easier, as it has always been.

The blue chip players don't fall anymore really. If there are 8 in a class they will be gone by pick 10.

Still some misses by CPU in early rounds.

Yeah I noticed this to. The CPU was sure to scoop up a lot of the top guys I identified. I was picking 10th. This is a good change

[bspring3]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

Yeah I have to force myself to turn scouting to manual and leave it alone, otherwise it's way too easy to outdraft the CPU and have your team loaded with A and B POT players by year 3.

Going completely blind into the draft leads to much more realistic results for me

Yup, I do the same, turn it to manual, don’t assign my scouts at all and draft 100% blind.


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[Funkycorm]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

Yeah I noticed this to. The CPU was sure to scoop up a lot of the top guys I identified. I was picking 10th. This is a good change

It is a nice change.

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One other thing I noticed and has been a problem before is the compensation rounds. The CPU essentially always misses on their picks in the compensation rounds. Sometimes they get lucky but usually they are picking high D/low C potential players with these picks when it is just after the first round and there are still quality guys available.

[Therebelyell626]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

It is a nice change.

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One other thing I noticed and has been a problem before is the compensation rounds. The CPU essentially always misses on their picks in the compensation rounds. Sometimes they get lucky but usually they are picking high D/low C potential players with these picks when it is just after the first round and there are still quality guys available.

Huh that’s weird. I haven’t even checked this. Will have to dig in deeper later tonight

[moTIGS]

Re: Progression & Regression in Franchise

What’s prospect generation look like?

In past games, it seemed like a lot of prospects were repetitive, and often the draft class would end up with a lot of 24-year-old guys in the draft.