How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

[JoshC1977]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

Giving users the ability to edit a player's 2-way status (both in the main menu roster editing and via player editing in franchise mode) and to be able to change a primary position across both pitching slots and fielder slots would make the most sense. Then people can do whatever they want.

[ninertravel]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

Change absolutely nothing with how they handle Ohtani.

Playing a handful of Exhibition games against the Dodgers with updated rosters (using Roster Resource), he doesn't come out of the pen. He can be stashed at long-relief.

if he goes to LR the CPU will use him 100% of the time as soon as a starter can't pitch 5 innings and the CPU will do it EVEYTIME guaranteed. better off having him as a setup guy cpu will hardly touch him then unless it is the 8th innings with a 1 run lead.

[CBoller1331]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

if he goes to LR the CPU will use him 100% of the time as soon as a starter can't pitch 5 innings and the CPU will do it EVEYTIME guaranteed. better off having him as a setup guy cpu will hardly touch him then unless it is the 8th innings with a 1 run lead.

Would they still use him in games where he's in the starting lineup as a DH though? The poster you quoted was saying CPU won't use him as a pitcher in the games where he's in the starting lineup.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

How will Sony handle his durability? I could be misremembering but the last update I *THINK* his durability was still in the 90's. If his Show 24 durability is still too high for my taste, I'll probably wind up rerating him at 59 durability.

[eric7064]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

He won't be any different. They have never taken injuries into account like that.

[ninertravel]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

Would they still use him in games where he's in the starting lineup as a DH though? The poster you quoted was saying CPU won't use him as a pitcher in the games where he's in the starting lineup.

That’s only if he is in the starting rotation I believe. Didn’t they fix that rule anyway in this years game to allow that?? He did say exhibition games too so have to test it in franchise

[LowerWolf]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

He won't be any different. They have never taken injuries into account like that.

That’s what I’m thinking. Wasn’t Bryce Harper still a RF on the 23 default roster?

[CBoller1331]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

That’s only if he is in the starting rotation I believe. Didn’t they fix that rule anyway in this years game to allow that?? He did say exhibition games too so have to test it in franchise

I'm honestly not sure as I haven't tried, but I would think that if he's in the starting lineup in the game, he won't show up as an option to put in the game out of the bullpen so the CPU would never actually use him. If he's not in the lineup as a hitter (presumably resting) then his energy will be low enough that the CPU may be less likely to use him

[ninertravel]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

Yeah not sure about that one the cpu will always go to the LR if the starter doesn’t make it through 5, it’s a frustrating bp issue for years and at its worst now because starters don’t go as long as they used to

[bronxbombers21325]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

I agree with others. I don’t think he’ll be any different than 23. This game has never made any changes due to injuries.

[DonkeyJote]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

That’s what I’m thinking. Wasn’t Bryce Harper still a RF on the 23 default roster?

They moved him to 1B on 8/31.

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[ninertravel]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

I agree with others. I don’t think he’ll be any different than 23. This game has never made any changes due to injuries.

In 2020 they stopped Ohtani being a pitcher actually because of injury turned him
Into position player only.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

The Dodgers have too much money riding on Shohei. I wouldn't be surprised if they never let him pitch again. Maybe he becomes a full-time LF'er.

[CBoller1331]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

The Dodgers have too much money riding on Shohei. I wouldn't be surprised if they never let him pitch again. Maybe he becomes a full-time LF'er.

The fact that they have so much money riding on him is exactly why they want him to pitch again....

[bronxbombers21325]

Re: How will they handle Ohtani for 2024?

The fact that they have so much money riding on him is exactly why they want him to pitch again....

This. Him being able to pitch and hit is why they sank so much money in him to begin with. They wouldn’t have dropped that kind of money on a DH.