Hello all, happy holidays!
So, after two years working on Fire Pro World content, I'm back here, and I'll be doing a brand new set for MLB 19. I'll cover 1998, from scratch.
I want this to be my best work in 20 years of doing data work, I'm leaving no rock unturned in terms of research.
I want all the details in there and accurate: Place Of Births, Service Time (see below), Options, Hitting Tendencies, Contract Term, Contract Money (again, see below)
In OS94, the players that DID have appropriate custom service time (that is all the fielders, pitchers were done very early with a limited number of generics, their YOS wasn't so accurate) had service time rounded up to the closest year. In OS98, they will be rounded up to the closest half year, if within the first 6 years of their career. That means that instead of having 0-1-2-3-4-5-6 for YOS, players will have 0-0.5-1-1.5-2-2.5 etc up to 6, which will again be given to any player that has enough years to hit free agency. This will make roster management more realistic. This research is ongoing.
Every player will have their accurate number of options, again, making roster management more realistic, no more hiding veterans in the minors. This research is also ongoing.
Those into researching this stuff probably noticed that FOX Sports pulled their old MLB profiles off their site, meaning that I had to rummage through old newspapers (Mainly the Hartford Courant, for whatever reason) to find contract info, well I did that. That research is done, I'm just adding new ones when I add players.
Money figures are modernized but balanced.
So, set details, this will be a 90-Man set, Full MLB meaning every player that was in MLB in 1998 will be in, as well as every player that had been or will be in MLB that was in the minors at the time will be.
Full Free Agency... since I don't have expansion teams to fill this time, this will be a lot less work.
This will tentatively have extended prospect pools, meaning all future prospects that would be old enough to play in 1998 will be in but if Sony implements editable draft classes, it will be my pleasure to pull these and put career minor leaguers instead. Also, possibility I just go full minor leaguers and offer a spreadsheet for people to edit in the drafted players after the draft? I've thought of many ways how it would work...
This is a copy of one sheet in my spreadsheet. I've got lots more done, but this I feel really shows a lot of the research I've done. I'll update it every time I work on it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
So, after two years working on Fire Pro World content, I'm back here, and I'll be doing a brand new set for MLB 19. I'll cover 1998, from scratch.
I want this to be my best work in 20 years of doing data work, I'm leaving no rock unturned in terms of research.
I want all the details in there and accurate: Place Of Births, Service Time (see below), Options, Hitting Tendencies, Contract Term, Contract Money (again, see below)
In OS94, the players that DID have appropriate custom service time (that is all the fielders, pitchers were done very early with a limited number of generics, their YOS wasn't so accurate) had service time rounded up to the closest year. In OS98, they will be rounded up to the closest half year, if within the first 6 years of their career. That means that instead of having 0-1-2-3-4-5-6 for YOS, players will have 0-0.5-1-1.5-2-2.5 etc up to 6, which will again be given to any player that has enough years to hit free agency. This will make roster management more realistic. This research is ongoing.
Every player will have their accurate number of options, again, making roster management more realistic, no more hiding veterans in the minors. This research is also ongoing.
Those into researching this stuff probably noticed that FOX Sports pulled their old MLB profiles off their site, meaning that I had to rummage through old newspapers (Mainly the Hartford Courant, for whatever reason) to find contract info, well I did that. That research is done, I'm just adding new ones when I add players.
Money figures are modernized but balanced.
So, set details, this will be a 90-Man set, Full MLB meaning every player that was in MLB in 1998 will be in, as well as every player that had been or will be in MLB that was in the minors at the time will be.
Full Free Agency... since I don't have expansion teams to fill this time, this will be a lot less work.
This will tentatively have extended prospect pools, meaning all future prospects that would be old enough to play in 1998 will be in but if Sony implements editable draft classes, it will be my pleasure to pull these and put career minor leaguers instead. Also, possibility I just go full minor leaguers and offer a spreadsheet for people to edit in the drafted players after the draft? I've thought of many ways how it would work...
This is a copy of one sheet in my spreadsheet. I've got lots more done, but this I feel really shows a lot of the research I've done. I'll update it every time I work on it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
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