My Ideas for Next Year
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I had some ideas I thought would improve the next edition and I wondered what you thought.
I sit around and think about this game a lot so I bet that a lot of you have thought of this kind of stuff, would love to hear your ideas.
I primarily play Franchise and Road to the Show and you’ll find I want a challenging, simulation experience.
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In Franchise, you should be able to include cash as an incentive for trades.
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In Road to the Show, player contracts could include incentives. Completing these could get you stats boosts, stubs, or cash.
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The addition of women to Road to the Show is a fun one, but if you play as a man, women in baseball should still come into play as more real players retire and more fictional players are generated.
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In Road to the Show, teams should encourage players to develop into the player they need. For instance, many pitchers become valuable middle relievers. Team-prescribed player archetypes could give RTTS more of a realistic mission feel and also provide for a strong storyline in the early on.
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Similarly, probably in all modes, position players should be able to develop at secondary and even tertiary positions. This would allow more dynamic usage of players.
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Teams in all modes should seek to acquire/unload players at the trade deadline based on player contract timing and the club’s performance.
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Although player rating makes the game easier to interpret, I think there is a lot of value in moving away from that model. Players could be traded on their recent stat lines, perhaps using different models weighting different stats. GMs could hire analysts that provide tips on prospects, perhaps with accuracy relevant to their salary.
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Players should be able to play abroad in Japan or Mexico as an alternative to America. That requires a lot of licensing, but it could provide for a lot of dynamic possibilities. This also allows for the possibility of developmental leagues in the DR, or maybe Cuba.
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Lousy pitchers could tip their pitches. Good pitchers could add flair to their delivery to misinform batters reading that. Similarly, release timing changes could be used to the pitcher’s advantage, either by changing trajectory, time to plate, or release point.
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Electively arguing with the umpire could keep calls fair, with a possibility for the person arguing being thrown out. This could also afford umpire personality. Arguing (or not arguing) could have RTTS and Franchise fallout of some kind.
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Road to the Show salary money could have some value — perhaps it be spent on performance boosting activities, teammate relationship activities, or traded for stubs. It could also be invested or spent on charity, making players eligible for the Roberto Clemente Award.
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Games could start with batting practice to allow users to warm up before their stats counted.
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On a hard hit to right field, you should be able to throw the batter out at first. I don’t think the first baseman is ever in position.
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Pitchers should be able to request a new ball. This could pair with the physics change in 15.
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Greg Maddux claimed that the nastiest pitch he ever threw was a 2-seam fastball that happened right after contact scuffed the ball. Perhaps balls could take on wear, such that balls scuffed by weak contact break harder, or balls hit powerfully are more visible or break less.
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You should be able to throw 105.
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Catchers should be more relevant, perhaps providing information from advance scouts, adding hirable staff to Franchise Mode.
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Both catchers in Road to the Show and managers in Franchise should be able to reassure, challenge, or refocus pitchers in mound visits.
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Similarly, Road to the Show pitchers could get boosts from visits with their catcher, or advice or challenges from their coach during mound visits. This could also afford the pitcher the decision as to what to ask for — do you want to keep pitching though you’re tired, or do you want to get a reliever out and save your quality start?
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RTTS pitcher games should start in the bullpen.
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And don’t forget the London Series!!!
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My idea for them to next year is to just take a year off and get their heads straight. Because this year is garbage and I genuinely wish the MLB would let other studios build an MLB game
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