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The old way was better. I agree. I liked how the pause menu of old would show the pitcher's current stats in that game as well.

Agree with #s 1 and 2. Both good suggestions.
#3, you can see opposing pitcher stamina when guessing pitches. not match-up stats though

@PAinPA said in Franchise is about info, not looks:

" For those of you buying bubblegum cards"
WAIT,WHAT?!
we are supposed to be getting gum with the cards?? I've gotten hundreds,maybe even thousands of pack this year, and I'm not getting any gum.
HEY, SDS. why aren't I getting gum in my packs??

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I care more about Olive Garden’s appearance than what actually is in the food

Change to settings, change injuries to manual, then go to the injured list, press R1 and find your player and remove the injury. You can also add injuries that way.

I think it's a combination of indifference and lack of knowledge. They don't want to put a ton of effort into a mode that doesn't make them money. I also would say they probably don't have a ton of team members with a deep understanding of baseball itself. It's why trade logic stinks, CPU in game managing is atrocious and franchise is surface level team building. They obviously understand the game but in order to put together a truly competent baseball sim, you have to REALLY understand the game and I don't think they do

I think the point is no one can predict who will have a good or bad year. However, in franchise mode, you have a lot of options to affect that. You can promote or demote players if they are not over or under performing at their level. You can set training options to address attributes that are dropping. You can change positions, which can increase or decrease their rating. You can look at morale to see if they are wanting more money or playing time or whatever which will change their rating. Sometimes players just want to be close to home, or have enough players from their country on the team, so a change of scenery can greatly affect their performance.

I get not everyone wants to deal with all that and being able to shut it all off would help some people and not hurt others. But seeing as how there are so many mechanics built around player progression, I can see how they don't want to disable the majority of the mode's mechanics.