Baseball Mogul 2007 Feature Poll

[DisgruntledElf]

1. Enchanced Injury Engine - I really like this idea. Tris Speaker with a blister is still going to be better than most other players.
2. Bidding for Free Agents - For realism.
3. Interactive Play-by-Play - This probably wouldn't even be necessary with an expanded strategy menu, or, even more ambitious, player specific settings. For example, being able to select which players you want to try and steal, but keeping others from almost ever attempting to steal a base. And no, you can't try to steal third with two outs. Ever.
4. Improved Sim-Engine for Deadball Era - I don't know how many people play deadball simulations, but since my games always start in 1901, this is a must. Especially for players who had stats that were nowhere near the league average, the best example being Babe Ruth. Under the default settings, it's tough for him to reach 200 homers in his career, much less 700. And you can forget about 60 in a season altogether. And I'd really, really be happy to see Ty Cobb finish a season with more than three steals. :)
5. Inflation - This goes along with my playing the deadball era to death. It's impossible to get contracts that are very low like they were back then and not have some teams make $30 million a year (Senators and Giants, specifically). Plus it's tough to determine just when exactly to bump the contract demands up without throwing the league out of whack. For me, anyway.

Edit: Man, I wish once in my life I could remember everything I meant to say the first time. Just wanted to add that I'd like to see hit streaks. That seems like something that would be easy to implement, and I'd be interested in seeing if anyone would even come close to 56 in one of my franchises.

[LetsGoOakland]

Quick Suggestion:

I think it'd be great if there was an estimated date for when injured players will be ready again. Currently, it says, for example, 200 days. It would be great if it also said somewhere "ETA: June 9th 2006".

Thanks.

~W

[GSpencer]

What would also be cool is a way to actually play (or view on the play-by-play) Spring Training games, so you can tinker with lineups and such over the course of the month.

[Xen_Antares]

I havent read the whole thread but Ill throw some ideas in, I apologize if they have already been mentioned.

1) Managers and coaches, very vital to the game of baseball. Perhaps work this sort of like Madden where coaches are given the same record as the team they are with. Also with inseason firings and hirings.

2) Expansion Clubs. I would love nothing more than to have my own expansion team, control them during the draft and build a team from scratch. That would be a dream. I would have loved to take over the Rockies or Marlins, but I cant switch teams on draft day, and the teams dont become available until draft day :mad:

3) Ability to control when Expansion Clubs come into play, personally I would love to be able to bring Colorado and Florida into the big leagues during the late 1980's, then add other clubs perhaps Arizona and Washington in 1993, etc.

4) Stadiums actually mean something. Before the Expos moved to DC they were wanting a new stadium, now they are the Nationals they cant survive if they stay in RFK, so they are getting a new stadium. Cookie Cutter stadiums should only be a bandaid solution to a problem, they came up like crazy in the 1960s and 1970s, but are now outdated, nobody likes them and they arent very good for baseball. RFK and Shea are the only two I can think of right off the top of my head that are still in use. For a team to succeed they have to try and bargain for new stadiums from their cities, the Marlins will want one, the Mets will want one, etc.

5) Teams relocate, not too dissimiliar from how it is now. If a franchise tries to get a new stadium and fails, they should be able to pack up and find greener pastures, but this should be difficult and take many years, at least 10 seasons of sub par performances at the gate.

6) Rain Outs and Double Headers. If a game is rained out it will be made up the next day in a double header if the same teams are playing.

7) Smarter schedules: I was playing the Orioles in the 1990 season, we finished the season up against the Red Sox which was no big deal except it was 12 of the final 15 games. We went from playing in Boston to Milwaukee, back to Boston, then to Baltimore for 2 games, back to Boston, and wrapped up the season with a two game series in Baltimore against the Red Sox. Similiar glitches has happened before, I remember one month where I only played two teams the whole month, I kept going back and forth to their cities and mine.

8) Players can play 162 games a season. Hello ever hear of a gentleman named Cal Ripken? Im tired of seeing him with only 158 games a season, he is the IRON MAN, he is the owner of the longest consecutive game streak in baseball history.

9) Players who miss a season appear in the Free Agent roster. IE Bob Horner played 1986 with Atlanta but skipped to Japan for the 1987 only to return with St Louis in 1988. If I start a game in 1987, Horner is not available to me, however if he were in the Free Agents bin, I could just pick him up, perhaps put him in the bin for 1989 too. Same with Cecil Fielder her played 1988 with Toronto went to Japan in 1989 and had a monster season with Detroit in 1990.

10) This one is minor, but Id like to see team logos in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Sort of like in Football Mogul you see the helmet, insead we see the logos. Let it be fully editable too so we can change the logo to fit with the historic design or create a new one for the future, etc.

[midwestjw]

Enhance injury-able to play with minor injuries
Seprerate major league and minor league
3-way and 4-way trade
WAIVERS
structure-a three or four division structure could work IE no more wild card
play by play enhance-more control over game
roster size 40+ man
Revenue ideas/enhance
Salary CAPS!!!
Managers and Coaches for teams[pitch, bullpen, bench, 1b, 3b could be HOF, ect.]
DH and P switch and vice versa
Rivalries-yes
Auto sort-lock
Minor leag. teams/able to buy out contracts
Other-Base pay on the players performance, if they don't do well they don't get paid/incentive/bonus

[cubfan131]

A feature I would love is some sort of player tracker or a feature to view all players who formerly played for my team. I like to keep track of guys I get rid of but it's hard when I get a few years into the game.

[asciipenguin]

it being christmas, here's my wish list:

(i love 2006, but i could write a novel about what i'd like to see for 2007. it's a bit long, so go ahead and skip reading it all, but i think i've got a few fresh ideas in this list)

1)more freedom in changing positions. a player who switches positions shouldn't become a garbage fielder if you try switching him back to his original position.

2)a revenue sharing and/or salary cap OPTION, coupled with compensation for losing free agents. i like playing small market teams, but it takes several years of rebuilding (hording revenue, getting high draft picks, trading veterans and good prospects for HOF prospects) to make my team good enough only to get to the CS or WS and get blown away by some team with 7 .300/40/130 guys in their lineup. try playing on mogul skill level with a team from salt lake city with a $30m payroll. you can make the playoffs almost every year, but if the yankees or angels don't kill you in the postseason, the dodgers or mets will. i had to move that team to portland in order to finally win the big one.

3)ability to view non-HOF retired players' cards. you know that utility infielder that sticks with you for 15 years, gives you lots of clutch hits off the bench, and is ALWAYS happy to be a member of your squad? i hate forgetting those guys 10 years after they retire. not to mention all the old relief pitchers that helped you win those close playoff games.

4)a franchise hall of fame and/or retired jerseys.

5)team all-time leaders.

6)a manager OPTION, coupled with players becoming managers. i'd love to see the aforementioned utility infielder be my skipper for 20 years. if it's done, i hope it's done right. managers should have their own cards with W-L stats, along with other team stats. managers should have a strong effect on chemistry and strategy, and a slight effect on a team's hitting, pitching and fielding. and i know i'm already asking a lot, but what about pitching and hitting coaches? (i'll stop short of asking for bench coaches and batboys... maybe 2008? :) )

7)platoons, bench roles, more detailed relief roles, and the abilty to customize the number of pitchers/position players on the roster.

8)a bit more depth to player personality with a few features added to make things more interesting. wouldn't it be more fun to have a milton bradley-type guy if he gets suspensions now and again? and what about an "enemies" list to go along with the friends list? also, i'd like veteran players to have the ability to help younger talent permanently. some should be more able to do this than others. managers and coaches should also have this effect. i'd like to have a bobby cox/leo mazzone/gred maddux trio that can make young pitchers with raw talent into true studs. personality could possibly be better captured in its own number-based rating system.

9)silver slugger awards.

10)STEROIDS! (just kidding. though it would be amusing if players had an option to boost their power rating using "the clear" or "the cream", at the risk of being caught. and if retired players wrote books about former teammates sticking needles in each other's butts.)

11)the ability for a player to come back. i've had players who maintain their attributes for the first 5 to 10 years of their career, only to become better when they peak and/or get more playing time, but i'd like for a guy who suffers a major injury to work his way back, maybe even become better.

12)a notice of milestones while simming. i only check milestones once every 10 years, and it bugs me when i found out a pitcher i started to hate and traded away in the past threw 2 no-hitters in a season for me before that. i might have changed my mind about him!

13)a "luck", "guts" or "hussle" rating. some sort of intangible. i'd like an idea of which players are hard-nosed, true baseball guys. an a-rod is going to have better attributes than a derek jeter, but realistically, which of them is more likely to come up with a big hit in the playoffs?

i'm about tapped out for now. i know i have many more wants, and i know as soon as i load up the game in an attempt to three-peat with my oregon ducks (former tampa bay devil rays), i'll think of more. anyway, thanks for reading my first post on the forums.

[HoustonGM]

it being christmas, here's my wish list:

(i love 2006, but i could write a novel about what i'd like to see for 2007. it's a bit long, so go ahead and skip reading it all, but i think i've got a few fresh ideas in this list)

1)more freedom in changing positions. a player who switches positions shouldn't become a garbage fielder if you try switching him back to his original position.

2)a revenue sharing and/or salary cap OPTION, coupled with compensation for losing free agents. i like playing small market teams, but it takes several years of rebuilding (hording revenue, getting high draft picks, trading veterans and good prospects for HOF prospects) to make my team good enough only to get to the CS or WS and get blown away by some team with 7 .300/40/130 guys in their lineup. try playing on mogul skill level with a team from salt lake city with a $30m payroll. you can make the playoffs almost every year, but if the yankees or angels don't kill you in the postseason, the dodgers or mets will. i had to move that team to portland in order to finally win the big one.

3)ability to view non-HOF retired players' cards. you know that utility infielder that sticks with you for 15 years, gives you lots of clutch hits off the bench, and is ALWAYS happy to be a member of your squad? i hate forgetting those guys 10 years after they retire. not to mention all the old relief pitchers that helped you win those close playoff games.

4)a franchise hall of fame and/or retired jerseys.

5)team all-time leaders.

6)a manager OPTION, coupled with players becoming managers. i'd love to see the aforementioned utility infielder be my skipper for 20 years. if it's done, i hope it's done right. managers should have their own cards with W-L stats, along with other team stats. managers should have a strong effect on chemistry and strategy, and a slight effect on a team's hitting, pitching and fielding. and i know i'm already asking a lot, but what about pitching and hitting coaches? (i'll stop short of asking for bench coaches and batboys... maybe 2008? :) )

7)platoons, bench roles, more detailed relief roles, and the abilty to customize the number of pitchers/position players on the roster.

8)a bit more depth to player personality with a few features added to make things more interesting. wouldn't it be more fun to have a milton bradley-type guy if he gets suspensions now and again? and what about an "enemies" list to go along with the friends list? also, i'd like veteran players to have the ability to help younger talent permanently. some should be more able to do this than others. managers and coaches should also have this effect. i'd like to have a bobby cox/leo mazzone/gred maddux trio that can make young pitchers with raw talent into true studs. personality could possibly be better captured in its own number-based rating system.

9)silver slugger awards.

10)STEROIDS! (just kidding. though it would be amusing if players had an option to boost their power rating using "the clear" or "the cream", at the risk of being caught. and if retired players wrote books about former teammates sticking needles in each other's butts.)

11)the ability for a player to come back. i've had players who maintain their attributes for the first 5 to 10 years of their career, only to become better when they peak and/or get more playing time, but i'd like for a guy who suffers a major injury to work his way back, maybe even become better.

12)a notice of milestones while simming. i only check milestones once every 10 years, and it bugs me when i found out a pitcher i started to hate and traded away in the past threw 2 no-hitters in a season for me before that. i might have changed my mind about him!

13)a "luck", "guts" or "hussle" rating. some sort of intangible. i'd like an idea of which players are hard-nosed, true baseball guys. an a-rod is going to have better attributes than a derek jeter, but realistically, which of them is more likely to come up with a big hit in the playoffs?

i'm about tapped out for now. i know i have many more wants, and i know as soon as i load up the game in an attempt to three-peat with my oregon ducks (former tampa bay devil rays), i'll think of more. anyway, thanks for reading my first post on the forums.

All good suggestions.

Wuith the fielding thing, I suggested earlier to have each player have a rating at each position. For example, Chone Figgins owuld have good fielding at third base, second base, and center field. Okish fielding at SS, 1B, LF, and RF, and bad fielding at catcher.

[Surefire]

Not sure if this has been mentioned before...

I'd like to see a function that allows us to push a button (or a couple buttons), and the screen will display game-by-game season stats for a pitcher or batter.


For example, I could look at how a pitcher pitched in each of his 32 starts.

This would give me a better idea than just looking at his ERA (e.g. if 30 of his starts were very good, and two were terrible, the terrible starts would be statistical abnormalities).

And for a batter, I could see how streaky and consistent he was (e.g. a batter that gets 90% of his hits in 40% of his games) is more streaky and inconsistent than a batter that spreads his hits around more games.

[Bgsexy66]

All good suggestions.

Wuith the fielding thing, I suggested earlier to have each player have a rating at each position. For example, Chone Figgins owuld have good fielding at third base, second base, and center field. Okish fielding at SS, 1B, LF, and RF, and bad fielding at catcher.
I have also asked / suggested this to Clay as I hate that the fielding stats hinder the players true potential / usability.

[forbes]

Not sure if this has been mentioned before...

I'd like to see a function that allows us to push a button (or a couple buttons), and the screen will display game-by-game season stats for a pitcher or batter.



I love this idea. :) I would also like this feature, maybe not each game but maybe the last 3-10 games, so I would know if a pitcher a called up is getting better, or I should move a guy down in the batting order.

[Clay Dreslough]

For more info on personalities, and an invitation for feedback, check out this thread: http://forum.sportsmogul.com/showthread.php?p=474425#post474425

I'm also hoping to have some form of 'recent game play'. Maybe the last 10 games in a 'Game Log'. Maybe just the last 30 at bats or innings. I'll see what we can get done.

Clay

[bceagle131313]

I love the almanac and the full minor league system. Even though the minor league system only has like 70 votes I think it would be a great addition. Especially for people that run their own online leagues, it would also tell alot more about prospect performance in game situations.

[ScorpioPrimus]

I am probably going to repeat things I said earlier in this thread, but things keep popping up as I play.

Adjustable rosters -- Carrying more or less pitchers v. position players than the default settings. Adjustable rotation size, so you can have a 4 or 5 man rotation if you choose. (Or even 3, in the early days.) Along with this, especially if righty/lefty stats are included, would be a revamp of the relief roles, so that instead of "long - medium - short - set up -- closer" you can have "LH reliever -- RH reliever -- setup -- closer" and have your spot starter double as your long relief man.

Revamp of the deadball era engine -- I can live with no homers, that's realistic, but no steals either? That's NOT realistic. Personally, I'd also favor some coding (heck, I'll be honest & call it a "cheat") that gives real life HOF players, at least superstars like Cobb, Hornsby, etc. on computer run teams, a better chance to approximate their real life totals, barring game-generated injury of course. (To be fair, I'd eliminate this coding for players on human-controlled teams.)

Revamp of All-Time Leader lists -- Set a threshold of plate appearances or innings pitched before a player can appear on the career all-time leader board. A one-season wonder shouldn't be cluttering up the career leader lists.

Hall of Fame "Veterans Committee" -- Players who have retired before I begin my dynasty, but who have Hall of Fame numbers, should still be voted in. When I started in 1985, no player who had retired before 1985, but was not yet elected to the HOF by '85, was inducted. By starting in 1910, the Hall of Fame started inducting players that year, but all the players who retired then were out of luck.

While we're at it, can I shut off the foreign-born players becoming eligible for the draft in earlier eras? There just weren't a lot of Japanese major leaguers in the '20s.

[Surefire]

I love this idea. :) I would also like this feature, maybe not each game but maybe the last 3-10 games, so I would know if a pitcher a called up is getting better, or I should move a guy down in the batting order.

If its feasable in terms of keeping log file size down, I still think doing all 162 games in a season makes the most sense. It allows me to run statisitical analysis with greater degree of accuracy (larger sample size) than just 3-10 games.

[medieval]

1. I would like to track players via active or inactive that played for me and where they rank. such as you click or its automatic it ll track the player until you say not to. Check players option to a screen that lets you have a look at career or that year and when you click on them you get the thumb nail you get now.

2. Deeper Team meaning. Rivalries more apparent, popularity increases and some type of team best rankings for full time/bench players (bullpen).

3. You have full time players and you have specialty players, would like to see who the best bench, bullpen players where, they are forgotten. I had some 1000 inngin 2.50 10 - 15 win loss pitcher who helped me stay in so many games but never won anything.

4. I like what I see on this thread. But I would like to see a stronger loyalty resigning and them even coming to you asking for a contract. Players saying aye I want to stay for a discount and you offer it with longevity they remember it the fans do and it helps you out.

[Surefire]

1. I would like to track players via active or inactive that played for me and where they rank. such as you click or its automatic it ll track the player until you say not to. Check players option to a screen that lets you have a look at career or that year and when you click on them you get the thumb nail you get now.

2. Deeper Team meaning. Rivalries more apparent, popularity increases and some type of team best rankings for full time/bench players (bullpen).

3. You have full time players and you have specialty players, would like to see who the best bench, bullpen players where, they are forgotten. I had some 1000 inngin 2.50 10 - 15 win loss pitcher who helped me stay in so many games but never won anything.

4. I like what I see on this thread. But I would like to see a stronger loyalty resigning and them even coming to you asking for a contract. Players saying aye I want to stay for a discount and you offer it with longevity they remember it the fans do and it helps you out.

I was just logging on to recommend something similar to your #1. I would like to push a button, and have a linked list pop up of former players on my team. Some would be HOF, some retired, and some on other teams (those players I couldn't afford to resign). I like tracking how my former players did, especially when they sign on to other lesser teams.

[GSpencer]

Another feature I was thinking of...

Perhaps ejections can be issued by the umpires too? Maybe after 3 beanings or something in a game, have them automatically ejected?

[GSpencer]

Perhaps a reversed Trading Block could be employed? Instead of releasing 50 players and resigning them 50 times, perhaps teams can place players on a "trading block" and you can offer what players (or cash) you'd like to give up for them? This could be similar to how players respond to you when you put players on the trading block yourselves. Perhaps waivers could have a similar format as this?

[spillak]

It would be nice to know who the free agents are likely to be BEFORE the end of the current season.

[Outsider]

It would be nice to know who the free agents are likely to be BEFORE the end of the current season.

That is availabe for ages...

[noblevegas]

That is availabe for ages...
I think what he mean was being able to view other teams' potential FAs. The guys that the CPU teams won't be resigning. Give something like a % chance [PLAYER] will be a FA at season's end like this:

Chance Player (Team)
96%---Roger Clemens(Houston)
45%---Michael Young(Texas)
02%---Alex Rodriguez(New York A)


That way you can plan accordingly and not force yourself to sign your crappy players when you have a possibility of signing a better one when FAs hit.

[Clay Dreslough]

I think what he mean was being able to view other teams' potential FAs. The guys that the CPU teams won't be resigning. Give something like a % chance [PLAYER] will be a FA at season's end like this:

Chance Player (Team)
96%---Roger Clemens(Houston)
45%---Michael Young(Texas)
02%---Alex Rodriguez(New York A)


That way you can plan accordingly and not force yourself to sign your crappy players when you have a possibility of signing a better one when FAs hit.

Aha. What does everyone else think? This wouldn't be TOO hard. We'd probably have to throw it in as a column in the Roster and Find Players page. But could also show it in some form on the 'Summary' page.

Clay

[Bgsexy66]

Aha. What does everyone else think? This wouldn't be TOO hard. We'd probably have to throw it in as a column in the Roster and Find Players page. But could also show it in some form on the 'Summary' page.

Clay
I like that and I think it would be a nice addition. I would also like to see the chance that a player is going to retire also so I know if I should re-sign them. One question I have Clay is when I re-sign a 43-45 year old to a new contract and that player retires am I still on the line for the contract (if this has been addressed or if anybody knows please let me know. I have always been confused as to whether I'm still paying for a player when he decides to retire.)

[Clay Dreslough]

I have always been confused as to whether I'm still paying for a player when he decides to retire.

When a player retires in Baseball Mogul, you stop paying him. So you can usually work the system a bit by signing a 43-year-old to a long deal, knowing that he won't be collecting checks by the end.

Clay

[Bgsexy66]

When a player retires in Baseball Mogul, you stop paying him. So you can usually work the system a bit by signing a 43-year-old to a long deal, knowing that he won't be collecting checks by the end.

Clay
Ok thanks for the clarification Clay.

[BubbaDrew]

Aha. What does everyone else think? This wouldn't be TOO hard. We'd probably have to throw it in as a column in the Roster and Find Players page. But could also show it in some form on the 'Summary' page.

Clay
I like that Idea.

[SOX24]

I dont know why no one has brought up lefty/righty splits. That is such an important part of real baseball; lefty specialists, matchups. There should definitely be lefties and righties in the game and it would make switch hitters so much more valuable.

[Clay Dreslough]

I dont know why no one has brought up lefty/righty splits. That is such an important part of real baseball; lefty specialists, matchups. There should definitely be lefties and righties in the game and it would make switch hitters so much more valuable.

Very popular in the poll already. The line saying "Platoon splits (lefty/righty stats and lefty/righty lineups)"

[SOX24]

Ya, i realized that i only read the first page. Oops, my bad.

[justplainJ]

Aha. What does everyone else think? This wouldn't be TOO hard. We'd probably have to throw it in as a column in the Roster and Find Players page. But could also show it in some form on the 'Summary' page.

Clay
I like it too.

[cartman00000001]

I think what he mean was being able to view other teams' potential FAs. The guys that the CPU teams won't be resigning. Give something like a % chance [PLAYER] will be a FA at season's end like this:

Chance Player (Team)
96%---Roger Clemens(Houston)
45%---Michael Young(Texas)
02%---Alex Rodriguez(New York A)


That way you can plan accordingly and not force yourself to sign your crappy players when you have a possibility of signing a better one when FAs hit.

cool, but I'd like to see something where a player just does not want to sign with you, or is very tough. I can sign any player with enough $$$, but how about something where they would like to go to certain teams? No more A-Rod in Milwaukee.

[SFSteveG]

I'd like somewhat of a report like a signing report for each players with coding for where they want to go with an explanation i.e. Red = NO! "They suck!" and Green = Sign for less "hometown". This way you can tell if you're getting ripped off or wasting your time. It also might be nice to have a lost of what a free agent is looking for in a team i.e. a starter wanting better relievers or an infielder who wants to play in a park with tall grass.

[booberry21]

how about scouts that gives you reports from high schools colleges and other countries players for the draft and free agents.also stats from other countries too too determine if you wanna try too take them away from their teams or see how they did on their team.

[drastic83]

Something that I just randomly thought of which might be kind of dumb but might be interesting is, when offering trades in 2k6 the AI will tell you if he thinks it's a great offer or a stupid one...well when the AI offers trades to you, it would be cool to type in a response in which will then affect the relationship between you and the GM of that team, preventing future deals to be made with that team in the near future. Say, typing in a response like "Stupid idea IDIOT!" could hinder things. Eh whatever!

[falcon4e]

How would FA bidding work? Every team puts in a bid and you can beat it and get the player? Or will it work in weeks.. like teams

[HoustonGM]

It'd work like it does in real life. Each team can offer a player a contract, and the player mulls it over and signs with a team. CUrrently, the player in BBM can automatically sign any player as long as he's willing to pay the asking price. No competition, never turned down.

[midwestjw]

Are these going to be in the final versio?
Manager/coaches
3 way trades
injured but plays
more revenure ops
backloaded contracts

[jwugolfgod]

has an exact date been announced for when Baseball Mogul 2007 is released?

[Clay Dreslough]

The only official date announced is "March 2006".

The first day of Spring is looking to be pretty close.

Clay

[jwugolfgod]

darn..I was hoping it would be released today! I'm itching to play it. this will be the 4th year in a row ive purchased baseball mogul and it gets better each year!

[jwugolfgod]

how much will Baseball Mogul 2007 cost? or should I say, when will the price be announced. I'm itchy to play!

[themogulmogul]

Wow. If all of those features could be added into the game I would have absolutely nothing to live for because I'd have nothing to complain about.

Top features I think should be added:
Waiver Wire
Manajer Singings/Firings

But I think the most important thing of all is No Immediate Free Agent signinggs. And they shouldnt always sign with whoever offers them the most money, their should be factors like hometown, etc. Mogul would be an improved and much more challenging game if I couldnt just sign every chap in the neighborhood.

[booberry21]

i don't think i seen it on here and maybe too late this year too add it but how about voting for the hall of fame instead of the computer automaticly putting them in.i think it would be cool too vote or deny a player on how you feel about their career specially if rumors about drugs gambling steroids and all.

[mgsports]

The new Out of the Park Basebell version 7 will have all these features!

[K3UROUT]

Hey, I have been a fan of the previous versions, and want to say that I appreciate how much Clay updates his game to fix bugs and corrections. I think a lot of people have become spoiled by this, as with your major companies like EA or Take 2 it will take them months to work on an update. I will wait until the first patch comes out to purchase the game, but regarding the features listed in the poll, I believe they all should be included in this version, or at the very least next year's. Unfortunately, because the game is so good, you have to try and keep pushing that bar up, or people might convert to OOTP users. I applaud your work Clay and wish you the best of luck!

[hoosiergoody]

The new Out of the Park Basebell version 7 will have all these features!


Even the "other" category? WOW! :rolleyes:


While I am just fooling w/ you, do try to support a general comment like that with some details- especially for those of us that haven't used OOTP before

[Clay Dreslough]

The new Out of the Park Basebell version 7 will have all these features!I don't know a lot about the new OOTP, mostly because it isn't out yet. But unless anything has changed from the last time I saw a feature list, there are at least 15 items in the poll that won't be in the new OOTP. (Of course it's possible that my definition of a feature is different from yours, but I do know for example that they are cutting back on a lot of financial features this year in favor of rebuilding the game from scratch).

So, I guess you're being sarcastic. Unless of course you're assuming that since Sega just bought them they'll throw 10 more programmers at the project, push it back a year, and then have a ton more features.

:)

[galaril]

I don't know a lot about the new OOTP, mostly because it isn't out yet. But unless anything has changed from the last time I saw a feature list, there are at least 15 items in the poll that won't be in the new OOTP. (Of course it's possible that my definition of a feature is different from yours, but I do know for example that they are cutting back on a lot of financial features this year in favor of rebuilding the game from scratch).

So, I guess you're being sarcastic. Unless of course you're assuming that since Sega just bought them they'll throw 10 more programmers at the project, push it back a year, and then have a ton more features.

:)

So, how many of these are being implemented in BM 2007?

[Surefire]

Could the stat "shutouts" possibly be added in a future upgrade of version 2007?

[HoustonGM]

Could the stat "shutouts" possibly be added in a future upgrade of version 2007?
Its in the League Leaders, just not shown in the Scouting Rreport.

[Surefire]

I had another idea.

It would be cool to have options to designate players to specific tasks. Like a really fast guy that is a poor hitter could be designated "pinch runner", meaning that the CPU uses him to pinch run when appropriate late in a game, but does NOT pick him to pinch hit unless he is the last choice. Similar options could be for players that hit really well, but play poor defense.

In other words, the ability to designate bench players to specific roles late in games.

[Songsdream]

It could be an interesting additions to be able to include draft picks in trade proposals.
I'm no programmer, but this function should not be too difficult to implement in the game.

I second that.

[bradsorensen]

1.New enhanced scoreboard to also include visually which team is at bat.
2.Provide actual uniformed current year league roster photos or per team individually.
3.Status ticker sytle bar at botton of screen scrolling scores from other games.
4.Weather conditions, temp, wind ect ect.

[eduk]

I'd like to to have more control of when players are rested and try to avoid players with low health ratings getting overplayed. With the pitchers you can see how many days rest they need beofre playing again but apart from the health rating I can't see any way of knowing when other players in the lineup might need a rest. Perhaps an option could be added where a pop up window could come up saying a player is tired and needs so many days rest. If you ignore it and keep making him play then his chances of injury could increase.

I like how you can adjust the strategies for your team but it would be good if you could set individual strategies for certain players such as setting speedy players to steal bases more often.

[Songsdream]

Little idea: When you offer a trade to a computer player, put a delay of a few days before they respond. Maybe this could be only on "mogul" difficulty. And for sure it should be this way on bbmo!

[Songsdream]

Sortable High School and College stats when I'm trying to decide who to draft would be clutch. Since I'm a Moneyball fan I would of course be favoring older players and high oba or a lot of walks.

Oh and of course what I always ask for in GM sims but is probably impossible-- customizable stats. I'd be searching the draft picks for the highest oba minus avg. And I'd just have so much fun making my own weird stats. I could create my own win shares, or runs created...

[rsheffield]

Songsdream,

Doesn't this presuppose that the high school and college stats are a good predictor of future performance?
In my experience, this is not the case.
What does everyone else think?

[HoustonGM]

Songsdream,

Doesn't this presuppose that the high school and college stats are a good predictor of future performance?
In my experience, this is not the case.
What does everyone else think?
I don't think they're necessarily a GOOD predictor, but they can help. It shouldnt be a high priority, but why not?

[hard40]

I have mentioned this in Rants & Raves, but I think there desperately needs to be the ability to "Negotiate" contract extensions at ANY point in the season. It makes no sense that you can only do so in the last year of a player's current deal. Lacks realism in a bad way.

[MatsFan5]

I Really would like to be able to view your last At bats...And seeing you carrer against that pitcher and stuff along those lines...

[Red Sox Fan 734]

3 way trades and a rule 5 draft would be nice

[Surefire]

Another suggestion...

I'd like the ability to save the window sizes/window position, I find that I constant have to change the window sizes everytime I start up the program. If the program would remember the window sizes and position, I think this would be a nice feature.

[Surefire]

Another new feature I'd like is to have career post season numbers--not just individual seasons, but add up the career totals.

[ChrisJNelson]

I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but it'd be really cool if, in addition to adding managers and coaches, players could become coaches after they retire. That'd be awesome I think.

Also, here's another suggestion: With the overall/peak ratings added to the roster viewing, it's harder to notice the injuries to players. It'd be nice if the text for injuries was red or something so it stands out more.

[hawkeye3200]

I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but it'd be really cool if, in addition to adding managers and coaches, players could become coaches after they retire. That'd be awesome I think.

I concur, that would be awesome. Maybe there's some way to write code so that players have a whole lifespan in the game, from player to coach to manager to death, and maybe have a random number of them with kids who go on to become players, like the Boone family. Like, a backup catcher like Mike Redmond may be a mediocre player, but he could be a fine manager sometime in the future, and that would be incredible to see in the game. Players with higher ratings in certain areas would be more likely to become coaches, etc.

[Unathletic A]

Please add:

Team Stats Output - the ability to display, sort and print a range of team stats ( not just through the standings screen ). Like below.


Tm R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS OPS+
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+
STL 5.28 855 162 5555 1544 319 24 214 548 1085 .278 .344 .460 111 47 116
SFG 5.25 850 162 5546 1500 314 33 183 705 874 .270 .357 .438 43 23 109
PHI 5.19 840 162 5643 1505 303 23 215 645 1133 .267 .345 .443 100 27 107
COL 5.14 833 162 5577 1531 331 34 202 568 1181 .275 .345 .455 44 33 96
ATL 4.96 803 162 5570 1503 304 37 178 587 1158 .270 .343 .434 86 32 106
HOU 4.96 803 162 5468 1458 294 36 187 590 999 .267 .342 .436 89 30 106
CHC 4.87 789 162 5628 1508 308 29 235 489 1080 .268 .328 .458 66 28 102
SDP 4.74 768 162 5573 1521 304 32 139 566 910 .273 .342 .414 52 25 108
LAD 4.70 761 162 5542 1450 226 30 203 536 1092 .262 .332 .423 102 41 104
CIN 4.63 750 162 5518 1380 287 28 194 599 1335 .250 .331 .418 77 25 106
FLA 4.43 718 162 5486 1447 275 32 148 499 968 .264 .329 .406 96 43 99
NYM 4.22 684 162 5532 1376 289 20 185 512 1159 .249 .317 .409 107 23 92
PIT 4.22 680 161 5483 1428 267 39 142 415 1066 .260 .321 .401 63 40 94
MIL 3.94 634 161 5483 1358 295 32 135 540 1312 .248 .321 .387 138 40 92
MON 3.92 635 162 5474 1361 276 27 151 496 925 .249 .313 .392 109 38 90
ARI 3.80 615 162 5544 1401 295 38 135 441 1022 .253 .310 .393 53 32 84
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+
Tot 4.64 12018 2590 88622 23271 4687 494 2846 8736 17299 .263 .329 .423 1336 527

Tm R/G RA G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G HR SO CG SHO SV ERA+
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+
ATL 4.12 668 162 3.74 1450 1475 9.1 523 3.2 154 1025 4 13 48 115
STL 4.07 659 162 3.75 1453 1378 8.5 440 2.7 169 1041 4 12 57 112
CHC 4.10 665 162 3.81 1465 1363 8.4 545 3.4 169 1346 3 6 42 118
LAD 4.22 684 162 4.01 1453 1386 8.6 521 3.2 178 1066 2 6 51 103
SDP 4.35 705 162 4.03 1441 1460 9.0 422 2.6 184 1079 3 8 44 100
HOU 4.31 698 162 4.05 1443 1416 8.7 525 3.2 174 1282 2 13 47 106
NYM 4.51 731 162 4.09 1449 1452 9.0 592 3.7 156 977 2 6 31 104
FLA 4.32 700 162 4.10 1439 1395 8.6 513 3.2 166 1116 6 14 53 100
MIL 4.70 757 161 4.24 1442 1440 8.9 476 3.0 164 1098 6 10 42 97
PIT 4.62 744 161 4.29 1428 1451 9.0 576 3.6 149 1079 3 8 46 96
SFG 4.75 770 162 4.29 1457 1481 9.1 548 3.4 161 1020 8 8 46 102
MON 4.75 769 162 4.33 1447 1477 9.1 582 3.6 191 1032 11 11 31 96
PHI 4.82 781 162 4.45 1462 1488 9.2 502 3.1 214 1070 4 5 43 98
ARI 5.55 899 162 4.98 1436 1480 9.1 668 4.1 197 1153 5 6 33 89
CIN 5.60 907 162 5.19 1443 1595 9.8 572 3.5 236 992 5 8 47 77
COL 5.70 923 162 5.54 1435 1634 10.1 697 4.3 198 947 3 2 36 91
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+
TOT 4.64 12060 2590 4.30 23146 23371 9.0 8702 3.4 2860 17323 71 136 697


Seconded, team stats in this form would be great.

[SoxFan]

I would like if when you sign a free agent your team loses a draft pick(type a b and c free agenst)

[SirKodiak]

Something I would like to see is umpire stats that have an effect on a game. I've seen they track R/G, BB/G, K/G for umpires. Just think it would add a nice touch.

[mattygerst]

40 man roster would be amazing.......players in the minors have 4 "free" years on the minor league roster b4 the MLB team has to choose to keep them on the 40 man roster or expose them to the rule V draft....the ONE thing i think would be most important though: somehow fix the AI so that they dont sign really good players and then put them in the minor leagues.....i hate having to go to the commissioner mode and going thru the teams to put their best team on the field......

[TheNamelessPoet]

Please add:

Team Stats Output - the ability to display, sort and print a range of team stats ( not just through the standings screen ). Like below.

I like that guys idea also.

[bmoseley07]

I like a bunch of the ideas up there, but I really would like the month by month stats for players and the month by month record on my calender. I don't know why that got taken down.

[ohms_law]

for the monthy record to be displayed on the calendar view, see this thread:
http://forum.sportsmogul.com/showthread.php?t=112595

[RAW]

*Make sure statistics are accuately recorded (winning pitcher, etc.)
*Add intentional walks to computer controll play in PBP mode.
*Correct the "errors" problem with catchers and outfielders. Fewer dropped pop-ups by catcher in fair territory and reaching base on outfielder errors on fly balls; add throwing errors by outfielders instead, and pass balls by catchers.
*More options on base running in PBP mode.
*More realistic trading. When I offer a young pitcher rated 78 for an older pitcher rated 73, the AI GM usually scoffs. Maybe he just knows I was kidding and trying to test him.
*Ability to sign free agents to minor league contracts.
*Box scores and player cards should list statistics in same order, with things like "year" added to player card. Order should be like listed in part 2 on Clay's message. Box scores should be as they are in the papers, i. e., AB, Runs, Hits, RBIs...extended further as they are now.

[tripodjax]

How about weekly/monthly awards? I just had Curt Schilling strike out 19 in a game. Think he deserves Pitcher/Player of week?

[tripodjax]

I haven't read all of the postings, but what about something akin to a bench coach who suggests possible situational reactions (ie. late in the game, down by a run, you get a hit. Bench coach suggests "We should pinch run with Player X, he has more speed."

[coloradoexpress]

I would like the ability to hire scouts, coaches and managers (similar to Season Ticket Baseball). I love this game mainly for the GM capabilities and the more that offered, the happier I am.

[tripodjax]

One more thought....how about player vs team stats? How does Andrew Jones do against Colorado? Some players have better luck against certain teams....

[tripodjax]

one more more thought....what about team w-l in pitcher starts.....Joe Schmo was 7-3 but his team is 11-5 in games he starts...anybody?

[ohms_law]

sure, that would be nice. Where's it going to fit though?

[sean-patin]

the only "good" way to add those stats, would be under another tab like the splits one or game log one.... I also think the sabermetric stats.... like K/9, BB/9, WHIP that you can see on your roster page need to make it onto the player cards so if I am trading I don't have to go to the team's roster page to find these!

[Keith L]

One thing I really liked about MVP Baseball 05 in dynasty mode was the "goals" you had to meet to keep the owner happy. There were long-term goals that had to be completed over 3-5 year periods and short-term (current year) goals.

They are especially good incentive to take over a crappy team because the goals might only be something like:
-win 50% of your games over the next 3 years
-Have at least 1 player bat .300 this season
-Have a pitching staff ERA <5
-Have a player in the league's top-10 in stolen bases
et cetera
-Build a team with overall happiness/team chemistry of >=80

Whereas if you take over the Yankees the goals could be more like this:
-Win at least 65% of regular season games over next 3 years
-Win world series at least once in next 3 years
-Make playoffs each of next 3 years
-Have staff ERA <4.25
-Have 3 players with 25+ HRs at end of season.


Meeting all of your goals could give you more leeway in terms of payroll budget or other decision making while meeting none could get you fired. Anything in between would have some positive and some negative effects.

In fact, just thinking of it... it would be cool to have a "career" option where you HAVE to start by controlling a low-budget or crappy team like Tampa, KC, Milwaukee (no offense to those fans) and only once you "prove yourself" by meeting a decent amount of goals, then you are offered jobs with more "prestigous" teams & tougher goals.

[ChrisJNelson]

/\ You're right, man. MVP had some good stuff and it'd be nice to see some of those things in Mogul. (Usually we're saying we'd like to see stuff from Mogul in console games!) It'd be good if Mogul had different modes, like managers, GM, owner, etc.

[ohms_law]

Similar things have been suggested before. The thing is, Mogul has never had a fictional owner; you are basically considered the owner. I'm not sure if I would be too happy if that changed.

...It could certainly be an optional addition to the game. It's not a bad idea, really.

[ChrisJNelson]

Similar things have been suggested before. The thing is, Mogul has never had a fictional owner; you are basically considered the owner. I'm not sure if I would be too happy if that changed.

...It could certainly be an optional addition to the game. It's not a bad idea, really.

Yeah it should definitely be optional, with the way the game is now always available. It'd be nice to just be manager and have to listen to the GM and owner. It'd be cool to be GM and have to communicate with the manager an owner, and it'd be cool to run it all as owner.

[norsky]

Number one for me would also be the Almanac, OOTP 2007 does an amazing job with this. Part of the fun of Sports Mogul would be being able to go back and study the history of your league thru the Almanac.

[Clay Dreslough]

Number one for me would also be the Almanac, OOTP 2007 does an amazing job with this. Part of the fun of Sports Mogul would be being able to go back and study the history of your league thru the Almanac.I've been working on this feature since this poll was first posted. We just didn't have it done for Mogul 2007. I expect to have it pretty complete for next year.

Clay

[Gaedel]

Clay: Just how difficult would an "abstracted" 40 man roster/rule 5 draft be to implement?? I truly believe it would work wonders for play balnace between human and AI teams as well as giving the poored teams (in monetary terms) a chance to 'catch up".

If it was a "once per year" thing which was done in the fall after the free agent period, after the expansion draft (if any), after most teams sign available top notch free agents, and before the schoolboy draft. Just work it like an exapnsion draft with teams excluding their 40 man roster and their minor leaguers with less than five years of service. Teams drafting a player must keep him on their 40 man roster for a year and sign him to a ML contract.

It would seem that tweaking your expansion draft subroutines would create such a draft routine on a simplified basis.

[Gaedel]

Clay: Just how difficult would an "abstracted" 40 man roster/rule 5 draft be to implement?? I truly believe it would work wonders for play balnace between human and AI teams as well as giving the poored teams (in monetary terms) a chance to 'catch up".

If it was a "once per year" thing which was done in the fall after the free agent period, after the expansion draft (if any), after most teams sign available top notch free agents, and before the schoolboy draft. Just work it like an exapnsion draft with teams excluding their 40 man roster and their minor leaguers with less than five years of service. Teams drafting a player must keep him on their 40 man roster for a year and sign him to a ML contract.

It would seem that tweaking your expansion draft subroutines would create such a draft routine on a simplified basis.

[Surefire]

Suggestion for 2008: Incentive-laced contracts. the ability to pay less gauranteed money, in exchange for player incentives (they have to earn some of the money).

[FRENCHREDSOX]

Suggestion for 2008: Incentive-laced contracts. the ability to pay less gauranteed money, in exchange for player incentives (they have to earn some of the money).

Also signing bonuses could be introduced (& signability issues for certain rookies,Free agents ) Not every one wants to play a perenial loser whilst others will take less cash to play on a WS caliber team....

[jabbate]

I'm pretty new to the game - think it's great - but I really enjoy modding so ...

What I would really love to see is an Input file called something like FreeAgents.csv along the lines of the 2006roster.csv file but where you could put in any year (or years) you wanted to for the player. These would be players from outside ML baseball - the old Negro Leagues, the Japanese leagues, Latin America, etc who would appear as draftable (and biddable) Free Agents in the years indicated for them in the file. This would be a great way to get historical players without ML records into the game at their correct dates and not just into 2006 rosters. They could even be fictional players (I hear there's this kid from Kansas named Clark Kent who can hit the ball a mile). :)

You could then also add stats for them in the Batting, Pitching, and Fielding csv files to give them a definite statistical profile. I'm not looking for the players or stats themselves, just a blank file that could be added to that would be read by the program.

[neojonas]

Full minor league teams (with their own schedules and box scores)

That is by far my #1 wish for 2008. To fully build a powerful dynasty that last many many years you need to have a solid farm system. If we could have full minor league teams and set their rosters, that'd be huge. Similar to what MVP 2005 has. I think that's the one area Mogul lacks a bit and could really improve. All these suggestions are great! I'm looking forward to 2008 already!

[Surefire]

More 2k8 suggestions for the next version:

1. Track players that were once yours but signed as free agents vs. other teams or were traded.
2. Have a screen that shows your record vs. every other team in the league

[polevaultking]

I would like to be able to renegotiate contracts prior to their last year under contract.

EG. I traded for a catcher, he had 2 years left on his deal, i want to sign him to a longer deal, but i cant even negotiate with him until he only has one year left on his current contract.

You could do a "Re-Negotiate" button where the negotiate button is when there is more than one year left on a players deal.


I would like to be able to sign players who have yet to file for arbitration to long term deals.

EG.
I have a player in AAA who is 89-98, i want to negotiate a long term contract for him prior to him being eligible for arbitration.

[KPLM]

Suggestion for 2008: Incentive-laced contracts. the ability to pay less gauranteed money, in exchange for player incentives (they have to earn some of the money).

I very much like contract incentives as well.

[DeViLzzz2006]

Only 16% so far want radio style broadcasting !?!??! Man that is what is cool about APBA is the Ernie Harwell Broadcast blast .... I was thinking there would be more interest

[ohms_law]

*shrug*
I'd think that it'd get tiring after a while. I'd probably turn it off after listening to a couple of games. After all, when has there ever been an audio system like that in a game that isn't extremely repetative?

More importantly though, a radio style broadcasting option would only be usefull in PBP mode, which not everyone uses.

[FRENCHREDSOX]

*shrug*
I'd think that it'd get tiring after a while. I'd probably turn it off after listening to a couple of games. After all, when has there ever been an audio system like that in a game that isn't extremely repetative?



Like reading the scouting reports *joke*

[ohms_law]

true, true...
:)

you know, Clay posted the script file that generated the scouting reports a while ago. I think it was like a year or two ago, actually.
I wonder if he would consider doing so again?

[ohms_law]

I could replace 'Play Half Season' with that option.

I wanted to bump this idea back up. Great suggestion, changing "Play Half Season" to "Play Until Trade Deadline"

[FRENCHREDSOX]

I wanted to bump this idea back up. Great suggestion, changing "Play Half Season" to "Play Until Trade Deadline"

Definitely the half season thing is well (no disrespect to Clay) useless there are better alternatives:

All Star game (for those who like it,Im no fan)
trade deadline (my favourite )
September the 1st (expanded roster with the possibility of controlling who you would call up)



By the way I was reading Perry's report on Fox Sports about September Call ups & it was interesting to note that some teams DONT call up guys because they are in their Minors play offs I wonder if this is of any use for BM (I dont really have an opinion but thought Id mention this real life phenomena

[ohms_law]

Definitely the half season thing is well (no disrespect to Clay) useless there are better alternatives:

All Star game (for those who like it,Im no fan)
trade deadline (my favourite )
September the 1st (expanded roster with the possibility of controlling who you would call up)
why not more than one?


By the way I was reading Perry's report on Fox Sports about September Call ups & it was interesting to note that some teams DONT call up guys because they are in their Minors play offs I wonder if this is of any use for BM (I dont really have an opinion but thought Id mention this real life phenomena
well, since there isn't really any "minor league playoffs", I don't think that it would make much sense. Really, I think that the focus should stay at the major league level. when you start talking about minor league scedules and actual game results, and minor league playoffs; well, that sort of thing is distracting from the primary game is what I think.

[FRENCHREDSOX]

Stop simming points should be determined after we know what will or will not be implemented for 2008 (ie if off season salary arbritration is implemented,Draft to June etc)

but yea if the 3 above were introduced without necessarily stopping at the other points in the chain definitely (Put this in your next poll to see consumers reaction & their stop dates) for it as stopping at mid season always seemed to me a weird/unimportant timeline

[Clay Dreslough]

Only 16% so far want radio style broadcasting !?!??! Man that is what is cool about APBA is the Ernie Harwell Broadcast blast .... I was thinking there would be more interestI loved it too, but I think people realize it's a TON of work. I wrote the commentary code for Tony La Russa Baseball 3 and Old Time Baseball. On MLB Slugfest we needed a full-time programmer to get the commentary working right, and that doesn't even include the sound engineer and studio time.

Clay

[DeViLzzz2006]

You did !?!!?? Wow ..... uhmmm hey well since that is a no go I will settle for the PBP saved game feature ....




or wait ....


What about those Marlins cheerleaders ??? How about instead of new features you just send us a free Marlins cheerleaders baseball calendar ... hahahha

[nicktx1]

A couple things not added up there that i think would be cool is tv deals and watching live action of other games besides your own team. But i really like Bidding for free agents against the AI, radio commentary and the waiver wire ideas

[ohms_law]

Is it neccesary to have this thread stickied any more? This poll has some serious problems with it, not the least of which include that it's old.

I'm not asking for another poll to be stickeid or anything like that, it's just that it's probably about time to let this thread die with some respect. (unless of course Clay wants it stickied)

[Clay Dreslough]

Well there's a bug in vBulletin that won't let me UNSTICKY really long threads. So we're stuck (literally) until we figure out how to fix that bug.

[ohms_law]

ouch... ok.
humm

[SirKodiak]

what about closing/locking it?

[ohms_law]

yea but, why?
It's still be here, and I'm fairly sure that people (that havent already) could still vote on the poll...
*shrug*

if it's has to stay stickied, it's probably best to keep it open.

[HoustonGM]

Can you delete it?

[ohms_law]

there's an idea. although, it's not really good to just get rid of a thread like this. there are some interesting posts in it, if you go through and actually read it.

[HoustonGM]

yeah...

[The Rodinator]

I would like to see the ability to open the lineup/pitcher screen when negotiating contracts.I know you can cycle through the players by opening up the player card, but it would be easier if you could quickly assess if you really need that player enough to pay what he is asking. Also I think it would be enjoyable if you hired your manager and coaches and had the ability negotiate with other teams coaches, providing you were offering a job upgrade. You would have to provide compensation to the current employer in the form of cash or players depending on the coach's ability. Coach traits could include coaching experience, leadership, coaching style(disciplinarian, players coach, ect...) respect(higher for retired HOF players then non players) strategy strength, ect... all of which might make a 10 game difference either way in how your team performs. Pitching coaches would also have a rating for the ability to teach different pitches.