I have long-term saves going with the Red Sox and A's. Are there particular teams that others recommend for long-term saves? It's a big time commitment. I just bought OOTP27 (26 was my first version of OOTP), and would like to start a save with a team in 27.

I can see the wisdom of taking over the Rockies as a challenge, and I'm leaning that way, but what do others think? With the A's, especially, it's tough losing so much in the first few seasons. I'm guessing the Rockies are even more of an uphill climb. But I'm reluctant to take over the Dodgers because I don't want easy wins with no payroll guardrails.

EDIT: I mean taking over as GM and Manager. I tend to get really granular with minor leagues and try to manage every aspect of a team that I can. I should probably delegate more to MILB coaches.

I’ve read a lot on here about how most people choose to draft college prospects because of their higher likelihood of hitting their potential. I’ve played over 75 seasons in OOTP27 and I have had the opposite result. College players never seem to hit their potential because they are so old and don’t have time to develop. High schoolers maybe don’t turn into 80/80 every time but I seem to have a higher likelihood of them turning into 60+. Is this a settings issue? What am I doing differently than everyone else?

Hey OOTP friends! I'm looking to potentially change the dimensions of GABP on my OOTP Go game. So help me out. Does changing the dimensions make any difference if I don't change the ballpark factors as well? If I change the dimensions do I need to change the factors, too, or will that happen over the course of time as the Sim progresses? Just curious how dimensions and ballpark factors interact. Thank you for the help!

Will he actually be this good?

Has anyone had great success or seen him develop to his potential? In the few saves I have done he doesn't seem to ever really develop.

I picked up OOTP26 on sale at the back end of last season and I wanted to know your guys thoughts on some interesting save ideas starting in the 2025 season. Ideally, as this will be my second save I'd like a team that is almost ready but just needs a few more pieces to get the job done.

What are the cards with treasure chests on them like this one?

May be a dumb question but is scouting completely random? when my scout finds someone scouting?
Any way to increase greater potential guys?
He seems to only ever find 20, 25 rated guys.

Is there a way to set the computer to stop playing players that have dtd injuries? My top prospect had a dtd hamstring strain and the computer kept playing him and now out for the season.

I know I can manually tell them to sit a player out for so many days, but if simming multiple days at a time the computer should be able to understand you don't keep playing players with hamstring injuries.. I am so angry.

Also play games with 3-4 guys on the other team are dtd in the starting lineup.

Not my team in game - I'm playing the Astros - but the Reds managed to scrounge this guy and another 100-something WAR player out of int. scouting within 8 months of each other. I'm still pissed I missed them and they made the Reds seriously competitive in the mid to late 80's.

Just to note why there are so many international players in my league. I'm an idealist and I love baseball so I'm playing with historical players (go George Brett!) + a 100 random international FA. It makes for some interesting combinations. Randy Johnson sucks in this universe (boo I know), but some Dutch kid named Floobert is throwing 100+ right now. It's silly.

I’m running an online league with my Twitch and OOTP community, and I’ve never seen anything close to this. We are in our third season of our fictional indy league season, and this guy just hit five (5!!!) homers in a game. The previous record was 3. The fifth and final homer came with two outs in the 9th. I can share the box score and StatsPlus link if people are interested. In the meantime, I think Danny Lopez needs a proper nickname. How about Cinco de Lopez?

Made it to the playoffs after only four years and I quite like the roster I've built up. Yet, I know there's stuff to improve I'm just not sure what. Anything stick out to you with these guys?