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PLAYER SETTINGS This dialog box lets you adjust the creation and development of players in your baseball universe. The first column contains settings that affect the creation of new players each year (referred to as "rookies" or "amateur draft players"). The second column controls how all players develop as they mature and age.
Talent VariationAdjusts the difference in performance between the best players and worst players in the league. Increase these settings to get more seasons with extreme results (e.g. 50+ homers or .350+ batting average).Career PathsAverage Peak Start Average Peak End Potential (Upside) #1) Increase "Amateur Draft Talent" (see above). #2) Reduce "Potential (Upside)" (to decrease the number of superstars created by step #1). Career Longevity Use Historical Career PathsIf this box is checked, Baseball Mogul will use career path data for historical players. This data is stored in a file called CareerPaths.csv in the 'players' folder inside Baseball Mogul's 'input' folder: [Baseball Mogul Folder]/Input/Players/CareerPaths.csv (You can view the folder where Baseball Mogul is installed by choosing 'Open Game Folder' from the Help Menu). This file provides the following data for historical players: 'Projected Debut', 'Projected Retirement', 'Peak Start', 'Peak End', 'Potential' and 'Longevity'. Using this data will make the career trajectories of historical players more similar to their actual historical careers. The Player Editor can also be used to adjust these fields for individual players. Note that if this box is checked, Baseball Mogul will overwrite career path data for historical players at the start of each season with data from the CareerPaths.csv file. Click here for more information on player development in Baseball Mogul. Variation During DevelopmentAging Randomness Draft Predictability In contrast, if this is set to '+100%', virtually all future star players will be easily identifiable on draft day (and thus, they will tend to get picked in the first round or two). Hall Of Fame Careers In contrast, if this is set to '-100%', star players will frequently "fall back to earth" (and mediocre players will more easily boost their production). This would, for example, lead to fewer players having 300 career wins or hitting 600 home runs. (To adjust the level of single-season records, you should use the Simulation Settings Dialog).Player Personality / HappinessEffect on Negotiating Effect on Performance By default, players will get angry in response to a (perceived) lowball offer, causing them to increase their salary demands. Uncheck this box to eliminate this behavior. Fatigue (Position Players)Increase or decrease the amount of fatigue incurred by position players for each game (or partial game) played.Amateur Draft TalentFictional Players (Batters)Sets the talent level of the average fictional batter created by Baseball Mogul for the Amateur Draft. Fictional Players
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Players College Players Repopulate Draft PoolClick this button to generate an entirely new batch of Amateur Draft players. This is useful if you want to see the results of changes to the settings listed below this button.
Talent CorrelationThis section lets you adjust how strongly correlated different talents are when generating fictional players. A high setting (e.g. +100%) will produce a high correlation between the two listed abilities. For example, if you set "Power/Speed" to '+100%', this will mean that players with high Power ratings will tend to have a high Speed rating, and vice versa. And players with high Power but lower Speed (and vice versa) will become rarer in the draft pool. Amateur
Draft Player Pool
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If you uncheck both amateur draft options, Baseball Mogul will skip the amateur draft each year. We strongly discourage this, because your league will have no players to replace those who retire. However, this option is useful to replay a single season without the distraction of the amateur draft. |