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Fictional Leagues
A couple of things I've noticed about starting fictional leagues:
1. Positions: Often a player is created with above 90 rating at 1B, 2B and SS and he's listed as a 1B who's 5'10", 175 lbs. First, that's a small 1B. Second, not many 1B can also play 2B and SS. I think there needs to be some tightening up of player creation. OFers are more likely to have some proficiency at 1B. So are catchers. Utility IFers often are more proficient at 2B, 3B and SS, but not as much at 1B. The problem this causes is that it's much easier to improve your team because there's so many players that can play all 4 infield positions, so it's too easy to plug that gap. To put it another way, in real baseball, there's usually 2 or 3 star players at 2B that are free agents for a particular offseason, but in the game since so many infielders play many positions, you can choose from 10 or more star players to play 2B, because the star FAs at 3B also play 2B. And the same for SS.
2. Prospects: It's too easy to build your team for the future because when you start a fictional league your team has (and every other team has) very little 3- 4- or 5-star prospects. But there's a ton in the FA pool. So I'm free to sign all these 5-star prospects to minor league contracts to start off my franchise. Then, when I look at the BA System Rankings, I'm first obviously because I have the top 15 prospects.
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