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Originally Posted by elfdog428
I may have missed this but who are you bringing in as the draft classes each season?
Interesting idea, great start
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Thanks.
As for draft classes...basically this was borne of an old roster project called Franchise Stars, which was to include the top 50 players for each franchise. I expanded it to include the top 75 in the history of each franchise - including two Negro League franchises. The problem was the scope was too big...75 guys a franchise sounds good until you realize that most of those all-time greats will never see the light of day, trapped behind other stars.
The solution, I figured, was to introduce these guys incrementally. I started at the poles...pre-1900 and from 2000 to present. Consider there are many more recent players than old players as a whole because of all the franchises that have begun since 1962.
My original plan was having draft classes being players who debuted in 5-year increments, so one year would be those who debuted from 1930-1934, and so on. Post 1960, I'll probably have to split players into every 3 years to avoid an oversized draft class. But basically, sometime in the middle of the season, I will spit out a random generator that will tell me which segment of players will be the next draft class.
Hope you enjoy it!