Here are some more mock-ups I created for previous versions. They involve a general redesign of the Player Profile screens.
Header
I removed the player's nickname (it never looked right to me up there), plus added his current team, league level, and what organization he plays for. Plus a biggie: I included the star ratings at the top, so they can be easily compared by scanning through multiple profiles.
The 5 tabs within the Player Profile would include: Biographical Info, Status & Contract, Scouting & Ratings, Stats (including Batting/Pitching/Fielding), and History & News. The Biographical Info screen would pop up by default when you right-click on a player's name.
Biographical Info
The Functions area is where you can make changes to the player's photo and perform common actions, including some new ones I'm hoping make it into the game eventually. These are the options currently accessible via the "Actions" button, plus many others that can be done on other screens. I feel that this design makes it easier and more efficient to perform these tasks, as they would all be located in one convenient location. When a button is clicked, a dropdown menu appears. (Also note that the grayed-out buttons are functions that can't be performed for the individual player with their current settings.)
Here's how the "Functions" dropdowns would be organized...
Picture Tools:- Use Real Photo
- Use FaceGen Photo
- Edit FaceGen Photo
- Regenerate Photo
- Freeze Photo
- Change Hair Color
- Change Facial Hair
- Change Background
- Change Angle
- Disable Photo
Roster Transactions:- Add to Secondary Roster
- Remove from Secondary Roster
- Place on Waivers
- Place on Irrevocable Waivers
- Remove from Waivers
- Release
- Designate for Assignment
Promotion / Demotion:- Promote to Major Leagues
- Promote / Demote to AAA
- Promote / Demote to AA
- Demote to A Club #1
- Demote to A Club #2
- Demote to A Club #3
- Transfer to A Club #1
- Transfer to A Club #2
- Transfer to A Club #3
Disabled List- Place on 15-Day DL
- Place on 60-Day DL
- Remove from DL
- Place on Bereavement List
- Remove from Bereavement List
Trade Options- Open Trade Window
- Open Contract Negotiations
- Ask to Waive No-Trade Clause
- Add to "Actively Shopping" List
- Add to "Listening to Offers" List
- Remove from Trading Block
- Add to "Untouchable" List
- Remove from "Untouchable" List
Other Actions- Scout
- Set Game Strategy
- Assess Fine
- Add to Shortlist
- Remove from Shortlist
- Force to Retire
- Copy Player
- Delete Player
In addition to the Functions, the Biographical Profile screen would feature the following sections: Sound Cues, Physical Attributes, Personality, Background Info, Familiarity, and Text Scouting Report
Sound Cues would allow the player's name to be "spoken" by an in-game PbP Announcer and a 10-second music clip to be played when a player comes to the plate or takes the mound.
Physical Attributes is self-explanatory, although I threw in "Gender" just in case people really wanted to do a women's league.
Personality includes an all-important Character Rating that determines how often the player gets into trouble on and off the field, which could eventually be divided into ratings that reflect attitude toward opponents, umpires, teammates, managers/coaches, front office, and society in general. It also determines how likely he may be to make playing time and trade demands.
Background is also fairly obvious, but it would contain some additional info, like more specific geographical locations for more realistic free agency preferences, high school / college attended, and family info, which could be useful in determining off-field morale and may even foreshadow offspring ultimately playing in the league.
Familiarity would help determine where a player may want to play, based on how many of his relatives, friends, or former teammates are on the team. Having enemies could result in a greater probability of conflict when the 2 players face each other in a game.
The Text Scouting Report is displayed on this screen for convenience.
Status & Contract
The Status & Contract screen contains 5 sections: Health, Non-Injury / Suspension Status, Morale, Current Contract, Contract Extension, Service, Miscellaneous, and Signability Factors.
Health is basically self-explanatory, as is Fatigue.
Non-Injury / Suspension Status lets you know why and for how long a player may be out due to suspension or other off-field factors.
Morale would be the same as before, but would also take into account his happiness with what's going on off the field in his personal life, as well as his contract status.
Current Contract info is pretty much the same as before, although the information is more detailed. Also note that there would be different types of No-Trade Clauses: Full, Partial (listing the teams a player CAN be traded to), and Limited (listing the teams a player CAN'T be traded to.)
Contract Extension contains basically the same info, but for an upcoming extension to the contract that has already been signed.
Service info is generally the same, although it would also implement the 10-5 Rule and list teams the player can or can't be traded to if there is a Prtl./Ltd. NTC in his contract.
Miscellaneous info includes the player's agent, which could determine how difficult contract negotiations might be (if agents are eventually included in the game) and how likely the player is, given the current circumstances, to sign or re-sign with your team.
Signability Factors show what a player values, as far as where he wants to sign as a free agent or which teams he would include in a partial or limited NTC.
History & News
The History section shows all Transactions, Injuries/Suspensions, League Records, major Milestones in the player's career, his Personal Best season and game performances, Major Accomplishments, and a list of News Involving Player, with a window for viewing selected articles to the right.
Footer
At the bottom, you'll notice I consolidated all the (frankly, unnecessary) buttons/drop-downs into 4 functional buttons: Help (to the left), Editor, Print Screen, and Convert to HTML.
The Help button would give easy access to help for the specified screen, either by linking to the area in the manual where info on the screen is located, or by presenting the info in a pop-up window transposed over the screen.
The Editor button (which would appear on EVERY screen within the Player Profile) would allow all information contained therein to be customized, not just the limited number of fields that are currently editable.
Print Screen does what is says: prints out the screen (and may include the option of saving a screenshot, as well.)
And the Convert to HTML creates a web page with all the info contained on the screen. This would replace the limited SION Player Page the game currently employs.
(I didn't include the Scouting & Ratings or Stats screens.)