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Originally posted by Maple Leafs
Excellent ideas.
One nitpick, however..
... both of these, and perhaps some of the others, should be heavily dependent on a team's spot in the standings. Basically, a team should know if it's rebuilding or contending, and conduct its trading based on that.
That's why the league-wide trading preferences option Markus added doesn't really work. It shouldn't be league-wide, it should be team specific.
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A solid idea. I originally saw a team's GM developing his style through something of a Darwinian approach: some GM styles would simply fall flat on their face - and subsequently get fired - in certain types of markets/franchise situations. Then, eventually, a working model would find its way in. This is good for the big-picture model, but some short-term flexibility could be built in.
I think you're correct that an additional modifier could be useful. Not an overly strong modifier, but something to allow for GM's trading to get that one missing peice in a pennant chase or to unload dead weight during a season when you're not going anywhere.
I'd think this would be most useful and appropriate when it concerns trading players from your 40-man roster, so as not to disrupt the long term plans (styles) that each GM has used to form his minor leagues. The 40-man tag could let the program know when and when not to use the modified trading style on a team that qualifies.
Adjusted Trading Style
As a side note, this would be a league-wide option to turn on and off.
After the halfway point of each season, a team's position in the standings can have an impact on its GM's trading style when evaluating trades with players on its 40-man roster in the following manner:
1) The GM of a team in first place will automatically adjust his Trading Style
one step toward the following; prefer veterans, importance of stats in current year (a maximum 10% increase obtained by subtracting 10% from the importance of stats two years ago), and trading very infrequently (if it ain't broke...).
The GM's Budget Style would also adjust one step toward free-spending.
2) The GM of a team within five games of first place (but not in first place) will automatically adjust his Trading Style
one step toward the following; prefer veterans, importance of stats in current year ((a maximum 15% increase obtained by subtracting 5% from the year before and 10% from the year before that), and trading very often.
The GM will also invert the preferences of hitting and pitching in the effort to find that missing peice.
3) The GM of a team at least 15 games out of first place will automatically adjust his Trading Style
one step toward the following; prefer prospects, importance of ratings (a maximum 15% increase obtained by subtracting 5% from the importance of stats from each year), and trading very often.
The GM's Budget Style would also be adjusted one step towards penny-pinching.
edit: By the way, shorter seasons would have the qualifying number of games out scaled back proportionately.