High-A vs Low-A

[nikpin]

Any differentiation in the game between these two levels? I just bought the game and started a MLB 2009 League with the Texas Rangers. They have High-A Bakersfield and Low-A Hickory but I haven't noticed any difference in the game and the AI seems to want to put the better players on Hickory even though in reality they are the lesser team. Also Hickory is listed ahead of Bakersfield in the list of affiliates. Any help would be appreciated.

[Sparrow]

I am pretty sure they both have the same settings and so are even par. I think the only difference is that generally better players will be on the high-A roster to start, because that's how they were setup in the roster set. I imagine over time this will not continue to be the case, and the AI will treat them identically.

I am not confident in my answer and hopefully someone will verify/correct.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by nikpin

Any differentiation in the game between these two levels?

While you can go in and adjust the relative statistical strengths between High A and Low A leagues, in terms of player movement and such OOTP treats High A and Low A as being the same level. In other words, there is only A. So in effect it makes one of those two levels irrelevant for player development purposes in OOTP.

Unfortunately, it does not appear this can be corrected anytime soon, as, from my understanding, the five minor league levels in OOTP (AAA, AA, A, Short Season A, and Rookie) are hard-coded.

You could, I suppose, reclassify actual Low A leagues as Short Season A inside OOTP, and the reclassify actual Short Season A leagues as Rookie inside OOTP. Of course, that'd mean you'd have no level in which to put the real-world Advanced Rookie and Rookie class leagues.