OOTP 14 The Road to Release Part 3:
Rosters Overflowing With Real Players

Written by Brad Cook, OOTP Developments PR and Marketing Manager

We recently gave pro wrestler Steve Corino a chance to play the OOTP 14 Beta, and he had this to say: "Loved the new game. Made me feel like a kid waiting for Christmas!"

All of us know that feeling, don't we? As we count down the days to April 12, let's continue the Road to Release with a look at this year's rosters set.

Every time you click the New Major League Game button, we generate a baseball universe that more closely mimics reality than any other sim on the market. Last year, OOTP 13 saw an extensive ratings overhaul, with all players' ratings touched, more complete minor league rosters, more comprehensive historical stats at the minor league level, full histories for minor and major league players, and much more.

Our roster team never takes a year off, though, and this time around they've based major league player ratings on Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA projection system, the most accurate player stats projection system on the market. As a result, you can expect even more realistic results when simming what's expected to be an exciting season.

What do Stephen Strasburg's dominating pitching performance and Bryce Harper's pair of home runs on Opening Day say about the Nationals' chances to repeat as NL East champs? Was the Reds' decision to keep Aroldis Chapman as closer the right one? (And do you want to reverse it?) Can Mike Trout pick up where his amazing rookie season left off and provide the spark for what could be baseball's best lineup?

You'll be able to answer all those questions and more in OOTP 14 as you take the helm of your favorite major league club and try to continue its winning ways or rebuild for the future.

Don't forget about the minor leagues

Every year we improve on our minor league rosters too, and this year was no exception. OOTP 14 features not only thousands of individually-rated minor league players but also hundreds of real players from the 2013 first-year player draft class. In fact, the game has many more real prospects for the June draft than it has ever had, which means you can more closely align your favorite OOTP team with the real world one and see if you do a better job negotiating the franchise's future.

You'll even find plenty of real prospects in the minor leagues when playing historical sims too. For example, someone asked us on Twitter if former big league first baseman Calvin Pickering was in the Orioles' 1998 farm system, and sure enough, you'll find him there when you start an historical game in that year.

Tracking player development

Finally, don't forget about the new player development screen that we mentioned in The Road to Release Part 1: A New World of Talent to Discover. It offers an easy way to keep tabs on your real prospects' development after you draft them and they begin working their way through your farm system. It's also a handy reference point when comparing those players' OOTP fortunes with their real world performance.

OOTP 14 puts under your control thousands of real major and minor league players, along with hundreds of real draft prospects, so you can mold your mega-million-dollar major league franchise or small market independent start-up to its maximum potential.

The game is truly yours for the taking, so play it your way!

Out of the Park Baseball 14 - The Grand Slam of Baseball Sims! Pre-order your copy today and download it on April 12, 2013, three days before the official release on April 15!

The OOTP Developments Team

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