OOTP Transition Post w/ POLL!

I believe we should switch, and I voted that way. However, from playing MLB Manager 2017 (precursor to current OOTP build), the original OOTP Go! and now OOTP Go! 2023 for the past 6-7 years on my phone, I can also say with confidence that some of the things that most frustrate us about the Diamond Mind sim engine are still present here:

1. Elite players (4-4.5-5 star in OOTP rating) will still sim incredibly poorly. I feel like this was fixed in previous versions, but they've fiddled with the variability for the newest version. I know the counterargument of, "Even great players can have bad real-life seasons!", but once you hit a certain level of player, you should be guaranteed an above-average season; it just a matter of how good.

2. In the newest version in particular, it is almost pointless to trade for a player down the stretch run. Not only does it "reset" their production like I've long theorized for DM, but more often than not, they perform incredibly poorly with their new team. Most seasons, I end up cutting or demoting the guys I traded for in July if my team makes the postseason.


I still think a switch is in order, simply because the DM builds are getting later and later, and it kills the momentum of a league to start 1-2 months after Opening Day, because then none of your sim dates line up with reality. But caveat emptor: OOTP still has some of DM's most vexing problems.


JIm