Posted by brianplath on 8/11/2021 1:34:00 PM (view original):
Can the draft board be expanded past the 500 player limit? Sometimes there's either 1) really good guys with low DUR - I'm thinking specifically of the 25 DUR catchers or 50 DUR/25 STA relief pitchers - or 2) good DITR candidates. Both of these can get missed.

+10000. I like to run 20/20 and I routinely run into good DITR candidates close to the end of my list. I'm sure there's guys past the top 500 I would like

Revisiting a potential quick fix -- adding a "withdraw and return" button to the coach contract negotiation screen.

Someone in a World mentioned adding pre-set lineups as an option. These would be similar to loadouts in modern gaming.

A common example of this would be where you have a separate lineup a against RHP that has a significantly lower rating in L split than he does in a R split rating. This lineup can be chalk full of lefties. However, when you're up against an RHP that has a L split rating closer to his R split rating, you would have separate lineup with more righties that hit better than the leftie hitters.

Being able to set and name a loadout lineup would be a feature that would add great utility and efficiency.

In addition, the loadout technology that you're describing tlowster already exists in FC Dynasty, which is a very, very stripped down (and free) game.

I can set lineups to take different formations and/or as part of that I can set as many lineups for one formation as I want (4-3-3or 4-4-2, or whatever) just so long as I name them different things... Typically the way I use this, is I'll have an A lineup with my very best guys and then a B version where I make fatigue subs. The way that game is setup if you go to your Team Schedule you can select which of your lineups you want to use for each future game, or it'll go to the default. It'll be trickier to setup that far in advance in HBD because you're going to want to base lineups around a SP and those don't get locked in until it's the very next game, but still this could help.

I may or may not use it frequently because I run nine teams, but if I ran less teams or if I retired from my day job or something, I'd definitely make use of something like this. The guy that mentioned this is only running one team so it would be nice to be able to set your ideal lineup every game and a loadout like the FC Dynasty has would be a nice add.

+1 (+10 if you look at our world chat in All the Way Mae) to the preset lineup idea. Would save SO MUCH time.

The lineup loadout could also add more depth to the chess match between pitchers and hitters by allowing folks to easily choose a loadout against teams that use an opener strategy.

It happens super rarely and is ultra minor but can we take away the ability for the losing pitcher that gets shelled to get ‘player of the game’?

How about being able to see other team's coach status before budget. If my FI isn't coming back, it would be nice to see who is going to be our there so I can budget accordingly.

Add counts to the play by play so you can see where your hitter hit or struck out on what count (3-0, 2-1, etc.) and it also helps keep better track of how many pitches were thrown by the pitcher to that batter instead of just the general play descriptions

It’s not a major issue and there is a ton of stuff that takes precedence before it, but I’m noticing this season that a player seems to be ranked higher in terms of making an awards ballot (mvp, cy young etc) if the team record is better.

my San Diego team in Riley:

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/FranchiseHistory.aspx?fid=1729

is having a once in a lifetime season. Which is awesome but I’m noticing guys like Jimmie Merced
https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerRatings.aspx?pid=10082124
Are slowly creeping up on the MVP ballot. While Merced is having a good season that I am very happy with, it’s not MVP worthy and there are probably other guys out there more deserving to be on the ballot.

determining how guys get on the ballot or make the all star game need to be tweaked me thinks.

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerRatings.aspx?pid=10403248

Season 37 Rule 5 pick.

Offered back. Declined. Sent to minors. Never recalled. Not on 40 Man.

Season 38 salary set to $327K. Should have been MinL salary for level or years of experience or gone FA.

Do I need to release all Season 38 R5 picks at the end of the season if I’m not sure I want to pay them an ML salary?

No, you're right far as I know that guy should have rolled over at whatever minor league (AA?) level he was at.

I see two demotions after rollover, so maybe he was at AAA at rollover? Hard to tell. At any rate it's worth a ticket to have them look at it.

Don't know if this is possible but it would be convenient if player names and positions on lineup and pitching staff pages worked with google dark mode. (also Def Rep, Rest, and Pinch Hit pages) Everywhere else seems to look good in dark mode afaik