Posted by jmarino2 on 9/3/2010 2:21:00 PM (view original):
These are just a few quick thoughts on HBD.
1-How bout being able to know your pitchers stats/record vs the team they're going to be picthing against.
2- How bout not even wasting time with BAD IFA's? who is gonna sign a catcher who is a total rating of 35?
3- How bout giving the owners who DONT make the playoffs or who are eliminated early, something to do for the rest of the season? like coach re-hiring or an Arizona Fall league for minor league Stars.
( Available only to managers who are already booked for the following season)
4- How bout minor league re-habbing for players coming off the DL?
5-How bout being able to get a more involved scouting reports? maybe a few notes on certain draft ready-players? There should also be suggestions from scouts and coaches how to use players. ( Long Reliever/closer/ etc..)
6- How bout the abilty to be able to re-sign possible top free agents before next season? a Team should be able to try to keep a possible free agent at all costs if they chose to.( again only players signed up for next season)
7-How bout the abilty for Indidviual Base stealing?
8-How bout a better defensebeing played in the minor leagues. I mean does every guys with SS ratings HAVE to make 80 errors in rookie ball? I mean come on, It happens but not to ALL minor leaguers. ALSO there shouldn't be such a large range of defesnive positions for players.Their suggestions should be more realistic. DH shouldn't be a suggestion until AAA.
9-How bout allowing Coaches and Managers to be signed for multiple Seasons for continuity of your franchise.How many guys go through the minor league system and end up a coach or Manager. in this game you're lucky if you can keep a third of your coaches for more than 3 seasons in a row.You should also be able to offer coaches various positons when rehiring.Maybe i want to offe my hitting coach the 1st base coach rle for next season. i should be able to BEFORE anyone gets a crack at him.
1. Sounds good, I'd like to see it.
2. I actually may sign some of them to fill out my minors at the end of the season if I have leftover prospect money. There are often not enough minor league catchers and shortstops to go around, so I have no problem with it.
3. WIS has already said that an AFL is in the works.
4. I dont really see the point, because players are either able to play or not..they dont need to get back into shape here. I think it just makes the game more unwieldy if you have to give a guy 3-5 games in the minors before you bring him back.
5. You already get position and pitching prospect reports, and fielding change recomendations. Most of us ignore it anyhow - just more silly fluff.
6. You can resign some of them - but just like reality, some guys insist on going free agent. Plus the prior franchise has a slight edge in resigning a guy in open free agency the next season, so I have no problem with the present system. Maybe you should be able to get the guy if you offer a max contract, but given the slight edge for the prior team, you can offer that same max contract in open free agency and win him, so it really doesnt matter.
7. WIS has said that for code/game performance issues we will never see this.
8. Do you really care that much about your stats in the minors?
9. I think the latest changes to coach hiring are enough to make the process not too annoying. I dont want to be saddled with an 18 million coaching budget because the prior owner signed a bunch of coaches long term.