Posted by gigrant on 8/12/2026 11:40:00 PM (view original):
ghost runners are a horrible idea. this is the best baseball sim in the world by far - i'm not being a cranky old man... but wow i hate this decision. shold we also let the LA and NY teams have an extra $200m budget? ust because modern baseball has died a slow death doesn't mean we need to go down with the ship.

Amen.

Great update, and I'm absolutely fine with all of the changes. The one thing that probably needs to get looked at is the pitchers with stamina ratings under 15 or so. That's never been particularly realistic (point me to the guys in the majors who are only capable of throwing 10 pitches before they get completely gassed), but with the implementation of the three-batter minimum, those guys then become functionally useless.

Might be worth looking at bumping up everyone with a stamina rating under 15 up to at least 15 or 20, just so they're not all immediately worthless.

Just wanted to say that the immediate changes seem fine, and I look forward especially to the IL fix. Looking forward to the follow through!

Ghost runner is a terrible idea. Please dont.

Can you tell us more about the below?

While I dont mind removing the minor league coach hiring process, I just want to be sure we're not going to copy the Fielding Instructor paradigm because there are still issues with trying to develop Fielding Instructors. So, if there is going to be something similar for pitching and hitting (i.e. pitching instructors; hitting instructors; etc.), i hope we'll have more opportunities/supply of these types of instructors than we do for FIs.

Revamping the coaching process. More specialized coordinators, no individual minor league team coaches. We'll also begin to track coaches' impact on player development and expose in coach profiles

I'll start by saying that I'm not a fan of the ghost runner in real life which we all understand this game isn't but as someone mentioned earlier if it nearly eliminates 15 inning games I'm all for it.

Most of these changes are fine. Position players pitching is fun!

but for the love of God PLEASE don’t do the stupid guy on second base in extra innings thing. Just because real life MLb makes a stupid rule doesn’t mean that hardball dynasty has to copy them! That rule was created by a moron and it serves no actual purpose in real life. In fake baseball, where the players don’t whine about extra innigng games, it is even less useful.

pleasr don’t do this!

Posted by jsturgis5866 on 8/13/2026 12:39:00 PM (view original):

Posted by gigrant on 8/12/2026 11:40:00 PM (view original):
ghost runners are a horrible idea. this is the best baseball sim in the world by far - i'm not being a cranky old man... but wow i hate this decision. shold we also let the LA and NY teams have an extra $200m budget? ust because modern baseball has died a slow death doesn't mean we need to go down with the ship.

Amen.

Double amen.

For manager settings (offensively), I would love these to be on a per player basis. For example, I dont want all my players being aggressive on the base paths if I have a 0 speed player. However, I would want my 100 speed baserunner to be very aggressive. The same for bunting/pinch running, etc.

I like the idea of shortening spring training. Spring training is the most boring time of the season.

I don’t understand the point of the Assistant GM. I doubt anyone who knows how to play this game is going to want to take advice from the AI. Maybe I’m misunderstanding how it works though. If the recommended promotions are anything like the dumb recommendations my minor league coaches email to me during the season, I will ignore this entirely. And I’m certainly not going to seek AI input on trades and free agent signings.

Everyone seems to hate the injury recovery process and coach hiring. I’m sure these will go over well.

I’m worried about the changes to player development. IMO this isn’t broken and doesn’t need to be fixed. Trying to “be more inline with today’s mlb” is not necessarily a good thing!

Finally, I have to repeat that the runner on second base is stupid. This is the dumbest rule change MLB has ever made. Please do not do this.

It's been awhile, but changing player development last time was not popular. It sounds like they are heading down that same path again.

Fix injury recovery

Posted by tlowster on 8/13/2026 9:25:00 PM (view original):
Can you tell us more about the below?

While I dont mind removing the minor league coach hiring process, I just want to be sure we're not going to copy the Fielding Instructor paradigm because there are still issues with trying to develop Fielding Instructors. So, if there is going to be something similar for pitching and hitting (i.e. pitching instructors; hitting instructors; etc.), i hope we'll have more opportunities/supply of these types of instructors than we do for FIs.

Revamping the coaching process. More specialized coordinators, no individual minor league team coaches. We'll also begin to track coaches' impact on player development and expose in coach profiles

+1

I thought that a similar thing might happen here when I read it too

The ghost runner idea is a must, and universal DH is a must as well. It would be great if the budget could be moved around throughout the season without the 50% penalty as well. But I'm glad WIS Management is trying to improve.

Why are demotion penalties not being addressed? Not only does that code eliminate in-season adjustments when the pitching staff needs temporary help, but it also causes Rule 5 players on the WW to drop their ratings.

Posted by ollym on 8/16/2026 11:07:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tlowster on 8/13/2026 9:25:00 PM (view original):
Can you tell us more about the below?

While I dont mind removing the minor league coach hiring process, I just want to be sure we're not going to copy the Fielding Instructor paradigm because there are still issues with trying to develop Fielding Instructors. So, if there is going to be something similar for pitching and hitting (i.e. pitching instructors; hitting instructors; etc.), i hope we'll have more opportunities/supply of these types of instructors than we do for FIs.

Revamping the coaching process. More specialized coordinators, no individual minor league team coaches. We'll also begin to track coaches' impact on player development and expose in coach profiles

+1

I thought that a similar thing might happen here when I read it too

Nice to see someone else besides me concerned about this. I have very little questions or concerns about the rest of the stuff assuming very little disruption during implementation, but of everything they announced, I really wish they'd give more information about the coaching changes. Definitely dont want to be paying $5 to $8 million for a Fielding Instructor, $5 to $8 million on a Pitching Coordinator and $5 to $8 million on a Hitting Coordinator just because of the same supply and demand issues we're seeing with Fielding Instructors.

Also, if there are no minor league coaches, how do they develop into mlb coaches? Right now, a hitting coach generates, he gets hired at Rookie Ball or lowA and his develoquent is slow cooked over several to a dozen seasons and then he might get hired as an mlb hitting coach. If we no longer hire minor league coaches, how do regular mlb coaches get to be mlb coaches?

Im surprised there are no questions on this or nobody answering questions on this.