Would anyone really miss it if you just removed coaching from the game completely? Just saying.

Real life. OK. The Angels just fired Mike Maddux. Far as I know, Mike Maddux has been one of the most universally respected PCs in the majors in the past 20 years. General consensus seems to be that there was basically nothing he could do with that staff.

So hell, just streamline player development and let the players duke it out on their own merits without overlaying this additional film of unknown and unprovable "refinement" which Coaching currently is.

Posted by tlowster on 8/16/2026 3:04:00 PM (view original):

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.

My thought was this move would make it so you would have one universal coach at each position for your entire system, from majors to rookie. Just like the fielding instructor. The wording makes it seem like this would be just for the minors, but I feel that is just a glitch in the wording.

Posted by drummer_66 on 8/17/2026 12:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by tlowster on 8/16/2026 3:04:00 PM (view original):

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.

My thought was this move would make it so you would have one universal coach at each position for your entire system, from majors to rookie. Just like the fielding instructor. The wording makes it seem like this would be just for the minors, but I feel that is just a glitch in the wording.

Probably best if it is just addressed and made clear.

I wish they would make coaching 0-20 million and you get what you pay for. Very simple.

Posted by bekses6 on 8/17/2026 9:30:00 PM (view original):
I wish they would make coaching 0-20 million and you get what you pay for. Very simple.

Yep, just like Medical or Training. Fine by me.

Any chance team colors will be refreshed or made customizable?

Posted by damag on 8/18/2026 8:31:00 AM (view original):

Posted by bekses6 on 8/17/2026 9:30:00 PM (view original):
I wish they would make coaching 0-20 million and you get what you pay for. Very simple.

Yep, just like Medical or Training. Fine by me.

That was my suggestion.

Kind of off topic, but one thing about this game that really bothers me is the naming of Asian international players. I’m looking at my world’ signings this year and seeing these first names for Japanese players: William, Gerald, Pat (twice), Charles, Don, Ramon and Peter…… wtf?!?!

Are there any plans to update parks and their ratings?

Posted by damag on 8/20/2026 9:00:00 AM (view original):

Posted by trev311 on 8/19/2026 10:56:00 PM (view original):
Kind of off topic, but one thing about this game that really bothers me is the naming of Asian international players. I’m looking at my world’ signings this year and seeing these first names for Japanese players: William, Gerald, Pat (twice), Charles, Don, Ramon and Peter…… wtf?!?!

Not to mention the random mixes of Japanese, Chinese and Korean forenames and surnames...

That's America for you, though. Many Americans will go to sushi restaurant and expect fortune cookies.

Fix the problem with draft picks not signing in a reasonable time. MLB, most draft picks sign within a few days after draft.

Posted by Seventy_77 on 8/20/2026 9:13:00 PM (view original):
Fix the problem with draft picks not signing in a reasonable time. MLB, most draft picks sign within a few days after draft.

Yeah, especially if they want to be taken in the first (1 or 5) rounds, get taken when they wanted to be, then just sit till they are good and ready to realize they were drafted when they wanted to be.

Posted by Seventy_77 on 8/20/2026 9:13:00 PM (view original):
Fix the problem with draft picks not signing in a reasonable time. MLB, most draft picks sign within a few days after draft.

MLB has pushed the draft back so far it leaves only a two- or three-week window before players have to start to be on college campuses.