Out of the Park Baseball

Ooooh. The last version I have is 16. Rick Porcello was very good for me both times I played through fake versions of 2015. That Perfect Team thing looks like it could be really fun. I like how the first screen shows cards of Rogers Hornsby and Lucas Giolito. I'm generally of the mind that modern pitchers would embarrass old-time hitters, but I think Hornsby could hit Giolito.

It's actually quite interesting what happens because as the best teams get promoted (each week is an entire season), the competition gets better and better and players don't perform like they do IRL because the competition is 10 times better than it is in modern MLB.  Think about 1999 Pedro facing a team filled with Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Honus Wagner, Wade Boggs, Mookie Betts, etc.  Statistics vary greatly.

Also, I just confirmed that OOTP Go will be released in the spring and will include PT which is free to play.  But also keep in mind that it's pay to win.  It can still be very enjoyable without spending money, but you will get destroyed by people who are willing to spend hundreds and thousands of dollars.  There is a promotion/relegation system to separate the quality of teams, but it still happens at times.  Next year there will be tournaments that can have different sets of rules that may prevent "whales" from dominating.

Oh and by the way - 1999 Pedro is by far the best pitcher in the game, as it should be.  But a 2018 Chris Sale will put up a 5 ERA most of the time at the highest level.

Is anyone following this project over at Baseball-Reference?

www.sports-reference.com/blog/2020/03/baseball-reference-simulating-2020-season-with-out-of-the-park-baseball-21/

The 8-17 Red Sox appear to have grabbed the first train to Valentinesville, with the starting rotation in particular looking like even more of a dumpster fire than the worst alarmists were predicting. Some might say we're being mercifully spared this atrocity, but I still think I'd take watching really crappy baseball over no baseball at all...