I tried to simulate the 2023 season (but chaos reigned supreme)

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00:00 - Intro
2:12 - OOTP 24 Settings
5:35 - Opening Day
9:00 - May 31 check-in
11:37 - Draft Day
13:53 - All Star Break
17:58 - Trade Deadline
19:51 - End of Regular Season
21:20 - Playoffs
26:20 - Leaders & Awards
31:01 - Kinda Weird
32:17 - Free Agency
35:41 - Hall of Fame
37:36 - Offseason Trades
42:04 - VERY Weird
46:53 - Pull the Plug?

[@FoolishBailey]

I don't know why I pronounce Emmanuel Clase's last name like that either

[@Drogon7102]

Yeah that was painful

[@MrHeart12]

Hey Bailey keep following this madness. It's already make believe baseball as is. Might as well lean into the chaos. You know we will keep watching if you keep posting. Lol

[@brandonyoder5097]

Also it’s Tanner by-bee btw. Happy opening day

[@sporer_]

It was killing me, lol

[@hellothisis9893]

@@baileysmith4744 different logan allen, at one point Cleveland had two Logan Allen’s in the minor leagues

[@BradenHalladay__]

Foolish Bailey called Ohtani to Dodgers

[@Cinator78]

Dropping a 47 minute video 40 minutes before first pitch is cruel Bailey

[@FoolishBailey]

blame KZbin for processing too slowly lol

[@freopt]

2x speed >

[@nutmaster652]

and we won’t even be able yo watch it during the games because of the Pitch Clock!

[@connortheriault6171]

You don’t need to watch opening day you know what’s happing from This video

[@ThePlannerMom]

The Yankees winning the World Series is crazy😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RockiesSweden]

Daniel Bard casually chillin in the All Star Game with an ERA of 5.71 and fWAR of 0.1

[@CONNORSUCKSlol]

That’s MVP vote receiver Daniel Bard to you sir

[@12packersfan]

I truly believe that if Ohtani had an ERA of 10 and batted 200 he would still get more than a 1 year 19 million

[@peyton713]

He absolutely would

[@werther7871]

i'd love to imagine a world where shoei is the clayton kershaw of the angels where every year he just accepts a qualifying offer

[@saintbeesechurger2800]

Turning up the talent change randomness (and saying it’s basically a chaos slider) and then being disappointed at the extreme amounts of chaos is hilarious, truly some be careful what you wish for stuff

[@FoolishBailey]

i hate it when my actions have consequences

[@Flashfm3000]

Fictional Japanese free agent Naganori Nakamura's nickname is "El Cartero" (the Mailman). OOTP gives us many gifts.

[@ratryox5667]

he always delivers 🤷‍♂️

[@ZachAttack550]

I was dying when I saw that

[@RyanMKE_]

Yeah the trade logic for this OOTP is currently pretty out of whack, same with trade frequency. The devs have said on the forums their looking into it and working on patching it.

[@RyanMKE_]

Also definitely looking forward to more Foolish OOTP content! Your old OOTP content is what made me start watching your channel and convinced me to buy the game and now I've put in over 3000 hours into OOTP myself since watching your early Foolish Boy era videos!

[@sneersh9107]

Yup, when I first got into OOTP, Bailey's playthroughs were super helpful with getting the hang of the game. I've now got over 2,000 hours in OOTP23 and looking forward to buying 24 when its a bit more polished.

[@WiffGiff]

Well their games have always been broken, which is part of the fun. I remember how easy it was to seal bases on 22 when you manage the games, got like 10 per game with Padres. Or how the AI managers can’t set a proper lineup. But I like it, it’s not a perfect game, far from it, but it has character and fun, which is important.

[@sneersh9107]

As a Phillies fan this simulation was just as heartbreaking as I expected it to be. Very true to life. "Everyone's a Philadelphia Phillie if you try hard enough." - Foolish, 2023

[@Tombomb615]

Pain.

[@JacquamillafiousJBH]

13:19 Andrew Wiggins at Round 3 Pick 28

[@Benisuber1]

Tallest 2B of all time?

[@shoukatsukai]

Imagine a double play combo of him and Oneil Cruz

[@richardtherichard26]

@@Benisuber1probably not since he’s only 6’2”…

[@richardtherichard26]

Yes Andrew Wiggins. He’s a 2 way player at the university of Indiana. No one gives a fuck about basketball. 🤡🤡🤡

[@nickpaul241]

​@@richardtherichard26 also tallest 2nd baseman ever was 6'3"

[@Cameron9788]

Would love more of this save tbh! A bit of crazy can be fun haha. Any OOTP is awesome to watch from you! Great video Bailey!

[@Phlglh1029]

Trevor Plouffe predicted Phillies Yankees WS as well in his own simulation

[@sneersh9107]

Hopefully he predicted us winning, I can't take back-to-back World Series L's lol

[@swirlingtoilets]

I want to see the New York radio callers raging about Volpe to the Pirates so badly lol

[@maxgreineder9867]

I’ve been playing recently (thanks again Bailey for the code 😊) and have also experienced really strange trade logic, although it hasn’t really worsened my experience that much. I also finally was able to live out the dream of the Mariners as World Series winners so that’s neat

[@werther7871]

this version of ootp feels like a wacky land version. Like I really love alot of the changes made but christ the ratings on some players and the trade and development ai feels like I'm living in a world where everyone is jerry dipoto

[@TemporalShrewm]

I love the OOTPB content, Bailey. I was so excited to see you playing more if it, I hope they patch some of the issues and you can go back to it again some time! :)

[@ItzSloany]

bailey back again with another banger on this fine day

[@Shoon12]

Incredibly excited - I was just hoping the other day that this series would return. Hope you can salvage the 5 year plan!

[@WaffleLover-my1hi]

I always love some OOTP content!

[@bluvenom5104]

Need a ootp series right now

[@joshuawu800]

OOTP! Let's Go!

[@chizel7515]

Keep going!

[@spicyryne23]

Omg a ootp video I love this

[@BaseballisEverything]

I just recently started OOTP and didn't know the storyline thing and had Druw Jones on my team and right before the season started he retired on me.

[@aaronfires9369]

Love the madness

[@TheDuckofLaw]

Wild stuff - these simulators can go bananas sometimes.

[@sarahposting]

i am in a online community where we create our own players and stuff and we get to watch like this, pro baseball experience, pretty cool also tatis and chris sale are both storylines irl

[@alexabruzzi8267]

wake up babe new foolish OOTP content just dropped

[@ItsBigChuck]

I literally discovered your OOTP 2012+ sim yesterday and am hyped for more of this content

[@reececandler8652]

You need to continue this cursed timeline Bailey

[@soadratmetc]

The trade engine seems geared WAY up in 24 and makes some baffling deals

[@kamtheman9952]

Nothing like seeing my twins completely blow up the starting rotation that I'm super excited to watch this season

[@alexisborden3191]

I think Ohtani might have gotten a Qualifying Offer? I don't know if that would be specifically mentioned, but it did say that he's already recieved a QO and I don't think he got one IRL yet so maybe he took the QO and hoped to have a better year to get it out of the way in the hopes of a better free agency the next year? Though I don't know that any team signing Ohtani would even care about that, then again, he did have a normal human season, if he had his typical MVP worthy season team would probably just be like "what draft picks? Yeah yeah sure whatever, signs check for $500 million."

[@redrangers12330]

Please do another OOTP play through! The Texas rangers one was fun

[@broncos435]

the brewers offseason situation was completely incomprehensible. it was impossible to tell whether they were rebuilding or making home run swings lmao

[@metallic4446]

Yoooo love out of the park baseball!

[@Soxwyd]

We need more rebuilds Bailey 💅

[@gradyjones7017]

Yeah, Ohtani would NEVER end up on the Dodgers

[@natehaines3341]

plz continue, sir.

[@AlecK47]

Bring on more chaos!

[@BigKeegDrives]

It predicted Max Clark being a Tiger

[@Teeminator952]

Bailey love your videos so much, also you give me Bully Maguire vibes

[@jsonr]

The explanation for Ohtani is that OOTP undervalues 2 way players (and makes them underperform). I don't know if that's a thing in 24 but it was always a thing in 23. I could trade a mid prospect for him or sign him for 5 million a year at which point he would play very badly.

[@levicoker8937]

You should check out Enrique Bradfield Jr. Bailey , he was 46/46 on stolen bases for Vanderbilt last year , and has the best glove I’ve seen in college baseball

[@TheTEN24]

This is definitely chaos lmao especially trading for stroman and Holderman back😂

[@Adam-er5mk]

Would love to see you disable trades and go one more year just to see how thinks work out, who won/lost the trades, etc.

[@user-sr1xe5wk8h]

The Angels finishing just outside of the last wild card spot is so par for the course…

[@yagnn]

would love to see another full ottp series like the rangers one way back if you ever have the time to make it

[@cjcable6995]

They got the WS winner right at least. But ridiculous trade and FA AI. Some of those prospect trades are just truly insane. And you just don't see that many huge names moving by trades in one offseason. Would be entertaining from a pure chaos perspective though.

[@eggoslayer1001]

I can't even avoid my Philly teams losing championships in youtube simulations lol

[@Faysaw]

Crazy the Red Sox took Kyle Teel in both this sim and in real life!

[@gucci7082]

Let's go Cubs!

[@gucci7082]

What the freak?!?!

[@SanFranFan30]

Brayden Taylor going in the 3rd round of the draft is wild, he's like a top 15 guy.

[@Bordelll]

Bailey, you are my broken MVP!❤❤❤

[@Zombie1Boy]

Finished season as Jays, lost in wildcard to Ray's. So free agency pops up and this Japanese left fielder is generated- bat potential rivaling that of Vladdy Jr, absolute cannon of an arm (80 rated outfield arm), great work ethic, young (22) and only wanted a 1 yr 4 mil deal. Half a season in hes hitting better then Vladdy Jr and his hitting surpassed Vladdy Jr with still untapped potential... extended him to 10 year deal for half of what I gave Vladdy Jr on a 12 year, lol. Yeah Ootp can be nuts at times.

[@aaronhenninger689]

I see ootp, I drop a like

[@jamescrummy3222]

I think the trades was more a by-product of turning up the Talent Change Randomness. I wouldn’t mind seeing this go forward but maybe 125 was a bit too high. Maybe try 110

[@Legault397]

two seconds into the video and the Brewers have already blown up their rotation

[@jimmyk4445]

I wouldn't mind a follow up, maybe you can breeze through another season, no need for a 40 min breakdown of it. But honestly I think I'm only asking cuz Pittsburgh got Volpe for Crowe and I want to see how that plays out lmao

[@whitesoxchat]

Wild how the AL Central ended up with the Royals in 2nd and the Twins all the way down in 4th with only 76 wins.

[@soppo24]

I’d love more ootp content of any kind, this madness included. It’s fun to watch the insanity honestly

[@whitesoxchat]

Interesting FA names that slipped by (I know, I'm biased) Giolito going to AZ & apparently the White Sox not picking up Lynn's option, allowing him to sign to rival Cleveland.

[@topaz4162]

Bailey, do you play OOTP Perfect Team?

[@dylandavis4753]

Fun fact! Mitch Garver traded to Houston gives the Astros two elite players from my hometown of Albuquerque new Mexico!

[@mnguyen313]

29:22 “This guy Vaun Brown” lmao he’s a 25-yo just got to AA but has so much power that he had to get custom pants to fit over his quad muscles

[@richardtherichard26]

That tells you literally nothing about “how much power he has.” The fact he’s 25 in double a should be all you need to know about his lack of ability…

[@mnguyen313]

@@richardtherichard26 lmao cause he graduated college at 23 and in High-A he slashed .350/.454/.611 with 55 grade power and 70 run. He’s got great upside which OOTP recognizes, but he has limited time with professional development

[@dominicpancella3012]

Hopefully by now they've come out with a version where GMs are real people who eat and sleep instead of just being on the phone with each other 24/7

[@mnguyen313]

I am taking Ross Stripling’s 2023 success as gospel after watching him get bonked around in Spring Training

[@jaredheidecker7255]

I would kill for Bailey to do a super-sim OOTP 24 sim pls

[@bloatedgrape993]

heres how i see it, either you go through adn do the next 5 years of this, or you finish the texas rangers series

[@matthewrigsby204]

Hard to believe I've been here since the white Sox rebuild. How long has that been? Was that really before the big foolish baseball boom?

[@leonardoorozco318]

"You'll be free", lol.

[@shagginwagon8447]

Next off season please to a vid to see how accurate this was

[@edwinlam4679]

We need another rebuild like the Rangers a couple years ago

[@pdraggy]

My first sim as the Rangers Jacob DeGrom won the AL Cy Young. Even my second season he didn't get injured- he's certainly not injury prone in this game. (Eovaldi however, got injured 3 games in for 8 months THAN suffered a 12 month set back... yeah that's like 70% of his contract).

[@pdraggy]

oh yeah, I drafted 3 batters and 2 pitchers in the rule 5 draft too lol so I'm not surprised to see the Rangers draft 2 in this.

[@SuperKneehow]

I'd love to see it done again in a month when the game is patched. Really though, I'm super bummed about no NPB.

[@jacksonblock2188]

Love the rangers trading their top prospect while holding the top wild card spot

[@soapsatellite]

I like this simulation

[@pdraggy]

DANG who is this Dylan Lesko kid? Evan Carter, Jack Leiter (who granted, OOTP hates due to a down season last year- granted maybe he's a bust but still) and more talent for ONE KID?? I'd imagine all that for a vet given what this game proposed over the years but for one kid? I think the fact you can load up one side of trades (they upped the limit of people you can offer in trades from like 4 to infinity it seems like) made the trade engine go nuts. I know I tend to trade like 7 trash players for one blue chip prospect lol.

[@tepig4321]

I think you should just go all in on the craziness and do an unrealistic simulation with max randomness

[@grrizzzy7]

Woof i hope mlb network doesn’t use this for predictions before it gets some updates if ever. They have not updated offline mode since November 2021

[@pedro3131]

Phillies San Diego rematch? Thats whats in!

[@37willdog]

I’m here for the bizarro world simulation

[@cjthemarmadude545]

I would not survive if the Rangers miraculously made it to the ALCS and then proceeded to blow a 3-1 lead to the Yankees

[@jakerussell7537]

Something that I noticed about ohtani in ootp is he always takes short term deals worth low amounts of money it’s weird

[@minij7bobcats]

Me laughing as a Cleveland fan at Zunino hitting anywhere near .218

[@CSkivvs]

I would like to vote to continue the bizarro world.

[@BarteeThePartee]

Seems like only a few years ago I watched your 10 year where the Nats win a World Series :-( at least we have 2019

[@zachengland8208]

I think it'd be worth seeing what ends up happening in this mess of a universe.

[@defn0tjake]

MLB The Show: Oops! All Dipotos Edition

[@jonathansharpe2347]

the most unrealistic part of this simulation was jerry dipoto only making one trade

[@Atrose007]

I've seen enough honestly. Maybe settings tweaked?

[@retayuan123]

emmanuel claw-say

[@itzm2805]

real

[@brandonswoyer]

The Twins traded away nearly every starting pitcher we have, Ryan, Lopez, Ober and Mahle all gone. I guess we fleeced the Reds for Hunter Greene though

[@lennon6235]

who does rhys hoskins sign with after 2023 season?

[@guthrien]

A whole lot of jank on display, bravo. Let's do this again at the all star game, post-patches!

[@TheLegoBattlebotsLab]

Casually saw Pirates getting Anthony Volpe and trading Will Crow 😂😂😂

[@seanstuchbery]

aww bailey turned chaos up to 125 and couldn’t handle it!!!

[@braydenjewell4541]

Was that a littlemann17 reference? 😂 16:56

[@nickb8692]

NL Central just trading stars within their own division