THE 10 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR OOTP PLAYERS TO KNOW

[@Dabeaux]

Just recently getting into OOTP, and this surface level tutorial is very helpful. Appreciate it.

[@sgtmushroom]

Glad to hear it, hope to have more coming

[@mattguerra6749]

Your vids are great and very informative. I've been playing since 2015 and STILL learning so much from your content. Keep it up.

[@sgtmushroom]

Glad to hear it!

[@obiewon123]

Totally agree with Catcher, SS defensive ability and I would throw in CF as well for up the middle defense. Great video

[@sgtmushroom]

Not quite as big, but definitely still very important.

[@beneli7179]

Thanks for your videos. You are knowledgeable and they are very helpful.

[@nomadkeller8612]

Fantastic Video! #4 on your list should be - Get a Prime Time Trainer.......The most important ability is AVAILABILITY......a SUPERIOR trainer will keep your key players on the field and not on the DL for 6 to 12 months....enough said.

[@TheDarkIllusionists]

I have 1,500 hours in this series and more than half of these tips were new. Fantastic video

[@nothazzz]

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[@johnnyeaton]

Your description of shedding older players for prospects and perpetually preparing for the future is... the Tampa Bay Rays. ;)

[@sgtmushroom]

Yep, and we all know how that's working out for them

[@swirvinbirds1971]

One issue I am dealing with with personel is when they get poached by another team, won't accept an offer to stay and then when I look at the free agent personel I'll find the perfect guy but they refuse to take a position on my staff.... After multiple runs in the playoffs. 🤷 Then all it wants to give me are crap options for their roles. Frustrating.

[@briantesch6328]

Love the videos! Do you have a link to the projection tool for 23?

[@sgtmushroom]

This video was made for OOTP 22, and so was my projection tool. OOTP overhauled the engine, and it's no longer useful for 23.

[@AXCEpoke]

Im a seasoned OOTP vet since 2018 and I did not know I should have developmental budget at 36 million. I recently started upping it to 20-22m per year and it does make a difference. Cant wait to check out what 36 million will do. I really enjoy playing realistically but I almost always edit my favorite prospects to have good durability so they get injured less. I also tend to set all their bottom 3 personality traits to 99. Can you enlighten me on the handle success, failure mechanics?

[@AXCEpoke]

Im also curious if you edit your players or owner when you play your personal games :D

[@jwood2415]

What does putting more money into player development do ?

[@DJ80s]

Thanks for your videos. I'm new to OOTP, playing OOTP 24. I'm playing as the Orioles. One of the lowest payrolls in the league. I'm thinking of going after Shohei Otahni. Should I do it? He's going to cost a fortune. Do you think Ohtani is worth the necessary investment?

[@sgtmushroom]

I think, for small market teams, Ohtani isn't worth it. It's better to invest your capital in younger, cheaper players.

[@DJ80s]

@@sgtmushroom Thanks for the advice. :)

[@David-nb3ex]

Always trade for John Olerud

[@rickdoss5659]

Great video, thanks! Just getting back into OOTP with 22 that I picked up at the Christmas sale last year and instead of importing my 21 save I am starting over from scratch. I forgot how many facets there were to this game. In one of your videos you mentioned culling out minor league players with "bad attitudes". Where exactly do you find that in the game? Is it under the player profile where you find comments from the scout like " he cleans up during locker room poker games"?

[@sgtmushroom]

I go to my team's player list, the minor league section, and then sort by guys who have low work ethic and intelligence.

[@rickdoss5659]

@@sgtmushroom Ah, gotcha'. I keep forgetting about the filters. I was looking everywhere but not finding Work Ethic. lol Thanks!

[@999GiantsFan]

This is way off subject but I am trying to determine if my default settings for resolution will cause half the game to be out of view (LARGE) I had that trouble with 22. I am iMac 5120x2880. Is there a quick way to adjust the resolution for the game?

[@sgtmushroom]

I'm not too knowledgeable about resolution issues on macs. I'd file a support ticket, they should be able to help you.

[@NickKrige]

aside from morale, is it that important for your farm teams to have winning records?

[@sgtmushroom]

That helps with morale, but the winning records themselves don't matter.

[@sethkaufmanceo54]

ive found the more my teams are winning, the faster my dudes progress. that could just be correlation rather than causation though. makes sense that the more better young players I have, the more wins we'd get

[@cantripleplays]

@@sethkaufmanceo54 morale helps people progress better.

[@cantripleplays]

@@sethkaufmanceo54 which is where the correlation comes from.

[@olivesal1312]

What does the scout rating disparity need to be for you to take Favor Tools over Highly Favor Tools? You'd obviously want to take a 4x Legendary Favor Tools over a 4x Poor Highly Favor Tools scout (I assume), so what's the cutoff?

[@sgtmushroom]

That's pretty much it. The disparity would need to be so large that it's unrealistic to ever see it actually happen. And while there is a world I might consider regular favour tools, there is no world I'd consider even neutral. I'll explain more in depth on my video later today

[@theapologist6717]

Gotta push back on #7 a bit. A tool is only as useful as the opportunities you get to use it. Thinking net value is not always the appropriate way to access value. Yes, longterm my 60 Pot LF prospect is net going to be extremely more valuable then the 1-2 year rental of a cheap frontline SP. But given that my Major League and Minor League Depth is an embarrassment of riches in the outfield, the value I get in solidifying an elite rotation for the next two years brings me more relative value then losing a prospect that is not all that different from the rest of my organizational depth or worst case, causes a minute, marginal decrease in that position in the future. Even looking at it from a purely net value, what's the value in prospects that just get in the way of others? What's the net value of trading away a 70 Pot 1B prospect, when you already have a 72 Pot, or even a 65 Pot 1B prospect. That's an underutilized asset, in other words, a useless valueless (to you! but not to others, aka potential trade bait) waste of space. (harsh to the point of being inaccurate, but you get the point) Trading away the future is not ideal, I 100% agree, but trading prospects, good ones, to improve short term success is not always necessarily short sighted. Win now is not always foolish, you just need a plan when exporting valuable assets to make sure you're not infringing on future success, because sometimes it's not about trading for/away valuable assets, it's about trading for USEFUL assets. (EDIT: and yes, if you play with a Trade AI that doesn't overly favor prospects, you can cheese the game super easily. If you find perennial 100+ win seasons fun, go for it, he's 100% right, that's super easy to do)

[@sgtmushroom]

I think there are elements of what you said I agree with, but only elements. Yes, it makes sense to fill a hole on your team with a cheap free agent signing or trade acquisition, but I'm not going to use any remotely valuable pieces to fill those gaps. You never need to. Doing so might get you a higher quality player this year, but it's probably not worth the additional price. Now before I dive into the next point I just want to say that you have violated point number 4 by referring to a player's overall lol. I know you probably just meant generally better players, but I will explain in my next bit why I disagree with that as well. So first of all, if you're trading a valuable, controllable piece, you need to be getting a different valuable, controllable piece in return. This plays into my signature strategy, "talent cycling". Essentially, talent cycling means that a very high portion of players leaving your organization bring back players that will either contribute to your team or become valuable trade chips at some point. Getting a rental player is extremely inefficient in this strategy. Ultimately, you might be strengthening your chances of winning now, but you're weakening your organization. The way I do so well is by building an organization constantly, not by building a team each year and then adding stuff behind it. Now as for your point of trading away everything but the top guy on your depth charts, this is just... so wrong. First of all, if that top prospect crumbles, which does happen, you'll feel real bad about trading the next best guy away. Secondly, ratings aren't static. Those players could TCR enough to completely change your rankings. You shouldn't be actively looking to get rid of a player until they're getting to the period where you're very unlikely to see further development (around 25 for batters and 26 for pitchers). Secondly, you might be able to move guys around defensively. And finally, and this is going to sound insane, you want to build an organization that is just convoluted and messy with top prospects. You want to own 8/10 of the best guys at every position. Even if this doesn't necessarily make your team stronger, what it does mean is that when truly special players come along, you have the capital to trade for them. And that you always have enough talent to compete while constantly refreshing your farm.

[@theapologist6717]

@@sgtmushroom By paragraph, but before I start, while I do go after rentals (aka 1/2-1 year players), No, I don't trade Serious/Good prospects for that. I just want to reiterate that my point is managing the minors is more than just getting and nurturing assets, its also about having a plan for how they'll get used. Nice Prospects that are getting blocked by better major league players on your team or other, better prospects need to be addressed. You have to ask questions like, "Can I move their position? Should I trade my current starter to open a spot for him? How much does this player improve my organization outside of depth? Because if he's ultimately just depth... Also, I watched a few of your other videos, I'm glad I'm not the only one screaming about Catcher Ability. I truly think this is a situation where the nuances aren't coming over well, as we see in the end, you actually start arguing in favor of the point I was trying to make, so I don't think we're actually far apart on our opinions, just a shame KZbin comments make it hard to articulate in an effective way. 1 - I agree, players that have a real future for you should be protected, unless the deal is too good to be true, then your key prospects should for all intents and purposes just live on your untouchable list. 2 - Yes I was being general to get my point across, I know better then to trust the Overall/Potential ratings at face value. 3 - "Ultimately, you might be strengthening your chances of winning now, but you're weakening your organization" My point isn't coming across, how in my (bare with my use of pot rating) organization weaker by getting rid of a player that isn't going to play for me? My point isn't that I'm not losing net assets, that's 100% Now as for your point of trading away everything but the top guy on your depth charts"* "Secondly, you might be able to move guys around defensively". I (being playful and not defensive) am kinda hurt you didn't think I already do stuff like that.

[@sgtmushroom]

@@theapologist6717 The only thing I really want to comment on here is the third point. Think of your organization as a pool of talent. That includes guys you want on your MLB team at some point, but also guys who are just there. I would call your excess your "trading power". Giving up a player who is unlikely to make your MLB team for a rental is still weakening your "trading power" even if it doesn't hurt what your hypothetical MLB team would look like. Now sometimes rentals are cheap enough that it's worth it to slightly weaken that "trading power" portion of your organization, but taking a significant chunk out, even if it's someone who doesn't have a place in your organization's future, damages your ability to get meaningful players later. So I'm obviously not suggesting you hold onto these guys forever. But what you should do is be trading them for different, younger prospects when the time comes, even if they don't have a spot in your future, because it sustains your trading power. This process works again and again for me, and I find that after about 10 years of play I can get any player on any team at any time. That's the goal. You want to literally have so much in your system that you can do anything. No offense intended, I definitely think that was just me misunderstanding you.

[@theapologist6717]

@@sgtmushroom No offense taken. I stupidly responded to your response from the KZbin bell, so it cut off my ending! I actually later talk about a lot of what your mentioning now and how much we actually agree, just with different nuances. Keep up the great work! You're my go to guy on the platform when I'm confused about something. (This was on your other video, but I mock recreated your Highly Favor Tools experiments, and I agree, Tools is just better. So thanks for pointing that out!)

[@av076]

I love you. You're great. Great information. Great videos. For the love of God, please slow your pace of speech 😩

[@gastonmannlicher8077]

36 million in player development? Bro my entire budget is 55 million.

[@daloscar306]

What advantages do you really get from putting 36 million in Player Development?

[@sgtmushroom]

All of your players get slight boosts to overall ratings development. This means your MLB players and top prospects are more likely to improve, but more importantly the farm as a whole. This means you do a better job producing depth, trade chips, and building nobodies into usable prospects, etc. Overall I think the value of the extra $30 million (the difference between minimum and maximum development budget) is well worth it.

[@daloscar306]

@@sgtmushroom Thanks for you answer, seems good. Just started a Orioles save and struggling to find that money.

[@daloscar306]

One more question how important is Centerfield defense?

[@sgtmushroom]

@@daloscar306 Extremely. It's not far behind shortstop.

[@richardgoild2959]

He said BILLION!😵🤣

[@farrisovich]

Where is this ranked players spreadsheet lol

[@sgtmushroom]

I'd link it but it's very out of date with the updates. It's current to I think the July update