-EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY- Rookie League players must have less than 4 years of PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TIME to remain eligible to be placed in any of the four rookie league levels. After the proposal was placed in front of the league, I have received 17 votes of “YES” and 0 votes of “NO” through the voting process. In addition, support on Slack […]
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EXPORTS ARE DUE AT 3:00 PM PST. For those making lists, remember the lists begin in Round 7. Also remember to copy and paste lists to remaining rounds in which you want list used in!
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Potential Change to Rookie League Eligibility Via: League Office As the in-game draft nears and the start of play in each of the Rookie Leagues approaches, I have been giving more and more thought into the “eligibility” of players at those levels. The following is the number of players exceeding 25 years of age or 4 years of service time across […]
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Here is a league-wide reminder regarding trades: Article VII — Trades There are certain restrictions/qualifiers on trades: Player Restrictions: No player may be traded within 90 days of signing a major league contract or an extension. Free agents signed to off-season major league contracts may not be traded until June 1st of the upcoming season.
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DRAFT UPDATE As of 9:00 AM on Tuesday, 11 picks remain in Round #3. I am going to assume we will finish the round, no later than Thursday. At the conclusion of Round 3 (regardless if it comes sooner than Thursday…after say on Friday) we will be stopping the draft until MONDAY, MAY 14. By that I mean the following: […]
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For Immediate Release April 13, 2018 Wilgus Leaves Yankees For Spot In League Office The MLB Pro League Office and New York Yankees have reached an agreement that will end the General Manager tenure of Brad Wilgus in New York. After spending six full seasons in charge of the Yankees, Wilgus will depart the Yankees and will join the league […]
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2018 MLB Pro Draft SCHEDULE The 2018 MLB Pro Draft will begin on MONDAY, April 16. With the draft beginning on Monday, the final day for a team to sign any remaining compensation eligible player is FRIDAY, April 13. Upon the completion of Friday’s sim (potentially Saturday morning depending on my schedule), the draft order and players will be moved over […]
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Opening Day 2018 It feels like yesterday that Rocky and the Minnesota Twins were celebrating after defeating the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. It was the American League’s 6th consecutive championship. Since then, we have transitioned from OOTP16 to OOT18, debuted the Winter Developmental League (where each the AL finished in the top three spots), saw big free-agent deals […]
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When we made the switch to OOTP18, we began using a custom injury file in an attempt to combat the new injury mechanics. It has come to my attention that everyone needs the file within their own version of the league folder, as at the moment, while you are seeing the proper length of injury, you are not seeing the […]
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League Office Announcement Commissioners office has released a schedule of 15 exhibition games for February 5, 2018 The MLB Pro league office announces that on Monday, February 5th, each MLB Pro team will compete in an exhibition game on that day. The matchups include “Game 8” between the Word Series champion Minnesota Twins and the Cincinnati Reds. Legends of franchises […]
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More Giant Moves and what that could mean… The Giants have been making large waves in the bay area since the World Series ended. There have been people who have questioned the seemingly endless barrage of moves the Giants have been making, with some thinking they left themselves to thin in the minor leagues and others believe […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 9, 2018 MLB Pro Office Of The Commissioner, MLB Pro Players Association and Nippon Professional Baseball Reach Agreement on Shohei Ohtani MLB Pro has reached a settlement with the MLB Pro Players Association and Nippon Professional Baseball with regards to allowing Shohei Ohtani to join MLB Pro after the 2018 MLB Pro season is completed. All […]
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League Office Unveils Three Proposals For League Vote January 8, 2018 The following rule proposals are to be voted upon by the members of the league. VOTING FORM FOUND HERE Proposal 1: Allow teams to hire coaches away from other teams. In real-life, we see MLB managers and coaches receive MLB Managerial jobs. With this proposal, teams would be […]
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League Office Releases List MLB Pro Auction Players The 2018 Winter Meetings Player Auction takes place from Sunday, January 7th to Wednesday, January 10th, The Player Auction will be done in two parts – Part 1: Sunday — Part 2: Tuesday The auctioneer will determine how many players are auctioned in a night and how many will be auctioned in total. When […]
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The Winter Meetings are nearly upon us! These meetings have long been a beacon of hope in an otherwise long and arduous offseason. In advance of this year’s summit in Phoenix, I have surveyed 90% of our general managers to identify which players are on the trade block and what teams might be a good fit for them based on their […]
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MLB Pro Winter Meetings 2018 Winter Meetings To Be Held January 7-10 The 2018 MLB Pro Winter Meetings will be hosted by the Arizona Diamdondbacks from Sunday, January 7th to Wednesday, January 10th. The Winter Meetings will be an opportunity for free-agents and agents to mingle with all teams in a single place. In addition, GM’s will have a chance to take […]
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MLB Pro Ticket Price and Attendance Analysis The following takes a look at ticket price and attendance information from the 2016 and 2017 MLB Pro seasons. The influence of fan support on the outcome of a baseball game cannot be measured. While many argue that a loud fan base can energize the home team, intimidate a visiting team, or play […]
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League Announces 11 Teams Have Earned Competitive Balance Draft Picks For the first time in MLB Pro history, the league office has announced it will use a system to award competitive balance draft picks on a yearly basis. This season, 11 teams qualified amongst three tiers. Tier I teams will be awarded a pick between the second and third round […]
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Being that MLB Pro started many iterations of OOTP ago, franchises have altered/changed their ballparks over this time period. With this move to OOTP 18, I am allowing teams to get an updated set of park factor ratings. This is OPTIONAL on a team by team basis. If you are interested in having information regarding your stadium be updated, please […]
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The import to OOTP 18 is complete. With that, we have officially hit the off-season. Below are some notes regarding the switch and the off-season. We are having some problems with the league reports, hope to have this resolved by the end of the weekend. The following changes have been made to the league file and will be noticed after […]
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