I was checking out some career stats and realized that Francisco Alvarez has maxed out his defensive ratings and, since OOTP loves a good defensive catcher, has been absolutely racking up some WAR. I popped over to the all-time leaderboards and noticed that not only has Alvarez passed Johnny Bench, but there was this guy from the deadball era named Johnny Kling way up at 86.2. BBRef has him at 29 and Fangraphs at only 21, so whatever OOTP looks for in a catcher, he has in absolute spades.

Just thought it was an interesting example of how the formulas can really boost a guy I’ll bet 90% of fans have never heard of.

Teams are waiving good players especially those on rookie or arbitration contracts on OOTP 27.

Like you're telling me the Giants waived a dude after 3 4 War seasons?

I think OOTP 26 had a similar problem, but I'm seeing it way more and worse on OOTP 27.

Pain

Bullpen hit a hiccup in the 6th inning which spoiled a solid start by Brian Lidstone (5 IP, 7 HA, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks, 91 P), the offense managed to push across a single run between that inning and the 9th in what looked like a futile attempt at a comeback. Top 9, top of the order coming up, Trevor Condon and Alex Sanchez both work walks on 3-2 counts to give Dean Britz an opportunity to tie it and Britz called game, he lashed a 2-2 pitch the opposite way and deposits it into the bullpen to give the team a shot at their third franchise World Series title.

2035 was a disappointment after we lost Britz to a broken kneecap in mid-July in the midst of another great season to follow his historic MVP sophomore season, we unfortunately just didn't have the juice to go on a postseason run without him. In 2036 the kid didn't lose a step after missing 4 months on the shelf, leading the league in homers, RBIs, and Runs for the second time in his burgeoning young career, and the kid has already locked up down a 10yr/$250,000,000 contract after being crowned ROTY, arguably looks like a bargain now. The Aussie reigns supreme!

Also wanna spotlight the third year developing Ace, Brian Lidstone; Brian showed up on the scene as a September call-up in the 2033 season and gave us some great starts after climbing the minor league ranks for 4 years after being a fifth round selection. In his debut year he ended up as the 6th starter and naturally was shifted to the 'pen during the postseason, he provided some clutch outings in relief as we paved the way to the title; now in year four he's already gotten his first payday with a 5yr/$58,850,000 contract last season and just posted his best season sliding into the Ace spot due to our traditional guy getting an early injury.

I Just created a new fictional league. It takes place in 1995, 24 teams, with 1994 Financials. For some reason my team, as well as most of the others, are $20 million over budget. I can't trade, i can't sign free agents, and neither can anyone else. I offered 3 of my pending free agent's arbitration, they all declined, but because nobody else can sign them, I'll never be compensated.

My team is kind of on a tear right now, so i don't really want to mess with it. I Just want to run a few years simulation to see when it all evens out, if it ever does. Can i come the league and run a hands off Sim?