The AI has definitely been wonky all year for this game in terms of DFAs and waiving players… feels less polished than previous games which I find strange. Been taking some fun out of my playthroughs and it’s somewhat frustrating

Tough loss, but happy it was to my Phils I guess. Sucks to see that your owner plans on cutting even more budget in the future

The giant billboard is the jumbotron lol. The hotel rooms surround it.

After Hagen Smith pitches a complete-game shutout with 13 Ks allowing 2 hits in game 1, Phillies 1B Cuvet said after the game that Smith was "very hittable" and "wasn't anything special" today, and doesn't see what all the fuss is about. (That's a Taylor Ward reference, for anyone who didn't see the story over the weekend)

At 10:30 ...isn't that the jumbotron?

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why isn’t the divisional series best of 5?

Great video! I am new to OOTP and felt a bit overwhelmed with what was expected of me for the off season.

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hopefully you’ll see this. what are your trade settings on? you seem to get relatively realistic trades going thru

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Wilson Thomas Lewis Richard Moore Brenda

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Jackson Betty Williams Karen Taylor Jose

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When is the best time to hire your major league managers and minor league staffs

I would have checked manager and hitting coach relationships with Soto He should definitely hit better than 130 WRC+

Boston 9-1 in their last 10 games. I also enjoyed this format and certainly understand why you don't do it all the time. But i love the day to day aspects of the game. It's what makes the game great, in my opinion.

Junior Marino has been a stud for me in three consecutive saves

Love this episode format. I understand why you may not do it all the time, but in playoff races and maybe early season it's fun to see things play out real time sometimes.

David Rivera is "from" my home town. The school they have him attending is an all-girls Catholic school. I thought that was pretty funny.

do you up the development speed for your save because i never got any int prospect be close to how frank figueroa look

Traded garret crochet for Brock wilken, Jefferson quero, and Jacob misirowski. What do you think?

Welcome back! Great stuff as usual

Definitely agreed about some of the top end free agents prices. They still accept contract lengths that are way lower than real life. Had Soto accept a 40/year for 6 years. No way he would in real life.

Important to note: Cito still sucks

How do I turn off game previews from my scout

you could try to dfa soto so that he considers more team for you to trade but i haven't try that method in this year ootp though.

Tigers legend Kevin Made returns! I do think this trade makes sense, even from a realistic perspective. As your young guns get older and more expensive, you’ll need to have cheap depth in the wings to fill roster holes, which I think most GMs would recognize. You’ve already got 3 MVP caliber players on the roster. I’m not sure losing Robert’s offense would sink this team as much as losing out on the depth provided by the trade would. I would almost say that the AI is giving away too many players for one year of Robert. If it were my sim, I may police myself by removing their #5 prospect from the deal. Thats just my personal opinion though!

These are the trades that change you from a playoff team to a dynasty. Cash out when you have a surplus for prospects to keep the talent pool wide and cheap. Plus you’re getting role players, fringe pitcher, and a versatile outfielder. No brainer for me. Great trade for both teams. Short term for them and long term for you.

Drafted Grahovac in my cubs sim and dev labbed his power to 85 (on the 1-100 scale) and he hit 54 dongs in his rookie year and hovered around a 110 OPS+ before I traded him to the royals and he dropped off pretty fast. If you can dev lab his avoid K's he might end up really good. I would probably do the trade, especially because you have Bradfield to fill the spot defensively.

I'm a yes, but only if you go trade for Chris Taylor to be your other util IF, to help your pitchers with those Taylor-Made double plays.

Change Vlad’s number back to 27 so at the end of his career you can retire his number

Sorry for you but glad to see Gunnar go 1-9 in the 3 spot for the Yankees. Now he needs to sign anywhere else.

Texas signing Detroit Tigers legend Jackson Holliday!

Nice video bro. Do you know if there is a way to let a two way player like Ohtani hit on days he's the starting pitcher? I have OOTP25 and can't seem to figure this out. I set him as a two way player in "strategy" and it's still not working..

Hello, I’d like to talk about the plane with the banner in your thumbnail.

Not video related but what are you willing to give up for Tarik Skubal? I tried one out in OOTP and the O's GM was like "what are you smoking?" I forced the trade and then when I did the trade in reverse he asked me what I was smoking again. I must give off that vibe.

Is it just me or are those mega devastating injuries/reinjuries way more common in this game? Even with Rick Jameyson, seems like this year it’s way more frequent

ashby got wrecked w injuries in mine after winning back to back cys. i hope for better for you lol

My Oakland team made it to the ws with the massive fielder prospects and paying for Andrew painter, strider, freddy, tiedeman etc.

He always gets shocked when the ai won't give players away for prospects that have no ceiling and want something back in the trade

Can you hire and fire real coaches? Such as managers?