Baseball Mogul 2007 Feature Poll

[Farsight]

enhanced play-by-play mode where I can manage my team would be HUGE for me. Free-agent bidding would be big as well - it's currently way too easy to pick and choose your roster.

interface improvements would be next on my list... being able to choose the displayed columns on the lineup/rotation screens, a Morale column (this is REALLY important to making morale feel like part of the game)... basically, I don't want to have to go through players one at a time EVER when making basic decisions or looking for an overview...

A message when an injured player (DL) is healthy, and a warning when your team is headed for financial ruin (and perhaps a "grace period" before the whole team is sold off) would be nice as well.

The last big item for my enjoyment would be if we could make trading block lists that are persistent, so AI players will tend to offer deals that follow those lists. Each player could be tagged as Normal (like now), On-The-Block (AI tends to make offers for these players), and Untradeable (AI never makes offers for these players). The AI could also use these tags, since it already seems to use similar rules internally. Lastly, we could set a Primary/Secondary "Need" (like the AI already does - "Need a starter", etc), that the AI would tailor deals towards. A new league-wide Trading Block screen could summarize the Block/Needs of all teams, to make trade planning MUCH easier.

My general rule is: any time I -have- to manually go through every team/player in order to make a basic decision, something's wrong.

Looking forward to the next version!

[Edge]

What a propect report like feature. A top 100 overall prospects and more detailed team by team rankings.

[homer2931]

1. Compensation for free agents
2. 40 man roster rules, with rule 5 draft
3. Clauses in contracts (i.e. vodiding the contract after X days on DL, bonuses for reaching X plate apearances)
4. Better trading block feature. I can put players on my trading block and get offers for them, and search other teams trading blocks
5. My favorite team to run is Colorado, I'd like to be able to start in 1993, but be able to do the expansion draft myself.
6. Teams like Oakland and Boston and LAopperate in the "moneyball" style

[homer2931]

I don't think this actually exists in real life. There are however performance clasues, ie so many plate appearances, saves, games played, etc. This could potentially be used to reduce the risk of high injury risk players.

Jaret Wirhgt has a clause where after 75 days on the DL, the 3rd year becomes void.

[Bgsexy66]

Another thing I'd like to see is that the Farm, Scouting, and Medical expenses having more of an effect on the game in general. I would like to see less injuries if the medical staff is ranked highly, and I'd also like to see more superstar players when the scouting and farm expenses are ranked higher. You get the point. I mean look at the Braves scouting and farm has helped that team win and win with rookies this year.

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1. Team Records. A window that displays the all-time team records in each statistical category. Ie home runs, wins, rbi's. by whom and what year.

2. If anyone remembers collecting topps baseball cards as a kid, when you looked at the stats on the back, a player who led the league in a category had his stat in bold and italicized. if he was tied with another play it would also have an asterik. I'd like to see that in the player stats view.

[petrel]

Here's the summary of the voting so far - I did this for people going blind trying to read that poll:

Bidding for free agents against the AI (no immediate signings) 94 votes
Waiver Wire 91 votes
Manager Signings/Firings 86 votes
Separate majors/minors Auto-Sort buttons 80 votes
Three-way trades 79 votes
Backloaded Contracts (e.g. $3M in 2005, $4M in 2006, etc.) 78 votes
Enhanced Injury Engine (the ability to play hurt, e.g. "he's at 85%" etc.) 76 votes
Rule 5 Draft 73 votes
Realistic 40-Man Roster Rules 71 votes
Player Hot Streaks. More Morale Depth. 70 votes
Player-of-the-month (week, game) awards 70 votes
Stadium improvements (e.g. luxury suites, additional seats) 69 votes
Team Rivalries (with bean balls, brawls, and related news stories) 68 votes
Incentive Clauses 66 votes
Editable Number of Pitchers Per Team and Roster Sizes 65 votes
'Player Lock' button (specifies players that AREN'T affected by Auto-Sort) 65 votes
Editable League Structure, Interleague Play, and Playoffs 64 votes
Platoon splits (lefty/righty stats and lefty/righty lineups) 63 votes
Interactive Play-By-Play (e.g. choose when to pinch hit, sacrifice, steal, bring in relievers etc.)
62 votes
Expanded revenue options (merchandise, concessions, media contracts etc.) 61 votes
Ability to set DH and non-DH Lineups 60 votes
"Almanac" (automated yearly HTML output of all of stats, standings and leaders) 58 votes
More severe personality effects (e.g. "clubhouse poison") 58 votes
Enhanced Play-By-Play: Triple Plays, Double Switches, Taking a Base on Defensive Indifference, Ejections, etc.
57 votes
Inflation (e.g. Babe Ruth earning $100,000 NOT $10,000,000) 56 votes
Salary Caps and Revenue Sharing 55 votes
Computer-controlled owner (that sets your budget and/or fires you for poor performance)
54 votes
Use a Pitcher as a Position Player or Vice Versa 53 votes
Minor-league TOTALS in Scouting Report 51 votes
Playoff TOTALS in Scouting Report 46 votes
Computer-controlled commissioner (vetoes cash-only trades, disallows team movement, etc.)
43 votes
'History' Dialog lists all franchise years (not just the ones you controlled the team) 41 votes
'Team Options' Slider for Percentage of Games to start Alternate Starters 40 votes
Schedule Editor 36 votes
Improved Sim Engine for Deadball Era (pre-1920) 34 votes
Ability to Move Pitcher's Slot to any Position in the Batting Order 33 votes
Auto-Sort Button for Strategies 31 votes
Team Stats Output - the ability to display, sort and print a range of team stats (not just in Standings)
31 votes
Other [non-lefty/right] split stats (home/away, day/night, runners-in-scoring-position, month-by-month)
28 votes
Saveable Roster Dialog configurations 27 votes
Pitch-by-pitch interaction (e.g. choose which pitch to throw to what location in what count; as batter, guess pitches)
25 votes
New Screen and Dialog background artwork 23 votes
Full minor league teams (with their own schedules and box scores)
22 votes
Improved HTML output for running leagues 19 votes
Other 3 votes

-Pet

[Surefire]

I thought of something.

I'd recommend a "Play until trading deadline" option. This way, instead of going month-to-month or half a season, we can play right up to the last day of the trading deadline, and then can decide if a trade is warranted depending on our team's record and standings.

[Clay Dreslough]

I thought of something.

I'd recommend a "Play until trading deadline" option. This way, instead of going month-to-month or half a season, we can play right up to the last day of the trading deadline, and then can decide if a trade is warranted depending on our team's record and standings.

I could replace 'Play Half Season' with that option.

[Bgsexy66]

I could replace 'Play Half Season' with that option.

I think this would be a better option.

[goyanks225]

I think this would be a better option.

Me too.

As to the whole interactive play-by-play issue, I, for one, would much rather have other smaller features that make your power as a GM more realistic (that is what the game is supposed to be about). This includes things like a 25 and 40 man roster, waivers, bidding on free agents, and an actual 15 and 60 day DL.

[GSpencer]

I believe that all of the above would be excellent, but most are not possible, especially given the fact that Clay cannot devote 100% of his life to working on these.

I don't have the slightest idea on what it takes to create a game, so if I am wrong, please correct me, but some of the items mentioned in the poll seem minor and almost cosmetic. For example, adding a "lock" button so that auto-sort doesn't mess everything up doesn't seem like such a hard thing to add. Again, correct me if I'm wrong about that. That's why I didn't vote for that, as I feel that Clay should devote his time to major additions and upgrades to the game, such as, perhaps, an interactive play-by-play.

[Surefire]

I'm a newbie, and I apologize in advance if this has already been discussed, or if I simply don't know the way to do it.

I'd like a way to view a pitchers throwing arm, i.e. if they are left or right handed without having to look at their BIO. Likewise, I'd like a way to view a hitters bat (left, right, or switch) and arm (left or right) without looking in the bio. IMO, this info should be right on their stats page, and also have a column by their ratings. Just IMO, YMMV

If there is a way to do this, please let me know.

[Clay Dreslough]

If there is a way to do this, please let me know.

There isn't. But this info will be prominent in BB2k7.

[Surefire]

I could replace 'Play Half Season' with that option.

I think that is a great idea.