The draft and international free agent system were also overhauled to match the current MLB system under the new CBA as well. No detail was spared, as teams can assign returning DL players to rehab assignments, designate unwanted players for assignment to allow them to be demoted, and put players on the trade market (and have them respond appropriately). That realism extends to the financial and roster management aspects of the game. Beyond that, it showed just how good OOTP's realism is. The fact that the team performed about as well as the real one despite my management shows how difficult a situation the franchise was in (or how ineffective managing a team well is). Louis Cardinals prospect Kolten Wong in the deal along with Trevor Rosenthal for Nolacso and Placido Polanco. Nolasco left with a 2.76 ERA and 3.01 FIP, making him a great commodity. Like the real one, virutal Nolasco had a renaissance season, but his stepped it up even more. Fernandez tore his UCL and had Tommy John surgery, knocking him out for the rest of the year.Īs for Nolasco, the Marlins traded him too, but he fetched a better return than the real Nolasco. You might be wondering what happened to Nolasco and Jose Fernandez? Fernandez was promoted and got four solid starts in before disaster struck. He has been since demoted, and the returns of Nathan Eovaldi and Henderson Alvarez have not helped. He leads all starters with a 3.86 ERA, but that hides a pathetic 5.07 FIP thanks to an almost one-to-one strikeouts to walks ratio. Virtual Turner has played in the majors the whole year, but his play has been awful. Outside of Ricky Nolasco, the pitchers have really performed poorly, and there is no better representative of that than Jacob Turner.
Ironically, it's the pitching staff on the virtual Marlins that has struggled mightily, not necessarily the offense. Logan Morrison has played more in the virtual season than he did in the real first half, but his performance has been good. The other player who has not struggled at the plate is someone who has shined in real life too. He has primarily been batting in the leadoff or second slot, so driving in runs has not been his forte, but he has played well overall for the Fish. Justin Ruggiano is having an up-and-down season in Miami, but the virtual Ruggiano is hitting. There are two players who have played surprisingly well for the virtual Marlins, and they are two players you might have expected given the 2013 real Fish. Otherwise, these two are as lifeless at the plate as they come. The difference between them is their defensive contributions, as Hechavarria is eight runs better than average this season on defense. The virtual Hechavarria has hit five home runs and provided more power, but he has also done nothing at the plate, just like the real one. The rest of the Marlins' roster is also not playing well. Either way, however, both players are well under their expectations at the plate. That mark ranks third among all defenders and tops overall at his position. The real Stanton is not struggling as badly at the plate as the fake Stanton, but the virtual version has had a strong defensive season with 11.5 runs above average in half a year. For example, take a look at Giancarlo Stanton.
The Marlins' first half in the video game ended at 34-60, 1.5 games worse than the Marlins ended up in real life.įor the Marlins, that realism hit home pretty hard, as a number of Marlins who are struggling in real life are also having difficulties in the game. The simulations come off extremely well, and the first half in my simulated season went about as well as the first half could be expected. It does not get more realistic than OOTP 14 in terms of how the game is handled. I decided to use the excellent franchise features on the 2014 version of OOTP to simulate the first half of the Marlins season. But would you be surprised to hear that, in the virtual world of the best baseball sim game on the planet, Out of the Park (OOTP) Baseball 14, the Fish are actually doing worse? The Miami Marlins have struggled on the field all season long, and so far this year it has been a difficult first half.
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