Double steals, hit and run, pinch hitters and everything else.
If you wanted to though you could easily do so and the in-game controls allow you to control your team just like a real manager would. The hardest thing about baseball games is playing all 162 games, but with OOTP 16 you don’t need to. Strict lefty/righty platoons? You can do that. For example, do you want to keep your young pitchers on a pitch count? It does that.
You can play full seasons of the game without every actually “playing a game” as the AI on the game is very intelligent and sticks to the strategy that you set for it. There is a lot of balls for you to keep in the air and it can be a lot of fun trying to manage them. The bigger the market, the more you can charge. The more popular you are, the easier it is to sell tickets. The key is to hold on to popular players and win. Play poorly for long enough and the fans will tune you out. You also have team popularity and fan loyalty to deal with. I personally like to tear down and build up franchises, but depending on my owner I can’t always do that. Fail at enough goals and you might be fired. They set goals for you like “find a top 5 prospect” or “upgrade at catcher” that you have to accomplish in order to keep them happy. Some have a short leash like George Steinbrenner, others have more patience and others are super hands on. You just have to do what the owner wants you to do.Įach team’s owner has their own set of personality traits and focuses that shape how they treat you. You can have as much control as you’d like to have over your franchise. If you start to feel overwhelmed by all your duties you can push some of them off to your assistant GM, bench coach or minor league managers. You can play MLB, a number of international leagues or even the minors.
When starting OOTP you are given the choice between a real world league (starting this season), a historical league or a customized league. Out of the Park Baseball has been around for a number of years and their latest game is their masterpiece. Luckily for us, we have the greatest gift ever given to baseball nerds right at our fingertips and it’s called OOTP 16. If you answered yes to any of these hyper specific questions, congratulations, you’re a baseball nerd. Have you ever wanted to build your own MLB farm system? Do you wish your team would only draft hitting prospects because of the limited risk involved? Have you ever wanted to lowball a player in arbitration? Do you ever think of trading for a player with a year left on his contract in order to get the draft pick when the contract expires? Wouldn’t it be great to fire your team’s manager? Follow Get Exclusive Tips on our Patreon, Ad-Free]