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Hey guys,
With MLB Opening Day only days away that means that Baseball Daily is just around the corner as well! The player set will officially launch early next week. At that time, all active players and some other players on MLB 40-man rosters will be eligible to draft. As usual, leagues need to fill by Friday in order to start play the following Monday.
Gameplay itself will play out exactly the same as any other player set, with the exception that player cards and ratings will be changing every day. So the draft process will work exactly the same as it currently does. Cards will continue to change even before your season starts.
The two default options that will be different for Baseball Daily are the Free Agent Drop Penalty and the Injury System.
Super-Advanced Injuries will be on by default. You can read more about the Super-Advanced Injury System here.
A season-long 5% drop fee will also be added and will be the default for Baseball Daily leagues. This will also be an option going forward for all other leagues as well.
In addition to the Game log on every player card page, a Daily Card History will be shown. You will be able to go through a players history of cards when deciding which player to draft and see their season stats for each day of the year as well.
Another difference between Baseball Daily and other player sets is the playoff schedule. More off-days have been added to the schedule to allow 4-man rotations. The Baseball Daily playoff schedule will include an additional rest day between Games 2 and 3 of every series, Games 4 and 5 of 5-game series, Games 5 and 6 of 7-game series, and an additional day between each series.
Lastly, a Daily Cards section will be added to the Your League menu for Daily Leagues. This will show both Debuts and a Who's Hot section.
Below is a list of game rules specific for Baseball Daily:
Baseball Daily Rules
- Gameplay is the same as any other Baseball Online player set except that player cards change every day and player ratings may change throughout the season.
- Cards will change based on players’ recent results, their season stats, projected stats, and how far through the MLB season is. Since time is a factor, cards may change even when the player doesn’t play. Injured players, a player sent to the minors, or a player who just has a day off will likely see their card change. Players who are no longer on a team’s 40-man roster will have their last card from when they were on the 40-man roster copied forward every day until they go back on a 40-man roster.
- We mentioned player ratings may change. This means a player’s fielding, error, running, injury, bunt, hit & run, stealing, throwing, passed ball, endurance, wild pitch, balk, hold, closer, and pitcher hitting ratings may change. All other ratings should stay consistent throughout the season.
- Salaries will remain constant for your league. Even though cards and player values are changing, salaries will not change through the remainder of the season. It's possible later in the year that salaries will be adjusted periodically for leagues that have not drafted yet.
- Injured players are still available for you to use as your team will experience their own injuries as normal during the course of a Baseball Online season. Injured players may see their injury rating increased to as high as the maximum (6), while other ratings such as fielding, endurance, and others may change significantly as well. The Super-Advanced Injury System will the default injury system for Baseball Daily.
- No pitchers will be rated as * pitchers. This means all starters must have 4 days rest between starts. However a 4-man rotation will still be allowed in the playoffs using the new playoff schedule.
- Cards are scheduled to officially update at 9am ET, and new players are scheduled to be added to the player set (including free agent pools for all existing leagues) at 12pm ET, although some rare circumstances may call for a delay with these times. We would do our best to post informational updates in these cases.
- When new players are added to the player set at 12pm ET on a given day, they are available to all existing leagues on a first-come, first-served basis.
- In the event where circumstances would prevent us from posting new cards for a given day, we would proceed to play that night's games using the most recent cards that we've officially posted.
Baseball Daily FAQ
Q: If a player goes 2-4 on opening day, will his card show a .500 batting average?
A: No, cards are initially based heavily on projections. Current season stats and recent performance (hot/cold) get added in as well but how many PA/IP they have and at what point of the season it is also make a difference.
Q: One of my players has an injury on one side of the card but not the other!!
A: Although this doesn't happen with regular card sets, these cards need to be computed daily without any manual intervention. That means that you may see oddities such as this one where the computer program ran into an error and was not able to place a certain reading such as an injury. As a new card is created every day, you may see an injury rating missing for one day but go right back on the next.
Q: Will the add/drop deadline still exist even though our player's value might tank before the playoffs?
A: Yes, the deadline for Baseball Daily leagues will still be Game 142. Part of the player set's strategy should be to hold enough bench players to withstand injuries and declining cards as you prepare for your playoff run.
Q: Will the cards at the end of the year be the same as the 2016 card set released next year?
A: No, these cards likely won't look anything like next year's card set. The formula to create Baseball Daily cards is trying to accurately portray the ability of that player every day of the season. So, if a player goes into a cold streak that will be portrayed in his Daily Card until he breaks out of it. For example, if a player such as Albert Pujols goes April without hitting a home run, it doesn't mean he can't do it. His HR% on the card would shrink every day a new card is created but he still will have a chance to homer because he still has the ability to do so, it's just perhaps less than it was to start the season.
I'm sure we'll receive alot of questions on this game after it debuts as it's a brand new set that's never been played out before. We've created a new Baseball Daily subforum here for users to discuss the game. We've also added this above FAQ and will be updating it as we receive questions to our e-mail.
I hope everyone enjoys Opening Day on Sunday and is excited for Baseball Daily's Opening Day on Monday. As always, please us our 365support@strat-o-matic.com e-mail for any questions!
-John
With MLB Opening Day only days away that means that Baseball Daily is just around the corner as well! The player set will officially launch early next week. At that time, all active players and some other players on MLB 40-man rosters will be eligible to draft. As usual, leagues need to fill by Friday in order to start play the following Monday.
Gameplay itself will play out exactly the same as any other player set, with the exception that player cards and ratings will be changing every day. So the draft process will work exactly the same as it currently does. Cards will continue to change even before your season starts.
The two default options that will be different for Baseball Daily are the Free Agent Drop Penalty and the Injury System.
Super-Advanced Injuries will be on by default. You can read more about the Super-Advanced Injury System here.
A season-long 5% drop fee will also be added and will be the default for Baseball Daily leagues. This will also be an option going forward for all other leagues as well.
In addition to the Game log on every player card page, a Daily Card History will be shown. You will be able to go through a players history of cards when deciding which player to draft and see their season stats for each day of the year as well.
Another difference between Baseball Daily and other player sets is the playoff schedule. More off-days have been added to the schedule to allow 4-man rotations. The Baseball Daily playoff schedule will include an additional rest day between Games 2 and 3 of every series, Games 4 and 5 of 5-game series, Games 5 and 6 of 7-game series, and an additional day between each series.
Lastly, a Daily Cards section will be added to the Your League menu for Daily Leagues. This will show both Debuts and a Who's Hot section.
Below is a list of game rules specific for Baseball Daily:
Baseball Daily Rules
- Gameplay is the same as any other Baseball Online player set except that player cards change every day and player ratings may change throughout the season.
- Cards will change based on players’ recent results, their season stats, projected stats, and how far through the MLB season is. Since time is a factor, cards may change even when the player doesn’t play. Injured players, a player sent to the minors, or a player who just has a day off will likely see their card change. Players who are no longer on a team’s 40-man roster will have their last card from when they were on the 40-man roster copied forward every day until they go back on a 40-man roster.
- We mentioned player ratings may change. This means a player’s fielding, error, running, injury, bunt, hit & run, stealing, throwing, passed ball, endurance, wild pitch, balk, hold, closer, and pitcher hitting ratings may change. All other ratings should stay consistent throughout the season.
- Salaries will remain constant for your league. Even though cards and player values are changing, salaries will not change through the remainder of the season. It's possible later in the year that salaries will be adjusted periodically for leagues that have not drafted yet.
- Injured players are still available for you to use as your team will experience their own injuries as normal during the course of a Baseball Online season. Injured players may see their injury rating increased to as high as the maximum (6), while other ratings such as fielding, endurance, and others may change significantly as well. The Super-Advanced Injury System will the default injury system for Baseball Daily.
- No pitchers will be rated as * pitchers. This means all starters must have 4 days rest between starts. However a 4-man rotation will still be allowed in the playoffs using the new playoff schedule.
- Cards are scheduled to officially update at 9am ET, and new players are scheduled to be added to the player set (including free agent pools for all existing leagues) at 12pm ET, although some rare circumstances may call for a delay with these times. We would do our best to post informational updates in these cases.
- When new players are added to the player set at 12pm ET on a given day, they are available to all existing leagues on a first-come, first-served basis.
- In the event where circumstances would prevent us from posting new cards for a given day, we would proceed to play that night's games using the most recent cards that we've officially posted.
Baseball Daily FAQ
Q: If a player goes 2-4 on opening day, will his card show a .500 batting average?
A: No, cards are initially based heavily on projections. Current season stats and recent performance (hot/cold) get added in as well but how many PA/IP they have and at what point of the season it is also make a difference.
Q: One of my players has an injury on one side of the card but not the other!!
A: Although this doesn't happen with regular card sets, these cards need to be computed daily without any manual intervention. That means that you may see oddities such as this one where the computer program ran into an error and was not able to place a certain reading such as an injury. As a new card is created every day, you may see an injury rating missing for one day but go right back on the next.
Q: Will the add/drop deadline still exist even though our player's value might tank before the playoffs?
A: Yes, the deadline for Baseball Daily leagues will still be Game 142. Part of the player set's strategy should be to hold enough bench players to withstand injuries and declining cards as you prepare for your playoff run.
Q: Will the cards at the end of the year be the same as the 2016 card set released next year?
A: No, these cards likely won't look anything like next year's card set. The formula to create Baseball Daily cards is trying to accurately portray the ability of that player every day of the season. So, if a player goes into a cold streak that will be portrayed in his Daily Card until he breaks out of it. For example, if a player such as Albert Pujols goes April without hitting a home run, it doesn't mean he can't do it. His HR% on the card would shrink every day a new card is created but he still will have a chance to homer because he still has the ability to do so, it's just perhaps less than it was to start the season.
I'm sure we'll receive alot of questions on this game after it debuts as it's a brand new set that's never been played out before. We've created a new Baseball Daily subforum here for users to discuss the game. We've also added this above FAQ and will be updating it as we receive questions to our e-mail.
I hope everyone enjoys Opening Day on Sunday and is excited for Baseball Daily's Opening Day on Monday. As always, please us our 365support@strat-o-matic.com e-mail for any questions!
-John