Version 7.0
Plans for Version 7
Groundwork for a new version got underway on August 30, 2021. Estimates range between 12-14 months for a rollout, giving a preliminary release range of late summer to fall 2022. Below is a list of development goals for V7.0. You are invited to discuss these items in the discussion link for this page (see above) or in the chat window, and suggest your own development wish list.
Because of the massive reformatting involved in these projects, V7 must be a clean install, not an upgrade.
Database Changes
- Addition of Negro League Players and Stats
- Addition of player stats from 1871 - 1892.
While they might appear simple, these additions take lots of labor. It is not yet clear just how we ought to incorporate players from the Negro Leagues. My preliminary thoughts revolve around our 'Auxiliary Roster' concept.
Player records from 1871 - 1892 pose additional challenges of season 'normalization' since the mound was closer to the plate in those years, and the league normalization database must be redesigned to accommodate leagues other than the AL/NL to which we have been exclusively tethered. Our dead ball leagues will be the most obvious beneficiaries of this addition. We will stretch backwards the span of seasons covered in these leagues.
All in all, these database additions are a big undertaking for these reasons, and for many more reasons of a technical/logistical nature related to limitations of our current data structures.
Simulator Changes
- Addition of the DH
- Addition of Ejections
Ejections will mean coding for a replacement at the ejected player's position. They will be based on actual historical data for ejections and appear in the box score with a brief explanation like "Arguing balls and strikes", "Arguing a call," "fighting" and the like. Thanks to the folks at retrosheet.org, this data has been researched and made available for all MLB history.
To simplify the use of the DH in our system, we will not create a DH Pool. Anyone from any position player pool can be allocated as a DH. We will force the use of the DH whenever games are played in American League Parks, NOT on whether you happen to play in the NL or AL. Since our system was not designed for the DH, a good deal of retrofitting will be necessary to do this right.
Member Wish List
These items have been suggested since the release of V65. They are under consideration.
- Archived stats for every season
- Addition of more historical schedule options for both the Custom League Designer and 'Live" Leagues.
