September 2025 Updates

Baserunning Manager Setting Update

Updated 'Taking Extra Bases' setting to have significantly more impact on baserunning attempt frequency.

How 'Taking Extra Bases' Should Work

STEP 1: Situations are Created

  • Singles and doubles create chances to take extra bases
  • Fly balls create chances to tag up

STEP 2: Your 'Taking Extra Bases' Setting Impacts the Decisions

  • Aggressive (10): Attempt more extra bases, succeed less often per attempt (trying riskier situations)
  • Conservative (0): Attempt fewer extra bases, succeed more often per attempt (waiting for sure things)

Your manager setting for 'Take Extra Bases' is intended as a strategic tradeoff between frequency and success rate.

The Problem We Found

Stadium size and slugging were affecting BOTH steps in the process: Creating the baserunning situations AND having an overwhelming impact on the actual decisions made

Result: In many situations, the manager setting had negligible impact on how often teams attempted extra bases.

The Fix

Stadium and slugging now only affect STEP 1:

  • Big stadiums → more singles/doubles → more extra base opportunities
  • High slugging → more fly balls → more tag-up opportunities

They are removed from STEP 2, so your manager setting has proper impact:

  • Aggressive teams attempt more extra bases relative to the situations they face
  • Conservative teams are more selective relative to the situations they face

Success rate balance adjustment: We also fine-tuned the success rate formula to create a more balanced tradeoff. Previously, aggressive settings had overly low success rates compared to conservative settings. The difference between aggressive and conservative success rates is now more moderate and realistic.

What This Means for You

Your 'Taking Extra Bases' setting will work as intended. Your manager setting now has proper weight instead of being drowned out by stadium and slugging factors.

The result: Aggressive settings produce noticeably more attempts relative to opportunities (with lower success rates), while conservative settings are selective relative to opportunities (with higher success rates).

Note: An aggressive team in a small park may still have fewer total attempts than a conservative team in a large park, but each team's setting now properly controls their decision-making relative to the situations they face, making sure your strategic choice matters correctly.

This is the first step in improving baserunning functionality. Additional baserunning updates are planned for the future, but this ensures the current setting works as intended.

Additional Updates

  • Contest Entry Stats has additional upgrades
  • Forum slowdowns should be reduced