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FRANCHISE MODE
This year’s game features the most comprehensive Franchise
Mode ever available in a baseball game. Let’s quickly run
through a few of the basics before we get into the nuts and
bolts of running your own franchise.
Just as in Season Mode, you’ll need to set up a few options first
before you can get things rolling. You’ll be able to customize
your franchise with the following options:
Season Length . . . . .10 / 20 / 40 / 80 / 120 /162 games
Fantasy Draft . . . . . Off / Random Order / Fixed Order
Game Difficulty . . . . . . . . . . Rookie / Pro / All Star
Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes / No
Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes / No
League Budgets . . . Off / Random / Standard / Custom
Computer Trading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .On / Off
Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .On / Off
GETTING STARTED
If you’ve chosen to play with League Budgets set to Random,
Standard or Custom (and you should to get the full experience),
you’ll see an overlay at the beginning of Franchise Mode that
tells you how many budget points you have available to spend
on your team.