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Originally Posted by sfeldkamp
A player with options was injured toward the end of spring training. I tried to demote to AAA, but was not allowed. The message said to place the player on the disabled list instead.
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It would seem OOTP insists on injured players going on the DL, though I didn't think that was the case.
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Originally Posted by sfeldkamp
When the player's DL time was up I attempted to assign to AAA, but was not allowed.
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OOTP requires the player be reinstated to the active list first before he can be optioned down. In the real world, it appears a player coming off the DL can be activated and optioned without necessitating another transaction.
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Originally Posted by sfeldkamp
It said that the player had to go through waivers. That's not right is it?
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No. I mean, there is a technicality in the real world rules which sometimes requires a player being optioned to clear waivers first, but OOTP doesn't recreate that.
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Originally Posted by sfeldkamp
To make matters worse I then chose to DFA the player with a revocable waiver. Another team claimed him. I tried to pull him back but couldn't, the message said a player couldn't be removed from DFA until the waiver period had expired.
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The problem here is that OOTP uses the DFA for things that the real world DFA is not used for.
The real world DFA works like this: a player Designated For Assignment is immediately removed from the club's 40-man roster, and the club now has up to 10 days to decide what to do with the player. It can do one of three things: (1) outright the player to the minor leagues (this requires irrevocable waivers); (2) unconditionally release the players (which also requires irrevocable waivers); or (3) trade the player to another club (which may or may not require revocable waivers, depending if it's past the trade deadline).