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JoseRijo · 10-07-2009, 01:08 AM

Often even on "hard" trades can be had by throwing in more and more players that the AI is going to have to cut or waive anyway.

I propose the AI has a sort of temporary roster memory which in evaluating the trade actually simulates the trade's aftermath, and any waived or released players will be counted as a negative in terms of salary taken on, but as a zero (as in no positive effect) in terms of talent added to a trade.

This would make it still possible to trade these extra fodder players, but the AI will consider the money lost in cutting them as a negative, but it may still think the trade is fair. And to re-iterate there is no way it should consider any potentially waived players as positive value for a trade.

10-07-2009, 01:08 AM	#178 (permalink)
JoseRijo Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 80 Thanks: 7 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	Trade Fodder Often even on "hard" trades can be had by throwing in more and more players that the AI is going to have to cut or waive anyway. I propose the AI has a sort of temporary roster memory which in evaluating the trade actually simulates the trade's aftermath, and any waived or released players will be counted as a negative in terms of salary taken on, but as a zero (as in no positive effect) in terms of talent added to a trade. This would make it still possible to trade these extra fodder players, but the AI will consider the money lost in cutting them as a negative, but it may still think the trade is fair. And to re-iterate there is no way it should consider any potentially waived players as positive value for a trade.