Fictional League and Trading

Papi · 12-14-2008, 02:30 PM

This may be a bug, but then again I have been wrong thousands of times in my life. I am playing a fictional league that is currently almost two full seasons in. It started January of 2008 and I am currently in August of 2009. As I approached the trade deadline in 2009, it still will not let me trade players that were drafted in the initial player draft in January of 2008, saying they were drafted less than a year ago. However, there were players it let me trade right away, within that day. I have some big time prospects that I am wanting to bring up, but they are being blocked by inferior players in the big leagues that I am unable to trade. Is it something I am doing, or an obscure rule that I am unaware of?

Nutlaw · 12-14-2008, 02:54 PM

No-trade status of recently drafted players is only determined once a season, so you should be able to trade the players with greater than one year of professional service at the end of the season.

Don't get crossed up between the initial league draft and the first-year player draft. Players from the initial league draft when you started your game should be able to be traded just fine as long as they have enough professional service time.

Does that answer your question?

Papi · 12-14-2008, 03:02 PM

I am not sure I get it still. I drafted a 25 year old 1b in the initial draft. I called him up in like May of 2008. It is now July 31, 2009 and it says he cannot be traded because he was drafted less than a year ago. Shouldn't I be able to trade him right away since it was part of the initial draft and not the amateur draft?

Nutlaw · 12-14-2008, 09:17 PM

How much professional service time does he have? That's really what's being checked here. The statement "drafted less than a year ago" doesn't mean that the game has any idea when you held your inaugural draft. It means that the player in question didn't have more than a year's worth of professional service time at the end of last season.

Papi · 12-14-2008, 10:15 PM

I think I get it. Half seasons don't count. So if he had less than a year of experience at the end of last season, he wouldn't be able to be traded until next season, right?

Nutlaw · 12-15-2008, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papi

I think I get it. Half seasons don't count. So if he had less than a year of experience at the end of last season, he wouldn't be able to be traded until next season, right?

Right. All set now?

Papi · 12-15-2008, 06:57 PM

Absolutely! Thanks!

12-14-2008, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Papi All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 805 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	Fictional League and Trading This may be a bug, but then again I have been wrong thousands of times in my life. I am playing a fictional league that is currently almost two full seasons in. It started January of 2008 and I am currently in August of 2009. As I approached the trade deadline in 2009, it still will not let me trade players that were drafted in the initial player draft in January of 2008, saying they were drafted less than a year ago. However, there were players it let me trade right away, within that day. I have some big time prospects that I am wanting to bring up, but they are being blocked by inferior players in the big leagues that I am unable to trade. Is it something I am doing, or an obscure rule that I am unaware of?

12-14-2008, 02:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	No-trade status of recently drafted players is only determined once a season, so you should be able to trade the players with greater than one year of professional service at the end of the season. Don't get crossed up between the initial league draft and the first-year player draft. Players from the initial league draft when you started your game should be able to be traded just fine as long as they have enough professional service time. Does that answer your question? __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

12-14-2008, 09:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	How much professional service time does he have? That's really what's being checked here. The statement "drafted less than a year ago" doesn't mean that the game has any idea when you held your inaugural draft. It means that the player in question didn't have more than a year's worth of professional service time at the end of last season. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

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12-14-2008, 03:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Papi All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 805 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	I am not sure I get it still. I drafted a 25 year old 1b in the initial draft. I called him up in like May of 2008. It is now July 31, 2009 and it says he cannot be traded because he was drafted less than a year ago. Shouldn't I be able to trade him right away since it was part of the initial draft and not the amateur draft?

12-14-2008, 10:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Papi All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 805 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	I think I get it. Half seasons don't count. So if he had less than a year of experience at the end of last season, he wouldn't be able to be traded until next season, right?

12-15-2008, 06:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Papi All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 805 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4x in 4 posts	Absolutely! Thanks!