Signing Great Players to Minor League Contracts

DodgerGEP · 06-04-2006, 01:18 AM

I've noticed when dealing with free agents that a lot of the time you can offer minor league contracts and get All Star caliber ball players even during the free agent period. Has anyone else noticed this?

DodgerGEP · 06-04-2006, 01:15 PM

Update:

I signed 6 players seeking 12 million or more per season to minor league deals.

Takanibu Sato hit .340 with 31 home runs and 104 RBI's. Howard Johnson hit .298 with 25 home runs and 91 RBI's. Muneyaki Nakano hit .323 with 14 home runs and 60 RBI's. The other 3 were SP and all 3 won at least 18 games and one won the Cy Young award.

Has this bug been logged yet? I've noticed it on multiple universe settings at many different times of year.

aucklandgm · 06-05-2006, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DodgerGEP

Update:

I signed 6 players seeking 12 million or more per season to minor league deals.

Takanibu Sato hit .340 with 31 home runs and 104 RBI's. Howard Johnson hit .298 with 25 home runs and 91 RBI's. Muneyaki Nakano hit .323 with 14 home runs and 60 RBI's. The other 3 were SP and all 3 won at least 18 games and one won the Cy Young award.

Has this bug been logged yet? I've noticed it on multiple universe settings at many different times of year.

Yes, I have noticed this too. I think the problem is that the AI doesn't try to sign anybody until the first day of the season so you have no competition.

I am not really sure how to work around this because if you wait til then, the AI will get a jumpstart on you. If you don't, its like shooting fish in a barrell, way to easy to sign FA's.

Scoman · 06-06-2006, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DodgerGEP

I've noticed when dealing with free agents that a lot of the time you can offer minor league contracts and get All Star caliber ball players even during the free agent period. Has anyone else noticed this?

Ive just noticed the same thing unfortunately,does anyone know if this will be addressed in the first patch? Pretty much a game breaker imo,or i guess you can play with the financials off.i wonder how this could have been missed in beta testing.

Scoman · 06-06-2006, 11:52 PM

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Scoman · 06-07-2006, 12:31 AM

bu-bu-bump

Scoman · 06-07-2006, 04:17 AM

Anybody else seeing this happen,or recreate it?

thomamon · 06-07-2006, 06:36 AM

Tt 1731

battists · 06-07-2006, 09:44 AM

I was asked for a status on this one, and I checked, but I don't have any updates. It has been logged, with the # Thomamon wrote, but I don't believe it will be fixed in today's patch. I apologize for the inconvenience.

hefalumps · 06-07-2006, 10:09 AM

Hm... bummer that this didn't make it in to Patch 1. I hadn't heard about it until recently and haven't gotten far enough in the game to experience it yet (was waiting for Patch 1).

To those of you who have seen it - does the AI know to exploit this fact? If not, I guess you can workaround it fairly easily by resisting the urge to lowball the player and coming up with a "fair" initial offer?

Thanks...

battists · 06-07-2006, 10:16 AM

Hah! Just spoke to Markus, this is fixed in patch 1. Buzzer-beater...

thbroman · 06-07-2006, 10:30 AM

Hey, what do you know! Great news!
Must have been an easy one to squish . . . .

Mattymo · 06-07-2006, 11:01 AM

Im playing a historical league with free agency off for now, but I was getting pretty riled up when reading this...if it wasn't fixed, the game would be waaay too easy for everyone. Thank god it got fixed

hefalumps · 06-07-2006, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by battists

Hah! Just spoke to Markus, this is fixed in patch 1. Buzzer-beater...

Well... then please ignore my question! Woohoo!

Thanks!

Scoman · 06-07-2006, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by battists

Hah! Just spoke to Markus, this is fixed in patch 1. Buzzer-beater...

Great job fellas

DodgerGEP · 06-07-2006, 04:32 PM

Good to hear!

Scoman · 06-08-2006, 07:22 AM

I am still able to sign top notch free agents to minor league contracts,with the new patch,when it happened this time was right before spring training.I havent tried to sign fa in November so i dont know if its still happening then or not. [TT 1731]

battists · 06-08-2006, 02:34 PM

If you or anyone else could provide more examples, I would appreciate it. The more detail the better...

steady teddy · 06-08-2006, 03:12 PM

I'd like to get some more details too cause I'm trying to low ball some free agents and they're not signing.

It's kind of hard to tell, in the first year with fictional players, exactly which free agents are worthy of "big" contracts but I'm offering highly rated players either a minor league contract or considerably less than what they're asking for and they're not biting.

Scoman · 06-08-2006, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by battists

If you or anyone else could provide more examples, I would appreciate it. The more detail the better...

This happened in a historical league,not sure what other details you want,nobody else is seeing this?

06-04-2006, 01:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
DodgerGEP Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Greeley, CO Posts: 25	Signing Great Players to Minor League Contracts I've noticed when dealing with free agents that a lot of the time you can offer minor league contracts and get All Star caliber ball players even during the free agent period. Has anyone else noticed this?

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Scoman All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: heath ohio Posts: 1,471 Thanked 16x in 12 posts	Free agent bug still exsists I am still able to sign top notch free agents to minor league contracts,with the new patch,when it happened this time was right before spring training.I havent tried to sign fa in November so i dont know if its still happening then or not. [TT 1731] Last edited by Scoman; 06-08-2006 at 07:44 AM.

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06-04-2006, 01:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
DodgerGEP Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Greeley, CO Posts: 25	Update: I signed 6 players seeking 12 million or more per season to minor league deals. Takanibu Sato hit .340 with 31 home runs and 104 RBI's. Howard Johnson hit .298 with 25 home runs and 91 RBI's. Muneyaki Nakano hit .323 with 14 home runs and 60 RBI's. The other 3 were SP and all 3 won at least 18 games and one won the Cy Young award. Has this bug been logged yet? I've noticed it on multiple universe settings at many different times of year.

06-06-2006, 11:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Scoman All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: heath ohio Posts: 1,471 Thanked 16x in 12 posts	.

06-07-2006, 12:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
Scoman All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: heath ohio Posts: 1,471 Thanked 16x in 12 posts	bu-bu-bump

06-07-2006, 04:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
Scoman All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: heath ohio Posts: 1,471 Thanked 16x in 12 posts	Anybody else seeing this happen,or recreate it?

06-07-2006, 09:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
battists OOTP Developments Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,024 Blog Entries: 7 Thanked 703x in 194 posts	I was asked for a status on this one, and I checked, but I don't have any updates. It has been logged, with the # Thomamon wrote, but I don't believe it will be fixed in today's patch. I apologize for the inconvenience.

06-07-2006, 10:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
hefalumps All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 797 Thanked 63x in 43 posts	Hm... bummer that this didn't make it in to Patch 1. I hadn't heard about it until recently and haven't gotten far enough in the game to experience it yet (was waiting for Patch 1). To those of you who have seen it - does the AI know to exploit this fact? If not, I guess you can workaround it fairly easily by resisting the urge to lowball the player and coming up with a "fair" initial offer? Thanks...

06-07-2006, 10:16 AM	#11 (permalink)
battists OOTP Developments Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,024 Blog Entries: 7 Thanked 703x in 194 posts	Hah! Just spoke to Markus, this is fixed in patch 1. Buzzer-beater...

06-07-2006, 10:30 AM	#12 (permalink)
thbroman All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 820 Thanked 59x in 34 posts	Hey, what do you know! Great news! Must have been an easy one to squish . . . .

06-07-2006, 11:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
Mattymo All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colchester, CT Posts: 1,443 Thanked 5x in 4 posts	Im playing a historical league with free agency off for now, but I was getting pretty riled up when reading this...if it wasn't fixed, the game would be waaay too easy for everyone. Thank god it got fixed

06-07-2006, 04:32 PM	#16 (permalink)
DodgerGEP Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Greeley, CO Posts: 25	Good to hear!

06-08-2006, 02:34 PM	#18 (permalink)
battists OOTP Developments Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,024 Blog Entries: 7 Thanked 703x in 194 posts	If you or anyone else could provide more examples, I would appreciate it. The more detail the better...

06-08-2006, 03:12 PM	#19 (permalink)
steady teddy Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Macomb, Michigan Posts: 254	I'd like to get some more details too cause I'm trying to low ball some free agents and they're not signing. It's kind of hard to tell, in the first year with fictional players, exactly which free agents are worthy of "big" contracts but I'm offering highly rated players either a minor league contract or considerably less than what they're asking for and they're not biting.