Minor League Contract Extension

[Waninski]

After signing someone to a minor league contract extension, a player's history reads: "Signed a 0-year minor league contract extension with..." This obviously looks pretty ugly and I really don't think it take too much work to simply have it say "Signed a minor league contract..."

Hopefully this will be logged and fixed. Thanks.

[Erik W.]

Is this happening for every player your re-sign to minors contracts, or just a specific one? Just so I know for logging purposes.

[warnerdavid]

Im having this same exact issue. Im only using version 1.0.2 and when my minor leaguers come to Free agency, it says they will take a minor league contract, but when you sign them up, it says signed minor league contract for 0 years and they goto Free agency. No its not just one player its everyone that i try to resign for a minor league contract. Quite frustrating when the computer AI snatches them up before i can retain my minor leaguers. Does the newest patch fix this?

[Erik W.]

Originally Posted by warnerdavid

Im having this same exact issue. Im only using version 1.0.2 and when my minor leaguers come to Free agency, it says they will take a minor league contract, but when you sign them up, it says signed minor league contract for 0 years and they goto Free agency. No its not just one player its everyone that i try to resign for a minor league contract. Quite frustrating when the computer AI snatches them up before i can retain my minor leaguers. Does the newest patch fix this?

We always recommend using the latest patch.

I don't recall whether it was 1.0.3 that fixed contract extension issues, but I do remember that the issues existed, and were fixed in a patch. Please update your game and see if the issue is resolved.

[disposableheros]

Originally Posted by warnerdavid

Im having this same exact issue. Im only using version 1.0.2 and when my minor leaguers come to Free agency, it says they will take a minor league contract, but when you sign them up, it says signed minor league contract for 0 years and they goto Free agency. No its not just one player its everyone that i try to resign for a minor league contract. Quite frustrating when the computer AI snatches them up before i can retain my minor leaguers. Does the newest patch fix this?

that sounds like they might have been minor league free agents, in which case, extending them with a MLC wont prevent them from becoming FA.

[bp_]

I've seen this "0-year" thing come up in text recently in my online league as we just went through FA (using 1.0.3). It is still a problem.

[Erik W.]

Originally Posted by disposableheros

that sounds like they might have been minor league free agents, in which case, extending them with a MLC wont prevent them from becoming FA.

So you're saying that this is the way it should be?

[andymac]

Are these players on the 40-man roster?

[bp_]

Originally Posted by Azamien

So you're saying that this is the way it should be?

From my experience this is not how OOTP2006 works. You can resign your players to minor league contracts and they will stay with your team. In 6.5 you could not give a minor league contract extension to a player eligible for minor league free agency (well you could but the game wouldn't honor it). The only way you could ensure that you would keep a potential minor league FA was to add him to your 40-man roster as that made him ineligible for minor league FA.

[disposableheros]

Originally Posted by bp_

In 6.5 you could not give a minor league contract extension to a player eligible for minor league free agency (well you could but the game wouldn't honor it). The only way you could ensure that you would keep a potential minor league FA was to add him to your 40-man roster as that made him ineligible for minor league FA.

IINM, thats the way it should be.

[bp_]

Originally Posted by disposableheros

IINM, thats the way it should be.

well, it would probably be a huge mess in online leagues if it worked like 6.5 as all those minor league levels would have to be refilled and you just can't count on every owner in an online league to do that in a timely fashion.

[disposableheros]

Originally Posted by bp_

well, it would probably be a huge mess in online leagues if it worked like 6.5 as all those minor league levels would have to be refilled and you just can't count on every owner in an online league to do that in a timely fashion.

its not hundreads of guys from each organization, at least, it shouldnt be if you are managing your 40-man correctly.

to refill those handful of guys who skip town as MLFA:

1) theres a draft
2) lots of them will accept an MLC in FA after not getting a major league deal

the reason its that way is to give guys an opportunity to make it to the majors, instead of wasting away in the minor leagues for life. it promotes player movement.


(this all hinges on the fact that these guys actually were MLFA. if they werent, its a bug.)

[bp_]

Originally Posted by disposableheros

its not hundreads of guys from each organization, at least, it shouldnt be if you are managing your 40-man correctly.

u must not commish

[disposableheros]

Originally Posted by bp_

u must not commish

no i dont, but im not sure why that matters.

there shouldnt be loads of MLFA every year. i mean, not enough to wipe out a minor league level and cause a disruption in the timing of a league. if there is, in your league, maybe you should do something about it

[bp_]

Originally Posted by disposableheros

no i dont, but im not sure why that matters.

there shouldnt be loads of MLFA every year. i mean, not enough to wipe out a minor league level and cause a disruption in the timing of a league. if there is, in your league, maybe you should do something about it

even being one player short on a minor league roster causes the sim to stop, then as commish you have to add a player or move someone's rosters around to fix it. Just an annoyance that I would rather avoid. If ghost players come back that would help make this issue avoidable.

[Curtis]

Okay, so ghost players are useful for online play. Good to know. That's the first time I've heard mention of any utility for them beyond making historical sims tidier.

[mikev]

Originally Posted by Curtis

Okay, so ghost players are useful for online play. Good to know. That's the first time I've heard mention of any utility for them beyond making historical sims tidier.

Yes, very much so. Ghost players are a godsend for commishes.

[disposableheros]

Originally Posted by bp_

even being one player short on a minor league roster causes the sim to stop, then as commish you have to add a player or move someone's rosters around to fix it. Just an annoyance that I would rather avoid. If ghost players come back that would help make this issue avoidable.

if you have competent GMs, there should be no short rosters, ie. "i lost 3 players to MLFA from my AA team. i need to get 3 players to replace them before the season starts."

we have things like fines and public razzing of the offending GM to help keep them on track. maybe you should look at that as an option?

[bp_]

Originally Posted by disposableheros

if you have competent GMs, there should be no short rosters, ie. "i lost 3 players to MLFA from my AA team. i need to get 3 players to replace them before the season starts."

we have things like fines and public razzing of the offending GM to help keep them on track. maybe you should look at that as an option?

I really don't have time to be a baby sitter. I'm done trying to make a point on this.

[disposableheros]

Originally Posted by bp_

I really don't have time to be a baby sitter. I'm done trying to make a point on this.

you're already babysitting. imposing consequences should help relieve that, at least, it helps in our league.

i dont think we should start moving away from real roster rules because commishes dont want to work. we should instead, enforce the real roster rules AND lighten their load