Releasing Arbitration Elgible Player Results in Financial Penalty?

Pineapple · 03-10-2009, 03:16 AM

Sorry if this has been mentioned before. For some reason my team expenses increased by $52,963.00 after I released an arbitration elgible player. This player is in his final year of his contract and is elgible for arbitration in the offseason.

Since I did not want to tender him an arbitration contract, I released him during the league's playoffs. But for some reason, I am still charged some extra money when releasing him.

The funny thing is that I tried releasing other elgible players with similar contract (players in the final year of their contract who were elgible in the offseason). All other players I released did not penalized me except for this one player.

Also another weird thing is that when you normally release a player, there is a popup warning stating that your team will be charged the remaining amount of his contract. There was no warning popup when I released this one player.

I am totally confused on this. I am certain he is in the final year of his contract. This release was done after the season (during the playoffs). I also do not understand why it only occurs only on this player. All other players released does not cause my team expense to increase.

Pineapple · 03-14-2009, 02:25 AM

Ok I found a work around for this. For some reason, the charges only occur if the player is not on the 25-man roster. I simply promoted him to my major league 25-roster and released him. Viola, no additional charges.

For some reason if he is on my minor league affiliates, I would get a monetary charge. Not sure if that is a bug or not.

spitfire · 03-14-2009, 10:35 AM

Not sure if it has any bearing on this, but I release these players AFTER the playoffs, when the off-season officially starts but before the arbitration hearings.

Pineapple · 03-14-2009, 07:59 PM

I can try that too. But I am not sure why it matters if the player is on the 25-man roster or minor league roster. Why would the same player induce a financial penalty if he was released while on the minor league roster whereas if he was on the active roster there is no penalty?

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Originally Posted by spitfire

Not sure if it has any bearing on this, but I release these players AFTER the playoffs, when the off-season officially starts but before the arbitration hearings.

03-10-2009, 03:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pineapple Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 92 Thanked 36x in 14 posts	Releasing Arbitration Elgible Player Results in Financial Penalty? Sorry if this has been mentioned before. For some reason my team expenses increased by $52,963.00 after I released an arbitration elgible player. This player is in his final year of his contract and is elgible for arbitration in the offseason. Since I did not want to tender him an arbitration contract, I released him during the league's playoffs. But for some reason, I am still charged some extra money when releasing him. The funny thing is that I tried releasing other elgible players with similar contract (players in the final year of their contract who were elgible in the offseason). All other players I released did not penalized me except for this one player. Also another weird thing is that when you normally release a player, there is a popup warning stating that your team will be charged the remaining amount of his contract. There was no warning popup when I released this one player. I am totally confused on this. I am certain he is in the final year of his contract. This release was done after the season (during the playoffs). I also do not understand why it only occurs only on this player. All other players released does not cause my team expense to increase.

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03-14-2009, 02:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Pineapple Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 92 Thanked 36x in 14 posts	Ok I found a work around for this. For some reason, the charges only occur if the player is not on the 25-man roster. I simply promoted him to my major league 25-roster and released him. Viola, no additional charges. For some reason if he is on my minor league affiliates, I would get a monetary charge. Not sure if that is a bug or not.

03-14-2009, 10:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
spitfire Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 480 Thanked 83x in 47 posts	Not sure if it has any bearing on this, but I release these players AFTER the playoffs, when the off-season officially starts but before the arbitration hearings.