Free agency errors

[WACo]

1. I am in my 4th or 5th round with a free agent, I've gotten a message saying my offer is the best he has, then a couple days later and I get 2messages at the same time, one saying some other team made him an offer and I can make a counter offer, and the second is an announcement of his signing with the other team. Basically the game has an error, it should not be letting the player sign and thus send that second message. I should be allowed to make the counteroffer as the message states.

2. I offer a free agent a 3year 5,500,000 contract, he comes back wanting a better offer. I decide its too much. Later on, I check on him again, and he ended up with another club, and it was a worse contract, 3year 5,120,000 ($380K a year less)! That should not happen. If a club low balls home, he should go back and re contact his best prior offer saying he reconsidered.

[Ike348]

Originally Posted by WACo

1. I am in my 4th or 5th round with a free agent, I've gotten a message saying my offer is the best he has, then a couple days later and I get 2messages at the same time, one saying some other team made him an offer and I can make a counter offer, and the second is an announcement of his signing with the other team. Basically the game has an error, it should not be letting the player sign and thus send that second message. I should be allowed to make the counteroffer as the message states.

2. I offer a free agent a 3year 5,500,000 contract, he comes back wanting a better offer. I decide its too much. Later on, I check on him again, and he ended up with another club, and it was a worse contract, 3year 5,120,000 ($380K a year less)! That should not happen. If a club low balls home, he should go back and re contact his best prior offer saying he reconsidered.

Both are ridiculous, but here are justifications.

1. A player can get a better offer an immediately sign with that team, like in real life. Maybe he likes that city better, or doesn't want to go to your town.

In the past, I offered somebody 5.75 million for 4 years, and got a message saying he favored my offer. A week later, he signs for another team for 5.4 million over 4. So yes, the game does have real-life consistencies (Cliff Lee, signed with Phils even though Yanks offered him more).

2. This is because, when you offered him first, he thought he could get more and declined. After a while, no one else offered him anything, so he took the best he could get: 5.12 million. The player just screwed himself over.

Also, in my game, I've offered aging vets minor league contracts when they want 750K to 1M. They decline, obviously, but after a couple of months they lower their demands to a minor league deal, so I just offer one then.