Free Agents Want Too Much

[AceRock86]

Alright, so I'm in my first offseason. It's Feb. 1st in the game. I've got this current set-up.

SuperStar Player: 17 Mil
Star: 11 MIL
Good: 7.5 Mil
Above Avg: 4.5 Mil
Average:2.5 Mil
Below Avg: 1.1 Mil
Fair: 1.25 Mil
Poor: 800k


For the most part, none of the top free agents have signed yet. The one that did was a 4.5 star CF and he signed a 7 year deal worth 37 million a season. The top closer (5 starts) wants 15 million a season. And I've got two 5 star Free Agent 3B that are looking for 27 million a season. 4.5 star LF wants 28 million.


I figured the demands had to come down, but now it's Feb. and they haven't come down much at all. Is there any way that I can fix this?

[Toado]

I've noticed this same problem with my league... I have $18 million for superstar caliber and all the top free agents want between $25-30 million.

[kq76]

Please tell me that that CF who signed for 37M a year the team was managed by a human not the AI? If it was the AI and your league finances are for the most part in line with MLB's then you may have a problem. I suspect not though, that he was signed by a human. Even so, maybe the team is making so much money though that they can easily make a team with a payroll 200M+.

I don't know this for a fact, but it's my impression the game pretty much only uses those guidelines to start the league and maybe for arbitration. Otherwise, if there's lots of money in the league to be had, they'll be shooting for the stars. Give it more time and they'll start to accept reasonable offers, offers that are more in line with what similar players have gotten in free agency.

I read complaints about this all the time in my online league and invariably the players will sooner or later start accepting less. That is, if the human GMs haven't already give them close to what they requested. Just try to hold off until the player will accept an offer that makes him worth it and try to realize that the teams signing players to contracts that aren't worth it are probably just hurting themselves in the long-run, especially if you have a cap.

If you want to try to fix it (if this helps it'd probably only help for next season), you could try decreasing your revenues, put in a cash max, maybe even a salary cap, etc.

[AceRock86]

Originally Posted by kq76

Please tell me that that CF who signed for 37M a year the team was managed by a human not the AI? If it was the AI and your league finances are for the most part in line with MLB's then you may have a problem. I suspect not though, that he was signed by a human. Even so, maybe the team is making so much money though that they can easily make a team with a payroll 200M+.

I don't know this for a fact, but it's my impression the game pretty much only uses those guidelines to start the league and maybe for arbitration. Otherwise, if there's lots of money in the league to be had, they'll be shooting for the stars. Give it more time and they'll start to accept reasonable offers, offers that are more in line with what similar players have gotten in free agency.

I read complaints about this all the time in my online league and invariably the players will sooner or later start accepting less. That is, if the human GMs haven't already give them close to what they requested. Just try to hold off until the player will accept an offer that makes him worth it and try to realize that the teams signing players to contracts that aren't worth it are probably just hurting themselves in the long-run, especially if you have a cap.

If you want to try to fix it (if this helps it'd probably only help for next season), you could try decreasing your revenues, put in a cash max, maybe even a salary cap, etc.

Well, it wasn't a human team. It was a CPU team, but it was the Yankees with tons of budget to kill, but still. Maybe I'll have to try editing some of the finances. What is the more important thing to look at? Budget Room or the Final/Current Balance/

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by AceRock86

Well, it wasn't a human team. It was a CPU team, but it was the Yankees with tons of budget to kill, but still.

The problem is basically that, if a club has lots of cash available, it'll try to use it to sign players. In other words, unlike real-world clubs, there is no profit-taking.

That's why there's the option to cap the amount of cash on hand an OOTP club can accumulate.

[AceRock86]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

The problem is basically that, if a club has lots of cash available, it'll try to use it to sign players. In other words, unlike real-world clubs, there is no profit-taking.

That's why there's the option to cap the amount of cash on hand an OOTP club can accumulate.

How can I cap the accumulated cash?

[tysok]

Originally Posted by AceRock86

How can I cap the accumulated cash?

There's an option in there somewhere near those player salary figures you posted for "cash max".

If there's a lot of cash in the league players want their share of it, if the cash in the league is ridiculously high player demands will be ridiculously high.

Final balance is what matters there. You probably have a lot of cash laying around in the league, so you need to make teams make less money. Lower average media revenues, lower average ticket price, and/or lower average attendance.

[AceRock86]

Thanks a ton guys. Anyway, I currently have the cash max at 10,000,000. What should I change it to?