Rule 5 Draft

gnomez · 08-30-2009, 12:55 PM

I don't know if this is a bug, or an oversight in the way the game is programmed, but in my leagues, service time does not roll over to the next year before the Rule 5 draft. For example, even though I have service time set at 172 days, players still show up for the Rule 5 draft at 3 years, 185 days (INELIGIBLE, less than 4 years).

jmknpk2 · 09-03-2009, 02:42 AM

Players who were 18 years old or younger when they signed a contract aren't eligible till four years. Could this be what you are seeing? This is explained in the on-line manual. Search for "rule 5" if you have access.

Le Grande Orange · 09-03-2009, 12:47 PM

In the real Rule 5 draft, eligibility is not based on minor league service time, it's based on how many drafts it's been since the first effective season of a player's contract.

gnomez · 09-06-2009, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

In the real Rule 5 draft, eligibility is not based on minor league service time, it's based on how many drafts it's been since the first effective season of a player's contract.

But that amount of time is displayed in service time.

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gnomez Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2009 Location: under the sea in a submersible ship called the Flying Dutchman Posts: 113 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	Rule 5 Draft I don't know if this is a bug, or an oversight in the way the game is programmed, but in my leagues, service time does not roll over to the next year before the Rule 5 draft. For example, even though I have service time set at 172 days, players still show up for the Rule 5 draft at 3 years, 185 days (INELIGIBLE, less than 4 years).

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Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Scheduleslovakia Posts: 9,849 Thanked 1,010x in 586 posts	In the real Rule 5 draft, eligibility is not based on minor league service time, it's based on how many drafts it's been since the first effective season of a player's contract. __________________ . "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our abilities and skills, because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." .

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09-03-2009, 02:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 664 Thanked 96x in 54 posts	Players who were 18 years old or younger when they signed a contract aren't eligible till four years. Could this be what you are seeing? This is explained in the on-line manual. Search for "rule 5" if you have access.