How come wheenver I make a trade the ML players involved have to go to DFA list...

[Libid21]

...but when CPU makes a trade they don't have to do that?

The Houston Astros traded SP Mike Hampton for SS Nomar Garciaparra (both ML players) on 5/8/09. I check on Oakland's rotation, and they already have Hampton in there and Nomar is playing third for the Astros the same day.

[DougWyatt]

The Cpu moves them from dfa to their roster immediately ?

[TribeFanInNC]

The DFA is just getting used as a 'holding tank' for your players until you decide what to do with them. They are not getting released or waived or anything. Just move them to your active roster.

The CPU doesn't do this because it doesn't need a holding tank - it just makes the appropriate moves right away.

No worries - it's just how the game operates.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC

The DFA is just getting used as a 'holding tank' for your players until you decide what to do with them.

The only problem there is that is NOT what the real DFA is used for, and OOTP's misuse of the DFA may well be causing issues in other areas.

[kcroyalgm]

If AI messed with your lineups, it would only cause more complaints.

In on-line leagues where trades are processed after the sim, it's irrelevant as you can move them before the first sim game is played. If trades are processed before the sim, then usually leagues commishes allow you to include roster instructions with your trades.

I don't do solo, but if you go game-by-game, don't you have a chance to take them off DFA before a game is played?

[captaincarl]

Originally Posted by kcroyalgm

I don't do solo, but if you go game-by-game, don't you have a chance to take them off DFA before a game is played?

Yes. You do have a chance to take them off DFA before a game is played. You can do it right after the trade is made.


I'm also guessing this but I think the AI does this is just in case of trades where at least one of the players is coming from the minor leagues and one from the majors. The AI wouldn't know what to do with the new players automatically, so it uses the DFA area as a holding area for you to decide who goes to the majors and who is sent to the minors.

For example, if you trade someone from the Triple-A team and someone from your 25-man roster to another team for two players from their 25-man roster. The AI doesn't know which one is being sent to the minors so it places both players on your DFA area so that you can make that decision.