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injury log · 06-04-2007, 07:07 PM

Now things make more sense- that 'for 90 days' explains a lot of game behaviour. I think you've identified pretty much what goes on, but there are a couple of exceptions. I'm almost positive the game enforces rules 2, 3 and 4, except that 'for the remainder of the season' is wrong; still, a rule 5 player's new team will have to keep him on the 25-man roster until the player has reached 90 days of MLB service during the year (I think the game may actually use a number higher than 90, but I'll test this). And I'm almost sure that rule 5 restrictions never carry over to a second season in OOTP; if you rule 5 select, put someone on the 60-day DL the whole year, you can do whatever you want with the player the next year. The game is certainly not enforcing item 1) either, for human teams; you can draft in the rule 5 even with a full 40-man roster.

Oddly enough, it doesn't seem that any of the five criteria in the manual actually describe precisely what happens in-game, even if some are close.

06-04-2007, 07:07 PM	#4
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	Now things make more sense- that 'for 90 days' explains a lot of game behaviour. I think you've identified pretty much what goes on, but there are a couple of exceptions. I'm almost positive the game enforces rules 2, 3 and 4, except that 'for the remainder of the season' is wrong; still, a rule 5 player's new team will have to keep him on the 25-man roster until the player has reached 90 days of MLB service during the year (I think the game may actually use a number higher than 90, but I'll test this). And I'm almost sure that rule 5 restrictions never carry over to a second season in OOTP; if you rule 5 select, put someone on the 60-day DL the whole year, you can do whatever you want with the player the next year. The game is certainly not enforcing item 1) either, for human teams; you can draft in the rule 5 even with a full 40-man roster. Oddly enough, it doesn't seem that any of the five criteria in the manual actually describe precisely what happens in-game, even if some are close.