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Solonor · 06-18-2009, 06:50 AM

This is by design. All players on the 40 man roster are automatically invited to Spring Training in real life, but that's not why OOTP does this. It is to plug the hole where a team could keep a guy in the minors forever.

Some time ago, OOTP got the rule added where a player on the 40 man roster uses up an option on Opening Day. So far, so good.

The problem is that if you never put him on the "Active" roster, then you never have to send him down, and he's never forced to go through waivers. This is a loophole to be exploited and kills the whole idea of options. So, now OOTP puts all players on Active at the start of spring training, and you need to option 15 of them back to the minors at some point...exposing those without remaining options to waivers.

While the concept of an Active Roster in spring training does not match the real world, it's the best OOTP has right now.

06-18-2009, 06:50 AM	#2
Solonor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 4,467	This is by design. All players on the 40 man roster are automatically invited to Spring Training in real life, but that's not why OOTP does this. It is to plug the hole where a team could keep a guy in the minors forever. Some time ago, OOTP got the rule added where a player on the 40 man roster uses up an option on Opening Day. So far, so good. The problem is that if you never put him on the "Active" roster, then you never have to send him down, and he's never forced to go through waivers. This is a loophole to be exploited and kills the whole idea of options. So, now OOTP puts all players on Active at the start of spring training, and you need to option 15 of them back to the minors at some point...exposing those without remaining options to waivers. While the concept of an Active Roster in spring training does not match the real world, it's the best OOTP has right now. __________________ Solonor's Groovy Computer Baseball League - Making baseball a hobbit since 2003! "Beings will come, Frodo. The one constant through all the years has been baseball. Middle Earth has rolled by like an army of Mumakil. It has been erased like a slate, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Frodo. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... beings will come Frodo. Beings will most definitely come." - Gladden Field of Dreams Last edited by Solonor; 06-18-2009 at 06:51 AM.