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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
Popularity does NOT affect arbitration demands in OOTP 10 either. 
Popularity is based on stats & ratings, which is the base for arbitration numbers too (although in a different way of course). |
You probably need to test this then, because in my experience it absolutely is.
Here are some recent examples from my online league:
6.5 million for a 5.02 ERA in 66.1 IP - Well Known/Well Known
3.3 million for a 5.57 ERA in 74.1 IP - Fair/Fair
4 million LAST year for a 7.15 ERA, 4.19 THIS year for a 4.35 - Popular/Popular
5.5 million for a damn 6.26 ERA - Extreme/Extreme
These are just a few incidents off the top of my head, and only the extreme end of the spectrum. This happens all the time. In fact, go try and sign that replacement-level Free Agent who's (for whatever reason) Very Popular - he'll be demanding 4 million when he should be willing to sign a MLC. The same principle apparently carries over to arbitration, where the game does not allow popular players to get low contracts. If you don't believe this should be happening, then you need to need to re-check the code.
Unknown/Unknown Shortstop: .315/.380/.422 = 2.14 Million in Arbitration
Well Known/Well Known Shortstop: .263/.333/.428 = 4.6 Million in Arbitration (previous season)
Unknown/Unknown Reliever: 2.97 ERA in 60.2 IP = 630k in Arbitration
Extreme/Extreme Reliever: 3.44 ERA in 89 IP = 5.0 Million in Arbitration
Insignificant/Insignificant SP: 3.59 ERA in 213.1 IP = 3.7 Million in Arbitration
Popular/Well Known SP: 5.45 ERA in 66 IP = 4.1 Million in Arbitration
Looking at these numbers, it cannot be argued that arbitration is working correctly. Something needs to be fixed.
edit: but thanks for responding
