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Originally Posted by sterjs
No, if you look closely he is an SP rated 3/3.5* by the Scout and by OSA. He had a +1.0 WAR season as a rookie starter and is cost controlled for several more years. IMO, it's easy to see that such a player has way too much potential to place on irrevocable waivers. I posted the OP before I ran the rest of the season, so it was not a case of hindsight. Since he was placed on waivers, he has +8.2 WAR as a starter in 2 seasons for the Cubs.
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We have a difference of opinion, then. Leave aside the other points that I made; I think you disregarded this one, although you partially quoted it in your last post:
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Technically, the AI did not know that would happen when it made it's waiver decision. That sounds strange to say but it's just like IRL. Some decisions look terrible in hindsight but that's part of the human condition that this game tries to simulate. You are looking at it as if there was certainty involved. Like, "The AI should have know this guy was good and that he would do well in the future, so the AI was dumb for letting him go." It does not work that way. There is a good amount of randomness, management uncertainty, and scouting error built into the game to enhance its realism.
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And it's not
your hindsight that I was talking about, but the AI's. Perhaps that's stretching things a bit but, if you are expecting the AI to perform perfectly in your absence, you are going to be disappointed in this game. It's
supposed to make some mistakes, just like a human player would, for realism and balanced gameplay.