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hefalumps · 10-13-2013, 05:04 PM

Can you post a screen of the guy's history? You're right - I can't envision a scenario where he wouldn't have been arbitration eligible for Detroit, unless somehow the Tigers were able to convince him to sign a minor league contract extension prior to the arbitration period. Which obviously makes no sense for the player to agree to, so it's probably a bug either way.

When the player was traded, OOTP placed him in Detroit's DFA spot. He presumably had a major league contract in 2065, so he would have had to be placed on the 40-man roster before arbitration hit and contracts renewed. Unless you traded him on the day of the arbitration hearings and unintentionally found some loophole. If he was off the 40-man roster when contracts renewed, I think he would have automatically been assigned a minor league contract. Then he could have been added to the 40-man roster after that, and he won't be upgraded to a league minimum major league contract until opening day.

Interesting stuff... any chance you have a backup just before arbitration that you could restore? Make the trade again, and just closely watch his status day-to-day and see what happened?

10-13-2013, 05:04 PM	#7
hefalumps All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,392	Can you post a screen of the guy's history? You're right - I can't envision a scenario where he wouldn't have been arbitration eligible for Detroit, unless somehow the Tigers were able to convince him to sign a minor league contract extension prior to the arbitration period. Which obviously makes no sense for the player to agree to, so it's probably a bug either way. When the player was traded, OOTP placed him in Detroit's DFA spot. He presumably had a major league contract in 2065, so he would have had to be placed on the 40-man roster before arbitration hit and contracts renewed. Unless you traded him on the day of the arbitration hearings and unintentionally found some loophole. If he was off the 40-man roster when contracts renewed, I think he would have automatically been assigned a minor league contract. Then he could have been added to the 40-man roster after that, and he won't be upgraded to a league minimum major league contract until opening day. Interesting stuff... any chance you have a backup just before arbitration that you could restore? Make the trade again, and just closely watch his status day-to-day and see what happened?