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Originally Posted by ovccsteve

I think trading should be difficult but fair, with a side order of realistic. I had a young starting pitcher with min contract, rated 60+/100. In reality, if I shopped that player around I'd get five or six interested teams offering me at least a 50/100 prospect. I got no offers. For the early-20's 2B, also min contract, also 60/100, the offers I got were for middle-aged relievers in the 30/100 range. If a player is ready to play in the majors but there's no room on my roster, I like to give them a shot somewhere else. But the Average trading setting makes that basically impossible. And forget about trying to trade reserves. Teams won't accept offers to get a solid reserve in exchange for the 14th pitcher on their second rookie league team. But when I force that trade, guy ends up getting their starting ss job. Not realistic when you can't even give away solid, cheap major league talent.

Have you tried lowering Trading Difficulty to Easy? I wonder what would happen if you did. Would it be too easy for your liking?