[marc5477]

I agree that trading needs a look. I played on normal for a while and although things are ok 90% of the time, every now and then the AI makes me scratch my head. For instance, I wanted to pick up a type A free agent, so before doing so I wanted to get rid of my 1st, 2nd and 3rd round draft picks (because I was going to lose the highest anyway from the signing).

I cannot trade a 3rd round pick for a 4th round pick... rofl. Yep, when I try, the AI wants more stuff every time. I was hoping to get a 4th and maybe something in the teens but I cannot even trade down properly.

Sometimes, the AI ranks low cur/pot players very highly. It is rare, but when it happens it is very curious and I am able to trade a 20/20 (out of 80) for a 2nd or 3rd round pick. A few hours ago I traded a 30 year old 20/20 8/6/3/12 player for a 5th round pick... granted I had him on an awesome contract with 5 years remaining ($200k in 1994 dollars), but still it seemed off.

The season prior, I was trying to unload a 28 year old ace (75/68) with 3 years of 15+ wins and an awesome contract ($800k for another 3 years) and the best offer I received were closers lol. No one would even give me a 1st round pick for him. He is awesome with 18 stamina and his era averaged about 2.8 over 3 years. I really needed some infielders and no one would trade those straight up either even when they had weakness in rotation and the batter was iffy.

Another time, I picked up an international 30 year old ace with ratings 15/16/16 and 4 pitches over 15. Granted his stamina was only 6, but absolutely no one wanted him and ended up signing him in FA for $300k (1992 dollars) for 6 years... he went on to win 16 games with an era of 3.5. The funny thing about him however, is that his cur/pot was always stuck at 20/20 although he was clearly awesome. Of course, when you try to trade this guy, you cant even get an 11 round pick from the AI lol.