[Sudy Nym]

What annoys me is that I had an average C/1B go from a 6 in HR to an 8 in HR last sim, as he continues to grow into a potentials increase he had a while back. Before the sim, he was asking for under $1.5 million for an extension- now, he wants over $3 million. Just because he had that two-point increase.

Now, is that increase significant? Certainly, it is. But how does he know that he's more proficient at hitting homeruns, all of a sudden? Especially when he's only been my back-up so far this season. I don't think that we should be able to exploit players- when you know a player is very likely to increase his ratings in the near future, it's not really fair to re-sign him for cheap. Rookies and prospects have a built-in system, where they won't allow you to sign them for a long period of time. But veterans don't have such a system. On the other hand, it's certainly not fair that these minor increases register with a player when it comes to his contract demands, so quickly- I mean, $1,000,000 one week, and then two weeks later $3,000,000? I think that would be a good way to get a general manager to laugh at you in real life.

I too agree that demands should have even more to do with statistics. That's how it is in real life, isn't it? If, for example, Carlos Delgado only hits 31 homeruns in his contract year, he's not going to get the same kind of offer he would have had he hit 44- even if signing teams know that he likely has the ability to do better. Yes, "ratings" should and do come into it, somewhere- but I'll find that I'm frequently paying for an under-performing player's ratings. I also get some great deals where I shouldn't, for that matter- not when the player has put up such great numbers.