[ralphwiggum41]

I'm in the second year of a 32-team custom league, and we're in mid-June (draft pick signing season). Pretty basic league set-up.

Several of the AI-controlled teams are going bonkers, shuffling players on and off their "Designated for Assignment" lists. Players are getting waived/DFA'd, then assigned to the minors, then getting called up and immediately re-waived/DFA'd over and over in a vicious cycle. The transactions page is chock full of this maneuvering every week.

I think it's because the computer teams are too liberal about handing out major league contracts (and 40-man roster spots) to mid-round draft picks. We just finished our 2nd amateur draft, and now every team has a bunch of low-minors guys clogging up their 40-man rosters now, leaving no room for fringy MLB guys.

One team in particular currently has 11 pitchers designated for assignment, and only nine pitchers on its active roster! The reason is their 40-man roster is full of 11th and 12th and 21st round picks who are still in short season ball.

Might be a good fix for OOTP16. Only elite prospects or near-MLB-ready guys should be getting 40-man spots right out of the amateur draft.

Sorry if this issue has been highlighted by someone else already. Also, if anyone has an idea of the best way for me to address this in my current league, I'd love the feedback.