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Originally Posted by voxpoptart
Marc: You've just demonstrated my (fourth) point (the one I added after the original post). My complaint was that rebuilding teams in OOTP are too willing to sell good regulars for mid-level Rookie League prospects who are extremely unlikely to provide value; whereas in real life, good regulars are dealt for either elite prospects or for prospects near to contributing in the major leagues.
When Burke suggested "Set the AI to Favor Prospects", I suggested that would make the problem even worse. Which is exactly what you now tell me happens. So, thank you for the support. You seem to think you're arguing with me, but I welcome your evidence that my guess was correct.
(Also, since you bring it up: My scout is "Outstanding" to "Legendary" at all categories, I budget him well, and scouting in general in my game is High accuracy.)
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Uh no because this is only true if YOU exploit it. Your original complaint implied that the AI trades badly between itself. This required you to undo their trades. Ive never seen it happen between AI trades with favor prospects setting.
Ive never seen a superstar traded for a bunch of prospects that are not proven. I have seen them trade a superstar for younger stars plus 2-3 other prospects and that was perfectly fine in my opinion. Ive also seen them trade aging star player for draft picks and prospects which is also ok. I have also seen them trade star players going into free agency for prospects and that is also fine because they would have lost that player anyway. I have also seen variation in trades based on performance over ratings. For instance, i see this all the time:
45/80 Actual: 48/80 Pot .325/.375/.484 (29 y/o old CF with cheap contract)
for
59/80 Actual: 61/80 Pot .260/.360/.415 (31 y/o 1B with 2x the contract of above)
+ 52/80 pot 20 y/o prospect in rookie league
On the surface this seems like a bad deal but look at those stats... the 1st guy has been hitting above or near .300 for 4 seasons! in that time he collected a WAR of about 12. The better rated player has barely hit .260 his entire career and barely earned a WAR of 8 the last 4 seasons on top of having a worse contract... but his ratings are 11/14/13/12/9 while the other guy is only 12/12/6/9/8...
So upon review, I let this one go. The prospect is ok but as we all know the odds of a 20 year old meeting their potential (at default development settings).
What have you seen that was very bad on your settings?