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Originally Posted by Lukas Berger
I think you guys are right, we'll take a look at this.
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I think this is intentional (that Julio Urias has a minor league contract), and probably shouldn't be changed.
In earlier versions of OOTP, if we gave MLB contracts to everyone on the 40-man roster, we had some big problems. The AI would set up its team on the first day of the game, and would always find five minor leaguers it liked more than its current 40-man roster guys. So a ton of guys who belonged on the 40-man in real life ended up on waivers. And this didn't happen because the ratings were wrong, more because the AI sometimes weighted current and potential ratings differently from how real life teams balance those two things.
There's new-and-dramatically-improved roster AI in OOTP18 that would hopefully prevent this problem. But it would be a risky thing to try, to give MLB contracts to 40-man minor leaguers, because there might be 150 guys on the waiver wire on the second day of the game.
The safer thing to do is to just give MLB contracts to guys on the 25-man to start the game, or to guys who have guaranteed deals. The rest will automatically be given MLB deals when they get promoted.