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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough
In my particular game, this has been happening with players in their late 20s and guys who as good as 4-star players. Here's a quick sample of two star players and a few more were were unsigned on opening day, including one that wasn't signed for three more weeks.
29 year-old 3.5-star 2B/LF with 8/6/6/6/9 battings ratings and 5 for almost all fielding ratings
28 year-old 4-star OF with 7/6/5/5/9 batting and fielding ratings of 9/8/7
34 year-old 3-star 3B with 6/6/7/6/8 batting and fielding/def ratings of 5 to 9
28 year-old 2.5-star RF with 5/9/7/6/6 batting, fielding/def ratings of 6 to 7 and 4/10/9 on the bases
28 year-old 2.5-star OF/1B/2B with 4/4/6/6/6, fielding ratings of 5-8 and 7/10/9 on the bases
27 year-old 3-star SS/2B with 5/4/3/5/8 batting, fielding/def of mostly 8s and 9s, and 7/8/8 on the bases
Once they've been signed, these players have immediately become regulars, so there's no reason for teams to have waited so long to sign them. But this is just a partial list that doesn't include a number of other very solid players who are either better than players on major league rosters or certainly better than a lot of the players on teams' reserve lists, many of which are aging veterans with worse ratings.
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Yes, that does seem hard to figure. My fictional league has 22 teams at this point and minor league systems that have 5 levels. Not sure how much of what you are seeing might be about league structure, etc.