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Timofmars · 12-19-2020, 10:10 PM

I'm playing OOTP 18. In my manager-only mode game, CF Andrew McCutchen was rated 63/80 overall as a FA in 2020 and never signed with anyone the whole year. It's almost halfway through 2021 and he has no demands listed (meaning he should be looking for a minor league contract) with a 53/80 overall rating and still no contract.

There's also a few good rated SPs available on a minor league deals that nobody is taking, rated 46, 43, and 35, and several more 40ish-rated position players.

I know from experience that if I had control of the trading, I could sign those players to minor league deals and easily package them together for a good trade deal.

I noticed that most of those players had a negative WAR in their most recent playing year, so maybe that is having an effect. Though if I turn on the "Use AI Evaluation for overall ratings" setting, the position players still have high ratings, and the SP ratings are super high, 74,72,71...

And the poor recent performances don't explain why a 40 rated SS with a 2.3 WAR previous season is still sitting there asking for a minor league deal.

I suppose it's possible my scouting is inaccurate on normal settings? I can't test it because it's on challenge mode. But I've seen similar things in 100% scouting accuracy games even with AI evaluation set to use 100% ratings, though I would end up taking advantage of the free players before they had a chance to sit this long.

I kinda wish I could develop the AI player handling logic myself to make it competitive and challenging so people didn't have to self-handicap to have a balanced game. OOTP, do you want to hire me for a temp job? I got lots of time on my hands.

12-19-2020, 10:10 PM	#8
Timofmars Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 251	I'm playing OOTP 18. In my manager-only mode game, CF Andrew McCutchen was rated 63/80 overall as a FA in 2020 and never signed with anyone the whole year. It's almost halfway through 2021 and he has no demands listed (meaning he should be looking for a minor league contract) with a 53/80 overall rating and still no contract. There's also a few good rated SPs available on a minor league deals that nobody is taking, rated 46, 43, and 35, and several more 40ish-rated position players. I know from experience that if I had control of the trading, I could sign those players to minor league deals and easily package them together for a good trade deal. I noticed that most of those players had a negative WAR in their most recent playing year, so maybe that is having an effect. Though if I turn on the "Use AI Evaluation for overall ratings" setting, the position players still have high ratings, and the SP ratings are super high, 74,72,71... And the poor recent performances don't explain why a 40 rated SS with a 2.3 WAR previous season is still sitting there asking for a minor league deal. I suppose it's possible my scouting is inaccurate on normal settings? I can't test it because it's on challenge mode. But I've seen similar things in 100% scouting accuracy games even with AI evaluation set to use 100% ratings, though I would end up taking advantage of the free players before they had a chance to sit this long. I kinda wish I could develop the AI player handling logic myself to make it competitive and challenging so people didn't have to self-handicap to have a balanced game. OOTP, do you want to hire me for a temp job? I got lots of time on my hands.