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Originally Posted by Argonaut
I've already done those things, it's just not working. I guess I'll start over and try real life transactions. Will give less variety but won't be as weird.
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Do you have the option to "IMPORT AND MAINTAIN REAL MINOR LEAGUES" enabled?
If so then Cobb for example imports right after the1903 World Series because 1904 is his minor league debut season. He played for 3 independent minor league teams including Augusta that year before joining Detroit for the 1905 season.
Since you have minors enabled and the leagues Cobb played in are not active in the game at that point in time he imports as a free agent which means any MLB team can sign him and usually will right away. Eddie Cicotte, on the other hand, also debuted with Detroit in 1905 but since his first pro season according to BaseballReference was 1905, which he split between Detroit and Augusta, debuts with the Detroit Tigers in 1905. So both Cobb and Cicotte were rookie Tigers in 1905 but because Cobb imports in 1904 with a minor league organization that is not included in the game, Cobb becomes a Free agent while Cicotte becomes Detroit property.....as long as you have Minor Leagues enabled in your game.
If you do choose not to enable minor leagues and the draft is disabled both Cobb and Cicotte will import to Detroit when the updating is done right after the 1904 World Series.
This happens with many players when you use the minor leagues because they are not part of a major league organization when they debut with the minor league database. Ted Williams and the DiMaggio's - who debut with indy PCL teams San Diego and San Francisco - are some later examples although once you get to the thirties and forties there are far less instances because of the number of affiliated minor league teams in the game at that point. The biggest exception being the PCL clubs of that era.
So it is working the way it's designed, but short of manually assigning them immediately after import to their real life organization, there is no way to change it if you want historic minors included in your league.