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Originally Posted by DJ_Jak_32
Are those players being offered AAA deals and choosing the Indy one instead? I have offered players minor league deals when it shows they have interest from Indy teams and 99% of the time they take my offer.
In real life. with the changes to the minors and the addition of the 4 partner Indy leagues (Atlantic, American Association, Frontier and Pioneer), players see these teams as unaffiliated minor leagues and may see that as a better opportunity because they could have more options to get back to affiliated baseball instead of being stuck in AAA for one team and they could end up with less playing time because teams want their prospects to play over them. I will be curious to see if OOTP ends up changing something with how these Partner leagues work. I know this season there were a lot of players "transferred" to affiliated teams, more than in years past.
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I know of one guy who decided to play in the Frontier league years ago instead of reupping in the minors. His reasoning was simple : he was 28, so he wasn't a prospect anymore, he was a journeyman ; he could have a normal job in the offseason and he'd be pretty much assured that he wouldn't have to move so he could finally settle down. For guys who have AAA experience or have even reached the majors, they'll be a big fish in a small pond instead of a small fish in a big pond, and that can also be attratice.
For a 24-25 year old kid who still believes he has a shot, grinding in the minors still makes sense, but once you get in that 28+ range, I can see the appeal of a more "normal" life.