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Originally Posted by md40022
^^^ 100% accurate.
This is something that needs a little tweaking IMO as the AI doesn't seem to keep this new rule in mind and it tends to burn through the 5 options on some guys way too fast. My waiver wire is routinely littered with these guys 20 games into a given season --- so the AI is just blowing right through the 5 options with no remorse.
I believe there is a way to turn the 5 option rule off. I thought I remember someone else saying that. But if you're trying to keep the rules as close to IRL as possible and not disable any rules - you really have to keep an eye on how many times someone has been optioned in a given season before claiming them.
Your choices with the guy in question are to either keep him on the big league roster for the rest of the season. Or, try to pass him through waivers and if he goes unclaimed you can then demote him. If you go that route, every single time you call him up and then want to demote him again you will again have to pass him through waivers since he's already at his limit of 5. Orrrrrr, you can cheat the game a bit and trade him right now and maybe pick up a prospect or a fringe big leauger who isn't at his limit already.
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It is a firesale season for me. So I can just let him ride. I might turn it off for future seasons, though, because they bounced him a lot. He was injured for 4 weeks of the season too.