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Originally Posted by bigd51
Dylan Lee didn't pitch a full season in MLB until Atlanta gave him a shot when he was 27. He posted an ERA of 2.13 and a FIP of 2.81 across 50.2 innings. Had the Braves put him on waivers and allowed him to be claimed by another team, they would've been taken to the woodshed.
His 2023 results wouldn't matter IRL. A full 40-man wouldn't matter IRL. If a reliever posted that kind of stats IRL, there's just no way in hell he would be put on waivers and allowed to be picked up by another team for nothing in return. Not to mention the fact the prospect in question was a rookie who had option years available and never should have been put on waivers to begin with.
This is the point the OP is trying to make. Even the most incompetent GM wouldn't be that stupid IRL.
And I get that AI roster management will never be perfect as Markus said, but there are still safeguards that could be put in place to prevent this sort of thing from happening.
This is supposed to be the most realistic MLB sim on the market... and on the surface, it is. But when you dig deeper and see things like this happen...
Or the numerous trades involving teams retaining 100% of a player's salary just so they can be traded to a team w/ zero budget room for the sake of saying "hey, look, a trade happened"...
Or prospects like Andrew Painter being inexplicably sent all the way back down to Rookie league and forced to work their way back up through the minors for 3 YEARS, just one season after pitching 160 innings in the majors and posting a 3.93 ERA, 4.09 FIP, and 3.1 WAR...
Or 2nd overall picks like Dylan Crews being flat-out released by their teams after just 2 seasons...
Or 4th overall picks like Jackson Jobe being traded for an MLB-average SP in Max Castillo and 2 other low-rated prospects only for Castillo to be placed on waivers 1 month later and allowed to be claimed by another team...
When you see all these things happen, you start to realize the game is becoming less realistic w/ each release. And the downside to having so many options at your disposal is that it becomes easier for players to blame these misgivings on "settings" instead of actually holding the devs accountable for not even bothering to try and correct them.
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Excellent post. No way would someone in that spot get waived. They could have easily optioned him. Hell, at the very least they could have traded him if they didnt want him. His value should have been high after the season he had. Would anyone else just waive a player like that? You dont gain anything other than a roster 40man spot.