[JimSpriggs]

Over many years the issue of the AI offering recently extended players for trades has been noted, its been in the game for years, i have a house rule to never take up these offers but AI to AI trading has no such rules..

Started a MLB live start early june, am now at spring training 2024 and looking at what teams got up to in the off season...

Ian Happ(CUBS) 9th Sept 23 signs 4 Yrs $63M....11th Sept 23 traded to Texas
Bryan Reynolds(PIRATES) July 23 signs 4 Yrs $75M...Oct 23 traded to Dodgers

This next couple went in the same trade.
Michael A Taylor July 23 signs 2 years $20M...Nov 23 traded to Dodgers
JD Martinez Oct 23 signs 3 years $47M...Nov 23 traded to Twins

Jose Trevino(NYY) July 23 signs 4years $50M....Dec 23 traded to Rockies
David Robertson(NYM) 15th Nov 23 signs 2 years $15M ...30th Nov traded to Philies
Luis Guillorme(NYM) Sept 23 signs 4 years $32M...Nov 23 traded to Dodgers
Danny Jansen(BLUEJAYS) 6th Nov 23 signs 3 years $30M...18th Nov 23 traded to Pirates

there may have been others but these stood out, i guess something like this could happen and probably has happened IRL but from what i know about baseball (UK fan) this seems pretty out of whack.

All these trades happened with trading frequency on VERY LOW.

I wonder if part of the problem is the amount of extensions the AI is dishing out , i think the $/years the AI is paying for its talent is pretty reasonable you see the odd questionable deal but on whole the logic seems good, its just there are so many extensions being signed, i know MLB is heading that way,
locking up players (eg like the Braves) so maybe it's realistic. It seems high to me, anyone else noticed this ?
You only have a game option to Allow/Disallow Extensions, maybe allowing the user a choice for Extension frequency would be a good option.

Ok looked into this the best i can , in my game June-Dec 23, 58 multi year extensions were signed.
June- 7 extensions signed, July 10, Aug 5, Sept 13, Oct 7, Nov 12, Dec 4.

according to Spotrac there are only 127 players in MLB playing under an extended contract, this includes a few guys on 1 year extensions (which i didnt count, and they were only a few) but doesn't count a guy like aaron hicks.

Are there just too many trades even on "very low" ? , is that not helping.
I counted 106 major league deals between 2nd Nov 23 to 26th Jan 24.
171 Total deals including minor league deals for the same period.
No real idea if this seems high?