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Originally Posted by justtxyank
Playing historical games only.
Playing in 1977-79
Offer arb to guys, they get marked as A free agents. A day after FA opens the FA status disappear. I let a bunch of guys go to get comp picks and rebuild and got no comp. I’ve rerun the game in commissioner mode and can check them to see they have it after arb day but in FA it resets to no comp status.
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There were no Type A or B free agents in that time period. For compensation purposes free agents were ranked by the number of teams which selected the player in the re-entry draft. Note that the free agent process worked very differently in 1976-1980. OOTP doesn't recreate it at all.
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Originally Posted by LansdowneSt
I don't think the A/B compensation was in effect during those years (it came later in the '80s).
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Type A and B free agents started as a result of the 1981 strike settlement. Type A were those in the top 20% statistically and compensation was a professional player from the compensation pool. Type B were those in the top 21-30% statistically and compensation was a draft pick from the signing team and a special draft pick between the first and second rounds. All others were unranked, with those selected by four or more teams in the re-entry draft having a draft pick compensation (not sure of the exact details), while those selected by three or fewer teams were uncompensated.
The 1985 strike settlement abolished the previous free agent system, and ushered in Type A, B, and C free agents and a new compensation scheme. This free agent process was MLB's longest-lasting, operating from the 1985-86 off-season up through the 2006-07 off-season.
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Originally Posted by LansdowneSt
You'd have to turn it on because FA in those years irl gave the team no draft picks.
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This is incorrect. There was free agent compensation from 1976-80, with it being a draft pick from the signing team. The order in which free agents were ranked for compensation pick purposes was based on the number of teams selecting the player in the re-entry draft. The player selected by the most teams was ranked first, the player selected by the second-highest number of teams was ranked second, and so on. If two or more players were selected by the same number of teams, the player selected first by that number was ranked higher.