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Old 10-07-2025, 10:27 AM   #103
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Originally Posted by DCG12 View Post
Thanks for the info. I had my league set up and ready so I saved as a quick start and ran some tests. Using the small reserve roster resulted in the sign and release bug rearing it's ugly head. As an example the first player I saw in the transaction log was Lee Stange who spent the entire season jumping from team to team and getting released every other day. I really didn't want to go unlimited on reserves so I set it at 36 which is what I would set the lowest minor team if I was setting up minor leagues in a fictional league. This seemed to alleviate the problem.

The only other thing I noticed and changed was erasing service time. I think I prefer having free agency from the start and not waiting 6 years for that to happen.
Funny you mention service time. I've always started with service time, but have it my mind to try the opposite whenever I get around to creating another random debut league(hopefully that isn't anytime soon, though). Along with free agency, another thing starting with service time provides is, allowing for some of the mid career inaugural draft guys to actually qualify for Hall of Fame induction. Hank Aaron and Pedro Martinez both made the Hall of Fame in my league, but without the pre-added service time, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have met the requirements.
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