Hi, in preparation for my fictional league, I've been running simulations that often result in free agent hitters not receiving appropriate levels of interest from the AI. For example, I am attaching the player profiles of two 3-5 WAR hitters that had failed to be signed by opening day in one of my sims. These players have been consistent positive contributors across their careers and I can see no reason why not a single team had shown any interest in signing them. Neither have any injury concerns and both are competent defensively.
I frequently see no listed teams in the "Interested" section of the Offseason Center for hitters, but the opposite is true for pitchers. I see mediocre pitchers (2.5 stars) being signed for similar AAVs as the top hitter free agents (4-5 stars) and all non-injured starters are always signed by the end of the offseason. Maybe the devs could look into whether there needs to be some balancing in AI front office pursuits of free agent pitchers vs. hitters?
For reference, I have made the PCMs favor pitchers over hitters to try and combat the issue in hopes that the AI would value the rarer talented hitters over the abundant mediocre pitchers. Specifically, the league these players are from have batter PCMs (.95,1,1,1,.95) and pitcher PCMs (1.2,1.18,1.18,1). Anything else I could try to see if AI behavior changes?
