40-man-rosters not complete

[Wudl83]

Why are the 40-man-rosters in the current version incomplete? Opening day was one month ago.

[redranger]

Teams don’t always initially hold 40 on it. You’ll tend to see it more when teams want to protect guys from the rule 5 etc. but there isn’t always a set 40 on every team

I tend to always try and leave a handful off if possible to respond to injuries or rule 5 protection etc


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[SoxFan123]

Originally Posted by Wudl83

Why are the 40-man-rosters in the current version incomplete? Opening day was one month ago.

The AI is not going to always 100% of the time reflect real life with the 40 man. OOTP/OSA ratings will be different. For instance Player A could be on the 40 man, but, the AI thinks he is worse than Player B, who is not. So when you load the game in, Player B is on the 40 man.

[ChrisG]

I believe the devs have said they don't fill the real 40-man rosters up because otherwise the CPU teams will be jettisoning players en masse on waivers bc it doesn't always value players the same as the real teams do. It's a middle ground step to keep them in the organization.

I always fill my 40-man up manually.

[Wudl83]

Originally Posted by ChrisG

I believe the devs have said they don't fill the real 40-man rosters up because otherwise the CPU teams will be jettisoning players en masse on waivers bc it doesn't always value players the same as the real teams do. It's a middle ground step to keep them in the organization.

I always fill my 40-man up manually.

That is disappointing to say the least. Killing the game for me when no team has more than 30 guys on the 40-man roster.

How long does it take for you to set it up? Must have been hours.

[Pelican]

I'm no doubt acting like a control freak, but I actually value making the decisions for the last few roster spots for the teams. It is not as labor-intensive as you might think, at least for modern teams where you will know most to the players and readily make decisions. I actually prefer having a few spots to fill - as opposed to having to undue bad decisions by the AI and forcing guys onto waivers or DFA. I tend to accelerate the development variables (and aging as well), so I put young guys on the 40-man and often the active roster before MLB teams would.

[kriscolic]

Originally Posted by ChrisG

I believe the devs have said they don't fill the real 40-man rosters up because otherwise the CPU teams will be jettisoning players en masse on waivers bc it doesn't always value players the same as the real teams do. It's a middle ground step to keep them in the organization.

I always fill my 40-man up manually.

If that's the case, it's disappointing to hear that they decided upon a lazy half-measure rather than, you know, improving the performance of the AI.