Minor League DL managment (from the new to the game board)

fuzzy_patters · 04-11-2015, 12:05 AM

I already posted this on the new to the game board, but I'm not new to the game. This is an issue that could affect experienced players as well.

I haven't purchased a new version of OOTP in a few years. In past versions I put minor league players on the DL. In this version the game keeps doing it for me. This is a problem because players from my 40 man roster have become injured in minor league games with 4-5 month injuries, and the game keeps putting them on the 15 day DL instead of the 60 day. Is there a setting somewhere so that I can take over minor league DL management, and is there a way to switch players from the 15 day DL to the 60 day DL?

The problem seems to be that minor league players who are on the 40 man roster don't have an option to transfer them to the 60 day DL. Major league players do. Consequently, a rash of severe injuries to 40 man roster players at AA and AAA is causing me to run out of options to replace my MLB players when they become injured since I can't put the AA and AAA players on the 60 day DL. In the last version that I played (13), the game didn't put those players on the DL for me, so I would have put them on the 60 day from day one.

olivertheorem · 04-11-2015, 12:42 AM

My best guess is that your minor-league pitching/lineup management is set to minor-league managers. Though, mine is set that way and I haven't seen that happen. But, I haven't had any minor-league guys on the 40-man get hurt yet that I recall.

fuzzy_patters · 04-11-2015, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by olivertheorem

My best guess is that your minor-league pitching/lineup management is set to minor-league managers. Though, mine is set that way and I haven't seen that happen. But, I haven't had any minor-league guys on the 40-man get hurt yet that I recall.

You're right. I do. I'll try turning that off.

RchW · 04-11-2015, 01:11 AM

By rule minor league players injured in the minors cannot be placed on the 60-day DL. The 60-day DL has other implications as any player on it accrues Major League Service time which could affect his arbitration and FA status.

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Minor League Baseball[edit]
Minor League Baseball uses a 7-day disabled list for all injuries. Players who are on the 40-man roster but get hurt in the minor leagues are placed on the minor league DL, but not on the major league DL. One problem this poses is that a player who is injured in the minors and who would be placed on the major league 60-day DL cannot be placed on the 60-day, meaning the 40-man roster spot is not freed up.

The freed-up roster spot can be strategically valuable, leading to occasional creative use of disabled lists by MLB teams and their affiliates (similar to teams appealing or dropping the appeal of a suspended player to maximize player contribution). Players who are performing poorly and are slightly injured might be put on the DL so they can go to the minors on rehab, when the MLB club might only want them in the minors because they are playing poorly. There are rules against blatantly "gaming the system" in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the players and the league.

A team may keep an injured player on the roster but keep him listed as 'day-to-day' to indicate that the medical staff is unable to determine when the player can resume normal playing activities again. If the injury turns out to be minor, then the player may resume playing without having to wait to come off the disabled list; however, depending upon the circumstances, the team may find itself effectively shorthanded in the meantime.

Players recovering from an injury may appear in a limited number of minor league games while still on the disabled list in order to prepare for reactivation. Non-pitchers may stay in the minor league club for up to 20 days; pitchers for up to 30 days.[7]

fuzzy_patters · 04-11-2015, 11:30 AM

Thank you. That was very helpful. I switched off letting my minor league managers make out their lineups. When one of my players 15 days was up, I opened up an active roster spot and put him on it. Then I put him on the 60 day DL. That did the trick. I no longer have to play without a centerfielder!

04-11-2015, 12:05 AM	#1
fuzzy_patters All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,806	Minor League DL managment (from the new to the game board) I already posted this on the new to the game board, but I'm not new to the game. This is an issue that could affect experienced players as well. I haven't purchased a new version of OOTP in a few years. In past versions I put minor league players on the DL. In this version the game keeps doing it for me. This is a problem because players from my 40 man roster have become injured in minor league games with 4-5 month injuries, and the game keeps putting them on the 15 day DL instead of the 60 day. Is there a setting somewhere so that I can take over minor league DL management, and is there a way to switch players from the 15 day DL to the 60 day DL? The problem seems to be that minor league players who are on the 40 man roster don't have an option to transfer them to the 60 day DL. Major league players do. Consequently, a rash of severe injuries to 40 man roster players at AA and AAA is causing me to run out of options to replace my MLB players when they become injured since I can't put the AA and AAA players on the 60 day DL. In the last version that I played (13), the game didn't put those players on the DL for me, so I would have put them on the 60 day from day one.

04-11-2015, 12:42 AM	#2
olivertheorem All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,919	My best guess is that your minor-league pitching/lineup management is set to minor-league managers. Though, mine is set that way and I haven't seen that happen. But, I haven't had any minor-league guys on the 40-man get hurt yet that I recall.

04-11-2015, 11:30 AM	#5
fuzzy_patters All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,806	Thank you. That was very helpful. I switched off letting my minor league managers make out their lineups. When one of my players 15 days was up, I opened up an active roster spot and put him on it. Then I put him on the 60 day DL. That did the trick. I no longer have to play without a centerfielder!