AI Player Valuation

Gwiddon · 02-29-2020, 03:42 PM

I have noticed that AI GM's will sign free agents for a pretty fair price, but then I'll shop a player and have the AI offer me their new signing and be willing to eat part of the contract to dump them. The biggest one that just seems crazy is the AI signed a 30 year old international free agent SP, 80/80 on a 4 year deal 25.6 per with a player option on the fourth year. Not cheap by any means but for a stud like this guy it seems pretty fair. When I go into the editor to see why they would want to drop him he projects for 7+ WAR, normal personality, and pretty good durability. This team specifically has an overpriced vet SP locked up through his age 37 season, for basically the same AAV, projected for 3 WAR, similar personality and durability, and 2 years older.

I go to shop players, offer a bad player on the wrong side of 30 in a position they have a good starter and a decent backup on very team friendly deals, and they will eat 15% to get rid of the stud SP straight up. I change to trade for the overpriced vet SP, and they want me to add either my Cy Young winner the season before or my MVP outfielder aged 27 on a team friendly long term deal to even consider the trade. I just don't get why they would offer the deal to the stud SP if they are willing to sign him and then instantly eat a decent amount of his deal. They aren't over their budget and they don't have any owner goal to increase profit.

My AI settings are average difficulty and neutral in this specific save, I know I should bump it to hard and favor prospects, but even when I do change it to that they are still willing to do the trade, just to retain less. I have player eval set to 40/30/20/10, which may be the problem but I am looking for other people's advice.

mytreds · 02-29-2020, 10:54 PM

Are your setting set to prefer prospects over veterans? If so, that could be one cause.

02-29-2020, 03:42 PM	#1
Gwiddon Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: The Matrix Posts: 1	AI Player Valuation I have noticed that AI GM's will sign free agents for a pretty fair price, but then I'll shop a player and have the AI offer me their new signing and be willing to eat part of the contract to dump them. The biggest one that just seems crazy is the AI signed a 30 year old international free agent SP, 80/80 on a 4 year deal 25.6 per with a player option on the fourth year. Not cheap by any means but for a stud like this guy it seems pretty fair. When I go into the editor to see why they would want to drop him he projects for 7+ WAR, normal personality, and pretty good durability. This team specifically has an overpriced vet SP locked up through his age 37 season, for basically the same AAV, projected for 3 WAR, similar personality and durability, and 2 years older. I go to shop players, offer a bad player on the wrong side of 30 in a position they have a good starter and a decent backup on very team friendly deals, and they will eat 15% to get rid of the stud SP straight up. I change to trade for the overpriced vet SP, and they want me to add either my Cy Young winner the season before or my MVP outfielder aged 27 on a team friendly long term deal to even consider the trade. I just don't get why they would offer the deal to the stud SP if they are willing to sign him and then instantly eat a decent amount of his deal. They aren't over their budget and they don't have any owner goal to increase profit. My AI settings are average difficulty and neutral in this specific save, I know I should bump it to hard and favor prospects, but even when I do change it to that they are still willing to do the trade, just to retain less. I have player eval set to 40/30/20/10, which may be the problem but I am looking for other people's advice.

02-29-2020, 10:54 PM	#2
mytreds All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 1,183	Are your setting set to prefer prospects over veterans? If so, that could be one cause.