How did I sign this guy from the FA pool in August?

PSUColonel · 02-13-2006, 02:07 PM

Josh Hamlton, LF, 24 years old, 4.5 star prospect.

minor league contract. Has never been in the majors.

1-5 scale

LF: 4
CF: 4
RF: 4

OF Arm:4

contact 3/4 talent

power 3/4 talent

Gap 4/4talent

eye: 3/4talent

avoid K 3/4talent

Player History

Injured on 4/22/2005 with a Broken Foot, out for 10-11 weeks...
Injured on 6/28/2005 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3-4 weeks...
Traded from Tampa Bay to Houston on 7/30/2005 (Going to TB: SS Adam Everett. Going to HOU: LF Josh Hamilton, SS Dionnar Martinez)...
Released by Houston on 8/7/2005...
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 8/21/2005 to a minor league deal...

Houston traded for him then released him a week later.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ABOUT?????

BTW, I'm usng skyDogs modifiers.

He's hit well in AAA and AA

Hotblack Desiato · 02-13-2006, 02:14 PM

Do some searching. There are plenty of threads on the AI waiving huge prospects.

bp_ · 02-13-2006, 03:49 PM

it's one of the flaws we can only hope will be correct with a (hopefully) better AI in OOTP2006

PSUColonel · 02-13-2006, 07:49 PM

I think I will abandon my currentleague...the AI is just so bad. Even if I converted to the new version, I'd still have a stable full of great prospects that were all gained from waivers or free agency.

Malleus Dei · 02-13-2006, 09:25 PM

Lots of players have been released by one team and caught on somewhere else.

Some of you seem to expect the AI to be flawless and never, ever, make a mistake, and that's just not how baseball is. A good simulation models reality as accurately as it can, and in reality, baseball GM's screw up all the darned time.

PSUColonel · 02-13-2006, 09:42 PM

True, but this happens to be the 50th ranked Prospect in the league. Wo would do that? In looking at the team's roster,I can see they had a fw very good Left Fielders, but wouldn't a team at least try to trade someone that kind of a prospect?

On a different subject, I'm playing in managermode, and noticed when I looked at the top 100 prospect list, my players are listed differently than they are in the top minors systems. Eg. a player in one is ranked #47, while in the other list he's 50. Also, why is it when I view a player's card, his star rating is different in the HTML card? I get the feeling this is a bug, and that is actually a cheat, I'm willing to bet the HTML card is the "true" ratings.

PSUColonel · 02-14-2006, 06:25 AM

and really, the bigger question becomes: If he was released on the 7th, that means e was onthe market two weeks before I claimed him. Why didn't another team try to sign him? It's not likehewanted megabucks since e signed a minor league contract.

Jonzard · 02-14-2006, 03:05 PM

Hamilton's drug problem is obviously hurting team chemistry

Jestor · 02-14-2006, 04:02 PM

This is an example of why I've turned off waivers in all my leagues

02-13-2006, 02:07 PM	#1
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,139	How did I sign this guy from the FA pool in August? Josh Hamlton, LF, 24 years old, 4.5 star prospect. minor league contract. Has never been in the majors. 1-5 scale LF: 4 CF: 4 RF: 4 OF Arm:4 contact 3/4 talent power 3/4 talent Gap 4/4talent eye: 3/4talent avoid K 3/4talent Player History Injured on 4/22/2005 with a Broken Foot, out for 10-11 weeks... Injured on 6/28/2005 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3-4 weeks... Traded from Tampa Bay to Houston on 7/30/2005 (Going to TB: SS Adam Everett. Going to HOU: LF Josh Hamilton, SS Dionnar Martinez)... Released by Houston on 8/7/2005... Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 8/21/2005 to a minor league deal... Houston traded for him then released him a week later. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ABOUT????? BTW, I'm usng skyDogs modifiers. He's hit well in AAA and AA

02-13-2006, 03:49 PM	#3
bp_ Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,804	it's one of the flaws we can only hope will be correct with a (hopefully) better AI in OOTP2006 __________________ Commish: Over The Mound

02-14-2006, 03:05 PM	#8
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Hamilton's drug problem is obviously hurting team chemistry __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

02-13-2006, 02:14 PM	#2
Hotblack Desiato Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 323	Do some searching. There are plenty of threads on the AI waiving huge prospects.

02-13-2006, 07:49 PM	#4
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,139	I think I will abandon my currentleague...the AI is just so bad. Even if I converted to the new version, I'd still have a stable full of great prospects that were all gained from waivers or free agency.

02-13-2006, 09:42 PM	#6
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,139	True, but this happens to be the 50th ranked Prospect in the league. Wo would do that? In looking at the team's roster,I can see they had a fw very good Left Fielders, but wouldn't a team at least try to trade someone that kind of a prospect? On a different subject, I'm playing in managermode, and noticed when I looked at the top 100 prospect list, my players are listed differently than they are in the top minors systems. Eg. a player in one is ranked #47, while in the other list he's 50. Also, why is it when I view a player's card, his star rating is different in the HTML card? I get the feeling this is a bug, and that is actually a cheat, I'm willing to bet the HTML card is the "true" ratings.

02-14-2006, 06:25 AM	#7
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,139	and really, the bigger question becomes: If he was released on the 7th, that means e was onthe market two weeks before I claimed him. Why didn't another team try to sign him? It's not likehewanted megabucks since e signed a minor league contract.