May I borrow a pitcher, please?

Questdog · 08-28-2006, 10:55 PM

I need to sign two starting pitcher types so that my LOW A team can have a rotation. However, there are NO pitchers available in the free agent pool at all.

I look to my arch rival's roster and see that he has 35 starting pitchers assigned to his Rookie league team. Please do something about this or I will have to file an anti-trust lawsuit against him for trying to monopolize the market....

(And baseball will only be exempt from anti-trust laws as long as they police themselves to ensure competition...)

John · 08-29-2006, 05:48 PM

I posted a couple of times about this issue after each of the last 2 patches,,, hope this weeks patch fixes it (I believe a TTR or whatever was opened).

Nutlaw · 08-29-2006, 06:16 PM

I positively hate to suggest it, but in a pinch, could you just assign other scrub position players as SPs and put them in your rotation?

Questdog · 08-29-2006, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

I positively hate to suggest it, but in a pinch, could you just assign other scrub position players as SPs and put them in your rotation?

I COULD do all sorts of things, but what I'd LIKE to do is to be able to sign players from the FA pool...

woburn · 08-29-2006, 07:33 PM

I'm seeing the same thing, one of the computer rookie league teams has 170+ players....

Pirate Fan · 08-30-2006, 01:09 PM

I've noticed this problem as well though in my case the AI teams signed all of the non-pitchers and their minor league rosters were always limited to 120 players per team at most. I solved the problem by trading non-prospects for non-prospects to get players at the positions I needed.

Goodsox · 10-20-2006, 11:00 PM

Questdog,

I apologize that it has taken a while for you to get a response. We are trying to play catch up here in Tech Support. I have not been able to duplicate this issue, nor have I ever seen this. Is this something you are still experiencing?

woburn · 10-20-2006, 11:24 PM

I've patched the current patch, but my league still has the one computer rookie league team with 189 players. They seem to clear house on the 1st of the calendar month, but then sign them all again. The league was created prior to the patches.

I haven't made the effort to start another league post-patch.

Goodsox · 10-20-2006, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by woburn

I've patched the current patch, but my league still has the one computer rookie league team with 189 players. They seem to clear house on the 1st of the calendar month, but then sign them all again. The league was created prior to the patches.

I haven't made the effort to start another league post-patch.

Therein lies the problem. Since this was fixed in the latest patch and the league was created pre-patch then there is not much I can do. The leagues that I have post-patch are fine. Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done about this issue if the league was created before the fix in the patch. I believe this issue is fixed unless someone is seeing this in a patch 1.03 created league. Please let me know.

Nutlaw · 10-23-2006, 11:02 AM

I've seen this issue with a game created with the newest patch. Two months into the season, all of the pitchers had been signed by one team or another.

Goodsox · 10-23-2006, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutlaw

I've seen this issue with a game created with the newest patch. Two months into the season, all of the pitchers had been signed by one team or another.

Do you happen to have this league file still so I can take a look? If so, please follow the instructions here and send all of the dat files http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...06#post1875606.

Nutlaw · 10-23-2006, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goodsox

Do you happen to have this league file still so I can take a look? If so, please follow the instructions here and send all of the dat files http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...06#post1875606.

Yeah, it's actually the same league that was referred to in this thread: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=132165

I'll get you the files up tonight.

Nutlaw · 10-23-2006, 07:41 PM

Hrmph. I apologize. A good number of the pitchers in this league were signed to contracts (moreso than the position players), but there are still some free agents remaining (though a number were released at the end of the previous month). I must have had a filter on last time I looked. Please disregard this.

Goodsox · 10-23-2006, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

Hrmph. I apologize. A good number of the pitchers in this league were signed to contracts (moreso than the position players), but there are still some free agents remaining (though a number were released at the end of the previous month). I must have had a filter on last time I looked. Please disregard this.

OK, thanks. I will go ahead and close this, but if you see this issue again, please let me know.

08-28-2006, 10:55 PM	#1
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	May I borrow a pitcher, please? I need to sign two starting pitcher types so that my LOW A team can have a rotation. However, there are NO pitchers available in the free agent pool at all. I look to my arch rival's roster and see that he has 35 starting pitchers assigned to his Rookie league team. Please do something about this or I will have to file an anti-trust lawsuit against him for trying to monopolize the market.... (And baseball will only be exempt from anti-trust laws as long as they police themselves to ensure competition...) Last edited by Questdog; 08-28-2006 at 10:56 PM.

10-20-2006, 11:00 PM	#7
Goodsox Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,866	Questdog, I apologize that it has taken a while for you to get a response. We are trying to play catch up here in Tech Support. I have not been able to duplicate this issue, nor have I ever seen this. Is this something you are still experiencing? __________________ GoodSox Go White Sox!

08-29-2006, 05:48 PM	#2
John Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 186	I posted a couple of times about this issue after each of the last 2 patches,,, hope this weeks patch fixes it (I believe a TTR or whatever was opened).

08-29-2006, 06:16 PM	#3
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	I positively hate to suggest it, but in a pinch, could you just assign other scrub position players as SPs and put them in your rotation?

08-29-2006, 07:33 PM	#5
woburn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 191	I'm seeing the same thing, one of the computer rookie league teams has 170+ players....

08-30-2006, 01:09 PM	#6
Pirate Fan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 166	I've noticed this problem as well though in my case the AI teams signed all of the non-pitchers and their minor league rosters were always limited to 120 players per team at most. I solved the problem by trading non-prospects for non-prospects to get players at the positions I needed.

10-20-2006, 11:24 PM	#8
woburn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 191	I've patched the current patch, but my league still has the one computer rookie league team with 189 players. They seem to clear house on the 1st of the calendar month, but then sign them all again. The league was created prior to the patches. I haven't made the effort to start another league post-patch.

10-23-2006, 11:02 AM	#10
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	I've seen this issue with a game created with the newest patch. Two months into the season, all of the pitchers had been signed by one team or another.

10-23-2006, 07:41 PM	#13
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Hrmph. I apologize. A good number of the pitchers in this league were signed to contracts (moreso than the position players), but there are still some free agents remaining (though a number were released at the end of the previous month). I must have had a filter on last time I looked. Please disregard this.