Question about Draft Pick compensation for Free agent signings

nes125 · 06-01-2007, 11:19 AM

Hello! How is everyone? I have a question. In OOTP 2007, how do I enable draft pick compensation for lost free agents? I have looked on the game setup screen under rules and it seems that the check box to enable draft pick compensation is checked but I cant change it, and it seems to be greyed indicating it cant be changed. I was wondering because I lost a free agent and didnt get an extra pick in the draft, even after being sent an email from the commish's office indicating I would be.

1998 Yankees · 06-01-2007, 11:42 AM

When you see an option greyed out like that, it usually means that you have to wait for offseason or preseason to make a change. Exception: create hidden players, which you cannot change once the game starts.

nes125 · 06-01-2007, 11:50 AM

Thx for your quick response.

Ok...I will wait until the offseason and see what happens. However, if this was the case, then how did other teams get multiple draft picks in this year's draft? I had just checked off the box for draft pick trading, and the rounds in which there were teams w/ multiple draft picks had already passed.

injury log · 06-01-2007, 11:57 AM

Note also that Draft Pick compensation in OOTP doesn't work the same way as in real life. The first half of the first round is always protected; these picks are never awarded as compensation. So if a bad team signs your Type A free agent, you can't get their first round pick. In real life, you'd get their second rounder (and sandwich picks), but in OOTP you actually get nothing. Well, not quite nothing- you get an email saying you'll get a compensation pick. But just the email, no draft pick.

There's another potential issue when you lose a free agent. Say you lose a type B free agent to Montreal, but they sign another type B free agent from another team. Montreal's second round pick can only go to one team (I think it depends which guy they sign first), so you only have a 50-50 shot at a pick in this case. In real life, obviously you'd get something, but in OOTP, unfortunately no.

For this reason, some people disable compensation altogether. I find it creates more of a challenge to leave it on; if I sign a big free agent, at least I'll lose something (unless my team is bad), and if I lose a free agent, I might get nothing in return. So more of a challenge, but perhaps also more frustration!

nes125 · 06-01-2007, 12:02 PM

Thx for the response. Oh ok. So, the first half is protected, and there is really no draft pick compensation at all? Hmmmm, then I would be best served to just trade a potential free agent before he runs out on me at the end of the year and get something instead of nothing huh?

injury log · 06-01-2007, 12:08 PM

Well, the second half of the first round is not protected, and usually the team's with the money to sign FAs are also the ones high in the standings, i.e. the teams that would definitely give up a first round pick as compensation. So you probably have a better than a 50% shot to get compensation for a Type A free agent, and you probably have around a 90% chance with a Type B FA. Still, if you don't want to resign your type A free agent, you don't need him after the trade deadline, and you can get more value in return than a late-first-rounder, a deadline deal seems like a very good idea.

06-01-2007, 11:19 AM	#1
nes125 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5	Question about Draft Pick compensation for Free agent signings Hello! How is everyone? I have a question. In OOTP 2007, how do I enable draft pick compensation for lost free agents? I have looked on the game setup screen under rules and it seems that the check box to enable draft pick compensation is checked but I cant change it, and it seems to be greyed indicating it cant be changed. I was wondering because I lost a free agent and didnt get an extra pick in the draft, even after being sent an email from the commish's office indicating I would be.

06-01-2007, 11:42 AM	#2
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	When you see an option greyed out like that, it usually means that you have to wait for offseason or preseason to make a change. Exception: create hidden players, which you cannot change once the game starts.

06-01-2007, 11:50 AM	#3
nes125 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5	Thx for your quick response. Ok...I will wait until the offseason and see what happens. However, if this was the case, then how did other teams get multiple draft picks in this year's draft? I had just checked off the box for draft pick trading, and the rounds in which there were teams w/ multiple draft picks had already passed.

06-01-2007, 11:57 AM	#4
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	Note also that Draft Pick compensation in OOTP doesn't work the same way as in real life. The first half of the first round is always protected; these picks are never awarded as compensation. So if a bad team signs your Type A free agent, you can't get their first round pick. In real life, you'd get their second rounder (and sandwich picks), but in OOTP you actually get nothing. Well, not quite nothing- you get an email saying you'll get a compensation pick. But just the email, no draft pick. There's another potential issue when you lose a free agent. Say you lose a type B free agent to Montreal, but they sign another type B free agent from another team. Montreal's second round pick can only go to one team (I think it depends which guy they sign first), so you only have a 50-50 shot at a pick in this case. In real life, obviously you'd get something, but in OOTP, unfortunately no. For this reason, some people disable compensation altogether. I find it creates more of a challenge to leave it on; if I sign a big free agent, at least I'll lose something (unless my team is bad), and if I lose a free agent, I might get nothing in return. So more of a challenge, but perhaps also more frustration!

06-01-2007, 12:02 PM	#5
nes125 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5	Thx for the response. Oh ok. So, the first half is protected, and there is really no draft pick compensation at all? Hmmmm, then I would be best served to just trade a potential free agent before he runs out on me at the end of the year and get something instead of nothing huh?

06-01-2007, 12:08 PM	#6
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	Well, the second half of the first round is not protected, and usually the team's with the money to sign FAs are also the ones high in the standings, i.e. the teams that would definitely give up a first round pick as compensation. So you probably have a better than a 50% shot to get compensation for a Type A free agent, and you probably have around a 90% chance with a Type B FA. Still, if you don't want to resign your type A free agent, you don't need him after the trade deadline, and you can get more value in return than a late-first-rounder, a deadline deal seems like a very good idea.