Rule 5 Draft

[SirMichaelJordan]

In the Manual for OOTP 13, it says:

-The player has at least three but fewer than six years of professional service time, and the player was age 19 or older when he first signed a contract.

-The player is not on the team's secondary roster.

Im not really sure on the official rules of the real life Rule 5 draft and I doubt OOTP is mimicking that but according to the manual, I shouldn't be seeing MLB vets being selected in this draft. Most of the players that are being selected are MLB vets and it kind of annoy me when a team pick up a 35-40 year old MLB vet who obviously wasn't good enough to make his team's 40 man roster. So I am asking if this is intentional or a bug?

Also is there a way to reduce the rounds of this draft? 10 rounds seem to be too much.



-Juke

[The Game]

Originally Posted by SirMichaelJordan

In the Manual for OOTP 13, it says:

-The player has at least three but fewer than six years of professional service time, and the player was age 19 or older when he first signed a contract.

-The player is not on the team's secondary roster.

Im not really sure on the official rules of the real life Rule 5 draft and I doubt OOTP is mimicking that but according to the manual, I shouldn't be seeing MLB vets being selected in this draft. Most of the players that are being selected are MLB vets and it kind of annoy me when a team pick up a 35-40 year old MLB vet who obviously wasn't good enough to make his team's 40 man roster. So I am asking if this is intentional or a bug?

Also is there a way to reduce the rounds of this draft? 10 rounds seem to be too much.



-Juke

I have never seen a Rule V go more then 4-5 rounds. I tend to skip my pick unless I really need a LHP. I do agree on the ML veterans. Don't know about the rest.

[Bluenoser]

You can't reduce it, but it's realistic as is.

The Rule 5 draft almost never lasts more than a few rounds anyway. As soon as one round goes by without a pick, the draft ends. I've had rule 5 drafts end after the 2nd round. Longest I've ever had was 5 rnds.

[SirMichaelJordan]

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

You can't reduce it, but it's realistic as is.

The Rule 5 draft almost never lasts more than a few rounds anyway. As soon as one round goes by without a pick, the draft ends. I've had rule 5 drafts end after the 2nd round. Longest I've ever had was 5 rnds.

Come to think of it, I never had a draft last that long myself. 9x out of 10 I usually skip the draft. I just notice that the draft rounds says 10 rounds and didn't realize it meant 10 possible rounds. I just ran a draft and picked up a couple guys (skipped the rest) and notice the draft was lasting longer than usual. AI were selecting players as well.

My main gripe is about the vets though. I feel like the AI is handicapping themselves by wasting a 25 man roster spot on a aging vet who wont play let alone progress or be productive.

[CobaltJays]

I haven't seen this in my small fictional league (8 teams) in 10+ seasons. It's rare for one of the teams to even make a selection, so the draft is usually over after one round.

In real life, players with major league experience are sometimes selected in the Rule 5 draft. It's usually not guys who are in their late-30's, but occasionally a player in his late-20's will be picked.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by SirMichaelJordan

In the Manual for OOTP 13, it says:

-The player has at least three but fewer than six years of professional service time, and the player was age 19 or older when he first signed a contract.

-The player is not on the team's secondary roster.

Players assigned outright to the minors are also eligible to be selected in the Rule 5 draft if they are not back on a major league club's 40-man roster prior to the draft. (At least, that's the case in real life.)

[SirMichaelJordan]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Players assigned outright to the minors are also eligible to be selected in the Rule 5 draft if they are not back on a major league club's 40-man roster prior to the draft. (At least, that's the case in real life.)

Yes. I have read that somewhere, that is why I was asking if this was intentional.

I've figured OOTP was going for a basic Rule V since that wasn't mentioned in the manual and it doesn't have the phases.