Rule 5

Romagoth · 08-14-2017, 09:07 PM

I'm coming across a bunch of players in my rookie leagues who are showing as rule 5 draft eligible. These players are 17-19 years old with quite often less than one year of professional service time. According to the OOTP manual a player should not be eligible for the rule 5 until he has at least 4 years of service time if under 18. None of these players should be rule 5 eligible for at least 2-3 more seasons.

Is anyone else seeing this issue? I am updated to the latest patch and started a new game after the latest patch was released and applied.

Harmon Killebrew · 08-15-2017, 12:41 AM

Is there any pattern to these players being eligible?
All Drafted this past/current year?
All Called up from International Complex this past year?
etc..

Griever20 · 08-15-2017, 10:24 AM

Could it be that you signed those players as minor league free agents? Those are Rule 5 eligible regardless of professional service time, that was patched in with the latest big update.

Romagoth · 08-15-2017, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Griever20

Could it be that you signed those players as minor league free agents? Those are Rule 5 eligible regardless of professional service time, that was patched in with the latest big update.

Bingo. This is the reason. I didn't realize there was an update for this in the last patch. Thanks!

08-14-2017, 09:07 PM	#1
Romagoth Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 365	Rule 5 I'm coming across a bunch of players in my rookie leagues who are showing as rule 5 draft eligible. These players are 17-19 years old with quite often less than one year of professional service time. According to the OOTP manual a player should not be eligible for the rule 5 until he has at least 4 years of service time if under 18. None of these players should be rule 5 eligible for at least 2-3 more seasons. Is anyone else seeing this issue? I am updated to the latest patch and started a new game after the latest patch was released and applied.

08-15-2017, 10:24 AM	#3
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,723	Could it be that you signed those players as minor league free agents? Those are Rule 5 eligible regardless of professional service time, that was patched in with the latest big update. __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded) Last edited by Griever20; 08-15-2017 at 10:25 AM.

08-15-2017, 12:41 AM	#2
Harmon Killebrew Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 109	Is there any pattern to these players being eligible? All Drafted this past/current year? All Called up from International Complex this past year? etc..