Major League Contract

jhbreeg · 10-01-2024, 07:01 PM

Hi - I have a player who is on a Major League contract. He spent the whole season in the minors and is not on my 40 man roster. He was injured and went on the DL and now is coming off the DL and it states he has to be on the major league roster. It will not let me put him back into the minor league. My 40 man roster is full and it won't let me play a game until he is on the roster. I'm confused why he can't go back to the minor leagues where he was the whole season. The only thing I can think of is that it is September in the game and the minor league season may be over. I feel like this is a bug or I don't understand what I need to do with this player. I feel stuck in the game and can't continue currently. If you have any suggestions please let me know.

niu354 · 10-01-2024, 07:42 PM

If he was on your 60-day IL, I think you need to designate someone on your 40-man for assignment, then placed your returning player back on the 40-man, then I think you'll be able to move him.

jhbreeg · 10-01-2024, 08:25 PM

Problem I would need to waive a player to remove them from the 40 man and that would take days before the player would clear waivers and the game will not let me continue until the player on IL is removed from the IL.

niu354 · 10-01-2024, 08:31 PM

You can waive and designate for assignment together. It should be the option right below "Waive Player" and "Designate for Assignment"

jhbreeg · 10-03-2024, 11:15 AM

I did end up waiving a player to remove them from the 40 man roster to make room for the player the was on IL. Problem they have to go through waivers before they can be removed. This did not solve my problem. I ended up moving the player that was on the 60 day IL to a minor league rehab assignment to give me more time to get the other player off the 40 man roster.

I still think this is a bug in the system. The player causing the problem was on the major league roster two seasons ago and now has a major league contract. Problem he has been in the minor leagues all of last season and all of this season. The AI manages my minor league teams and when he got injured it put him on the 60 day IL. According to major league baseball rules minor league players cannot go on the 60 day IL they can only go on the 7 day IL. Somehow OOTP allowed this player a minor league player to go on the 60 day IL. I think this is an error with the game.

niu354 · 10-07-2024, 03:31 PM

My guess is he was put on the IL from the spring training roster, which puts them on the MLB IL, but that's neither here nor there.

Can you turn on commissioner mode and manually move him to free agent?

Sweed · 10-08-2024, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jhbreeg

I did end up waiving a player to remove them from the 40 man roster to make room for the player the was on IL. Problem they have to go through waivers before they can be removed. This did not solve my problem. I ended up moving the player that was on the 60 day IL to a minor league rehab assignment to give me more time to get the other player off the 40 man roster.

I still think this is a bug in the system. The player causing the problem was on the major league roster two seasons ago and now has a major league contract. Problem he has been in the minor leagues all of last season and all of this season. The AI manages my minor league teams and when he got injured it put him on the 60 day IL. According to major league baseball rules minor league players cannot go on the 60 day IL they can only go on the 7 day IL. Somehow OOTP allowed this player a minor league player to go on the 60 day IL. I think this is an error with the game.

You're right waiving the player will not remove him from the roster, that is what DFA (designate for assignment) is for. If you "waive/DFA" the player he should immediately be removed from the 40 man and you will have 10 days, IIRC, to decide what to do with him.

Once you waive/DFA the player he can be claimed by another team in the normal 3 day waiver period. Once that is done you have the remaining 7 days to move him where you want him. If he's out of options, or has enough service time, he can refuse demotion and you are left to put him back on the active roster, trade him, or release him.

As far as putting the player on rehab? Yeah, after a 60 day IL stint that is exactly what you should do. It's purpose is not to allow time to "get the roster right" but to allow the player to get back into game shape and knock off the rust. Now if the player in question is a superstar and you are in a pennant race you may want him in the lineup "rusty" and take what you can get from him. That's where waiver/DFA comes into play.

Le Grande Orange · 10-08-2024, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jhbreeg

I still think this is a bug in the system. The player causing the problem was on the major league roster two seasons ago and now has a major league contract. Problem he has been in the minor leagues all of last season and all of this season. The AI manages my minor league teams and when he got injured it put him on the 60 day IL. According to major league baseball rules minor league players cannot go on the 60 day IL they can only go on the 7 day IL.

Correction: a minor player cannot go on the major league 60-day IL. They can go on the minor league 60-day IL. And there is a minor league 60-day IL. The difference is a player on option to the minors who goes onto the minor league 60-day IL will continue to count against the major league 40-man roster, unless the ML club chooses to remove the player from the 40-man.

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Originally Posted by jhbreeg

Somehow OOTP allowed this player a minor league player to go on the 60 day IL. I think this is an error with the game.

The issue is OOTP does not recreate the minor league 60-day IL. (There is also a minor league full-season IL intended for players expected to be out for the entire minor league season. OOTP does not recreate this either.)

Le Grande Orange · 10-08-2024, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweed

Once you waive/DFA the player he can be claimed by another team in the normal 3 day waiver period. Once that is done you have the remaining 7 days to move him where you want him. If he's out of options, or has enough service time, he can refuse demotion and you are left to put him back on the active roster, trade him, or release him.

In real life a player designated for assignment cannot be put back onto the active roster of the designating team. The player must either be released, assigned either outright or optionally to the minors, or traded.

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Originally Posted by Sweed

As far as putting the player on rehab? Yeah, after a 60 day IL stint that is exactly what you should do. It's purpose is not to allow time to "get the roster right" but to allow the player to get back into game shape and knock off the rust.

In real life rehab stints happen while the player is on the IL, not afterward.

10-01-2024, 07:01 PM	#1
jhbreeg Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2024 Posts: 3	Major League Contract Hi - I have a player who is on a Major League contract. He spent the whole season in the minors and is not on my 40 man roster. He was injured and went on the DL and now is coming off the DL and it states he has to be on the major league roster. It will not let me put him back into the minor league. My 40 man roster is full and it won't let me play a game until he is on the roster. I'm confused why he can't go back to the minor leagues where he was the whole season. The only thing I can think of is that it is September in the game and the minor league season may be over. I feel like this is a bug or I don't understand what I need to do with this player. I feel stuck in the game and can't continue currently. If you have any suggestions please let me know.

10-01-2024, 07:42 PM	#2
niu354 Major Leagues Join Date: May 2020 Location: Antioch, IL Posts: 396	If he was on your 60-day IL, I think you need to designate someone on your 40-man for assignment, then placed your returning player back on the 40-man, then I think you'll be able to move him. __________________ New Players Framework for learning OOTP Managing your first game Customization Downloaded ballparks Sound effects Menu layouts Saves MLB launches promotion and relegation in 1903 Deciding the worst club in MLB history Curt Flood doesn't challenge the reserve clause The Continental League launches in 1961 Precluding the curse of the bambino Expanding the MLB Postseason to 200 teams The Champions League of baseball

10-01-2024, 08:31 PM	#4
niu354 Major Leagues Join Date: May 2020 Location: Antioch, IL Posts: 396	You can waive and designate for assignment together. It should be the option right below "Waive Player" and "Designate for Assignment" __________________ New Players Framework for learning OOTP Managing your first game Customization Downloaded ballparks Sound effects Menu layouts Saves MLB launches promotion and relegation in 1903 Deciding the worst club in MLB history Curt Flood doesn't challenge the reserve clause The Continental League launches in 1961 Precluding the curse of the bambino Expanding the MLB Postseason to 200 teams The Champions League of baseball

10-07-2024, 03:31 PM	#6
niu354 Major Leagues Join Date: May 2020 Location: Antioch, IL Posts: 396	My guess is he was put on the IL from the spring training roster, which puts them on the MLB IL, but that's neither here nor there. Can you turn on commissioner mode and manually move him to free agent? __________________ New Players Framework for learning OOTP Managing your first game Customization Downloaded ballparks Sound effects Menu layouts Saves MLB launches promotion and relegation in 1903 Deciding the worst club in MLB history Curt Flood doesn't challenge the reserve clause The Continental League launches in 1961 Precluding the curse of the bambino Expanding the MLB Postseason to 200 teams The Champions League of baseball

10-01-2024, 08:25 PM	#3
jhbreeg Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2024 Posts: 3	Problem I would need to waive a player to remove them from the 40 man and that would take days before the player would clear waivers and the game will not let me continue until the player on IL is removed from the IL.

10-03-2024, 11:15 AM	#5
jhbreeg Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2024 Posts: 3	I did end up waiving a player to remove them from the 40 man roster to make room for the player the was on IL. Problem they have to go through waivers before they can be removed. This did not solve my problem. I ended up moving the player that was on the 60 day IL to a minor league rehab assignment to give me more time to get the other player off the 40 man roster. I still think this is a bug in the system. The player causing the problem was on the major league roster two seasons ago and now has a major league contract. Problem he has been in the minor leagues all of last season and all of this season. The AI manages my minor league teams and when he got injured it put him on the 60 day IL. According to major league baseball rules minor league players cannot go on the 60 day IL they can only go on the 7 day IL. Somehow OOTP allowed this player a minor league player to go on the 60 day IL. I think this is an error with the game.