Can't Afford Arbitration

BigNastyKrust · 04-26-2004, 02:37 PM

I had a number of players up for arbitration and obviously didn't have enough money to sign them all so 4 of my studs were released. Fictional league by the way. Is there any way to determine whose gonna get signed? I can't think of a way to counteract this besides having enough $$$... duh... but it really sucked to see 4 of your 5-stars on the FA list at the beginning of the next season.

Joshv02 · 04-26-2004, 03:11 PM

You sign all arb eligable players automatically. No need to release, unless you don't want to sign them; it doesn't matter if you don't have the cash.

Bald Eagles · 04-26-2004, 03:14 PM

Click on the Salary report in the front office screen. This shows who's eligible and gives an estimated amount.

Bishop · 04-26-2004, 04:14 PM

I ran across something I'm still looking at. This past season I had guys that would send me an email that said "I'd like to resign". Problem is, the game said that they were "arbitration eligible" on the roster screen. If I pulled up the player salaries list from the front office screen, it showed they were free agents after this season.

I signed them and moved to next season. I'll see if it happens again, just something to keep an eye on.

BigNastyKrust · 04-26-2004, 04:45 PM

I didn't release them. All these dudes were Arbitration Eligible and had the estimated amount. The AI released them for me. I never saw this in OOTP4 or 5... that's what is freaking me out.

jbmagic · 04-26-2004, 04:46 PM

how does Arbitration work? is it for players under 6 years gets Arbitration?

and on the salary report i see some that say Possible Arbitration? why possible?

and some i see that shows Automatic Resign in the salary report why?

Joshv02 · 04-26-2004, 04:57 PM

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Originally posted by BigNastyKrust
I didn't release them. All these dudes were Arbitration Eligible and had the estimated amount. The AI released them for me. I never saw this in OOTP4 or 5... that's what is freaking me out.

That is odd, and shouldn't happen (unless things were changed). If this was designed to happen, imho this is a poor design idea.

MJohnson · 04-26-2004, 06:47 PM

possible arbitration is for Super Twos, which means the top 17% of two year players in terms of service time receive arbitration

SoxWin · 04-26-2004, 07:18 PM

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Originally posted by Joshv02
That is odd, and shouldn't happen (unless things were changed). If this was designed to happen, imho this is a poor design idea.

If you have negative cash I'm 99% sure you can't sign any FA's. My guess is that with negative cash, you can't pay guys via arbitration either.

An "official" word would be nice though.

04-26-2004, 02:37 PM	#1
BigNastyKrust Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 26	Can't Afford Arbitration I had a number of players up for arbitration and obviously didn't have enough money to sign them all so 4 of my studs were released. Fictional league by the way. Is there any way to determine whose gonna get signed? I can't think of a way to counteract this besides having enough $$$... duh... but it really sucked to see 4 of your 5-stars on the FA list at the beginning of the next season.

04-26-2004, 03:11 PM	#2
Joshv02 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: , " Posts: 3,082	You sign all arb eligable players automatically. No need to release, unless you don't want to sign them; it doesn't matter if you don't have the cash. __________________ Brookline Maccabees. RIP

04-26-2004, 03:14 PM	#3
Bald Eagles Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Waveland & Sheffield Posts: 402	Click on the Salary report in the front office screen. This shows who's eligible and gives an *estimated* amount.

04-26-2004, 04:14 PM	#4
Bishop All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Tejas Posts: 709	I ran across something I'm still looking at. This past season I had guys that would send me an email that said "I'd like to resign". Problem is, the game said that they were "arbitration eligible" on the roster screen. If I pulled up the player salaries list from the front office screen, it showed they were free agents after this season. I signed them and moved to next season. I'll see if it happens again, just something to keep an eye on.

04-26-2004, 04:45 PM	#5
BigNastyKrust Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 26	I didn't release them. All these dudes were Arbitration Eligible and had the estimated amount. The AI released them for me. I never saw this in OOTP4 or 5... that's what is freaking me out.

04-26-2004, 04:46 PM	#6
jbmagic Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,417	how does Arbitration work? is it for players under 6 years gets Arbitration? and on the salary report i see some that say Possible Arbitration? why possible? and some i see that shows Automatic Resign in the salary report why?

04-26-2004, 06:47 PM	#8
MJohnson Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: under an overpass Posts: 459	possible arbitration is for Super Twos, which means the top 17% of two year players in terms of service time receive arbitration