OOTP6 and the case of the disappearing manager

Anachronism · 11-26-2004, 05:01 PM

One of the players in my online league wrote me a note stating that they were protesting the migration to OOTP 6 because their Legendary pitching coach, who was under contract for one more year, is suddenly no where to be found.

He isn't with the team, and isn't with the "free agent" managers either.

Did the guy just retire? And if so, shouldn't that be mentioned somewhere? Or is this a glitch of some sort. The player wants me to "re-migrate" the league and continue to do so until his full under contract rosters are intact - something I don't really want to do.

Now, I have noticed some incosistencies. For example, I had Josh Phelps signed for $5.7 million BUT this year he was to go to arbitration for considerable cost saving (est $2.4 I think). After migrating to OOTP6, however, I see that for some reason, instead of going through arbitration his contract was extended a full year so THIS year he is arbitration eligible at the end of the year and he will again make $5.7 million.

Is this common as well?

Steve Kuffrey · 11-26-2004, 05:15 PM

Retired, thought this was fixed as no one has mentioned it recently. Is everyone using the EXACT same game version?

Anachronism · 11-26-2004, 05:16 PM

Yes... we are all using 6.11...

I went and took a look at his team, and while the retirement is not noted in the main league files, under his Team's news files it is listed.

gmo · 11-26-2004, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Anachronism

Now, I have noticed some incosistencies. For example, I had Josh Phelps signed for $5.7 million BUT this year he was to go to arbitration for considerable cost saving (est $2.4 I think). After migrating to OOTP6, however, I see that for some reason, instead of going through arbitration his contract was extended a full year so THIS year he is arbitration eligible at the end of the year and he will again make $5.7 million.

You seem to have figured out that coaches/scouts do retire and the only place to find note of it is under the Team News. At least Markus has now apparently fixed the bug where retiring coaches were having charges erroneously added to the player expenses.

At this point you will not see players' salaries decrease through arbitration. I believe the limit in MLB is a 10% decrease through arbitration, so you could not see a $5.7M to $2.4 decrease there either. So you should not even really pay attention when the arbitration number on the salary report shows a lower number. I have seen many cases of a guy having a great year before his first trip to arbitration so that he gets a big salary the next year, but he never "deserves" that much though he still gets it his last two years of arbitration.

What you may be able to do is get a player to sign an extension even though he is arbitration-eligible. In your siutation above you probably would not get the whole discount down to $2.4M/yr, but you might get him cheaper than $5.7M/yr. That may not be allowed in your league rules though.

t_wil1 · 11-26-2004, 07:57 PM

If he retired it will be under team news or transaction news for your team

11-26-2004, 05:01 PM	#1
Anachronism All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Great White North Posts: 945	OOTP6 and the case of the disappearing manager One of the players in my online league wrote me a note stating that they were protesting the migration to OOTP 6 because their Legendary pitching coach, who was under contract for one more year, is suddenly no where to be found. He isn't with the team, and isn't with the "free agent" managers either. Did the guy just retire? And if so, shouldn't that be mentioned somewhere? Or is this a glitch of some sort. The player wants me to "re-migrate" the league and continue to do so until his full under contract rosters are intact - something I don't really want to do. Now, I have noticed some incosistencies. For example, I had Josh Phelps signed for $5.7 million BUT this year he was to go to arbitration for considerable cost saving (est $2.4 I think). After migrating to OOTP6, however, I see that for some reason, instead of going through arbitration his contract was extended a full year so THIS year he is arbitration eligible at the end of the year and he will again make $5.7 million. Is this common as well? __________________ "Ruth did it on Beer and Hotdogs..." Last edited by Anachronism; 11-26-2004 at 05:21 PM.

11-26-2004, 05:15 PM	#2
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,023	Retired, thought this was fixed as no one has mentioned it recently. Is everyone using the EXACT same game version? __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

11-26-2004, 05:16 PM	#3
Anachronism All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Great White North Posts: 945	Yes... we are all using 6.11... I went and took a look at his team, and while the retirement is not noted in the main league files, under his Team's news files it is listed. __________________ "Ruth did it on Beer and Hotdogs..." Last edited by Anachronism; 11-26-2004 at 05:50 PM.

11-26-2004, 07:57 PM	#5
t_wil1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 2,407	If he retired If he retired it will be under team news or transaction news for your team