Too many good players going to free agency

krownroyal83 · 11-30-2017, 10:35 PM

I'm playing a customer league and it's crazy how many players have reached free agency. Too many to count. In a 10 team league there are like two dozen 4/3.5 star players and a few 5/4.5 players that are now free agents. One of the teams as of the free agency fillings has 4 players currently contacted, 4! Is this normal for either real life or at least when you play a MLB save? Even the team that just won back to back championships just dropped their ace with 61m for free agents and 103m for extensions.

jmknpk2 · 11-30-2017, 10:44 PM

There's a lot to guess at. Can you provide some specific details about your league settings?

krownroyal83 · 11-30-2017, 10:59 PM

Sure. Anything in particular I should be looking at? Most of the settings are gonna be default. I only changed a few things. Nothing in the way of financials though.

jmknpk2 · 11-30-2017, 11:04 PM

You just set up a fictional league with the defaults, only changing teams and league structure?

krownroyal83 · 11-30-2017, 11:16 PM

Looking at the league settings I didn't change much at all really. So in general is it not common for a lot of good/great players to make it to free agency?

reds1 · 11-30-2017, 11:20 PM

Just a thought - if you hold an annual amateur draft, how many rounds is it set at? If you have it set for a lot of rounds, perhaps its creating an overabundance of players - and good players at that.

krownroyal83 · 11-30-2017, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by reds1

Just a thought - if you hold an annual amateur draft, how many rounds is it set at? If you have it set for a lot of rounds, perhaps its creating an overabundance of players - and good players at that.

Well I think originally it was set to 5 rounds, but I changed it to 10 rounds to insure there were going to be enough players in the league just in case i expanded again. However like I was saying one team currently only has 4 guys under contract now (expansion team) as of free agency so i'm sure all these guys or a lot of them are going to get picked up. I'm just surprised that a lot of these guys where not re-signed by their club.

RchW · 11-30-2017, 11:34 PM

How many seasons has the league been run?

krownroyal83 · 11-30-2017, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

How many seasons has the league been run?

2nd season just ended. So i'm on free agency day just about to start season 3.

RchW · 11-30-2017, 11:57 PM

That may be the problem. The AI has no player performance history to evaluate. It is suggested that newly formed leagues should be simulated through the first FA cycle ie 6 years minimum in order to correct this. Some people run 10-15-20 years and then delete league history (not the same) to get a running start.

FWIW.

krownroyal83 · 12-01-2017, 12:02 AM

Oh really? Hopefully it's something that can be fixed in ootp 19 or something. well I'm not gonna sim ahead 5 to 10 years to correct it so I guess i'm just gonna have to suck it up

Thanks for the tip though. I will do that next time I make a custom league if need be.

sprague · 12-01-2017, 04:16 AM

I have seen this as a major problem as well. No matter the league size, tons go to free agency. Many teams get decimated, 10 of their 25 man roster become free agents, all their 4 and 3 star players are gone.
In one 16 team league I play you can have at 50 5 or 4 star players in the off season.
I have had to bump the arbit time to 8 years to keep some players on their teams at the end of a season.
I agree this is a high priority area for developers to examine for 19

Dr. P.R. Park III · 12-01-2017, 06:39 AM

I suggest restoring from a back-up if possible and before beginning the sim, wipe the service time for all players in the universe.

This should start everyone out with 0 years to build from scratch, then I'd simulate maybe 5 seasons into the future and check the status.

11-30-2017, 10:35 PM	#1
krownroyal83 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 905	Too many good players going to free agency I'm playing a customer league and it's crazy how many players have reached free agency. Too many to count. In a 10 team league there are like two dozen 4/3.5 star players and a few 5/4.5 players that are now free agents. One of the teams as of the free agency fillings has 4 players currently contacted, 4! Is this normal for either real life or at least when you play a MLB save? Even the team that just won back to back championships just dropped their ace with 61m for free agents and 103m for extensions.

11-30-2017, 11:20 PM	#6
reds1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 3,860	Just a thought - if you hold an annual amateur draft, how many rounds is it set at? If you have it set for a lot of rounds, perhaps its creating an overabundance of players - and good players at that. __________________ United Leagues of Braeland

11-30-2017, 11:34 PM	#8
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The big smoke Posts: 15,628	How many seasons has the league been run? __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

11-30-2017, 11:57 PM	#10
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The big smoke Posts: 15,628	That may be the problem. The AI has no player performance history to evaluate. It is suggested that newly formed leagues should be simulated through the first FA cycle ie 6 years minimum in order to correct this. Some people run 10-15-20 years and then delete league history (not the same) to get a running start. FWIW. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

11-30-2017, 10:44 PM	#2
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	There's a lot to guess at. Can you provide some specific details about your league settings?

11-30-2017, 10:59 PM	#3
krownroyal83 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 905	Sure. Anything in particular I should be looking at? Most of the settings are gonna be default. I only changed a few things. Nothing in the way of financials though.

11-30-2017, 11:04 PM	#4
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	You just set up a fictional league with the defaults, only changing teams and league structure?

11-30-2017, 11:16 PM	#5
krownroyal83 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 905	Looking at the league settings I didn't change much at all really. So in general is it not common for a lot of good/great players to make it to free agency?

12-01-2017, 12:02 AM	#11
krownroyal83 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 905	Oh really? Hopefully it's something that can be fixed in ootp 19 or something. well I'm not gonna sim ahead 5 to 10 years to correct it so I guess i'm just gonna have to suck it up Thanks for the tip though. I will do that next time I make a custom league if need be.

12-01-2017, 04:16 AM	#12
sprague All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,921	I have seen this as a major problem as well. No matter the league size, tons go to free agency. Many teams get decimated, 10 of their 25 man roster become free agents, all their 4 and 3 star players are gone. In one 16 team league I play you can have at 50 5 or 4 star players in the off season. I have had to bump the arbit time to 8 years to keep some players on their teams at the end of a season. I agree this is a high priority area for developers to examine for 19

12-01-2017, 06:39 AM	#13
Dr. P.R. Park III All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 974	I suggest restoring from a back-up if possible and before beginning the sim, wipe the service time for all players in the universe. This should start everyone out with 0 years to build from scratch, then I'd simulate maybe 5 seasons into the future and check the status.