I've seen this thread on the issue:
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=295645
And I understand the reasoning there. But I have another scenario where this becomes an issue.
If I have a minor league that has both affiliated and unaffiliated teams (like the PCL would have in the 40s/50s iirc), players on the unaffiliated teams would never accrue pro service time and would never become free agents.
This is an issue in a save of mine where there are players who play 20 year careers on a single unaffiliated minor league team, despite likely signing with a major league team at some point if they had become a free agent.