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06-06-2016, 11:56 AM | #1 |
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Player unwilling to negotiate
I have a player who is about to hit free agency after this season. For each of the last 3 seasons he has been unwilling to even open negotiations for an extension. He is my best player and I'm worried I'll be unable to re-sign him because he won't even let me make one offer. I've been saved by arbitration the last few years. This feels like a bug to me. Any way around this?
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06-06-2016, 12:08 PM | #2 |
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Maybe go into commissioner mode? Should be able to force him to sign then, I would think.
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06-06-2016, 12:19 PM | #3 | |
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Anyway, it seems that for whatever reason, this player wants to play somewhere else. Sounds like a feature, not a bug. Fire a qualifying offer his way, let the door hit him on his ass, enjoy your free draft pick and sign someone else actually wanting to play for your ballclub instead.
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06-06-2016, 12:20 PM | #4 | |
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Otherwise, you can check in the editor to see if the results under "Player Agent" is listed as "Scott Boras". If so, you might be out of luck. |
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06-06-2016, 12:25 PM | #5 | |
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"Sorry, but I will not negotiate with you any further. We seem to be too far apart." BTW, this is OOTP 15. |
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06-06-2016, 12:29 PM | #6 |
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Sounds like he just does not want to play for your team any longer. There are players for whatever reason want to leave no matter what you offer.
You could trade him and try and get a haul of prospects back and hope that one or two of them develop into stars, or if you are in the playoff picture, hang onto him and hope you win the championship. Or you could "cheat" and go into the editor and just add a contract extension for whatever you want. |
06-06-2016, 12:46 PM | #7 |
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Maybe he just wants to get to free agency to get as much $$ as possible or as some have said above he doesn't want to play for your team for some reason. Not likely a bug, happens in real life and part of the process of running a baseball team.
You can let him play out the contract and try to sign him as a FA. You could try to trade him to get some return for him. Or you could 'cheat' and go into commissioner mode and sign him, it is your game after all and you can play how you want. Last edited by byzeil; 06-06-2016 at 12:50 PM. |
06-06-2016, 01:17 PM | #8 |
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This is definitely a feature rather than a bug. Perhaps you will someday encounter the opposite frustrating reality: the declining veteran who is ready and willing to extend his contract and doesn't want a lot of money but who no longer performs well enough to justify even the pay he demands. The catch is that he is "extremely popular" locally, and the fans will react very badly to his departure. Would you rather lose attendance or lose a roster slot? I'm now facing that dilemma in one of my leagues.
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06-06-2016, 01:30 PM | #9 |
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I understand the concept of a player wanting to test FA this way in real life. I've never seen it in the game though.
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06-06-2016, 02:12 PM | #10 | |
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Then why on earth are you posting this in an OOTP 17 forum?
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06-06-2016, 04:00 PM | #11 |
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I've had a couple of No. 1 starters refuse to negotiate with me (in 17) because they don't like my manager. I just let them go and got the compensatory draft picks.
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06-06-2016, 05:25 PM | #12 | |
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06-06-2016, 05:51 PM | #13 |
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06-06-2016, 06:20 PM | #14 |
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It'll happen for a few reasons. Check his morale. If it's really low ( ) then I'd trade the guy since you're not gonna be able to sign him.
If you tried negotiating with him before, and gave him a low-ball offer, you will get the "Sorry, but I will not negotiate any further with you" message. There is however a likelihood of the player re-opening negotiations with you once the season ends, possibly even before then. Again, that's assuming his morale isn't low. Last edited by StanfordBerkely; 06-06-2016 at 06:21 PM. Reason: Spell Check |
06-06-2016, 06:28 PM | #15 | |
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Then again, you say it's OOTP 15, so whatever bug that is might well already be fixed in the current version. |
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06-06-2016, 06:28 PM | #16 | |
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06-06-2016, 07:38 PM | #18 |
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1. Trade him for a low number of high quality prospects
2. Trade to get him back with a high number of low quality prospects |
06-06-2016, 07:43 PM | #19 | |
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06-06-2016, 11:55 PM | #20 |
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I had similar experience - except that he would only renew one year at a time, each time increasing the $ he wanted.
This all changed quite suddenly after he had a 10-month injury. Then the only contract he would accept was 10-year and stupid high money. $39M per year kind of stupid high. I took it as a feature - one I didn't like since he was a great player, but still a feature of the game. |
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