My draft pick retired after one year in the minors?

gemini615 · 01-27-2018, 08:48 PM

I drafted him in the second round and he spent the year playing in A and AA. He promptly retired from baseball when the season was over. No reason was given and he wasn't injured.
Is that a thing?

mitchkenn · 01-27-2018, 08:55 PM

i don't know about real life, but i suppose it can happen: change of sports, religious missions, some sort of disease or the like. But yeah, it's a bummer when you don't even get an explanation.,. i've seen it about 3 times in the 5+ years i've been playing. 'tis a big bummer for certain. One of my guys was a 5 star prospect !!!

gemini615 · 01-27-2018, 09:13 PM

Definitely a bummer.
I guess I'll just pretend he got mixed up with the wrong people at the ballpark and joined a cult lol

actionjackson · 01-27-2018, 09:34 PM

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Definitely a bummer.
I guess I'll just pretend he got mixed up with the wrong people at the ballpark and joined a cult lol

Or you could turn off storylines if you don't want to deal with this stuff. Volunteers put a lot of effort into the storylines every year, but I think you can recognize that effort without necessarily using them in your game.

TGH-Adfabre · 01-28-2018, 12:48 AM

I am not sure storylines are the culprit here.

bwburke94 · 01-28-2018, 01:34 AM

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I am not sure storylines are the culprit here.

They're the most likely culprit.

RchW · 01-28-2018, 09:20 AM

Yes, with storylines off it doesn't happen.

TGH-Adfabre · 01-28-2018, 07:38 PM

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Yes, with storylines off it doesn't happen.

Ever? I buy less likely and less likely by a wide margin, but never?

actionjackson · 01-28-2018, 09:40 PM

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Ever? I buy less likely and less likely by a wide margin, but never?

Never, good sir. Unless by injury, but that is a different matter.

TGH-Adfabre · 01-28-2018, 10:59 PM

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Never, good sir. Unless by injury, but that is a different matter.

That is a different matter. So it is a storyline issue with no attached storyline?

actionjackson · 01-29-2018, 06:26 PM

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That is a different matter. So it is a storyline issue with no attached storyline?

Hmmm...I wonder if the news feed pays any attention to players in the minor leagues, or if its sole focus is big leaguers.

mitchkenn · 01-29-2018, 06:57 PM

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Hmmm...I wonder if the news feed pays any attention to players in the minor leagues, or if its sole focus is big leaguers.

the players i've had retire without explanation were all minor leaguers. it wasn't a deal breaker ... just seemed a bit strange no explanation was given for his mind change.

actionjackson · 01-29-2018, 07:57 PM

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the players i've had retire without explanation were all minor leaguers. it wasn't a deal breaker ... just seemed a bit strange no explanation was given for his mind change.

That must be it then. Minor leagues are not newsworthy I guess. Kind of makes sense when you consider how unwieldy things could get if they were included in the news feed.

TGH-Adfabre · 01-30-2018, 12:19 AM

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That must be it then. Minor leagues are not newsworthy I guess. Kind of makes sense when you consider how unwieldy things could get if they were included in the news feed.

So are minor leaguers included in the player searches for Storylines?

01-27-2018, 08:48 PM	#1
gemini615 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 671	My draft pick retired after one year in the minors? I drafted him in the second round and he spent the year playing in A and AA. He promptly retired from baseball when the season was over. No reason was given and he wasn't injured. Is that a thing?

01-27-2018, 08:55 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	i don't know about real life, but i suppose it can happen: change of sports, religious missions, some sort of disease or the like. But yeah, it's a bummer when you don't even get an explanation.,. i've seen it about 3 times in the 5+ years i've been playing. 'tis a big bummer for certain. One of my guys was a 5 star prospect !!! __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

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01-28-2018, 09:20 AM	#7
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01-27-2018, 09:13 PM	#3
gemini615 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 671	Definitely a bummer. I guess I'll just pretend he got mixed up with the wrong people at the ballpark and joined a cult lol