|
||||
|
|
OOTP 20 - General Discussions Everything about the newest version of Out of the Park Baseball - officially licensed by MLB.com and the MLBPA. |
|
Thread Tools |
10-09-2019, 05:04 PM | #1 |
All Star Reserve
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Laurelton, NY
Posts: 590
|
Negotiating with draft picks
This is one of my weakest points playing this game...
I've got five draftees from rounds 6 and up that are rated Very Hard (2) both wanting 2.2 million in a signing bonus (yeah right - not gonna happen) and Impossible (3) all five with the intention of attending college if their demands are not met. Should I even bother making them offers? |
10-09-2019, 05:55 PM | #2 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Chicago
Posts: 2,271
|
Quote:
When you draft a player you have to think of whether or not you can actually sign him (signability). It's not enough to just pick the highest rated guy. You have to look at what they are demanding and how easy or difficult it will be for you to sign him. That means passing on guys you may really like and going for the next best guy you can sign. In every draft I see guys I'd want but see their demands or their signability with my team and have to pass on them. More often than not these unsignable guys are the best players left on the board. But, that's how it goes.
__________________
"Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn. |
|
10-10-2019, 08:31 AM | #3 |
All Star Reserve
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 805
|
I have occasionally, if I think the pool is particularly weak, drafted an Impossible player in the 2nd or 3rd round, figuring he won't sign and I can get an extra pick the next year.
__________________
Boomcoach Let's Go Crew |
10-13-2019, 02:24 PM | #4 |
All Star Starter
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Danbury, CT
Posts: 1,618
|
I really wish the game could replicate the Matt Allan situation from this past draft, but I don't realistically see a way to code that in.
__________________
It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade |
10-14-2019, 02:17 PM | #5 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 3,137
|
I've taken chances on players in later rounds (I run a 40 round draft) that are listed as impossible. At that point draft picks are lottery tickets so at worst I miss out on a organizational piece. The strategy to use a pick in the earlier rounds on an "Impossible" pick with the idea of getting compensation next year makes sense as long as you are not considering someone else with that pick. I also recall someone posting that "Impossible" draftees have ended up signing if you throw enough money at them.
__________________
GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL; |
10-14-2019, 02:36 PM | #6 | |
All Star Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Nashville Area
Posts: 1,257
|
Quote:
|
|
10-14-2019, 06:12 PM | #7 |
All Star Starter
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Danbury, CT
Posts: 1,618
|
If you offer 2.5x their demand they sign. But if they're demanding 19/20m ... good luck.
__________________
It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade |
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | |
|
|