Trading for Prospects

rakosnik · 03-15-2014, 05:16 PM

I'm having a lot of difficulty trading for prospects.

I'm starting with the current rosters and I've got trade difficulty set to very hard and trading preference set to neutral.

I realize that prospects are valuable. I realize that their low salaries make them especially valuable, but if I want to get a decent prospect I'm having to give up more than one prospect each one of which is much better than the one prospect I am trading for. I moved trading difficulty to very hard because I want a challenage, but with what I'm experiencing making a trade of dealing from a position of strength in my minor league system for a position of weakness in my minor league system doesn't seem possible.

Is there some trick to trading for prospects that using? I have made several trades for major leaguers, but minor league prospects and major leaguers with minimum salaries seem almost impossible to acquire.

Fyrestorm3 · 03-15-2014, 10:10 PM

First off, everyone has wildly different preferences when it comes to trade difficulty. For instance, I feel like trading on Average difficulty is highly realistic, and gives me plenty of challenge. Others say no way, it's not a challenge unless it's on Hard or Very Hard, while others say that even Average is too hard. You have to find the setting that makes sense for you from experience.

It might be worth it to try and turn it down to Hard for a while, and just see if you like that setting better. Don't just say "Very Hard sounds good for me because I want a challenge". Try out a lower setting. If it's too easy for you, then we can talk about ways to work around the issue of trading for prospects (maybe set it to Favor Veterans?). But at least give a lower difficulty a shot first and see if that works for you.

Lukas Berger · 03-15-2014, 11:06 PM

Typically irl prospect for prospect trades just don't happen. OOTP mirrors this.

If you want to get good prospects in trade in OOTP, as irl, you need to give up good, reasonably salaried and reasonably aged, MLB players.

Dutch Alexander · 03-16-2014, 05:17 AM

The "favor veterans" or "favor prospects" options are not entirely realistic. Whether teams favor veterans or prospects should depend on the situation the team is in. If a team is contending at the trade deadline they should be more willing to trade prospects for veterans and if they are out of contention at the deadline they should be more willing to trade veterans for prospects.

This is not really reflected in OOTP as only one option is "active". When I make a trade I ussually try out different trade settings considering the situation the other team is in to look at the different trade options and then use my own jugdement to determine what is realistic before making the trade.

Honorable_Pawn · 03-16-2014, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dutch Alexander

The "favor veterans" or "favor prospects" options are not entirely realistic. Whether teams favor veterans or prospects should depend on the situation the team is in. If a team is contending at the trade deadline they should be more willing to trade prospects for veterans and if they are out of contention at the deadline they should be more willing to trade veterans for prospects.

This is not really reflected in OOTP as only one option is "active". When I make a trade I ussually try out different trade settings considering the situation the other team is in to look at the different trade options and then use my own jugdement to determine what is realistic before making the trade.

This.

Also, preference set to neutral is the best challenge. A lot of people say favor prospects is the most challenging. I completely disagree. When playing like that it is way too easy to dump unproven "maybes" for real proven commodity.

As they say, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

le receveur · 03-16-2014, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Honorable_Pawn

This.

Also, preference set to neutral is the best challenge. A lot of people say favor prospects is the most challenging. I completely disagree. When playing like that it is way too easy to dump unproven "maybes" for real proven commodity.

As they say, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

I never found a trading level that I was comfortable with, so I just don't trade much.

03-15-2014, 05:16 PM	#1
rakosnik Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 17	Trading for Prospects I'm having a lot of difficulty trading for prospects. I'm starting with the current rosters and I've got trade difficulty set to very hard and trading preference set to neutral. I realize that prospects are valuable. I realize that their low salaries make them especially valuable, but if I want to get a decent prospect I'm having to give up more than one prospect each one of which is much better than the one prospect I am trading for. I moved trading difficulty to very hard because I want a challenage, but with what I'm experiencing making a trade of dealing from a position of strength in my minor league system for a position of weakness in my minor league system doesn't seem possible. Is there some trick to trading for prospects that using? I have made several trades for major leaguers, but minor league prospects and major leaguers with minimum salaries seem almost impossible to acquire.

03-15-2014, 10:10 PM	#2
Fyrestorm3 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Massachusetts Posts: 2,928	First off, everyone has wildly different preferences when it comes to trade difficulty. For instance, I feel like trading on Average difficulty is highly realistic, and gives me plenty of challenge. Others say no way, it's not a challenge unless it's on Hard or Very Hard, while others say that even Average is too hard. You have to find the setting that makes sense for you from experience. It might be worth it to try and turn it down to Hard for a while, and just see if you like that setting better. Don't just say "Very Hard sounds good for me because I want a challenge". Try out a lower setting. If it's too easy for you, then we can talk about ways to work around the issue of trading for prospects (maybe set it to Favor Veterans?). But at least give a lower difficulty a shot first and see if that works for you.

03-15-2014, 11:06 PM	#3
Lukas Berger OOTP Developments Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nice, Côte d'Azur, France Posts: 19,873	Typically irl prospect for prospect trades just don't happen. OOTP mirrors this. If you want to get good prospects in trade in OOTP, as irl, you need to give up good, reasonably salaried and reasonably aged, MLB players.

03-16-2014, 05:17 AM	#4
Dutch Alexander All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 636	The "favor veterans" or "favor prospects" options are not entirely realistic. Whether teams favor veterans or prospects should depend on the situation the team is in. If a team is contending at the trade deadline they should be more willing to trade prospects for veterans and if they are out of contention at the deadline they should be more willing to trade veterans for prospects. This is not really reflected in OOTP as only one option is "active". When I make a trade I ussually try out different trade settings considering the situation the other team is in to look at the different trade options and then use my own jugdement to determine what is realistic before making the trade.