Missing pitcher

toddnorr · 08-01-2006, 06:08 PM

Anyone still have problems with the roster size being illegal? I had not noticed it for some time and then this afternoon I was trying to sim a number of seasons when I go the message "Tampa does not have enough pitchers on the roster". I thought this was taken care of in one of the patches. Do I need to make some adjustments to my setup? Thanks in advance for any help.

toddnorr · 08-02-2006, 10:44 AM

Does the silence mean that nobody knows, nobody is having this problem anymore, or everyone is having this problem?

toddnorr · 08-02-2006, 05:27 PM

Twelve pages of responses to the funniest computer generated names, seven pages of responses to what the ice cube to the left of the player's name means yet not a single response (other then my own). This must be a really tough question.

toddnorr · 08-02-2006, 06:12 PM

Have you tried increasing the number of rounds in your amateur draft? That may provide more players for the lower level leagues.

toddnorr · 08-02-2006, 06:13 PM

Good idea. I will try that and see what happens. My current amateur draft calls for 25 rounds. I will increase it to 50 rounds and see what happens.

tysok · 08-02-2006, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by toddnorr

Good idea. I will try that and see what happens. My current amateur draft calls for 25 rounds. I will increase it to 50 rounds and see what happens.

Between you and yourself you've pretty much covered my only suggestion.

It's still a bug, it's still known, and hopefully gets fixed.
How many levels of minors do you have? I ran a league with AAA, AA, A, and Rookie levels for 60+ years without ever seeing it, 25 draft rounds. The same setup with only 10 rounds resulted in this problem though.
The stupid thing is, if you fix it by assigning 1 pitcher to that team and then sim a day... the computer makes appropriate moves and you see 8 to 10 pitchers on that team now. In my case, I assigned the only FA pitcher to that team, simmed a day, it now had 8-10 pitchers on that team, but had released the FA I assigned them.

I haven't tested it, but with all the information I would create a theory that for every level of minors you have you need 6 rounds of draft to avoid this problem... but I don't know for sure.

Carplos · 08-02-2006, 06:33 PM

The "official" recommendation is 5 rounds per minor league level.

toddnorr · 08-02-2006, 07:04 PM

Thanks guys for the response. I have full minor leagues which I blelieve consists of AAA, AA , A and several rookie leagues. Perhaps 7 minor leagues in all. I changed to 50 rounds and I am still having problems.

Qrusher14242 · 08-02-2006, 08:00 PM

I dont know why this error happens. I get this error sometimes and the team still has a ton of players.

Sometimes i create fictional players to fill the teams, but the next day i get the same error.

KBLover · 08-02-2006, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tysok

I haven't tested it, but with all the information I would create a theory that for every level of minors you have you need 6 rounds of draft to avoid this problem... but I don't know for sure.

Nice idea - I'm going to have to change to a 18-round draft. I saw the problem the topic creator saw a couple days ago, then started seeing it more.

This sounds like it should handle it. Thanks

08-01-2006, 06:08 PM	#1
toddnorr Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 78	Missing pitcher Anyone still have problems with the roster size being illegal? I had not noticed it for some time and then this afternoon I was trying to sim a number of seasons when I go the message "Tampa does not have enough pitchers on the roster". I thought this was taken care of in one of the patches. Do I need to make some adjustments to my setup? Thanks in advance for any help.

08-02-2006, 08:00 PM	#9
Qrusher14242 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: CA Posts: 1,253	I dont know why this error happens. I get this error sometimes and the team still has a ton of players. Sometimes i create fictional players to fill the teams, but the next day i get the same error. __________________ "Go then, there are other worlds than these"

08-02-2006, 10:44 AM	#2
toddnorr Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 78	Does the silence mean that nobody knows, nobody is having this problem anymore, or everyone is having this problem?

08-02-2006, 05:27 PM	#3
toddnorr Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 78	Twelve pages of responses to the funniest computer generated names, seven pages of responses to what the ice cube to the left of the player's name means yet not a single response (other then my own). This must be a really tough question.

08-02-2006, 06:12 PM	#4
toddnorr Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 78	Have you tried increasing the number of rounds in your amateur draft? That may provide more players for the lower level leagues.

08-02-2006, 06:13 PM	#5
toddnorr Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 78	Good idea. I will try that and see what happens. My current amateur draft calls for 25 rounds. I will increase it to 50 rounds and see what happens.

08-02-2006, 06:33 PM	#7
Carplos Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,865 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	The "official" recommendation is 5 rounds per minor league level.

08-02-2006, 07:04 PM	#8
toddnorr Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 78	Thanks guys for the response. I have full minor leagues which I blelieve consists of AAA, AA , A and several rookie leagues. Perhaps 7 minor leagues in all. I changed to 50 rounds and I am still having problems.