traded-for player disappears into void

voxpoptart · 04-02-2007, 08:58 PM

On March 10, I traded for a starting pitching prospect named Mark Larson. As of March 13, his own page insists that he is on my major-league roster -- however, he is _not_ on my major-league roster, or indeed on the roster of my organization at all. Can I get him back from whatever dimension he's in?

tysok · 04-02-2007, 09:53 PM

Go look at him, right click and assign him somewhere else in your organization (such as triple A, since he's supposedly on your big league roster). See if that brings him back....

there was something in 2006 where players would disappear into the void, think it was the setting to not allow the AI to do anything with rosters... but don't remember.

rasnell · 04-02-2007, 10:08 PM

That bug in 2006 has been fixed in 2007. Are you sure that he didn't go onto the AAA roster? Do you have DFA enabled and did you pull down the menu in your team roster view to see the DFA list?

voxpoptart · 04-02-2007, 10:11 PM

Sounds good - thanks. However - this is spring training, so when I tried it, the computer wouldn't let me - "He has to be on 40-man roster". If I waive him, would that help? If so, can I get him back? (I do have access to Commissioner Mode, if that matters.)

tysok · 04-02-2007, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by voxpoptart

Sounds good - thanks. However - this is spring training, so when I tried it, the computer wouldn't let me - "He has to be on 40-man roster". If I waive him, would that help? If so, can I get him back? (I do have access to Commissioner Mode, if that matters.)

If you waive him you could lose him, but you can go back and edit him back with commissioner. Do scour your organization one more time, every transaction screen he could be on and make sure he's not there... then... if this makes him show up apparently that bug, or one like it, has come back.
Probably one like it, since I have that option selected for my league and don't have any problems.

voxpoptart · 04-03-2007, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by rasnell

Are you sure that he didn't go onto the AAA roster? Do you have DFA enabled and did you pull down the menu in your team roster view to see the DFA list?

As I said, he wasn't in the organization at all, not AAA, not DFA ... however. The two of you combined to help me figure out what to do. I went into Commissioner Mode and changed Larson's Team to my AAA squad. Then I "promoted" him to the active roster and: there he is! Thanks!

Jonah Falcon · 04-03-2007, 02:43 PM

I've had it happen to me - the player profile will claim he's on the MLB roster, but he's not.

Just reassign him AGAIN to the MLB roster and he'll reappear. It's an annoying glitch, but not unfixable in-game.

voxpoptart · 04-03-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonah Falcon

Just reassign him AGAIN to the MLB roster and he'll reappear.

We didn't have quite the same glitch then, oddly. Larson's Action choices didn't include any reassignments that weren't demotions (and therefore waivers), and there wasn't any way to access him except by transaction reports or leaguewide player search. Interesting.

So yeah. My version was easy to fix with Commissioner Mode, at least. This kind of stuff, and name/nickname changes, are the 2 reasons I always play in C.M.

04-02-2007, 08:58 PM	#1
voxpoptart Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 387	traded-for player disappears into void On March 10, I traded for a starting pitching prospect named Mark Larson. As of March 13, his own page insists that he is on my major-league roster -- however, he is _not_ on my major-league roster, or indeed on the roster of my organization at all. Can I get him back from whatever dimension he's in?

04-02-2007, 09:53 PM	#2
tysok Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,925	Go look at him, right click and assign him somewhere else in your organization (such as triple A, since he's supposedly on your big league roster). See if that brings him back.... there was something in 2006 where players would disappear into the void, think it was the setting to not allow the AI to do anything with rosters... but don't remember. __________________ I don't know about you, but as for me, the question has already been answered: Should we be here? Yes! Jack Buck, September 17, 2001 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. I firmly believe that any man's finest hour... is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. (Vince Lombardi) I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. (George S. Patton)

04-02-2007, 10:08 PM	#3
rasnell Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky Posts: 3,746	That bug in 2006 has been fixed in 2007. Are you sure that he didn't go onto the AAA roster? Do you have DFA enabled and did you pull down the menu in your team roster view to see the DFA list? __________________ Charlie Root won more games for the Cubs than any pitcher (201), yet was remembered for one pitch to Babe Ruth. Find out more about the 1929 World Series in my book, "Root for the Cubs: Charlie Root and the 1929 Chicago Cubs." See the web site at www.rootforthecubs.com. The book is at http://www.amazon.com/Root-Cubs-Char...t+for+the+cubs. Beta tester, OOTP 2007-2023 and iOOTP 2011-2014.

04-02-2007, 10:11 PM	#4
voxpoptart Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 387	Sounds good - thanks. However - this is spring training, so when I tried it, the computer wouldn't let me - "He has to be on 40-man roster". If I waive him, would that help? If so, can I get him back? (I do have access to Commissioner Mode, if that matters.)

04-03-2007, 02:43 PM	#7
Jonah Falcon Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 281	I've had it happen to me - the player profile will claim he's on the MLB roster, but he's not. Just reassign him AGAIN to the MLB roster and he'll reappear. It's an annoying glitch, but not unfixable in-game.