Playoff Roster Questions

[jarmenia]

It's the end of the season and I'm going into the playoffs. I've got two guys hurt that I'm going to put on the DL but I can't put anyone else on my playoff roster to replace them. I'm forced to go into the playoffs with only 23 man on my roster rather than a full 25 man roster.

What do I need to do to be able to get additional players eligible for my playoff roster?

[jcalhoun7]

Someone please answer this, I have a similar problem.

Also, in general how do playoff rosters work? I've had players who played more games than other guys but were not eligible for the roster. I've even had guys that were not called up until late August make the roster over someone who had been on it prior to them.

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by jarmenia

It's the end of the season and I'm going into the playoffs. I've got two guys hurt that I'm going to put on the DL but I can't put anyone else on my playoff roster to replace them. I'm forced to go into the playoffs with only 23 man on my roster rather than a full 25 man roster.

What do I need to do to be able to get additional players eligible for my playoff roster?

If you're trying to drag-and-drop players onto the playoff roster to add them, that doesn't work. You need to right click on a player's name and select "add to playoff roster" instead.

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by jcalhoun7

Also, in general how do playoff rosters work? I've had players who played more games than other guys but were not eligible for the roster. I've even had guys that were not called up until late August make the roster over someone who had been on it prior to them.

A player has to be on the ML roster the day before the roster expansion date (in MLB, that's September 1). If you send someone down to the minors and he's there on the cutoff date, then he won't be eligible for the playoff roster, no matter how many games he plays for you.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by jcalhoun7

Also, in general how do playoff rosters work? I've had players who played more games than other guys but were not eligible for the roster. I've even had guys that were not called up until late August make the roster over someone who had been on it prior to them.

To be eligible for the post-season, the player must be on the active 25-man roster or major league DL on August 31st. That group forms the core playoff eligible roster.

[kingcharlesxii]

Originally Posted by joefromchicago

If you're trying to drag-and-drop players onto the playoff roster to add them, that doesn't work. You need to right click on a player's name and select "add to playoff roster" instead.

Thanks for posting this. It says to drag them on the playoff roster screen and I got really frustrated when it didn't work.

[jarmenia]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

To be eligible for the post-season, the player must be on the active 25-man roster or major league DL on August 31st. That group forms the core playoff eligible roster.

Correct, but if a player that was on the 25 man roster is put on the DL during the playoffs, they can add someone else can't they?

I don't remember ever a team having to go with 23 players because they had to put two guys on the DL right before the playoffs started.

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by kingcharlesxii

Thanks for posting this. It says to drag them on the playoff roster screen and I got really frustrated when it didn't work.

Yeah, we could do a poll: "How many times did you follow the instruction to drag and drop a player to add him to the playoff roster before you realized that it wasn't working?" I think my personal mark was around a dozen.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by jarmenia

Correct, but if a player that was on the 25 man roster is put on the DL during the playoffs, they can add someone else can't they?

Strictly speaking, there is no DL in the post-season. Instead, the club tells the Commissioner a player is injured, along with the supporting documentation. At which point another player from the organization, provided he was in the organization on August 31st, can be named to replace the injured player. The substitute need not be on the 40-man roster, but would have to be added to it in order to play in a post-season series.

OOTP simplifies this, if I recall correctly, to injury replacements only from the 40-man roster.

[stevezog]

This has been a problem from the first day of ootp 12. EVERYONE IN AN ORGANZITION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PLAYOFFS IF THEY ARE IN THE ORGANIZATION ON AUGUST 31. Matt Moore of the Rays wasn't on the DL or the 25 man roster before september but he started game 1 of the ALDS. He first pitched in mid-september. The game has it wrong so just turn off the playoff roster rule and its not an issue.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by stevezog

TEVERYONE IN AN ORGANZITION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PLAYOFFS IF THEY ARE IN THE ORGANIZATION ON AUGUST 31.

That is not correct. Only players on the 25-man active roster or major league DL on August 31st are eligible. The exception to this is if any of these are injured and unable to play at the time the playoffs are occurring. At which point another player can be brought in as a substitute to take the place of the injured player. I can quote the actual Major League Rule if necessary.

[jarmenia]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

That is not correct. Only players on the 25-man active roster or major league DL on August 31st are eligible. The exception to this is if any of these are injured and unable to play at the time the playoffs are occurring. At which point another player can be brought in as a substitute to take the place of the injured player. I can quote the actual Major League Rule if necessary.

Well OOTP obviously doesn't work this way so I guess the feature needs to be disabled until it's fixed to work correctly.

[J P Falcon the 3rd]

Originally Posted by jarmenia

Well OOTP obviously doesn't work this way so I guess the feature needs to be disabled until it's fixed to work correctly.

I have two players who came off the dl the same day which was before my first playoff series. I have 2 spots open but I am unable to place either player from the DL onto the 25 man roster, even though both have the playoff eligible symbol next to their names. So I'm going with the disable rule option because both should be able to come off the DL and be on the roster!

[hefalumps]

LGO is correct, as always.

Matt Moore made the playoff roster because Alex Cobb was hurt and he replaced him.

Moore, not momentum, leads Rays in Gm. 1 - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN

As for how OOTP implements the playoff roster, I can't comment because I've yet to have the opportunity to test it. But I'm more concerned about not being able to make injury replacements in the middle of a playoff series than I am with the playoff roster before the series. Hopefully OOTP13 gets all this stuff right.

[J P Falcon the 3rd]

Originally Posted by hefalumps

LGO is correct, as always.

Matt Moore made the playoff roster because Alex Cobb was hurt and he replaced him.

Moore, not momentum, leads Rays in Gm. 1 - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN

As for how OOTP implements the playoff roster, I can't comment because I've yet to have the opportunity to test it. But I'm more concerned about not being able to make injury replacements in the middle of a playoff series than I am with the playoff roster before the series. Hopefully OOTP13 gets all this stuff right.

I think the problem is that the game still recognizes that the players are on the DL even though their DL time expired. Once before I was able to place the player off the DL into the minor leagues where from there I was able to place him on the playoff roster. But the two players I have on the DL are out of options so I'm unable to do that work around...

[clamel]

Originally Posted by hefalumps

LGO is correct, as always.

Matt Moore made the playoff roster because Alex Cobb was hurt and he replaced him.

Moore, not momentum, leads Rays in Gm. 1 - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN

As for how OOTP implements the playoff roster, I can't comment because I've yet to have the opportunity to test it. But I'm more concerned about not being able to make injury replacements in the middle of a playoff series than I am with the playoff roster before the series. Hopefully OOTP13 gets all this stuff right.

But how about Jarrod Parker in DBacks.
He was not on 25 man roster Aug 31, but brought up Sept 19. Played 1 game in regular season, and I can´t find who he was replacing in DBacks.

[J P Falcon the 3rd]

Well everyone can waste time arguing about real life MLB examples until the cows come home, but the bottom line is that there is a problem with players who come off the DL in the window between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the playoffs....

[Jaxxvain]

Originally Posted by clamel

But how about Jarrod Parker in DBacks.
He was not on 25 man roster Aug 31, but brought up Sept 19. Played 1 game in regular season, and I can´t find who he was replacing in DBacks.

There is a loop hole I think, in the real MLB. IF any of your playoff eligible players are placed on the 60-day DL, you can use any player in your entire organization (as of Aug. 31) to replace him in the post season.

As to the poster who can't get players off the DL and onto the Play-off roster. As stated above dragging and dropping does not work. Additionally, and this happened to me just recently, you need to take the players from the DL to your Active roster (and I had to make room for them by demoting guys to AAA), THEN you can place them onto the Playoff roster.

Hope that helps.

[boshk]

i dont even use playoff rosters. and every post season the game deletes my lineup and depth charts.

[J P Falcon the 3rd]

Originally Posted by Jaxxvain

There is a loop hole I think, in the real MLB. IF any of your playoff eligible players are placed on the 60-day DL, you can use any player in your entire organization (as of Aug. 31) to replace him in the post season.

As to the poster who can't get players off the DL and onto the Play-off roster. As stated above dragging and dropping does not work. Additionally, and this happened to me just recently, you need to take the players from the DL to your Active roster (and I had to make room for them by demoting guys to AAA), THEN you can place them onto the Playoff roster.

Hope that helps.

Did I make the claim that all I did was attempt to drag and drop the player?

Let me detail this so that maybe someone will see where the problem is, either in the game or a mistake by me.

1. My middle reliever who had appeared in 54 games went on the dl on 8/16/19. He came off the DL on the day after the regular season.

2. On the transaction page he is colored blue in the dl box with no injury time left and no time left on dl.

3. He is listed on the 40 man roster in blue with the "&" playoff eligible sign next to his name.

4. I right click the options menu from his name and see no option to place on playoff roster even though I currently have only 23 players on the roster. I right click on his name in every box where he is located to no avail. The option is not there.

Unless I am missing a step, I cannot find any way to get him onto the playoff roster. As I said previously, when I had a similiar situation in a previous season, I was able to demote the player off of the DL to AAA where from there, I placed him on the playoff roster. But since this player is out of options, and he refused the demotion anyway, I cannot remove him from the DL.