Trading block

jdw31158 · 12-14-2014, 02:37 PM

How is the trading block feature supposed to work? I put guys on the trading block all the time and never get any offers for them. Plus other teams rarely put players on the block. I'm assuming there's something in league settings I may be missing?

RonP · 12-15-2014, 09:12 AM

Thats a good question. It came up for me earlier and I'm going to put someone on the block. Nothing happened for you?
Ron

Padreman · 12-15-2014, 10:17 AM

I don't think I ever used that. I use the "shop around" feature but not the "trading block"

RchW · 12-15-2014, 10:20 AM

Trading block just seems moribund. It seems to have little functionality.

Brananorama · 12-15-2014, 01:05 PM

It would be great if next edition, teams made a lot more offers on trading block players, and put their own players on when it made sense (e.g. a veteran in his last year of a contract) so that we didn't have to seek those guys out manually as much.

RchW · 12-15-2014, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Brananorama

It would be great if next edition, teams made a lot more offers on trading block players, and put their own players on when it made sense (e.g. a veteran in his last year of a contract) so that we didn't have to seek those guys out manually as much.

The set trading difficulty should be adjusted internally by the AI to be easier for all waived players and all players on the trading block. Teams should always take less for these players because logic says "you" (the team) has already indicated that the player is available. Nothing is more infuriating than seeing "you have no player who makes this work" on a player who has been trade listed waived and/or sent to the minors.

jim255 · 01-05-2015, 02:37 AM

I'm in late August of a replay and although interested in a player listed on the trading block, I'm told "trading deadline has passed" when I try to proceed with a trade. What is the point then of having players listed as on the block if trades aren't doable?

Also, of late, base runners in Broadcast mode seem to disappear when they advance to second base, only to reappear when they make it to third! But in Webcast mode, the runner on second is shown. Anyone else have this happen? Thanks!

smiller · 01-05-2015, 09:30 AM

Players can be traded after the trading deadline, but they have to clear waivers first. Any team can then claim them, so it's sometimes risky to try this.

12-14-2014, 02:37 PM	#1
jdw31158 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 166	Trading block How is the trading block feature supposed to work? I put guys on the trading block all the time and never get any offers for them. Plus other teams rarely put players on the block. I'm assuming there's something in league settings I may be missing?

12-15-2014, 09:12 AM	#2
RonP Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 226	Good question Thats a good question. It came up for me earlier and I'm going to put someone on the block. Nothing happened for you? Ron

12-15-2014, 10:17 AM	#3
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	I don't think I ever used that. I use the "shop around" feature but not the "trading block" __________________ Chargers= Despicable Traitors

12-15-2014, 10:20 AM	#4
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Trading block just seems moribund. It seems to have little functionality. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

01-05-2015, 02:37 AM	#7
jim255 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 176	Trading block and display quirk I'm in late August of a replay and although interested in a player listed on the trading block, I'm told "trading deadline has passed" when I try to proceed with a trade. What is the point then of having players listed as on the block if trades aren't doable? Also, of late, base runners in Broadcast mode seem to disappear when they advance to second base, only to reappear when they make it to third! But in Webcast mode, the runner on second is shown. Anyone else have this happen? Thanks!

12-15-2014, 01:05 PM	#5
Brananorama Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Minnesota Posts: 118	It would be great if next edition, teams made a lot more offers on trading block players, and put their own players on when it made sense (e.g. a veteran in his last year of a contract) so that we didn't have to seek those guys out manually as much.

01-05-2015, 09:30 AM	#8
smiller Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Pittsboro NC Posts: 430	Players can be traded after the trading deadline, but they have to clear waivers first. Any team can then claim them, so it's sometimes risky to try this.