2015-16 Offseason Transactions

[shel311]

signed a couple minor league free agents and now I have the #4 minor league. I guess it'll be a short trip to Bolivia eh Plasma

True, but I wonder at what price.

A few of those rule 5 guys you got are super young and definitely don't appear to be MLB ready.

[shel311]

Texas still leads in most wins gained this offseason with 5.6 while Albany lost 5.9.

True, but I don't put too much stock into that.

I'm near the bottom at -4.8, almost all of that coming from Hill and Olson.

Hill and Olson were asking for something like a combined $56million per year. I don't think 4 wins is worth $56mil for a 68 win team.

It's still a cool feature and definitely something to check out though.

[shel311]

Did Sheltown have any signings this sim?

[ajalves]

what is the current in game date? do we have a concrete schhedule for the rest of the off season?

[nick]

what is the current in game date? do we have a concrete schhedule for the rest of the off season?

mine says Christmas Eve.. im not 100% sure cause asshole Trendon refused to tell me last night

[nick]

signed a couple minor league free agents and now I have the #4 minor league. I guess it'll be a short trip to Bolivia eh Plasma

True, but I wonder at what price.

A few of those rule 5 guys you got are super young and definitely don't appear to be MLB ready.

I was 8th after those rule 5 drafters. I signed a bunch of minorleague prospects yesterday and now im 4th lol. I def am gonna struggle this year in the majors, but who knows in this sim lol

[ajalves]

who knows in this sim lol

very true

[shel311]

signed a couple minor league free agents and now I have the #4 minor league. I guess it'll be a short trip to Bolivia eh Plasma

True, but I wonder at what price.

A few of those rule 5 guys you got are super young and definitely don't appear to be MLB ready.

I was 8th after those rule 5 drafters. I signed a bunch of minorleague prospects yesterday and now im 4th lol. I def am gonna struggle this year in the majors, but who knows in this sim lol

Are these rankings by our own scouts, so they're different for everyone?

Because after Rule 5, you definitely moved up. You went, according to my game(which is why I ask the above question) from 12th to 5th.

But like I said, we'll find out at what price. You definitely nabbed some guys with solid potentials. The only worry is that their clock has started super early, and I guess that they can also stunt their growth(not sure if that works in the game) by being called up so early.

And I'm just assuming they're not ready. They could be, but I suspect a couple of them are not ready at all, they're super young and all potential at this point.

[Bernie32]

The system reports are based on potentials by OSA.

[shel311]

Wow, just a brutal day for Sheltown. My prospects for next season just took a huge hit.

2 guys I went after signed with other teams. Both guys signed for contracts with sightly more guaranteed, despite my total potential contracts being more than double the other teams.

One guy took $18mil guaranteed on a $24mil possible deal, when I was offering $15mil guaranteed and an $86mil possible deal. Guess he has no confidence in himself.

[brett11253]

Yea. 2 players I wanted did the same thing. Oh well. hope they get bird flu

[ajalves]

\when I was offering $15mil guaranteed and an $86mil possible deal.

how'd you do this? incentives? awards and stuff?

[shel311]

\when I was offering $15mil guaranteed and an $86mil possible deal.

how'd you do this? incentives? awards and stuff?

2 years guaranteed at $15.5mil total, something like $6mil then $9mil

3rd and 4th year were team options which I was fully ready to pay if he performed well in the neighborhood of $15 and $18mil. Then monster incentives for hitter of the year and All Star. Granted, he wasn't hitting $86mil, but a couple of solid seasons, maybe 1 AS game, and he was hitting $50-60mil.

But he opted for the extra $3mil...and more importantly, staying away from Sheltown.

[dakshdar]

I don't know how detailed the computer AI gets in evaluating those variations in the contract.

Or, you needed a guy that was greedier so he would be enticed by the extra money and overlook the fact that he couldn't get it.

I've started avoiding offering team options with no buyout money. Throw a half-mil in there as the buy-out on a team option and see if that helps (it did when I was doing stuff in my non-NDL, offline game).

[shel311]

Or, you needed a guy that was greedier so he would be enticed by the extra money and overlook the fact that he couldn't get it.

Would be nice to still have those greed ratings and all the others.

[plasma1896]

i offerd a guy a 1 year 14 million dollar contract, came back saying he wanted more years. went back and offered a 16 million deal , and said he doesnt want to talk to me anymore. enjoy bolivia

[cougnix]

Yeah, I'm not too sure the AI totally evaluates those deals. I know some of ya'lls chins dropped on Usami's contract but is severely front loaded. I think $23 mil the first year but WAY lower in succeeding years. With options and bonus' that I don't think will happen unless he pitches lights out.

[nick]

i offerd a guy a 1 year 14 million dollar contract, came back saying he wanted more years. went back and offered a 16 million deal , and said he doesnt want to talk to me anymore. enjoy bolivia

It's not so easy ripping off the CPU eh..

[shel311]

i offerd a guy a 1 year 14 million dollar contract, came back saying he wanted more years. went back and offered a 16 million deal , and said he doesnt want to talk to me anymore. enjoy bolivia

It's not so easy ripping off the CPU eh..

You say it like it's a bad thing. That's what he's supposed to do lol.

[plasma1896]

It's not so easy ripping off the CPU eh..

you just worry about jerseys/hats and logos nick. make sure you get a bombers hayes jersey ready for me in 2 years.