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Originally Posted by TurnerONU22 (Post 2730682)

YD, I can't seem to update to the current file in game. Anyone else?

Just noticed the same thing here at work. Give me a sec.

Sorry, I had the archive in the wrong directory. Try it now.

Game day is Jan 19, 1861.

How the fuck does Cleveland sign Ridgeway for $29mm/1, when I offered him $300mm/10, and he was looking for a long term contract too?

I declare bullshit on this game.

I think I'm gonna switch to autopilot for a few.

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Originally Posted by Gomer (Post 2730742)

OOTP has always had that loophole where a guy would take a one-year deal for big money. It doesn't happen a lot, because guys don't usually offer those deals, but...the AI has been fixed in recent years to make sure that guys don't only sign JUST for the most money because it's a bit too predictable.

But the one-year money thing has happens, you just don't see many guys offering contracts like that, so that's why you never see it much. But it's an old OOTP thing.

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Originally Posted by Young Drachma (Post 2730753)

interesting.....

Also, I've never seen an OOTP guy request a 10-year deal. 8, sure..maybe I've seen 9 before, but I don't recall. But I've never seen a guy ask for 10. So if you offer 10 when he asks for 8, he might ignore you. I've seen this. Usually if he asks for 6 you can go 7, if he asks for 4 you can go 5...maybe six, but usually guys don't like you to go more than 1 year over.

It's still BS. I can't sign my own FA's to extensions, because they all want $23 million. I can't sign superstars because I offer them too many years.

I might as well just let the AI handle my shit for a while before I break my computer.

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Originally Posted by Gomer (Post 2730859)

That'll be fixed now that contracts are guaranteed. You should see a market correction.

Busy off-season this year. Let's get to spring training, shall we?

And here it is:

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Sunday, January 27th, 1861
Cleveland Laborers: Signed free agent MR Diego Rodríguez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $800,000.
Lake Tahoe Syndicate: Signed free agent C Dave Chieffo to a 3-year contract worth a total of $15,000,000.
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent 2B Alberto Hermández to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,800,000.
Cleveland Laborers: Signed free agent 2B Brian Winter to a 5-year contract worth a total of $52,500,000.
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent 1B Gilbert Roberts to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,500,000.
Lake Tahoe Syndicate: Signed free agent SP Erik Burgess to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,550,000.
Friday, January 25th, 1861
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent SP Francisco Enriquez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $250,000.
Memphis Smokers: Signed free agent SP Ryan Schaefer to a 1-year contract worth a total of $850,000.
Cleveland Laborers: Signed free agent MR Jeremiah Dring to a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000.
St. Louis Aviators: Signed free agent LF Beau Fisher to a 4-year contract worth a total of $85,100,000.
Cleveland Spiders: Signed free agent 2B Jason Minor to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,700,000.
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent CF Jamie Hall to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,500,000.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 1861
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent SP Dave Bennett to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,250,000.
Cleveland Laborers: Signed free agent SP Kosaku Hirata to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,000,000.
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent SP Rogelio Sanchez to a 4-year contract worth a total of $8,000,000.

Cleveland signed Brian Winter who is, hilariously, a Cleveland native.

Chicago is currently $1,695,000 over the cap. They'll need to release someone to get under the cap by opening day or need to trade for cap space to cover the shortfall. Given the contract breakdown (a lot of big deals, a FFP and some minor leaguers at the minimum) I'd go dangling a 2nd rounder (2.2) to see if you can pick up some money, since it's basically as good as a low first anyway.

File is up. Tomorrow night is spring training, we take the weekend off and Monday night is the 1st half.