Re: Contract editing issue...
OK, a few updates for anyone who's curious.
I've simmed through 2015 four times while doing all of the off field stuff with the Cubs.
During two of the four seasons, there were MAJOR trades going down, such as Cano for Stanton (happened twice). Not as many trades as in previous generations of the Show, but major players being moved, without question.
However, there were far, far fewer players actually put up on the block. I'm curious as to whether this has to do with not yet playing with the OSFM rosters, as I've not played without them in years prior to this.
After the 2015 season, almost all of the big name pitchers resign with their existing clubs every time. I say Cueto reach free agency once, but never Zimmerman, Shark, Price, or the other guys who are expected to be there in real life this fall. Price always signs a huge deal with Detriot, and the others sign one or two year deals with their current clubs. Obviously, that's not realistic.
The only young high end position player that I've seen reach free agency is Jason Heyward, who did most of the time. Other than that, most of the free agents in the pool are generally age 33 or older. In most cases, teams are resigning their own young-ish guys (late 20s) to 1-3 year deals and letting the older guys test the market.
I have not seen any high end players simply go unsigned after 2015. Some often take a long time to sign, such as well into January, but by February, the only guys left are either very old (35+) or very low end.
There were probably fewer offseason trades between CPU teams, however, I often was offered trades myself in the offseason, which I cannot remember ever happening before, and that was great.
As has always been the case, young players being unsigned until they're renewed or go through arbitration leads to very few vet for prospect trades, which is the opposite of real life.
I only simmed through the 2016 offseason once to far, but I found the results to be mostly similar. The small sample size may be decieving though.
Lastly, something that very well could be effecting lack of spending into the future are payroll reductions. In my franchise, my goals were to win my division and win the world series. Through four seasons, I had a winning record but missed the playoffs once, made it as the WC twice, and won the division once, losing in the WS that year.
In every season where I didn't win the division, my budget was reduced by 10%, which was about a 15 mil cut. In the season where I lost the WS, my budget remained flat. If this is going on with the rest of the clubs, I could see it seriously eroding payroll room around the league.
OK, a few updates for anyone who's curious.
I've simmed through 2015 four times while doing all of the off field stuff with the Cubs.
During two of the four seasons, there were MAJOR trades going down, such as Cano for Stanton (happened twice). Not as many trades as in previous generations of the Show, but major players being moved, without question.
However, there were far, far fewer players actually put up on the block. I'm curious as to whether this has to do with not yet playing with the OSFM rosters, as I've not played without them in years prior to this.
After the 2015 season, almost all of the big name pitchers resign with their existing clubs every time. I say Cueto reach free agency once, but never Zimmerman, Shark, Price, or the other guys who are expected to be there in real life this fall. Price always signs a huge deal with Detriot, and the others sign one or two year deals with their current clubs. Obviously, that's not realistic.
The only young high end position player that I've seen reach free agency is Jason Heyward, who did most of the time. Other than that, most of the free agents in the pool are generally age 33 or older. In most cases, teams are resigning their own young-ish guys (late 20s) to 1-3 year deals and letting the older guys test the market.
I have not seen any high end players simply go unsigned after 2015. Some often take a long time to sign, such as well into January, but by February, the only guys left are either very old (35+) or very low end.
There were probably fewer offseason trades between CPU teams, however, I often was offered trades myself in the offseason, which I cannot remember ever happening before, and that was great.
As has always been the case, young players being unsigned until they're renewed or go through arbitration leads to very few vet for prospect trades, which is the opposite of real life.
I only simmed through the 2016 offseason once to far, but I found the results to be mostly similar. The small sample size may be decieving though.
Lastly, something that very well could be effecting lack of spending into the future are payroll reductions. In my franchise, my goals were to win my division and win the world series. Through four seasons, I had a winning record but missed the playoffs once, made it as the WC twice, and won the division once, losing in the WS that year.
In every season where I didn't win the division, my budget was reduced by 10%, which was about a 15 mil cut. In the season where I lost the WS, my budget remained flat. If this is going on with the rest of the clubs, I could see it seriously eroding payroll room around the league.
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