Franchise & 40 man roster

[redsoxfan31]

I am running into an issue in my 30 team franchise. I control all 30 teams and have the 29 other teams set to a CPU profile and then have my team with my own profile. I loaded my roster with 26 man rosters set and no minor leaguers on the 40 man. I made sure that 40 man moves and roster moves were set to manual on the 29 CPU profiles. Yet, when I start the franchise up every team has purchased the contracts of their minor leaguers and now have full 40 man rosters. This then creates the issue of having to burn minor league options at the end of spring training; something I was hoping to avoid.

I am looking for any suggestions and help that may resolve this issue.

[Bullit]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

There a literally bunches of threads on this issue. This is just the way 20 is. No matter what you do outside of Franchise with the rosters when you start a franchise it will fill all team rosters to full 40 man rosters.

I don't know why they made this change, but its just the way it is now.

[redsoxfan31]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

There a literally bunches of threads on this issue. This is just the way 20 is. No matter what you do outside of Franchise with the rosters when you start a franchise it will fill all team rosters to full 40 man rosters.

I don't know why they made this change, but its just the way it is now.

Damn, that's crappy. So there's no way at all to go into franchise and not have to burn 14 options per team for 30 teams? That seems so wrong.

[Bullit]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

Not that I have been able to figure out. Yeah it sucks. I am sure they have a reason for it. But it is what is, I guess

[smonee]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

The mechanics behind the shows 40 man adjustments are off. They'll add a 54 overall and skip over a 67.
My fix is to turn off waivers for the cpu profile. Then fix each team myself without waivers the players i adjust will stay on their team. I usually do it right before spring training. Simulate 4 days so the players clear waivers. Then turn waivers back on.
Its annoying but a fix.

[tdogg097]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

I know everyone is beating SDS about this but if you are on the 40 man roster in Spring Training and aren't on the 26 man roster opening day you are supposed to lose an option. Per MLB website http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/40-man-roster

[Bullit]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

I know everyone is beating SDS about this but if you are on the 40 man roster in Spring Training and aren't on the 26 man roster opening day you are supposed to lose an option. Per MLB website http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/40-man-roster

This is not even what folks are talking about my friend.

In every version of The Show, until this year, you could edit or create 25 man rosters outside of Franchise mode and then when you started a Franchise they would stay as 25 man rosters and you could then move on with your season.

Now no matter what you do OUTSIDE of Franchise mode. Creating the same 25 man rosters mind you, the game will AUTOMATICALLY fill your 40 man squad as it see's fit even if everything is set to manual.

Believe me when I say the folks on here a VERY aware of the rules of Baseball, probably better than most fans.

[tdogg097]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

This is not even what folks are talking about my friend.

In every version of The Show, until this year, you could edit or create 25 man rosters outside of Franchise mode and then when you started a Franchise they would stay as 25 man rosters and you could then move on with your season.

Now no matter what you do OUTSIDE of Franchise mode. Creating the same 25 man rosters mind you, the game will AUTOMATICALLY fill your 40 man squad as it see's fit even if everything is set to manual.

Believe me when I say the folks on here a VERY aware of the rules of Baseball, probably better than most fans.

Reread the OP my friend. Burning options is the exact thing he was complaining about. Thanks for enlightening me on your baseball knowledge.

[redsoxfan31]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

Reread the OP my friend. Burning options is the exact thing he was complaining about. Thanks for enlightening me on your baseball knowledge.

You are partially correct, I am annoyed by the burning of player options at the end of spring training even though that's what happens IRL. But I should have said I am more annoyed by the broken game engine and broken automatic 40 man additions because it screws up minor league lineups (most I set by hand before franchise) and it picks random prospects to put on the 40 man who wouldn't be on it IRL and then they have to be exposed to waivers to correct the issue.

[Bullit]

Re: Franchise & 40 man roster

I am running into an issue in my 30 team franchise. I control all 30 teams and have the 29 other teams set to a CPU profile and then have my team with my own profile. I loaded my roster with 26 man rosters set and no minor leaguers on the 40 man. I made sure that 40 man moves and roster moves were set to manual on the 29 CPU profiles. Yet, when I start the franchise up every team has purchased the contracts of their minor leaguers and now have full 40 man rosters. This then creates the issue of having to burn minor league options at the end of spring training; something I was hoping to avoid.

I am looking for any suggestions and help that may resolve this issue.

Reread the OP my friend. Burning options is the exact thing he was complaining about. Thanks for enlightening me on your baseball knowledge.

You are partially correct, I am annoyed by the burning of player options at the end of spring training even though that's what happens IRL. But I should have said I am more annoyed by the broken game engine and broken automatic 40 man additions because it screws up minor league lineups (most I set by hand before franchise) and it picks random prospects to put on the 40 man who wouldn't be on it IRL and then they have to be exposed to waivers to correct the issue.

See told you. LOL Maybe you should have read the OP a little better. Thanks redsoxfan.

[garry1221]

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Automatically filling the 40 man has been a thing for at LEAST 3 or 4 years in the game, i believe. Could be more, but I wasn't as deeply concerned beyond that and focused mostly on RTTS. Like many, I used to leave a few spots open, but it didn't take long to learn the error of my ways. Threads like this pop up multiple times a year. It really shouldn't be a surprise that this happens.

Quick fix could be to finish filling your 40 man with lowest rated/worst potential players. If you make moves, these players would be easiest to clear waivers.