Odd Free Agents (Franchise)?

[allhailben7]

Searching through FA's in my Cubs Franchise (first year), I found several A and B Potential players age 22 and lower. Most were rated in the mid-40s, but some are actually legitimate prospects. Is this unusual or is anybody else seeing these players?

For example...
Fringe--
SP Alonso Mora: Age 18. 48 OVR, B Potential
RP Bernard Morillo: Age 20. 44 OVR, A Potential
Legitimate--
RF Justin Higley: Age 21. 62 OVR, B Potential
SP Michael Feliz: Age 20. 61 OVR, B Potential

Are teams just cutting their lowest MiLB players, regardless of potential?
I'm using OSFM v3 w/pitch edits btw...

[baseballphanatic]

ya it's pretty normal. I've seen a couple times. Now if you let yourself pursue that player or not that's a different story. I know some people will say no way cuz its not realistic but just cuz potential is good doesn't mean the kid will hit .330 or have an ERA below 2.50

[abacusand13south]

Depending on the situation I like to look at those guys as as International free agents. 21 and under I see as your carribean guys and then the over as possible cuban guys that still need time in the minors like Leonys Martin or Puig.

[allhailben7]

I actually treat them as international prospects, too. In the offseason, the Braves and Diamondbacks both swooped in and signed 50s/40s A/B players that I had offered, so the CPU does recognize their potential and try to sign them, which is good.

[abacusand13south]

They are actually cut/unsigned draft picks. The roster logic will only let you open the offseason with 95 players so if you draft 7 guys you will automatically lose 2 of them if you finish with a full roster and have no retirements.

[Ghost Of The Year]

The oddest one I noticed was when I ran a few test sims with the default roster.
Nelson Cruz always remained a free-agent until the All-Star break before being signed. I noticed this at least 6 or 7 times, this was back when the game was first released in April. I haven't ran any test sims since that time.