MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

[johnreyes]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

I've seen other guys say that they've encountered that bug as well so I don't know what to tell you.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

I've seen other guys say that they've encountered that bug as well so I don't know what to tell you.

They've not been able to move guys from AAA to the majors to replace an injured player? Or from AA to AAA?

The only issue I've seen that people, including myself, have mentioned is that you can't sign a FA to replace an injured player. But thats not a bug/glitch, thats just how SCEA has the rosters set up. They need to add blank roster spots for such occasions.

[fistofrage]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

I've got a question...

The new rosters have Ichiro in the minors. If I play a Tiger franchise, will the Mariners put him back in the majors?

[Knight165]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

You cannot SIGN a new player to replace someone on the roster....either for the 15 or 60 day DL.
Get 4 or 5 guys(especially pitchers of the starting type)...and you or the CPU are in a bit of trouble.

You should be able to sign someone of the FA list....and then make a choice on who to drop when the guy is ready to come off.

I offered a suggestion to SCEA that would simply take the idea of the 15 player inactive list you have during SEASON play(the games season play) and simply adding that to your franchise. So you would have your MLB-AAA-AA levels...and another 15 slots(that don't play games, but the game could generate some fake minor league stats for them) that you(and each team) could have some extra players to fill in ...just for such occasions.
This would also allow the CPU to better handle 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 trades...as they just don't happen now because the CPU(and you) are bound to keep roster integrity(25 guys at each level)....in this way...the 15 man inactive list could serve as a place holder for players until you decide on what to do with them. This would also work for waivers(and allow the 3 day process..) where you would put the player in the 15 player slot...other teams get to "look" at him for the 3 days(you have already made the MLB move) and then he is either gone or you get to place him in AAA or AA.

Just some thoughts...

M.K.
Knight165

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

You cannot SIGN a new player to replace someone on the roster....either for the 15 or 60 day DL.
Get 4 or 5 guys(especially pitchers of the starting type)...and you or the CPU are in a bit of trouble.

You should be able to sign someone of the FA list....and then make a choice on who to drop when the guy is ready to come off.

I offered a suggestion to SCEA that would simply take the idea of the 15 player inactive list you have during SEASON play(the games season play) and simply adding that to your franchise. So you would have your MLB-AAA-AA levels...and another 15 slots(that don't play games, but the game could generate some fake minor league stats for them) that you(and each team) could have some extra players to fill in ...just for such occasions.
This would also allow the CPU to better handle 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 trades...as they just don't happen now because the CPU(and you) are bound to keep roster integrity(25 guys at each level)....in this way...the 15 man inactive list could serve as a place holder for players until you decide on what to do with them. This would also work for waivers(and allow the 3 day process..) where you would put the player in the 15 player slot...other teams get to "look" at him for the 3 days(you have already made the MLB move) and then he is either gone or you get to place him in AAA or AA.

Just some thoughts...

M.K.
Knight165

My thoughts exactly. I'd like to see them use this to allow you to have unbalanced trades(2 for 1, 3 for 1, 3 for 2, etc..etc..)

[Jeru3131]

The dh thing really bothers me too. It seems that the fatigue depends on your main position. I had a CAP as my dh. His main pos. was catcher. He fatigued as if he was catching. I changed his pos. to RF and kept him at dh and he fatigued less.

[astronut]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

I've got a question...

The new rosters have Ichiro in the minors. If I play a Tiger franchise, will the Mariners put him back in the majors?

I would also like to know this

[brunnoce]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

My thoughts exactly. I'd like to see them use this to allow you to have unbalanced trades(2 for 1, 3 for 1, 3 for 2, etc..etc..)

adding cash to the trades would be also really nice..it would spice things up

[jim416]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

adding cash to the trades would be also really nice..it would spice things up

Personally, I don't want them to add one more thing to this game until they fix all the existing bugs. We keep wanting more and more and more and wonder why games get released with bugs in them.

[brunnoce]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

Personally, I don't want them to add one more thing to this game until they fix all the existing bugs. We keep wanting more and more and more and wonder why games get released with bugs in them.

well i didnt mean like a trade off: "add this and dont fix that"

offcourse i want evrything fixed before they come up with new features.

[Yankee5752]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

You cannot SIGN a new player to replace someone on the roster....either for the 15 or 60 day DL.
Get 4 or 5 guys(especially pitchers of the starting type)...and you or the CPU are in a bit of trouble.

You should be able to sign someone of the FA list....and then make a choice on who to drop when the guy is ready to come off.

I offered a suggestion to SCEA that would simply take the idea of the 15 player inactive list you have during SEASON play(the games season play) and simply adding that to your franchise. So you would have your MLB-AAA-AA levels...and another 15 slots(that don't play games, but the game could generate some fake minor league stats for them) that you(and each team) could have some extra players to fill in ...just for such occasions.
This would also allow the CPU to better handle 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 trades...as they just don't happen now because the CPU(and you) are bound to keep roster integrity(25 guys at each level)....in this way...the 15 man inactive list could serve as a place holder for players until you decide on what to do with them. This would also work for waivers(and allow the 3 day process..) where you would put the player in the 15 player slot...other teams get to "look" at him for the 3 days(you have already made the MLB move) and then he is either gone or you get to place him in AAA or AA.

Just some thoughts...

M.K.
Knight165

MLB Front Office Manager has a feature similar to this. The game allows extended roster space for all minor league levels year round in addition to the extended roster space provided during September and spring training for the major league team. the way it works, if a AAA team's max active roster is 24, there is an extra 10 spaces for players on the extended roster who must be swapped with players on the active roster in order to be eligible to play in games. this really helps simulate the concept of major league players signing minor league deals, not making the team, and then not reporting to there AAA club and simply waiting until the big club needs him or the are released/their contract runs out. for live rosters it could be used to simulate the DL.

[johnreyes]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

So there is no such thing as a DL bug? I thought I read something about it when the game first came out. I don't know, I'm getting old.

[SoxFan01605]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

So there is no such thing as a DL bug? I thought I read something about it when the game first came out. I don't know, I'm getting old.

No, the issue is what Knight recounted. As is, you CAN'T sign a new player to fill what should be a hole left on the roster by a player going to the DH. It acts as though your active roster is full.

[DMB82]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

Thanks for the reply, that's totally understandable.

Russell_SCEA,

Please just make sure you guys fix the CPU roster control ON feature (so lineups don't get moved at all when it is ON) if you can. That is almost a game killer to a lot of us that use it like Jim and me. Thanks.

I really wish they would address this because I can't start my franchise while this problem exists.

[snakesden]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Patch Announcement From the MLB Development Team

That's a complete cop out. While many games have bugs, those bugs do fall squarely on the shoulders of the devs. If anyone had even played a few games with an AL team, you could have seen that the DH fatigue is lousy. It's a great game but there are certainly bugs in this game that should have been caught and caught easily imo. Nobody is perfect but that doesn't mean you give the dev team a free pass.

EA's NCAA and Madden team were called out (and rightfully so) for the bugs in last year's games. I didn't see anyone saying its all Peter Moore's fault and the poor, overworked EA dev team doesn't deserve any criticism.

Thank You for that comment. It 's clear that while this team strived to offer more in the game somewhere they lost the real game.