Not to mention.... if your my player is a star and built most or all of the way up....any team you go to gives up stars or the farm to get you when traded.
This same thing happened in my 2nd favorite game.....MLB the show. 3 years ago or so....when you made it to free agency you would have half a dozen offers to chose from other teams competing for you. In the last couple... you get 2 offers at best....and they generally aren't from the higher payroll market teams that it should be. So if you don't like either of the 1 or 2 offers and don't want to stay where you are.... you have to decline all offers and go to spring training and "tryout" for whoever you want to play for.