New Baltimore Owner

[Ryan]

Wow. No wonder Samardzjia went to baseball.

Yep. This is one of the reasons I appreciate good MLB GM's that can build winning teams on small/medium budgets. Whatever you promise, you have to pay. You cant just cut a guy and try again.

[Ryan]

Since all contracts are guaranteed in baseball, I assume there is no penalty for trading a player?

Also, what would you guys do with a player like Stafford? I can't demote his old, worthless ass and he costs too much to cut.

If you cant trade a guy, you have to ride it out. Sucks, but it forces you to be more careful when signing guys. At least he'll be gone after next year, lol.

[Delandis]

If you cant trade a guy, you have to ride it out. Sucks, but it forces you to be more careful when signing guys. At least he'll be gone after next year, lol.

Next question:

How often do players get moved from majors to AAA to AA and back through the ranks. I ask because I have a young pitcher in AA that has been doing rather well in AA over the last couple of years. Can he go straight to the bigs or does he need AAA experience first? I want to try new things since I'm pretty much out of playoff contention. Also, I have a player who sent an email that said he'd like to be traded to a contender. I'm tempted to oblige even though he's one of the very few halfway bright spots on the offensive side. Any advice?

[Ryan]

Next question:

How often do players get moved from majors to AAA to AA and back through the ranks. I ask because I have a young pitcher in AA that has been doing rather well in AA over the last couple of years. Can he go straight to the bigs or does he need AAA experience first? I want to try new things since I'm pretty much out of playoff contention. Also, I have a player who sent an email that said he'd like to be traded to a contender. I'm tempted to oblige even though he's one of the very few halfway bright spots on the offensive side. Any advice?

Keep in mind this is all just a matter of opinion, which is what a lot of what this game is about.

Moving guys up and down levels depends on a couple of things. If a guy is doing well at a certain level over an extended period of time, say a minimum of a half a season, I'd call him up. Your scouts may disagree, but you never know until you try. On the other hand, a guy may be struggling, but your scouts will want to move him. Sometimes this will help a guy break out, sometimes he'll just do worse. Be careful with your best prospects though.

Use your minor MINOR LEAGUE SYSTEM tab on your teams homepage. That will tell you whether either your scouts or SISA thinks your players should be playing at minor league level wise, but its not always correct.

Myself, I try to start guys out at the lowest levels after drafting, and move them up as they develope the way I want them to. After some experience you'll see what I mean by that. You'll only want a guy to move up a level when they have certain ratings/stats.

If your guy has been doing well over the last couple of years, I'd move him personally. But thats just my opinion, so dont blame me if he tanks, lol.

As far as moving guys from the majors to the minors, they only have, I believe, 3 option years. That means once they get called up from the minors, they can be moved down to the the minors for the next 3 years. After that they'll be out of options and they'll have to clear waivers to be sent back down. Its best to only move guys up when you truly feel they are ready, but thats not always possible to do.

As far as the guy that wants traded, if he's one of your only bright spots and you plan on rebuilding, I'd look to trade him for some prospects that may be ready within a couple of years. By then it sounds like you should have some cash to add some good FA's to your team to compliment anything you have in your system.

Again, this is just my opinion, so feel free to ignore it or take someone elses. Good luck!

[Jake]

Elprez, welcome to the league and thanks for asking a lot of questions about OOTP I was afraid to ask. Good info in this thread. and I will take Stafford's salary if you give me Siegrist back and Allen for a 7th round pick...

[Delandis]

Elprez, welcome to the league and thanks for asking a lot of questions about OOTP I was afraid to ask. Good info in this thread. and I will take Stafford's salary if you give me Siegrist back and Allen for a 7th round pick...

No problem. I ask 'cause I sure as hell didn't know all of this stuff. As far as Siegrist and Allen, let me think about it. Ok, uh no.

[Delandis]

As usual, got another question:

Is there a way to rescind an offer? I accidently pressed make offer when I meant to press meet demand.

[Delandis]

Also:

If I've got guys that are Rule V eligible and are eligible for free agency, do I have to offer them a big league contract instead of a minor league to avoid them getting snatched up?

[Sully]

Also:

If I've got guys that are Rule V eligible and are eligible for free agency, do I have to offer them a big league contract instead of a minor league to avoid them getting snatched up?

If they're minor leaguers, you can offer them minor league extensions.

As for Rule V eligible players, you must place them on your 40 man roster if you wish to protect them.

[Ryan]

As usual, got another question:

Is there a way to rescind an offer? I accidently pressed make offer when I meant to press meet demand.

You can rescind an offer, but it will piss the guy off. To do so, go to the BLB tab in game, go to Free Agents. Once there, go to pending offers. It will allow you to withdraw the offer, but like I said, the guy will be offended and probably wont deal with you anymore.

[Riverman]

You can rescind an offer, but it will piss the guy off. To do so, go to the BLB tab in game, go to Free Agents. Once there, go to pending offers. It will allow you to withdraw the offer, but like I said, the guy will be offended and probably wont deal with you anymore.

It is my recollection that this feature of the game does not work properly. The offer does not actually get withdrawn though you still probably piss the guy off.

If you made the inadvertent offer since the last sim, you can download the league file from this website and start over with your changes for the next sim.

[Ryan]

It is my recollection that this feature of the game does not work properly. The offer does not actually get withdrawn though you still probably piss the guy off.

If you made the inadvertent offer since the last sim, you can download the league file from this website and start over with your changes for the next sim.

Yeah, I think I remember seeing that. Theres nothing worse than signing a guy and having him be pissed at you for doing so.

If you havent closed/saved your game since making the offer, you can also Ctrl/Alt/Delete and close the OOTP process. This will close the game without saving it, and your offer.

[Delandis]

Hey guys where do the images go?

[Delandis]

I see part of what happened. I'm betting that Skerik put a lot of weight on the maturation of (1B) Scott Limont this year and when he got hurt, all hell broke loose. After wading through a lot of the info, Baltimore really isn't too bad off. If I can get a couple of good young prospects in from a trade or two, I don't think I'll be too badly off. My pitching staff is actually pretty solid and from what the "experts" say, that's the first step to building a successful ballclub.

[Andrew]

Hey guys where do the images go?

images go in the saved_games\brewers.lg\news\html\images folder. I'll upload them on sendspace when I update the image pack after the trading deadline.