SIM COMPLETE - 1986 - Offseason 2

[Andrew]

Next sim: Thursday

I'm changing the schedule a little bit to avoid confusion with the offseason changes. This sim only spanned 3 days so I won't be uploading html. Here's what's needed for the upcoming sims:



Thursday
- Please remove ALL players from your DFA before Thursdays sim.
- Last chance to protect Rule 5 eligible players (# symbol) by adding them to your 40 man roster. Don't forget to check your DL AND your active roster since some players show up there without being on the 40 man.
- Last chance to re-sign players before FA starts
- DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES OR EXPORT AFTER THURSDAYS SIM
- PM your draft list for the Rule 5 draft to "BLB Waivers". Please include the players full name, position and current team. Also include any special instructions (ie do not draft X if I've already drafted Y).

Sunday
- No sim, turns out I am going away for memorial day weekend

Tuesday
- AGAIN, No exports will be processed for this sim so don't waste time making changes after Thursday's sim.
- I will run the Rule 5 draft using lists I receive via PM. Any team that doesn't submit a list will be considered to have 'passed'
- This sim will bring us to January 1st in game. Free Agency will start the following sim.

[Matt]

I have a guy on waivers and can't remove him from the DFA.

[Pat]

I have a guy on waivers and can't remove him from the DFA.

Can you place him on your active roster?

[Matt]

Nope...it's full. He's your cast off catcher from last season and I replaced him with your new catcher I traded for.

[Delandis]

When I look at FA cards and their popularity, is local popularity in reference to my area or the baseball area where they are coming from?

[Gyrodork]

When I look at FA cards and their popularity is local popularity in reference to my area or the baseball area where they are coming from?

Geez, interesting question. I always just assumed it referred to the player's current team's market.

[ChubbyBanana]

Geez, interesting question. I always just assumed it referred to the player's current team's market.

This is what I assumed also but after searching the OOTP 9 manual I can't find a definitive answer.

I just assumed local was your market, and national was the popularity in/around the league.

[Clay]

Local is in the market he's playing for. National is throughout the league.

[spot]

Nope...it's full. He's your cast off catcher from last season and I replaced him with your new catcher I traded for.

Find someone on your roster that has options and demote him to make room. It doesn't matter at this point and you will be able to clear your DFA.

[Riverman]

Thursday
- Please remove ALL players from your DFA before Thursdays sim.
- Last chance to protect Rule 5 eligible players (# symbol) by adding them to your 40 man roster. Don't forget to check your DL AND your active roster since some players show up there without being on the 40 man.
- Last chance to re-sign players before FA starts
- DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES OR EXPORT AFTER THURSDAYS SIM
- PM your draft list for the Rule 5 draft to "BLB Waivers". Please include the players full name, position and current team. Also include any special instructions (ie do not draft X if I've already drafted Y).

Do we need to have space on our 40-man and/or 25-man rosters to make a Rule V pick? It doesn't seem right that we should have to make space before we know who is available, but I think the game requires that a team have space at least on the 40-man.

[Andrew]

Do we need to have space on our 40-man and/or 25-man rosters to make a Rule V pick? It doesn't seem right that we should have to make space before we know who is available, but I think the game requires that a team have space at least on the 40-man.

Yes, you need to make space. I assume most teams will have space after players file for Free Agency. if not, feel free to include a list of players you want released or dfa'd in place of the Rule 5 selections.

[Riverman]

Yes, you need to make space. I assume most teams will have space after players file for Free Agency. if not, feel free to include a list of players you want released or dfa'd in place of the Rule 5 selections.

Can you DFA a guy with the sim lasting so long? Also, if a team does that we need to make sure that other teams get the chance to claim him since the player coming off of the roster would also need to be waived.

[Andrew]

Can you DFA a guy with the sim lasting so long? Also, if a team does that we need to make sure that other teams get the chance to claim him since the player coming off of the roster would also need to be waived.

OK, releases only then.

[Riverman]

OK, releases only then.

Does the release only apply to our own export we are doing for this sim as well?

As I understand it, if we need to clear 40-man roster space for the new guys we now want to protect, we can't waive and DFA the player(s) we are removing like we normallhy would because of the length of the sim on Tuesday. Is that correct?

[Andrew]

Does the release only apply to our own export we are doing for this sim as well?

As I understand it, if we need to clear 40-man roster space for the new guys we now want to protect, we can't waive and DFA the player(s) we are removing like we normallhy would because of the length of the sim on Tuesday. Is that correct?

Correct. Any players on DFA will be released when their time expires.