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Fronzizzle · 05-13-2018, 09:08 PM

Hello all,

Perhaps I should post this in the bug forum, but before I did I wanted to see if anyone else has had similar issues...

I sim all of my games (offline league) and just play the GM of my team, the Tigers. I was in July of my 2029 season and was looking to make some trades.

I won't get into too many specifics as I don't think it matters, but I found a 2 star current/4 star potential starting pitcher from Miami I was interested in and started looking into his background - under Acquired, it said "Minor League Free Agent Signing 2027." When I looked into the players History, I found that he was drafted at 1-8 by Kansas City in 2025. In April of 2026, he was named the #39 prospect in all of baseball, then two weeks later he was released by Kansas City, then a couple of days later signed by Miami. So of course, no team is going to release a Top 40 prospect, especially a starting pitcher that was 20 years old at the time.

Fast forward to the off-season. I'm going through the Rule 5 Draft and come across a 23 year old SP, 2 star current/5 star potential. He was unprotected by Miami. When I looked into him, it was almost an identical situation: drafted 1-2 by Kansas City, played a couple of years, named a Top 40 prospect and then cut a couple of weeks later.

I'm not going to go through every player, but I did look up a few more and haven't found anything like this from any other team.

05-13-2018, 09:08 PM	#1
Fronzizzle Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 177	Why does Kansas City keep cutting their top prospects? Hello all, Perhaps I should post this in the bug forum, but before I did I wanted to see if anyone else has had similar issues... I sim all of my games (offline league) and just play the GM of my team, the Tigers. I was in July of my 2029 season and was looking to make some trades. I won't get into too many specifics as I don't think it matters, but I found a 2 star current/4 star potential starting pitcher from Miami I was interested in and started looking into his background - under Acquired, it said "Minor League Free Agent Signing 2027." When I looked into the players History, I found that he was drafted at 1-8 by Kansas City in 2025. In April of 2026, he was named the #39 prospect in all of baseball, then two weeks later he was released by Kansas City, then a couple of days later signed by Miami. So of course, no team is going to release a Top 40 prospect, especially a starting pitcher that was 20 years old at the time. Fast forward to the off-season. I'm going through the Rule 5 Draft and come across a 23 year old SP, 2 star current/5 star potential. He was unprotected by Miami. When I looked into him, it was almost an identical situation: drafted 1-2 by Kansas City, played a couple of years, named a Top 40 prospect and then cut a couple of weeks later. I'm not going to go through every player, but I did look up a few more and haven't found anything like this from any other team.