[omg_pwnasaurus]

I see quite the opposite in my sims. I see the AI trade good prospects with itself all the time for lesser packages than I would offer the AI. I feel like it is tougher to get a good return from the AI than it is if the AI trades with itself. Which is fine, I like a challenge but it is somewhat surprising when the prospect I'm trying to acquire gets dealt for an average reliever or something eventually in CPU to CPU deals.

I do see the 2nd point you're mentioning though, when the CPU adds a better prospect than the one they're getting, plus a good player's expiring contract for some lesser prospect or 2. I wonder if it's trying to simulate the "we're taking on more money, so we need them to add another good young player" type thing. Still the prospect cost seems way too high for the return sometimes. I track all of these in a spreadsheet lol.