Minor League Contracts Questions

chucksabr · 10-06-2014, 04:17 PM

May I offer minor league contracts simultaneously to as many free agents as I want, say, hundreds of FAs at a time?
Is it possible to actually sign that many minor league free agents at once? Or am I limited by the number of teams in my minor league times a roster limit for the team?
Are minor league contracts truly $0, meaning zero cost to the organization? Or is there a hit to your team's finances when you sign a boatload of minor league players?

Tekneek · 10-06-2014, 05:10 PM

From experience, I have never reached a cap in contract offers. You can also sign more players than you have slots for and they will be in DFA status for 10 days until you assign them to a team or they are automatically released.

chucksabr · 10-06-2014, 05:44 PM

Thanks. I just threw about a dozen offers out there in my online league and I am interested in seeing what happens once the sim is run.

Shucker · 10-06-2014, 11:01 PM

From my experience you can have as many as you want in the minors. I used to, well, because I could. That meant I had about 50, 60, 80 guys on a team because I wanted to grab anybody that might be good.

It then dawned on me how stupid and unrealistic this was. It also meant the minors was beyond having any sort of ability to be managed. It meant loads upon loads of guys just didn't get any playing time. Ultimately it was counter-productive.

Now I hold a firm 40 man roster (I am not even sure what the real limits are but 40 works for me). The minor league rosters are then at least manageable. It also adds some welcome strategy that I was omitting before.

One exception I do make is in the rookie league in Jun, July and August. The sudden influx of 30 draft picks or so, most of them worthless anyway makes me up size the roster to 70 in June, 60 in July, 50 in August and back to 40 for the remainder of the year.

In closing, as tempting as it is to just grab them all, it takes a lot of fun out of it.

The Wolf · 10-07-2014, 12:10 AM

Having too many minor leaguers is counterproductive. Keep only the best, and make sure to get them playing time. My rookie leagues have no size limits, but all of the other minor leagues have an upper roster limit of 35. Often there will be fewer players than that on a given team.

TGH-Adfabre · 10-07-2014, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by chucksabr

Thanks. I just threw about a dozen offers out there in my online league and I am interested in seeing what happens once the sim is run.

I have offered over 50 Minor League contracts in one sim and there were no problems. Online league

jpeters1734 · 10-07-2014, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by chucksabr

May I offer minor league contracts simultaneously to as many free agents as I want, say, hundreds of FAs at a time?
Is it possible to actually sign that many minor league free agents at once? Or am I limited by the number of teams in my minor league times a roster limit for the team?
Are minor league contracts truly $0, meaning zero cost to the organization? Or is there a hit to your team's finances when you sign a boatload of minor league players?

In ootp they are zero cost to the oranization.

Tekneek · 10-07-2014, 02:41 PM

Right before the season starts, I offer minor league deals to anybody left in the pool that played for my big league team in the past (that I actually liked) and anybody from my team's immediate area. I figure I'm doing my part to help out some local guys and give former players one more shot with a team they were on in the past... Although I try to maintain a roster minimum of 24/25 and a maximum of 30 for all but the rookie league.

In my own OOTP games, I keep the roster limit at 35 for the rookie league. In online leagues without roster limits, I periodically cull the herd by releasing any guys still hanging around in the rookie leagues that are 24 and older.

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10-06-2014, 05:44 PM	#3
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	Thanks. I just threw about a dozen offers out there in my online league and I am interested in seeing what happens once the sim is run. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

10-06-2014, 05:10 PM	#2
Tekneek Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: GA, USA Posts: 455	From experience, I have never reached a cap in contract offers. You can also sign more players than you have slots for and they will be in DFA status for 10 days until you assign them to a team or they are automatically released.

10-06-2014, 11:01 PM	#4
Shucker Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 182	From my experience you can have as many as you want in the minors. I used to, well, because I could. That meant I had about 50, 60, 80 guys on a team because I wanted to grab anybody that might be good. It then dawned on me how stupid and unrealistic this was. It also meant the minors was beyond having any sort of ability to be managed. It meant loads upon loads of guys just didn't get any playing time. Ultimately it was counter-productive. Now I hold a firm 40 man roster (I am not even sure what the real limits are but 40 works for me). The minor league rosters are then at least manageable. It also adds some welcome strategy that I was omitting before. One exception I do make is in the rookie league in Jun, July and August. The sudden influx of 30 draft picks or so, most of them worthless anyway makes me up size the roster to 70 in June, 60 in July, 50 in August and back to 40 for the remainder of the year. In closing, as tempting as it is to just grab them all, it takes a lot of fun out of it.

10-07-2014, 02:41 PM	#8
Tekneek Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: GA, USA Posts: 455	Right before the season starts, I offer minor league deals to anybody left in the pool that played for my big league team in the past (that I actually liked) and anybody from my team's immediate area. I figure I'm doing my part to help out some local guys and give former players one more shot with a team they were on in the past... Although I try to maintain a roster minimum of 24/25 and a maximum of 30 for all but the rookie league. In my own OOTP games, I keep the roster limit at 35 for the rookie league. In online leagues without roster limits, I periodically cull the herd by releasing any guys still hanging around in the rookie leagues that are 24 and older.