Independent League Purchasing Players

DustinthePOWERHOUSE · 03-10-2015, 09:37 AM

I'm hopeful for more of a clarification than anything else, but in terms of Indepedent league players will their contracts be purchaseable, will we trade for them or grab them in free agency? How will the process take place?

I've been doing research on independent leagues and it seems as if in the actual process they are purchased, should we expect it to take place as such or are will it be using the posting system/free agency?

Trebro · 03-10-2015, 06:14 PM

The ability to purchase players from other leagues was put in 15, and it works great, especially if you set it nice and low (I always do, because I want the most promising talent at the top level of whatever I'm doing.). I often will see "purchased by X" in a top players's history.

Purchasing players is a separate section from posting. In my experience, posting seems to be used very little, but purchasing is used often.

darkcloud4579 · 03-10-2015, 06:17 PM

Yeah...posting isn't that great. Purchasing I notice works fine and in real life, the number is pretty low so..I don't set it higher than $50,000 because if it's at like 100,00 or 500k the computer almost never bites.

The game "purchases" the contract but in a real independent situation, the deal would be for less than the MLB minimum so it's not really a big deal when the game converts it to a minor league deal. It's more problematic when a major league is purchasing from another major league and the deal converts to a lesser one.

DustinthePOWERHOUSE · 03-10-2015, 06:49 PM

Just for clarification purposes cause I wasn't aware of this at all (thanks guys!) how does one set this up?

I'm very familiar wih league set up and the screens so if someone could just tell me where to locate the buy a player option and in addition simply explain how to make the league independent I would be extremely grateful.

The Game · 03-10-2015, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DustinthePOWERHOUSE

Just for clarification purposes cause I wasn't aware of this at all (thanks guys!) how does one set this up?

I'm very familiar wih league set up and the screens so if someone could just tell me where to locate the buy a player option and in addition simply explain how to make the league independent I would be extremely grateful.

I use purchase in my ABF league. The ABF has bought the contravts of some of the best PCL players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson 40 yr old Buck Leonard & Double Duty Radcliffe. I keep it about 1/3 the amount a average player makes in the main league.

Javs · 03-10-2015, 11:25 PM

What if I want to purchase a player from the Japanese leagues? I think that is pretty expensive?

DustinthePOWERHOUSE · 03-11-2015, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by The Game

I use purchase in my ABF league. The ABF has bought the contravts of some of the best PCL players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson 40 yr old Buck Leonard & Double Duty Radcliffe. I keep it about 1/3 the amount a average player makes in the main league.

So my question is can you make it league specific?

So for instance I want my MLB teams (and I guess their minor league teams too?) to be able to purchase players from Independent leagues, but I don't want MLB teams buying from each other or from Japanese or other foreign league teams. (Maybe I do)

The question basically comes down to can I make the purchasing of players league specific and restrictive towards others.

Doc_Brown · 03-11-2015, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DustinthePOWERHOUSE

So my question is can you make it league specific?

So for instance I want my MLB teams (and I guess their minor league teams too?) to be able to purchase players from Independent leagues, but I don't want MLB teams buying from each other or from Japanese or other foreign league teams. (Maybe I do)

The question basically comes down to can I make the purchasing of players league specific and restrictive towards others.

Yeah the default setting allows a MLB team to purchase from an Independent league team(the default is $250,000 not sure what RL cost is).

Unless I've overlooked something, it's impossible F/E for Cleveland to purchase the contract of a Boston player. You can trade cash for a player, but you can't purchase the contract. MLB teams and Nippon etc can't purchase contracts from each other.

Nippon teams are able to purchase the contracts of Independent teams(from America, not sure if that happens IRL). No teams can purchase the contract of any Cuban player and Cuban teams can't purchase the contract of any Independent league player.

If any of this is wrong Biff wrote it!

The Game · 03-11-2015, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DustinthePOWERHOUSE

So my question is can you make it league specific?

So for instance I want my MLB teams (and I guess their minor league teams too?) to be able to purchase players from Independent leagues, but I don't want MLB teams buying from each other or from Japanese or other foreign league teams. (Maybe I do)

The question basically comes down to can I make the purchasing of players league specific and restrictive towards others.

My ABF league only can buy players from the PCL. The PCL can not buy from the ABF nor can either league buy players from the AAGPBL.

DustinthePOWERHOUSE · 03-11-2015, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by The Game

My ABF league only can buy players from the PCL. The PCL can not buy from the ABF nor can either league buy players from the AAGPBL.

Okay so it's based off the setting which allow purchasing or not. That is incredibly useful information to know I gratefully appreciate that.

03-10-2015, 09:37 AM	#1
DustinthePOWERHOUSE All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 871	Independent League Purchasing Players I'm hopeful for more of a clarification than anything else, but in terms of Indepedent league players will their contracts be purchaseable, will we trade for them or grab them in free agency? How will the process take place? I've been doing research on independent leagues and it seems as if in the actual process they are purchased, should we expect it to take place as such or are will it be using the posting system/free agency? __________________ Shootin' at the walls of heartache, BANG BANG, I am THE WARRIOR! "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"- Ali Wladimir Klitschko will DESTROY you.

03-10-2015, 06:14 PM	#2
Trebro All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 753	The ability to purchase players from other leagues was put in 15, and it works great, especially if you set it nice and low (I always do, because I want the most promising talent at the top level of whatever I'm doing.). I often will see "purchased by X" in a top players's history. Purchasing players is a separate section from posting. In my experience, posting seems to be used very little, but purchasing is used often. __________________ 2020 2021

03-10-2015, 06:17 PM	#3
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,689	Yeah...posting isn't that great. Purchasing I notice works fine and in real life, the number is pretty low so..I don't set it higher than $50,000 because if it's at like 100,00 or 500k the computer almost never bites. The game "purchases" the contract but in a real independent situation, the deal would be for less than the MLB minimum so it's not really a big deal when the game converts it to a minor league deal. It's more problematic when a major league is purchasing from another major league and the deal converts to a lesser one. __________________ ------ My Mods OOTP Advanced Stats & DFS Suite Managerial Strategy Pack Competitive Balance Tax Calculator Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| ---- Dynasty classics: Centurion comes to OOTP5 \| DC Moneyball Dynasty (2004)

03-10-2015, 06:49 PM	#4
DustinthePOWERHOUSE All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 871	Just for clarification purposes cause I wasn't aware of this at all (thanks guys!) how does one set this up? I'm very familiar wih league set up and the screens so if someone could just tell me where to locate the buy a player option and in addition simply explain how to make the league independent I would be extremely grateful. __________________ Shootin' at the walls of heartache, BANG BANG, I am THE WARRIOR! "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"- Ali Wladimir Klitschko will DESTROY you.

03-10-2015, 11:25 PM	#6
Javs Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,860	What if I want to purchase a player from the Japanese leagues? I think that is pretty expensive?