DL stint messes up ML service time calculation

Zeyes · 08-10-2006, 09:14 AM

It appears that taking a trip to the disabled list allows a player to accumulate more than a year worth of major league service time. Here's how to test it:

Create a default fictional league
Erase all players' service times so that they're at 0 years, 0 days
Sim ahead one year
Look through any team's players, and you'll find several players that have a listed ML service time of 1 year and 13 days (or similar) even while their secondary roster time sits at exactly 1 year and 0 days

Looking at the affected players' history logs, they all suffered an injury that necessitated a trip to the DL. Obviously something is messed up here...perhaps this was broken when the "60-day DL should accumulate service time" issue was fixed in the latest patch? Just speculating... This issue is not limited to the 60-day DL though, it also happens with the 15-day DL.

BTW, occasionally there will be players who suffered an injury but don't get hit by the bug...you'll find that they weren't put on the DL (because the injury was listed as only one week in duration, presumably), so it's definitely the DL stint that causes it, not the injury itself. Day-to-Day injuries also don't trigger it due to the lack of DL time.

Erik W. · 10-12-2006, 05:44 PM

Sorry it took so long to get a response to this, Zeyes.

Is this still an issue, or did the last patch happen to fix it?

Erik W. · 10-20-2006, 12:50 PM

We usually close threads if they've gone without a response for seven days, as is the case with this one, as it can be assumed that the problem has been resolved.

If you'd like me to re-open the thread, feel free to PM me with a link to it. Thanks!

08-10-2006, 09:14 AM	#1
Zeyes All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 818	DL stint messes up ML service time calculation It appears that taking a trip to the disabled list allows a player to accumulate more than a year worth of major league service time. Here's how to test it: Create a default fictional league Erase all players' service times so that they're at 0 years, 0 days Sim ahead one year Look through any team's players, and you'll find several players that have a listed ML service time of 1 year and 13 days (or similar) even while their secondary roster time sits at exactly 1 year and 0 days Looking at the affected players' history logs, they all suffered an injury that necessitated a trip to the DL. Obviously something is messed up here...perhaps this was broken when the "60-day DL should accumulate service time" issue was fixed in the latest patch? Just speculating... This issue is not limited to the 60-day DL though, it also happens with the 15-day DL. BTW, occasionally there will be players who suffered an injury but don't get hit by the bug...you'll find that they weren't put on the DL (because the injury was listed as only one week in duration, presumably), so it's definitely the DL stint that causes it, not the injury itself. Day-to-Day injuries also don't trigger it due to the lack of DL time.

10-12-2006, 05:44 PM	#2
Erik W. Global Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rivière-du-Loup, Qc Posts: 4,615	Sorry it took so long to get a response to this, Zeyes. Is this still an issue, or did the last patch happen to fix it? __________________ Free agent baseball fan. Let's go (insert team name here)!

10-20-2006, 12:50 PM	#3
Erik W. Global Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rivière-du-Loup, Qc Posts: 4,615	We usually close threads if they've gone without a response for seven days, as is the case with this one, as it can be assumed that the problem has been resolved. If you'd like me to re-open the thread, feel free to PM me with a link to it. Thanks! __________________ Free agent baseball fan. Let's go (insert team name here)!