Problem with free agency

[jokerswild]

It has just been brought to my attention by one of our NPL owners that Andruw Jones was signed for 10 pts in December. He is not a flop in our league, in fact is probably one of the top 5-10 players in it. He is 33 yrs old and has hit 41 HR's in each of the last two seasons. This definatly doesn't sound correct to me.

[Cipster]

Happened in Mogul enthusiasts' too. Andy Shively my closer from last season was asking for 30+ and he signed with a computer controlled team for 9 pts a year in the 1st or second sim of the offseason.

[hamricb]

I got Pedro Astacio inked to a 5 year deal at 1 pt/year, and it was mid-November when he signed. I don't remember what Astacio's demands were, but he had ratings of B or better in all four pitching categories.

I wondered if Astacio was a KC native looking for a chance to go home :)

[datrain021]

Here's the solution,if you want the player make sure you bid for them and have a max bid. You might be luckey like me and end up getting a Richie Sexson for 23 points/yr.

[jokerswild]

That kind of isn't the point datrain. There is no way a person who was asking for 75 pts per year at the end of the season should sign for 10 pts a yer a month later. I don't care that I didn't get him, but like the AZ owner in NPL said, there would have been a whole lot of teams after him if they knew he would sign for that cheap. Also I don't think anyone would even be upset if he signed right before the season for that much, but it happened shortly after the free agency period started. I think this is a bug, or something misscoded, but I am not sure.

[James Grove]

Hi, Guys -

We're trying to figure out the FA bugs.

Can you tell me -- when a player signs at a steep discount early in the FA bidding, do they always go to computer-managed teams? Or do they go to human-managed teams too?

Thanks,
James Grove

[Cipster]

I have seen players go to computer owned teams and also to computer managed teams (owner had not logged in in a few days). Other players reported players going to human teams too but I have not seen it firsthand.
The discount is always pretty steep, in the 50-80 % range. Also it seems to occur quite early in the bidding process, the 2 players in the Mogul Enthusiasts were signed in the first one or two sims.

[datrain021]

As I said above, I signed Richie Sexsin to a 23 pt contract, which was about half of his asking price. Hope this helps

[takaplan]

The computer signed Ben Grieve to a 1 pt, 6 year contract when he was asking for around 80 points.

[raiti2001]

Yeah, Vladamiro Guerrero signed a 7 year, 29 points a year contract. His asking price was 110 points! He signed the first day of free agency. I had just won the World Series with Florida, and I wanted to try to sign him to improve my team for a repeat. I'm expecting profits to go up after winning the World Series, and I was thinking I could pay him 50-60 points. I was waiting for his asking price to go down. That is why I did not make a bid. I was shocked to see him sign that contract after hitting .350, with 40+ homers, and he is only 28. WOW!

[khkoenig]

[B] I have posted detailed explanations of what is happening over in the BUGS forum.

http://forum.sportsmogul.com/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=4749

Quick summary from my experience in NABL:

* Problem occurs in the 1st and/or 2nd free agency period after the World Series

* Problem occurs with non-pitchers (though hamricb says otherwise)

* Problem occurs with players who have a max bid higher than the High Bid

* Problem definitely happens with human teams (This league has 29 humans).