Just started another world and setting budgets - I have 3 type A and 2 type B free agents on my team up to resign - they all say "to be honest, I'll sign with the team that shows me the money" - does this mean I will be able to resign them when budgets are set tomorrow? Or will they definitely go to FA? It'll change my budget up quite a bit because I'll end up having tons of draft picks if they all leave.

Pretty sure you'll be able to re-sign them if you wish. The ones who go to free agency actually say "I'm filing for free agency no matter what."

The messages change from budgeting to re-sign period. Some of those may pop up as "I'm filing for free agency no matter what" during the re-sign period, so there's really no way to know for sure.

True. Forgot about that, some do change. Apologies for the oversight.

bummer - oh well, gonna have to roll the dice I guess. Thanks for the input

Get this info from them the season before they file for FA. You can always find out on their page for re-signing. Add it to their player notes for future reference.

Is there any way to tell what players from other franchises are willing to resign or not?

This brings up a good point I have a question for, currently have a guy in the last year of his deal that says 'I'll resign. Just make me an offer' but I can't because my future seasons are up against the cap. Once the next season rolls and I can up my budget, is there a good chance he will still resign?

@trev - no
@hockey - I don't believe that has any effect. He should still re-sign.

To follow up, they all are going to FA "no matter what" - changed their story from budget setting day to resign FA's day

I hate when they do that. Completely changed how you would have budgeted...

so what about when you offer the max contract (10 + 5x20 = $110 m with a NT to boot even though he didn't ask for it) and you get back a message saying someone has offered him more? curious

Better park or pitching coach.

thanks Mike, I checked it out. that is certainly possible. It's a hitter, not a pitcher. But there are three better hitter parks in the league than mine and they all have better hitting coaches./

still this is a strange message to get: blah blah blah "we hope to hear from you again with a stronger proposal."

Does it ever go by record - I took over a team that was a perennial loser and just scraped over .500 last year.

Supposedly that can be a tie-breaker. Can't say I've seen it come into play.