Range and Power are almost always the first things to go for any position player.

I could not find another ml player on my rosters whos range went down at that age. In fact the cf he replaced had not lost any and is 31. Player Profile: Earl Hines - Hardball Dynasty Baseball | WhatIfSports

Posted by brianp87 on 12/11/2020 9:04:00 PM (view original):
Since when do 28 yr olds like this lose range?
Player Profile: Christy Thomas - Hardball Dynasty Baseball | WhatIfSports

I had that happen to one of my guys too. It’s super frustrating when his makeup is so high and I’m sure you have training at 20 million. They made an update to the game and didn’t tell anyone. Now it’s tough to track players after they hit 27 and there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it.

They told me nothing has changed. I do not believe them. The changes are making me want to quit.

Anyone know why there are usually one or two free agents who, despite no one bidding on them and not being all that impressive, don't drop their demands?

I'm not sure. I also do not understand why unassigned or offered back rule 5 guys drop ratings so fast compared to fa. I feel like once fa is over they should all take the min.

You know the argument against that, right? Yes, in one of my worlds the free agent bidding is heavy enough that all the good players are taken. But in the other world, I could easily throw together a .500 team in one day with the leftovers if they were all going to sign for 378k. And I wouldn't be the only owner trying to do it... there'd be more like six or seven of us.

I rarely even find a left over fa that I can store in aaa for injury replacement.

Posted by damag on 12/16/2020 4:17:00 PM (view original):
Anyone know why there are usually one or two free agents who, despite no one bidding on them and not being all that impressive, don't drop their demands?

If they were offered a contract, said "I'm thinking," and then the offer was withdrawn; or if they were offered a contract on day 1 post-budget that didn't meet their demands; they won't lower their demands until after coach hiring is over.

I received the 20th pick in the draft as part of Type A compensation. I selected a player and offered him his asking price. He was undecided but eventually decided to play but rejected the offer and raised his demand. If I'm unable to meet his higher demand and don't sign the pick, will I receive a pick in the next years draft? Or won't it roll over either because it's a compensation pick or because I didn't meet his second demand?

Amateur Draft

How do I get a Type D compensation pick?

If you don't sign your true first round pick, second round pick, or third round pick you will be awarded with a Type D pick the following season. <br><br> In order to receive the compensation pick you must offer the player 100% of his initial demands, he must refuse to sign, and you must never withdraw your offer to the draft pick at any time. If the player counters and you wish to make a new offer you can do so but the new offer must be 100% of his new demands and it must also not be withdrawn. Essentially your last offer must have been at least 100% of his demands at the time the offer was made and never withdrawn. <br><br> If those conditions are met then you will receive a compensation pick in next seasons draft in the same slot that you picked the previous season plus one depending on any other shifting from franchises that were awarded Type D compensation picks before you. This holds true for the first and second round. For third round compensation picks you will receive a pick in a supplemental round at the end of the third round in the following seasons draft. <br><br> Compensation round picks for Type A and Type B FAs DO NOT qualify for Type D compensation picks. The 20th pick in the draft should have been the original team's true first rounder... therefore if I'm reading all this correctly, it indeed qualifies for a Type D next season.

I disagree. When they say "true first round pick" they mean the one your team naturally gets. Say, for example, OP's first pick was #8 in the draft. That pick would qualify for Type D since it's his own true first round pick. OP got the #20 pick from type A compensation, so it's not his team's true first round pick, so he's not eligible to get type D from that pick's failure to sign. Whether it's the original team's true first rounder doesn't matter since it's no longer that team's pick.

To answer the remaining questions, if you have a pick that qualifies for Type D and you make an offer that meets his original demands, and you never withdraw that qualifying offer, then you'll get Type D no matter what else happens. You don't have to chase the escalating demand(s).

That's where I'm a little confused on the rules. It's a true first round pick (1-32), not an added pick at the end of the first round. It's just not my original true first round pick.

Type A or D comp picks are not eligible for type D compensation the following season. In your specific case, since you said you received your pick as a Type A compensation, then you will not receive a Type D pick next season if you fail to sign.

There's confusion elsewhere as well. https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=516882&page=1 reads things damag's way, but it's actually happened my way in Capra. It's hard to read past drafts since they don't explicitly list comp picks, but in season 39 rls had a Type A that didn't sign (#28 overall, his original first pick was #5 and did sign), but he didn't get a Type D in season 40 (his only 1st rd pick in S40 was the #2 overall, his own pick). That was the specific example I thought of when I wrote what I wrote.

Maybe @adlorenz can chime in and tell us how the code actually reads.