I like the idea of more filters in FA.

I am less on board with adding filters to the draft. Takes some work to find the later round potential BL contributors, and I like that it does.

IMO one of the best "fixes" is something Mike use to mention often in these types of discussions.

Get rid of coach demands. The market will sort itself out.
It's dumb that a guy with AAA rating is "demanding" a BL role at 2M+ and would rather just not coach anywhere than take a AAA job. The best coaches will garner the best salaries so the whole "demands" concept is really unnecessary altogether.

Owners end up signing a AAA PC with a rating in the 60s when there are several in the 70s who are demanding too much and going unsigned.

LOL I hate the phrase "double down" but I'll do it here. RANT MODE:

Everything about coach hiring is bullshit.

Most of us think the primary job of a coach is to develop prospects. If that's true, a 90+ pitching coach is wasted in the bigs, you would really want him working in AA. But this game forces him out of there.

None of us has any idea if great coaching makes a difference. No one wins game seven of the WS 8-7 and says thank god I spent the extra 300k on my third base coach.

My opinion is that coach hiring happens at a time in the season when an owner might not be doing anything else. Maybe his team is set up, his prospects are coming to the majors, he's not buying free agents.

In real life terms, it's either a vanity project, or a make work project. What do you care who your coaches are? It's just more player cards to fiddle with. Hey look, my hitting coach is "Hootie McBlowfish" and he has a higher rating than yours.
My bench coach in one of my leagues is a guy who's been on my coaching staff since Rookie Ball 25 seasons ago. He's a legacy, a waste of 2 million. Why do I keep him, because I'm a ******** that way sometimes. That's a vanity project.

Or it's something the boss doesn't want you sitting around looking at YouTube videos, so he needs you to make a spreadsheet that does nothing. A make work project.

If they GOT RID of coach hiring, maybe two of us would miss it.

I agree damag. This has been discussed at length over the years, of course.
I'd be fine with coaching being just another budget line, maybe by level or something.

Elite coaches at the BL level will often result in rating gains from older players who typically don't gain anymore. It's only a point or two here or there so maybe not much value, but it is something tangible.

I'd be fine if it were simply a budget line as well. I don't think many of us "enjoy" it, but I also don't find it to be as bad as many make it out to be.