How about some free agency contract transparency after roll?
I had a Hall of Fame type pitcher in Dirt that was willing to re-sign last season, but I was not able to re-sign him because one of the years of his new contract would have been over budget due to the incrementally sliding allowed team budget. I tried to pay the player more in other years, but it would not even out the deal. I tried a signing bonus, and it still didn't even out the contract enough so I had to wait to see if he would re-sign this season. Upon roll, it looked like he would still re-sign so I budgeted accordingly. However, now that it's time to re-sign he said he's filing for free agency no matter what.
In a situation where a player is unwilling to re-sign the previous season, I always assumed he would continue to be unwilling to re-sign the following season as well. This assumption has always turned out to be accurate. However, in situations where the player was willing to re-sign, but the team was unable to re-sign him due to the incrementally sliding payroll rules, it would be nice to know that the player changed his mind so I could have budgeted accordingly. Now we're stuck. It's one thing to know a player would not re-sign from the previous season. It's a whole different situation when the player changes his mind after budgets are locked. If that message, "im filing for free agency no matter what" was communicated after roll And before budget lock, it would 100 times more helpful and transparent.