Offseason FA signing issues (Major League/Minor League contracts)
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I've encountered this issue before, but just encountered it again and it's highly frustrating.
I'm currently in the offseason and trying to sign some free agents. I tried signing some unranked free agents after the arbitration deadline, they got added straight to the 40-man. I thought that it was because of the Rule-5 draft locking 40-man or something, so I reloaded my save and waited until after the Rule-5. I signed 1 player, backed out and verified that they were not in fact added to my 40-man. I then proceeded to sign more players, none of which were top 150 free agents, so they all signed immediately. Once I backed out and checked again, my 40-man is suddenly 47 because the other players signed went onto the 40-man.
Why is this a thing? I don't know why this game hasn't added a means to differentiate between minor and major league contracts, but there should be at least some way to know whether a player will be added to your 40-man other than guessing. Why is this left to some unknown arbitrary overall decision or something and not left up to the player? It's incredibly stupid and frustrating.
Edit: I tried again on this save, waiting clear until the start of spring training and I STILL can't sign players without them being added to my 40-man. I then waited until the start of the season and the players are still added to my 40-man.
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@PsychoSekVT_PSN because instead of making substantive improvements to franchise, like, I don't know, actual relocation and realignment, or the ability to play High A teams, editable managers and coaches, retired players joining the coaching pool, having NRIs for Spring Training that don't have to be placed on the 40 man to play with the Big League club, SDS thought it would be a good idea to make FA signings annoying.
I could go on. But, you get the idea. They had a whole YouTube blitz to say that they made Franchise Mode more exciting. Only to them. I don't think they even know baseball. Let alone like it.
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When the do spend developer resources on franchise it sometimes is on things I never use. Critical situations is an example. March to October another. They slowly but surely improve franchise but is a grind.
Still I love the game and franchise is the only mode I play. It's great but there is room for improvement.
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I think SDS made a game better than the awful 2K baseball games 15+ years ago and have just mailed it in since. I remember buying a PS3 just so I could play The Show back then, but now I'm just increasingly frustrated every year.
