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It makes the game considerably less enjoyable when you have to actively try and not abuse the terrible trade AI. One time I traded a player 3 times because the teams would trade for them and immediately put them on optional waivers for me to claim them back again.

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.

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.