Franchise Mode Still Broken: Contracts

[ForzaZuffa]

Why do <24 players with less than two seasons of MLB service time (ie: Strasburg, Feliz, Bumgarner, etc) hit unrestricted free agency in December of the FIRST off-season? Where is the realism in that? I offered contracts to those three for monster dollars and they didn't reject or accept it, instead just suddenly became free agents for any team to bid on without compensation! WTF? What kind of game allows that to happen? It's been this ways for YEARS, and they still haven't fixed it. It's literally mode-breaking cluster-F. If I'm not mistaken, players that haven't served a certain amount of games/seasons as an MLB player and thus aren't eligible for arbitration are AUTOMATICALLY re-signed to a similar amount to league min. on a year-by-year basis. Is that so frigging difficult for SCEA to put in the bloody game?

[tabarnes19_SDS]

You have to offer them some contract. If they do not accept then you can renew them at the end of Feb. System is working right.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

You have until Dec. To offer a contract or they become a free agent.

[ryan36]

Yeah if it says "contract renewable" you MUST tender them something. It sounds like you're not doing that...

but you claim you are. It works fine for me though. After Feb 15, you can renew them by clicking on their contract.

In short offer before the deadline (dec. 2) and if they don't accept you can renew them between feb 15- and spring

[ForzaZuffa]

Quote: Originally Posted by tabarnes19

You have until Dec. To offer a contract or they become a free agent.

That's the thing, I 100% offered them contracts. I offered them huge deals. For instance, Strasburg was offered a 7 yr deal @ 14m/season. And then as soon as that date in December comes they get released to the free agent pool.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

Forza you said you had this problem last year? What settings are you using, are you the nats?

[exify]

this happened to me also. i signed ike davis to a 5 year deal and he accepted. simmed to spring and he wasnt on my team but on the texas rangers... wtf

[Knight165]

I just tried.
Just controlling the Mets.
Every contract renewable/arbitration eligible guy signed and was on my team for 2013.

Funny...I didn't do anything to some players and only signed 16 guys to test....forgetting to look at the others....the Mets are laden with 1/1 deals and I only had 16 players on my club to start the season.
Be careful to check that you guys have enough players signed in the off season.

You guys with the problem....are you sure you don't have something set to AUTO....contracts maybe?....double check.

M.K.
Knight165