Really confused about 25-man, 40-man rosters

[tochris1993]

So I downloaded the OSFM v3 from seanjeezy and I'm really confused about starting my franchise. First:

1. What is the difference from 25-man and 40-man rosters. What are the pros and cons of each?

2. How should I run my roster if I want accurate real-life rosters and transactions? Should I just control 30-teams?

3. Why can't I injure more than like 7-8 players? It tells me that there is a limit.

4. Lets say this player was traded in real life, how can I place that player into that team in the game. What if it doesn't allow me to trade that player?

[TheFugMonster]

The 25 man roster is your big league club. The other 15 on the 40 man will be in your farm system. It's basically a reserve for a team to quickly call up players based on need/injury. You will have to turn force trades ON in the beginning of your franchise in order to make trades in real life or as you see fit.

I don't use 30 team control so questions 2 and 3 I would not be able to answer.

[Cavicchi]

Quote: Originally Posted by tochris1993

So I downloaded the OSFM v3 from seanjeezy and I'm really confused about starting my franchise. First: 1. What is the difference from 25-man and 40-man rosters. What are the pros and cons of each? 2. How should I run my roster if I want accurate real-life rosters and transactions? Should I just control 30-teams? 3. Why can't I injure more than like 7-8 players? It tells me that there is a limit. 4. Lets say this player was traded in real life, how can I place that player into that team in the game. What if it doesn't allow me to trade that player?

Since TheFugMonster left 2 and 3, I'll try to answer them for you.

2) Yes.

3) Yes, there is a limit to the amount of players you can put out with an injury for each team.

[Geronimo22]

I have a question about using the 25 man rosters like OSFMv3? If I don't use 30 team control will the CPU automatically set up their own 40 man rosters? If not at sometime during the season at least when the playoffs come?

[tochris1993]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheFugMonster

The 25 man roster is your big league club. The other 15 on the 40 man will be in your farm system. It's basically a reserve for a team to quickly call up players based on need/injury. You will have to turn force trades ON in the beginning of your franchise in order to make trades in real life or as you see fit. I don't use 30 team control so questions 2 and 3 I would not be able to answer.

Why is that when I play with 25-man rosters I still see more than 25 people in my roster. I didn't count 40 but there was more than 25. So what happens if I use 25-man roster instead of 40?

[RM813]

First of all what is this (So I downloaded the OSFM v3 from seanjeezy)?

2nd you can start a franchise and use only a 25 man roster?

My question with the 40 man is how to get the players that are in AAA off the 40 man roster going from pre-season to season? I had my 25 players set, did a few trades, put those trades to AAA, and then it stated when I went to play a game that I had 43 players on my 40 man roster. They then proceeded (since I said to just autofix) release a few players I didn't want released.

[Cavicchi]

Quote: Originally Posted by RM813

First of all what is this (So I downloaded the OSFM v3 from seanjeezy)? 2nd you can start a franchise and use only a 25 man roster? My question with the 40 man is how to get the players that are in AAA off the 40 man roster going from pre-season to season? I had my 25 players set, did a few trades, put those trades to AAA, and then it stated when I went to play a game that I had 43 players on my 40 man roster. They then proceeded (since I said to just autofix) release a few players I didn't want released.

You can take players off the 40-man roster by going to Manage Roster, select player, click Edit and select Remove from 40-man roster. Instead of letting the CPU do it, do it yourself.

[GabeCava]

Also removing a player from the 40 man roster caused them to go through waivers, so that's probably what happened when you said they were released.