Hardball Dynasty
World Office
Waiver Wire
Trades
- Why can't I trade my rookie player?
- I have a player who I'm looking to trade. I received a proposal, and it shows that he "Can Reject Trade", but when I look at his contract he doesn't have a no trade clause. Why can he reject the trade?
- What happens if I have more than one trade involving the same player?
- I have a trade involving a player who is injured/on the DL. Will the trade still go through, or will it be nullified because the player is injured?
- I just accepted a trade and the other owner placed a player involved on the Waiver Wire. Will the trade still go through?
- When is a player eligible to be traded?
Schedules
Rule 5 Draft
- Why did my Rule 5 player get offered back without me doing anything?
- If I accept an offer back, what will the player's salary be?
- I made a rule V offer back but the other owner can not see the player. What's going on?
- What do the different colored icons mean on the Edit Rosters page?
- How does the Rule 5 draft work?
- Can injured players be taken in the rule 5 draft?
Roster Moves
- I promoted Player A to my ML roster because one of my ML players was injured. Now that the ML player recovered, I'm ready to demote Player A back to the minors. How do I make sure that he doesn't receive any demotion penalties on his ratings?
- I have a player on my team who is on the DL, showing (-2), but it won't let me remove him from the DL. Why not?
- I can't move up my Rookie league players because I get a Message that I must have 20 men on the Rookie League Roster.
- There are no Tryout Camp players available to sign.
- Is sim engine supposed to be promoting guys?
- I have a player that cleared the waiver wire but when I try to demote him it says he must clear waivers again. What's up?
Prizes
Playoffs
- Do player's recover fatigue during "Placeholder Days"?
- Does being in or winning the playoffs help improve my player's development? If so, in what areas?
- Why am I playing my next playoff game on the road even though I should have homefield advantage?
- What happens when teams tie for a playoff spot?
- Why aren't starting pitchers listed for the first game of each playoff series?
- Player A is on my ML roster, why can't I see him during the playoffs?
Players
- How do the player development cycles work (i.e. the rows on my Player Profile Ratings page)?
- How do injuries work?
- Why are there no stats shown from previous spring trainings?
- I just had a player decline in ratings because of a promotion. Why did that happen and what does that mean?
- How are the candidates for the Home Run Derby selected?
- Why are the stats on the Award Voting page all 0's?
Manager's Office
- Why can't I set my minor-league lineups?
- What is the point of Spring Training?
- How do the Optimize and Order options work?
- I clicked on the “Show Recs” button but I don’t agree with the recommendations. Why are they wrong?
- Why are all of my pitchers so heavily fatigued in the minors?
- What's the difference between the different pitching roles (mopup, long A/B, LH/RH specialist, setup A/B and closer A/B)?
Long-Term Contracts
International Prospects
- I just had an International free agent assigned and inactivated by the AI, why?
- Why did an international prospect I was trying to sign go with another franchise without giving me a chance to increase my offer?
- I keep getting the response “I don’t want to get booed out of the stadium”. What does this mean and how can I stop it?
Free-Agency
- Why is a 6-year minor league free-agent asking for so much money?
- What are Type A and Type B free-agents?
- A ML free agent in our world has several contracts offered to him that are the same exact value. How is it determined who he will sign with?
- I just had a free-agent that I was negotiating with sign a contract at 3am! Why do I have to stay up all hours of the day and night to compete!?!
- During the free-agency period at the beginning of this season, I signed a player who was an unsigned 1st round draft pick from the prior season. He demanded and I signed him to a 1-year $3.4M big league contract. What happens next year?
- I declined my team option with a player, will I get a compensation pick if he is a Type A/B free agent?
Coaches
- Why did a coach I was trying to sign go with another franchise without giving me a chance to increase my offer?
- Why is one of my coaches asking for a promotion to a different role, even though he doesn't have high enough ratings for that role?
- How does the AI go about auto-hiring coaches?
- Does a major league bench coach have any effect outside of when the manager is ejected?
Boxscores
Arbitration
Amateur Draft
- Team A is seeing a draft pick that projects to a 100 OVR rating. I allocated more money to my draft budget than Team A for this year’s draft, why can’t I see this player too?
- What is slot money?
- What happens if I don't have enough money to sign my 1st round draft pick?
- This season's amateur draft crop look weak. Shouldn't something be done about that?
- How are Type A compensation picks awarded?
- In my world a player was drafted 3rd in the S9 draft and he was 22 years old and did not sign. I was under the impression that 22 year olds that did not sign would show up in the free agent list the next season, but he was nowhere to be found.