Hardball Dynasty
Arbitration
Amateur Draft
- Why are my draft picks taking forever to sign?
- Why did I draft a guy I didn't scout?
- How is the order of supplemental round picks determined?
- How does the Amateur Draft work exactly?
- I just had players assigned and inactivated by the AI, why?
- Why did the AI sign some of my draft prospects and then add them to my RL roster?
Boxscores
Coaches
- Does a major league bench coach have any effect outside of when the manager is ejected?
- How does the AI go about auto-hiring coaches?
- 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?
- Why did a coach I was trying to sign go with another franchise without giving me a chance to increase my offer?
International Prospects
- 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?
- 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?
Free-Agency
- When a MiL free agent is offered multiple contracts how is it determined who he will sign with?
- Why did a free-agent I was trying to sign go with another franchise without giving me a chance to increase my offer?
- I declined my team option with a player, will I get a compensation pick if he is a Type A/B free agent?
- 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 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!?!
- 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?
Manager's Office
- My shortstop is making a boatload of errors, way more than a big league shortstop should make. Why is that?
- How does the Defensive Replacement Hierarchy work?
- What's the difference between the different pitching roles (mopup, long A/B, LH/RH specialist, setup A/B and closer A/B)?
- Why did pitcher A start instead of pitcher B? I moved pitcher B into the rotation spot scheduled to pitch next?
- 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?
Long-Term Contracts
Players
- What happens to a players contract options when he is released?
- My player just returned from an injury but he did not receive a "Time of Return" event on his player profile
- When a switch hitter comes up to bat, for ratings purposes is he considered as a lefty against righty pitchers and a right against a lefty?
- None of my RBI stats are showing up when viewed in split-stat mode. Why not?
- Is it better to have a high or low temper rating?
- What are the specific effects of the pitch calling rating?
Playoffs
- I just had a player get injured during the playoffs. Can I adjust my roster?
- 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?
- What happens when teams tie for a playoff spot?
- Why am I playing my next playoff game on the road even though I should have homefield advantage?
- Do player's recover fatigue during "Placeholder Days"?
Roster Moves
- My player suffered a significant injury last season. I placed him on the DL at the beginning of the next season since he was still hurt. Why doesn't his retroactive date remain the same from last season, so that I can remove him from the 60-day DL after
- 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?
- There are no Tryout Camp players available to sign.
- Is sim engine supposed to be promoting guys?
- 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 can't move up my Rookie league players because I get a Message that I must have 20 men on the Rookie League Roster.
Rule 5 Draft
- Why don’t I see a player that another owner is seeing?
- I didn't draft a player in the first round but I drafted a guy in a later round. How did that happen?
- What happens after I draft a player?
- Why didn’t I draft as many players as I had targeted?
- Are trades processed during the Rule 5 draft roster freeze?
- What happens when I offer a player back?
Prizes
Schedules
Trades
- When is a player eligible to be traded?
- I just accepted a trade and the other owner placed a player involved on the Waiver Wire. Will the trade still go through?
- 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?
- What happens if I have more than one trade involving the same 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?
- Why can't I trade my rookie player?