Releasing/Acquiring Players

[beaster]

I'm new to Strat-O-Matic online and in need of some advice...

I want to release multiple players (2-3) to acquire a single player. The problem I encounter is that the player I want to acquire costs more than any of the individual players I want to drop.

When I go to release a player I am prompted to the Free Agent Pool, but I don't have enough money to get the player I want. However, the combined value of the players I want to release is enough to pay for the player I want.

Is there a way I can drop players outright rather then having to pick one up immediately?

[enwll34]

As long as you always have more than 24 players,2 catchers, and 5 SP's you can drop anyone w/o picking some one up.In the top right corner it will tell in black text that you can pick a player from the free agent pool or click right here without picking anyone up.If the text is red it will explain why you can't do the transaction.

[RICHARDMILTER]

Releasing players is not always the best option. In fact it is rarely the best option. I have done it, but I try to do it only in emergency, or injury situations, because you are losing value every time you do it. And the above poster made a great point, you can not go below 24 players, or 10 pitchers, or two catchers. Good luck!

[Play By The Rules]

If you have enough players to be able to drop multiple players to get one, it's probably a good idea. You want to go with 24 if at all possible, the only exception I would say is a team with a lot of injury players where you need multiple backups.