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Originally Posted by abailey3313
It's not really a matter of whether or not you'd still play as much as it's a matter of would a team bother sticking you in the outfield every day while a 21-year-old sat behind you on the bench. Probably not.
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That's true of the minor leagues today since they are about player development for major league clubs and little else.
But in the earlier days of the minor leagues, when they operated more as independent organizations trying to make a profit, the situation was different. Yes, they would find and develop promising talent so they could sell that talent to a major league club for a tidy profit, but they also would sign good-quality, ex-major league players to help keep their teams winning and put fans in the stands. Quite a few major league players finished their pro baseball careers playing for minor league clubs in earlier times.
I'd like both methods of operation to be feasible in the game. The question is how to achieve that...