[Draft Dodger]

I believe the ONLY area I think I like High Heat better is the way they manage minor league player development and position familiarity.

I'd love to be able to set lineups for each level - decide who gets the most playing time and where they play. It's unrealistic to only have one player at each position per level, as otherwise the computer will decide who plays.

This would also allow you to move a minor leaguer at a logjam position to a more needed position (he would learn the new position over time), or allow you to develop utility players.

This has been mentioned a million times, but it should be easier to move a player from bullpen to rotation without needing to do this in spring training; either shouldn't be such an in-stone role.

While on the subject of spring training with regards to player development - it's one area I'd like to see changed. I don't think the current system is a good representation of real life.

To me, spring training is less about player development than it is about measuring a player's progress/ability. It's seeing if that 3b is ready to play at the major league level, or that guy from the bullpen is ready to be the 5th starter, not about improving your power.

It's more work, but if I'm making my wishlist, I'd like to see an actual exhibition schedule - you can choose playing time for everyone and see how well they are performing, and decide your cuts after that. There would be development, but maybe it would be more of an overall thing, represent a "team focus" - the manager might want to focus on overall team defense, or speed, or hitting, etc, and and spring training increases would be on a team level (not a drastic bump per player, just a subtle nudge in the area of focus).