I think sure fire prospects are just that right now. They don't falter when hitting the bigs. Many a time a player has tore up AAA and then can't hack it in the big show. They are the type of player that would succeed if there was a AAAA league but not one with the highest caliber of players. A way of duplicating this would have the star minor leaguers rating slowly take a hit to the Gm's view until eventually they are not worth they're weight on the 25 man roster anymore.
I don't favor making all of these players scrubs that can't reclaim their past glory however. Let's say they get traded and find their way back onto a major league club, get some at bat and all of a sudden those ratings start to get better as that player gains some confidence against good pitching.
This would definitely make managing your veterans and future tougher than it is now as you would never know if it would be safe to trade your vet 3b to free up room for that stud who might not ever touch a major league curveball.
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