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Old 09-03-2006, 01:47 PM   #21
Charlie Hough
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Originally Posted by Raidergoo
I am often wrong. Below is what I saw last week.

I know that my sims for Arod / Garlon used the reserve roster, and I rarely, if ever saw anyone come out of the reserve roster to do anything worthwhile. Paul O' Neill was my whipping boy on that. I follwed him closely. He stayed a Brave reserve for 4 years and quit. He never showed any inclination to bust out to a MLB roster spot.
I see the same thing all the time. If they're on reserve, players can experience an increase in their ratings, but it seems rare and insignificant. The AI doesn't seem to care much anyway. The player might be activated and made a backup, but that's hardly what I would call development. Players with good potential seem to go absolutely nowhere if they're on reserve for multiple seasons. Many of them just give up on their careers. And that is one of the reasons why I was so vocal about asking for minor leagues for historical play without the fictional players.
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