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Old 04-18-2012, 02:46 PM   #149
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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange View Post
My first question there would be this:

What does the real-world minor league transaction data indicate in terms of how often players are moved up and down between minor league levels?

Are minor league promotions and demotions too common in OOTP as compared to real life? Are they not common enough? Are they about right overall? The only way to answer that question is to compare OOTP to the real-life data.
I have tried to find some type of stat for this and have come up empty. Comparing the promotions/demotion in a real year and game year would be fascinating to see how closely or not they mirror each other. I looked at Baseball Prospectus and found nothing as well.
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