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Originally Posted by Questdog
The morale thing could have to do with the geography concerned; players like to be closer to home by and large. Or if the team they were on was winning and the team they have been sent to is losing, that would affect morale.....
As far as the promotion advice, I challenge you to show some consistency in that behavior when we are not talking about teams at the same level. If it was consistent, otherwise, then your observation would have some merit, but since there seems to be little anyway, I don't think it means anything. And also, the AI rates players in relative terms according to the league they are in. If a shortstop from a league weak in shortstops is sent to a league laden with good shortstops, the AI will view him in a different light. So if he's the best shortstop in the Midwest League, he could be flagged for promotion. Then, if you send him to the California League, which, though still an A league, he only rates as the 5th or 6th best shortstop, he could be unflagged for promotion....this is speculation, however....
All I know for a fact is that the AI teams do NOT promote and demote with any regard for the difference between two teams at the same level and that teams at different levels are treated according to their label and NOT any PCM settings......
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I wasn't replying to you or reacting to your posts in my previous post. You have a good point about the morale situation, although in my case, a move from Savannah, Ga. to Port St. Lucie, Fla. would only bring a very small percentage of players closer to home.
As for the promotion thing, I wasn't making an argument one way or the other. I was simply posting my experience and my conclusion that if all teams at the same level are treated equally, then moving a player from one Class A team to another shouldn't satisfy the promotion suggestion from the AI.
However, if what you say about the AI rating players in terms of relativity is correct, then I'd argue that determining readiness for promotion should not be based on that logic. It shouldn't matter if a guy is the best or fifth-best shortstop in his current league. He's either ready to move up or he's not, regardless of how good or bad the rest of the players are at his position.