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Originally Posted by Fenway
I didn't realize that. I just re-read the manual section on player morale. It looks like it's a function of player performance, transactions, and whether the player is happy with his role. So what can I do to keep that minor-league player (or any player, really) happy, apart from granting him his desired role and not jerking his contract around?
Along the same lines: I just had a 19-year-old in Single A retire abruptly, without any explanation. (And on the next day, Ryan Dempster retired at the end of the 2013 Red Sox season, again with no explanation.) Do players usually retire this way -- without a word of explanation? Should I have done more to make them happy too?
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Check their histories for news stories, in case there was a storyline-type event that caused them to retire. I think there's a slim chance in any given year for any player to retire, so sometimes you have guys retiring early. That's just speculation on my part though.
So far as the minors go, I don't worry about upset players much. If a guy doesn't pan out because of it, I justify it as "he didn't have the work ethic/makeup". But that's just me.