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Phatferd · 02-02-2015, 08:07 PM

I was hoping to get a discussion going about how everyone handles their drafted players and how they determine where to send them?

For example, I just drafted:
1 - Brady Aiken (17 years old)
2 - Brandon Finnegan (21 years old)
3 - Auston Bousfield (21 years old)

The AI assigned Aiken to Rookie Arizona League as a reliever (I changed him to a SP). Finnegan was assigned to Rookie Arizona League as a SP.

They sent Bousfield to the Dominican Summer League, which I thought was weird.

It made me think if I should override some of these and manually assigned (I have the AI handle the minor leagues with the exceptions of forcing my top prospects to be locked at their respective level so I can control their promotions).

The way I see it is someone like Aiken should probably start at low A ball, even though he was a top 5 pick because he's so young and needs to develop in the low levels. However, someone like Finnegan could probably start in High A because he is coming out of college and is 21.

Thoughts?

02-02-2015, 08:07 PM	#1
Phatferd Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 22	Where do you assign your draft picks? I was hoping to get a discussion going about how everyone handles their drafted players and how they determine where to send them? For example, I just drafted: 1 - Brady Aiken (17 years old) 2 - Brandon Finnegan (21 years old) 3 - Auston Bousfield (21 years old) The AI assigned Aiken to Rookie Arizona League as a reliever (I changed him to a SP). Finnegan was assigned to Rookie Arizona League as a SP. They sent Bousfield to the Dominican Summer League, which I thought was weird. It made me think if I should override some of these and manually assigned (I have the AI handle the minor leagues with the exceptions of forcing my top prospects to be locked at their respective level so I can control their promotions). The way I see it is someone like Aiken should probably start at low A ball, even though he was a top 5 pick because he's so young and needs to develop in the low levels. However, someone like Finnegan could probably start in High A because he is coming out of college and is 21. Thoughts?