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Originally Posted by RchW
There is nothing in-game now that prevents you from having a player learn a new position or improve an existing one. You can use ST stats to make roster decisions now. I do both.
Keep in mind that IRL, performance in ST rarely secures a position on the 25 man roster unless you are already there or close. Decision making in baseball is very much wrapped around player options, service time implications and the depth chart at a given position. Good teams with few holes offer little hope to a player with options no matter what they do in ST. OTOH a veteran on a MLB contract with no options or enough service time to refuse assignment is seen as an asset and not likely to be replaced unless a trade can be worked out during ST.
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While I have you here, Rch, and we're talking about this, it crossed my mind that at the end of almost every ST (and I'm looking back at about a dozen years or more league time) a lot of my best performers have been guys who, frankly, don't stand a chance on paper of making on to the active roster, while my regulars look like they mailed it in. Any similar experience? Ever give one of those left-it-all-on-the-field guys a chance?