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MrDov · 08-10-2016, 12:10 AM

I recently rebuilt my system, and by following the plan of best player available with every move I made, I ended up with an imbalanced prospect situation. At the ML level, two players who recently lost their rookie eligibility (one a previous top 100 prospect, the other finished 3rd in RoY voting) along with one other solid ML OFer. However the good bad issue I have is I have 4 top 100 OFers that are all ML ready, two of which were good enough to make the opening day lineup but I'm being a greedy GM and manipulating service time. And none of this is mentioning my most recent 2nd overall pick who's also an OF. He'll start in high-A but should be ready to move quick. One of the ML ready guys has the ratings to be a 2B, so that will help a bit, but he'll be lucky to even be an average defensive 2B.

So with my little backstory thing (and sorry if it comes off as a humblebrag), how would you guys handle it? Worth noting I'm probably a season away from trying to make the playoffs so not necessarily in a position yet to cash in prospects for current established MLers just yet. Went from 62-100 -> 72-90 and this season the projection has me at 81-81.

08-10-2016, 12:10 AM	#1
MrDov Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 281	How do you handle prospect blocking/oversaturation at a position? I recently rebuilt my system, and by following the plan of best player available with every move I made, I ended up with an imbalanced prospect situation. At the ML level, two players who recently lost their rookie eligibility (one a previous top 100 prospect, the other finished 3rd in RoY voting) along with one other solid ML OFer. However the good bad issue I have is I have 4 top 100 OFers that are all ML ready, two of which were good enough to make the opening day lineup but I'm being a greedy GM and manipulating service time. And none of this is mentioning my most recent 2nd overall pick who's also an OF. He'll start in high-A but should be ready to move quick. One of the ML ready guys has the ratings to be a 2B, so that will help a bit, but he'll be lucky to even be an average defensive 2B. So with my little backstory thing (and sorry if it comes off as a humblebrag), how would you guys handle it? Worth noting I'm probably a season away from trying to make the playoffs so not necessarily in a position yet to cash in prospects for current established MLers just yet. Went from 62-100 -> 72-90 and this season the projection has me at 81-81.