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Originally Posted by sabrtoothtiger
I changed APPY league and Pioneer league to be recognized as 'R+' for statistical purposes. One big issue that I see with the current engine is the fact that teams will have players that are far too old at this rookie levels. Usually if you are still in rookie levels at 23-24 you get cut.
It would be in nice addition if in future games they made a criteria that wasn't set just on players age for maximum at a level, but instead 'years pro'. That way you didn't have 30 year old guys taking away ABs from a 20 year old in A ball... for example
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this always has happened... use the newer Service Time Limits in Settings-Rules, i believe, or thereabouts. you'll have to set it for each minor league you wish to set in that way
don't get too gung ho aobut it.... think of worse case scenario you are willing to accept and use that amuont of time. probably 3-6 years for rookie depending on who you ask...
i use 4 for rookie and 5 or 6 for Short A. then i go to 7/9 for A/AA, respectively (*memory could be off on anything above rookie, lol). The further you go up, the less the need to use roster limits, imo... never use them in AAA due to mlb depth and rehabs. even AA might be better without one, i am still testing this as it's a new feature this year.
avoid age limits now that this setting is available... unless in your league newly created palyers are a very specific age as opposed to 17-23ish.
why 4 for rookie? i want the 18 year olds to have at least 4 years to get to short A (maybe even 5)... if they take 4 years to do that, i don't want to give a huge leash after that - treat half levels that you use, like rookie to short-A, a bit differently since it's a baby-step. the first tier i want to be forgiving, but as the "worst-case" example player moves along i want to give a shorter leash... that's why it's roughly +2 years each at A/AA. if they don't start upward movemnt of ratings by then, the odds are only going to get worse that they even develop whatsoever. use your perception of wort-case scenario and work your way up the chain.
Another thread brought this to mind... if you are seeing anythign strange in the first 5-10 years (longer if MLB related) of a Real players game transitioning to fictional players -- ignore it for a few more years to make sure it's a real thing. the minors are really different beasts between 2016 real players and fictional ones... they've definitely done some things to smooth the transition out this year, but they are band-aid type fixes and not a solution to the problem.