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Originally Posted by Calvert98
Keeping in mind the FoW of scouting (your scouts may see something different)
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Like I said above, my scout for Atlanta and the Royals scout both "highly favor ability". My scout has a "outstanding" rating for "scout minors" while the Royals scout has an "excellent" rating. Their values for these guys and what they see shouldn't be far off.
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Viny, 22 is already in High A, moving two levels in one year. I’d expect he’d be in AA by next year if he continues to keep up that hitting pace.
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Already in A+... but he spent 3 years in Rookie league despite hitting well above .330 each year. IRL, Ronald Acuña was in AAA by year 3
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Oliver, got rocked, then posted a 3 area ERA, and now is getting rocked again.
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Fair enough... but even if he was killing it, like Vinny is, the AI still keeps them grounded for far too long. And pitchers notoriously struggle in single A and A+ in the game, especially right when they are called up... but I usually leave them there and let them settle in for a while and see their ERA's start to shrink as the year goes on. The AI, on the otherhand, panics after a month and sends them back down to Rookie. In his case, he's already spent 2 seasons in Rookie. And now, they have moved him back to Rookie after only a month in A+. I don't see how keeping him in Rookie is going to help his progression at 24 years old.
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Your question is interesting however. It does seem to me overall, in just looking at the guys you noted, that the AI moves here can be explained, with “IRL” logic.
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I'll give you another example: Gleyber Torres.
IRL, already on the main roster for the Yankees. But in the game, he spent the entirety of '18 in AAA. In '19, he spent the entirety of the year in AAA before being called up for Roster Expansion for the last month of the season. Then, he spent the first month of '20 in AAA again before finally being called up to the main roster for good.