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Originally Posted by Curve Ball Dave
I feel the same.
My hard and fast rule when it comes to the minors is there are no hard and fast rules. Every player is different, what is right for one player may not be right for another.
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Yes, this!
This is how I feel about pretty much every aspect of OOTP. And I agree that there is great stuff in here and I appreciate that Joe took the time to share this with us.
I have, however, certainly experienced times when I believe that demoting a minor league player who has been struggling and seems to have certain personality traits has been exactly the right thing to do and eventually contributed to them being an important player on my big league team. Now, of course, as Joe pointed out, it might have been that the mistake was promoting them to begin with. But essential point just being that in my experience thus far there seem to be many different paths to big league success.
Also, more generally, my own experience tells me that even those things most universally agreed upon here aren't necessarily always correct. For instance, when I first posted here looking for feedback about a very low movement, high stuff pitching prospect of mine (
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=295788) I was assured by OOTP veterans here that it was pretty much a certainty he would stink and I should trade him immediately. But now, nearing the end of his 5th season, Harry Lyerly has won a Pitcher of the Year award and become one of my most consistently good starters with a career 68-31 record and a 2.63 ERA. This in spite of now profiling as an extreme flyball pitcher playing his home games in a good hitters park. As you said, there are no hard and fast rules. And that's a big part of why I love this game!