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According to the manual, the coach type does 2 things. The coach type can match up with the pitcher type, and that gives them a positive coaching relationship providing a bonus development. And the different coach types have a greater effect on improving the related attributes of all players, where finesse coaches tend to improve control, power improves stuff, and GB improves movement.
So what I do since I have 3 rookie level teams is that I have 1 of each coach type. At that level, I try to put the prospects into the team with the coach that matches their pitcher type. Then at higher levels, I try to have the 3 coach types occupy the positions in order, so A- maybe has finesse, A has power A+ has movement, and AA is back to finesse. Sometimes I take a neutral coach, especially at AAA or ML, since I may trade for older prospects and so wouldn't have been able to control their development, and so don't know what they need to still develop in the end.
So the idea is that rookie league players get maximum overall development to try to make them capable of moving up as quickly as possible. Then as players move up the ranks, I will speed up or slow down their rise to make them stay longer with matching coaches or coaches that teach what they are most underdeveloped in. For example, maybe they are good enough to move up, but I keep them down a bit longer because they need stuff to develop the most and are currently with a power pitching coach.
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