OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - **When** To Promote Players From International Complex?

yankeefan1024 · 12-14-2020, 12:09 PM

I usually let the AI auto promote guys from the International Complex when it thinks they're ready, and I've had a number of 5* guys never amount to anything even in the lowest levels of my minors so I'm gonna try promoting them myself. My questions:

Is any age too early if the guy is ready? For example, I have a 17 year old pitcher with 5* potential, who's half a star now, with high work ethic, and his stuff/movement/control is 25/30/20, and has 3 pitches with current ratings of 45/30/20 ... Should I let this guy sit in the IC another year? Also in general do you have a rule for when the earliest you'd promote a guy is?
When you do promote him, what level should he go to? Automatically the lowest level minor league team, or is there a scenario where you might put him in like high rookie ball, or even short season A ball?
What's the fastest / youngest guy you've seen go from the IC through your system to the MLB?

I know there's a lot of questions here - thanks for the help!

12-14-2020, 12:09 PM	#1
yankeefan1024 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 106	When To Promote Players From International Complex? I usually let the AI auto promote guys from the International Complex when it thinks they're ready, and I've had a number of 5* guys never amount to anything even in the lowest levels of my minors so I'm gonna try promoting them myself. My questions: Is any age too early if the guy is ready? For example, I have a 17 year old pitcher with 5* potential, who's half a star now, with high work ethic, and his stuff/movement/control is 25/30/20, and has 3 pitches with current ratings of 45/30/20 ... Should I let this guy sit in the IC another year? Also in general do you have a rule for when the earliest you'd promote a guy is? When you do promote him, what level should he go to? Automatically the lowest level minor league team, or is there a scenario where you might put him in like high rookie ball, or even short season A ball? What's the fastest / youngest guy you've seen go from the IC through your system to the MLB? I know there's a lot of questions here - thanks for the help!