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Brad K · 03-11-2021, 11:05 AM

Same here. I've never done historical minors. Never even thought about it.

I generally don't bring up players if their first year was limited ML time, But that's mostly because they aren't good enough to push a regular out of a job and they can't play enough positions well to be a good bench player. I'd rather have a 1.5 or 2.0 star veteran who can play 3 positions than a 2.0 or 2.5 rookies who can play 1 position.

As a side note, I recommend using historical rookies not a draft. In a draft a human can cherry pick players likely to be good just on name recognition. There's still an advantage on historical rookies because you can know who not to trade but the advantage is less. AI needs some help. I remain surprised the game doesn't have a help AI setting with various amounts of help.

03-11-2021, 11:05 AM	#8
Brad K Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,658 Infractions: 0/2 (3)	Same here. I've never done historical minors. Never even thought about it. I generally don't bring up players if their first year was limited ML time, But that's mostly because they aren't good enough to push a regular out of a job and they can't play enough positions well to be a good bench player. I'd rather have a 1.5 or 2.0 star veteran who can play 3 positions than a 2.0 or 2.5 rookies who can play 1 position. As a side note, I recommend using historical rookies not a draft. In a draft a human can cherry pick players likely to be good just on name recognition. There's still an advantage on historical rookies because you can know who not to trade but the advantage is less. AI needs some help. I remain surprised the game doesn't have a help AI setting with various amounts of help.