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Originally Posted by batsfan
So basically, in the game, I am seeing players get called up with 1-2 months minor league experience, often skipping multiple levels in the process.
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This was mentioned by a couple of our beta testers as well, and I think they're making sense.
Based on what I'm seeing, I'm kind of thinking any issue now is not so much with development, but with the AI being too willing and even eager to promote players who it does not yet 'have' to protect on the 40-man roster.
Real-life MLB teams are reluctant to burn options or 40-man spots before they actually 'have' to, and a guy becomes rule 5 eligible, unless a guy is just so good he forces his way onto the MLB roster early.
Whereas the AI seems to take that pretty lightly now for players who aren't likely to make enough of an impact to make the early promotion make sense.
If the AI would just leave those guys in AAA or AA a bit longer until it has to use a roster spot on them, I think even with the current development things would be close to perfect. That would get guys up to the higher levels of the minors quicker, which was a real problem in past years, but they wouldn't get to MLB 'too' quick.
So not promising when we will make any adjustments here, it will depend on when we might have a chance to look more deeply (things are super busy right now), but this is on our list of stuff to keep an eye on and work more on when possible.