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Originally Posted by rylinus
5. As others have noted, I would like to options for focus in spring training, such as learning a new pitch for pitchers or working on a new position for fielders. The intelligence or work ethic of the player could contribute to their success/failure. And perhaps focusing on one thing could take away from general development
6. On a similar note, it would be nice to be able to send younger players to the winter leagues to brush up on raw skills sets as well.
7. It would be very useful in Spring Training to be able to have more than a 6-man rotation so you can have more players compete for spots in the rotation.
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Regarding point 5, you can already have fielders work on a new position by giving them starts at this position in spring training. Rate of progress is greater in spring traning than in season. Pitchers addind new pitches is totally random though and I don't think spring training helps in any way.
Regarding point 6, you can already do that by adding a new tournament/league in the off season and sending players there so they play more. No idea if it helps/stunts their dev.
Regarding point 7, you can already do that in a quick and dirty way by severly limiting the pitch count/batters faced of guys in the 6-man rotation for the first few weeks. The game will then go to the long relievers and they'll pitch more than if you had your starters pitch the standard spring tranining of 2-4 innings per start. I'm not so sure this is a great idea though since the only time I've done that, all my starters struggled for 1-2 starts at the beginning of the year, as if they were pitching cold from the off season/injury. Maybe completly anecdotal though.