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Originally Posted by CH1MA3RA
Personally, I include consideration as to whether their ceiling is as a reserve player or a starter. In the OPs example, if I saw O'Hoppe as a backup then yeah he's ready for the Pros, but if I saw him as my future C starter, I would want him to have a full-time role in AAA over being a backup in the MLB, waiting for his shot. This is mostly so that I can see his defensive stats like CERA and give the TCR a chance to tick his skills up a notch without accelerating his arbitration clock.
There is a very reasonable case that can be made with using O'Hoppe as the backup C and slotting him in every 4th game roughly, so that he gets semi-regular playing time. Plus this would give him developmental access to the coaching staff that teaches Catching, but ultimately I use my scout to rate players and stats to evaluate them myself, so the more stats the better, and you get more stats by playing full-time.
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I'm not arguing or judging a person's preference. From a realistic standpoint I would have the player starting everyday in AAA myself. However, I'm asking from a purely game play mechanic. In the original scenario it shouldn't hinder the development of the player to be on the MLB bench correct? That is what I'm honing in on?