[Pelican]

I only use them as hints to look more closely at a player and weigh whether promotion would be a good thing. But I base that decision on merits, not the arrows. If there is still a significant gap between Potential and Current ratings, I would never jump a minor league level, no matter how well the player is performing. And I hesitate to promote during the season, unless I'm convinced I made the wrong call coming out of Spring Training. I suspect that the code is written such that "patience is a virtue" with young players. I have a young Lou Gehrig as the #1 prospect in 1922; but he is going up one level to AAA and not MLB, despite solid hitting (but little power yet) at AA. Maybe a late-season promotion, if he performs well and shows some slugging ability. I have experienced the dreaded pattern of a promotion too soon, lousy MLB stats, back to AAA, not performing as well there either, i.e. confidence shot. It happens IRL and in OOTP too.