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Originally Posted by Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The one area of the game I am still really struggling with is how to identify talented guys, and how soon should I promote them through the various minor leagues.
The identification of talent is difficult and I seem to draft a significantly high proportion of busts, they have 5 star potential on draft day but mostly (and I'm talking about 70% of these guys) turn out to be complete total spuds' with 1 star ratings after a season or two. Often I will find my scouting director recommending some guy rated 1 star current & 1 star potential, when there is at the same position another guy my scout has already advised has a 4 or 5 star potential. I find this somewhat confusing.
The main way I end up securing good young talent coming through is not through my Major League Scout signing players, but via my Minor League teams independently signing young players.
I also then struggle with watching the guys on my team who appear to have huge potential languish in the bottom of the minor's for 3 years, putting up solid numbers in the short season league, but rarely getting a gig higher up.
Is the Computer AI very conservative about promoting players? Or is there a real danger of promoting a player before he is ready and thus stunting or actually harming his potential?
In the meantime whilst I have 4 potential 5 star young pitchers between 18-21 yrs of age kicking their heels in the lower depths of the minor's my scouting director has no problem trading a couple of good young kids for some 35 yr old 1 star rated, burned out veteran pitcher, who ends up haemorrhaging home runs.
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thats baseball for yr...not every 1st rd piuck is gonna even play above rookie league let alone make it to the major leagues and if they do even fewer ill be more then a bench player.
If your drafting players based on ratings/stars and the recommendation of your scout then so far you are not doing anything wrong from my POV.
In my experience the AI does a better then decent job of promoting players. Until my current season in my ABF league I let AI handle my 4 levels of minor leaguers.They would promote the best players to AAA after 2 yrs or so. While My minors are weak overall its mostly because i have won 8 of 9 WS having the best record all 8 seasons, so i was always drafting last, but i still have 9 players that will be bench players or good MR's in the near future.
I wouldn't let AI do trades...I would take control of that worse case you dont make any moves until the Ai offers you a deal.