Service time?

[Chief Wahoo]

I have my number 1 3B prospect in AAA and he is ready to start in the majors but I have a decent third baseman already in the majors holding down the position. I would like to bring up the prospect but I would like to wait to make sure he doesn't use the first year of his service time this year, how the Cubs held back Kris Bryant when he was ready to come up. I believe the MLB rules says you have to wait until there are only 161 days left in the season and then you can bring the prospect up, as if the player has 162 days of service time it will count as 1 full year of service time. Is there something in OOTP that tells you when this date is without going through and counting the days left on the calendar? I've played OOTP for years but have never really done fictional always stayed with historic sims and never really worried about the financials. Any help would be appreciated.

[ohiodevil]

Originally Posted by Chief Wahoo

I have my number 1 3B prospect in AAA and he is ready to start in the majors but I have a decent third baseman already in the majors holding down the position. I would like to bring up the prospect but I would like to wait to make sure he doesn't use the first year of his service time this year, how the Cubs held back Kris Bryant when he was ready to come up. I believe the MLB rules says you have to wait until there are only 161 days left in the season and then you can bring the prospect up, as if the player has 162 days of service time it will count as 1 full year of service time. Is there something in OOTP that tells you when this date is without going through and counting the days left on the calendar? I've played OOTP for years but have never really done fictional always stayed with historic sims and never really worried about the financials. Any help would be appreciated.

The rule actually is:

"A player is deemed to have reached "one year" of Major League service upon accruing 172 days, whether in a single year or accumulated across multiple years. Though a typical regular season lasts 183 days, the most a player can accumulate in one year is 172 days. You don't have to get those 172 days all in one year to get to 1.000 years of service time, it can be across multiple."

Here is the link in the manual

https://manuals.ootpdevelopments.com...e=service_time

I know it shows you the players service time in his contract and status page of his player card, but I am not sure if it tells you how much longer he has til you have til he accrues a year of service time without you doing the math (I am not in front of the game otherwise I would look).

[DJ_Jak_32]

It does show how many days the player was on the major league roster, see my screenshot below

[ohiodevil]

Thanks DJ, I thought it was there but was not 100% sure.