Player development damage

IBL Commish · 03-01-2008, 04:34 PM

This will seem like a simple question to answer, Yet i am looking to get as many (if any) various opinions on the subject as possible :

If you start a fictional league with only 2 Levels - Major League and AAA - as you draft players each year they are obviously going to have to go to one of the 2 squads

Some of the players drafted will not ever be major league caliber and may end up being career minor leaguers.. Some others (a much smaller number) will be ready for that jump

This would be the case no matter how many minor league affiliates you had R, A ,AA ,AAA etc..

But if this league is just based on two as stated above what would you expect the development issues to be in the long run (since it is the same setting for the entire league) I understand more steps may be better - But is less steps really worse ? Since it evens the playing field with the limited development cycle

Thanks in advance

1998 Yankees · 03-01-2008, 04:38 PM

I have a vague recollection of reading here that development is geared to the number of minor league levels, so that with only two levels you can expect a combination of quicker development and less of a penalty for players spending too much time at one level. This works all the way down to just having a reserve roster and no minor leagues. Let's see what others have to say.

IBL Commish · 03-01-2008, 04:43 PM

Thanks for the input.... I thought that was the case but yes by all means I am very much interested in what others have to say

dfredc · 03-01-2008, 06:05 PM

FWIW... I started a fictional league in 1871 with just two levels, MLB & AAA. Development seemed normal. In 1900 I added AA level and the AI managers moved @ 70% of the players from AAA to AA. It's 1910 now and all levels seem to be as they should to me.

Charley575 · 03-02-2008, 12:12 AM

I've wondered about this also. If you only have one minor league level, then you are going to have raw rookies competing against almost ready for prime time players. In this case, it seems logical to assume that the raw guys are going to be overmatched against the more seasoned minor leaguers. In turn, it seems logical to assume that this would hurt their development. I don't like to diddle with 5 levels of minors, but I'm afraid of only having one because of the above stated issue. In my current league, I created two levels of minors, AAA and AA, which I call "Senior Minor League" and "Junior Minor League" to try to blunt this effect. I also created a college feeder league, and set the feeder league PCMs to just below AA levels. It's too early to tell if it works because I'm still in the first season. If this thread is still "alive" after I've finished a few seasons, I'll report back.

hurn0003 · 03-02-2008, 02:21 AM

One issue you will almost certainly run into is that young players getting dominated by the more developed minor leaguers are going to become very unhappy with their performance. Now I am not sure how being unhappy affects development, but I do know that having 1/2 your minor league team mad at you, is not going to be easy to deal w/ as a manager since that stuff starts affecting the performance of the players around them.

03-01-2008, 04:34 PM	#1
IBL Commish Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 28	Player development damage This will seem like a simple question to answer, Yet i am looking to get as many (if any) various opinions on the subject as possible : If you start a fictional league with only 2 Levels - Major League and AAA - as you draft players each year they are obviously going to have to go to one of the 2 squads Some of the players drafted will not ever be major league caliber and may end up being career minor leaguers.. Some others (a much smaller number) will be ready for that jump This would be the case no matter how many minor league affiliates you had R, A ,AA ,AAA etc.. But if this league is just based on two as stated above what would you expect the development issues to be in the long run (since it is the same setting for the entire league) I understand more steps may be better - But is less steps really worse ? Since it evens the playing field with the limited development cycle Thanks in advance

03-02-2008, 12:12 AM	#5
Charley575 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 544	I've wondered about this also. If you only have one minor league level, then you are going to have raw rookies competing against almost ready for prime time players. In this case, it seems logical to assume that the raw guys are going to be overmatched against the more seasoned minor leaguers. In turn, it seems logical to assume that this would hurt their development. I don't like to diddle with 5 levels of minors, but I'm afraid of only having one because of the above stated issue. In my current league, I created two levels of minors, AAA and AA, which I call "Senior Minor League" and "Junior Minor League" to try to blunt this effect. I also created a college feeder league, and set the feeder league PCMs to just below AA levels. It's too early to tell if it works because I'm still in the first season. If this thread is still "alive" after I've finished a few seasons, I'll report back. __________________

03-01-2008, 04:38 PM	#2
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	I have a vague recollection of reading here that development is geared to the number of minor league levels, so that with only two levels you can expect a combination of quicker development and less of a penalty for players spending too much time at one level. This works all the way down to just having a reserve roster and no minor leagues. Let's see what others have to say.

03-01-2008, 04:43 PM	#3
IBL Commish Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 28	Thanks for the input.... I thought that was the case but yes by all means I am very much interested in what others have to say

03-01-2008, 06:05 PM	#4
dfredc Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 38	FWIW... I started a fictional league in 1871 with just two levels, MLB & AAA. Development seemed normal. In 1900 I added AA level and the AI managers moved @ 70% of the players from AAA to AA. It's 1910 now and all levels seem to be as they should to me.

03-02-2008, 02:21 AM	#6
hurn0003 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 67	One issue you will almost certainly run into is that young players getting dominated by the more developed minor leaguers are going to become very unhappy with their performance. Now I am not sure how being unhappy affects development, but I do know that having 1/2 your minor league team mad at you, is not going to be easy to deal w/ as a manager since that stuff starts affecting the performance of the players around them.