Minor league Roster Management

[Dave Stieb II]

Originally Posted by WIUPIKE

This was the 2019 MILB Roster Information

Here are the roster limits by league:

Triple-A: International, Pacific Coast - 25 active.
Double-A: Eastern, Southern, Texas - 25 active.
Class A Advanced: California, Carolina, Florida State - 25 active; 35 under control; no more than two players and one player-coach on active list may have six or more years of prior Minor League service.
Class A: Midwest, South Atlantic - 25 active; 35 under control; no more than two players on active list may have five or more years of prior Minor League service.
Class A Short-Season: New York-Penn, Northwest - 35 active. No more than three players on the Active List may have four or more years of prior Minor League service.
Rookie: Appalachian, Pioneer leagues - 35 active. No more than three players on the Active List may have three or more years of prior Minor League service.
Rookie: Arizona, Gulf Coast leagues - 35 active. No player on the Active List may have three or more years of prior Minor League service.
Rookie: Venezuelan Summer, Dominican Summer - 35 active. No player on the Active List may have four or more years of prior Minor League Service. No Draft-eligible player from the U.S. or Canada (not including players from Puerto Rico) may participate in the DSL or VSL.

Baseball America Just Posted this today:
For Double-A and Triple-A, teams will be limited to 28 active players. For High-A and Low-A the limits are now 30 active players. The Athletic’s Lindsey Adler first reported that these were expected to be the limits.

Thanks for the confirmation.

[PSUColonel]

Originally Posted by Dave Stieb II

This is simply not true. There have never been service time limits at AAA or AA and to my knowledge there are none this year, either.
The service time limit (IRL) for A+ has always been 6 years. 5 for Low A. 4 for SSA. 3 for rookie league. 4 for DSL.
And if you set AAA to 'no more than six years' anyone with more service time than that will not be allowed by the AI to play at the AAA level. So a guy on the 40-man roster who has options won't be allowed to play in the minors anywhere if he has 6 or more years of service, if you set limits at AAA.

you are right...I stand corrected...they started with high A and went down from there

[Curve Ball Dave]

The bottom line is an individual player can do whatever he/she wants with their minor leagues. No one way is "right" or "wrong". I have one team per each MLB team in either Florida or Arizona. I also have two more rookie leagues with modifiers halfway between Rookie and SSA. Then I have SSA. Half the teams have one team in SSA, the other half have two. Then it's the usual progression from low A to AAA from there with roster, age, and service time limits (only roster size limits for AAA). This is what I like, it works for me.

[AirmenSmith]

Originally Posted by Red08

With the removal of short season leagues I was wondering how you are planning to structure your minor leagues? Will you go 25 for full season leagues? How many players do you plan to have in the complexes? How long will you keep a guy in the complex before forcing yourself to either throw him in A-Ball or release him? Etc

I remove almost all levels of minor league ball. I think there should only be A, AA, AAA so that's what I do in my leagues. Makes managing them a lot more bearable and also allows me to carry less dead weight in the organization.

[Dave Stieb II]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

you are right...I stand corrected...they started with high A and went down from there

I know this to be true because you were the one who first provided me the RL limits and how to apply them in OOTP - on these very forums - a few versions back.
So thank you.