Letting the CPU promote/demote: Does it ruin your prospects?

[thenewchuckd]

Just to say that I have the same issue with the AI demoting my locked players and I find it very annoying. I was hoping it would be fixed with the latest version of the game but no dice. I have three very good prospects right now and want them at A or AA but the AI keeps demoting them to rookie league.

I checked, they have the locked icon when I look at the transactions page. Same as the guy above I have the AI handling my signings/promotions and the signings and releases.

Actually even more annoying, with OOTP14, it would occasionally happen over the course of the season where the AI will demote these guys even when I am set to handle the signings/promotions. I hope this is fixed in 15 but I guess since very few people see this, then maybe not.

[Nunyer]

I tend to manage all my minor league stuff, not so much because I distrust the AI, but just because it has never been something that I ever found to be a drain. Heck, the AI probably would do a better job than I would... but where is the fun in that?

Very infrequently will I promote / demote prospects within a season. I give my minor league stats a look once a month and maybe make a handful of moves if warranted. I tend not to pour over every lineup and rotation... click on "ask bench coach/manager", tweak as needed and then move along. In my experience micromanagement just doesn't seem to make a lot of difference. There seem to be so many variables in whether a prospect makes it or not, any desire I had to truly micromanage started to seem pointless to me years ago. Some guys make it, some don't. Lots of reasons why... but having a guy spend half a season one level too high/low has never struck me as this huge contributing factor in their overall development.

So tl;dr... manage it yourself, no need to go crazy, make sure nobody is injured, common sense checks on your teams once a month to promote / demote.

[RchW]

Originally Posted by teddy wolvesevelt

Hey, thanks, but I've realized the lock doesn't really work.

Anytime I thin out my major-league roster with a few trades for more prospects, the AI will promote my locked prospect. I gave up on the locks after having to re-assign a dozen prospects every time the organization moved some players. :/

Have to say I've never seen this.

Edit:

I thought this was a new thread. Locked players don't move in my experience.

[Carlton]

I only have my online experience to show for it, but when I started micro managing my minors and making sure they were full, I had MUCH better development than letting the AI run things

I am the Padres in The Show league, and being a small,small market, the Major League season I largely ignored, and concentrated on the minors...it is a big difference

[RchW]

Out of curiosity I checked my World Series AI opponent playoff roster to see where its players came from. To my surprise it was:

10 home grown
7 free agents
8 trades

By contrast my team is

6 home grown
5 free agents
14 trades

I realize this is a one-off thing but it seems to me the AI has done a very nice job putting together this team.