What are Players on Reserve roster doing?

Boomcoach · 08-07-2019, 09:46 AM

I like playing promotion/relegation leagues, usually custom ones. I have always set them up with no minor leagues, using reserve rosters.

What are the players on reserve rosters presumed to be doing, when not playing? Is this affected by the Development budget?

My familiarity with pro/rel comes from soccer where players not on the current roster are loaned to lower leagues or play reserve squad games. I do not want to try and replicate that in OOTP, but was curious how the engine handled these players.

TomVeal · 08-07-2019, 11:00 AM

Players on the reserve roster develop, and I'm pretty sure that money put into development helps them along. What they're actually doing is a black box. Player loans and "friendly" games are beyond the scope of OOTP.

NoOne · 08-13-2019, 03:39 PM

They act stoicly.

in lieu of a mil system, it keeps players not on the active roster ready to play. so, they don't accrue rust and should develop as normal at MLB level.

results can have a very minor impact on development. nothing to be concerned about. they can equally have a minimal if not invisible negative impact when they play poorly... flip a coin.

they are practicing and keeping ready to be interchangeable with your active roster.

fwiw.... if someone rots on the reserve roster for years and doesn't play ever, he will rot away at some point, likely prematurely -- if anything like a league with an mil system. if i have a guy not doing much on bench for 2-3 years, it typically has a negative impact.

Cobby · 08-13-2019, 03:59 PM

From what I can tell, players on the reserve roster develop normally as far as basic ratings go, but they do not gain experience at any positions as they would if they were playing in the minors.

I always make a point of inviting promising young reserves to spring training so that they can get position experience.

Some players enter the draft with good fielding ratings and enough position experience to show decent ratings at one or more positions. Others have similarly good fielding ratings but not enough position experience - these are the ones that especially need to play in spring training.

Boomcoach · 08-14-2019, 11:00 AM

Thanks for the input. I was looking at trying to create a pro-rel system that also uses Minor Leagues of some sort, maybe AA and A ball, rather than reserve roster, but hadn't tried it out yet.

08-07-2019, 09:46 AM	#1
Boomcoach All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 811	What are Players on Reserve roster doing? I like playing promotion/relegation leagues, usually custom ones. I have always set them up with no minor leagues, using reserve rosters. What are the players on reserve rosters presumed to be doing, when not playing? Is this affected by the Development budget? My familiarity with pro/rel comes from soccer where players not on the current roster are loaned to lower leagues or play reserve squad games. I do not want to try and replicate that in OOTP, but was curious how the engine handled these players. __________________ Boomcoach Let's Go Crew

08-13-2019, 03:39 PM	#3
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,167	They act stoicly. in lieu of a mil system, it keeps players not on the active roster ready to play. so, they don't accrue rust and should develop as normal at MLB level. results can have a very minor impact on development. nothing to be concerned about. they can equally have a minimal if not invisible negative impact when they play poorly... flip a coin. they are practicing and keeping ready to be interchangeable with your active roster. fwiw.... if someone rots on the reserve roster for years and doesn't play ever, he will rot away at some point, likely prematurely -- if anything like a league with an mil system. if i have a guy not doing much on bench for 2-3 years, it typically has a negative impact. Last edited by NoOne; 08-13-2019 at 03:41 PM.

08-14-2019, 11:00 AM	#5
Boomcoach All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 811	Thanks for the input. I was looking at trying to create a pro-rel system that also uses Minor Leagues of some sort, maybe AA and A ball, rather than reserve roster, but hadn't tried it out yet. __________________ Boomcoach Let's Go Crew

08-07-2019, 11:00 AM	#2
TomVeal All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Spanaway, Washington Posts: 1,181	Players on the reserve roster develop, and I'm pretty sure that money put into development helps them along. What they're actually doing is a black box. Player loans and "friendly" games are beyond the scope of OOTP.

08-13-2019, 03:59 PM	#4
Cobby Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 252	From what I can tell, players on the reserve roster develop normally as far as basic ratings go, but they do not gain experience at any positions as they would if they were playing in the minors. I always make a point of inviting promising young reserves to spring training so that they can get position experience. Some players enter the draft with good fielding ratings and enough position experience to show decent ratings at one or more positions. Others have similarly good fielding ratings but not enough position experience - these are the ones that especially need to play in spring training.