Improving Morale in Low Minors

jslmsca · 08-25-2019, 04:12 PM

I'm fifteen years into my current career and while I always have good morale at MLB, AAA, and AA, I have never been able to get even OK morale at A or R.

Those clubhouses are in disarray. If I look at the Team Chemistry screen, I have a Captain and couple leaders but nothing else yet everyone is complaining about "Slackers/Selfish Players" on the lower right screen even though none are listed as selfish or unmotivated. I scrolled through every player card to make sure and no one is unmotivated or disruptive or lazy.

I've installed a "controlling" manager but that didn't seem to help.

I do have young teams - R is 18-22 and A is 20-24 but that's kind of the point...

Maybe it's all related to the fact they suck year in and year out? They are chock full of rookies that are not very good so there's not much I can do about that. The good ones quickly get to AA and above.

Any ideas? I've sort of given up but I'm sure it's not good for development.

TomVeal · 08-26-2019, 10:15 AM

Players on low minors teams seem to suffer poor morale when the team is doing poorly. That's realistic in MLB and perhaps the upper minors, but one would think that a guy in Short-Season A cares mostly about his own performance and whether he has a shot at promotion, not about whether his team will make the playoffs.

08-25-2019, 04:12 PM	#1
jslmsca All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Calgary Posts: 557	Improving Morale in Low Minors I'm fifteen years into my current career and while I always have good morale at MLB, AAA, and AA, I have never been able to get even OK morale at A or R. Those clubhouses are in disarray. If I look at the Team Chemistry screen, I have a Captain and couple leaders but nothing else yet everyone is complaining about "Slackers/Selfish Players" on the lower right screen even though none are listed as selfish or unmotivated. I scrolled through every player card to make sure and no one is unmotivated or disruptive or lazy. I've installed a "controlling" manager but that didn't seem to help. I do have young teams - R is 18-22 and A is 20-24 but that's kind of the point... Maybe it's all related to the fact they suck year in and year out? They are chock full of rookies that are not very good so there's not much I can do about that. The good ones quickly get to AA and above. Any ideas? I've sort of given up but I'm sure it's not good for development.

08-26-2019, 10:15 AM	#2
TomVeal All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Spanaway, Washington Posts: 1,181	Players on low minors teams seem to suffer poor morale when the team is doing poorly. That's realistic in MLB and perhaps the upper minors, but one would think that a guy in Short-Season A cares mostly about his own performance and whether he has a shot at promotion, not about whether his team will make the playoffs.