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03-26-2020, 07:35 PM | #1 |
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Rookie League Management Question
How do you manage near 100 players in your minor's Rookie league? Sure, you can discard a few 1/2 Star Potential players, especially if they're 20 or 21 and some will be ready for Rookie+ ball, but that still leaves ya with a ton of players. How do you manage to get 4 or 5 guys at each position some legit playing time? I don't care about winning games in the Rookie league nearly as much as I want to get my 21 yrs. old & younger guys experience so they can move on to Rookie+ without having a wasted Rookie season.
So, what do you guys do with your Rookie and/or Rookie+ players to get innings and swings in?
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03-26-2020, 09:07 PM | #2 |
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Everyone has their own system. Some just leave it up to the AI and worry about who shows up on their AAA team. Some do periodic reviews of all their players at lets say the beginning, right before ammy draft, halfway point and end of season and decide to move them up or not. For me I set the AI to handle minors and only focus on the high value prospects and disable AI promotion for them so it lets me manage a smaller pop and let the AI handle the ones that are just a guy. As far as playing time as long as you have it set for minor league managers to play players based on potential your studs will play but if there is a conflict of two or more studs at same position on same team I will move one or even change their position.
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03-27-2020, 03:49 AM | #3 |
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Promote or release. I only need about 30-35 players on each rookie team.
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03-27-2020, 08:21 AM | #4 |
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Oh wow...Do you remember how to set it so AI plays minor leaguers based on Potential? I didn't even know that was possible. I assumed they would try to always pick the best lineup possible but does that mean they're using best current ratings or best potential ratings?
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03-27-2020, 07:39 PM | #5 |
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Go to LEAGUE SETTINGS > RULES
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03-27-2020, 08:01 PM | #6 |
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I setup roster limits and service times based upon real milb.
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It's embarrassing to admit, but it's the truth...It took me halfway through my second season before I realized that I could click: MLB > Major League Baseball > (Select a league one of my farm clubs is in) and then click MLB again > League Settings > Rules where I could actually set a Roster size limit or age limit, etc. Would you happen to remember those numbers off the top of your head or do you remember where you got that information? The closer to reality I can make something, the better, in my opinion.
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https://www.milb.com/about/faqs-business#19 I never had a problem with any high draft picks being cut. However I also don't play longer then 10-15 years in a universe. Will draft picks not make the organization? Absolutely. Usually lower round guys who are fighting with scouting discoveries and other type players. Will the player/ai eventually have to make tough decisions? Yes. All those international guys if they are in the minor leagues there clock is running. Say you promote someone at 16 to minors. Unless they are a super star they might not develop in time to play in AA or AAA and they will too many years of service for A+ ball. So yeah those guys have to be cut. But I also recommend turning all the international and indy leagues on. These guys will find places to play. Maybe they develop overseas and make their way back to the MLB. Will someone that becomes an all star be cut at some point? Absolutely but this happens in real life. Even if you get a highschooler at 18 he might not develop by 22 and if he can't play A+ or AA then he has to get cut. He can still develop and maybe he goes with another team and becomes a super star at 26. To me that is baseball. Can't have room for everyone. But ever player is different so you have to find out what you like. You might even need a throw away season to learn what sort of settigns and setup stuff you like Last edited by jimmysthebestcop; 03-29-2020 at 05:37 AM. |
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One bit of confusion regarding the minor league information from https://www.milb.com/about/faqs-business#19 - Some of the middle minor leagues mention rosters of 25 Active, 35 Players under control. Okay. That's easy enough to understand. However, we don't have the ability to do that in ootp, right? So, do you set a player roster limit of 25 or 35 in ootp for those few leagues or do you set your own custom number? Also, the lowest leagues say 35 Active, but there is no mention of additional players under their control. In real life, do those types of leagues allow teams to have more than 35 but only 35 are Active and allowed to participate in games? Or is it a strict limit of 35 and that's it? I have almost 90 in my lowest tier right now and I have no intention of changing it very much for the time being, but I'm curious how OOTP Veterans, like you guys, setup the Roster limits of their lowest tier farm clubs. As always, thanks!
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I kind of split the difference. A- I do 35. For A and A+ I do 30.
Basically total roster size isn't more than 35 in real life except their is a thing called "for future service" that doesn't count certain players as being active. It's this weird baseball rule thing. |
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I didn't do a very good job at managing my minor leagues during the first 2.5 seasons. In fact, it was beyond terrible and I ruined several prospects in the process. But the worst part, in my mind, is I didn't pay attention to a player's age vs. his professional service time, so I had 26 & 27-year-old pitchers kicking buttocks...but, it was at the A or A+ level. LOL I've been doing my best to weed out those players, but sometimes it's easier said than done...especially since I totally screwed up my first-year players draft in season four and ended up without a single new player. Don't ask... LOL
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