[SandMan]

I play solo fictional leagues with no minors and I love using the reserve roster. Players develop just as they would have in the minors. I start with 20 players in reserve with the inaugural draft but my rookie class draft has 5 rounds so in time the reserve roster does grow. Since most players on the roster never get used in game I just use the roster to put players in when injuries occur or if the player develops well I will put a player onto the ML roster. Most of the players just sit in the reserve and don't get used, they will then retire.

The down side is that these players show up in the alphabetical listing of players in the history files. They will have 0 stats but show up. They don't show up on the career batting or career pitching history just in the player index. I had more players in the index that did not play than I have of players who did play in the Majors.