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Originally Posted by Bahnzo
At what point do you promote them out of the academy? I've various opinions, but being new I still don't know what I think is best. I don't play with a full minors, so I only have short A for the draft picks to go into, then A level. I generally promote to the Short A at age 18, but I'm finding they struggle.
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i'll tell you what i know about hot it works and you can make up your mind on it.
only TCR occurs in the complex... so you cannot play any odds on them getting better while there... it's a 100% random thing.
what i do:
i move them at 18. this is just as inefficient as moving them at 20, but it's what i do because it's easier and less time consuming.
if i were more sophisticated about it, i'd pay a bit more attention to ability. mostly in the case that they are severely underrated for even rookie league.. .this isn't going to happen often with "better" prospects, but it can.
so, if at ~18 (considered 18 in their stats for that season) they are able to be nearly average in rookei ball, i'd move them, otherwise cross-fingers for some contact bumps or whatever and move them when i see it occur or when forced at 20.
just like everything else, let ratings dictate... unfortunately even with normal accuracy, and a great scout, you won't see the guys in the complex very well. oh, and no stats to go by... LoL!
so, i'd base it on what you can see, and maybe timing of things... say you got a ss prospect that's 18, and a 28 year old ss in the bigs... in that situation i'd pop him over ASAP. (knowing it's a gamble he even develops, but multiple options will be applied to the same future problem at this point, ~4-5 years out)
i've seen younger with great ratings... if they are true, they will FLY through your mil system. ihad a 17 year old go from rookie to AAA in the course of 1 year. he hits 350-400 in rokies, i bump, hits 350-400 in A, i bump to AAA and he still hits like a champ. never be afraid of that... but never force it either. let facts and feedback that you have access to dictate teh best decision at that time. had he faltered after any bump, i'd let him simmer there, then if after acouple months still hitting sub 200, i'd demote. no harm there, if that happened.