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Cadieux39 · 04-28-2017, 10:18 AM

Hi everyone, quick question.

Do feeder leagues, with more games, produce better prospects?

I run a fictional league, and I'm 17 seasons in. 20 teams... 2 minor leagues, over 60 feeder teams in H.S. and College.

Those feeder leagues play something like 50 games a year, where as i have my minor leagues set to play 100 and my major league plays 124 games.

So I'm wondering if one of my feeder leagues were to play 70 or 100 games, as opposed to 50. If that feeder league would produce better prospects. Do players evolve based on total playing time?

One of the issues I'm looking to solve in my game is the following. Every year there are many strong prospect fielders, and very few starting pitcher prospects.

For the 20 or so 4(star) or better quality fielders, there is 1-3 starting pitchers 4(star) or better.

For the 20 or so 3(star) fielder prospects, there is maybe 3-5 Starting pitchers...

In other words there is only about 4-7 quality pitchers 3(star) or better every year in the draft pool. When you look at trading, every team in my league has a weakness at pitching.

If anyone has any creative solutions to how i can boost the quality of the pitchers from my feeder league let me know.

I have also noticed that the number of pitchers who come out of the feeder leagues and are set as relievers greatly outweighs the number of Starters. Not sure why.

04-28-2017, 10:18 AM	#1
Cadieux39 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Canada Posts: 66	Do feeder leagues, with more games, produce better prospects? Hi everyone, quick question. Do feeder leagues, with more games, produce better prospects? I run a fictional league, and I'm 17 seasons in. 20 teams... 2 minor leagues, over 60 feeder teams in H.S. and College. Those feeder leagues play something like 50 games a year, where as i have my minor leagues set to play 100 and my major league plays 124 games. So I'm wondering if one of my feeder leagues were to play 70 or 100 games, as opposed to 50. If that feeder league would produce better prospects. Do players evolve based on total playing time? One of the issues I'm looking to solve in my game is the following. Every year there are many strong prospect fielders, and very few starting pitcher prospects. For the 20 or so 4(star) or better quality fielders, there is 1-3 starting pitchers 4(star) or better. For the 20 or so 3(star) fielder prospects, there is maybe 3-5 Starting pitchers... In other words there is only about 4-7 quality pitchers 3(star) or better every year in the draft pool. When you look at trading, every team in my league has a weakness at pitching. If anyone has any creative solutions to how i can boost the quality of the pitchers from my feeder league let me know. I have also noticed that the number of pitchers who come out of the feeder leagues and are set as relievers greatly outweighs the number of Starters. Not sure why.