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Originally Posted by CBeisbol
I go through every week, and re-do my minor league lineups to start players at different positions and ensure everybody is getting playing time. It's a bit tedious, but it seems to work.
Hrycaj gave some good advice about the pitchers. I don't use 6 man rotations, but, maybe I should. I limit starters' innings by giving them pitch counts and moving them in and out of the rotation. I also target starters and avoid relievers especially in the low minors.
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I do the same thing with my minor league teams. It is super tedious sometimes, but to me, it is well worth it.
One thing I need to get better at is sharing more innings among positional players who happen to have a really good/potentially great player playing at the same position as two average players in Rookie or Short-Season Class A leagues. Of course, I am most interested in developing the kid with a 3.5+ Star potential rating at 3B over the two other 2.0 & 2.5-Star POT third basemen, but I often
neglect the 2.0 & 2.5 Star guys. Two years later when Mr. 3.5+ Star 3B is long gone and already backing up 3B in Double-A those other two 3B are in Class A or Class A+ and they barely make the grade...most likely because I crippled their development early on.
I have that conversation with myself every single season. Then, when I am rotating my players every 7 days or so, I convince myself to keep the 3+ or 3.5+ Star kid in the lineup for one more rotation. "Oh, he's only batting .210... I gotta keep him playing so he doesn't cool down too much." or "I need to give him more innings. He was just dropped from 3.5 Stars to 3.0 Stars!" I come up with some wild rationalizations.
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Originally Posted by Bobbyraz49
Well....I'm in year 4 of my LAA team. I drafted a kid out of high school and he's been climbing the ladder. Fun to watch the progression. He MAY be my 1st. rookie of the year. I moved Trout to LF because I have Jo Adell in RF. During the exhibition season I kept moving Trout to LF. He started the season in left with a DEF rating of 30. He is now has a rating of 60 DEF in left. It's the first time that I have moved a star player to a different position. This sim is to good to be true. And these forums are the best around.
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Great job!! In my opinion, you are doing a very wise thing by playing Trout in LF. There are many people in this forum who would say the same. Don't be afraid to play him in LF during the regular season. Especially if you have a decent enough replacement to play CF. If you have an outfielder who can only play one of the OF positions, you are doing your club a big disservice, in my opinion. It's easier to build up a good LF rating than a good CF rating in my experience. I have two excellent outfielders on my squad. They're both natural CF. Bernie Williams and Barry Bonds. Both have ratings of 85 for LF and 70 for CF. I rotate them every now and then.
