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Originally Posted by greenOak
If you look at prospects in real life, many (especially top prospects) see immediate success at the big league level which kind of implies theyre at least 50CV at the time of call up. Many stay in the minors longer than they need to because of service time manipulation, but in OOTP they get called up as soon as they could possibly survive at the MLB level. Also, it seems like potential is considered into minor league promotion which leads to things like a 21-year old 25/75 in A-ball getting called up before a 30/40 26-year old in AAA. IRL, this just doesnt happen.
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This, exactly this. IMO, potential should only be involved in lineups and rotations, or which players get preference for playing time. Current ability should 100% be the focus for promotions as for example, if a guy is hitting .175 in High-A, you're not going to promote him to AA or AAA just because you think he has the potential to be a great player.
And players aren't called up until you know they're going to make an immediate impact, which is what we see every year. There's no point in removing some 28 year old with 0 options left from the active roster in favor of a 20 year old with all 3 options left if they're probably going to provide the same level of production. That just leaves you with less years of control and even possibly hurting his development by throwing him into the fire and possibly hurting his confidence if he doesn't perform well.
Regardless, Im glad we have both an active community that provides constant feedback and a development team thats so accepting to the feedback and constantly looking for ways to make the game better
