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I hear this, but I also remember discussions I heard while watching MLB games earlier this season about the variation from player to player and between position players and pitchers in terms of what it took to get ready for the regular season.
While I doubt that OOTP has as much variability built in (and maybe basically no variability, I don't know) since the idea is to give a gamer the feeling of running an actual baseball team, I think having clear cut answers to these sorts of questions actually is counter to that intention. For my money, that would be far too gamey.
The best way to learn is by doing, by playing the game, by monitoring the results, and adjusting accordingly. If someone is just giving you the answers, if you know exactly how the game is coded, where is the fun or challenge in that?
And let me please clarify that this isn't a criticism of the OP question. Always valid to ask for feedback from other OOTP'ers. I suppose mostly I am responding to Miamikb2001's first sentence: "I would love a definitive answer too." I read this sort of sentiment here all the time. And my reaction is, oh god, please no. So much of the charm of OOTP is that the answers aren't just given to you. You earn them by learning them. And you learn them by playing the game. And, as I often say, failing and trying again and failing better, etc.
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