OK, so I think I have taken this as far as is useful for now. Two points are abundantly clear for me:
- My process for hitters needs a bit more work but is basically ready for the final few steps to be implemented.
- My process for pitchers needs to be totally rethought and reworked.
I'm going to go away now and draw up a new plan of attack. This exercise had the fundamental flaw of introducing a bunch of high-quality players en masse into a structure that really couldn't handle them all. So it has given we plenty of food for thought but wasn't really of much use because players by and large - both NeL and MLB - weren't getting the sort of usage they would have in a setup tailored to handle this influx and were having their stats impacted by there not being enough counting stats to go around.
So I am going to come at it from a slightly different angle that should alleviate this issue and allow me to progress my own work at the same time; namely by tackling each candidate individually.
I am henceforth going to continue this project on v25, and will start a new thread on the appropriate board in due course.
The way the game handles these players within the historical minors framework is far worse than I had previously realised. Sadly, there's nothing I can do about that other than point out the errors as I have done here and elsewhere and trust we will eventually see things where we all know they can and should be.
All the same, I am going to continue with my own work in the hope that it will be of some utilitarian value at some point, either in a direct or indirect way. Worst case, I get a lot of satisfaction from advancing my own work in this regard and have a lot of fun in the process.
To tie a bow on this bad boy, here is the 1923 Control recap.
Hopefully see you across in the new thread, which I have changed the link in my sig to.
G