Tips for managing spring training games?

[Cynical]

So, I've played my first actual season, and am at next year's Spring Training. And, this has me a bit lost strategically. I get that I don't care about winning or losing now and I should be trying to get guys some playing time, but how much? Should I be focusing on guys who I think will be mainstays? How much should I be limiting my pitchers pitch-counts -- 50 pitches? 20? 70? Also, I don't know if I have the patience to manage games where I don't care about winning or losing, so how would I tell the AI "rotate players a lot, try to get everyone some experience"?

[CBeisbol]

There are a million tips

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=283198
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=288340
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=281418
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=276598

The manual is also a great resource
http://manuals.ootpdevelopments.com/..._stats_batting

Enjoy

The main thing is that players do need to play in spring

Originally Posted by OOTP Manual

Rust
Each player in OOTP has a certain amount of 'rust' after an offseason. For each at-bat or inning pitched during Spring Training, a player shakes off some of that rust. Therefore, it is important to make sure all your key players get at least some playing time during Spring Training, because rusty players won't perform well.

I am conservative when it comes to spring training.

I get my most important hitters at least 30 PA's
Relievers 5-8 innings
Starters I build up 1,2,3,4,5

That seems to be sufficient. I've never noticed that my players start the season off any worse than anyone else's. Maybe one could get away with less. I don't know

I build my position players up very gradually.
During the first week, my potential MLB hitters get 1 PA then they're out of the game, and then get a day off.
Second week they get 2 PA's then a day off
Third week 1 PA for 2 consecutive games, then a day off
Fourth week 2 PA for 2 consecutive games, then a day off
Fifth week 2 PA every day

As you can imagine, my minor league players get a lot of playing time. I'm constantly rotating players on and off the spring training roster.

By the time spring training is over, I know my team pretty well, and am ready to sim weeks at a time so I don't have to look at these players any more.

And, sometimes and some sims, I don't want to do that and just let the AI handle it. And that works fine too. The AI does substitute for starters, but gives them a lot more playing time than I do.