Rookie Leagues

marc420 · 06-04-2006, 03:38 PM

I decided to start as an unemployed manager, then took a job in the rookie leagues. This Helena in the Pioneer League... one of the short season leagues that starts play in mid -June. Here's a couple of things I've seen.

Roster size. My roster seems about right (We've got 25 pitchers and catchers). The big league team shifts players around, so I'm always readjusinting, but that's expected and comes with the territory. But, I noticed in an extra inning game that the other team seemed to be playing an awful lot of players without running short, so I went and looked at their roster. They are carrying a total of 55 batters and pitchers. Wow, I bet its hard to get a locker or shower time in that locker room.

Same was true for a team in the Arizona League that Milwaukee is also affiliated with. I noticed the big league team was shuttling players back and forth between my rookie league team and another in their organization. So I went and took a look at their team, mainly to see what some of the players I'd lost were doing over there. They've got over 60 players on that roster.

Don't know much about Rookie leagues, but this all seems kinda odd.

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We've started the season playing a lot of games against Missoula. There's a pitcher on their team that came out of the bullpen against us in the opening series. We then go play a couple of series against other teams, then are back against Missoula again. This time I notice he's starting against us. Or at least I thought he looked familiar, so I went and checked the game log for him. He'd been a reliever up till then, and this was his first start. He looked good both games against us, so I figured that was a good move by the computer AI, especially when he beat us as the starter! (for Missoula's first win in 12 no less). Nothing odd there, in fact it looked pretty smart. But now I'm playing game 3 of the same series three days later, and here he his coming at us back from the bullpen again.

The fact that he's pitching out of the bullpen 3 days after throwing 80 pitches in 6.2 innings isn't that bad. Game doesn't say he's tired or anything. But what seems a little odd is that the computer manager of a team that is now 1-13 decided to take the one starter who got him a win and put him back in the bullpen seems a little strange. And is using him in a game he's losing 4-0 in the eighth. Seems a waste of good talent. If he's the only pitcher I've got who's one a game, I'm hugging him and grooming him for his next start. And probably praying for rain every day until then.

One note, this is on July 2. On July 1, our big league team did one of its organizational shuffles and just sent a lot of players to us and took a bunch of others. I'm seeing some players in the Missoula lineup with 0 AB, so I'm guessing their organization did the same. So this might have something to do why this guy is back in the bullpen. But it still seems like a strange use of the only pitcher who's won a game for their team. But maybe explainable.

06-04-2006, 03:38 PM	#1
marc420 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Terrapin Station Posts: 112	Rookie Leagues I decided to start as an unemployed manager, then took a job in the rookie leagues. This Helena in the Pioneer League... one of the short season leagues that starts play in mid -June. Here's a couple of things I've seen. Roster size. My roster seems about right (We've got 25 pitchers and catchers). The big league team shifts players around, so I'm always readjusinting, but that's expected and comes with the territory. But, I noticed in an extra inning game that the other team seemed to be playing an awful lot of players without running short, so I went and looked at their roster. They are carrying a total of 55 batters and pitchers. Wow, I bet its hard to get a locker or shower time in that locker room. Same was true for a team in the Arizona League that Milwaukee is also affiliated with. I noticed the big league team was shuttling players back and forth between my rookie league team and another in their organization. So I went and took a look at their team, mainly to see what some of the players I'd lost were doing over there. They've got over 60 players on that roster. Don't know much about Rookie leagues, but this all seems kinda odd. -------------------------- We've started the season playing a lot of games against Missoula. There's a pitcher on their team that came out of the bullpen against us in the opening series. We then go play a couple of series against other teams, then are back against Missoula again. This time I notice he's starting against us. Or at least I thought he looked familiar, so I went and checked the game log for him. He'd been a reliever up till then, and this was his first start. He looked good both games against us, so I figured that was a good move by the computer AI, especially when he beat us as the starter! (for Missoula's first win in 12 no less). Nothing odd there, in fact it looked pretty smart. But now I'm playing game 3 of the same series three days later, and here he his coming at us back from the bullpen again. The fact that he's pitching out of the bullpen 3 days after throwing 80 pitches in 6.2 innings isn't that bad. Game doesn't say he's tired or anything. But what seems a little odd is that the computer manager of a team that is now 1-13 decided to take the one starter who got him a win and put him back in the bullpen seems a little strange. And is using him in a game he's losing 4-0 in the eighth. Seems a waste of good talent. If he's the only pitcher I've got who's one a game, I'm hugging him and grooming him for his next start. And probably praying for rain every day until then. One note, this is on July 2. On July 1, our big league team did one of its organizational shuffles and just sent a lot of players to us and took a bunch of others. I'm seeing some players in the Missoula lineup with 0 AB, so I'm guessing their organization did the same. So this might have something to do why this guy is back in the bullpen. But it still seems like a strange use of the only pitcher who's won a game for their team. But maybe explainable.