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#61971 | 12/11/2018 7:00:16 pm | Sep 30th, 2038 | |
hurstdm Joined: 01/18/2017 Posts: 576 Inactive | I still don't think I fully understand how minor league players are assigned playing time and get training. This is from the Manual: "Minor League Games: Minor leagues games are played between randomly selected teams of players from a particular minor league level. There will be games played for all four minor league levels (Rookie through Triple-A) during each minor league game date. Game results are incidental, but statistics are collected for each player and those can be a good indication to the player's development." Sebastian Gomez spent a full year in AAA, but only played 74 games and got 148 AB. In the "Minors" tab, I've listed him to train at catcher. Meanwhile, Jaime Garcia spent a full year at AAA (with 7 games for the big club thrown in there), and played in 140 games with 346 AB. He's listed as an outfielder. How did Gomez get only around 50% of his possible AAA playing time and experience? Is it because he's trying to train as a catcher? I don't remember him being injured. Does a lack of playing time hurt his development? Benito Alcantar also seems to be falling short of expected playing time for a guy that spent the full year in AAA. Is it because my AAA is fairly crowded? I think I remember reading opinions in the forum that a crowded minor league won't matter, because of what's stated in the manual: "Minor leagues games are played between randomly selected teams of players from a particular minor league level." Does having overlapping or crowded players at any particular level matter? Thanks in advance for any insight! |
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#61973 | 12/11/2018 9:40:53 pm | Sep 30th, 2038 | |
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9571 Haverhill Halflings III.1 | Lack of playing time should not effect development. Some times guys get picked a lot, sometimes guys end up on the bench. Worries about that. Crowding doesn't effect development. |
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#61981 | 12/12/2018 5:39:29 pm | Oct 4th, 2038 | |
jakala2018 Joined: 10/01/2018 Posts: 20 Inactive | +1 Nice info ! |