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#64820	04/19/2019 8:59:59 am	Jun 25th, 2040	Ignore
hockeytrb99 Joined: 07/11/2015 Posts: 38 Sandusky Warriors VI.1	I realise that I have way to many position players in my minors and not enough pitchers especially for the age of my major league pitchers. What position players in my minors do you guys think I should cut to make room for more pitchers.
#64821	04/19/2019 9:07:28 am	Jun 25th, 2040	Ignore
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5199 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	I'd encourage you to make a table of the defensive positions, and place each of your minor leaguers into their best column. Then look for redundancy. Ie. 3 1B prospects. Once you know where you should be cutting, it will be easier to make the moves. In general I think you should: - prioritize hitting skill - prioritize players with good minor league stats - prioritize guys that are developing well; ie., gaining SI fast, good current skills, good age for placement My rule of thumb is to try to have 2 pitchers in each level of the minors. Not easy to do.
#64822	04/19/2019 10:00:17 am	Jun 25th, 2040	Ignore
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	One thing I'd add to Seca's answer is to sort them by their natural position (i.e has fielding and range, but no arm = 2B; has range and arm, but no fielding = OF; has fielding, range and arm = SS; has arm, but no fielding or range = C, etc) and not the position assigned by the game.
#64824	04/19/2019 10:49:08 am	Jun 25th, 2040	Ignore
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1269 Corvallis Ravens II.1	One other addition: I casually also keep track of handedness. It's a bit of a luxury to have a mix of players who hit L and R (i.e., it can be tough to draft/claim a mix of both), but I like my splits, and some righties simply can't hit RHP. So keep batting hand in mind as well (all righty or lefty bats could be problematic as you climb up the league ladder).
#64825	04/19/2019 12:46:55 pm	Jun 25th, 2040	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9595 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I've never been in a league where you could have too many Lefty hitters. Most teams have more RHP than LHP. There are a few teams specializing in LHPs, but they are still never a majority league wide. I definitely give extra points to lefty hitters and righty pitchers (or at least guys who don't show a strong split).
#64838	04/20/2019 6:27:36 am	Jun 27th, 2040	Ignore
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5199 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Just as a follow up, I updated my own table and found some overlap and a player I can cut. Think this is a good exercise for any team.
#64859	04/20/2019 7:54:31 pm	Jul 2nd, 2040	Ignore
hockeytrb99 Joined: 07/11/2015 Posts: 38 Sandusky Warriors VI.1	Thanks for the advice

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