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Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#4528	09/07/2013 4:48:15 pm
Crunchtime Joined: 05/23/2013 Posts: 141 Inactive	http://brokenbat.org/player/64223 He's 24, going to have to go majors next year. He's listed as Rookie but had phenom potential. He's going to take quite some time to train up. Should he be in the majors now to get 'experience'? Should he stay in the minors to get 'skills'? Is he worth keeping at all?

#4530	09/07/2013 7:26:31 pm
msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 336 Bay City Lions IV.6	imo he is trash. 51 SI @ 24? and he's gonna be 25 soon, so then he'll have to get 50 SI pts by 4-5 seasons. 30 is where he is hard 'capped' and then at 32 skills will drop. I'm not saying it's impossible, but at the rate he's going he will HAVE to have 10-12 SI pts earned in training a season in order to become decent. and by that time it may be too late/he will deteriorate. Now, he can go to Long Reliever 2 and just stick there. But I don't know if he'll get Playing time to get exp. He will have to play a KEY position (Starter 1,2,3,4, or 5, Spot Starter, ___-Handeded Setup Man, Setup Man, or closer) To be able to earn exp. It's up to you if you want him to be losing you games or pray to God that he will jump 40-50 SI pts in 4 years time.

#4531	09/07/2013 7:43:43 pm
Sports00 Joined: 06/01/2013 Posts: 31 Inactive	I agree with msigg here because the player is worth nothing and he is in High A and that is a big jump. Updated Saturday, September 7 2013 @ 7:44:26 pm PDT

#4532	09/07/2013 8:55:58 pm
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	id probabley cut him myself, but i will say that when i first started i had a bunch of guys in the low 70s around 25, specifically http://brokenbat.org/player/50174 andhttp://brokenbat.org/player/45145 however i do have one case in http://brokenbat.org/player/53333 i signed mel as a 25 year old at 61 SI, he has platooned for both seasons ive had him, and has improved steadily, while actually making the leap from 61 to 86 last season and 86 - 100 this season . other than him i havent seen many guys jump more than 20 si a season. Updated Saturday, September 7 2013 @ 8:57:12 pm PDT Updated Saturday, September 7 2013 @ 8:57:32 pm PDT

#4539	09/08/2013 7:33:46 pm
Crunchtime Joined: 05/23/2013 Posts: 141 Inactive	Thanks guys, that's what I was looking for.

#4541	09/09/2013 4:55:51 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	also by comparison, i just called up http://brokenbat.org/player/70846

#4544	09/09/2013 10:51:12 am
Crunchtime Joined: 05/23/2013 Posts: 141 Inactive	Oh, also, FYI I don't think 30 is the hard cap for training. http://brokenbat.org/player/38631 has been getting skill ups all year and he's 31.

#4554	09/09/2013 12:42:31 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	I think he has potential, but you may have to suffer for a long time before he reaches it. Steve

#4565	09/10/2013 9:57:35 am
tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive	just for clarification, i have had some low si guys with high potential improve drastically over the course of 1 or two season, but i also took hom last place in the game for 2 seasons while my young guys developed, this season they are making great strides and i find myself sitting atop the division:D

#4573	09/10/2013 3:59:48 pm
Crunchtime Joined: 05/23/2013 Posts: 141 Inactive	Thanks again. I released him as I was looking to make space anyways for this weeks draft. I don't think I have the time to have someone that poor on the roster for a handful of years before he's even serviceable.