Farm System Surprise

[MeetDaMets]

http://www.sportsmogul.com/baseballcd/help/BaseballStrategy.htm

"Your Farm System

The money you put into your farm system increases both the number and quality of recruited minor leaguers. Extra money in your farm system is usually a good investment. Even if your minor leaguers don't find their way onto your team, if you have promising talent you can always trade it away for seasoned players.

The number of new minor leaguers appearing each year at the AAA level is also affected by the number of players already being groomed at the AAA level. The more prospects using up resources at the AAA level, the fewer prospects that will be able move up from the lower minor leagues. A good rule of thumb is to keep no more than your best 12 minor league batters and 9 minor league pitchers within your system. Any more players than that can be traded or released."

:eek: some people need that many just to compensate for injuries ! :eek:

[HoustonGM]

Ohms could confirm it, but I'm pretty sure that that's incredibly outdated.

[MeetDaMets]

LOL - its the online help.

and yeah considering i have slots for 100 or so minor leaguers that seems incredibly low.

oh yes, this is the same help page that still lists a "farm system emphasis dialog"

roflmao

[HoustonGM]

Yeah, the help, both online and with the game, hasn't really been thoroughly updated in quite some time.

[MeetDaMets]

then,
i humbly request judicious use of the master delete button on some online help links.

[MeetDaMets]

wow that big red font is kinda hurting my eyes

[boomboom]

It is still true with BMO, not sure about BM2k8.

[CatKnight]

Then edit the post and change it!

Yes, I remember that line...from BM 05, when there was only one level of minors and player development worked a bit differently. Definite ignore.

[mparks1973]

really outdated since you draft amateur picks now that and i usually keep at least 1 at each position at each level of the minors by the way how many pitchers do you guys recommend for each level of minors?

[HoustonGM]

really outdated since you draft amateur picks now that and i usually keep at least 1 at each position at each level of the minors by the way how many pitchers do you guys recommend for each level of minors?
I don't think it matters. There's a maximum of 11 pitchers per level, but the amount at one level doesn't seem to effect playing time or development, like with two position players of the same position at the same level.

[mparks1973]

thanks for the quick response. sorry the dual sentence above.

[MeetDaMets]

Then edit the post and change it!



WHADDYA
MEAN ????
:D ;)

[Mike67]

Yeah that was for the older moguls where you could recruit minor leaguers, rather than have the amateur draft..

[MeetDaMets]

what of this ?

The number of new minor leaguers appearing each year at the AAA level is also affected by the number of players already being groomed at the AAA level. The more prospects using up resources at the AAA level, the fewer prospects that will be able move up from the lower minor leagues

imo
to some degree having fewer pitchers at the MiLB level is advantageous, as the number of pitchers that will improve pitch or learn new pitch is fairly constant.
so
less pitchers = more learned and improved pitches on per pitcher basis.