Old Question Rookies in Majors

[Thor]

Everyone seems to have different opinions on this matter, I wanted to post something here because the last time these questions were talked about it was quite some time ago based on my forum searches.

When exactly do you know when its time to put rookies up in the majors?

If you have a guy that is 74(100) has been in the minors for a couple seasons now, I swear when i got the guy he was not (100) so is that the type of improvement im going to see in the minors rather than seeing the 74 go up? In the Old threads someone did a test in a fast league putting the exact same player in three different spots Minors, Majors, Bench. To see how fast they develop obviously the Minors developed faster and better than the majors in three seasons but not that far off, the guy on the bench did not develop very much.

Is farm spending still as important as it used to be in other words can farm spending be reasponsible for making average guys into very good players?

My thoughts were that a guy would "die" in the minors if left there too long, so when do you know what the optimal time is to put a guy up to the majors so that he will have success.

Some guys say that you just stick a player there in the majors and suffer for one year and they will get substantially better the next, why would you have to do that if you can just judge when they will be good or is there some sort of growing pains built into the system?

Any responses would be good on this.
Thank You

Thor
GM Dynasty Leage
Cincinnatti Reds

(Long Time Ago Beta Tester and Online Writer)

[boomboom]

these is what i have observed while playing in BMO.

lets say you have a player as you say....

lets say 74(92)

If you keep in the minors and you have good farm spending,

At the end of the year, he might turn out like this

74(100)

Now if you keep him in the minors....he will only stay in the 70's rating untill the player gets some more competition.

Take the same player, after one year in the minors

put him in the majors,

his ratings for after the next year is

will rise faster....now of course you have to watch the players stats more, then the players ratings, if the player is hitting the ball well(or pitching) then keep him in, if he is stinking up the joint...it is your choice to see if he will pan out, or if he will turn into rick Ankiel....

My suggestion...is that ratings dont matter at all, look at the statistics, and move the player up if he is at the level you think....

For Farm spending, it has totally been changed.(before farm spending would assure you the best players in the minors) now farm spending only effects the development of all the players. (getting great prospects depends on your position in standings)

if you are a team that likes free agents then developing players, I would put more money into scouting....if you are in developing mode, take money out of medical, and put into farm....Always have money in scouting.

[boomboom]

i havent tried putting a prospect on the bench....to see how he develops.