Managing Levels

[kikker]

Hello All,

I am interested in getting some input about moving players up and down through the minors (and into the majors).

Although I don't want to manage line-ups and pitchers in my minor leagues, I like to control moving players up and down. I started the year off doing some analysis based on players' ratings, where I thought they should be, etc.

As the year progressed, if a player was performing well statistically, I moved them up (as well as the reverse). I didn't do this according to ratings, I just looked at how they were performing at each level.

So, the end of the year is looming. How shall I handle preparing for next year? Reset everything and go through the same process? Or shall I leave players where they are and just keep and eye on certain prospects ratings to see if I should 'test' them higher?

What do you guys do?

[Neags23]

For a while, I based promotion/demotion based on VORP. That compares a player to the rest of his league. I figured if a player had a high VORP, he was better than a below average player in his league and deserved a call up.


However, there was a thread going around about minor league stats not being a very good indicator of player performance in the majors. Since, I've reverted to using ratings.

Don't know if I can say which produced better results. It's kind of a YMMV thing.

[1998 Yankees]

Originally Posted by kikker

As the year progressed, if a player was performing well statistically, I moved them up (as well as the reverse). I didn't do this according to ratings, I just looked at how they were performing at each level.

So, the end of the year is looming. How shall I handle preparing for next year? Reset everything and go through the same process? Or shall I leave players where they are and just keep and eye on certain prospects ratings to see if I should 'test' them higher?

The former, I think. While I pay attention to the Development Report and player ratings, actual results carry the most weight with me. Sort of the opposite of Neags23, I suppose. But, I am skeptical of somebody blowing away his league for the entire season staying at that level because his ratings say so or there's no recommendation on the report for him. I am also mindful of what happens when you leave a good player unchallenged in a level that he has already outgrown. Better to move him up and see how he does, IMO. He may flourish or flounder but at least you are giving him the chance, and you can always move him up or down again accordingly.