Broken Bat - Help: Minors help

Forum >> Help >> Minors help

Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#46864	03/16/2017 2:55:46 pm
marinarul10 Joined: 02/24/2017 Posts: 10 Inactive	I would really appreciate if someone can look at my minors and help me to find some answers... I need to cut some of them to make place for draft and waivers and right now i see a bunch of good overall potential and so i cannot decide which one to keep or cut.... Also, if you have any tips for training the minors....should i play them on a particular position?...should i promote my top minors and play them in the majors? Thanks for any help and tips guys!

#46875	03/16/2017 5:32:49 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	In situations like yours where there are a lot of choices, I look at my plan as to who is going to play where. If you have two players at the same level slotted to play the same position (excluding pitchers obviously) then that would be the first place to look. The second would be someone who doesn't have a true position (you have a couple of these), namely someone who is not strong with a bat, but has too low a range to be put up the middle for defense, and doesn't have a very good arm either for C or 3B. I see several very cuttable players, but don't know which to suggest first since I don't know what your plan for everyone is...

#46880	03/16/2017 6:05:35 pm
Crazy Li Joined: 01/25/2015 Posts: 879 Inactive	For your other questions... I don't ever advise promoting players earlier than the system tells you. For positions, absolutely train them where you intend for them to play ASAP. Never leave it blank and never just slot it to what they're listed as unless that's your long-term plans. You can gain some valuable position knowledge in the minors, so take full advantage of this. Got a guy listed as a SS with no arm, but still good fielding report and range? Slot him to 2B and hope he can learn that position before he hits the majors. This will make growing into that role less ugly. If you notice a guy gets capital letters in the position you plan for him to be, I would try and see if there are any other things it would be useful for him to know. While extra training in a capped position isn't a waste since fresh cap isn't maxing out... you still could make a more versatile player by spreading him out a bit, For example, let's say you have a solid SS prospect that has just gotten capital SS. His arm is very strong. Why not train him for 3B now? This also helps if you have a position clash with another SS. One can slide right into the 3B role. Maybe your 3B trainee can start learning C. That sorta thing.

#46885	03/16/2017 10:42:22 pm
jreynoldson913 Joined: 08/18/2015 Posts: 293 Inactive	Wait Li Let's say I have someone who I drafted and has a lowercase and I want him to play that position. I can't just leave it blank or he wont play that position and not get training there? Also. If I have a guy in minors who has an uppercase. Should then start to train him at another position as like a secondary position

#46890	03/17/2017 12:55:33 am
Crazy Li Joined: 01/25/2015 Posts: 879 Inactive	If it's blank, I'm honestly not sure what the game does. He'll get positional training SOMEWHERE I'm sure... most of it probably being at the listed position... though it's possible the game might spread it out more since you're not telling it to concentrate on a specific position. I would set something to be on the safe side even if what you want IS the listed position. If you get capitals, training a secondary position doesn't hurt. It's ultimately your call though. If there are no viable positions for that player to play, don't bother... but if there are alternatives you feel he's a good fit for, might as well.

#46947	03/18/2017 8:53:52 am
marinarul10 Joined: 02/24/2017 Posts: 10 Inactive	Thanks guys, it really helps ! But now i was sorting my minors and checking their training and i see that none of them has raised the skill in range?!?! My question is, all the skills of a player are growing with training or some of them will never grow?

#46958	03/18/2017 6:57:20 pm
Mcdoogle Joined: 05/21/2015 Posts: 243 Inactive	Range and Arm don't grow like the other skills do since they're immediately scouted once you draft the player. eventually through scouting their numbers get "corrected" so your players may gain/lose 1-2 points in each of them. Updated Saturday, March 18 2017 @ 6:58:14 pm PDT

#46962	03/18/2017 9:36:25 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9607 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Also speed. Speed, Range, and Arm come fully developed.

#47042	03/20/2017 6:17:00 pm
marinarul10 Joined: 02/24/2017 Posts: 10 Inactive	Wow...thanks guys!...now it looks like i can easily cut all my minors....ok, almost all.....

#47053	03/20/2017 8:52:12 pm
jreynoldson913 Joined: 08/18/2015 Posts: 293 Inactive	Mar u got so lucky with ur team. I got the worst team in broken bat. I'm not kidding. We were last in the rankings

#47061	03/21/2017 4:09:29 am
marinarul10 Joined: 02/24/2017 Posts: 10 Inactive	well, it's just more challenging for you....

#47067	03/21/2017 8:31:49 am
Tiger504 Joined: 06/17/2014 Posts: 1314 Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers III.4	-Clay is a first baseman. -Murakami is a third baseman. -Esposito is a middle infielder. SS or 2B. -Daniels is a RF or C -Garcia is well positioned already as a 2B/LF. -Barrazza is a good OF. Maybe cross train as SS in case his fielding becomes serviceable but without a fielding report that's iffy. -Reinhardt is a RF/C -Gomez is a marginal 2B or a LF. I concentrated on your younger guys where you have more time to retrain for position. Since there is a significant amount of position training beyond Caps, I would advocate for continuing to train a player at his position if he is properly positioned. Yes, I would select the position to train at even if it is his current position. No one is certain what happens if you do not select a position and it only takes a second to do. I like to train multiple positions where it makes sense but further position training at a position already with caps is not wasted. As an example, I was typically cross training my left handers between 1B and OF but there are some of them that just don't make sense as 1B. My current rookie CF was one of those. I trained Campos as a 1B for awhile but then realized I was wasting valuable training time. Even though he was a Caps OF, he should have more training to do that I can't see and I was going to counting on him to play a crucial defensive position. Brett Ma was another guy I wasted time cross training at 1B. Ma is clearly a RF in my organization and if anything I should have cross trained him as a C, even though C seems to take the most time to learn. Updated Tuesday, March 21 2017 @ 8:39:40 am PDT

#47114	03/22/2017 4:30:18 am
marinarul10 Joined: 02/24/2017 Posts: 10 Inactive	Thanks, mate!...i think right now all my minors are trained at a useful position, the problem is that i don't see any of my minors being great prospects for the future....i think i really need same luck at the draft from now on....