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#60825	09/12/2018 10:09:41 pm	Aug 14th, 2037
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 290 Hood River Hawks IV.1	I have a 12 POT pitcher who is 21 yo and being recommended for Majors, but at 68 SI. He stopped getting more SI for quite some time. Does it indicate anything to have a player be recommended with lower SI than others? Does it suggest that he might not reach his POT?

#60826	09/12/2018 11:43:24 pm	Aug 14th, 2037
wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1002 Deadwood Perambulators II.1	I know this guy is a POT 11 but he was recommended to majors at 60 SI and I went with the recommended. He gained a lot of SI, and this season he became my closer if you can believe it, and is putting up a season for the ages.

#60827	09/13/2018 8:25:34 am	Aug 14th, 2037
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 290 Hood River Hawks IV.1	^^ He is a very nice 11 POT build. Nice job, but to address the question I presented above it seems like he might not reach his full POT.

#60828	09/13/2018 8:53:22 am	Aug 14th, 2037
wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1002 Deadwood Perambulators II.1	Not sure I agree. pOT11s can range from 88-95 SI. He's at 89, so I consider him having reached his expected potential range. nothing beyond 88, I consider to be gravy... Now, if we're talking about whether his ability to hit 95 was impacted by bringing him up when I did... I don't know. I think most people here would agree that there's some random as to how much SI a prospect will/can gain. Maybe there was an additional 1-3 SI that I could have eeked out of him at A, AA, or AAA that I missed. Or maybe a better manager would have eeked out another 1-2 SI. I don't know.

#60829	09/13/2018 9:12:15 am	Aug 14th, 2037
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 290 Hood River Hawks IV.1	ok, I hear ya. But I am all about the gravy man! I am curious that if the player is recommended somewhat on the early side it can help us project if they might be on the lower end of the 8 SI POT range (closer to 88 than 95 in the 11 POT example). Are there enough examples y'all to see if this might bear out? Updated Thursday, September 13 2018 @ 9:13:59 am PDT

#60830	09/13/2018 9:15:01 am	Aug 14th, 2037
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 290 Hood River Hawks IV.1	Updated Thursday, September 13 2018 @ 9:17:33 am PDT

#60831	09/13/2018 1:24:37 pm	Aug 14th, 2037
Bridger Joined: 08/04/2016 Posts: 264 Muncie Flyers III.4	Hayseed: I have not seen any evidence of a correlation between promotion speed and terminal SI. These seem to be two of the hidden traits determined at prospect generation.

#60905	09/20/2018 5:16:43 pm	Sep 12th, 2037
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 290 Hood River Hawks IV.1	I would love to hear your input. My team has over 10 game lead in division. A little premature, but soon I want to give young guys playing time. This season I have 4 pitchers at AAA (and their season already finished) with recommendations for Majors. Can I send down veterans to AAA to fill roster spots with these AAA guys? Does it effect the veterans? I have been making lots of $$ and have $71m war chest, so bumping their salary isn't much of a concern. One will reach the majors next season anyways. I also have another player only recently called up to AAA, but is a little behind (24yo and at 87 SI 12 POT). He doesn't have the recommendation for Majors yet, but will calling him up early freak out his development and stunt him? He already got called up last season by previous team for 18 games and so is $0.5m already and maybe already freaked out. Any advise?

#60906	09/20/2018 5:25:16 pm	Sep 12th, 2037
Hayseed Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 290 Hood River Hawks IV.1	I would love to hear your input. My team has over 10 game lead in division. A little premature, but soon I want to give young guys playing time. This season I have 4 pitchers at AAA (and their season already finished) with recommendations for Majors. Can I send down veterans to AAA to fill roster spots with these AAA guys? Does it effect the veterans? I have been making lots of $$ and have $71m war chest, so bumping their salary isn't much of a concern. One will reach the majors next season anyways. I also have another player only recently called up to AAA, but is a little behind (24yo and at 87 SI 12 POT). He doesn't have the recommendation for Majors yet, but will calling him up early freak out his development and stunt him? He already got called up last season by previous team for 18 games and so is $0.5m already and maybe already freaked out. Any advise?

#60907	09/20/2018 5:28:26 pm	Sep 12th, 2037
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9595 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I usually leave guys like that down just to try and maximize their AAA time. But might be ok if you plan to leave him AAA all next year anyhow.