I generally set my auto rest at 90 but I don't use auto rest because I'm on line all the time and prefer a hands on approach. As far as hitters go, how far down do you let your players go without seeing negative results. It seems (and it may just be me) that some of my hitters perform better a little tired. Fielding errors seem to be the 1st indicator when a player is getting "tired". Any observations from you guys?

97% seems to be the "injury" line that I don't like to cross. 

That seems low in real life comparison. But I know this isn't real life. I usually don't start getting concerned until around 93-92. Gets hard to bring 'em back up once a player is that low though.

If a guy is at 96% and goes 0-4, or boots a ball or two in a game, or suffers an injury, it seems a bit silly to think "OMG, he's fatigued and should be benched, I should have sat him!".

That said, I will inactivate a prospect when he falls to 96%, and keep him inactive until he gets back to 100%.

Better safe than sorry.

I almost never play a guy below 100%, or don't do so intentionally unless it is the end of the MLB season and I'm in a race.

I try to rest guys enough to keep them at 100%.

Generally guys with Durability from 85-92, you can rest one out of every ten games and you'll be pretty fine.

Guys in the low 80's take 2 games rest out of every 10.

70's mean 3 games of rest.

I just rolled past the 130th game.  On the 130th I rested my SS (Dur. 83), the next game I rest my CF (87), then my 2B (87) and then my 3B (88).  My LF has a Dur of 81.  I sit him for two games after that.  I will repeat that beginning with the 140th game.  I have a RF who has 72 Dur.  He plays against RHP and I have OF with 74 Dur. that plays both 1B and OF.  My 1B sits against LHP.  I haven't had a guy go below 100% yet.  Usually around game 140-45 I'll have a guy dip below.

Sounds complicated...but isn't.  

My 97% is a general observation.   tec will confirm that I usually have the most players on the DL.    Almost always minor leaguers.  And almost always they were 97% or below when they were injured.  I don't play BL players below 100% unless I'm in a race but I only check minor league fatigue on the weekends so they have 21 days to gets fatigued.

Posted by MikeT23 on 10/24/2013 7:06:00 AM (view original):
My 97% is a general observation.   tec will confirm that I usually have the most players on the DL.    Almost always minor leaguers.  And almost always they were 97% or below when they were injured.  I don't play BL players below 100% unless I'm in a race but I only check minor league fatigue on the weekends so they have 21 days to gets fatigued.

That's a good idea, checking your minor leaguers on the weekend.  Would you mind checking mine as well next time?

Posted by MikeT23 on 10/24/2013 9:41:00 AM (view original):

Sure.  Send me your password.

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Just as a counterpoint to Mike and tec, I have started over the last 7 or so seasons to play my prospects to somewhat lower fatigue levels.  If a prospect gets to 98 or so (and I notice, I might not check for several days) he gets benched against LHP; at 94 he gets benched against RHP instead, and at 89 he gets fully benched.  At about game 120 everyone at 98 or higher gets played every day for the duration, which means I get a bunch of guys in the high 80s at the end of the season.

I have seen no increase in injuries due to this.  I expect they may play a little worse but I don't care about that at the minor league level.  So far the developmental value of the extra reps has outweighed the injury concern.  I have only about 15 seasons of doing this, so it's a small sample size.

At the major league level I rest my guys a fair bit all through the season, and they get rested at 99 unless it's "September" in a contested pennant race.

Do you put much weight on health ratings when drafting?

Almost not at all for position players; if the health is below 50 I may downgrade them a little.  I also probably pay less attention to stamina than I should in the draft.

Interesting.  As I'm usually picking after 25 or so, I pay no attention to health.  I hope those good players with low health drop to me.   I figured that why I feel I get more fatigue-related injuries but, if you don't care either, that's probably not it.

I don't run super-high medical budgets, either, 16 +/- 2 depending on payroll needs and whether my fielding coach re-ups.  I run 20 training but so do you.