Quote: Originally posted by jweiland on 3/10/2010Real life situation I am currently in. I just traded for a guy that's a potential future HOFer. Hitting splits are basically 90s across the board, glove eventually will be able to play possibly at 3B, he could pass right now as a RFer and definitely as LF and 1B.Problem is the guy that had him promoted him way too quick. He was drafted last year #2 overall, spent some time in rookie ball, some time in Low-A and then this year BOOM. 60 games at AAA (where he dominated) and just called him up to the majors. Ideally for his development I feel like he'd be best suited at AA or AAA right now, but he is 22 and his bat could be decent at the ML level right now. My focus is just to get him to those projected ratings and have a HOFer rather than a very good player.So upon getting him on my team do I demote and risk whatever penalty might ensue? Or do I roll with him at the ML level and hope he can develop there?

Quote: Originally Posted By schuyler101 on 3/10/2010

Quote: Originally posted by jweiland on 3/10/2010
Real life situation I am currently in. I just traded for a guy that's a potential future HOFer. Hitting splits are basically 90s across the board, glove eventually will be able to play possibly at 3B, he could pass right now as a RFer and definitely as LF and 1B.

Problem is the guy that had him promoted him way too quick. He was drafted last year #2 overall, spent some time in rookie ball, some time in Low-A and then this year BOOM. 60 games at AAA (where he dominated) and just called him up to the majors. Ideally for his development I feel like he'd be best suited at AA or AAA right now, but he is 22 and his bat could be decent at the ML level right now. My focus is just to get him to those projected ratings and have a HOFer rather than a very good player.

So upon getting him on my team do I demote and risk whatever penalty might ensue? Or do I roll with him at the ML level and hope he can develop there?

whats his makeup and patience ratings?

i'd demote him, although he'll develop just fine at the ML level since i'm assuming he won't be overwhelmed...

just know you'll be burning his cheap pre-arb years on him while he's not developed to his full potential..




Yes saving his pre-arb years is also a huge part of it for me. I'd rather burn those when he's at least 80s across the board, rather than 70s like he is now. I work on a fairly limited payroll, so those dollars are huge for me.

But my bigger concern is thwarting his development at that expense. If I had to choose between the two I'd go with his development every time.