It seems many of my prospects (noticably 2B/CF prospects) never develop the glove necessary to play the position in the bigs. I always go after a Fielding Coach with high Glove and Patience and always max out my Health and Training budgets.

Anyone else have other tips that might help?

I used a lot of baby oil, then I would put a ball in my glove and tie a string around it and placed it under my mattress. Kind of sucked for sleeping but it worked.

Play them at positions in the minors that their gloves project them to be capable of playing some day.

A DevChat noted that this would increase defensive improvements.

Health wont matter in glove development.

What is your advanced scouting? Maybe the reason they are not reaching their projections is because your projections are off.

always 20

The bigger mystery is how you're winning 86-93 games with budgets in the 20s.

Since you're only in Season 6, saying players "never develop" is a bit premature. A lot of weird things are at play in a new world, relatively lousy fielding coaches among them. Give it some time. Good ML fielding coaches, supplemented by minor league bench coaches with good fielding ratings, appropriate levels and promotions, and maximum playing time will work. And don't believe the projections.

Maximize a players time in the minors. Glove ratings are one of the things that take the longest to improve, and if you rush a player it might stunt his development prematurely. Not everyone can afford to wait while a player spends 5-6 seasons in the minors, but for glove central players, that's what I try to do.

Don't play guys out of position. Make sure they get playing time. Get the best Major league fielding coach you can. Emphasize fielding skills on minor league bench coaches. Promote one level per year, don't rush guys through the minors and have them sit at AAA

After all that, not everyone reaches their projections

In the minors, I'll often put stud defensive 2B/CF prospects (> 90 in range and glove types) at SS. I find that they develop their defensive stats faster at that position even though I ahve no intention of playiong them at SS in the bigs.

yeah i thought the new world = bad coaches might have been a hinderance....I might try to spot some CF at SS as well...thanks

Quote: Originally Posted By plague on 10/27/2009I used a lot of baby oil, then I would put a ball in my glove and tie a string around it and placed it under my mattress. Kind of sucked for sleeping but it worked

I never used the string. I would oil the glove, put a ball in the pocket, and park my car on top of it for a couple of hours to set the fold/crease. Then, take the ball out of the pocket, and re-park the car on top to flatten the glove.

When a ball hits that glove anywhere, the glove automatically closes around it.

My high school baseball coach had us put a ball in the glove, tie it with string, and immerse it in a bucket of water overnight. It would take a few days to dry out, and you would need to oil it afterward, but it made a perfect pocket.

So,it is ok to play a CF at SS but other then that do not play them out of position?

Quote: Originally Posted By blasters79 on 10/31/2009So,it is ok to play a CF at SS but other then that do not play them out of position

it is ok to play people at SS in the minors to develop them faster, but not in the majors they will kill you defensivly