I have a player in my High A who projects to be a very good ML DH. Problem is his durability is 51. I'm 30ish games into my season and he is already at 94%. Best to keep him rested at say 95% or play him into the ground to get ABs? Thanks.

If you run him down, chances are more likely he will get hurt, so better to rest him for a few games here and there and keep him at 95% or higher. That way, you should get more ABs than if he got hurt and missed an extended period of time.

If he’s truly a promising ML bat, I would use him as a platoon DH and pinch hitter. You shouldn’t have to worry if he’s a RH bat but might need to periodic rest him if he’s platooning against righty arms.

Posted by mg050369 on 5/20/2023 10:53:00 AM (view original):
If he’s truly a promising ML bat, I would use him as a platoon DH and pinch hitter. You shouldn’t have to worry if he’s a RH bat but might need to periodic rest him if he’s platooning against righty arms.

Ditto. Platooning is the way to (mostly) set this and forget it. I have one of those backup catchers with only 20 Dur and he's hit only against LHP his entire career. I would estimate if you have a player with less than 70 Dur you can probably have him hit RHP only and almost never have to sub him out.

Game appearances are all that matter for getting experience. Doesn't matter how many ABs or pitches are thrown, as long as the enter the game they get the XP.

I set my minor league rest settings to sub after up/down by 1 run in the 7th inning. That way my studs come off the bench but get into almost every game while keeping their rest% at 100 and reducing the chance for injury. I don't use this for every guy, but if they have questionable health ratings they def ride the bench for the first 2/3rds of the game out of an abundance of caution.

Game appearances are all that matter for getting experience. Doesn't matter how many ABs or pitches are thrown, as long as the enter the game they get the XP.

Where is this stated?

Posted by bruceleefan on 5/22/2023 10:00:00 AM (view original):

Game appearances are all that matter for getting experience. Doesn't matter how many ABs or pitches are thrown, as long as the enter the game they get the XP.

Where is this stated?

I'd like to know this, too.

From the development chat back in 2016. as far as I know nothing has changed since then.

Friday, February 5, 2016 at 2:00 PM EST.

For development of young players, is the playing time factor based on IP/AB, Games played, or a combination of the two? (joshkvt - Hall of Famer - 2:02 PM)

Games played.

As I've said elsewhere: I've played 65 seasons. I've probably developed over 30 major league SPs. In the minors, for the most part, my SPs are in "conventional" real-life-style five-man rotations.

Are you telling me that for every one of those SP's, who average about 30 starts per season, I've left three or four development points on the table by having them pitch in 150-ish games rather than, say, 400?

Because that's absolutely counterintuitive to, um, life, baseball, basically everything except maximizing an algorithm. In which case it should be written in big red letters on the first page of the FAQ.

I had support say the same thing in a ticket many years ago, fwiw.

@damag

Sorry, I should have clarified that I was talking about position players. Pitchers are def different but I don't know the exact formula they use. A reasonable assumption would be 1/5 the game appearances to that of position players. (But I also tend to put SP studs at SuA and give them a 5 pitch count limit just to ensure they get into as many games as possible with the added benefit of reducing their chances to get injured since they're throwing way fewer pitches than they would in a SP role before reaching the bigs. I'm a zero med guy so this is especially important for me.)

@mwett

I've had a handful of low health stud position players that I subbed off the bench in 7th inning (or SP's that were set to SuA on a 5 pitch count limit) for their entire MiLB playing time and they all developed to their projections (or as close as they tend to) like normally developed prospects. I'm confident I could bump them up to 9th inning subs and still get full development as long as they subbed in every game of the season.

OK I feel better now.

Well the development chat question asked about ip or games played too before getting the answer: games played. It sounds like you go with the games played importance brian. I looked at one of your teams and didn't readily see a stud sp getting into 80 or so minor league games. I'd love to see examples and more discussion of this.

I run the SP prospects in SuA pitch count 5 system for my good prospects. My main reasons are that it avoids injury (0 medical) and I have noticed slightly more consistent development, but pretty much the same. I’d recommend to anyone (even 20 med) but if you have a lot of prospects you must pay attention to your pitchers health %.

Ok brian, I found one. What does Morrie Crawford of Louisville's progression look like? Looks like he's been in starter role this year and two years ago and sub a last year. Did the progression rates change across those years? Player Profile: Morrie Crawford - Hardball Dynasty Baseball | WhatIfSports