Any positive reason to play MLB level players in spring training?

ST helps keep older vets from declining as rapidly.
If they are young enough they may also develop a bit.

I get all my position players ten AB and my pitchers three appearances. Above that, the prospects play the majority of the time.

Even 3 Apps for starters? Out of the pen maybe

Posted by cubcub113 on 7/29/2018 2:49:00 PM (view original):
Even 3 Apps for starters? Out of the pen maybe

You can shorten their PC to 40

Thanks Vitamin!

Posted by Vitamin_C on 7/29/2018 3:03:00 PM (view original):

Posted by cubcub113 on 7/29/2018 2:49:00 PM (view original):
Even 3 Apps for starters? Out of the pen maybe

You can shorten their PC to 40

Exactly, none of my pitchers ever goes longer than 40.

I let my starters (6-man rotation) go 75-80 pitches and let them pitch once then rest. My position players about 20 if I can.. Any less than that my ml guys get way too much. I usually only have 21-22 pitchers and 21-22 hitters on my ST squad. At most.

For ST I always use 4 sets of tandems. Everyone else I set as Set-up A. Then when I go to 'Edit Player settings', if I click on Optimize, it automatically sets all my starter pitch counts at 40.

I honestly think that for guys whose development has flatlined and who haven't started to decline yet, there's no reason to play them. That said, I do the same basic stuff that everyone else here does.

I play vets who aren't going to improve maybe 3-4 games in the very beginning and get them around 10 ABs, then rest them for 14 days, which is better than playing them later in Spring because they get 14 consecutive days off, which I think helps later in the long season with their durability. I play top position player prospects every game but sub them out early so they get as many games played as possible without wearing them out. Top starting pitching prospects, I use tandem starters to get them as many starts as possible with full rest, limiting their pitch counts to 40 and setting the "pull" to 5. Relief prospects i put in set up or long relief and put their pitch count max at 5 and "pull" to 5. Not sure if this is 100% correct, just what I do.