Well, Baseball America updated...

[Delandis]

We tend to excel at recognizing when hitters are ready for the bigs.


Pitchers......not so much.

[liquidcrash]

It always seems to me that the recommendations in the Minor League System report are either a little conservative or not updated frequently enough. It almost never tells me that any of my players are ready to be moved up, even if their ratings indicate they are and they are dominating their competition.

I don't really have a rule for when I promote players. I just look at their ratings and their stats and make a judgment call.

Does anyone go by the player's expectations? I've got a couple guys in AAA that expect to be "playing in the majors." One of them is actually unhappy because he's not. I think there's probably 3 hitters on my AAA team that will probably get a callup to the BLB in September and have a realistic shot at making my opening day lineup next season, so they won't have to wait too much longer.

[Carlos]

I will consider a player's expectations, but won't let it rule me.

If a guy is struggling in A ball and he expects to be in the Majors, my assumption is he is underperforming because he's unhappy where he is. I haven't actually studied it, but I most recently experienced that with Narita (AAA) and he's been improving since getting promoted to AAA despite struggling in AA. He's been demanding to play in the majors since he was drafted.

[liquidcrash]

I will consider a player's expectations, but won't let it rule me.

If a guy is struggling in A ball and he expects to be in the Majors, my assumption is he is underperforming because he's unhappy where he is. I haven't actually studied it, but I most recently experienced that with Narita (AAA) and he's been improving since getting promoted to AAA despite struggling in AA. He's been demanding to play in the majors since he was drafted.

I've seen the same before. I thought Ismael Reyes was underperforming at AA last season but I moved him up to AAA. So far, he's done pretty well there.

I've also had guys "not ready" for the level they're in do just fine. I don't think there's any right way to do it.

[liquidcrash]

Since this is the BA thread, I think Dimmick must have lost his prospect status since my system has been put back on top of the list. Here are the Carolina players in the top 100:

4. C Eron Deleon (A)
14. SP Ivan Martinez (AA)
19. 1B Ismael Reyes (AAA)
32. SP Val Aparicio (AA)
44. 2B Adrian Romero (AAA)
46. RF Al Hamilton (AA)
58. LF Doug Gill (A)
68. SP Reno Lopez (AA)
69. CF Pat Faulkner (A)
81. SP Jody Scoley (AAA)
83. CF Dana Phillips (AA)
97. CF Ivan Cervantes (AA)

I don't like how Aparicio has fallen on this list. He's been great in AA at age 19 (14-4, 2.17 ERA), but he's dropped consistently and my scout doesn't like him quite as much anymore.

My team is terrible, so I have to look for whatever bright spots I can find.

[Jistic]

You should probably trade one of those CF's to me.

[Sully]

Liquid, your team may be terrible, but it doesn't take much to climb back on top in that division. Shoot for .500 next season and you're division champs!

[Jistic]

3 of the top 8 farm systems, including the top 2. This division could be hell by the end of the 90's.

[Sully]

3 of the top 8 farm systems, including the top 2. This division could be hell by the end of the 90's.

For a couple seasons, then you'll be forced to trade it to Virginia or Washington.

[Clay]

Please... I'm locking my corp up through the 90's.... I'm set.

[Lintyfresh85]

Against my usual ways of doing promotions, I've decided to bump up Joe Lopez to AA.

In Single A he hit .392/.466/.531 in 426 AB's.

[Carlos]

Against my usual ways of doing promotions, I've decided to bump up Joe Lopez to AA.

In Single A he hit .392/.466/.531 in 426 AB's.

I think that's a good move for him. Now if only he could learn how to field.

[liquidcrash]

You should probably trade one of those CF's to me.

I'm always interested in a good trade, even in a division. All those guys can legitimately play a good defensive CF too. Faulkner is the most recent addition the top 100 from my team, since he's destroying A-level pitching.

Liquid, your team may be terrible, but it doesn't take much to climb back on top in that division. Shoot for .500 next season and you're division champs!

It's up for the grabs for sure. I really just wanted to point out that I had 12 Top 100 prospects, since a while back we couldn't decide if anyone had 10 before. So, make this the unofficial record. We need a lot of help on my team and hopefully that's on the way. With Reyes and Romero coming up very soon, it might be my peak unless Pepe Gonzalez sneaks back in.

It's encouraging to see Pat Gates at #14 on my top prospects list, hopefully I've got 13 guys better than him in my system.

Against my usual ways of doing promotions, I've decided to bump up Joe Lopez to AA.

In Single A he hit .392/.466/.531 in 426 AB's.

You think he's ready? My scout only has him at 6/6/4/4/4 currently. He's gonna be a good one.

[Jistic]

Against my usual ways of doing promotions, I've decided to bump up Joe Lopez to AA.

In Single A he hit .392/.466/.531 in 426 AB's.

Lopez is already good enough to star at AAA and contribute in the bigs. Don't even worry about it.

[Z]

Lopez is already good enough to star at AAA and contribute in the bigs. Don't even worry about it.

You think?