Manually Release Minor Leaguers

[Benz87]

Do you guys ever do this? I never manually release players under minor league contract or from the international complex, and normally just use the tool that allows you to extend all minor league free agents with one click under "Upcoming FA." This has caused quite the build up of players in my minor league system with 177 players on my AZL-R team.

Do you guys ever go through any manually release older players that you know will never develop into major league talent?

Would there be a benefit of doing this? Are all these low-potential players making a dent in my player expenses?

[CMH]

They aren't making a dent but if they are stealing at bats or innings then they are stunting the growth of your prized minor leaguers.

And minor leaguers need to play to improve.

[Benz87]

I ended up releasing all my minor leaguers who were 25 or older with half star overall and potential, so about half my organization. I posted over on the OOTP forum and quite a few chimed in recommending to do this due to development reasons as you stated.

[usf]

Quote: Originally Posted by Benz87

Do you guys ever do this? I never manually release players under minor league contract or from the international complex, and normally just use the tool that allows you to extend all minor league free agents with one click under "Upcoming FA." This has caused quite the build up of players in my minor league system with 177 players on my AZL-R team. Do you guys ever go through any manually release older players that you know will never develop into major league talent? Would there be a benefit of doing this? Are all these low-potential players making a dent in my player expenses?

Winning is important in the game for moral so there is a fine line between "stealing" at bats and having a totally ****ty team. I try to blend in some vets with rookies and try to win at all levels in my organization :-)