11-16-2010, 04:49 PM
I am too, I'm hoping more people chime in. It's not the Dyce's of the world that this post is concerned about, it's the dozens upon dozens of guys that peaked at 22 that I'm concerned about. It's one thing if the guy just never develops - busts happen. My problem is when a guy is well on his way to developing and then suddenly, randomnly hits his potential long, long before it should.
I don't know how it would mess with our talent levels, it's hard to simulate our current status and test these things out, but I do know that adjusting that slider higher means that A) less 21 year olds go from 68/94 to 94/94 overnight b) Career paths are more normalized so you're not paying the first year of FA for a guy who is 23 and c) that you can better develop players because their development paths are more normalized. Right now we have 19 year olds coming out of the draft that spend a month in rookie ball, jump to AAA, and are ready for the bigs within a year of drafting. Does that happen? Sure, but not nearly as frequently in real life as our file does it.
I wouldn't want to change anything if it throws talent levels out of whack....but if it doesn't, it would be nice for player development to be more natural and progressive.
I don't know how it would mess with our talent levels, it's hard to simulate our current status and test these things out, but I do know that adjusting that slider higher means that A) less 21 year olds go from 68/94 to 94/94 overnight b) Career paths are more normalized so you're not paying the first year of FA for a guy who is 23 and c) that you can better develop players because their development paths are more normalized. Right now we have 19 year olds coming out of the draft that spend a month in rookie ball, jump to AAA, and are ready for the bigs within a year of drafting. Does that happen? Sure, but not nearly as frequently in real life as our file does it.
I wouldn't want to change anything if it throws talent levels out of whack....but if it doesn't, it would be nice for player development to be more natural and progressive.