Posted by meangreenzen on 3/13/2021 6:23:00 PM (view original):
Curious, why are we eliminating AAA? I’m open to it. But what is the logic behind eliminating it?
AAA have presented a number of problems for a while. First, new people on the site usually don't realize either that they have AAA and can use them, or that the AAA have been real historical players and not scrubs or fictional.
This has led to a number of advantages for veteran people here, taking advantage of newbies, trading AAA pitchers, who were always sub-par for AAA position players who were often very good, for example.
It also meant that the whole drafting process is distorted. Instead of really drafting a team of 25 players, you had to draft 8 position players and between 8 and 10 pitchers and maybe a pinch-hitter, or defensive sub, and filling the rest with $200,000 non-entities that you then had to get rid of on the WW to find a decent player with since the AAA were your real bench. If you didn't do this, you were at a competitive advantage, which also eliminated all kinds of strategic options - platooning, having a strong bench or bullpen. It made the whole process of team-building kind of artificial.
Then there was the fact that many never realized that the AAA were real players since they were not given their real names, nor how to identify who they were, which was a laborious process.
Really, the whole game is much better off without them. And it is a bit fairer playing field. Plus it will present new challenges to those who have been successful here for years, but have not had to go outside their comfort zone to win.