In some cases your player development staff will identify players who can exceed their anticipated ratings.
When a player qualifies, you will see an alert on his player profile page.
To qualify, a player/prospect must:
If you see an alert on a player's profile page, it will explain:
The cost to upgrade a player is $5M, drawn immediately from your cash reserves.
To upgrade a player, select the rating you would like to target, and click the “Purchase Upgrade” button.
While a player is upgrading, it is important he does not play in the majors, be traded, or released. Any of those actions will cancel the upgrade.
You can monitor a player’s upgrade status in his player profile page.
Pitchers may upgrade: EN, CO, K, or a pitch rating
Position players may upgrade: CH, PH, SP, K, or EYE
The chance and amount of upgrade potential depends on a player's quality.