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pseudofool · 12-16-2005, 07:43 PM

CubbyFan, I liked your rosters too, glad to hear your undertaking this project. Like Derek said, service time was a huge problem (players going to arb too early, becoming FAs too early, minor league free agents too early), also not all of the contracts were correct.

A great point of reference for minor league evaluation might be John Sickle's site http://www.minorleagueball.com/ He uses an easy grading (A, B-, C+, etc) system to evaluate minor leaguers that would transfer nicely to OOTP's star rating system. He has a book for easy reference, but he often gives out ratings on the top 20 each system on his site. It might be easier to use something like this than try to transfer scouting reports into ratings. Also, since Sickles is one person, the ratings should be pretty consistent.

Here's a link for his book: http://www.mastersball.com/sickels/ The grades are available through the search only (see below), maybe he's just giving reviews of prospects to sell his book.

12-16-2005, 07:43 PM	#16
pseudofool Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 232	Minor Leaguers CubbyFan, I liked your rosters too, glad to hear your undertaking this project. Like Derek said, service time was a huge problem (players going to arb too early, becoming FAs too early, minor league free agents too early), also not all of the contracts were correct. A great point of reference for minor league evaluation might be John Sickle's site http://www.minorleagueball.com/ He uses an easy grading (A, B-, C+, etc) system to evaluate minor leaguers that would transfer nicely to OOTP's star rating system. He has a book for easy reference, but he often gives out ratings on the top 20 each system on his site. It might be easier to use something like this than try to transfer scouting reports into ratings. Also, since Sickles is one person, the ratings should be pretty consistent. Here's a link for his book: http://www.mastersball.com/sickels/ The grades are available through the search only (see below), maybe he's just giving reviews of prospects to sell his book. Last edited by pseudofool; 12-16-2005 at 08:05 PM.