Something that could be cool... instead of ratings for all categories... change to the way that scouts rate amateur players. I would leave both actual and talent ratings but rate both of them this way.
You would have 5 ratings (hitting, fielding, pitching, speed, arm, etc.) or something along those lines (perhaps specify different ratings for pitchers and batters?) but fairly general talents and the scouts would rate each player on the 5 tools. (The five tool players you hear about score highly in each of their appropriate five tools) The scout would simply score from 0-8 on each scale. Then leave it up to the player to determine from text reports and performance whether or not a player is ready to contribute.
This would give objective ratings for both talent and actual (read: current) skills, but not spell out each skill for the player, the numbers would only be seen through your scouts eye (perhaps allowing more than one scout to be signed to compare their views of a prospective player, this could add all sorts of interesting things... like do you take a shot on a guy that one scout thinks will be a stud, where as the other guy isn't so sure, etc..) This would force the player to use more interpretation, but still allow them to have some objective measure of a players abilities.
Potential rating categories:
Hitters (Power, Contact, Speed, Fielding, Arm)
Pitchers (Velocity, Control, Movement, Arm or Endurance (to allow player to figure out if the pitcher should be a starter or reliever), Fielding)
Ratings are same for both current and potential tabs and would be the only ratings revealed to the player, and only through his scouts eyes (the scout view could be toggled from one scout to another or scouts average rating could be viewed)
Just my thoughts..
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