[HolyCow98]

Funny, I was thinking about that same thing...
In my experience someguys are good enough at a younger age and some need some seasoning. Besides looking at their current rating and age and talent I look at how well my managers in the minors develop hitting/pitching and compare that to how well my hitting/pitching coach are in their respective departments. It's great because of the failures and successes and the feeling you just don't know. In my current league I had young second baseman for my braves team who was an A defensively but was relatively low offensively .Avg I believe was rated a 3 with a talent of fair. He had like 3's and in 2b and 3b and 4's in BB's an K's. My scouts were telling me he wasn't going to get much better than what he already was. I had just had two season in a row where Quilvio Veras could not stay healthy (93 and 95 games) so I needed some depth. I decided to give him a try and worse case scenario he would contribute his A rating on defense at an important infield position and who knows maybe Veras would stay healthy. His first year he didn't hit much and was used as defensive sub and to spot Veras. During this season though his "talent" in avg raised from fair to avg. I looked at my hitting coach and he is rated at "very good" so I was like cool, he must have worked with the kid. During his second year his rating in avg went up to 4 and his talent in HRs went up to good. I just started a new season and which will be his 4th in the bigs and he is now rated in avg 6vsL 5vsR and has HR BB & SO ratings of 6 vs both righties and lefties. This is only his second year as a startes so it's to early on this season but his first years as a starter he hit .280 18 HR's 70RBI's 83 Runs 18 SB's led NL 2B's in total chances and Double plays and 3rd in fielding %. Maybe it was fluke but for a low low price I have my home grown talent and it was alot of fun