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injury log · 04-29-2007, 10:41 PM

More realism in international scouting would be great- it's a brilliant feature, but doesn't match up with real baseball very well. I'd suggest an international signing period like in real baseball, a financial cost to signing international prospects, and a change to the ages and skill levels of hidden players (most international signs in MLB are 16-18 years old and very raw, and I think only four were major-league ready this year- Matsuzaka, Iwamura, Okajima and Igawa). I don't think other teams do any international scouting in the game at the moment, and they should, especially those in rebuild mode. Obviously, if these things were customizable, then even better.

And if I can bend the rules a bit, and make one other request:

I tried creating real prospects to add to a Lahman import, but it takes ages. Would be great if players could be created more quickly, with the computer filling in most of the numbers; if I'm making Dellin Betances, well I really have no idea what his exact movement potential is, and I don't think anyone else does either at this point! So, for a pitching prospect, I might input his name, age, current minor league level or ability, his overall potential out of 5 stars, a 'makeup' rating out of 5, and the type of player he is projected to be- strikeout pitcher, finesse pitcher, etc; the computer then could randomly assign appropriate current and potential ratings. After all, I don't even want to know his exact potential- I'm going to be playing with him, and where's the fun if I know everyone's exact ratings in advance?

Brilliant game, thanks to all who worked on it!

04-29-2007, 10:41 PM	#222
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	More realism in international scouting would be great- it's a brilliant feature, but doesn't match up with real baseball very well. I'd suggest an international signing period like in real baseball, a financial cost to signing international prospects, and a change to the ages and skill levels of hidden players (most international signs in MLB are 16-18 years old and very raw, and I think only four were major-league ready this year- Matsuzaka, Iwamura, Okajima and Igawa). I don't think other teams do any international scouting in the game at the moment, and they should, especially those in rebuild mode. Obviously, if these things were customizable, then even better. And if I can bend the rules a bit, and make one other request: I tried creating real prospects to add to a Lahman import, but it takes ages. Would be great if players could be created more quickly, with the computer filling in most of the numbers; if I'm making Dellin Betances, well I really have no idea what his exact movement potential is, and I don't think anyone else does either at this point! So, for a pitching prospect, I might input his name, age, current minor league level or ability, his overall potential out of 5 stars, a 'makeup' rating out of 5, and the type of player he is projected to be- strikeout pitcher, finesse pitcher, etc; the computer then could randomly assign appropriate current and potential ratings. After all, I don't even want to know his exact potential- I'm going to be playing with him, and where's the fun if I know everyone's exact ratings in advance? Brilliant game, thanks to all who worked on it!