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Originally Posted by nevin
Do you trust your scouts or the player stats? For example, I have scouts that say that a player is "Probably overmatched for...," but he has an ERA of under 2 and appears to be dominating. Should I listen to my scout, leave him where he's at, or should I promote him to the next level?
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I take the Minor League System Report (the source of your "Probably overmatched for...," quote) with a grain of salt. At best, I use those comments as eye catchers on developments that I may have missed.
I look at scout ratings, stats, and age in that order. I have my head scout reporting regularly on my organization (the head scout will automatically report on anybody on the secondary roster each month, but that's not good enough) and I generally will not overrule what he says (he's a very good scout, another consideration) unless someone's stats are spectacular and he's not too young.
All of this is a matter of preference, of course. These are mine.