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Originally Posted by Weaver's Wobble
I am trying my first league where I am using scouting. What should I have my scouts be doing? For now I am having my head scout scout my organization, and having my other scouts scout AAA and AA leagues.
Also, how do I scout the draft pools? One player at a time seems awful.
Grr. I also want to not get these darn development reports in my messages. Is there a way to turn that off?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Weaver's Wobble
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It depends how complex your league and universe is. The more teams, the more minor-league levels, and the more ability to have foreign players, the more work your scouts have and thus the more you'll have to target their activities.
If you have a simple league, like I do (6 franchises, 2 levels of minors, and no foreign players), I can dedicate my top 3 or 4 scouts to rotating their review of each of the leagues. When time comes to scout the draft pool, I send 'em all.
Eventually, as the league grows, I'll have to be more discerning. At a minimum, I'd still send a least three scouts to scout the draft pool -- my top scout in hitting potential, my top scout in pitching potential, and one scout who's pretty decent at both.
Beyond that, your head scout automatically scouts your organization monthly, and your minor league scouts keep track of their respective teams.
I'll probably keep my top scouts rotating their assignments to scout each league, such that at least 2 - 3 times a season I get an updated report on every player. At the point their are too many teams or too many levels of minors to accomplish that, I'll pick and choose among those scouts -- maybe having one continually focus on the ML and AAA, one on AA and A, etc., or perhaps by assigning franchises.
At a minimum, I still like to get an update of scouting reports for all players in the league at least 2x per season, and 3x per year (once at the beginning, once at mid-season, once at the start of the off-season).