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Okay, some seem to think that I want first-rounders guaranteed to make the majors and such as that. I don't, as I've made clear, that isn't the issue. Given that the draft is a crap shoot, is there anything to be gained by choosing draft picks yourself? Why not just let the AI auto-draft for you? Aren't you going to end up with just as many draftees rising to the majors?
I started this thread because of a larger issue. In building an organization, where does the skill come in? I play with trading set to hard. On the normal setting, it's too easy to get good young talent from other clubs. At hard, it's rare that you can get good young talent without giving up some of your own. So, if you can only marginally improve your club through trades, and the draft is a crap shoot, where is the skill involved? In signing free agents? Not hardly. That's just a matter of money.
The fact of the matter is that there are organizations in MLB that build their organizations in the draft, and that some are better than others at doing that. I've tried to build an organization that does that, but it hasn't worked, and I don't believe that it's the way I've approached it. I've got excellent or better coaches all through my system, a legendary scouting director, and I spend about ten million on scouting a year, but I don't seem to generate more than the occasional major leaguer, certainly not enough of them even to give me a winning record.
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