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Originally Posted by retnuhsemaj
Anybody know if there is any difference between players drafted out of High School or College Feeders in terms of performance? Or potential being met?
I think in real life, we can generally agree that a really good college player is going to be more ready than a really good high school player, but I'm wondering if anybody has every seen in their online leagues or SIMs if college players ever pan out better than high school players or vice versa?
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My experience, take this for what you will, is that high school players tend to be high risk/high reward, whereas college players are lower risk/lower reward. I see a LOT of high school players who are scouted off the charts, but I've had to learn to accept that virtually all of them will eventually come back down to earth after a few years -- but for that one player who actually attains that potential, watch out! He's worth all the other ones that didn't combined.
College players are more of a known quantity. As such, they're not often scouted off the charts. So they don't make you foam at the mouth to draft. But they're more likely to attain the Potential they're scouted at. But if a college player has outstanding Potential, jump all over that.
A player's age can make a big difference. A 17 year old starting pitching prospect will likely develop more arm strength after a few years (translation, his Stuff will go way up). A 21 year old college player probably has all the arm strength he's ever going to have.
The older a player is, the less time he has to develop -- something to consider for a college player who has high potential but his ability is still pathetically low.
Personally, I'm not big on the draft. My teams tend to win a lot, so I get low draft picks anyway. I find it easier to trade for everyone else's former top picks than it is to consistently pick my own. By then, they have a year or so of minor league stats to judge by, and I don't have to spend 7 or 8 million on signing bonuses.