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Originally Posted by injury log
I don't understand what you mean by 'cosmetic'. In OOTP-12, half of the High School pitchers in the Amateur Draft threw only 2 pitches. In OOTP-13, 99% of them throw at least three pitches. Even when the third pitch has poor potential, it will often develop into a usable pitch that can allow the pitcher to be an SP in the Majors. I don't see how that's a 'cosmetic' difference; it's a fundamental change to the pitching model.
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Interesting. I am using feeder leagues- so perhaps this makes a difference- but I hope not. I just had my first amateur draft and I noticed that many of the top pitching prospects (this would have been a mixture of College and High School players) were listed as SP- but still only had 2 pitches- and their prospective futures were listed as "bullpen".
Obviously this isn't meant to pass as an exhaustive look at the new pitching model- and I hope my initial impressions were just incomplete- or incorrect.
What I meant- though, was that what I have seen so far isn't what you are describing; so I characterized the changes as simply cosmetic. I will pay closer attention to the next draft class and report what I find.