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Originally Posted by The Wolf
It meant it's clear that you don't. And I think that we disagree about almost everything.
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When you express opinions about things you know nothing about - like how much stats-only OOTP I play - I find it reassuring that we disagree about almost everything. I was in the first ever stats-only online league, and it's what I play most of the time. And it's because I play stats-only most of the time that I know how exploitable the game would be if it used minor league stats exclusively to evaluate prospects. The game offers you many opportunities to discover which prospects are real prospects and which are not, and minor league stats are not a good indicator of long-term potential, both in OOTP and in real life.
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Originally Posted by BeancheBlanco
BNN has him rated poorly.
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If you turn scouting off, I guarantee you'll find that guy is a 1-star or 1.5-star prospect. He throws 90 mph, so his Stuff isn't great, and his GB% isn't special either, so his Movement is likely average. But most telling, he was a 4th round pick, and 5-star pitchers don't get picked in the 4th round.
olivertheorem's hypothesis about this pitcher's BB rate being the reason he was released is not correct, as best I know. The game is currently using quite a stupid decision mechanism to determine which players to keep and which to cut in the minors. The game tries to field the most competitive minor league teams possible. So that means the game will sometimes cut a 21 year old 4th rounder and instead keep a 31 year old journeyman A-ball pitcher, because the veteran may have better current ability than the prospect. Since we don't see the top prospects in the game released very often, I think they're exempt from being released, but any middling prospect could be cut. This is the biggest issue with the game's AI at the moment, in my opinion, and I bring it up repeatedly on the beta forum. I'm optimistic it will be addressed this year.