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Originally Posted by waltwa

Wait a minute- that is a confusing statement

You r saying - The ratings displayed are the scouts ratings but not the real ratings for the player.

Correct. Click on "game setup" and look at "global setup"

The first item on the left is to whether complete scouting is used. If that item is checked, there is an option for scoutig accuracy. That setting, combined with the ratings of your scout, determine how accurate your ratings are.

In a solo league, you can set it to "100% accurate" and will then get the players actual ratings. In an online league, you are at the mercy of the league setup.

Isn't success being able to know the true ratings of the player. You are saying the scout is not giving u the real ratings then what are u paying him for?

Success is knowing when to trust the scout, if he says the player is better than his stats or knowing when to trust the stats, when they conflict with the scouting reports.

This is my first season ever in which I turned on scouting and I'm really enjoying it. For example, I have this 21 year old kid, Ramon Flores, who had a really good year in A ball as a 20 year old. I was impressed with his stats, but my scout says he sucks and he'll never be anything more than a minor league filler. But, I just have this hunch that he can help me, so I put him on the 40 man roster to save him from being eligible for the Rule 5 draft. He had a monster 1st half as a 21 year old in A ball. My scout still says he sucks. But, I'm intrigued by him. I just promoted him. I want to see what he can do in AA.

And, what you are paying the scouts for? You hired fallable human beings. You hired human beings to do a job and sometimes the information they give you is wrong. (Yes, I mean that as plural, since teams really don't have a single scout. I never think of it as my scout, I think of it as being my scouting department.) Sometimes, scouts are wrong. I remember the days when the Yankees scouts were sure that Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens was the next 40 HR a year hitter for the Yankees. He hit 15 in his entire career. And, scouts can be wrong the other way too. Bobby Murcer said that, when he released, the Yankees told him he had to go because they wanted to give the job to this kid Mattingly, who the scouts said he'd never hit major league pitching, but the Yankees really loved his glove.

I want to know the true ratings for a player. In a scouting on game how can i get those true ratings?

If scouting is on, you can only get the true ratings if the accuracy rating is set to 100%. And, if that's the case, there's really no point in having the scouting on.

To carry it further i want to trade for another player. I look at the 2 players and acc to the scouting ratings i am seeing i am getting the better deal but if those are not true ratings how do i know?

I would worry if i offered a 2 star player for a 3 star player (or poorer ratings for better ratings) and the gm i am offering to jumps at the offer.

There are all sort of reasons why a team would prefer a 2 star player over a 3 star player. Maybe the other GM has a prospect that he wants to call up and trading the 3 star player opens up that position. Maybe there are financial considerations that are motivating the trade. Maybe the 2 star player is a good power hitter, not so good at everything else, and the other GM puts a higher weight on power hitting than the AI does in the algorithm that determines the stars. Maybe the 2 star is good hit, no field, so his stars drop because of that, but the other GM needs the offense enough that he can carry a defensive liability. Maybe the 2 star is good field, no hit, so he'd suck as an everyday player, but as a 8th/9th inning defensive replacement, he can help the other team in that role. Maybe the 3 star is 37 years old and the other GM doesn't think he has much left in him for the future.

The star system is just a starting point for talent evaluation. It's not the end all for player value.

I want to play with scouts and ultimately have the edge on every other team in the online league. How do i go about acc. that goal? Or is it just a matter of forgetting the scout and looking at stats? if so then why scouts?

The only real way to have the edge on every other team in the league is really to just be a better GM. Learning when to trust the scouts is part of the GM job.