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Old 03-24-2014, 04:53 PM   #19
HerbD
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Originally Posted by Questdog View Post
The stats that OOTP generates for the draft eligible players are much more reliable as a guide to quality than stats generated from feeder leagues. Feeder leagues are a cool idea, but hamstrung in OOTP by the fact that these young players' actual ratings have almost 0 correlation to their potential ratings. Thus, drafting based on feeder league stats, especially high schoolers, is about as effective as picking at random.
This actually makes drafting more realistic in my opinion. It allows for post-feeder league development that lets late round draft picks turn into good major league players and also allows for high draft picks to bust. No sure things just like real life.
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