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Old 08-12-2015, 11:55 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Cinnamon J. Scudworth View Post
I think that's probably a significant part of it. Pitching prospects tend to be underrated by the "favor ability" scouts, in my experience.

I don't use OSA ratings, but I do try to get "neutral" or "favor tools" scouts.
I spent a lot of time testing this yesterday, hiring different scouts and reloading my save and I can safely say that none of them rate pitching prospects correctly. Every one of them had highly touted prospects like Tyler Jay, Brady Aiken and Phil Bickford as 2 star potential pitchers.

I can't even use the scouts anymore because it's just annoying me. I sent my scout to watch Roberto Osuna who's 20 in AAA and 10-1 with a 1.95 ERA and he comes back to me and tells me he's terrible.... I did this with multiple scouts and the results ranged from he's terrible to he may be a depth reliever....

Anyone have something they could suggest to get realistic evaluations of pitching talent? I don't want 100% accuracy but at least to the point where I don't just disregard anything the scout says about a pitcher.
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