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Originally Posted by Airdrop01
My disagreement is with the selective pushing of certain, shall we say, marketable, players in OOTP.
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The roster ratings for players are based either on objective ratings systems like ZIPs; ratings for top international players are done the same way they are for MLB prospects -- exhaustive research on what professional scouts and analysts are saying. In Otani's case, things like:
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2016/...ct-in-baseball
https://2080baseball.com/reports/shohei-otani/
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/201...ghters-posting
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-b...-in-the-world/
He's the consensus best pitching prospect on the planet. If you wanna believe you know better than the professionals, hey knock yourself out. But the suggestion that we base the ratings on hype is 100% horse****.