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Originally Posted by Qeltar
Thanks so much for the helpful replies. Really appreciate them.
I think the crux of the problem is that I get too attached to players I draft and trade for, and when they don't pan out it's like my kid brought home a D from school or something.  I also am afraid to trade away anyone decent because of the very issue being discussed here, not knowing which will be the hidden gem. I already gave away a top 10 prospect last year.
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I well understand this concern. In my current fictional game I traded away a good middle infielder prospect who both my scout and the OSA are still pretty high on (doesn't look like a superstar, but possibly an above average major leaguer)- a guy who if he hits well enough at the big league level could win some gold gloves at second base. But I am pretty well covered at that position and sometimes you just have to trade from strength. No scratch that. You pretty much always have to trade from strength. What I got in return was a starting pitching prospect with 6 pitches- a few of them with the potential to be out pitches and most of them with the potential to be above average. He's 6'3", 230 lbs and throws 95-97 mph. And yet, he's also fragile. My head scout, who has a good reputation, vacillates between thinking he has a real chance to be a solid #2 guy in a rotation to thinking he might be an okay mid-rotation guy. So far his injuries have been minor and didn't involve his arm. Still, I think there is a very good chance the guy I traded away will have a longer and more successful career in the league. And yet I don't regret the trade at all. Under the circumstances I believe it was worth the risk. And it's early days. I might be end up being pleasantly surprised and the guy I got could end up being one of the better pitchers in the league.
It is exactly this kind of mystery that makes this game both maddeningly frustrating and obsessively rewarding, I think.