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BMW · 01-01-2019, 10:58 AM

For years I have wanted to do some research on prospects to compile a list of players who were highly thought of at the time but never made it big.

In the 1980/90s+, we have historical prospect lists from Baseball America. From the 1960s onward, although much less reliable, we have baseball cards. Prior to that - well, that's where my research was going to come in.

I think it would be fantastic to have a rating on the backend that assigns a player value ceiling - so that given this rating, major failed prospects like Ryan Anderson, Rick Ankiel, Shawn Abner, Brad Komminsk or Torey Lovullo are acknowledged as prospects in the game and actually have a chance (when recalc is off) to reach their potential.

Either have a player value (and have the OOTP engine look at their major/minor stats and extrapolate that Komminsk would have been a major power hitter) or have something where a few metrics are kept (contact, power, eye, speed, def, stuff, control).

There are a lot of ways to play OOTP, and one is reliving and learning about baseball history. Part of the history that's lost in the pure MLB stats are these prospects that never panned out, and it would cool to have a way to bring them back to life.

01-01-2019, 10:58 AM	#1
BMW Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,030	Recognizing historical prospects that failed in real life, but allowing them to pan out For years I have wanted to do some research on prospects to compile a list of players who were highly thought of at the time but never made it big. In the 1980/90s+, we have historical prospect lists from Baseball America. From the 1960s onward, although much less reliable, we have baseball cards. Prior to that - well, that's where my research was going to come in. I think it would be fantastic to have a rating on the backend that assigns a player value ceiling - so that given this rating, major failed prospects like Ryan Anderson, Rick Ankiel, Shawn Abner, Brad Komminsk or Torey Lovullo are acknowledged as prospects in the game and actually have a chance (when recalc is off) to reach their potential. Either have a player value (and have the OOTP engine look at their major/minor stats and extrapolate that Komminsk would have been a major power hitter) or have something where a few metrics are kept (contact, power, eye, speed, def, stuff, control). There are a lot of ways to play OOTP, and one is reliving and learning about baseball history. Part of the history that's lost in the pure MLB stats are these prospects that never panned out, and it would cool to have a way to bring them back to life. __________________ Last edited by BMW; 01-01-2019 at 11:09 AM.