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I've never not seen a top potential int amateur free agent. Doesn't mean they will reach it but during the signing always someone greater 4 stars. It is probably your scout, scouting budget, or the way you have the scouting portioned out. If you have an ability scout they rate everyone crazy low. That part is kind of broken. You need a highly favors tools. The ability scouts just don't work right. OSA is better then them.
Yeah 5 million on day you get the guy on day 2. That is basically the easiest way to do it. No negotiations. I mean any prospect you look at will want 3 million so might as offer them 5 million.
This was really the model when there was no cap and MLB teams would sign huge future super star kids.
OOTPb needs to completely revamp international amateur scouting. The scouting discoveries should be interactive where you have to send scouts out, pick from a list of players and sign contracts. In MLB all those signings comes from the same pool money. That's why they don't give anyone 5 million cause they signed another 20 kids at various price points.Usually it is when someones trades Int Cap money then that team will make a big signing cause they can still sign another dozen kids.
Sort of related the posting international mlb model in OOTPb is completely outdated as well. It all works off of % of the signing bonus and contract. Not a flat fee anymore.
Only reason I mention posting is because the 2 biggest paths to get international players (posting and the int amateur) can either be considered broken or not using the most up to date model that the MLB is using.
But it appears the vast majority of the fanbase is just complacent.
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