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Originally Posted by Lukas Berger
Well, you can only go so high at the top end of the scale before things start to get a little crazy and you get unintended consequences.
And besides, I doubt there are more guys than this you'd actually give 70+ ratings to in MLB now (which would be two standard deviations or more above average).
If anything, those listed numbers might be too many highly rated guys, not too few, if you compare to real life top of the scale rated players and how many real life guys you'd actually hang that sort of grade on.
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Well, at least in terms of starting pitchers, 4 does seem low to me. Just off the top of my head of current pitchers I'd expect Wheeler, Cole, Scherzer, deGrom, Bieber, Burnes, and Buehler rated 70+. Given that I have not noticed these sorts of discrepancies with position players or relievers, I think it's likely that for one reason or another the development engine isn't keeping enough starting pitchers at that elite level - whether it's injuries or something else.