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Originally Posted by Marinersfan51
It sounds like the key divide is that the OOTP ratings all get bumped up a little because most people don't understand how the actual 20-80 scale works and want to see higher ratings. People don't respond well to the idea that there are maybe 1-3 80 grade players at any given time and most draft classes as headlined by a 55 FV with maybe 10 players at 50 FV. The top prospect in all of baseball tends to be a 70 FV and that is in a strong year.
80 grade tools are extremely rare, like actually once in a generation rare, but it seems like most players would prefer to see them more frequently so the ratings get inflated a bit for presentational purposes.
I feel like everyone just kind of understands this and adjusts because there are probably very few people who are coming to OOTP with an intimate knowledge of the baseball scouting system who would be confused by this. You pick up pretty quick that 50 grade defenders up the middle are below average and 70 grade players aren't necessarily perennial MVP candidates.
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I would argue most draft classes are actually headlined by one to three 65 rated players, followed by about 3-5 60 rated players. 55 is still first round worthy…but there’s probably about a dozen or so players rated this high. So yes, 50 is still a very good grade, as is a 45.
The fact that OOTP refuses to mirror this basically would make me want to just disable overall and potential ratings.