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Originally Posted by PSUColonel
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.
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It kind of comes down to who is doing the grading. Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniels at FG/ESPN has typically been a bit for conservative and haven't gone past a 60 while the MLB.com group (I don't think they specifically credit their scouts) tend to throw out the occasional 65 headliner or two.
The general point stands that 70 or 80 FV draft prospects basically don't exist outside of like Bryce Harper and even 70 FV prospects in the minors are not an every year occurrence. A 50 FV is a top 100 guy typically and a 45 is a big league contributor.
I recall a couple years ago the draft pools were having more realistic FV grades (no 80s, no 55s after the first round) and folks were in an uproar about how it was broken. Part of that is that the player base has been conditioned to expect a full first round of 75-80s and a full top 100 of 60s with 15-20 80 PV superstars, but I think it is fine to understand that the OOTP scouting scale doesn't match up with the actual scouting scale exactly.