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Originally Posted by kidd_05_u2
Fan: Hey chief scout for the Rangers, how would Jacob deGrom rate as a reliever?
Scout: I have no clue! I would need to watch him pitch out of the bullpen first!
Yeah that makes sense.
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With all due respect, I think that's jumping to an absolute extreme. Jacob DeGrom doesn't go to the bullpen (and Aaron Judge doesn't go to SS) The more fitting thing here would be...
Manager - Hey scout, how would this AAAA-ish starter with 30 innings of shakey MLB experience to his name fair out of the bullpen. Would this work or is this guy destined to fade off into obscurity?
Scout - Oh, I can tell you that right now at this very second without needing to give it any real game trial at all. Hell, I don't even need to monitor the guy for a few bullpen sessions, I can literally tell you right now
Scouts spend years and years scouting a given player and still end up being wrong A LOT. So to change a guy's position at 9:00 am and have a definitive update on that guy at 9:01 am is a stretch.... Now that said, it's been something we've all comfortably lived with for years with OOTP and will continue to do so. So it's not the worst thing in the world. But since it's the topic at hand here, yeah....