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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold
Players from your own organization are scouted at a higher level than the general league. Yes, it's still the "scout" reporting, but that's meant to bring in other discussion among coaches and so on.
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Matt, this is admittedly a tangent; but I've always wondered whether/how the allocation of scout resources, between majors, minors, amateurs, international, affects the quality of reports.
I allocate most of the money to amateurs, a fair amount to minors, less to majors, little to international. I figure my MLB staff will know MLB players, without dispatching scouts. With minor league guys, outside our system, we have stats, but it helps to see them. With amateurs, basic stats are useless, and we need the scouts to see them and personally measure mph (in and out) and launch angle and foot speed. Probably should devote more to international amateurs (as opposed to "posted" players from pro leagues); but that is such a crapshoot because they are so young.
Is the quality or quantity (or frequency) of scouting reports from the various levels going to change, based on the allocation of money? Can I override those choices through assignments on the scouting task list? Just curious how that works.