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Originally Posted by Guthrien
If OOTP weren't that way, I'd argue it wouldn't be enjoyable. Though I know there are people very concerned with somewhat more predictive historical replays. And it's true, 98% of the comments about something being broken is based on way way too small a statistical sampling. Until most the board identifies something over a period of time it likely doesn't exist.
But again, I don't think whether or not prospects bust is much at question. Does anyone observe baseball and not know that? It'll be partly why it will be fun to see which godly rated new players in 2024 come back to earth after more mortal rookie seasons. And some other diamonds will be identified (real MLB here). What seems to be broken is progression at certain stages in a young career, not whether or not you thought a star would be a star. Those seem to still align, good or bad.
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It does seem that there might be a case for having top prospects who are basically considered “MLB-ready” a little more frequently with the jump to the majors. I do not mean that they necessarily are exposed as being AAAA players (though that is occasionally the case), but also perhaps examples where they have a few false starts before becoming established in the majors at one of any possible levels of legitimacy. For example, from what I have seen and read Wyatt Langford appears to quickly and very regularly attain superstardom. Not a big deal relative to other problems, but worth mentioning (in so far as the perception is in fact accurate).