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Originally Posted by Pelican
But not to be lost in this, drafting high school guys always carries the risk they will decide to turn down the offer and go to college. That should always be a risk in the game. Which is why I favor college guys, with more track record, closer to the majors, zero risk of not signing.
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Ya, had he just opted not to sign I would have written if off as just part of the realism of the game.
I will say though, after playing for a bit, I don't like the way the game handles the ratings system AT ALL. They're way too arbitrary, wildly fluctuating up and down for seemingly no reason. What good are the "potential" ratings when they can arbitrarily change so drastically?
I drafted a 5-star prospect and had several consecutive scouting reports over the course of a year showing 70 stuff/55 movement/70 control. I put him through an off season program to improve his pitch movement, which (shockingly) was actually successful!
I immediately pulled up the player page so I could see how much this young man had improved but, instead, I saw the exact opposite. Instead of improving, his MOV rating (both current and potential) stayed the same. Then I noticed that my scouting director filed a new report arbitrarily knocking him down to 55/55/65.
Really? A 15 point drop in "stuff" when the kid hadn't even thrown a game in 6 months? How is that even possible? He went from a "top of the rotation" prospect to a guy who now just "has the potential to be a middle of the rotation starter".
It's very WTF-y.
