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Baconi · 05-06-2026, 08:51 PM

There’s been a lot of debate about this recently. To explain, an “expected value” system of potential ratings means that the potential rating would reflect where the player would, on average, end up in their career. This means that players with 70-80 potential ratings would be extremely rare - in real life, most scouting orgs only give out 80 potential ratings once every 10-15 years. But if a player does have a very high potential rating, it carries significant weight. Whereas a “ceiling” rating would reflect the absolutely best possible outcome for the player’s potential, even if the chance of them reaching that potential is very low. This means there would be many 70-80 potential players each year, but the vast majority would never reach that. However, this approach would result in more granularity and separation between players instead of everyone being mostly concentrated in the 45-55 zone.

05-06-2026, 08:51 PM	#1
Baconi Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 257	Which way of displaying scouted potential ratings do you prefer? There’s been a lot of debate about this recently. To explain, an “expected value” system of potential ratings means that the potential rating would reflect where the player would, on average, end up in their career. This means that players with 70-80 potential ratings would be extremely rare - in real life, most scouting orgs only give out 80 potential ratings once every 10-15 years. But if a player does have a very high potential rating, it carries significant weight. Whereas a “ceiling” rating would reflect the absolutely best possible outcome for the player’s potential, even if the chance of them reaching that potential is very low. This means there would be many 70-80 potential players each year, but the vast majority would never reach that. However, this approach would result in more granularity and separation between players instead of everyone being mostly concentrated in the 45-55 zone.