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Originally Posted by ultramegaOK
I honestly don't understand what the point of the draft is beyond the first two rounds. Has anyone ever had a player with a super low potential go up and beyond their low ratings? Has anyone actually had a "Pujols" or "Tom Brady"?
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I've had plenty of guys turn into serviceable middle relievers, fringe starting pitchers who can come up from AAA and fill-in for an injured guy, or utility position players. You're right that you probably won't find a Tom Brady, but I've definitely had guys provide some use over the years.
A lot of guys who became a part of trade packages to help my team in other areas as well.
What I actually HAVEN'T had in a verrrrrrrryyyy long while is a 1st or 2nd round pick who ended up being really good. I think mostly all of us are in that exact same boat, too. That's the point of this entire discussion. The crash & burn rate of all those 5 star guys has been way too high. And being that there was literally 30 or more 5 star guys in any given draft before the patch, you didn't wan't the "fix" to be that those guys just developed better because there shouldn't be that many Hall of Fame caliber studs entering the league in one given draft. So, the correct fix was for there not to be so 5 star guys all entering the draft at once.
But to your point about drafting beyond the first 2 rounds, this thread right here provides some real good insight with ways to go about it. I particularly like adjusting the ratings to reflect minor league levels as opposed to MLB level once I hit the middle rounds, because that helps differentiate between that massive clump of guys. That's discussed in the thread, along with other good points - such as drafting a lot of SS with the intention of flipping them to 2B or 3B at some point.