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Originally Posted by Reed
This is from MLB.com
Scouting grades have been a staple of MLB.com's prospect coverage for years, and they generally match how clubs grade players as well.
Players are graded on a 20-80 scale: 20-30 is well below average, 40 is below average, 50 is average, 60 is above average and 70-80 is well above average. When discussing prospects, the most important number is the future overall grade, an all-encompassing number on the 20-80 scale that signifies what each player is projected to ultimately be in the big leagues.
A future overall grade of 65 or better is for a player who could develop into a future impact Major Leaguer, perhaps an All-Star-caliber standout. (Note: Some clubs use a 2-8 scale -- as opposed to 20-80 -- which is basically the same thing but without half-grades.)
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Understood. And when I see these kinds of "grades" on sites like Baseball Prospectus, I secretly wish they could be converted to a decimal 1-100 scale. It's always tough resisting the conventional wisdom. I kinda hoped that advanced sabremetrics would leave this old system behind, but not so much. Just lots more data on top of impressions now based in part on more raw data. I'm grateful that OOTP has the option of the 1-100 scale to convert this into numbers I can readily grasp.