Present vs. Potential

Groucho Marx · 05-11-2012, 04:31 PM

I've noticed players rated using the 5-Star system have the first rating to indicate their present level of performance vs. their potential level of performance.

How does one get them to live up to their potential? Is it merely something that will happen with time or is there a way I can influence the advancement?

Thank you.

Groucho Marx · 05-11-2012, 06:57 PM

Seriously?

51 views and NO answers?

RchW · 05-11-2012, 07:07 PM

It's Friday and warm. I'm not even supposed to be posting right now.

Groucho Marx · 05-11-2012, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RchW

It's Friday and warm. I'm not even supposed to be posting right now.

Ahhhh. Got it.

cblacker · 05-11-2012, 09:02 PM

Making sure they get enough playing time at an appropriate level of competition is probably the main thing to do. Try not to promote guys before they are ready, but don't let them rot in the lower minors either. Having good coaches and putting money into Player Development helps to a lesser degree as well. A lot of it is random chance, though. Sometimes guys develop, sometimes they don't.

RchW · 05-14-2012, 07:58 PM

Back from an excellent weekend.

A five star prospect should be outperforming the average at each level of minors. Quite realistically they should force their way onto the big club. That being said you will get stud prospects that will not outperform so you may have to look past the stats and look for ratings bumps etc. to tell you what's happening.

You will often find a lesser prospect "ready" before the studs. Use them, keep them as backups or trade them when they are going well to make room for better prospects.

05-11-2012, 04:31 PM	#1
Groucho Marx Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Barsoom Posts: 148	Present vs. Potential I've noticed players rated using the 5-Star system have the first rating to indicate their present level of performance vs. their potential level of performance. How does one get them to live up to their potential? Is it merely something that will happen with time or is there a way I can influence the advancement? Thank you. __________________ "I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence." - Eugene V. Debs - "If you've ever said this sentence, "I like him because he's a straight talker", you're as dumb as sh1t" - Jim Jefferies, on Trump supporters -

05-11-2012, 06:57 PM	#2
Groucho Marx Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Barsoom Posts: 148	Seriously? 51 views and NO answers? __________________ "I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence." - Eugene V. Debs - "If you've ever said this sentence, "I like him because he's a straight talker", you're as dumb as sh1t" - Jim Jefferies, on Trump supporters -

05-11-2012, 07:07 PM	#3
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	It's Friday and warm. I'm not even supposed to be posting right now. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

05-14-2012, 07:58 PM	#6
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Back from an excellent weekend. A five star prospect should be outperforming the average at each level of minors. Quite realistically they should force their way onto the big club. That being said you will get stud prospects that will not outperform so you may have to look past the stats and look for ratings bumps etc. to tell you what's happening. You will often find a lesser prospect "ready" before the studs. Use them, keep them as backups or trade them when they are going well to make room for better prospects. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

05-11-2012, 09:02 PM	#5
cblacker Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 324	Making sure they get enough playing time at an appropriate level of competition is probably the main thing to do. Try not to promote guys before they are ready, but don't let them rot in the lower minors either. Having good coaches and putting money into Player Development helps to a lesser degree as well. A lot of it is random chance, though. Sometimes guys develop, sometimes they don't.