Unlikely Superstar

murderleg · 03-31-2018, 06:05 PM

Invited this kid from low-A Lakewood to spring training. He was 27 so I wanted to see if he had anything to offer, otherwise I was cleaning house in my system and he would have to go. The kid had a decent spring so I decided to give him a stint in the majors.

You can see the stats below for his first three seasons: 3x All-Star, 3X Silver Slugger, ROTY, World Series Champ, and he just won his first MVP.

I was totally shocked and decided to google him IRL. He was a 17th round pick last year for the Phillies. Totally blew my mind. Went straight from Low-A to All-Star.

NoOne · 03-31-2018, 07:04 PM

he may be a 17th round pick, but he went from s-a to a ball in 1 year, they don't bump them to A-ball first year out of college unless they think highly of him. he likely got a bump before 2018? (ie in game) OR he got some TCR help between 2018 and when you brought him up.

check scouting reports -- if theres no significant increase in his potential, it almost guarantees he was good from the beginning of the game. i'd guess tcr, but maybe he is a hot prosepect in real life?

could be a scouting error too ( - not of your control, unless you ignored high potential).

this is the type of thing that makes me think bothering to promote anyone isn't that much of a help or a negative effect if you leave them in short a or some other lower level -- on accident or due to inaccuracy, of course. it must be a small effect, because it happens alot on an AI controlled team. so, it makes sense to protect against it being a major problem.

03-31-2018, 06:05 PM	#1
murderleg Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 5	Unlikely Superstar Invited this kid from low-A Lakewood to spring training. He was 27 so I wanted to see if he had anything to offer, otherwise I was cleaning house in my system and he would have to go. The kid had a decent spring so I decided to give him a stint in the majors. You can see the stats below for his first three seasons: 3x All-Star, 3X Silver Slugger, ROTY, World Series Champ, and he just won his first MVP. I was totally shocked and decided to google him IRL. He was a 17th round pick last year for the Phillies. Totally blew my mind. Went straight from Low-A to All-Star. Attached Images Last edited by murderleg; 03-31-2018 at 06:19 PM.

03-31-2018, 07:04 PM	#2
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	he may be a 17th round pick, but he went from s-a to a ball in 1 year, they don't bump them to A-ball first year out of college unless they think highly of him. he likely got a bump before 2018? (ie in game) OR he got some TCR help between 2018 and when you brought him up. check scouting reports -- if theres no significant increase in his potential, it almost guarantees he was good from the beginning of the game. i'd guess tcr, but maybe he is a hot prosepect in real life? could be a scouting error too ( - not of your control, unless you ignored high potential). this is the type of thing that makes me think bothering to promote anyone isn't that much of a help or a negative effect if you leave them in short a or some other lower level -- on accident or due to inaccuracy, of course. it must be a small effect, because it happens alot on an AI controlled team. so, it makes sense to protect against it being a major problem.