Draft Pool Concerns

hank9481 · 04-18-2008, 01:06 PM

I'm uncertain if this is the appropriate forum for this concern, but I figured I would give it a shot. I have some concerns about the quality of the draft pools in my league.

To summarize, I created 2 leagues - one with a 5 round draft and one with a 25 round draft. Now, I would think that the depth of talent in the 25 round draft should be much deeper - likely close to 5 times as deep - as the depth in the 5 round model. What I found was that regardless of draft size, the game always creates the same rough number of 5 star, 4.5 star, 4 star, etc. players then finishes the draft out with 1 star guys.

In the 5-round setup, 33% of the pool was made up of 3-star or better players which would signify a very deep draft to me. However, in the 25-round setup, only 6% of the pool was made up of these same 3-star or better players meaning that by Round 6, you're left to draft nothing but project players that need help by way of ratings jumps to ever make it.

It would seem to me the % of depth should increase as the draft size does. Has anyone else found this trend and been a little concerned with it?

Nutlaw · 04-18-2008, 06:59 PM

Here's the thing, Hank. No matter how many minor league levels and how many prospects each organization has, they are still merely trying to feed into one major league. If you could quintuple the number of talented prospects feeding into your major league, then the bar would be set extremely high and you'd end up washing out the majority of your current major leaguers in 5-7 years.

Further still, keep in mind that the star rating scales with the quality of players in the major league! If you were to add in a bunch of extra 4-5 star players, then everyone else would end up losing stars as a result, since they'd be worth less relative to the overall level of play in the league.

Does that make sense?

Nutlaw · 04-19-2008, 10:24 AM

This is a duplicate post of the following:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-concerns.html

Closing.

04-18-2008, 01:06 PM	#1
hank9481 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 451	Draft Pool Concerns I'm uncertain if this is the appropriate forum for this concern, but I figured I would give it a shot. I have some concerns about the quality of the draft pools in my league. To summarize, I created 2 leagues - one with a 5 round draft and one with a 25 round draft. Now, I would think that the depth of talent in the 25 round draft should be much deeper - likely close to 5 times as deep - as the depth in the 5 round model. What I found was that regardless of draft size, the game always creates the same rough number of 5 star, 4.5 star, 4 star, etc. players then finishes the draft out with 1 star guys. In the 5-round setup, 33% of the pool was made up of 3-star or better players which would signify a very deep draft to me. However, in the 25-round setup, only 6% of the pool was made up of these same 3-star or better players meaning that by Round 6, you're left to draft nothing but project players that need help by way of ratings jumps to ever make it. It would seem to me the % of depth should increase as the draft size does. Has anyone else found this trend and been a little concerned with it? __________________ HH www.mblsim.com

04-18-2008, 06:59 PM	#2
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Here's the thing, Hank. No matter how many minor league levels and how many prospects each organization has, they are still merely trying to feed into one major league. If you could quintuple the number of talented prospects feeding into your major league, then the bar would be set extremely high and you'd end up washing out the majority of your current major leaguers in 5-7 years. Further still, keep in mind that the star rating scales with the quality of players in the major league! If you were to add in a bunch of extra 4-5 star players, then everyone else would end up losing stars as a result, since they'd be worth less relative to the overall level of play in the league. Does that make sense?

04-19-2008, 10:24 AM	#3
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	This is a duplicate post of the following: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-concerns.html Closing.