Scout Report on pitching prospect hard to understand

le receveur · 12-28-2013, 11:00 PM

This guys is one of my prospect project. Drafted out of JUCO 3 years ago, has struggled, but shown some improvement. He is rated 20 potential by my scout, but i still believe. Now aged 23, putting in his career year :-) in AA with a whip of 0.95, K/9 of 9.0 and ERA+ of 128.... This is what the scout is saying[

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what i don't get is the movement comment. The guys currently has an 8/10 knuckleball which is obviously working based on K rate and WHIP. He actually just pitched a 2 hit shutouts with no walks

is it that the system doesn't understand knuckleballers, and he might have a shot? i still have not been able to develop a decent one without intervention, and this is the best result any of my prospects have shown so far.

Honorable_Pawn · 12-29-2013, 09:01 AM

Here something that I wish wasn't true.

Stuff only impacts K's
Movement only impacts HR allwoed
Control only impacys BB's

The rest is up to the hitter/settings/ballpark factors/etc. The argument goes that once the ball has left the pitcher's hand he no longer has control over the outcome.

12-28-2013, 11:00 PM	#1
le receveur All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: canada Posts: 1,736	Scout Report on pitching prospect hard to understand This guys is one of my prospect project. Drafted out of JUCO 3 years ago, has struggled, but shown some improvement. He is rated 20 potential by my scout, but i still believe. Now aged 23, putting in his career year :-) in AA with a whip of 0.95, K/9 of 9.0 and ERA+ of 128.... This is what the scout is saying[ what i don't get is the movement comment. The guys currently has an 8/10 knuckleball which is obviously working based on K rate and WHIP. He actually just pitched a 2 hit shutouts with no walks is it that the system doesn't understand knuckleballers, and he might have a shot? i still have not been able to develop a decent one without intervention, and this is the best result any of my prospects have shown so far.

12-29-2013, 09:01 AM	#2
Honorable_Pawn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,407	Here something that I wish wasn't true. Stuff only impacts K's Movement only impacts HR allwoed Control only impacys BB's The rest is up to the hitter/settings/ballpark factors/etc. The argument goes that once the ball has left the pitcher's hand he no longer has control over the outcome. __________________ PBA Quickstart for OOTP Background Images Collection All PBA games broadcast live on Steam.