So...... how is 27?

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Originally Posted by pgjocki

From a development stance just know that if a hitter hasn't developed by age 24 he never will and just walk away. I've seen pitchers continue to development through 25 but it's mostly a flatting out at that age then a regression.

This is not my experience in '27. I'm getting stat improvement that I would call "development" right up until decline phase/injuries set in. I change my scout/preference often, so I don't get the same continuity of scouting grade others see.

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Originally Posted by md40022

Awesome..... if the game is stable and "in a good place" right now then that gives me confidence.

I guess my 2 main questions / concerns right now, if anyone can provide some answers, would be...

1. Prospect development.... Has anyone simmed far enough or done any testing to confirm 4 & 5 star amateur prospects and international prospects are in-fact from time to time passing through the minor league systems and eventually reaching MLB while keeping their 4 & 5 star potential? I know most prospects WON'T keep that potential, but do a few here and there do so? Because in OOTP25 it never happened.

2. If the prospect "issue" from 25 has been tweaked and seemingly corrected, if I import an existing sim from 25 into the new 27 game will those tweaks and corrections be implemented? Or will I need to start a brand new sim?

Regarding #1, you'll want to turn scouting to 100% accuracy for that test. Under the default settings, if you turn on commish mode and look under the hood at 10 80-grade draft prospects, 5-7 of them will have ~50-grade attributes.

My understanding is importing to a new version will implement new features. However, some settings carry forward. I don't know if the draft pool is a "feature" or a "setting", and I'm sure the dev team uses different terminology to distinguish between the two concepts.