Scouting

[nevin]

Do you trust your scouts or the player stats? For example, I have scouts that say that a player is "Probably overmatched for...," but he has an ERA of under 2 and appears to be dominating. Should I listen to my scout, leave him where he's at, or should I promote him to the next level?

[1998 Yankees]

Originally Posted by nevin

Do you trust your scouts or the player stats? For example, I have scouts that say that a player is "Probably overmatched for...," but he has an ERA of under 2 and appears to be dominating. Should I listen to my scout, leave him where he's at, or should I promote him to the next level?

I take the Minor League System Report (the source of your "Probably overmatched for...," quote) with a grain of salt. At best, I use those comments as eye catchers on developments that I may have missed.

I look at scout ratings, stats, and age in that order. I have my head scout reporting regularly on my organization (the head scout will automatically report on anybody on the secondary roster each month, but that's not good enough) and I generally will not overrule what he says (he's a very good scout, another consideration) unless someone's stats are spectacular and he's not too young.

All of this is a matter of preference, of course. These are mine.

[nevin]

Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

I take the Minor League System Report (the source of your "Probably overmatched for...," quote) with a grain of salt. At best, I use those comments as eye catchers on developments that I may have missed.

I look at scout ratings, stats, and age in that order. I have my head scout reporting regularly on my organization (the head scout will automatically report on anybody on the secondary roster each month, but that's not good enough) and I generally will not overrule what he says (he's a very good scout, another consideration) unless someone's stats are spectacular and he's not too young.

All of this is a matter of preference, of course. These are mine.

Thanks. That's a lot of help.

[Kelric]

I play with scouts off, but I just wanted to comment that I use the Minor League System Report as my main way to look at my prospects. I glance at what it says for each guy at each level, then look at their stats and ratings. Usually I follow along with what the Report says for promotions and demotions.

[endgame]

Originally Posted by Kelric

I play with scouts off, but I just wanted to comment that I use the Minor League System Report as my main way to look at my prospects. I glance at what it says for each guy at each level, then look at their stats and ratings. Usually I follow along with what the Report says for promotions and demotions.

On that subject, a curiosity. If you decide to take fairly immediate action on any of those recommendations, do you right-click to make the change, or do you return to the transactions screen where you can drag and drop?

I'm curious, because - at least on my system and size of league - there is a substantial lag to rebuild the html after each 'decision', so I've generally just jotted a few notes down and handle it in the secondary fashion.

Or do you simply take it all under advisement?

[Kelric]

If it's only a small number of players, I will right-click and do it. When it's a large number (such as after an Initial draft), I will open that page in Firefox and alt-tab between it and OOTP as I go through the names.