Ability vs. Tools

Gai1997 · 06-23-2015, 06:23 PM

Scouts favors ability or tools. Explain?

Tools: Their ratings on 20-80 or is it the actual tools

What would ability be? Which is best for a scout? I prefer my scout like guy who's ratings are best on the 20-80 scale for example. (I'm not saying that 1-10 or 1-100 are different in terms of how good they are than 20-80, I think you get what I mean, right? Maybe.)

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 06-23-2015, 07:17 PM

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RISP! · 06-24-2015, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Gai1997

Scouts favors ability or tools. Explain?

Tools: Their ratings on 20-80 or is it the actual tools

What would ability be? Which is best for a scout? I prefer my scout like guy who's ratings are best on the 20-80 scale for example. (I'm not saying that 1-10 or 1-100 are different in terms of how good they are than 20-80, I think you get what I mean, right? Maybe.)

Highly favour Tools means looking for raw athletic ability regardless of what the player's current baseball ability is. This means scout looks for potential far more than current ability. Pitchers will be rated higher potential by these scouts.

Highly favour ability means looking for current baseball ability and inferring what the future holds based on current ability. This means not as many superstars are found by your scout. Also pitchers will have lower potential ratings in the draft.

Hope this helps.

06-23-2015, 06:23 PM	#1
Gai1997 Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 370	Ability vs. Tools Scouts favors ability or tools. Explain? Tools: Their ratings on 20-80 or is it the actual tools What would ability be? Which is best for a scout? I prefer my scout like guy who's ratings are best on the 20-80 scale for example. (I'm not saying that 1-10 or 1-100 are different in terms of how good they are than 20-80, I think you get what I mean, right? Maybe.)

06-23-2015, 07:17 PM	#2
Cinnamon J. Scudworth All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,119	OOTP Manual: Scouting Directors __________________ "Sometimes, this is like going to a grocery store. You’ve got a list until you get to the check-out stand. And then you start reading People magazine, and all this other [stuff] ends up in the basket." -Sandy Alderson on the MLB offseason