Scouting Reports on "Impossible" Draftees

kjb023 · 07-18-2017, 06:16 PM

It'd be cool if requesting a scouting report on amateur draftees that are "impossible" to sign would give some sort of idea of how much money it might take, depending on how good your scout is. I just drafted two impossible guys, one wanted "significantly" more then $9,500,000 and the other "significantly" more then $3,000,000. That's quite a range. Say you have a player that needed $10 million to sign. If my scout had a "legendary" rating in amateur scouting, and I requested a scouting report, it would say something like "would require between 9-12 million to sign." I wouldn't get the actual number, but something close if my scout was good enough. The worse your scout is the less accurate your report gets.

azepeda · 07-31-2017, 12:40 AM

if an impossible to sign player asks for 8,000,000 it will take around 12 million to sign them, so 1.5 of what they are asking to get signed. However, they don't tell you their asking price before you draft them.

rpriske · 08-10-2017, 12:58 PM

Impossible should mean impossible.

moore4807 · 08-11-2017, 04:04 PM

Rusty,
I respectfully disagree, around here we do the unlikely everyday, the miracles by the month and the impossible just takes a little longer!

It's my alternative universe, it's OOTP baseball!!!

rpriske · 08-17-2017, 10:46 AM

Then don't call it Impossible.

Call it 'Very Unlikely' or something.

Words have actual meanings.

Danius · 08-24-2017, 10:34 AM

I always thought "Impossible" simply meant that it was impossible for your team to sign the player at his asking price, not that it was impossible to sign him at all. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the way I've always looked at it, and it's worked well for me.

endgame · 08-24-2017, 10:58 AM

We'll have look at word choice, while preserving intention and meaning.

udbacker58 · 08-24-2017, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpriske

Then don't call it Impossible.

Call it 'Very Unlikely' or something.

Words have actual meanings.

True. Right now, the different signability ratings don't seem to mean too much. I basically view it as the player will sign for his asking price or not. The asking price may just be a little (or a lot) over slot in he is Extremely Hard.

endgame · 08-24-2017, 05:52 PM

The one element to always look out for, and report if frequent, is a player drafted who does not honor his demand. Draft and Meet Demand 'should' mean just that. Any out of the ordinary negotiations should be very uncommon and within range of slot or of the player's demands.

WIUPIKE · 08-28-2017, 06:22 PM

I believe It was in the game before and was to easy to sign impossible signing players if you had a high draft budget or cash available. That is why I believe it was adjusted to say significantly more and no real quantity.

07-18-2017, 06:16 PM	#1
kjb023 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 389	Scouting Reports on "Impossible" Draftees It'd be cool if requesting a scouting report on amateur draftees that are "impossible" to sign would give some sort of idea of how much money it might take, depending on how good your scout is. I just drafted two impossible guys, one wanted "significantly" more then $9,500,000 and the other "significantly" more then $3,000,000. That's quite a range. Say you have a player that needed $10 million to sign. If my scout had a "legendary" rating in amateur scouting, and I requested a scouting report, it would say something like "would require between 9-12 million to sign." I wouldn't get the actual number, but something close if my scout was good enough. The worse your scout is the less accurate your report gets.

08-10-2017, 12:58 PM	#3
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Impossible should mean impossible. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-11-2017, 04:04 PM	#4
moore4807 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Punta Gorda FL. Posts: 1,389	"Impossible" Rusty, I respectfully disagree, around here we do the unlikely everyday, the miracles by the month and the impossible just takes a little longer! It's my alternative universe, it's OOTP baseball!!!

08-17-2017, 10:46 AM	#5
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Then don't call it Impossible. Call it 'Very Unlikely' or something. Words have actual meanings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-24-2017, 10:58 AM	#7
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	We'll have look at word choice, while preserving intention and meaning. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

07-31-2017, 12:40 AM	#2
azepeda Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 151	if an impossible to sign player asks for 8,000,000 it will take around 12 million to sign them, so 1.5 of what they are asking to get signed. However, they don't tell you their asking price before you draft them.

08-24-2017, 10:34 AM	#6
Danius Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Northern Indiana, USA Posts: 121	I always thought "Impossible" simply meant that it was impossible for your team to sign the player at his asking price, not that it was impossible to sign him at all. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the way I've always looked at it, and it's worked well for me.

08-24-2017, 05:52 PM	#9
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	The one element to always look out for, and report if frequent, is a player drafted who does not honor his demand. Draft and Meet Demand 'should' mean just that. Any out of the ordinary negotiations should be very uncommon and within range of slot or of the player's demands. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

08-28-2017, 06:22 PM	#10
WIUPIKE All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nashville Area Posts: 1,273	I believe It was in the game before and was to easy to sign impossible signing players if you had a high draft budget or cash available. That is why I believe it was adjusted to say significantly more and no real quantity.