Is this normal for a draft class?

[krownroyal83]

All the highest potential rated players in this draft pool are all pitchers. Is that just the luck of the draw or is it suppose to be like this?

[zdubbya13]

Originally Posted by krownroyal83

All the highest potential rated players in this draft pool are all pitchers. Is that just the luck of the draw or is it suppose to be like this?

I don't know if it's normal but I've seen it happen in my league(s) as well.

[Dyzalot]

I wouldn't be too worried unless it becomes a trend over several drafts.

[jpeters1734]

no, that many Canadians is not normal

[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

no, that many Canadians is not normal

Haha, well it's a league based solely in Canada so the fact that it's made up of mostly Canadians is something i think i'll let slide for now i think

[NoOne]

i think it does have an effect? make it "no region" but control player nationality through other options under league settings->players i believe. make them 100% canadian or whatever there.

use a cloned league to see if that even works before borking up your league. as with any other suggestion.

also, turn on 100% accurate scouting and re-check. it very well may be better than it seems, but you should have "down" years. the talent will definiteyl ebb and flow in any year's draft. scouting accuracy of draftees is horrible on almost any setting and scout quality.

[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by NoOne

i think it does have an effect? make it "no region" but control player nationality through other options under league settings->players i believe. make them 100% canadian or whatever there.

use a cloned league to see if that even works before borking up your league. as with any other suggestion.

also, turn on 100% accurate scouting and re-check. it very well may be better than it seems, but you should have "down" years. the talent will definiteyl ebb and flow in any year's draft. scouting accuracy of draftees is horrible on almost any setting and scout quality.

I agree with the 2nd part of your post, that's a good idea, but what does having my league full of Canadian players have anything to do with the draft pool having all pitchers at the top of potential talent in the next draft? I guess i'm not seeing the correlation. Not sure i understand that part.

[NoOne]

well, it wasn't about any 1 particular country or sovreignty.

possible causes: quality of baseball in that country [sic]. again, forgive on the syntax, but i believe there are 2 related values in game. player quality and baseball quality per country? not sure if you can edit that in "world" or not. likely in an export/import world, if the latter exists.

no region, in theory would bump to highest quality, and like i said this may or may not have an effect.

oh, size of league definitely causes a visibly different draft -- even if it's in proportion over time with high-end players. if you significantly more or less teams than 30, you can see a difference at 'top' of distribution per draft class. much larger and you see more often a 'mike trout' type player in any given 1 year.

[krownroyal83]

I get what you're saying. I'll try what you were suggesting.

[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by NoOne

well, it wasn't about any 1 particular country or sovreignty.

possible causes: quality of baseball in that country [sic]. again, forgive on the syntax, but i believe there are 2 related values in game. player quality and baseball quality per country? not sure if you can edit that in "world" or not. likely in an export/import world, if the latter exists.

no region, in theory would bump to highest quality, and like i said this may or may not have an effect.

oh, size of league definitely causes a visibly different draft -- even if it's in proportion over time with high-end players. if you significantly more or less teams than 30, you can see a difference at 'top' of distribution per draft class. much larger and you see more often a 'mike trout' type player in any given 1 year.

I only have 14 teams in my league however, i know that the fewer the teams the less players there are available to draft which means less chance of superstar potential players so i've upped the number of players available in my 7 round draft to 30 per round although that may be too many players so i might cut it to 25 players per round. I've changed my league to no region but as far as baseball quality ootp has Canada listed as 5 stars in quality so that seems fine. Getting enough 5 star potential players in the draft is the easy part, getting the talent distributed evenly so you get some superstars that are not just pitchers. I've noticed that my league ERA is continuing to drop every year as well as batter AVG so clearly the pitching talent is starting to over take the hitting talent. I just started resetting the league modifiers starting this season just in case that was why but i'm seeing the same trend. I might have to just start making my own draft classes haha.

[GreenTeapot]

For some reason, certain fictional leagues are really, REALLY skewed towards pitchers in terms of star ratings this time around. I had a Great Lakes League that did the exact same, nightmare.

Can I ask - is this an Independent league? Interested to see if that's what does it.

[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by GreenTeapot

For some reason, certain fictional leagues are really, REALLY skewed towards pitchers in terms of star ratings this time around. I had a Great Lakes League that did the exact same, nightmare.

Can I ask - is this an Independent league? Interested to see if that's what does it.

Well it's not associated with the MLB or their minor leagues in any way so if that's what makes it a independent league then that's what it is. I have not really paid much attention to the draft classes other than not being happy with the lack of potential talent which is why I opted to have the draft have more players so there is a better chance of more star players. This is the first season i've done this and it's the first time i've noticed all the pitchers at the top of the draft class. They could have been there every draft, it's just it's my first time noticing them. I mean i know there are going to be more pitchers than any other position in the draft i was just surprised i didn't see any players other than pitchers have high potentials. I guess i'll have to take a look at the next draft and see if there is any difference and take it from there. Worst case scenario i make up my own draft classes.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Maybe your scout has a massive bias towards pitchers?

[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Maybe your scout has a massive bias towards pitchers?

That could be. Would turning scouting on to be 100% accurate determine that?

Edit: I turned on scouting to be 100% accurate to see and it would appear my scout is pretty close when it comes to showing who the best players are in the draft according to potential and they are all pitchers except for this one center fielder who has 5 star potential (my scout had him listed as 3 star pot) so i guess i'll keep an eye on next years draft and act accordingly.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by krownroyal83

That could be. Would turning scouting on to be 100% accurate determine that?

Yes. If it's still looking weird, then something in this league is set up wrong, we'd need the league files to see what exactly is going on.

[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Yes. If it's still looking weird, then something in this league is set up wrong, we'd need the league files to see what exactly is going on.

I can't imagine what in the league could be set up wrong to get a result like that. I did a test and deleted the draft class and replaced it with a random class with the same amount of amateur players with the same results. Is there a place that i can send the league file to you? I mean it's possible nothing is going on, but I would assume you're gonna have more of a mix of players at the top of each draft class than all pitchers even though pitchers are the most common position in this game.