Scouting report puzzlement

[Leo_The_Lip]

So I'm reading the news and see a player named Berberet has been traded. I immediately think of the old C Lou Berberet, so I look at this player. And see:

Now I'm perfectly happy with OOTP and my guy differing about scouting. However, How does one reconcile the OOTP report with two stars of potential and my guy's far less sterling batting skill opinions with 2.5 stars?

What is going on? Why did this happen?

[Sweed]

One can only speculate but I think scouts have preferences on what skills they value so....

The one scout may weigh defense higher in his evaluation.

Could also have a higher value for a flyball hitter, where the OSA scout prefers line drive hitters with that high contact rating? Not all fly balls, even with that power reach the seats and can be run down where line drives, with that power, will still easily reach the seats but also be more likely to drop in for hits or find the gap.

Maybe one scout prefers a guy that can spray the ball around? He sees a dead pull hitter as a negative being easier to defend with the shift somewhat negating that high contact rating?

I use the 20-80 scale so have no idea about the stars but if this were a guy in my league and one scout had him a 40 and the other a 45 I wouldn't give it too much thought.

[Drstrangelove]

Originally Posted by Sweed

One can only speculate but I think scouts have preferences on what skills they value so....

The one scout may weigh defense higher in his evaluation.

Could also have a higher value for a flyball hitter, where the OSA scout prefers line drive hitters with that high contact rating? Not all fly balls, even with that power reach the seats and can be run down where line drives, with that power, will still easily reach the seats but also be more likely to drop in for hits or find the gap.

Maybe one scout prefers a guy that can spray the ball around? He sees a dead pull hitter as a negative being easier to defend with the shift somewhat negating that high contact rating?

I use the 20-80 scale so have no idea about the stars but if this were a guy in my league and one scout had him a 40 and the other a 45 I wouldn't give it too much thought.

All of the above.

Plus, unless scouting is set to 100% accurate, any evaluation of a player with so little experience is rarely certain.

[Leo_The_Lip]

I considered all those things, and I suppose so.

Except:

1) one scout is ALL scouts. So what do they value and how does one learn that? By that I mean it is the OOTP scouting consortium.

2) ALL the bars are higher for OSA yet they conclude a half-star less.

The appearance of something wrong is what is off to me.

[Drstrangelove]

Originally Posted by Leo_The_Lip

I considered all those things, and I suppose so.

Except:

1) one scout is ALL scouts. So what do they value and how does one learn that? By that I mean it is the OOTP scouting consortium.

2) ALL the bars are higher for OSA yet they conclude a half-star less.

The appearance of something wrong is what is off to me.

Set scouting to 100%, recalc the scouting then re-do the comparison? Does it make more sense?

[Leo_The_Lip]

Originally Posted by Drstrangelove

Set scouting to 100%, recalc the scouting then re-do the comparison? Does it make more sense?

Excellent suggestion!

At 100% accuracy, the mystery deepens.

My guy's assessment is almost exactly right, however 2 stars of potential are shown, not 2.5.

So it seems as if OSA 'knows' his true potential is 2 stars, but my guy is MUCH closer to the true ratings. Yet my guy sees 2.5 stars.

I'm even more confounded!