Why!!!

[ewank]

Okay, I had a big contract that was finally coming to an end with an option year that I could reject, so I did. This pitcher was a 43/43 and had been simply horrible that last couple of years of the contract so I let him go. Now he is a 57/57 with another team, why? I could use this player.

[Bluenoser]

Different Scouts evaluate players differently.

[ewank]

But I used my scout to evaluate him.

[ajsomers]

Is he being used as a reliever by the new team instead of a starter? Or vice versa? Sometimes a primary position change can impact overall ratings.

[ewank]

No, he was an aging reliever with me and he is still an aging reliever.

[kidd_05_u2]

Now you know how every team feels after the Astros or the Rays pick up one of their released players.

[Marinersfan51]

What changed in your scouts eval? Did he add a new pitch or did his velo or ratings change?

[Pdubya64]

ewank, I would look for the "proof in the pudding" and see what the guy's stats are with the new team over time.

My guess is that your Head Scout does not think as highly of the pitcher as the one who picked him up. You could look at the skills the other team's HS has and compare to yours, but I think the stats after a few months will be telling.

At the end of the day, whether a player is rated better or worse is all relative. What he does on the diamond is the proof. This is why some guys are "stats only" as they don't care for the whole ratings part of the game.

[Daniel_09]

Maybe the difference between the two scouts is their way of looking at the players, maybe one is Highly favor tools, and the other is highly favor ability (the latter being a little more pessimistic than the first one, it takes into account other information such as statistics, age, etc.).

[Brad K]

I've seen significant changes in my scout's rating of players when they when they were on another team versus my team. I don't generally follow players I trade away but I've noticed this several times on players I've traded for. They were rated higher before I traded for them.

[md40022]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a budget setting where you can dictate how much of your scouting budget goes to evaluation of your own players vs. evaluation of players on other MLB teams vs. minor league scouting vs. international scouting?

I wonder if your scouting budget is very heavily in favor of either scouting players on your MLB team, or scouting players on other MLB teams if as soon as you let go of the player in question if his scouting report and ratings shift because either you now have more or less resources devoted to scouting him - meaning you are now getting either more accurate or less accurate reports.

His actual performance shouldn't change anymore outside of the normal probabilities, but I could definitely see his ratings and scouting report change depending on how your scouting budget breaks down

[Daniel_09]

Originally Posted by md40022

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a budget setting where you can dictate how much of your scouting budget goes to evaluation of your own players vs. evaluation of players on other MLB teams vs. minor league scouting vs. international scouting?

I wonder if your scouting budget is very heavily in favor of either scouting players on your MLB team, or scouting players on other MLB teams if as soon as you let go of the player in question if his scouting report and ratings shift because either you now have more or less resources devoted to scouting him - meaning you are now getting either more accurate or less accurate reports.

His actual performance shouldn't change anymore outside of the normal probabilities, but I could definitely see his ratings and scouting report change depending on how your scouting budget breaks down

this also comes into consideration

[Brad K]

He said it was his own scout rating in both situations. No other team's scout involved.

Without looking I recall the scouting choices as MLB, minors, and international, with no choice between own team and opposing team. But to get equal coverage of all players how much of his MLB budget would team have to spend scouting 15 or 19 or 23 or 29 other teams?

Anyway, a scout rating a player differently (presumably due to lower scouting accuracy) when he's a own player or another team's player is reasonable and realistic.