1985 Amateur Draft

[rubisco43]

Is your scout an 'ability' scout?

mine is, and he didn't think that highly of Abbott either. not great, not a scrub... just average. what's the difference?

[Lintyfresh85]

From earlier in the thread... posted by Andrew:

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In OOTP 8 almost all prospects were overrated by the scouts, we have changed that in OOTP 9... in fact, the whole scouting engine has been rewritten, so you cannot really compare the two anymore In OOTP 9, when the scout favors tools, then he's more likely to overvalue the player... and if he favors ability he'll more likely underestimate the talent.

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[rubisco43]

eesh, Jared Austin was 8's all the way across from my scout... if he's right, he's gonna be a beast.

[Delandis]

Just 5's across, but Rorison thinks he's got star potential.

[Riverman]

Is your scout an 'ability' scout?

He's actually neutral. I thought he was ability; I'm not sure if I had that wrong or he changed recently.

[mahoney2]

My favor ability scouts has him as a 5-5-4 but think he's got star ability as well.

[Lintyfresh85]

Good pick in Don Payne by Spot... I think he'll be a solid 3B in the future.

[Delandis]

My scout hated Payne.

[rubisco43]

i have a pick ready... but i'm working on a possible trade of this pick. it should be done within the hour, maybe sooner.

[Riverman]

My scout hated Payne.

As far as I can see the new scouting system sucks big time. It is fine to have some variation in the scouting reports but this is ridiculous. Some choice comments from my scout regarding Payne.

"Simply hopeless at the plate. As close to an automatic out as you can get."

and my favorite

"Slow as molasses. Warn the third base coach ahead of time."

[rubisco43]

oh, and if anyone wants to jump in on this pick, i'll take offers... but know, i have a few guys that I can pick at this point that I like... so it'll have to be somewhat decent. i'm looking for more picks.

[Delandis]

I disagree. I think its more realistic that each scout has their own view of who's got potential and who doesn't. Otherwise we'd all be fighting over the same 50 prospects.

[rubisco43]

I disagree. I think its more realistic that each scout has their own view of who's got potential and who doesn't. Otherwise we'd all be fighting over the same 50 prospects.

which goes back to the benefit of having multiple scouts on one team... i'd rather have that than this system. we hinge our ENTIRE draft on ONE scout's opinion, and that's kind of scary.

[mahoney2]

Looking at any pro sport though, is there anywhere near this much debate on who's a top 5-10 pick? Imagine if a team in the NFL with the #3 or #4 or #5 pick grabbed a guy who was going to be a 3rd or 4th rounder. Has that ever happened? Has it ever really happened in baseball? You have busts and late rounders coming out of no where but no team ever has that large of a difference of opinion on a top 10-15 pick.

[Delandis]

Its a scouting staff, though. He's just the director.