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Originally Posted by Orcin
After 18-19 pages of being shouted down, I gave up commenting on it. I haven't changed my opinion.
My league did not go to s**t. There was no awkward transition. I still see players coming from later in the draft to be decent prospects, while players drafted early dominate the next-gen stars (as it should be). The difference is that the draft is no longer fun. It's just a grab-bag of 1-star players with no reason to choose one over another. I don't spend any time looking at draft prospects now, and I just let the scout auto-draft. I trade for my prospects now.
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I agree with you completely that the draft isn't as fun as it used to be. But what's more important -- the draft being fun or the draft being realistic? It's not realistic to be able to consistently draft 2-, 3- and even a 4-star prospect after the first couple of rounds. Yet that's what we consider fun.
IMO, we should have a deeper level of immersion when it comes to scouting the draft class. The manual (as out-dated as it is) says that the scout we hire has a team of scouts behind the scenes that we don't see. Those scouts should provide more details than just some ratings and overall and potential star ratings.
Maybe when the scout gives us his recommendation, he can specifically point out that this 1-star prospect has a good fastball and just needs to develop his offspeed stuff. Or the third baseman has tons of raw power potential, but strikes out too much right now. Adding things like that would keep it from feeling like we're just drafting no-name crap players from the third or fourth round on.