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Originally Posted by Orcin
The old method wasn't perfect either. I admit that I was frustrated from time to time when too many prospects flamed out. But no more frustrated than I am now looking at a draft class containing 90% 0-WAR players.
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In real life, the MLB Draft consists for 40 rounds, plus two compensation rounds, so approximately 1,200 players are chosen. If 90% of them are 0 WAR or below, that means 120 of them (or four rounds worth) are 0.1 WAR or above. That's probably slightly high, if you ask me.
I think the OOTP MLB quickstart defaults to 30 rounds (someone correct me if I'm wrong), so that's 90 players (or three rounds' worth) at 0.1 WAR or above. Is three rounds of legitimate MLB prospects realistic? I would say that's about right.
I understand your frustration, but my point is that the current draft pools are much more realistic, and realism has always been a goal of Markus' development team.