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Originally Posted by Rizon
This.
I use to walk away from a 25 round draft thinking I got 21 possible starters. Now I walk away thinking I might have a decent backup in the majors, and a couple guys who might at least challenge for a backup spot in AA, and a bunch of guys I like because they have cool names or personalities, but will be selling Ickey Dogs in 3-4 years.
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The thing is that some of those guys who you're thinking of as being AA reserves and selling Ickey Dogs in 3-4 years will in fact be good MLB players. That's how the dev model works.
As I tried to mention in the previous draft thread, some of the issue here is simply in changing our preconceptions of what a future MLB player looks like at draft time in OOTP.
That the ratings are initially lower doesn't mean that any given 3rd round pick or 8th round pick is any less likely to become an MLB player in OOTP14 than he was in 13.
It just means that it's necessary to stop looking at the ratings the exact same way we did in OOTP13 and to recognize the need to re-train our brains to understand that yes, this guy without what seems to be incredible all-star potential still has the potential to be a solid MLB player, if things go right with his development.