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Originally Posted by Bluenoser
I agree with this but think it should be taken a step further. Eliminate pre-determined roles altogether. No SP, MR, or CL, just a P designation.
One can look at a kids stats to see what role he played in collage/HS. One can look at # of pitches, quality of pitches, stamina, competition, etc to make a determination on where to try him at in rookie ball. As he progresses, your assesment of him also does.
This would be more realistic imo. I realize you get the odd Strasburg type who skips the minors, but those are very few and far between.
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I'm no expert, and don't take this the wrong way, but is that really how it's done? I'm pretty sure when a pitcher is playing in college it's somewhat known whether he'll be a SP or a RP. Maybe not 100 percent sure, but I don't know about "eliminating pre-determined roles altogether."
Saying someone is a pitcher in a scouting report frankly isn't a good evaluation of a player. Whether he's a SP, RP, CP or whatever he is. Whether he turns out to be a starter, reliever or closer is a completely different issue, but truthfully the speculation (or scouting report of sorts) of a player is exactly what the game is. It speculates the position of the player (now done better in the new game because some of the SP may turn into RP's and visa versa) and uses a scouting report of sorts to realize that. So essentially it's already being done just based on the game which may take away something for you? But honestly seems to be necessary considering few? (I would say) pitchers go into the draft without any sort of speculation/scouting report based on what type of pitcher they would be?
Am I completely off here or does that kind of make sense?