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One Post Wonder · 01-16-2013, 01:57 PM

Speaking for myself, with work ethic I look at the high school/college stats and look for guys that have improved/declined during their time there. A guy that has gotten significantly better from year 1 to year 3 probably has a good work ethic.

I keep fielding ratings on. It's too hard to determine fielding ratings and speed just by stats alone. You might have a fast guy playing on a team that doesn't run much. I figure too, that you could bring a guy in and see him run a 40 yard dash and get an idea of how he moved in the field IRL, so why not allow that in the game?

I largely look at OBP and OPS. (.500 OBP is my baseline for high schoolers, .550 for a high pick) Everyone has their stat that they look at, but for everything but a top pick I'd rather take a chance on a guy who destroyed his league for 250 AB than a guy who was slightly above average for 500, so that's why I don't use VORP. Along with a high OBP, a prospect needs to have speed, power, super defense or hopefully a combination of the above. I don't want an on base guy who otherwise does nothing.

Yes... 500 AB. I have my feeder leagues play 162 games, which is grueling on the PC, but gives you enough stats that you can do some reasonable drafts.

After the draft I pick up any reliever who can throw 100 mph, and any starter who can throw 96 regardless of stats. Sometimes those guys work out OK through sheer intimidation, especially the relievers.

Altogether it works for me. My minor league system is currently ranked 14th, which is more or less the result I want. My teams, results wise, are like the Yankees over the last 20 years, 88-105 win kind of teams. I win... my team is always in the discussion, but I'm not winning 6 WS in a row and ridiculous stuff like that.

With trades, I leave it on average and limit myself to trading only in the offseason (pre draft, my drafts are on 4/1) and only for guys in A ball and below. I leave trade difficulty on average - to me, the hard settings where the AI expects to get my closer and my HOF quality C for a mid range prospect are more ridiculous than anything I see on average difficulty. I don't want hard. I want realistic. And average level seems to be closest to that.

01-16-2013, 01:57 PM	#26
One Post Wonder All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 538	Speaking for myself, with work ethic I look at the high school/college stats and look for guys that have improved/declined during their time there. A guy that has gotten significantly better from year 1 to year 3 probably has a good work ethic. I keep fielding ratings on. It's too hard to determine fielding ratings and speed just by stats alone. You might have a fast guy playing on a team that doesn't run much. I figure too, that you could bring a guy in and see him run a 40 yard dash and get an idea of how he moved in the field IRL, so why not allow that in the game? I largely look at OBP and OPS. (.500 OBP is my baseline for high schoolers, .550 for a high pick) Everyone has their stat that they look at, but for everything but a top pick I'd rather take a chance on a guy who destroyed his league for 250 AB than a guy who was slightly above average for 500, so that's why I don't use VORP. Along with a high OBP, a prospect needs to have speed, power, super defense or hopefully a combination of the above. I don't want an on base guy who otherwise does nothing. Yes... 500 AB. I have my feeder leagues play 162 games, which is grueling on the PC, but gives you enough stats that you can do some reasonable drafts. After the draft I pick up any reliever who can throw 100 mph, and any starter who can throw 96 regardless of stats. Sometimes those guys work out OK through sheer intimidation, especially the relievers. Altogether it works for me. My minor league system is currently ranked 14th, which is more or less the result I want. My teams, results wise, are like the Yankees over the last 20 years, 88-105 win kind of teams. I win... my team is always in the discussion, but I'm not winning 6 WS in a row and ridiculous stuff like that. With trades, I leave it on average and limit myself to trading only in the offseason (pre draft, my drafts are on 4/1) and only for guys in A ball and below. I leave trade difficulty on average - to me, the hard settings where the AI expects to get my closer and my HOF quality C for a mid range prospect are more ridiculous than anything I see on average difficulty. I don't want hard. I want realistic. And average level seems to be closest to that.