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As an extreme newb, I'm in no position to be giving advice, but I've already learned something important about scouting. (I'm playing the ootp13 demo to feel my way around and will start a new fictional league when 14 comes out).
One of the very first things I'll do in my new 14 league is: make sure I hire a quality scouting director. I did an inaugural draft for the fictional league, leaning pretty heavily on my scout's ratings. After I put together an entire franchise, I decided to check out my scouting director's skills. They were bad. Mostly "Fair" (which I believe is only one notch above "Inexperienced") and at best "OK". I was interested in finding a scout who was at least "Decent" in Minors and Amateur scouting, so I dumped my crappy scout and hired a better one. Boy was I surprised by the difference! My franchise that was brimming with bright young talent was suddenly revealed to be filled with garbage. The difference in assessments was truly night and day. And sure enough, when Spring Training started, the news wire projected my team to finish dead last in its division.
So note to self: hire a good scout from the get-go!
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