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Ok, I'll buy that. In this one particular instance playing stats only did make the decision to promote him easier because there was no distraction from conflicting data. But I picked him out of a pool of 300+ players before the draft ever started based solely on stats becase even if his ratings were visible he would have been eliminated by any filter I'd have used. So based on stats only I found a diamond in the rough. It's easy to sort a draft pool by potential ratings. Especially if you are not using feeders and have nothing else to go on. It's harder at draft time without ratings.
After that if a player has history you can make as informed a decision on any player as your scout can ratings or stats. I guess there is not as much difference then. Stats only is much more challenging on Draft Day. On every other day it's a little more challenging. But championship teams are built on Draft Day.
Unless you're the Yankees.
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