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Originally Posted by mpejkrm
What I'm trying to see is that these kinds of players DO get drafted, but most of them bust out.
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Don't they get drafted? I guess I'm not seeing where these guys aren't in OOTP?
Two pitch starters with a poor third pitch who would need to gain velocity, command or that third pitch to even crack an MLB team.
I know Von Rosenburg says three pitches, but that's a bit of what I'm talking about when I say most scouting reports are overly optimistic. When the best that can be said about a pitch is "a changeup with deception" you know it's not actually a good pitch currently.
Plus those reports don't even make the second pitches sound more than average. So we're talking guys with slightly above average velocity, one good, one average and one average to below average pitch.
Those type of guys seem to me like they're are all over OOTP drafts, you can easily get them in the fourth or sixth rounds, or later, or am I wrong on that?
Maybe I'm just not understanding where you're coming from here, which might be my fault. I'm not trying to argue or reflexively oppose you here, and I'm open to being convinced.
I'm just struggling to grasp what you think OOTP needs to change in these cases.