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Originally Posted by vegaspomeranians
I did mention that in the previous post I turned it off then he was ranked something like 13 or so. He's also ranked #2 after Corey Seager in the top 50 midseason rankings on Baseball America. On The Sporting News, he's #3 behind Buxton and Correa. #2 on minorleagueball.com. #4 on baseballprof.com behind seager, schwarber, and sano. I could go on and on but he is usually the #1 rated prospect if you eliminate any players above him that have been called up and playing regularly. I'd like to know what sources were used to give him such a low ranking. It seems like pre 2014 ratings was used for him.
I hope that his potential ratings get a bigger boost in ootp17. I do not like to edit players, but in his case I probably will.
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Oh yeah, I see that you did mention the teens ranking now. Missed that somehow
As far as sources, pretty much you name it, we use it.
Beyond that though, there are a few things. As pointed out, this update isn't intended to be comprehensive. We re-rated guys as they cam up on our radar, and I don't think we ever checked the prospect rankings. This was not an official update, it's just a quick, fun mod.
Another thing, you're talking about his likely ranking after guys graduate. In game though, the graduated guys are still there, and some of those ranked behind him in the preseason have certainly jumped him as prospects after we adjusted their rankings based on their their MLB debuts, guys like Noah Syndergaard f.e. There have been a TON of guys that made incredible debuts this year, and many of those now appear to have been ranked too low on the prospect lists earlier in the year.
The other thing to realize is that the difference between 13 and 3 or even 1 is pretty minimal.
Especially since the algorithm the game uses to generate the rankings isn't exactly perfect. It's very much a ballpark estimate and the game uses stuff beyond just the pure ratings to generate the rankings.
In fact, it's almost impossible to get the rankings exactly right, since some guys seem to need to be overrated or underrated according to pure ratings to fit into the right spot on the rankings, which is something we don't want to do, since the rankings are just going to change very quickly in game anyway.
His ratings are awfully high, which is all that really matters in the end. A couple spots up or down in the rankings will really have no effect in the end on how a guy eventually turns out in the game.