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Biggio509 · 03-30-2020, 06:06 PM

Sometimes players decline. Sometimes your scout was just wrong. Hard to tell. Now the game lets you know how well the player is scouted. If you have a bad scout and don't play on 100% accurate scouting you never know if a kid burned out or if your scout just was crap on his evaluation.

Getting a good scout is number 1 priority when you want to build youth. Just starting '21 but in '20 and even previous versions when I had one of the best scouts for amatuer talent I rarely failed on a prospect and when I did it was often due to injuries setting the kid back. When I had meh or bad scouts I had a lot more misses. Playing KC I was competitive for years and even had a couple of WS appearances. I always had replacements for my players I had to trade or let go because of budgets. When my scout wasn't as good, not so much.

Your scout is the number 1 investment if you want to build minors and have a steady flow of players. I suggest this even if you are in huge market. Aging expensive veterans can decline quicker than you think.I didn't find the find the number 1 draft pick went to a scrub after playing in rookie league near as much with excellent scouts as I did when I had average or bad scouts.

I also do my own premotion/demotion in the minors. I haven't let the AI do it in a long while so I can't say how well it does this now.

03-30-2020, 06:06 PM	#4
Biggio509 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,027	Sometimes players decline. Sometimes your scout was just wrong. Hard to tell. Now the game lets you know how well the player is scouted. If you have a bad scout and don't play on 100% accurate scouting you never know if a kid burned out or if your scout just was crap on his evaluation. Getting a good scout is number 1 priority when you want to build youth. Just starting '21 but in '20 and even previous versions when I had one of the best scouts for amatuer talent I rarely failed on a prospect and when I did it was often due to injuries setting the kid back. When I had meh or bad scouts I had a lot more misses. Playing KC I was competitive for years and even had a couple of WS appearances. I always had replacements for my players I had to trade or let go because of budgets. When my scout wasn't as good, not so much. Your scout is the number 1 investment if you want to build minors and have a steady flow of players. I suggest this even if you are in huge market. Aging expensive veterans can decline quicker than you think.I didn't find the find the number 1 draft pick went to a scrub after playing in rookie league near as much with excellent scouts as I did when I had average or bad scouts. I also do my own premotion/demotion in the minors. I haven't let the AI do it in a long while so I can't say how well it does this now. Last edited by Biggio509; 03-30-2020 at 06:08 PM.