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Originally Posted by greenOak
Prospect development has changed a lot this year, but its a lot more realistic than previous versions. Prospect development has been a weak point in this game for the better part of a decade, and I'm glad there we finally saw major efforts to fix it.
Sure there's probably a few too many players fast tracking through the minors in this version, but in previous versions you constantly had top 100 prospects slashing .200/.250/.300 in rookie ball for 3 years before inevitably becoming studs. I'll take a few too many fast trackers if it means the top prospects are actually the players succeeding in the minors.
As to the MLB ready 22/23 year old draftees we're seeing, I think this is mostly due to the way draft classes are generated rather than players developing too fast. IRL most guys who are projected to go in the first few rounds declare for the draft before their college eligibility runs out. Take a look at the ages of the top draft prospect list on MLB.com:
https://www.mlb.com/prospects/draft/
Highest rated 22-year old at #43. Highest rated 23-year old at #149. Upward of half of the top-50 are high schoolers aged 17 or 18. Now compare that to a typical OOTP draft class. Far more highly rated 22-23 year olds, far fewer highly rated 17-18 year olds.
The reality is there are a quite a few MLB ready 22-23 year olds. Its just most of them were highly sought after amateurs who declared for the draft years before they would turn 22-23. OOTP doesn't model this. |
Could this happen AFTER the first couple default draft classes? With OOTP switching to generating draft eligible players at 14 so we have 4 years of generated HS stats, and then those players being drafted or going to college, in theory shouldn't we be seeing the same?