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LeftHandPath · 10-14-2021, 07:26 AM

Hey guys,
I just came over something which makes me wondering if this is intended by the devs.
I am currently at the 2025 draft and see a lot of pitchers having a very low Changeup potential. I looked through the upcoming draft classes and noticed the same for these draft classes.
In the 2027 draft class there are almost 50% of the pitchers with a very low changeup potential (40 or less).
Combined with the fact, that changeups are the hardest pitch to develop which makes changeups often not reach their potential, I see a major concern in that issue.
I know there have been some concerns about changeups and their development for young pitchers for many OOTP versions, but I have never seen that many low-potential changups.
I assume that the difficulty of developing changeups possibily leads to a decreasing potantial for these young draft prospects and I am not sure if this is intended.

10-14-2021, 07:26 AM	#1
LeftHandPath Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Germany Posts: 52	Changeup in Draft Hey guys, I just came over something which makes me wondering if this is intended by the devs. I am currently at the 2025 draft and see a lot of pitchers having a very low Changeup potential. I looked through the upcoming draft classes and noticed the same for these draft classes. In the 2027 draft class there are almost 50% of the pitchers with a very low changeup potential (40 or less). Combined with the fact, that changeups are the hardest pitch to develop which makes changeups often not reach their potential, I see a major concern in that issue. I know there have been some concerns about changeups and their development for young pitchers for many OOTP versions, but I have never seen that many low-potential changups. I assume that the difficulty of developing changeups possibily leads to a decreasing potantial for these young draft prospects and I am not sure if this is intended.