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Old 03-28-2024, 12:06 PM   #1
doohdee2
Minors (Rookie Ball)
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 37
Top Prospect List weighs potential too heavily

The top prospect list is dominated by the IFA players with 80 potential, this is not reflective of any prospect list in real life. Currently as soon as top IFA signs, they will be one of the top 5 prospects in baseball when the list updates next.

The only IFA in MLB who is a top 100 prospect and less than 18 is Ethan Salas and he was not immediately ranked the year after he signed. He was only ranked after doing well in A ball and playing in Double AA in his age 17 season.

On the other hand, I think the AI actually does a good job of valuing prospects in trades. It's smart enough to know that the 16-17 year old 20/80 overall prospect in Rookie Ball is worth less than the 45/70 22 year old prospect in AA.

An easy fix would just be to have the top prospect list reflect trade value (which accurately weights current/overall and age) instead of just pure potential like it does right now.
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