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#76454	08/10/2020 6:30:45 am	Aug 29th, 2046
envican Joined: 01/24/2019 Posts: 41 Hartford Bears VI.21	How much stock do you guys usually put in the "Rating" given to minors prospects? I have a player with a good scouting report but his potential rating and prospect rating are both pretty low so I was just curious about that. This guy http://brokenbat.org/player/245151 He has a prospect rating of only 44.2 but has "very good" potential Edit: Found this thread http://brokenbat.org/forum/0/3/6931 which seems to make it sound like the prospect rating is affected a lot by fielding, range, and arm, which also seems to skew SI numbers in general Updated Monday, August 10 2020 @ 6:35:55 am PDT Updated Monday, August 10 2020 @ 6:36:04 am PDT

#76455	08/10/2020 6:59:15 am	Aug 29th, 2046
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9588 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Yep. I pay approximately 0% attention to the prospect rankings.

#76457	08/10/2020 7:17:58 am	Aug 29th, 2046
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1130 Deerfield Beach Rats V.7	I’m not quite as dismissive of it as Rock, but pretty close. I pay just enough attention to the ratings to look at the bottom of the list — generally 45.0 and under — and try to figure out why the game is hating on that particular player. I compare that against why I like that particular player enough to have acquired him to begin with. About ninety-five percent of the time, I then tell the algorithm to bugger off and proceed to ignore it. I’ve got at least one guy who I’m pretty sure was low 40s currently enshrined in my Hall of Fame.

#76461	08/10/2020 7:48:46 am	Aug 29th, 2046
wuggla Joined: 05/10/2013 Posts: 1058 Colorado Springs Vultures VI.28	The Minors pages are only place to see ratings of player. I have always tried keeping player above 50% bellow that I cut for new draft or waiver claim.

#76468	08/10/2020 4:21:56 pm	Aug 31st, 2046
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9588 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I wouldn't recommend that approach. You could be cutting a fabulous corner OF, C, or 1B just because they don't have a lot of defensive stats (which don't matter much for those positions. Or a really strong RP just because he doesn't have a ton of stamina and defensive stats (which don't matter much for RP). The AI ranking algorithm is very simple. It just looks at the total SI for the player. That isn't a really good way to judge your players.

#76491	08/11/2020 10:18:51 am	Aug 31st, 2046
envican Joined: 01/24/2019 Posts: 41 Hartford Bears VI.21	Thanks for this discussion, helps a lot