Posted by indy_angels on 5/26/2015 2:18:00 PM (view original):
But what is wrong with that. Everyone who saw Kris Bryant play in college knew he was going to be good. But not exactly how good. I think there is still value in using the scouting budget to understand exactly how good; solid ML starter, All-Star or HOF.
No.
I 100% agree it isn't "realistic", BUT in order to make the game more realistic as a whole this was a necessary change.
as Mike pointed out, McGwire didn't have a 90PWR rating coming out of school. We have actual hard data to work with, which is unrealistic in itself.
What they have done is to make the am draft and IFA pool a bit more of a crap shoot the further away from 20 scouting you spend, which makes the game way more realistic.