I signed an IFA for 70K and he turned into a DITR. He was a scrub but needed some Rookie Pitchers. My Advanced Scouting is poor so not sure what to make of his new ratings but I have high IFA scouting. I go back and hit on his IFA prospect profile in my Inbox from when he was introduced and his ratings are much different. I wonder if his IFA Scouting ratings changed to factor in his DITR status, really seeing if I can rely on my IFA scouting to see how good he will be?

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerRatings.aspx?pid=10402193

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/ProspectProfile.aspx?pid=10402193

Advanced Scouting only affects players not on your roster currently.
IFA scouting is for before the player is signed and how many IFAs you see during the season.

Hey hirschjt, I know that when you get a DITR who was recently drafted their ratings on the draft screen change as well. Following a couple of my guys who got it the year they were drafted, I've found those projections to be actually pretty close to where they ended up, no more different than any other drafted player. I would expect the same for an INT prospect, but I haven't done the same tracking for that.

Thanks, I guess its just another scouting measure one can use to measure DITR. But only works for players just acquired that season.

Yes. It's the same, if you have high international scouting, and they say he'll be pretty good, then he'll be pretty good. Like any other time, he won't develop exactly how they say, but it will be closer than what $0 in advanced is saying. This only works in their first year pro and is yet another perk of having high scouting budgets in intl or draft.

Here is a guy that was drafted as a HS prospect -- Bradford. He got DITR in his first year. Once DITR hit, his draft projections changed to the below.

Dur Sta Control L R Vel GB P1 P2 P3 P4
38 54 93 80 78 57 52 91 93 86 90

As you can see, he under developed in some categories, but over developed in R split.

Here is a guy that was signed as an 18-year old Intl free agent -- Rios. He got DITR in his first year. Once DITR hit, his Intl Projections changed (have to save the email from your inbox to have access to this). After DITR, he had the below projections.

Dur Health Speed Contact Power L R Eye BRunning Range Glove Arm ArmAcc
89 84 72 36 40 44 67 66 89 93 85 95 99

As you can see, he under developed in durability and health by a lot, but that's not a function of DITR, that is a function of the scouting being off. He under developed in most categories except contact and speed, but these were not by much with the exception of power, durability and health.

Both examples were with $20M in scouting. In my opinion, this is about as accurate as $20M scouting is normally so I echo what Pray4Pro stated above --you can trust these 1st year DITR projections as much as you trust regular prospect projections.

very insightful, thanks tlowster