Even with 20 scouting, I'm noticing that glove projections seem to be SUPER unreliable. We've detailed it in another thread before how a bad glove rating helped crater a high draft pick for me, and although I didn't pick a SS high in our world's latest draft, I'm noticing that comparing my projections to the post-draft outcomes, the projections are more often than not completely oversold.

Is this just me, just a small sample, or is there a decent way to tell whether a glove rating is bogus or accurate?

How can you reasonably compare post draft? A guy can gain 30 points if he's 18 y/o. If you have $20M in scouting, the most any rating will be off is 10 points. Most SS's with big bats end up at 2B/3B (just like in real life). Unless a guy is projecting 90+ at glove, I assume he probably ends up at a lesser position.

How can you reasonably compare post draft? A guy can gain 30 points if he's 18 y/o. If you have $20M in scouting, the most any rating will be off is 10 points (downside or upside). Most SS's with big bats end up at 2B/3B (just like in real life). Unless a guy is projecting 90+ at glove, I assume he probably ends up at a lesser position.

I'm just seeing a lot of guys with 90+ projections that start out in the low 50s, or even college guys who will still have too far to go.

I understand the real-life facts that most SS prospects are moved to 2B or 3B eventually. Guess I just didn't think that process would play out in quite the same way in this game.