A Better Amateur Draft (aka the Pujols Problem) Topic

Yeah, I've got dozen of those.   Here's one about the draft from 3 years ago:

7/25/2007 4:19 PM MikeT23
This is just a "wish" item. I stumbled upon the idea in a thread griping about coach hiring when someone sarcastically mentioned "scout hiring". Anyway, I'm not sure if it's practical to program but I think it would be pretty nice and add a handful of options/strategy to scouting(which is pretty much hands off except for budgeting). Thanks in advance for taking the time to read the following.

The concept:
Each 1m you allot "buys" you one scout. This applies to Int'l, HS and college. Scouts are of equal ability(for the most part).

Each country will be a seperate entity for international scouts. The US will be split up into regions(15 is what I'm thinking. Probably by state). The regions will not be equal nor will they produce the same quality/quantity of players. The same applies to countries.

The owner assigns a scout to a region(for HS or college) or a country(for internationals). Domestically, a scout in a region will find the top 5 players and 25(or whatever) other players of varying ability. If two scouts are placed in the same region, the numbers will double. Obviously college scouts will only report on college players. Internationally, each scout will find up to 8 players(or whatever # is chosen). These will be random and there will be no guarantee that you see the best 8. You will simply see the first 8 he finds. Doubling up scouting will double the number of prospect found.


Regions/Countries:
At the beginning of the season, before scouts are assigned, the owners will be sent a report giving the number of colleges in each region, the number of high school seniors playing ball in each region and the number of international prospects in each country. Again, the only constant from season to season would be the number of colleges playing baseball from each region. I'd recommend varying the number of colleges per region during set-up as opposed to making each region the same "size" to add to strategy.

During the arbitration process, the owner will assign scouts based upon these reports/personal strategy. If an owner fails to assign scouts, they will default to previous season settings and/or one scout to the most populated region on down until scouting budget runs out.

Overall scouting
For each 2m spent domestically, the owner will see the top overall player regardless of region. This will not "add" a player to scouted regions but simply ensures he sees the top player(s).
7/25/2007 4:58 PM Customer Support
Mike,

We have some ideas and we are currently discussing how to expand the role of Scouts in HBD. We will take these thoughts into consideration when we cross that bridge. Thanks!.

9/20/2010 6:42 PM
So good luck with your poor suggestion.   My great one went nowhere.
9/20/2010 6:43 PM
Thanks again for the snark, Mike.

I'll keep you all posted if I hear anything more from WIS.
9/21/2010 11:14 AM
You probably won't.

You know that they already have Diamonds in the Rough, right?  What new value is your idea offering aside from randomly altering the values of every player immediately upon selection?

Also it doesn't help that CS can read this thread and sees that everyone hates your idea.  So they just say "yeah, we're gonna do something like that" to get you to STFU.  It's kinda like a woman at a bar giving you her number just to get you to go away. 
9/22/2010 7:54 PM

For those who argue that HBD has no Albert Pujols / Mike Piazza types, may I introduce you to 20th round draft pick (644th overall player selected) Nerio Starr.

Granted, he's played his entire career in Hartford, but you cannot ignore 700+ career HR's, 1800+ career RBI's and a 1.052 career OPS.

2/27/2011 7:43 PM
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