That's a shame... I've had several DiTR's that were almost promising had they actually hit the new projecteds, but never came close. That seems to be a pattern. I think this is something that needs to be looked at by the devs.

I'm not exactly sure how the improvement during the development cycles are calculated, but it's only been four days since the DITR occurred. Which is slightly less than half of a normal development cycle, which seem to happen every nine to ten days (27 to 30 games).

It would be premature to make any judgement on his potential for reaching his projections right now.

Ah... okay. That does make a difference.

Here's the second (and final) development cycle for Mr. Smith for the current season, as the regular season for the minors ended last night.

2 point jump in OVR, and 1 to 3 point improvements in a number of categories.

Hopefully his next owner will be able to help him develop towards his potential.

FYI . . . his 33 glove (now 34) as a CF led to 19 errors in 48 games. Hope he has a great fielding instructor going forward.

I'm not all that impressed by those improvements given the projections, especially GL and AA... is the current fielding instructor Dave Kingman?

Quote: Originally Posted By dedelman on 11/03/2008I'm not all that impressed by those improvements given the projections, especially GL and AA... is the current fielding instructor Dave Kingman

Close. It's this guy. Who has the third worst fielding IQ (53) for all fielding instructors in the world this season.

Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 11/03/2008
Here's the second (and final) development cycle for Mr. Smith for the current season, as the regular season for the minors ended last night.

Promote him. He may get another bump.

I gave him a promotion, but no bump.

Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 11/05/2008
I gave him a promotion, but no bump.

You have to wait longer after his final reg season event before promoting to see any possible bump. A promotion so close doesn't even show as an event in his progression. If you had waited til the very end of the season you may have seen additional improvement.

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Was he drafted out of HS or college? If its the latter and he's only in his 1st yr of pro ball, he's got a good shot to hit somewhere around 80-90% of those projections, from my experience.

If he was a HS draftee and already has 3 yrs under his belt he'll probably fall well short.

The other variable of course is your advanced scouting. If its low those numbers could be waaaaay off. Assuming they're somewhat accurate I'm still hesitant to crown him all-star caliber with that control and stamina. He's probably not a full-inning-at-a-time type guy.

He was drafted out of college and is in his second year of pro ball. He's definitely not a perrennial all star, but I could easily see him sneaking a couple times over his career. At any rate, if I don't trade him, he won't be an AS on my team because I won't use him as a closer. Even still, if used as a SuA I could see him hitting 55 IP with a 2.45 ERA with around 50 Ks and 30 BB... sound about right to you?

Even with a 12 in advanced scouting a 84 projected player would probably at worst still be a 75, and I doubt he would be that low.

The one thing I have noticed is DITR never get close to their new projected ratings. It will be interesting to see how this new guy does.

If they aren't going to make the majors then don't even send me the e-mail. Why bother with a DITR that will end up sitting the bench in AA.

i had a very good ditr once...he was a life-long-to-be minor league reliever...who became a legit ml stud closer...but the one you proposed is the best i have ever seen...