I think college players start their pro careers too raw defensively. I see a lot of shortstops that are drafted at 21 or 22 years old, and start out within 10-15 points of their hitting potential, but 25 points away from their glove and range potential. It's just not realistic in baseball. A player is not going increase their range THAT much from age 21 to 25. They may gain a few steps because of positioning and footwork but their range is just never going to dramatically improve. I feel like a polished 4 year college shortstop should start their pro careers with a 65-70 range and glove and be farther away from their hitting potential. But I get these 22 year olds that come in with a 55-60 glove but have potential to get into the mid 80's. Typically you have to wait for a young players bat to be ML ready before they get to the show. But I get first round picks where their glove is 2-3 years behind their bats. They wouldn't have been projected as shortstops if they came into a draft with a the equivalent of a 55 glove in real life.So I draft players with their potential to be good defenders/good hitters at shortstop, but it's going to be exhausting to get them up to their potential defensively. They'll just end up being third basemen.

How do you know whether the rest of the league is committing to HS or Coll?

Posted by minus55 on 4/27/2020 6:42:00 PM (view original):
How do you know whether the rest of the league is committing to HS or Coll?

What you can do is look at the draft from last season and get an "idea" of where people are spending based on the split of HS/College drafted.
Especially the early rounds. See if there's a lean one way or the other.

Posted by minus55 on 4/27/2020 6:42:00 PM (view original):
How do you know whether the rest of the league is committing to HS or Coll?

Go to the Finance menu under the world tab. The budget analysis report will show you the averages for each budget item for your world.

I just pick one after a brief look and abandon the other.

Posted by minus55 on 4/27/2020 6:42:00 PM (view original):
How do you know whether the rest of the league is committing to HS or Coll?

Its kinda fun when you can mess with people like that. I have a buddy in Gibson, when the draft was coming up I was picking 3rd he was picking first and I said to him "I'm really excited for the guy I have ranked first on my board. He'll look so good on my team". He responds "unless I draft him to my team first." and I respond "You won't. You have picked high school guys for the past 3 seasons and he's a college kid."