Posted by tecwrg on 10/16/2008 8:02:00 AM (view original):
I've never seen this before. This is with an abandoned team that I am babysitting for the remainder of the current season. I just got five DITR emails this morning, but two of them were for the same guy:

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A Diamond in the Rough RE:D.Smith Douglas Douglass on 10/16/2008 7:20:00 AM

Dave Smith (LF) has really shown some substantial improvement half-way through the season. Be sure not to overlook him.

-- Douglas Douglass, Bench Coach

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A Diamond in the Rough RE:D.Smith Douglas Douglass on 10/16/2008 7:20:00 AM

I can't believe it! Dave Smith (LF) has just had a major breakthrough. This guy has become substantially more valuable to our franchise.

-- Douglas Douglass, Bench Coach

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Here's the player in question, Dave Smith, a 17th round draft pick this season. He's 18 years old.

I don't have what his old projections are, but here are his current and new projections for a number of ratings. The projections are seen with a $12m advanced scouting budget:

Overall: currently 30 --> projected 84

Defense (range/glove/arm strength/arm accuracy):

48/33/37/33 --> 90/78/52/87

Hitting (contact/power/vs LHP/vs RHP/eye/base running):

26/34/17/13/30/30 --> 96/84/65/38/71/92

I wonder if this "Double DITR" is was admin referred to a couple of weeks ago when they hinted that they had some ideas about how to make some of those lower round draft picks true diamonds.

I've never seen such a disparity between current ratings and projections.