Who Would You Draft? Topic

Need help choosing among these 4 prospects.

Scouting Budget:
College: $18M
High School: $14M

3 pitchers, 1 position player. Player is college, bottom pitcher is college.
Player Pos B T Age Overall Range Glove ArmStr ArmAcc Durability Speed Contact Power VsLHP VsRHP BattingEye Baserunning
Player 1 (College) 2B R R 19 83 80 85 52 69 81 82 68 65 87 57 93 61
Player Pos B T Age Overall Durability Stamina Control VsLHB VsRHB Velocity GBFB Pitch_1 Pitch_2 Pitch_3 Pitch_4 Pitch_5
Pitcher 1 (HS) P S R 18 81 28 69 92 77 91 23 75 83 71 29 59 53
Pitcher 2 (HS) P R R 18 82 31 82 99 71 88 35 69 77 73 42 45 56
Pitcher 3 (College) P R R 19 83 29 77 100 62 77 78 81 87 77 47 54 49
1/23/2017 4:30 PM
I personally like pitcher 3 the best out of all of those guys, but I'd need to see current ratings and makeup to be sure.
1/23/2017 6:11 PM
Current ratings are unavailable. Makeup is all about the same. I've decided to remove the high school prospects as I just can't trust 14M in scouting. I'm leaning towards the 2B prospect
1/23/2017 7:49 PM
$18M in Col and that's the cream of the crop? Any players with lower DUR that you're discounting or players you discounted due to depth? What's the best lefty or switch hitter on the board look like?

Guess I'd go with the last pitcher from the players posted.
1/24/2017 5:31 AM
I would take pitcher #3.
1/24/2017 8:04 AM
I think the 2B may be the safest bet and will be a solid player. Personally I think I'd take a chance on pitcher #1. He'll at least have high control and worst case have around an 80+ vs/R which I would definitely love to have.
1/24/2017 9:33 AM
I've been burned by $14M high school scouting before so I'm hesitant. i took over this team so I couldn't get the high school scouting more than 14.

The best position player I see is the 2B I listed. His vsR sucks but i feel he will get on base a ton and might play good defense at 2B. Here are the other position players that are decent:
Player Pos B T Age Overall Range Glove ArmStr ArmAcc Durability Health Speed Contact Power VsLHP VsRHP BE Baserun Bunt Push
Player 2 DH S R 20 71 38 42 24 44 89 78 26 70 67 88 76 81 32 42 67
Player 3 2B R R 19 80 69 67 49 66 91 77 56 63 90 62 76 72 50 47 39
Player 4 2B R R 20 79 70 76 44 63 80 49 94 68 66 91 64 80 41 60 46
Player 5 SS R R 19 83 69 81 80 70 91 100 57 43 65 97 89 59 52 38 54
Player 6 2B S R 20 80 91 61 49 62 89 74 75 62 77 57 64 64 64 71 26

I'm not thrilled with the college pitcher but he seems like the safest bet. There is another pitcher better but he is a signing risk. Here he is:
Player Pos B T Age Overall Durability Health Stamina Control VsLHB VsRHB Velocity GBFB Pitch_1 Pitch_2 Pitch_3 Pitch_4 Pitch_5
Pitcher 4 P R R 22 82 34 65 71 80 75 83 85 83 83 77 63 0 0

Overall a pretty crappy class
1/24/2017 5:21 PM (edited)
I personally would shy away from a 22 yr old in the first round. I still would go with the college pitcher 3.
1/24/2017 10:33 PM
Posted by trev311 on 1/23/2017 7:49:00 PM (view original):
Current ratings are unavailable. Makeup is all about the same. I've decided to remove the high school prospects as I just can't trust 14M in scouting. I'm leaning towards the 2B prospect
To me, that 2B projects to be a slightly above average hitter and slightly below average fielding 2B. If the SP finishes with control in the high 90s, he'd be a #1 or #2 SP for 10+ seasons.
1/25/2017 11:53 AM
1a- Pitcher 2, 1b- Pitcher 1, 3- Pitcher 3

Player 1 in a VERY distant fourth.

I'm not discounting 14 scouting, it's plenty enough, I trust the general attribute ranges.. Those pitchers are roughly similar, and I tend to prefer dur and stam as a tiebreaker for equivalent talent. If you play home games in a hitters park, consider pitcher 3 because of strikeouts and groundballs

Player 1 would be terrible to take over a very good starter. mediocre contact and power, splits are backwards (you would prefer vR to be the higher value), so even if this is a switch hitter he's never going to be an all-star. Definitely draft one of the pitchers imo
1/25/2017 2:55 PM
Agreed with those who don't like the 2B. This game generates a ton of mediocre 2Bs who can play a lot of games without being plus hitters or defenders.

1/25/2017 3:04 PM
thanks for the suggestions!
1/25/2017 3:44 PM
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