Well, Baseball America updated...

[liquidcrash]

Yep, big changes. Positive ones for me, as CJ Thompson shoots to #6 and Tom Mackey rises to 40. Also a new top 100 prospect as Kevin Langford is in at 83.

Not sure my scout sees them better than before, but whatever decides the top 100 is at least slightly different.

[Pat]

As expected, the switch to '17 is showing lots of movement.

[Carlos]

He plays in a state that has legalized marijuana and for a team that hasn't made the playoffs in nine seasons. What do you think?

He use to play in Little Rock! Does Arkansas have legalized weed?

[Cory]

I just want to know if my guy smokes weed.

He plays in a state that has legalized marijuana and for a team that hasn't made the playoffs in nine seasons. What do you think?

[Carlos]

I just want to know if my guy smokes weed.

[Delandis]

Agreed. This can be such a great feature when dealing with contract talks also.



Never seen Greed or Loyalty as a major factor in contract talks. I've seen "very high" greed guys be the easiest guys dealing with. It just appears to be window dressing.



"Team Leader" seems to help most come playoff time, but honestly thats just a theory. C Dave Piekarski has never been our team captian yet has a career .343ave/ .974OPS and only recently his work ethic went from low to normal so kind of throws that off.



The only other theory I've had his lazy or dumb guys tend to be suspended more. Least appears that way.



Again, I know there's alot under the hood so perhaps alot of values cancel each other out???



I don't know.

I think it is there.

It's probably all just weighted under the hood (depending on the player and situation) so you can't make a direct correlation to the character traits in most cases.

[funclown]

OOTP should do better with their character breakdowns.

Agreed. This can be such a great feature when dealing with contract talks also.

Never seen Greed or Loyalty as a major factor in contract talks. I've seen "very high" greed guys be the easiest guys dealing with. It just appears to be window dressing.

"Team Leader" seems to help most come playoff time, but honestly thats just a theory. C Dave Piekarski has never been our team captian yet has a career .343ave/ .974OPS and only recently his work ethic went from low to normal so kind of throws that off.

The only other theory I've had his lazy or dumb guys tend to be suspended more. Least appears that way.

Again, I know there's alot under the hood so perhaps alot of values cancel each other out???

I don't know.

[Carlos]

Slow learner because he smokes pot (ie. grow operation). Your dude's a stoner. :P

OOTP should do better with their character breakdowns.

Hopefully McGraw is a slow learner because he's going to be in AA next season now that he's getting too old.

Slow learner because he smokes pot (ie. grow operation). Your dude's a stoner. :P

[Carlos]

Indoor marijuana plantation.

Oh. I think I'm missing the joke. :(

Johnny Hoffman hit .377 in Single A and jumped up to #33 by season's end, but my scout has soured a bit as far as his writeup is concerned. I still think he's gonna be really good, and my scout favors tools as well so I'm thinking he isn't as high on him because Hoffman is more of a finished product type.

Corr was off the list completely but eventually made it into the 60's after hitting over .300 and driving in 63 runs in an abridged season. Was a little surprised that he didn't seem to be as high on everyone else's list at draft time, but I think he'll be #Elite.

[Pat]

Grow op?

Indoor marijuana plantation.

[Sharkn20]

I might end up burning myself by going with OSA instead of my scout with Jimmy Thompson and Jimmy McGraw.

McGraw can't seem to get going in A ball despite being ranked so highly. Meanwhile Ed Zahn spends one season in A ball, has played better than McGraw, and already my scout wants him in AA.

Hopefully McGraw is a slow learner because he's going to be in AA next season now that he's getting too old.

I have several players performing well in the BLB who never cracked the Top 100 list... I don't Trust OSA too much, but to be fair I have one of the best Scouts in the league, however he loves tools too much and it leads to some bad experiments (Graffing, Miller... among others). When they are not rookies anymore the Truth unveils... And his reading about some players change.

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[Carlos]

Maybe his grow op is the problem.

Grow op?

[umd]

Zack Molina (1.20), who OSA hates, got another significant bump from my scout. Jimmy Knutson (1.9) has pitched well - in line with his collegiate stats but no love from the Top 100 either.

It'd be nice if they were on there. Then again, look at guys like Erik Jackson who came out of that 2014 draft and was one of a very few who didn't crack the Top 100 for some time after.