Question about potential?

[slyfox]

If a player has a potential of 95 does that mean his overall can't go above 95 or is potential just the rate at which a player improves. Thanks

[Syce]

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rate at which player improves. there are alot of prospects and i dont really see like 50 of them being 99 overalls. that would just be stupid tbh, eventually then u would see every team full of 99 overall players.

[mattyw55]

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Wait a second, so if my #1 overall pick has 99 potential, it doesn't mean that 99 is actually what his potential is, it just means that is how fast he'll develop? I'm a little confused over how you worded that

[NEOPARADIGM]

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I'm not sure I understand it either. It seems to work both ways, where it's how good the player was for old guys and how good a player might be for young guys? Like, can anyone explain to me why an aged Joe Nathan has A potential?

[Knight165]

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Wait a second, so if my #1 overall pick has 99 potential, it doesn't mean that 99 is actually what his potential is, it just means that is how fast he'll develop? I'm a little confused over how you worded that

Is he actually a 99 potential?....after you drafted him?

It is more how fast he will develop and how much each year.
You've got to watch him to see if he is truly a star player.

M.K.
Knight165

[Smallville102001]

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As far has I know if a player say has a 70 potential he cant get above that no matter what and it also makes a difference how fast they can get better to. I don't think potential should make a cap on how good a player can get and should only effect how quickly a player can will go up though. The reason I say that is because then it means that say a guy has a over all of 75 and his potential is 80 then even if he has a great year or 2 or 3 he cant improve that much more. I think that is kind of silly because then you cant have guys who come out of no where to be really good like you some times see in real life. Also I have heard that potential can change but I don't know how often that happens.

[mattyw55]

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Is he actually a 99 potential?....after you drafted him?

It is more how fast he will develop and how much each year.
You've got to watch him to see if he is truly a star player.

M.K.
Knight165

Yes I drafted a pitcher first overall in my dbacks franchise and he had 99 potential. So what you are saying is that with a guy who has 99 potential he should develop super fast? I had him in AA to begin season two, but he was struggling so I put him in class A because I didn't want his potential to drop. This is how it should be done, correct?

[StevenSD]

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Also I have heard that potential can change but I don't know how often that happens.

It's already happened for me. I drafted a LF rated 70 with a C potential in the 4th round. After one year in AA and AAA his rating bumped to 76 and his potential changed to B.

The only reason why I drafted him was because he was super young, 19 years old, and the majority of his attributes were high except for fielding.

[Syce]

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It's already happened for me. I drafted a LF rated 70 with a C potential in the 4th round. After one year in AA and AAA his rating bumped to 76 and his potential changed to B.

The only reason why I drafted him was because he was super young, 19 years old, and the majority of his attributes were high except for fielding.

this just sounds like the guy you drafted was not scouted or not scouted enough.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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From what I see potential is tied to speed of progression and regression as well as a theoretical overall ceiling overall for the player. These are more fluid this year than ever.

Potential seems to swing up much easier than the past.

If you notice the oldest players on the rosters all have 99 potential this slows the regression.


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[StevenSD]

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this just sounds like the guy you drafted was not scouted or not scouted enough.

No I scouted him to almost 100% because I was confused to why he had great attributes but average potential. I figured it was because he didn't have much more room to grow except in fielding. His first season on my roster he had the C potential, but when the next year started he was a B potential.

I actually already have him on my roster as a backup outfielder because of depth issues due to early injuries. If I can produce with him correctly the guy is going to be a stud and a steal from the 4th round.

[mattyw55]

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Someone has to explain this to me like I'm 5 years old. I still don't get this lol

So the 99 in my pitchers overall is just how fast he will progress but his overall could be anything?

[sink4ever]

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this just sounds like the guy you drafted was not scouted or not scouted enough.

No I scouted him to almost 100% because I was confused to why he had great attributes but average potential. I figured it was because he didn't have much more room to grow except in fielding. His first season on my roster he had the C potential, but when the next year started he was a B potential.

I actually already have him on my roster as a backup outfielder because of depth issues due to early injuries. If I can produce with him correctly the guy is going to be a stud and a steal from the 4th round.

Potential does actually change in game, it's influenced by performance. Usually once per week you'll get e-mails about a player's stock rising or falling, this means their potential has changed.

Someone has to explain this to me like I'm 5 years old. I still don't get this lol

So the 99 in my pitchers overall is just how fast he will progress but his overall could be anything?

I think (and others have more knowledge about this than I do) that the potential number means at least 3 things.

1. It is the ceiling for a player who has not yet reached their peak. I think you can see this when you draft a player with an overall rating that is greater than their potential. Their ratings actually go down, they don't just progress slowly.

2. It affects how quickly they progress. This may just be simple math. For instance, if you draft a 22 year old with a 60 OVR and 85 POT, assuming they peak at 27, that's a progression of 25 points over 5 years, an average of 5 per year. If you take the exact same situation but with a 95 POT, that's an increase of 35 over 5 years for an average of 7 per year. I may be off in my reasoning, it will be interesting to test out.

3. It affects how quickly a player regresses once they're past their peak. I think a player with a lower potential will regress quicker.

[johntait1]

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Potential does actually change in game, it's influenced by performance. Usually once per week you'll get e-mails about a player's stock rising or falling, this means their potential has changed.

Hmmm, I haven't gotten a single email and I'm in July in my franchise. Am I doing something wrong? I just get notices when it says someone had a great month or bad month in the minors. Do I look somewhere else?

[mattyw55]

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Potential does actually change in game, it's influenced by performance. Usually once per week you'll get e-mails about a player's stock rising or falling, this means their potential has changed.



I think (and others have more knowledge about this than I do) that the potential number means at least 3 things.

1. It is the ceiling for a player who has not yet reached their peak. I think you can see this when you draft a player with an overall rating that is greater than their potential. Their ratings actually go down, they don't just progress slowly.

2. It affects how quickly they progress. This may just be simple math. For instance, if you draft a 22 year old with a 60 OVR and 85 POT, assuming they peak at 27, that's a progression of 25 points over 5 years, an average of 5 per year. If you take the exact same situation but with a 95 POT, that's an increase of 35 over 5 years for an average of 7 per year. I may be off in my reasoning, it will be interesting to test out.

3. It affects how quickly a player regresses once they're past their peak. I think a player with a lower potential will regress quicker.

Thank you sire I got it now but do players always progress at the end of the season? I've seen many players in my franchise that stay the same overall, maybe only going up 1 or 2 overall