The Not Ready For Prime-Time Players

[Caulfield]

I see on almost all, maybe even on all, 40-man rosters there are a few players with overalls lower than 60.

my question is do you ever call these guys up to play (other than under the old rules pre-Show 20 in September call-ups), do you ever call these guys up to play?

or is an overall under 60 just too low to be useful, and the fact they're even on the 40-man in the first place is to protect them from the rule 5 draft?

[Detroit Tigers]

The Not Ready For Prime-Time Players

I would argue these players are simply underrated in the game.

It’s impossible to predict which AA-tier talent is going to spring up into a 72 OVR over the course of the winter and spring (which is more what I think is happening) so it ends up looking like real life MLB teams are calling up and putting 54 OVR nobodies on the 40-man when in fact these are just the guys outperforming/ahead of the other players and prospects; which says to me the ratings are just kinda all over the place when it comes to the 50-65 range imo and is largely guesswork.

Like, if a guy’s getting called up to the bigs and getting serious innings he ain’t no 54. He’s probably more like a 63 at minimum and it’s just nobody on the roster-maker side of things knew enough about him to rate him accurately.

[Caulfield]

Re: The Not Ready For Prime-Time Players

I would argue these players are simply underrated in the game.

It’s impossible to predict which AA-tier talent is going to spring up into a 72 OVR over the course of the winter and spring (which is more what I think is happening) so it ends up looking like real life MLB teams are calling up and putting 54 OVR nobodies on the 40-man when in fact these are just the guys outperforming/ahead of the other players and prospects; which says to me the ratings are just kinda all over the place when it comes to the 50-65 range imo and is largely guesswork.

Like, if a guy’s getting called up to the bigs and getting serious innings he ain’t no 54. He’s probably more like a 63 at minimum and it’s just nobody on the roster-maker side of things knew enough about him to rate him accurately.

could be. right now, the only players I feel comfortable playing with an overall under 60 are relief pitchers, and if I get two/thirds of an inning with a single run given up, I feel fortunate.

[Detroit Tigers]

The Not Ready For Prime-Time Players

^^ yeah I mean that’s a stance years in the making for me. I ran into it all the time, where the first several moves the irl tigers would make would be callups for absolute in-game scrubs, passing on multiple guys way more suited for the call-up when looking at in-game ratings.

This happened year after year to where it just became clear it’s just not possible to rate all these guys accurately. There’s always going to be a guy the game says is a 53 who is actually a 60 or 64 or even 71 irl. Probably multiples in every org, and nobody knows who they actually are until they get the callup and don’t suck.

[IndianSummer]

Re: The Not Ready For Prime-Time Players

A few years back I had a player (OF) that had a low OVR. I called him up because he was defensively superior to my starters and he had good wheels.

He was my late innings go to for defensive support in a close game.

[countryboy]

Re: The Not Ready For Prime-Time Players

Yeah I don't pay attention to overall ratings and am more influenced by player stats or how they are currently playing versus attributes.

I'm one of these sports game playing folks that wish that overall ratings, and potential for that matter, were hidden, but understand the reasoning for having them on the forefront.