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]

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]

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]

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by mattyw55

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]

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smallville102001

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.