LOVE the game but how in the heck are Schwarber and Soler's potential a B?

[Cavicchi]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

Archie Bradley is 23, DeGrom is 27.

Strasburg is 27 and his potential is 94. So we are basing potential on age, and what they have done is meaningless.

Have a nice day?

[PUDTUGGERS]

I'm more concrned with the fact that just about every 2hd baseman in the game has better offensive attributes then Ryne Sandberg.

I about puked when I saw what they did to Ryno.

[braves_94]

When I think of A and 90+ position players I think of complete players. Soler can't field a lick. Strikes out too much. And had an OPS south of .800. The Cub brass thought so much of him they brought back Dexter Fowler which cut into his at bats. Now he'll platoon with Kyle in left on days when Schwarber catches. Or fill in for Heyward against lefties. Sounds like a 90s player. Schwarber for the time being strikes out too much as well. Might as well wonder blindly in the outfield. He's as slow as molasses. He's also noticeably laughable on the base paths. None would get an A from me. Not that I'm very liberal about A potentials, but to me they're low 80s potentials.

I think people tend to overrate prospects. They all want their top pitching prospect in the system to be 90s. And in real life a lot of time the scout grade is a 55, which gets them in the top 100, but really 55 equates to a #3/4 starter. Which to me is like an 86 at most, and at least an 80 in the game. Incidentally, Schwarber and Soler were largely 55 guys. If you go by Fangraphs that pegs them at above average. Judging by the lack of 90 players out of the box, I doubt they would give above average players 90s.