MLB The Show 13 Official Scouting/Prospect/Development Thread

[Armor and Sword]

I did not see one and figured this would be a great central place to talk about how your scouting and drafting is going in your franchise. We can have updates to your highly touted prospects in your system via OSFM as well as newly drafted prospects and their individual progress in your franchise as well.

Scouting tips can be discussed and are encouraged, as well as player training.


Have at it!

[kmoser]

This is a great thread idea! I will be starting my Astros franchise after the osfm roster comes out so I sure will post some things on here.

[DPillz1201]

Wow I had a thread exactly like this haha

[giardnic]

What is the best strategy for scouting pitchers? I like to look for power arms with good velocity but what do you guys think about control, makeup, and movement? What ratings does makeup affect?

[DaBull_33]

I'm waiting for OSFM rosters to drop before diving head first into an actual franchise.

However, I've done some tinkering with scouting, and I usually try to find at least one LHP with good velocity. Power lefties are hard to come by.

[KHarmo88]

Great thread armor & sword - looking forward to starting my franchise and giving updates. Fingers crossed for Gerrit Cole

[cbutler0509]

I have had this game since the day it was released. Just took it out of the package yesterday when I heard the rosters were out. I have some questions about scouting and was hoping some people who are familiar with the new system can help me out.

1. Are there penalties/bonuses for scouting outside/in a scouts region?

2. When scouting a pitcher what kind of tool is makeup? Does this mean a pitcher that has this tool will have multiple pitches in their arsenal? Totally lost by this one.

Thanks!

[sink4ever]

Quote: Originally Posted by cbutler0509

I have had this game since the day it was released. Just took it out of the package yesterday when I heard the rosters were out. I have some questions about scouting and was hoping some people who are familiar with the new system can help me out. 1. Are there penalties/bonuses for scouting outside/in a scouts region? 2. When scouting a pitcher what kind of tool is makeup? Does this mean a pitcher that has this tool will have multiple pitches in their arsenal? Totally lost by this one. Thanks!

Those are good questions. To add another one, when you select the two attributes (like Contact/Power/Fielding/Speed/Arm), will the scout only focuse on that or will he just look for those guys first?