Potential??

[CrissCat]

For those roster creators out there! How does one come up with potential ratings? Any ideas!?

[Ghost Of The Year]

It's going to be basically opinion.
For Historic Rosters, HoF'ers would be A potential. You could look at WAR for guidance. If I were to do Steve Garvey for example, if I was making a 1975 roster, I would give him a low A. At age 26 he was at his peak. But if I was making a 1986 roster, when Garvey was age 37, I'd give him a low B potential,
or maybe even a high C potential.

For present day rosters, I look to Baseball America's Prospect Handbook.

This is my post from this http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ratings-2.html thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ghost Of The Year

Using Baseball America Prospect Handbook (BA Grades) 80 safe/low- 95 potential 80 medium/high/extreme- 94 pot. 75 safe/low- 93 pot. 75 medium/high/extreme- 92 pot. 70 safe/low- 91 pot. 70 medium/high/extreme- 90 pot. 65 safe/low- 89 pot. 65 medium/high/extreme- 88 pot. 60 safe/low- 86 pot. 60 medium- 85 pot. 60 high/extreme- 84 pot. 55 safe/low- 82 pot. 55 medium- 81 pot. 55 high/extreme- 80 pot. 50 safe/low- 79 pot. 50 medium- 78 pot. 50 high/extreme- 77 pot. 45 safe/low- 74 pot. 45 medium- 73 pot. 45 high/extreme- 72 pot. 40 safe/low- 69 pot. 40 medium- 68 pot. 40 high/extreme- 67 pot. Any player with no MLB experience & isn't in the Baseball America Prospect Handbook Top 900 players won't have a potential over 66, but I haven't finalised just how that will work.

[CrissCat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ghost Of The Year

It's going to be basically opinion. For Historic Rosters, HoF'ers would be A potential. You could look at WAR for guidance. If I were to do Steve Garvey for example, if I was making a 1975 roster, I would give him a low A. At age 26 he was at his peak. But if I was making a 1986 roster, when Garvey was age 37, I'd give him a low B potential, or maybe even a high C potential. For present day rosters, I look to Baseball America's Prospect Handbook. This is my post from this http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ratings-2.html thread.

Thanx a million!