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#30866	02/19/2016 11:30:49 am
BrianV Joined: 02/08/2016 Posts: 125 Inactive	I just selected my next draft pick based on his scouting report: Dave Shaffer I was hoping that his defensive tools would be average, but their not. I know fielding will improve with training, but I'm not sure whether I've seen Arm or Range change with any players. Can they improve? If he's stuck with these numbers, he's a best a 1B with a good bat, or future DH.

#30874	02/19/2016 12:24:13 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	No, range, arm, and speed do not increase. Slight tweaks might be made to their numbers (like 1 or 2 points) as they play more and the scouts get a better feel for their actual skills, but I don't think there have been any examples of these starting numbers being off by more than two. Edit: The guy you drafted will be either a very good right handed 1B or a DH. He will never actually be able to play the outfield above LL V without being a hindrance. Updated Friday, February 19 2016 @ 12:26:34 pm PST

#30880	02/19/2016 2:10:11 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Given he doesn't have a negative fielding report, he will develop into a competent 1B. A non-report means he will have between 9-12 fielding which is perfectly fine for 1B. You could stick him in LF, but his range and arm are very low for an OF. BTW, see the first page of this thread for what all the scouting reports mean.

#30921	02/20/2016 8:32:58 am
wuggla Joined: 05/10/2013 Posts: 1059 Colorado Springs Vultures VI.28	Training update this Friday. look at my team Majors 2B Brett Briggs 26 9 15 11 8 11 16 ↑ 15 ↑ 14 99 ↑ thats the copy the bottom 4 #s are Feilding/Range/Arm/SI the little green Arrows 16Fielding 15Range 14Arm 99SI yes they can increase. Just click my team then click my Training Updated Saturday, February 20 2016 @ 8:35:01 am PST

#30923	02/20/2016 9:24:31 am
Tiger504 Joined: 06/17/2014 Posts: 1314 Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers III.4	I would say that young man is a first baseman, period.

#30926	02/20/2016 10:03:04 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	No Wuggla. That is just scouting improving. As you have the guy on your team for a while, sometime you will see a skill increase or decrease by a point due to scouting of the player improving. The player skill hasn't changed, just your scouting accuracy. This is what Newtman was alluding to.

#43023	12/16/2016 8:52:33 am
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1269 Corvallis Ravens II.1	Yes, I'm necroing a thread. shrug I just had Emilio Navarro "gain" a point of arm. Because I've never seen this before, I searched the forum and found this thread. Rock and newtman: You guys are essentially saying scouting is improving on a player. Now this is a concept I also wasn't aware of. So there's imperfect scouting in this league? How do we know how far off we are of the stats we see vs. actual? I know scouting score differences are an obvious thing at CSFBL, but I had no clue that scouting was a thing here. Can we improve our scouting or is it merely a product of owning a player for a longer period of time?

#43025	12/16/2016 9:27:22 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Yeah, its just time. I think its more about how long the guy is active in BB, rather than specifically on your team. It is pretty rare for a guy to move more than 1 point in either direction, so I wouldn't be overly concerned. I've had SS lose a point in Arm and Range, which hurt a bit, but its all just part of the game. Players can be off by as much as 20% according to the manual. Updated Friday, December 16 2016 @ 9:28:13 am PST

#43031	12/16/2016 10:57:18 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	What Rock said. Also, the answer to the only question he didn't answer is that there is no way to improve scouting, it is just something that gets more accurate with time (though the comments will never change, just the skills).

#43048	12/16/2016 3:07:42 pm
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2238 New York Lancers V.4	I had a guy "gain" a point in Arm today too. I've had infielders lose Arm and gain Range, and vice versa, usually in the worst way. Strangest case was Waters, who "gained" a point of Arm in AAA in 2026, and "lost" it again four weeks into 2027.

#43051	12/16/2016 4:06:20 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	That is somewhat unexplainable from my understanding of how things work. Its possible that Steve tweaked the scouting algorithm a bit at that time (I remember that did happen at some point a couple seasons ago), or it could be that I just have no clue

#43055	12/16/2016 5:04:33 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	Or maybe the scouts were waffling? I do remember that algorithm tweak though, it played havoc with several of my players.

#43056	12/16/2016 5:06:39 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Yeah, and a bunch of guys were recommended for the majors one week, and then recommended to go back to AAA the next week. I don't think scouts waffle, I think they just start a certain distance away in one direction, and then continually get closer.