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#43221	12/23/2016 3:54:07 am		Ignore
nemesis Joined: 07/06/2016 Posts: 135 Brooklyn Dodgers III.3	Have to come back to this, because Hasegawa just gained 2 SI at today's update. Has anyone seen a player pop potential and then keep on gaining SI before? Wondering if this is a new wrinkle, or a fluke, or neither!
#43222	12/23/2016 4:04:39 am		Ignore
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I haven't seen that before. I'd place my bet on this being a new wrinkle. If that is the case, yay! Borderline guys suddenly become much more interesting if they can exceed their "potential." It also adds realism. Hopefully it won't go crazy, like someone being under-scouted by 2 overall (meaning 9+ SI) even if that happens in the real world.
#43223	12/23/2016 4:26:50 am		Ignore
Meccanodonte Joined: 04/21/2014 Posts: 370 Inactive	I dropped Gaytan when he was in my minors because of his lack of defense/position for my taste (he was a 15-range at the time). Good for you, good for him, f*ck for me
#43236	12/23/2016 10:06:43 am		Ignore
Mig2015 Joined: 06/17/2015 Posts: 162 Inactive	I have Ben Brett who was a 13 POT when I drafted him, and popped to a 14 POT. However, he only gained 2 SI after popping to a 14 but still, he is (should) be my best bullpen arm by far.
#43679	01/06/2017 5:47:37 am		Ignore
nemesis Joined: 07/06/2016 Posts: 135 Brooklyn Dodgers III.3	Hasegawa keeps on keepin' on. Up to 125 SI now. Gained a point of PD last week, point of Fielding this week (which means he's out-grown his generally-accepted expectations for a "solid" fielding report).
#43680	01/06/2017 5:53:14 am		Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9603 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Given he has blown away his expected POT, I'm not surprised to see any of his other scouting reports to be wrong. No doubt his scouting reports are pretty meaningless at this point.
#43701	01/06/2017 9:22:02 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Again skills, SI and potential are inexact. In the case were SI exceeds potential because of the inexactness of both, it didn't seem right to keep potential "below" SI. So in that case potential "pops". This can happen because skills/SI are overestimated or potential is underestimated or a combination of both. Steve
#43706	01/06/2017 12:15:04 pm		Ignore
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1269 Corvallis Ravens II.1	I love this! While seemingly rare, I love the idea you can have the occasional player simply outperform expectations despite quality scouting. Good stuff.
#43708	01/06/2017 12:23:20 pm		Ignore
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 885 Kodiak Mules III.3	FYI: Those players who "pops" in potential, are still listed by the ORIGINAL potential, when performing a search on "Free Agents" page. Eg. Hasegawa is listed among Pot14
#43716	01/06/2017 5:08:10 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Hmmmm....yes, this is something that only happens graphically. Steve

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