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Posted by: The Great One - [285352818] Mon, Jan 15, 12:54
There has been alot of concern about the new system of growth on minor league players in GSB. I've decided to detail the growth of four different players who I consider top prospects (I didn't know about GRT, so their ceilings may in fact be low). I will post day by day increases to these players. If anyone has any interest in this, please post saying so, as I will obviosly stop if nobody cares...lol. The new system was implimented in our postseason.

Ricky Pickett: 467 fastball 3-3-4 stars. Ratings before this season: 166-290-215

Curt Schilling: 461 fastball 3-2-4 stars. Ratings before this season: 252-246-296

Mike Rodriguez (1B) 4-2-1 stars. Ratings before this season: 265-228-137

Dean Palmer (3B) 4-3-2 stars. Ratings before this season: 150-136-177

1The Great One
      ID: 285352818
      Mon, Jan 15, 13:03 		AFTER 6 WEEKS:

Pickett: 173(+7)- 290(same)- 227(+12)

Schilling: 253(+1)- 254(+8)- 297(+1)

Rodriguez: 275(+10)- 233(+5)- 146(+9)

Palmer: 159(+9)- 140(+4)- 186(+9)

Needless to say, none are showing the improvement they would under the old system. Time will tell I guess. BTW, these guys were chosen because they are probably my best low-level prospects. Most of my other prospects are showing the same typ of improvement (or lasch thereof)

2TBRaiders
      ID: 26738619
      Mon, Jan 15, 13:16 		I have been tracking players from different leagues. It will be interesting to see if some players have serious growth spurts.

At first, I was confused because a guy gaining 6 points a week should have gained at least 30 points after 6 sims, assuming that he hit his breaking point of 5 on the first sim since the change. He has gained 12 points.

From what I understand, instead of a player hitting these breaking points it is supposed to be possible for them to gain in random increments up until their very last gain. Meaning that this guys last season of gaining he could average 3 points for each sim.

That makes more sense to me and takes some of the "panic" away from the apparent lack of development.
3Sanfran
      ID: 4010915
      Mon, Jan 15, 15:54 		Please keep updating because i am very intrested to see what the final out come is.
4The Great One
      ID: 285352818
      Mon, Jan 15, 22:58 		AFTER 7 WEEKS:

Pickett: 177(+11) 293(+3) 230(+15)

Schilling: 256(+4) 256(+10) 298(+2)

Rodriguez: 278(+13) 236(+8) 148(+11)

Palmer: 164(+14) 145(+9) 188(+11)
5Dev
      ID: 310191614
      Tue, Jan 16, 14:26 		Thanks GO. Interesting stuff, pretty nice improvements this week.
6The Great One
      ID: 285352818
      Tue, Jan 16, 18:19 		AFTER WEEK 8:

Pickett: 180(+14) 295(+5) 234(+19)

Schilling: 258(+6) 258(+12) 300(+4)

Rodriguez: 282(+17) 239(+11) 151(+14)

Palmer: 169(+19) 150(+14) 191(+14)

OK...VERY preliminary trend does show better activity for the lower ratings. Everything that started at a rating of 215 or lower has gone up at least 14 points in the first 8 weeks, while the two highest ratings showed the least amount of improvement. It is still far too early to determine anything, but it seems to be an early trend among these four.
7Wammie
      ID: 14013107
      Wed, Jan 17, 10:08 		Keep it up GO, I am watching the progress. There might not be a lot of posts, but I am sure people are looking.
8J
      ID: 50726110
      Wed, Jan 17, 10:27 		I've been peeking at a couple of the top prospects in a league, so I'll post here:

Caonabo Cosme, 18, 4-4-3, 2 YP AVG HR GAP AVG HR GAP
Day 1 284 259 278 3 0 2
Day 2 287 259 280 4 1 3
Day 3 291 260 283 2 2 3
Day 4 293 262 286 0 2 0
Day 5 293 264 286 2 3 1
Day 6 295 267 287 3 3 3
Day 7 298 270 290 4 2 1
Current 304 275 293 6 5 3


Cal Ripken, 24, 4-3-4, 3 YP AVG HR GAP AVG HR GAP
Day 1 324 301 321 2 0 0
Day 2 326 301 321 0 1 0
Day 3 326 302 321 0 1 0
Day 4 326 303 321 0 1 1
Day 5 326 304 322 1 2 1
Day 6 327 306 323 2 3 3
Day 7 329 309 326 3 3 1
Current 334 314 329 5 5 3

Caonabo Cosme, 18, 4-4-3, 2 YP means he's 18, 4-4-3 is his stars, 2 YP means, 2 years pro.

I'll post some more later, but I gotta run.
9The Great One
      ID: 285352818
      Wed, Jan 17, 17:30 		AFTER WEEK 8:

Pickett: 185(+19) 298(+8) 239(+24)

Schilling: 261(+9) 261(+15) 302(+6)

Rodriguez: 285(+20) 243(+15) 153(+16)

Palmer: 174(+24) 156(+20) 193(+16)

10The Great One
      ID: 285352818
      Thu, Jan 18, 19:41 		AFTER WEEK 10: (I did 8 twice)

Pickett: 188(+22) 300(+10) 241(+26)

Schilling: 263(+11) 261(+15) 305(+9)

Rodriguez: 288(+23) 246(+18) 156(+19)

Palmer: 179(+29) 160(+24) 197(+20)

11The Great One
      ID: 285352818
      Sat, Jan 20, 13:37 		AFTER WEEK 11:

Pickett: 193(+27) 301(+11) 246(+31)

Schilling: 266(+14) 264(+18) 309(+13)

Rodriguez: 292(+27) 250(+22) 159(+22)

Palmer: 185(+35) 166(+30) 201(+24)


Curiously, it seems that all four had big progressions in the same week. Every single point jump was equal or greater than their average gain/day from the previous 10 weeks.

12Put me in, Coach....
      ID: 39416321
      Thu, Jan 25, 05:46 		The rate of growth can't be predicted! Hopefully.
13Baldwin
      ID: 25440222
      Sun, Jan 28, 20:14 		Sheesh...how are we to determine who to keep if we can't predict who will excel? Tell me a years worth of growth will reliably if imprecisely predict ultimate growth.

Did you figure their exact tops with GRT? I had hoped that a player who should gain 3 per day would average @ three per day.
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