Scouting

Scouting 101

Players on your own roster are always viewed with your scouting points applied, as long as you are logged in. To view the un-scouted values for players on your own roster, you must log out.

Players on another team's roster are always viewed with 50% of your scouting points applied while logged in. If you have 8 scouting points, players on another roster are viewed with 4 scouting points. To view the un-scouted values for players on another roster, you must log out. To determine how many points of scouting you have, please check the front office allocations page.

Players in free agency or in the draft list are viewed at 0 points of scouting while viewing the list. Viewing the player card for any of these players will show their ratings at 50% of your scouting points.

When comparing the scouted ratings to the un-scouted ratings, you will be able to determine if a player is over-scouted or under-scouted. An over-scouted player means his un-scouted ratings are higher than his scouted ratings. For example:

Player A has an un-scouted BA rating of 90. With 5 points of scouting you see that same player has a BA rating of 80. That same player, with 7 points of scouting, may show a BA rating of 75. With 3 points of scouting, he may show a rating of 85. In actuality, his scouted BA is probably in the 68-72 range.

While it is possible to estimate the actual player ratings based on scouted information, its important to note that the progression is not always linear, meaning that in the example above, you can't be certain that a ratings drop of 10 points based on 5/10 scouting means a ratings drop of 20 points with full scouting. Keep in mind that in addition to over-scouts and under-scouts, there are also mis-scouts, who are a lot harder to identify if at all.