[1998 Yankees]

Originally Posted by okyjoe2000

Before I ask my question, thanks for such a great game! This game has been like crack to me to years and still loving it. Here's my question:

I'm a little confused on which scout to believe, the OSA scout or My personal scout in both current rating and potential rating. My scout has a 17 out of 20 rating for scouting majors for example which should be pretty good but the player performance don't really match up. What is really confusing, I have a player, Luis Henrandez (SS) from Baltimore who has a wide difference in current and potential rating and I'm not sure who to believe?
OSA: 9/8/7/7/12
Ken Griffin: 1/6/13/12/11/20

Any advice would be helpful.

This is from the manual:

In the world of OOTP leagues, in addition to individual team scouting directors, there also exists an unbiased scouting agency known as the OOTP Scouting Association (OSA). OSA scouts players on a regular basis, and can provide a second data point for you in analyzing scouting reports. Even if you fire your scouting director, OSA can still provide you with some data on players. Unfortunately, OSA is woefully understaffed, and as a result, OSA only updates player scouting reports annually. OSA scouts are also woefully underpaid, and as a result, they can be wildly inaccurate at times. As with most scouting, the younger the player is, the less likely OSA scouting reports are to be accurate. Most scouting directors who are available for hire will provide better information than the OSA scouts do. The bottom line is that, whenever possible, you should use your own scouting department's information.