JUST SAW WHERE PG HAS CHANGED THEIR RANKING FORMAT , ANY THOUGHTS ? SOUNDS INTERESTING , BUT I LIKE THE OLD METHOD !
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Square the ball up, consistently.
Keep provin em wrong
And don't put much weight in any report or ranking where word of mouth makes the expert decide?
Keep provin em wrong
And don't put much weight in any report or ranking where word of mouth makes the expert decide?
PG rankings are not "word of mouth" in any way, shape or form. They are based on professional scouting reports from first hand observations of thousands of players.
As for the new format, I appreciate their self-awareness in realizing the imprecision in rankings, especially beyond a certain point. However, I think we are missing something when we go to the player's profile page and there is no rank there at all. Maybe the "high follow" or "follow" designations could be put in where the ranks used to go?
I am not sure what is meant by "self-awareness in realizing the imprecision in rankings" about a outfit that is all about rankings?
Either rankings have value or they don't,
What epiphany has caused this major shift in philosphy? What did realize?
No doubt that PG see's more players than anyone but talking with a group of players dad's they thought it seems odd that a company that constantly promoted their ability to determine who the best players are, now say they may have been wrong all this time.
Many players would have been bettered served by this new system.
Either rankings have value or they don't,
What epiphany has caused this major shift in philosphy? What did realize?
No doubt that PG see's more players than anyone but talking with a group of players dad's they thought it seems odd that a company that constantly promoted their ability to determine who the best players are, now say they may have been wrong all this time.
Many players would have been bettered served by this new system.
What is the new system? I looked on their web site and couldn't find anything.
Here is the link if it works. If it doesn't, just go to the main page for PG and keep watching the changing picture on the left until that headline comes up:
http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/...cle.aspx?article=589
http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/...cle.aspx?article=589
I think PG's new rankings method is the right way to go. They were very right in that you can easily tell the diffeence between the #1 kid and the # 200 kid.... but when you are getting in the difference between the 600 kid and the 900 kid it is harder to distinguish.
Because we are talking projectability here. Those are already murky waters. When PG ranks they rank based on projectability or what they think a player MAY (or has the potential to) be able to do in baseball with full physical maturity and full physical training with full mental maturity.
Very hard to do.
The only thing lagging is the profiles, and the advanced search criteria for looking up people with "strong follow" rankings.
Because we are talking projectability here. Those are already murky waters. When PG ranks they rank based on projectability or what they think a player MAY (or has the potential to) be able to do in baseball with full physical maturity and full physical training with full mental maturity.
Very hard to do.
The only thing lagging is the profiles, and the advanced search criteria for looking up people with "strong follow" rankings.