How to Scout & Draft Generational Talents in MLB the Show 23

[@TheAntOrtiz]

EDIT: I will say Discovering prospects is NOT bad, just wouldn't use a lot of weeks to do it. Maybe 2-3 weeks tops. You can definitely get some CRAZY prospects from discovery, but it is risky!

[@njhos99]

My first draft with the Pirates, I ended up drafting an 82 ovr pitcher at 18 years old. I thought it was so easy to scout after that but then I realized it’s pretty tough due to trying to gain interest after finding prospects late in the scouting process. This add to the game makes Franchise so much better and I’ve extremely enjoyed it so far.

[@nextgenrevo3223]

Ok in all my franchises (20 plus at this point) I haven’t seen a generational pitching prospect. All 1B, C, and CF for me. That’s kinda crazy.

[@loganbowers4206]

@@nextgenrevo3223 same I got a 80 ovr 18 y/o rf with 99 potential

[@orangedinossaur962]

@@nextgenrevo322320 franchises or drafts?

[@justinkrammes7063]

@@nextgenrevo3223I drafted a 19 year old was 71, he was an RP

[@LonghornsLegend]

I found a dude like that in the league, I wish they would show me where that team drafted him at. He was 18 and an 84(mid season so prob drafted at an 82). It was a bit too easy for me to get him honestly but then there are other times I can't get lesser pitchers. It was an 88 overall pitcher who was 36 yrs old but having an all star season, with two triple A guys. I'm in his 2nd season and he's a 93 already, he's been the only generational pitcher I've seen though. Have you came across any more?

[@orangejuice4974]

You should do a career sim of the pitcher you drafted

[@joshuasimmons512]

Please he has to

[@felixjose6822]

Agreed

[@jillburner-dk9tw]

Agreeeeee

[@eriksully8654]

Or throw him another franchise

[@MaadhatsOnTwitch]

Tried your tips in my draft and got 4 89+ potential 18 yr old pitchers including a 99 with my 4th pick. Scouted potential was 82-98 for him

[@amwchicago5276]

Keep pumping these vids out. Found you a few weeks ago and am loving the content! Go Cubbies!

[@WelziFC7]

When I do mine I do an “international signing day” because The Show doesn’t have one. I dedicate about 4 weeks to discovery of international prospects. And the final signing day for drafted players I use that as my international player signing day. It gives me one less signing day to sign my draft picks, it removes one month of scouting players, and it gives me only one day to sign these international prospects if I find any but it adds a new level of difficulty to franchise mode I feel

[@benlocker]

Took me a few tries to get scouting down. I discovered an NR who my scouts put at number 1. I was buzzing when he fell to me at 12 and he ended up being a 64 overall with 61 potential lmao.

[@ericbonofacio4695]

Az drafts at 12 right ? Thx 👍

[@ericbonofacio4695]

Thinking of a SP or position players with az at 12 thx

[@Dwayne4007]

Me too it's fn bullshit

[@justinwilson2475]

They should a international draft in the game as well. Just like in real life. Could find cool 16 year old who is amazing or has crazy tools

[@japes_YT]

Haven't heard you mention it but , the depth chart can help in planning the future , it has the future years and shows you what a players ratings will be, or projected to be for that year, so you can plan what holes you will need plugged by the time a young player is big league ready.

[@phillippowell4012]

The scouting/drafting is much more interesting/fun than it was in the past

[@jasongirvan1320]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Learned I was scouting very inefficiently. Hope I can recover for first year draft 😂

[@dylanastin7334]

i used your tips and found a NR guy that was #2 and took him and he has 94 potential with high 60s overall, appreciate your help bro

[@phonyponybologna1070]

Thanks so much for the in-depth breakdown! Definitely a lot of changes from the previous scouting system, but they look like a great improvement!

[@thedon897]

I’ll say from my experience signing interest is pretty irrelevant. As long as you have atleast 50% signing interest, and you switch signings to “auto” the game will always sign all your draft picks. Pretty OP lol.

[@eazeemoney4649]

Discovering prospects has been extremely valuable for me. I almost always find an elite player in discovery.

[@TheAntOrtiz]

Yeah, I have changed my mind on them. Just wouldn't recommend spending too many weeks on it

[@ugh9671]

How do you do it? What are your tips?

[@Obreezy_Gaming]

This was so well articulated and well done. Never played the show and about to get started. Thank you!

[@JOFPER13]

I was hoping you would make a video going through your scouting! Thanks!

[@Monokazie]

Ant for career sims this year you should take some of the best players from your rebuilds that you drafted and sim out their career

[@crimsontide1980]

This!

[@silentiumm2677]

Korey Hemphill from Germany, in my head-canon he'd have American parents stationed in Germany and he was born there but moved back to the US when he was 3 and eventually pursued a career in baseball.

[@christianthomson6328]

Very helpful bro, I realized through this vid that where I was failing was technique in drafting positions all at once, thanks!

[@eazye519]

Just did my first draft ever in franchise. Got 3 A's 3 B's and 1 C. 3 players over 90 actual potential using your method. Rebuilding the Pirates.

[@cameronneisler3614]

This is a great video man. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this

[@gdn86]

I think you cracked the nut here buddy. I have been doing okay with my strategy, but seems like I was always missing later round scouting since my focus was always around where my picks would be, but you just run out of time. I think I'm going to start limiting discovery and apply some of the ideas here. I didn't realize you could get so many guys scouted to a higher % by doing the scout position. It made sense but I tried to balance everything too much, and I think the discovery aspect hurt. I also try to find any NR MLB prospects that are on the team 100 and scout those. Seem to find a few gems doing that as well.

[@natedog0829]

I wish I would've seen this before, good tips. I just drafted 5 out of 7 busts in my reds franchise

[@azbdizzy4176]

The screen at 43:27 where it shows Hemphill's attributes. Are those actual current attributes? He is MLB quality right now with good stamina, H/9 BB/9 and K/9. The only other one I see as a viable MLB pitcher might be Warren. The reason is because stamina never increases and a pitcher with 75 stamina for example who is 4 or 5 years away from MLB will be at around 70 stamina and he will be most likely a 4 or 5 inning pitcher. If those are Hemphill's actual attributes then I have not seen a starting pitcher that good in the draft and that's a welcome improvement.

[@GRANTA07]

thank-you for making this video I literally have no idea what to do with Scouting so this will help a lot. Nice work getting the Generational Talent!

[@coopercollins1780]

Ready for that top 5-10 glitchy pitchers and hitters for franchise to come out

[@brodydehart4488]

While watching this using the methods I drafted the top 3 potential players all 21 years old. 96 and 93 pot sp and a 94 pot cf

[@joshuamorgan877]

Thank you for this video! Adding your known knowledge with my ingenuity, if what you say for generational talents having to be 18, then every year, scout accordingly. By this I mean, taking a few minutes to count all the 18 year old pitchers and seeing where they are mostly from and then group scouting them that way. Unfortunately there isn’t enough time to cover the whole spectrum. But thanks to your advice l, I’ve learned that you can scout a whole lot more players scouting by position so thank you

[@CarlShue]

Great and informational video, could you potentially drop a spreadsheet with a written strategy of the video

[@josephdumm1008]

I got a generational RF using your tips! Thanks Ant!

[@justinkrammes7063]

Thanks for the tips, I’m doing a sim franchise and did auto scouting year one and my first pick at 11 was a bust but got some gems late on instinct. Your video will help me I am doing manual scouting now thanks to you explaining! 😊

[@thejake13]

Also even if you do everything right you can still get a bust - i had a 100% scouted #3 OF prospect using a scout with 98% efficiency and 95 position players that was showing 85-99 potential and 70-80 overall - after the draft he ended up being a D potential and a 61 overall

[@michaelmiguelicutti2829]

The game screwed you if your scout was really that good. Go to roster and find the player that should've been better. Select the player in question, then select edit player, go down to attributes and set his potential and overall to where it should be. It's not cheating this time because the game itself cheated. You're simply correcting for the game's BS.

[@TBone-jh3rt]

Scouting starting pitchers really does seem overpowered. I wish when you "scout position" you could do it by infield and outfield as a whole like you can in the discovery process; there are just too few players of one position in one region to make it worth it with the way it's set up now.

[@XToXiCSQUIERLX]

My first ever franchise i used the nationals and there weren't any SP that intrigued me so I drafted the top ranked guy which was a catcher I hadn't scouted at all. He was a 80 overall 18 year old with 99 potential

[@henryburns775]

This worked really well. I found a generational talent that wasn't ranked by the mlb, but the Rangers had the same idea I did and drafted him fourth. I had the 12th pick. Sad times

[@LonghornsLegend]

With your help I drafted one of the two A potential pitchers in the entire class and my guy was 18 the other was 22. There was also a 99 potential SS that went last round to the Orioles I can't wait to go try and trade for.

[@nhernan156]

I started a franchise mode with the CUBS roster at the beginning of the season. I'm doing well but the Cubs have since added Mike tauchman and a few pictures. Can I add tauchman or am I stuck with the team I started with? Thanks, Nick

[@whitecloak11]

On training do I work on what I want to improve or train the stats they lost points on?

[@NewYork4NY]

In my franchise they added a draft lottery in December and it is for teams that didn’t make the playoffs. I only started getting the animation in around 2026 or 27

[@Bnelly90]

Did they add the cinematic after you made this video? I believe they tell you about the lottery in like december or january

[@andrewmoody3112]

This is very helpful, question though- how long is the flash to bang on the people you draft? I’m sure it will depend, but put another way if I draft a player how long should I expect to keep them in the minors before they’re ready for the majors? Am I drafting for 2/3 years down the road?

[@zaneman001]

this is a late comment, but i’ve found that if you’re in a long term save, like 10+ years, eventually discovering prospects is going to be your best move, esp if you have a successful team and have later picks

[@hectorurena1203]

Drafted a generational pitcher with the 51st pick using your tips!

[@steelersnation4L]

Needed this bad 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 another great video

[@pohorex6834]

Can you manage the budget better, to like put more of your budget emphasis on scouts for example, rather than payroll

[@Travis-xe9mk]

I started a franchise where I make my own team and replace a bad team in MLB, we're the Lexington Stallions. The first time I did it this year, I found a generational talent, and there was a 2nd generational talent in the same draft, who was taken in my division. I've seen pairs of generational talents a few times. I only draft and trade, I don't sign free agents. Team got really good after 10 years, so I stopped playing for months. Picked it up again recently and started a new franchise with ny Stallions. 11 years in and the first generational talent was drafted (not by me). My first one, I got one within 1st 3 years. And I saw multiple drafts with generational talents over 12 years. My current franchise, only 1 generational talent, drafted in year 11. Weird the differences between the 2 franchise I've done.

[@austinpierce8134]

I got an 18 year old 1B at 79 overall, looking forward to building around him

[@thomasfulton0505]

Is there a list somewhere of individual categories like speed 99

[@derekcwiklinski4497]

Can you do the group scout technique with other positions? Thank you

[@colinsmith7920]

having to check west coast, east coast etc. makes it super hard to make a choice. do you stick more around your region? i am going international for pitching. I don't know if i like this as much as before. i like change, so I'm have to keep practicing.

[@Dr-Biggums]

My first draft I had little to no idea what I was doing and managed to snag a generational 5’9 first basemen 😂 simmed his career played 22 seasons and in ended up in cooperstown

[@JackKarevissimo]

Ant you’re the goat!

[@MrTwessel30]

Really needed this, I appreciate it.

[@nicholasfinnigan9955]

Do you think 100 percent is necessary and how much do you factor age in to the pick

[@A7XUnleashedx]

Ant they said there won't be a lot of older prospects, but A LOT of the NR prospects are in the 22-23 age range and higher too

[@bmore3401]

Big supporter here I watch your videos for years now, I’m having trouble on my rebuilds finding cheap players who you can trade for easy that remain consistent. Can you give us a trading video of players you find that are cheap and produce? Would be great bro.

[@zacharydavis5822]

Ant. Love the videos, man, and appreciate all the content you're dropping. Also, you're a made man repping the pinky ring nice.

[@thatguy-ny8zq]

best instructional vid i’ve seen, super helpful thanks bro

[@travisoliver2646]

Where do signed prospects go to? I’ve had issues in the past with not being able to find them on my teams roster/farm system the following year after drafting

[@zachallen4895]

I think the last half of the year after you draft them id assume it's like them going to rookie ball so you can do anything with them but they show up in the off-season

[@rspencer86]

Sick video, great information. Thank you!

[@tannerseaman1]

Thank you for this brother, you’re the best! So helpful

[@derekschluter611]

"Catcher, I feel like we're pretty good" *Ranked 30 out of 30*

[@papo3o5]

Is there an option in 23 to increase your teams budget via Stubbs? Thanks

[@bigmike2789]

Any tips for someone who likes to control multiple teams? I’ve noticed in this years game, you can only control one team in the draft and the rest is auto. Kind of a big bummer if you ask me. I went through all the scouting only to find out I can only control 1 team. I always end up with low interest like low-mid 30s on my other teams, I have to pick and choose who I make a priority to get their interest up. I’m a few seasons in and this draft/scouting has been cool and fun but hasnt worked for me as I like to control multiple teams. I always end up signed random 18yr olds and editing their attributes to a realistic setting and develop them from there.

[@bigmike2789]

Update - I started a new franchise with the nationals and have been hitting on my picks. I have 4 generationals in a 5 year rebuild. This method truly works!

[@scottielew]

Amazing information!!! Thank you so much!!

[@karsencampbell5630]

There actually is a thing for the draft lottery the day after winter league meetings

[@LowClassJB]

I've been waiting so long for the video to drop

[@Prevision.Gaming]

How do you know what region the players are from when group scouting

[@eazye519]

Geography

[@dannyfromthebay2940]

Try to get scouts with a 90 or higher in efficiency for each scout. Scouting a position is 15% per week for 90+ efficient scouts and just 10% for 80's.

[@kingreckless5689]

What if a player has dr exam opted out does that mean there hiding there health issues

[@dreeco1762]

in all sports games my scouting be top tier, especially on the show,, i be finding good players every year

[@andrewclark6618]

I’m just gonna say this… I love your content on MLB the show. Also love the background music. Gets me hyped up.

[@seanthorntonthornton]

I’m new to baseball but love franchise mode. This maybe a stupid question so apologies but I made my first overall pick and couldn’t sign him. Where have I gone wrong here?

[@andrewmontgomery1047]

How do you skip to next pick in the draft?

[@redbumblebee4951]

Hey Ant, I got a 19 year old 2nd baseman who was 81 overall 99 potential. I suppose generational can also be 19 years old then, or was it just a stroke of insane luck? This video def helped me out tho, appreciate it.

[@Contentnitro]

95 and above is the highest threshold for efficiency rating. Same for any other rating but it’s most applicable and noticeable for efficiency

[@bertolatusfilms8922]

Will a generational player always be like a top 5 pick or can you get one late in the first round or even later in the draft

[@mattrider4788]

Should I follow the MLB rank or the team rank?

[@TheIrieLionGaming]

Great Vid Bro

[@An_Arctic_Tern]

Do current and future attributes mean anything? Like good velocity or good future velocity. Anything that you should focus on for targets/people to avoid.

[@josharata3342]

Hits and walked per nine usually are the best stats for pitchers to look for.

[@lukemalloy5778]

In my last draft I found 3 guys outside of the mlb top 100 who I had ranked in the top 5 including one who was not ranked and I had ranked at 4

[@owenjenkins3644]

Can you please do a longer franchise series with gameplay

[@Ritual41]

He will do it once SDS updates their roster

[@TheAntOrtiz]

yep

[@JosephVallejo27]

Thank you. I draft high 80s and low 90s but I really want that elite guy

[@ItsmeSDee]

It will be my first franchise in years so really helpfull. Thanks. Go Reds 🤓

[@Lippert2010]

How do I get to the recently scouted prospect

[@benaube5946]

Is the new scouting/drafting only on next gen or is it on current as well? I only have a PS4 but really interested in trying it out myself.

[@artvandelay94]

It is on PS4 gen

[@aolepilikea]

Since you said that discover new prospects isnt the greatest method do you think that when hiring scouts discovery stat doesnt matter as much ?

[@TheAntOrtiz]

i would try out discover from time to time. Especially if you really need to get some players in a specific position. I just wouldn't recommend doing it a lot in one draft

[@nickdog8891]

Im trying to figure out which region Illinois falls into, East or Central?

[@TheAntOrtiz]

central

[@jacoblea2200]

Discovered a RF that had 68 over with 98 potential don’t count out discovering prospects lol he was ranked 141 but was top 5 in the class

[@jdjd8242]

first draft I did the pirates drafted an 80 overall cf w 98 potential it was wild

[@edwarddurant5506]

When playing franchise, do you keep notes or rely on the game for all info...not just draft related. Ps thanks for videos. They are awesome!!

[@timkuhn8632]

S

[@Obreezy_Gaming]

Your scouting strategy is absolute money.

[@redhunter8731]

Thank you for the video, it was very helpful

[@tschmitz2293]

Anyone knows when the first roster update comes out?

[@JoshTalmadge]

I've done 20 drafts and no generational talents are they not on PS4

[@thenewogs8590]

I did a franchise and drafted this generational Catcher who was 79 over in the first year. Sadly I forgot to set the GM contracts to off so after year 3 I got bounced😅🥲🥲 Is there anything I can do to get back to the Rockies or is that WRAP and I just gotta start over? If anyone knows anything please lemme know 🙌🏽

[@JayButters29]

I had a generational talent in my second franchise I’ve done, was ranked 1 in MLB and my team ranks and he fell to me at 4. 82 A potential 3B

[@mattdawson8292]

This was so helpful

[@garretcook2371]

How coincidental, I just was coming to your channel to find this and it just gets put up, 🙏