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!

You should do a career sim of the pitcher you drafted

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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! 😊

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Amazing information!!! Thank you so much!!

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

Really needed this, I appreciate it.

Sick video, great information. Thank you!

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

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

Thank you for the video, it was very helpful

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Helpful, thanks

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

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

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.

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

This was so helpful

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.

Great Vid Bro

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

Ant you’re the goat!

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

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.

Thank u for the help

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

If u set contracts to auto the prospects u draft always sign

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

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.

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

Found a closer MLB ranked 65 I scouted him as #1 he fell to me at the 25th pick 18 year old with 94 potential in my first draft

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

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

What’s up man. I just did my first draft and I had 2 generational talents!!! I drafted nothing but a bunch of C potentials though

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

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?

how do u view the players u drafted after the draft, like when u check for what team drafted a player

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

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.

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

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.

Good stuff

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

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 🙌🏽

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

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.

I hope they give love to the franchise mode in mlb 24

Love the reaction you did after saying you don’t get generational talent picks lol

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

l love the scouting feature also

Can You Please Do A Fantasy Draft Guide

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

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

I forgot to scout one of my weekly options totally forgot after the game and screwed myself out of 1 week of scouting lol

Instead of making sure to click yes on Sunday, when you go to calendar just go to the left once and that should bring you to Saturday and just click triangle

REally usefull

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

I do what you do but if I need starting pitching I do all 4 regions to 100%

Is there a list somewhere of individual categories like speed 99

Funny enough my 3rd round centerfielder is on the roster by accident and is platooning with my starter. He's hitting .300

Gonna need a career sim of Korey

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.

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

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

You the goat

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