The new feature allowing users to view 'scout's grades' is a welcome addition. Instead of having to double click on all the players to check their rating in the roster screen, a user can just choose to view grades. For some reason, the minor leaguers' stats are not shown. For those not familiar with the Microsoft Baseball series, the game uses a crosshair pitching system with pitchers having the option of throwing 1-4 pitches. Batting requires a user to move a rectangle around that has a little plus sign as the sweet spot.
Users have the luxury of turning the pitching crosshair on or off.
With it off, batting is a lot tougher and is that much more rewarding when a homer is hit. Defensive players did not charge grounders no matter how slow the ball was rolling. Also, I noticed how many liners were hit directly at the infielders. While on defense, I tried throwing the ball directly to home plate on a sacrifice fly attempt, but my shortstop cut the throw off. This kept on happening to me.