Is there any evidence to suggest Povich is likely a top 125 guy? That seems like a stretch.
Other than a few people (edit, or at least one) that do this for a living saying so?
I guess Mackus could be right that these national folks just jump on the bandwagon of whatever guy Elias picks up, but that seems a bit far fetched.
What I do think may happen, and may have even said as much in this thread, is that a random 3rd round pick that was expected to be a 3rd round pick is just slotted into like 22nd on the team, and then nobody pays much attention to him again until his stats tell you to. Even if the scouting has improved a good bit (and I believe his FB improved a good bit after starting pro ball? I forget), if you are a national guy keeping tabs on 1000 prospects you aren't taking a closer look if the stats aren't telling you to unless some other reason tells you to, you don't have that much time. Maybe some scout is incredibly high on him. Or maybe a team with a top farm system trades for him as an unusual headliner. So you take a closer look and then say oh, maybe he's really better than we thought.
So the tail wags the dog in that way--not that they just ramp up his ranking because hey he must be good if Elias traded for him. They ramp it up because Elias traded for him so that actually caused them to reevaluate him and then had reason to move him up.
But I am just talking out of my butt so who knows.
