Oh, this I think will be the least popular opinion ever, but what if we had fewer youth pulls?

Make it harder to find 4.5* talent, and increase demand and competition for the remainder.

I feel two YP per week is probably too much, but I am all for a few extra youth pulls per season. Maybe something like we have one week where we can choose all the available selections eg. during the offseason. Like a training camp of sorts. Maybe you get lucky that week, maybe they're all busts and better luck next offseason.

Another option would be to send all those that you didn't choose for any given week straight onto the market. This could make for a fun feeding frenzy every Sunday.