Poon's 2004 Rosters with AAA and AA

[poonox]

Guys. My rosters with minor league players is nearly ready for completion and I have uploaded to MVPMods and BaseballSimCentral my newest realease. I need your help with feedback. Here is a copy of the readme file. Please email or IM me and tell me what you think. This seemed like a never ending journey, but I'm nearly finished with what I think are one of the top rosters out there.

Poon's 2004 Rosters

Version 0.5

Brian Mason

Poonox@aol.com

Poonox (AIM)

I. INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: Unzip this file into your MVPDATA directory and your

set. I recommend to always backup your entire DATA Folder before overwriting

it. Heck, you may hate these rosters, but I hope not and this gives you chance

to go back

I have to thank Robert Glass for his editor, which without it these rosters

would have no chance of being made. I also have to give a lot of credt to

JackCasper, as these rosters were based off of one of his very first roster

sets. My hats off to you guys.

I recommend using the progression file found on MVPmods.com with this roster

set and a datafile of your liking. Both will make these even more fun to play.

II. WHAT DO THESE ROSTERS INCLUDE???

1. Nearly every single Major League player has been edited and now has

ratings that mimic as close to real life as I can tell.

2. The top 25-30 Prospects for each ML team. They are scattered throughout the

AAA and AA teams. This includes adjusted ratings, attributes and the exact

pitches that pitching prospects use.

3. The AAA teams are nearly perfect to real life. They are as close to real

life as you can get, including lineups and rotations.

4. Lineups and rotations for all major league and AAA teams are in order and

set. They will also remain fairly static throughout a dynasty, as the ratings

allow the CPU optimization to not knock these out of whack. The AA teams have

lineups and rotations that allow for the top prospects in the organization to

get playing time.

5. Batting stances and other attributes have been editted to mimic more real

life.

6. Teams tendencies have been completely overhauled.

III. NOTES:

1. You may see players jump from AA to AAA or from AAA to the ML after an

injury in the game. There is really nothing I can do, because the game looks

at Star Ratings when deciding where and when to move a player up in down in an

organization. For example, although Hanley Ramirez is probably a couple of

years away and not ready for AAA just yet, he should be rated with at least a

LOTS star rating. Now he has ratings in the 40's for hitting, but will likely

shoot up to AAA after the CPU optomizes the rosters because of his star

rating. I could adjust the ratings to make sure he stays in AA for most of the

season, but I would rather have him have ratings that are closer to real life.

2. You will notice that pitchers, who are probably rated lower than they

should in the minors. For example, Ervin Santana is a top pitching prospect

for the Angels, but you will notice his stamina is in the 50's and his control

for all pitches is likely in the 30's. The reason being that the CPU overrates

pitchers way too much. This will keep top pitching prospects from making a

quick jump into the majors.

IV. Feedback

I have spent countless hours/weeks working on these rosters, but I by no means

feel they are perfect. But I think they can be one of these best out there

with your help. IF YOU DOWNLOAD THESE ROSTERS, email me or IM me and tell me

what you think. Also, if you are really tuned in to a team and see that I have

lineups, rosters, player attributes or anything that you want to see fixed,

let me KNOW!!! You can also post this on the highheat2004.net/forums or the

MVPMODS forums.

V. THINGS TO STILL BE ADDED IN LATER VERSIONS:

1. Add proper Pictures for each player.

2. Go over everything with a fine tooth comb.

3. Updates will be manufactured throughout the year.

4. I NEED YOUR INPUT to make these great. Please email me or IM.

VI. ***I am not liable for any crashes that might happen from using these

rosters.

VI. ***If you want to adjust these rosters and reupload them as your own, I

have no problem with that, but please ask me first and note that this set was

the basis, I did for JackCasper (thanks again).