sfgiantsflgators Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 basically if you want to help all you have to do is go through whatever part of the rosters you decide to (or search the last few pages and see what teams haven't been done) and post whatever mistakes you find. llcmac and hypno pretty much have the roster set done with regards to lineups and such but it's the meticulus things we are sifting through now to make it that much more "real". (i.e., player characteristics, transactions, etc.) just jump on in! :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poonani Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Jays SS Aaron Hill (AAA in your roster), but he seems like he will stay at the MLB level for a while and likely will not be moved off when Corey Koskie returns from the DL in 6-8 weeks.. he needs a lot of tweaking.. his power/contact numbers are way off they should be around 70/60 vs. LHP, 85/75 vs. RHP.. his swing resembles Gary Sheffield but not his stance.. he uses a high stance without a bat waggle but the when he swings it resembles Sheff's swing.. he seems to mash the ball of righties even though his hits R He was hitting over .300 in AAA before being called up and is now hitting .400 in 6 games so far with 2 doubles and 2 triples.. but no home runs yet His career potential may need to be pushed up to 4 stars as well 85/75? are you joking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernetic Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 I may have exagerrated it a little bit but he has shown a lot of extra-base power with no homers yet.. he had 5 in AAA before being called up.. he's had 3 doubles and 2 triples in 8 days since being called up and is batting .429 with 9 RBI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamdaly Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Here's what I came up with for the Yankees based on ESPN, the Neyer-James Guide to Pitchers [NJ], and the Baseball America 2005 Prospect Handbook [bA] MLB ----- Kevin Brown Splitter with average-plus velocity (90-91) and movement [ESPN] Two-seamer with average-plus velocity (88-94) and plus movement [ESPN] Slider with average-plus velocity (84-88) and movement [ESPN, NJ] Four-seamer with average-plus velocity [NJ] Tom Gordon Change-up with average velocity and movement [ESPN] Four-seamer with plus velocity [ESPN] “Hard Slider†[ESPN] Curveball with excellent movement (12-6) and velocity (82-83) [ESPN] Buddy Groom Slider with average-minus velocity and average movement [ESPN] Two-seamer with average-minus velocity and movement [ESPN] High-80s 4-seamer [NJ] Randy Johnson Slider with excellent movement and velocity (87-89) [ESPN] Four-seamer with excellent velocity (92-95) [ESPN] Two-seamer with excellent velocity and movement [ESPN] Used as a change-up [NJ] Change-up with average velocity and excellent movement Mike Mussina Four seamer with average-plus velocity (87-91) [ESPN] Two-seamer with plus velocity and movement [ESPN] Slider with average-plus velocity and movement [ESPN] Knuckle-Curve with plus velocity (74-78) and plus movement (12-6) [ESPN] Change with plus movement and excellent velocity [ESPN] Circle-change with plus movement and excellent velocity [ESPN] Splitter with minus velocity (81-84) and average-minus movement [ESPN] NJ also credits him with a cutter (84-85) and a slider (78-81) Carl Pavano Four seamer at 91-94 [ESPN] Change with plus velocity and movement [ESPN] Slider with plus velocity and movement [ESPN] Two-seamer with plus velocity and movement [ESPN] Splitter with no details [ESPN] Paul Quantrill Change-up with average movement, 79-81 MPH [ESPN] Slider with average movement and velocity (82-84) [ESPN] Two-seamer with average-plus velocity (87-92) and movement [ESPN] Curveball [NJ] Mariano Rivera Cutter with excellent movement and plus velocity [ESPN] Four-seamer with plus movement and velocity [ESPN] Two-seamer with plus movement and velocity [ESPN] Felix Rodriguez Four-seamer with good movement and velocity (94-96) [ESPN] Slider with average-plus movement and velocity [ESPN] Mike Stanton Four-seamer (low-90s) [ESPN] Slider with average velocity and average-plus movement [ESPN] Splitter with average-plus movement and velocity [ESPN] Curve with average movement and velocity [ESPN] Two-seamer with average movement and velocity [ESPN] Tanyon Sturtze Splitter with average velocity and movement [ESPN] Change up with average velocity and movement [ESPN] Curve with average velocity and movement [ESPN] Slider with average-plus velocity (85-86) and movement [ESPN] Two-seamer with plus movement and velocity (his best) [ESPN] Four-seamer with average-plus velocity (92-95) and movement [ESPN] Chien-Ming Wang Four-seamer at 92-95 [bA] Average Splitter, slider, and change [bA] Jaret Wright Two-seamer with good movement and velocity 4-seamer with good velocity (mid-90s [NJ]) [ESPN] Change-up with minus velocity and movement [ESPN] Slider with plus velocity and average-plus movement [ESPN] Splitter [NJ] Minors ------- Philip Huges 90-95 mph fastball [bA] Slider with good bite and depth [bA] Good changeup [bA] Steven White 92-96 mph fastball [bA] Curveball and changeup [bA] Christian Garcia 93-96 fastball [bA] “Power hammer†curveball [bA] Changeup [bA] Jeff Marquez 90-94 mph fastball [bA] “Heavy†sinker with excellent movement [bA] Hard curveball [bA] Changeup [bA] Brett Smith 90-92 mph fastball [bA] 86-88 mph slider with sharp, late break [bA] Curveball and changeup [bA] Jesse Hoover 93-97 mph fastball [bA] Plus curve [bA] Unrefined change and splitter [bA] Matt DeSalvo 88-90 mph fastball [bA] Mediocre change and curve [bA] Edwardo Sierra 95 mph fastball [bA] Upper-80s splitter [bA] Hard slider [bA] Tyler Clippard 87-91 mph fastball [bA] Average changeup and slider [bA] Abel Gomez 91-95 mph fastball [bA] Mediocre curveball and changeup [bA] Sean Henn 91-93 mph fastball [bA] Sharp power slider [bA] Poor changeup [bA] Scott Proctor 94-100 mph fastball [bA] Average changeup and slider [bA] Ramon Ramirez 92-94 mph fastball [bA] Hard curveball [bA] Splitter [bA] Jason Jones 90-92 mph fastball with some sink [bA] Average slider [bA] Curveball and changeup [bA] Ben Julianel 88-89 mph fastball [bA] Plus slider [bA] Average changeup [bA] Maximo Nelson 96 mph fastball [bA] Average curveball [bA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerPyle Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 I thought bby did all the pitching tweaks for the majors and minors. How many times does this need to happen??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Show Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 I'd say leave the pitching tweaks to bbythepier. Let him mess around with it(in a good way)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeds Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 llcmac.....two corrections for the LAA Angels A-ball Josh LeBlanc is black (face 13) Andrew Toussaint for the angels is indeed black, you can leave his skin color the way it is in 2.3... clean shaven though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeds Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 changes for the Toronto Blue Jays MLB alexis rios - change to "alex" AAA jason alfaro - clean shaven (face 3) aaron hill - #2, bdate march 21, 1982... blonde hair chris baker - bdate oct 24, 1977 ......eric crozier to AA NYY andy dominique - clean shaven anton french - only bats left-handed john-ford griffin - second position should be 1B spike lundberg - clean shaven michael nannini - change to "Mike" (white, face 5, clean shaven) justin singleton - black hair, face 10 danny solano - face 11, black shin pad, low socks, clean shaven, 5'9 155 matt whiteside - clean shaven AA steve andrade - face 7, facial hair 7 joshua banks - change to "Josh" vito chiaravoloti - bdate oct 26, 1980... if you can't fit Chiaravalloti it should be "Chiaravaloti" carlo cota - face 7 john hattig - face 7, bdate feb 27, 1980 maikel jova - 6'0 190 erik kratz - brown hair, clean shaven josue matos - face 8 jose umbria - jan 20, 1978 A raul tablado - face 7 chi-hung chen - 6'0 190 robert cosby - face 7, change robert to "rob" jesus gonzalez - couldn't find any info brian hall - white (face 5), black hair, clean shaven dan hill - change dan to "danny", white (face 5), clean shaven zach jackson - black hair, sideburns adam lind - white (face 1), blonde hair, clean shaven... body type "athletic" joey metropoulous - 6'1 230, body type "athletic", face 4, clean shaven david purcey - brown hair, clean shaven vince perkins - face 3 yuber rodriguez - face 10, black hair, 6'1 170 davis romero - face 7 michael snyder - change to "mike", face 1 jayce tingler - bdate nov 28, 1980... white (face 5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordgraff Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Here are the errors i found with the Athletics roster... Oakland Athletics Chnages... Chad Bradford - Submarine Style (this may already be the case, but just FYI in case not) Jermaine Clark - thin moustache Seth Etherton - No facial hair Shawn Garrett - No facial hair Dan Johnson - Blonde Hair, sideburns w/ barbiche (light beard) Chris Mabeus - Long socks, no facial hair Dan Meyer - Dark Blonde hair, high socks Adam Morrissey - Large bands both arms, bald, light beard Mike Rouse - Large armband left arm, dark blonde hair John Rheinecker - white not hispanic, high socks, dark blonde hair, barbiche Jimmy Serrano - no facial hair Bobby Smith - large wristband left arm, skin=4 Stephen Smyth - Change to "Steve" Smyth, black hair-no sideburns, no facial hair Matt Watson - Goatee, dark brown hair, long pants AA Daric Barton - High Socks, blonde hair Andy Beattie - Change to "Andrew" Beattie, long pants, light/black bat, Steve Bondurant - No facial hair Brant Colamarino - No facial hair, face=2, skin=3, stocky big legs Drew Dickenson - Goatee, Jairo Garcia - no facial hair Shawn Kohn - high socks, no facial hair Matt Lynch - White not hispanic, sideburns Casey Myers - White, brown hair (no sideburns) Jason Perry - wears batting gloves Omar Quintanilla - Moustache Richie Robnett - black (skin=10), black hair, 5'10 - 200lbs, long pants Steve Stanley - white (skin=1), blonde hair, high socks Brian Stavisky - white (skin=3), brown hair Brad Sullivan - no facial hair Kurt Suzuki - Asian face, skin=6, Lloyd Turner - Black (skin=10), long pants, black hair, goatee, slim build Mike Ziegler - Long Pants, blonde hair, black glove A Matt Allegra - no facial hair Dallas Braden - blonde hair Jeff Coleman - white, brown hair, 5'10, stocky big legs kyle crowell - goatee, dark blonde hair Andre Ethier - White/Hispanic (Skin=5), Athletic Build, sideburns, dark brown hair Ben Fritz - White not hispanic (skin=3), Athletic Build Mark Kiger - White not hispanic (skin=1), blonde hair, high socks, no facial hair Brad Knox - Goatee, sideburns, athletic build, long pants Nick Mattioni - sideburns Marcus McBeth - Black (skin=9), black hair, no facial hair Jeff Muessig - White (skin=2), Red Hair, normail goatee, long hair(?) Danny Putnam - White not hispanic, 5'11, athletic build, Willie Perez - IS HE A FAKE PLAYER? Landon Powell white (skin=3), dark brown hair sideburns, no facial hair Danny Putnam - white not hispanic (skin=1), dark blonde hair, no shin guard, no wristbands Brian Snyder - white not hispanic (skin=3), dark hair, normal goatee Steve Stanley - THERE ARE TWO STEVE STANLEYS (AA and A). John Suomi - White (skin=3), brown hair sideburns, long pants Brad Weis - White not hispanic, dark blonde hair - he definitely has a knuckleball, don't know how good it is though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totte Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Kelly Johnson of Atlanta Braves (MLB/AAA) wears high socks. Brett Myers (Phillies) throws his curveball around 80-82 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerPyle Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Willie Bloomquist will be the starting shortstop indefinetley for the Mariners unless he loses it to Jose Lopez who is in AAA and wont be called up anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernetic Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 The Blue Jays have just optioned SP Dave Bush to AAA-Syracuse after going 0-4 with an ERA around 5 in 10 starts.. SP Chad Gaudin has been recalled in his place and was 3-2 with a 2.84 ERA in AAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubsfaninfla Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 For the Jays ESPN.com The failure to tame the slider has doomed the careers of hundreds and thousands of pitchers, who got lost in their long journey to control and command the subtle pitch. Their hands might have been too small, or they could never quite get the arm angle right, or they just couldn't put enough torque into the spin. Chad Gaudin Chad Gaudin uses a curveball grip to throw his slider, which he learned in Little League. Then there is Chad Gaudin, a 21-year-old right-hander for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Slider Master. Gaudin was in Little League when a coach named Johnny Reynolds showed him the grip for the curveball. OK. Got it. Then when Gaudin was in high school, his summer league coach, Chris Westcott, suggested he lower his arm angle when he threw with the curveball grip, to make the ball break laterally. Sure, no problem; yeah, looks good. And now, a few years later, the right-hander is in the majors, using the same curveball grip he learned in Little League, throwing from a higher arm angle, unleashing a nasty slider that veers like a Wiffleball and getting out hitters with All-Star résumé. "It's real comfortable for me," he said the other day. "If I had to work on any pitch, that would be the last pitch that I would have to make an adjustment with." If the bases were loaded and he had to throw a strike, Gaudin said, he would be more at ease throwing his slider than a fastball. It just feels right. It's apparent from the way Tampa Bay manager Lou Piniella has used him that Piniella feels right about Gaudin. This season, Piniella has summoned him into the game three times to face right-handed hitters with runners on base: Alex Rodriguez twice, and Miguel Tejada. A-Rod flied out in his first at-bat against Gaudin, on March 31, stranding two runners. On April 6, Gaudin entered the game with Kenny Lofton on first, and Rodriguez popped out. After left-handed hitting Jason Giambi singled, Gary Sheffield grounded out. The next day, more of the same: Derek Jeter singled to open an inning against Gaudin, but Rodriguez bounced into a double play. Giambi doubled, before Sheffield grounded out. On April 11, Gaudin enticed Tejada to bounce into a fielder's choice, stranding two runners. Gaudin has inherited five runners, and none have scored. He's pitched five innings, and has allowed no runs. Right-handed batters are 1-for-10 against him. "He could have a very long career if he maintains that slider," said an American League scout who saw Gaudin in spring training. "He's going to get a lot of right-handed hitters (out) with that thing." Maintaining the slider has never been an issue for him. After Westcott suggested he drop down, Gaudin tinkered and practiced and learned to throw the pitch for strikes. The slider that he threw at Crescent City Baptist High School, in Harahan, La., actually had more break than his current version, Gaudin says; he would throw it at right-handed hitters, or even slightly behind them, and it would break on a flat, horizontal plane -- and the high school batters were helpless, of course. Gaudin's Top Sliders in Baseball 1. Randy Johnson: "Looks like it comes from first base, real tight and sharp, fools a lot of hitters." 2. Jeff Nelson: "Breaks a hell of a lot, can throw it for strikes any time he wants; it's worked for him, that's for sure." 3. David Cone (retired). 4. John Smoltz: "He throws it 95,000 mph. How you can throw it that hard -- it's a gift." Gaudin, raised in Louisiana, was drafted in the 34th round by the Devil Rays, the 1,009th player overall, lasting that long because of his modest size: He is listed at 5-foot-11, 165 pounds, in a sport where scouts prefer extra-large pitchers. He signed with the Devil Rays and was asked to raise his arm angle, to keep his slider from being too flat, to give it a sharper break. After a week or two of working with the new trajectory, Gaudin recalled, he felt comfortable with the slider again. He was playing in an instructional league game against the Blue Jays and aimed his slider at a right-handed batter. As the ball neared home plate, the hitter dropped to the ground, to avoid being hit -- and the slider broke over the plate for a strike. Gaudin turned away from the plate to stifle his laughter, something that is considered bad form -- but all of the infielders and outfielders behind him were laughing. Gaudin spun another slider at the batter, who dropped again -- only to see the ball break for another strike. Gaudin was pitching in Class A last July, moved up to Double-A and threw a seven-inning no-hitter for Orlando. After being called up to the big leagues at the end of the year, he made three starts and 12 relief appearances for Tampa Bay, going 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA. Nobody has outlined Gaudin's role to him, not that he needs any explanation. "I'll do whatever it takes," he said. "Middle relief, set-up, starter, whatever it may be." There will always be a place for a Slider Master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andruw25 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Kelly Johnson of Atlanta Braves (MLB/AAA) wears high socks. Brett Myers (Phillies) throws his curveball around 80-82 mph. More on Kelly Johnson, another Brave making his major league debut this month. He wears # 27 with the big club. His batting stance should be H. Matsui; his approach is identical to that of top prospect Andy Marte, who was also given this stance...just from the other side of the plate. Also, Raul Mondesi appears to be done with the Braves. He will be designated for assignment to make room for Johnson and seems to be on his way out of Atlanta...thankfully! Should be official early next week. Needless to say his ratings still need to be dropped to represent a player about ready to retire. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article...sp&c_id=mlb Also on Myers (didn't mean to double up like this Totte!), his fastball tops out at around 97...something to consider since the game has him at 92. Apparently he's throwing a devestating cutter as well that he learned this spring and has used it recently in his nice start thus far. He's pretty underrated in the game either way and is one of the best pitchers in a loaded NL East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andruw25 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Jeff Francoeur needs more arm strength and accuracy. From the handbook: Francoeur is one of the purest five-tool players in the minor leagues...Managers rated his arm the best among Carolina League outfielders (only 75 strength, 70 accuracy as of now). He's really a CF playing RF because of his arm strength and the fact that Andruw roams center for Atlanta. Fielding and range seem perfect, but I'd bump throwing strength up from 75 to 85 and throwing accuracy up from 70 to 80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerPyle Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Should be Kevin Melillo instead of Steve Stenley A's also Signed by the Oakland A's on May 25, 2005 out of the Independent League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernetic Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 The Jays also activated OF Frank Catalanotto off the bereavement list and optioned OF Gabe Gross back to AAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerPyle Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 wheres jeff nelson slider??? was it taken out for a reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GForce22 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Really small cosmetic note...David Wright doesn't wear an elbow guard. GH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharrisfan2003 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 When is the next update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLBCenter Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Kelly Johnson just got promoted to the Braves and had a great first game. Does anyone have accurate ratings for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharrisfan2003 Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Edgar Renteria= #3 David Wells= #16 They just changed numbers today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stix Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Kelly Johnson just got promoted to the Braves and had a great first game. Does anyone have accurate ratings for him? He is in UR but I feel he is a bit under rated. He could improve a little in some areas. (BTW he threw out Thome trying to tag today so major points to him.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharrisfan2003 Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 here's what i have so far for johnson: Kelly Johnson (Braves MLB) 2/22/82 LF OF Throws right bats left 3 stars rock #7 6'1" 180 athletic facial hair 1 elbow guard none shin guard none wristband none socks high mask 1 bat gloves on stance generic contact rhp 59 contact lhp 64 power rhp 57 power lhp 61 bunt 60 discipline 40 speed 73 steal tendency 75 baserun ability 70 fielding 65 range 70 throw strength 75 throw accuracy 75 fastball take both 75 miss both 60 chase both 65 curveball take both 75 miss both 65 chase both 65 slider take both 70 miss both 65 chase lhp 60 chase rhp 0 vs. lhp nnc nhc cnn vs rhp cnn nhn nhn not completely done, can you tell me what u think his face, hair color, hair style, bat color, and glove because i don't have my mvp with me right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 chase rhp 0 doesn't chase at ALL? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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