Totte Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Why don't release a BETA version and do all the updates that you want tomorrow? Not a bad idea. My plan (if I won't have the energy/time to finish today) was to release a Beta of the Standard version. That's probably doable today. Does that sound fair to you guys? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totte Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Also when you say edits are you going to do minor tweaks to Batter ratings and pitchers. Everything I know the formula which is used, is the one EA used originally but how about adding the players current stats to theit 3 year average like EA updates through out the year? Just a thought. It's a good thought but unfortunately I don't have time to maintain rosters where stats would be updated like that. It takes like a month to update all the player statistics the way it is now so once a year after the World Series is enough :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totte Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 6 pm...time for a nap :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 A Daytona RP Mike Billek was released by the Cubs over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Here is are some pitchers you can pick from to add to fill the open Daytona A spot. Todd Blackford (Currently on the DL) Ht: 6-4 Wt: 205 Bats: L Throws: R 6/10/1985 #16 SP Pics: http://media.scout.com/media/image/30/309652.jpg http://media.scout.com/media/image/41/417246.jpg Power pitcher Fastball (92-93 mph) Changeup Curveball Greg Reinhard (Currently at AA Tennessee) Ht: 6-1 Wt: 205 Bats: L Throws: R 8/11/1983 RP Pics: http://media.scout.com/media/image/42/429617.jpg http://media.scout.com/media/image/41/419624.jpg What pitches do you throw? In college, I was more of a fastball-slider guy. I used a splitfinger as an out-pitch. With Tampa, I threw a curveball and a changeup. Also, I’ve been working on a cutter since I joined their system. I guess as a pitcher, I really try to work off the fastball, which has always been my best pitch. I do a fairly good job of locating it, so I can kind of set myself up for some off-speed opportunities. How fast is your fastball? I’d have to say 90 to 92 (mph). It has reached 95. There are days when you don’t feel good and you’re sitting at only 88 to 90. If I’m healthy and pitching well, it’s 90 to 93 I would say. With 134 strikeouts last year in 142 innings, do you consider yourself a power pitcher; a strikeout pitcher? When I’m pitching well, I’m definitely striking out batters. Early on last season, I didn’t strike out anyone. I thought my numbers were fairly low for what I had expected of myself early on in the season. There were a number of games where I’d pitch five or six innings and only have one or two strikeouts. That was really rare and kind of odd for me. A strikeout an inning, or even better, is what I think I should be at. Rocky Roquet (A Peoria Closer) Ht: 6-2 Wt: 205 Bats: R Throws: R 11/6/1982 RP Did you expect to be closing games this year? I was a closer in college and I was in that role in Boise. But in the Instructional League last fall, I was just trying to get innings in and I thought maybe I’d be a middle reliever just to get my work in this year. [instead] I find myself in that role (closer) again. I like it and I like coming in and trying to get that W for the starter. I think I have the mindset for it. I take it like it’s a regular inning and just try to get three outs. Are you still in the mid to upper 90s with your fastball? Yeah, although recently I’ve been trying to work around 90 to 91 (mph) just to get ahead of hitters. But when I get a guy 0-2 or someone is on top of my fastball, I’ll try to throw it harder. I am trying to be more of a pitcher than a thrower, which I was last year. It’s been good. I’ve tried to get ahead of hitters and not strike everyone out. If I find myself ahead in the count, I will go for the strikeout. The problem last year was I tried to go for the strikeout in 0-1 and 0-0 counts. Can you remind everyone of your repertoire? Basically, it’s fastball-slider right now. I throw a changeup and have thrown it in games this year. To lefties, I’ve been going backdoor slider and that’s helped me with not throwing a changeup as much to left-handers. In his first 15 appearances with the Chiefs, he has nine saves and has yet to allow a run in a span of 18 2/3 innings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Another one to pick from. Scott Taylor (Currently a A Daytona) Ht: 6-4 Wt: 250 Bats: R Throws: R 12/28/1986 SP Pics: http://media.scout.com/media/image/41/419517.jpg http://media.scout.com/media/image/41/416792.jpg http://media.scout.com/media/image/32/326897.jpg His fastball can reach as high as 93 mph and he spent that first month in Extended to work on fine-tuning his secondary pitches (namely his slider and changeup). When we last talked to you, you were focusing on refining some of your secondary pitches (slider, changeup). How would you grade your progress there? The slider was something where I knew a lot of times the hitters wouldn’t make solid contact. It wasn’t a big “miss pitch†for me, but I could get them to put it in play and then use my defense. Toward the end of the year, my changeup came on really strong and I started getting it across and really working on my motion. I’ve never had a problem throwing it for strikes, but I just worked on my mechanics and with keeping that one fluid motion the same as my fastball. It all came together in the end. I got consistent with keeping my mechanics the same and I’m just trying to be more deceptive to the hitter. I wasn’t working my changeup in a lot. I sat down with my pitching coach (Rich Bombard) and there were really no problems. Toward the end of the year, he wanted to see my progress with working that pitch into my game a little bit more. Toward the end when I was at a 100-pitch count, I want to say I tried to get in at least 10 changeups a game. If I was able to do that in the right situation, it was a good thing. It’s an on-going process. So the changeup is the pitch you’re most focused on now? Definitely. The whole year, I pretty much went through the entire Midwest League on a fastball-slider combo. I had success with those two pitches and in the off-season, I thought back and realized there were so many games where I never really got beat up. When I did, it would only be for about one inning. It wasn’t like I would give up a run every inning. I’d go three or four shutout innings and then by around the fifth inning, the wheels would come off in some games. I found myself thinking about those innings. You can always “what if†this game, but I feel if I could go through this league again, even with the command I started to feel toward the end of the year, if I could have had that, I feel I could have had a little bit more success. I’m looking to work in all three pitches next year. As the season wore on, did you notice any changes to your velocity? For the most part, my fastball was anywhere from 89 to 92 (mph). I know I’ve touched 93 or 94, but for the year, I was right around 90 to 91. A lot of people say that you can’t really look at the overall numbers. I remember when someone called me midway through the year and asked what my ERA was, I told them I didn’t even know. The one thing I did know was that right out of Spring Training and right before I got called up, I had one of the best games of my life with my fastball. It was only four or five innings, but I just had an incredible fastball that day. When I first started in Peoria, Rich told me my velocity was anywhere from 90 to 93 that night. After that start, my fastball stayed right around 90 for the next couple of months and then it would shoot up. For the most part, I kept it pretty consistent. If I felt anything later in the year, it was more of my legs being tired from all the running and conditioning. I never felt my arm was tired and I never felt that my fastball dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Another one. Jose Ceda (Currently in A Peoria) Ht: 6-4 Wt: 240 Bats: R Throws: R 11/28/1987 Pics: http://media.scout.com/media/image/42/429623.jpg SP Ceda can reach as high as 99 mph on the radar gun according to Padres Director of Professional and International Scouting Randy Smith. “It doesn’t necessarily mean success, but it sure is a nice way to start,†Smith told MadFriars.com (the Padres’ equivalent to Inside The Ivy on the Scout.com network). Ceda features a slider and changeup in his arsenal, and while pitching for the Mesa Cubs of the Arizona Rookie League, he fanned 21 batters in 12 innings, yielding one earned run for a 0.75 ERA in five outings with the club. “It will be interesting to watch him develop,†Fleita said. “His arm works real well. He throws in the mid 90’s. We love the guy and think he has a great ceiling. We’re excited to have him.†Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Jeremy Papelbon (A Peoria) Ht: 6-1 Wt: 200 Bats: R Throws: L 6/24/1983 RP Pics: http://media.scout.com/media/image/42/426488.jpg http://media.scout.com/media/image/42/420108.jpg You throw a fastball, changeup, curve and splitter. Which one do you consider your out-pitch? I definitely think my splitter would be my out-pitch. I throw that a lot. I’ve kind of put the curveball on the back door now and I started picking up a slider at Instructs. Hopefully I can fine-tune that before I get to Spring Training, or during Spring Training so that it will be a different pitch for me to have in the upcoming season. One of three Papelbon brothers pitching in professional baseball, the left-hander had one of the best performances of any relief pitcher in the Northwest League this past season. So why doesn’t he get the same respect of others at his level? At age 23, many considered Papelbon too old for his level of competition in spite of the fact that he was a rookie fresh out of college. Not to worry; Papelbon doesn’t feel slighted by any knocks on his age. He points to his older brother, Jonathan (a successful closer with the Boston Red Sox now looking to resume a starter’s role next season), in making a case that you don’t have to be a “top prospect†in order to reach the majors. Jeremy features three quality pitches that he commands for strikes. He admitted to putting his breaking ball on the shelf much of this past season and began focusing more on a slider in the annual Instructional League. Papelbon features a splitfinger for an out-pitch and his fastball will top out in the low 90s on most occasions. It will be interesting to see whether he continues pitching from the bullpen, as he did in Boise, or returns to starting, as he did throughout much of his college caree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totte Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 herky... I decided to go with Scott Taylor Thanks for the reports :wtg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 herky... I decided to go with Scott Taylor Thanks for the reports :wtg: Sounds good. Hopefully those reports will help in the future if other guys get released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totte Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Sounds good. Hopefully those reports will help in the future if other guys get released. Definitely! I'm eager to add Papelbon :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totte Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I've uploaded UR 8.3 BETA What’s new in this version? • Transactions are up-to date as of May 20th (6 pm ET) • Updated team names to match the affiliation changes heading into the 2007 season. • Updated fielding ratings for players that have won Gold Gloves over the past seasons. • Edited tons of stuff you guys have been sending me and posting in the forums. • Plus the usual minor tweaks here and there to improve your gameplay even further (ratings, appearances etc.) Please note that this is just a BETA of the 8.3 Standard version. A complete roster set with both versions and a new models.big will be out within a couple of days. Try the rosters and come back to me with some feedback if you want anything changed. Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 A Daytona 3B Josh Lansford Weight to 210 #4 SP Chris Shaver Weight to 250 #40 RF Andrew Lopez Weight to 200 #28 CF Chris Amador Weight to 170 #18 SP Mitch Atkins Weight to 220 #37 Move into starting rotation SP Mark Pawelek Move into the bullpen RP Matt Avery Weight to 235 1B Robinson Chirinos Weight to 195 LF Tyler Colvin #27 1B Ryan Norwood Weight to 250 #99 RP Michael Phelps Weight to 220 #48 C Alan Rick Weight to 225 Second position to 1B SP Jeff Smardzijia Weight to 218 #28 SP Joel Santo Weight to 190 #49 2B Nate Spears Weight to 175 #3 SP Scott Taylor #41 Move into starting rotation Pitching Rotation SP Mitch Atkins SP Jeff Samardzija SP Scott Taylor SP Joel Santo SP Fabian Angulo-Jimenez LR SP Grant Johnson SP Mark Pawelek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 AA Tennessee SP Justin Berg #25 SP Mark Holliman #31 3B Matt Craig Weight to 215 #7 2B Issmael Salas Weight to 200 Pitching Roation SP Sean Gallagher SP Donnie Veal SP Justin Berg SP Kevin Hart SP Mark Holliman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 AAA RP Geoff Jones to AA AA SP Ryan O'Malley to AAA (Set LR) AAA RP Carmen Pignatiello to MR AA C Tony Ritchie to AAA AAA RF Josh Kroger to AA Change AA 3B Casey McGhee's position to C and his second position to 3B Start 2B Mike Fontenot at SS for AAA Iowa. Switch AAA RP Clay Rapada to closer and Rocky Cherry to SU Cubs RP Bob Howrey to SU Cubs RP Kerry Wood to MR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCH3900 Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I've uploaded UR 8.3 BETA What’s new in this version? • Transactions are up-to date as of May 20th (6 pm ET) • Updated team names to match the affiliation changes heading into the 2007 season. • Updated fielding ratings for players that have won Gold Gloves over the past seasons. • Edited tons of stuff you guys have been sending me and posting in the forums. • Plus the usual minor tweaks here and there to improve your gameplay even further (ratings, appearances etc.) Please note that this is just a BETA of the 8.3 Standard version. A complete roster set with both versions and a new models.big will be out within a couple of days. Try the rosters and come back to me with some feedback if you want anything changed. Thanks CRASHED, lovely release, accept it crashes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernetic Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Jays changes to make: MLB: Swap Towers and Ohka in the rotation/LR AAA: -SP/RP Geremi Gonzalez -> FA (released; now pitching in Japan) -SP Shaun Marcum -> rotation; recall either Ryan Houston or Jordan DeJong from AA and put them in the AAA bullpen -RP Jim Crowell -> LR -Move Roney to SU... Kemp to MR -Vento should be up in AAA instead of Howie Clark (signed as injury replacement) -Lind should be list as alt. position 1B AA: -Put Andrew Good in LR -Swap Mayorson/Klosterman's positions in the lineup... Klost 3B, Mayor 2B -Mayorson's primary position should be SS -Klosterman's primary postion should be 3B and alt. INF -Smith's primary position should be RF, alt. CF -Recall James from A ball to fill to the loss of DeJong/Houston in the bullpen A: -Wes Stone shouldn't even be on these rosters, he has been stuck in R-Ball for 3 years now due to injuries. I'd say to replace him with Juan Peralta. He was the #1 SS to start the season and is now in AA. -Jesus Gonzalez should be listed as primary position SS alt. 3B -If you add Peralta you can put him batting 2nd and the starting 2B -Yuber Rodriguez should not be in this roster either since he is now repeating Low A for the 3rd time and has terrible numbers so far this season; he doesn't look like he'll ever hit for a good enough average to make it. I'd recommend either Eric Nielsen or Cory Patton to replace him; Nielsen gets the nod to me since he is further along than Patton in development. -Add one of Sean Stidfole, Yesson Berroa, Aaron Tressler, Ted Serro or Danny Core to the pen to replace the moving of James to AA. -Personally I don't mind Travis Snider being on here as he is one of the top prospects in the system. -If you still have a CAP for Carlo Cota, I'd say to get rid of Campbell and put him in A as the reserver INF. Height/Weight changes: A: Kreuzer - Wt 235 Hatch - Wt 185 Gonzalez - Ht 76 Wt 200 Schneider - Wt 250 Harang - Wt 225 Falkenbach - Ht 72 Iriki - Wt 180 Fowler - Wt 220 Ray - Wt 185 AA: Cannon - Wt 225 Cosby - Wt 215 Mayorson - Wt 185 Diaz - Wt 220 Kratz - Wt 245 Majewski - Wt 205 Santos - Wt 240 Hassey - Wt 180 Klosterman - Wt 185 Gronkiewicz - Ht 70 Wt 200 De Jong -Wt 200 Houston - Wt 230 Yates - Ht 70, Wt 190 R. Romero - Wt 200 Purcey - Wt 235 MacDonald - Wt 195 AAA: Barker - Ht 73, Wt 200 Adams - Wt 195 Fasano - Wt 225 Griffin - Wt 215 Mottola - Wt 230 Roney - Wt 245 Neal - Wt 240 League - Ht 75, Wt 190 Kemp - Wt 190 Wolfe - Ht 75, Wt 220 Marcum - Wt 185 McGowan - Wt 220, high socks Taubenheim - Ht 78, Wt 250 Olmedo - Wt 170 MLB: Roberts - Ht 71 Phillips - Wt 220 Rios - Wt 195 Tallet - Ht 79, Wt 220 Towers - Wt 190 Chacin - Wt 195 Janssen - Wt 205 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totte Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Thanks for the info herky and cybernetic :hail: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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herky Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Just something to think about but Kerry Wood is on the 60 day DL and nobody is sure what will happen with him this year due to his track record with getting hurt. If you want you could drop him into the AAA Iowa bullpen and move up SP Angel Guzman into the MLB MR role as he just was placed there recently. Then you can start SP Ryan O'Malley in Guzman's spot in AAA since he does start there. Just a thought but you can do what you feel is best here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Totte Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Just something to think about but Kerry Wood is on the 60 day DL and nobody is sure what will happen with him this year due to his track record with getting hurt. If you want you could drop him into the AAA Iowa bullpen and move up SP Angel Guzman into the MLB MR role as he just was placed there recently. Then you can start SP Ryan O'Malley in Guzman's spot in AAA since he does start there. Just a thought but you can do what you feel is best here. Sounds like a good idea to me if you feel it's a fair thing to do. I still keep Guzman as a SP/RP though right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRog Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Hey totte long time no see hows the project going? anyways have you lookede into coco crisp stance lately. he has changed it so he is now a little bent and open like granderson i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Sounds like a good idea to me if you feel it's a fair thing to do. I still keep Guzman as a SP/RP though right? Yeah keep Guzman the same. He started in AAA and did start 3 games for the Cubs this year (0-0 3.18 ERA) but due to recent shifts in the rotation Guzman will work out of the pen for now. O'Malley has 9 starts at AAA Iowa and is 2-3 with a 5.80 ERA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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