Ultimate Roster Project (PC,Xbox,PS2)

[Millennium]

Just verify on Contreras:

He does in fact use a forkball. He starts every time he sets by gripping the fork ball deep between his index and middle fingers, then if he changes to a different pitch, he changes the grip in the glove. The reason for this is, when he was with the Yankees (whom that O's swept this weekend ), he was giving away the forkball by moving his right arm when trying to push the grip on.

[HypnoxXx]

In version 1.1, there will be 2 ways to tell if a player is fake (A) he will not have a photo/audio ID and his jersey # will be 99...(Robinson Cano of AAA Columbus is the lone exception to

[bbythepier]

MLB- Cleveland

I already released a list of the scouting report changes and abacus (an Ohio resident) responded with corrections on Davis’ change, Wickman’s new change, and Howry repertoire as described by Howry on TV. I incorporated all those suggestions in the changes. If anyone has something that doesn’t look right post it WITH A SOURCE, please.

Find Indians pitch tweaks and 4 season sims here: season 1 & 2 SU= Howry and Betancourt, seasons 3 & 4 Riske & Rhodes (in order to get more APP for each)

http://img170.echo.cx/my.php?image=indians6mo.jpg

I said I’d do 3 or 4 today and I did 4. I suppose some out there want my schedule for the week.

[abacusand13south]

MLB- Cleveland

I already released a list of the scouting report changes and abacus (an Ohio resident) responded with corrections on Davis’ change, Wickman’s new change, and Howry repertoire as described by Howry on TV. I incorporated all those suggestions in the changes. If anyone has something that doesn’t look right post it WITH A SOURCE, please.

Find Indians pitch tweaks and 4 season sims here: season 1 & 2 SU= Howry and Betancourt, seasons 3 & 4 Riske & Rhodes (in order to get more APP for each)

http://img170.echo.cx/my.php?image=indians6mo.jpg

I said I’d do 3 or 4 today and I did 4. I suppose some out there want my schedule for the week.

Betancourt is missing his changeup in your corrections.The team wants him to improve it since he is now pitching 2-3 innings an appearance now. I know this because I have yet to miss an indians game this year theres no links that i can find to volidate my statment but betancourt has a changeup it should be atleast as good if not better than davis's also betancourt throws HARD he hits 97 when hes fresh but usually works in the 95 range and his control is so much better than what you or the game has him at. He is severely underated in the game and real life. I know its only april but look at what hes done so far. Heres a report about him.

RHRP Rafael Betancourt

I don't have Asperger Syndrome or anything, although I guess I have tendencies, but I know how people who have that affliction must feel when I watch Rafael Betancourt pitch. His foot-tapping and slow leg lift (Betancourt pitches exclusively from the stretch) are the pitching motion equivalent of a buzzing flourescent light or nails on a chalkboard. That said, it's hard to argue with the results, as Betancourt posted a 10.26 K/9 and 4.22 K/BB in 66.2 innings of relief in 2004. There were times last season, especially earlier when Jose Jimenez was still around and Riske was distracted by his newborn son's difficulties, when Betancourt was literally the only reliable reliever in the Indians pen. Unfortunately, Betancourt consistently has trouble when pitching in the 2nd of back-to-back games. His K/9 with 0 days rest was 4.5, with 1 day rest 12.75, and with 2 days rest 12.0. So while he's exposed when he has to carry the pen on his own, he's a cheap and very valuable component of what is now a deep Indians relief corps. Just make sure to let me know when he's about to come in the game so I can look away.

So his stamina should probably be about 60 while his durability should be pretty low so that it makes it hard for him to pitch back to back days. On a side note matt miller needs his stamina lowered to about 45.

[bbythepier]

Betancourt is missing his changeup in your corrections.He is severely underated in the game and real life.

I got ya abacus. I'll make some changes to Betancourt tonight and resubmit it to HypnoxXx. But if I make hime throw 95, I'm not going to give a whole lot more control (maybe 60), regardless of his control in real life 'cause I can't give a guy whose only FULL year was ~4.00 ERA a 90+ rated fastball. It's not fair because it wouldn't be equittable to simmmed stats, despite his wonderful K/9 and K/BB ratios. Sorry.

Sunday, March 27, 2005

The Great Debate

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• Rick's Tribe Report

6th Pen Spot: Rafael Betancourt. He’s got the stuff to succeed against both right handed and left handed batters. He was very effective before getting injured from overuse last season. With the beefed up pen, he won’t be overused again. His record as a pitcher says he can sustain this success, and his BB/K ratios say we haven’t seen the best of him. Add his new changeup, and here’s a guy who can go an inning or two a couple times a week.

Raffy Betancourt

He has the obvious upside on the three candidates. He’s had two years of success at the major league level. He’s a strikeout pitcher who walks very few and strikes out many. Despite his good stuff, he does get hit. He’s been working on a changeup, and if Betancourt has any sort of decent changeup, I’ll say right now that he just ensured himself 3 or 4 more years as a quality arm in somebody’s bullpen.

Taken from: http://indians.mostvaluablenetwork.com/index.php?m=200503

[jtc324]

just some thoughts while playing the other night

derek lee of the cubs is way too fat...i saw a game of theirs the other day and he slimmed down and bulked up..way too fat in the game

prince fielder is also a little too chubby, while he is still big he is growing into his body and should be a little smaller in the gut region

just because brian roberts of the o's is off to a fast start i feel his ratings shouldn't rise too much, maybe alittle on power and plate disipline.

finally i think vinny castilla should be alittle bit bigger. he wears a bagy uni and is alittle chubbier than lets on ... same for kevin millar

[llcmac]

our new policy on donations.

http://mvpmods.com/index.php?name=Forums&a...opic&t=9278

[GForce22]

My respect for a man like GForce grows every day. His roster set was by far the most complete last year. He had at least 8 different updates. Let me remind of this taken from his readme on version 4, with a little picture from when it was done. No one is saying it will take this long, but please let me watch Eva Longoria on Desperate Housewives(It's 9PM on the West Coast) and let me enjoy my life outside of MVP.

VERSION 4 REVISIONS:

I raised the floors on movement for major leaguers, which cuts down on quick minor league callups and also cuts down on pitchers with astronomical ERAs. My fear with pitchers always lies with overrating the top and underrating the bad. Upon review, I think I was still guilty of this to a degree, so I tried to adjust it.

Get off my back, please!

To think it's a commercial and I'm simming seasons on my laptop on my lap on my couch. Why can't you find something in the roster that needs tweaking and help.

First, thanks for the compliment. I was lucky...last year, for the most part, people were very understanding. I told people it would be a while, because with family obligations and work, the rosters were down the priority list. And they really didn't have a choice, because if I had gotten badgered I would've just dropped the damn project and let that be that, and I made that clear. To do this right, the way I've always done it, is VERY time consuming.

Not a knock on bby's knowledge, but what he's doing here is going through sources (that are quite easily accessible), reading them, collecting information and disseminating it...if everyone who gripes about the time it takes to do this jumped in and did it as well, it would probably be done already.

It's much easier to sit back and wait for others to do it. But if that's the path you choose, there needs to be a courtesy to respect the time those who ARE doing the work are putting in -- and their entitlement to take breaks when needed/wanted.

GH

[SeanC85]

I just downloaded your rosters and I am very pleased so far. Keep up the good work guys. Take your time, because these rosters look well worth it. I just had one question about when you do the single-A rosters. If a team has a very good prospect below single-A advanced will you still create them? For example, the Padres number one pick from last year, Matt Bush, plays for Fort Wayne of the Northwest league, which isnt in MVP, so since he his one of the top prospects will you put him in the game and stick him in Single-A? well thanks in advanced and keep up the good work.

[HypnoxXx]

Single A teams will feature a mix...There are bound to be several AA players on Single A teams because of space needs (injuries, suspensions etc.)...The rest will be the best prospects...Still room? We'll probably look at this year's stats and create those off to the best starts.

[Dan05]

I noticed 2 really small things in Version 1.0 that could be changed. Both are for the Cardinals (MLB). One, Matt Morris has a beard now. Two, Jason Isringhausen's salary was too high in dynasty mode. His contract was 3 years at $8.4 million, but it should be 3 years at $6.4 million. I know these are really small, but I thought I'd mention them. These rosters are great; keep up the awesome work.

[HypnoxXx]

Dan--Matt Morris' face is an EA face, and we don't like to change people who actually have their face in the game to a generic face...A bearded Matt Morris cyberface is available in the downloads section http://www.mvpmods.com/modules.php?name=Do...rface#dldetails

2) Isringhausen signed a new deal in February...

http://www.fantasybaseball.com/forum/lofiv...x.php/t254.html

[Dan05]

Hey HypnoxXx, thanks for the reply. I guess my numbers were wrong on the Izzy deal, thank you for correcting me. Also, I saw the other day that Chris Carpenter got a contract extension with the Cards as well.

[HypnoxXx]

Yeah I saw the Carpenter deal too--but no one is reporting any $$ for it...

[bbythepier]

Please let me give a little potpourri of suggestions before I go on to the next team, Colorado:

Nothin’ against Bagwell, but his throwing strength should be 1/15. From watching him on TV and look at this quote from the article linked below. Why? Arthritis in the shoulder.

“HE CAN'T THROW AS WELL AS many of the youngsters who watch him play.â€

Taken from: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_...62/ai_110471529

When I simmed the Cubs, I had already made some adjustments to A. Ramirez based on a previous post of mine. Here it is again and the adjustments I made and am suggesting to Ultimate.

Here's the master of the obvious:

A. Ramirez: 4yr. $42 mill.

CUBS FANS:

I won't make the argument for you (I do way too much anyways ), but I'll give you some stuff to take to HypnoxXx and llcmac now that your boy Aramis is a high paid star:

"...the team was thrilled that Ramirez cut his errors down from 33 in '03 to 10 in '04"-Athlon Sports Baseball

"Defense: His agility was better last year because his weight was down, that produced noticeable improvement. Still working on his footwork. Really improved his throwing accuracy w/ a change in alignment of his feet"- S.N. Ultimate Scouting Guide

"He's improved his footwork. He's getting in better position to field the ball and make the accurate throw. His hands and arm strength have always been 1st rate"- Lindy's Scouting 2005

Yes, I know D. Lee at 1st "makes" him a better fielder. But does Lee catch the ball for him as well. Things that make you go Hmmmm....

I am a firm believer in factoring in 2-3 past years in determining batting and pitching ratings, but I am less convinced in using a pyramid approach in fielding. If a player gets “leaner and meaner†in the field, his last year is more indicative of his current defensive ability instead of the last 3 years, IMO. I just don’t feel it's as erratic as say BAs, HRs, and ERAs. I suggest changing Ramirez to 11/15 fielding and 10/15 range and throwing acc. to 11/15 based on my quotes above.

As part of my simming, I’m giving you a before the change:

And after:

Which leads me to my next tweak suggestion, Derrek Lee E’s are way too high in sims compared to real life so I suggest swapping his range and fielding #’s (12/15 & 14/15) and change JT Snow, the perennial Gold Glove 1B (when Lee doesn’t win) to 15/15 fielding which simmed almost exactly to his (’03 and ’04 Error totals). These two are the best in the game and should be rated so.

Derreck Lee- "He has outstanding hands, good range, quick feet and an above-average arm"

JT Snow- ""...is an outstanding, athletic 1B with soft, quick hands and excellent agility."

See Snow sim and fieldind stats below after changing to 15/15.

Abacus,

My quote in a scouting report about Betancourt’s slider is: “Slider is more of a slurvy action than a pure-break sliderâ€, which after watching on MLB.TV I tend to agree with. So I’m giving his well documented 3-pitch repertoire: Tailing 95 mph fastball, slurvy slider, and new yet effective changeup. Here’s the changes and a sim below.

Please accept this as close enough, I increased all his pitches to 85-fastball, 77-slurve, 70-changeup (better than Davis’ change). That’s my best.

Could someone help with Clement’s and Arroyo’s deliveries. I’m not good at recognizing this stuff. Their stuff looks totally lame coming out of their current deliveries which are all wrong (just like Big Papi looks lame as plump) Here’s a clip of each.

Clement delivery

http://rapidshare.de/files/1332168/04-16-0...hunk_2.wmv.html

Iknow Clement changes arm angles, but this is the one I want (a slinger K slider/slurve to Lugo-TB)

http://rapidshare.de/files/1332225/04-16-0...hunk_3.wmv.html

Arroyo delivery

http://rapidshare.de/files/1331509/04-14-0...hunk_1.wmv.html

[abacusand13south]

Abacus,

My quote in a scouting report about Betancourt’s slider is: “Slider is more of a slurvy action than a pure-break sliderâ€, which after watching on MLB.TV I tend to agree with. So I’m giving his well documented 3-pitch repertoire: Tailing 95 mph fastball, slurvy slider, and new yet effective changeup. Here’s the changes and a sim below.

Please accept this as close enough, I increased all his pitches to 85-fastball, 77-slurve, 70-changeup (better than Davis’ change). That’s my best.

I see what you mean about the control thing. If you give him better control then his pitch ratings just skyrocket and overrate him. I did a few sims of him with about 80 control and he was a stud pitched about 120 innings which is just ridiculus and struck out 100 with an era of 1.20. Now I would love for him to pitch that well but as of right now your sims are looking more realistic.

[llcmac]

Done 2 teams....Tampa Bay and San Diego. Next up is Colorado.

here is the list of created players so far:

San Diego

Travis Chick AA

George Kottaras A

Matt Bush A

Javier Martinez A

Sean Thompson A

Brad Baker AAA

Paul McAnulty AA

Tampa Bay

Jeff Niemann A

Reid Brignac A

Jason Hammel A

Chris Seddon AA

James Houser A

Elijah Dukes AA

Chad Orvella AA

Wes Bankston AA

[llcmac]

Done Colorado: Kansas City up next

Ubaldo Jimenez A

Seth Smith A

Juan Morillo A

Jeff Salazar AA

Matt Macri AA

[abacusand13south]

Tigers claimed RHP Adam Peterson off waivers from the Diamondbacks and optioned him to Double-A Erie.

[llcmac]

Kansas City done, 4 teams done:

Billy Butler A

Chris Lubanski A

Ambiorix Burgos AA

J.P. Howell A

Luis Cota A

Shane Costa AA

Mitch Maier A

Next up....NY Mets

[Millennium]

Kansas City done, 4 teams done:

Billy Butler A

Chris Lubanski A

Ambiorix Burgos AA

J.P. Howell A

Luis Cota A

Shane Costa AA

Mitch Maier A

Next up....NY Mets

So, by done, you mean you finished their minor league teams out?

If so, llcmac, I applaud you. That is no small task.

[llcmac]

So, by done, you mean you finished their minor league teams out?

If so, llcmac, I applaud you. That is no small task.

Oh, god no, not yet, First I am making sure every team has their top 10 prospects, then I'll make sure they have their top 25, and then i'll finish the minor leagues off.

[llcmac]

The Mets are done, 5 done:

Shawn Bowman A

Matt Durkin A

(Miget made most of them already)

Next is Seatlle

[HypnoxXx]

The Mets are done, 5 done:

Shawn Bowman A

Matt Durkin A

(Miget made most of them already)

Next is Seatlle

He meant acosme, of course...

[jtc324]

what about these players?

kansas city:

of cory aldridge

of jamie jones

3b justin gemoll

c scott walter

p shawn sonnier

p byron embry

p wes wilkerson

p danny tamayo

p steve stemle

colorado

p matt merricks (on mlb dl)

p shawn sedlacek

p steve kent

p eddie galliard

p justin hampson

c pascual matos

c javier cardona