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Hey everyone. This is the readme for Brooklyn and PedroSpecialKs roster, hope you enjoy them, as a lot of hard work has been put in by myself, Brooklyn, and Sean O. The way I adjusted the ratings for the players was that I got their park adjusted ERAs and OPSs courtesy of Baseball Prospectus. I then did 15 fantasy drafts and simmed each for one year, breaking them up into 5 year intervals and making each five years one "set". Of course, I ended up with three sets. After each set, I compared the players numbers to their real park-adjusted OPSs and ERAs. I then adjusted their ratings and career potential (based on reputation and on Baseball Americas 2005 prospect handbook). I only typed up the statistics from the first set of seasons, as I figured it would be tedious and unnecessary to do the other two sets. I did, however, type up my own recommendations for all three sets. Brooklyn is responsible for the initial changes to the AL, and Sean O deserves props for being a main tester as well. I personally do not have those changes all recorded; what I did was just went through the rosters and made the obvious changes (like Ryan Klesko being better against lefties than righties, which isn't so). Enjoy! SET 1 .900+ OPS Bobby Abreu (.330/.434/.552) Moises Alou (.309/.385/.516) Garrett Atkins* (.341/.417/.546) Mark Bellhorn* (.304/.440/.511) Lance Berkman (.332/.447/.566) Hank Blalock (.325/.401/.516) Barry Bonds (.336/.461/.664) Milton Bradley* (.279/.380/.558) Sean Casey (.325/.373/.549) Bobby Crosby (.315/.382/.519) Carlos Delgado (.310/.380/.537) Jermaine Dye* (.312/.391/.561) Jim Edmonds (.294/.407/.584) Morgan Ensberg* (.307/.408/.498) Jay Gibbons* (.324/.399/.519) Vladimir Guerrero (.329/.419/.621) Carlos Guillen* (.326/.406/.538) Todd Helton (.318/.440/.618) Eric Hinske (.299/.397/.503) Tadahito Iguchi* (.358/.423/.527) Ichiro* (.331/.438/.498) Nick Johnson (.333/.461/.511) Chipper Jones (.343/.439/.571) Travis Lee* (.308/.404/.511) Mark Loretta* (.335/.418/.531) Joe Mauer* (.328/.431/.542) Trot Nixon (.302/.405/.507) Rafael Palmeiro (.293/.422/.486) Albert Pujols* (.290/.390/.562) Aramis Ramirez (.333/.405/.527) Brian Roberts (.324/.399/.508) Alex Rodriguez* (.290/.377/.551) Sammy Sosa (.318/.409/.538) Nick Swisher* (.297/.391/.522) Mark Teixeira (.312/.411/.519) Frank Thomas* (.323/.458/.496) Jim Thome (.348/.454/.583) Vernon Wells (.293/.384/.518) Kevin Youkilis* (.318/.441/.514) Gregg Zaun* (.337/.426/.555) Sub 3.50 ERA Bronson Arroyo* 3.35 Armando Benitez 1.95 Jeremy Bonderman 3.49 Yhency Brazoban 3.07 Sean BUrnett* 2.70 Chris Carpenter 2.80 Lance Carter 2.98 Matt Clement 3.39 Chad Cordero 2.52 Francisco Cordero 3.21 Jesse Crain 1.72 Ryan Franklin* 3.34 Jason Frasor 3.46 Eric Gagne 2.10 Buddy Groom* 2.53 Eddie Guardado 3.29 Roy Halladay 3.00 Chris Hammond 2.85 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 2.92 Roberto Hernandez 2.38 Trevor Hoffman 2.86 Tim Hudson 3.18 Jason Isringhausen 3.23 Steve Karsay* 3.11 Steve Kline 2.14 Dan Kolb 2.95 Al Leiter* 2.70 Brad Lidge 2.16 Braden Looper 2.78 Greg Maddux 3.36 Pedro Martinez 2.64 Julio Mateo* 1.34 Jose Mesa* 1.85 Brian Moeller* 2.89 Guillermo Mota 3.50 Peter Munro* 3.40 Joe Nathan 1.69 Jeff Nelson 3.43 Roy Oswalt 3.44 Jake Peavy 2.49 Odalis Perez 2.87 Jay Powell 3.34 Brandon Puffer* 2.31 Mark Prior 3.00 John Riedling 2.90 Juan Rincon 3.47 Mariano Rivera 3.32 Francisco Rodriguez 2.34 Kenny Rogers 3.15 Kirk Rueter* 3.28 Johan Santana 3.36 Aaron Sele* 3.28 Paul Shuey 2.56 Jorge Sosa 3.35 Huston Street 2.08 Mike Timlin 2.50 Steve Trachsel 3.26 Javy Vazquez 3.50 Tim Wakefield 3.07 Dontrelle Willis 3.13 Paul Wilson* 3.16 Randy Wolf 3.13 Kelly Wunsch 3.49 Esteban Yan 2.64 Chris Young 3.27 Barry Zito* 3.14 Unexpected Robbie Alomar (should be deleted) Garret Anderson (should be slightly upgraded) Tony Armas (should be slightly upgraded) Bronson Arroyo (should be very slightly downgraded) Garrett Atkins (should be downgraded) Danys Baez (should be slightly upgraded) Jeff Bagwell (should have more power) Rocco Baldelli (should be slightly upgraded) Cody Bale (should be heavily downgraded) Josh Beckett (should be slightly upgraded) Mark Bellhorn (contact and power should be downgraded 8 pts each) Joe Blanton (should be slightly upgraded) Milton Bradley (contact should be slightly upgraded, power should be downgraded) A.J. Burnett (should be slightly upgraded) Sean Burnett (should be slightly downgraded) Paul Byrd (should be slightly upgraded) Roger Clemens (should be sligthly upgraded) Victor Diaz (career potential should be slightly upgraded) Jermaine Dye (power should be sligthly downgraded) David Eckstein (power should be downgraded) Scott Erickson (should be heavily downgraded) Morgan Ensberg (plate discipline should be downgraded) Ryan Franklin (should be downgraded) Ryan Freel (power should be downgraded) Rafael Furcal (power should be downgraded) Freddy Garcia (should be slightly upgraded) Jay Gibbons (should be downgraded) Khalil Greene (power should be downgraded, performance v. righties should be downgraded) Buddy Groom (should be downgraded) Carlos Guillen (should be slightly downgraded) Livan Hernandez (should be slightly upgraded) Tadahito Iguchi (should be downgraded) Ichiro (plate discipline should be downgraded) Jason Jennings (should be upgraded) Steve Karsay (endurance should be downgraded) Jeff Kent (should be upgraded) Travis Lee (should be slightly downgraded) AL Leiter (should be slightly downgraded) Mark Loretta (should be very slightly downgraded) Julio Mateo (should be very slightly downgraded) Gary Matthews Jr. (should be slightly downgraded) Joe Mauer (should be slightly downgraded v. lefties) Jose Mesa (should be slightly downgraded) Kevin Millar (should be slightly downgraded) Brian Moeller (should be slightly downgraded) Dustan Mohr (should be slightly downgraded) Raul Mondesi (should be downgraded) Justin Morneau (should be slightly upgraded v. righties) Bill Mueller (should be downgraded v. lefties) Peter Munro (should be highly downgraded) Akinori Otsuka (should be upgraded) Rafael Palmeiro (plate discipline should be downgraded) Wily Mo Pena (should be upgraded) Brandon Puffer (should be hugely downgraded) Albert Pujols (contact should be upgraded) Manny Ramirez (should be slightly upgraded) Jose Reyes (should be slightly upgraded) David Riske (should be upgraded) Alex Rodriguez (contact should be slightly upgraded) Kirt Rueter (should be slightly downgraded) Curt Schilling (should be slightly upgraded) Aaron Sele (should be downgraded) Scot Shields (should be upgraded) Ben Sheets (should be upgraded) John Smoltz (should be upgraded) Alfonso SOriano (should be slightly upgraded) Sammy Sosa (contact and plate discipline should be slightly downgraded) Nick Swisher (power should be downgraded) Frank Thomas (contact should be downgraded) Paul Wilson (should be slightly downgraded) Kevin Youkilis (should be downgraded) Gregg Zaun (should be downgraded) Barry Zito (should be slightly downgraded) SET 2 Unexpected General: Reason for stars not performing well is career potential rating Must raise star players career potential ratings accordingly Pat Burrell (should be upgraded against lefties, better plate discipline) Kevin Millar (stance should be changed to Vladimir Guerrero) Brad Wilkerson (should be upgraded against righties) SET 3 Unexpected Jeff Bagwell (plate discipline should be downgraded) Mark Bellhorn (contact should be downgraded) Mike Cameron (plate discipline should be downgraded) Ryan Klesko (plate discipline should be downgraded) Felipe Lopez (plate discipline should be downgraded) Matt Mantei (should be downgraded) Joe Mauer (plate discipline should be downgraded) Kevin Millar (plate discipline should be downgraded) David Ortiz (plate discipline should be downgraded) Brian Roberts (plate discipline should be downgraded) Matt Stairs (plate discipline should be downgraded) Larry Walker (plate discipline should be downgraded)

Thanks to Sean O namely for his insight and honest opinion. -Tweaked all major league teams to fit the potential of this years outcome. -Big names; Derek Lee, Brian Roberts, Luis Gonzalez, Clint Barmes, Andruw Jones, Dontrelle Willis, Mark Buehrle, Alex Rodriguez, Troy Glaus, Adrian Beltre, Bill Hall, Danny Haren, Carlos Zambrano, Ben Sheets, Jeremy Bonderman, Chad Cordero, Brad Wilkerson, Jon Garland, and others.

Hey everyone. This is the readme for Brooklyn and PedroSpecialKs roster, hope you enjoy them, as a lot of hard work has been put in by myself, Brooklyn, and Sean O. The way I adjusted the ratings for the players was that I got their park adjusted ERAs and OPSs courtesy of Baseball Prospectus. I then did 15 fantasy drafts and simmed each for one year, breaking them up into 5 year intervals and making each five years one "set". Of course, I ended up with three sets. After each set, I compared the players numbers to their real park-adjusted OPSs and ERAs. I then adjusted their ratings and career potential (based on reputation and on Baseball Americas 2005 prospect handbook). I only typed up the statistics from the first set of seasons, as I figured it would be tedious and unnecessary to do the other two sets. I did, however, type up my own recommendations for all three sets. Brooklyn is responsible for the initial changes to the AL, and Sean O deserves props for being a main tester as well. I personally do not have those changes all recorded; what I did was just went through the rosters and made the obvious changes (like Ryan Klesko being better against lefties than righties, which isn't so). Enjoy! SET 1 .900+ OPS Bobby Abreu (.330/.434/.552) Moises Alou (.309/.385/.516) Garrett Atkins* (.341/.417/.546) Mark Bellhorn* (.304/.440/.511) Lance Berkman (.332/.447/.566) Hank Blalock (.325/.401/.516) Barry Bonds (.336/.461/.664) Milton Bradley* (.279/.380/.558) Sean Casey (.325/.373/.549) Bobby Crosby (.315/.382/.519) Carlos Delgado (.310/.380/.537) Jermaine Dye* (.312/.391/.561) Jim Edmonds (.294/.407/.584) Morgan Ensberg* (.307/.408/.498) Jay Gibbons* (.324/.399/.519) Vladimir Guerrero (.329/.419/.621) Carlos Guillen* (.326/.406/.538) Todd Helton (.318/.440/.618) Eric Hinske (.299/.397/.503) Tadahito Iguchi* (.358/.423/.527) Ichiro* (.331/.438/.498) Nick Johnson (.333/.461/.511) Chipper Jones (.343/.439/.571) Travis Lee* (.308/.404/.511) Mark Loretta* (.335/.418/.531) Joe Mauer* (.328/.431/.542) Trot Nixon (.302/.405/.507) Rafael Palmeiro (.293/.422/.486) Albert Pujols* (.290/.390/.562) Aramis Ramirez (.333/.405/.527) Brian Roberts (.324/.399/.508) Alex Rodriguez* (.290/.377/.551) Sammy Sosa (.318/.409/.538) Nick Swisher* (.297/.391/.522) Mark Teixeira (.312/.411/.519) Frank Thomas* (.323/.458/.496) Jim Thome (.348/.454/.583) Vernon Wells (.293/.384/.518) Kevin Youkilis* (.318/.441/.514) Gregg Zaun* (.337/.426/.555) Sub 3.50 ERA Bronson Arroyo* 3.35 Armando Benitez 1.95 Jeremy Bonderman 3.49 Yhency Brazoban 3.07 Sean Burnett* 2.70 Chris Carpenter 2.80 Lance Carter 2.98 Matt Clement 3.39 Chad Cordero 2.52 Francisco Cordero 3.21 Jesse Crain 1.72 Ryan Franklin* 3.34 Jason Frasor 3.46 Eric Gagne 2.10 Buddy Groom* 2.53 Eddie Guardado 3.29 Roy Halladay 3.00 Chris Hammond 2.85 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 2.92 Roberto Hernandez 2.38 Trevor Hoffman 2.86 Tim Hudson 3.18 Jason Isringhausen 3.23 Steve Karsay* 3.11 Steve Kline 2.14 Dan Kolb 2.95 Al Leiter* 2.70 Brad Lidge 2.16 Braden Looper 2.78 Greg Maddux 3.36 Pedro Martinez 2.64 Julio Mateo* 1.34 Jose Mesa* 1.85 Brian Moeller* 2.89 Guillermo Mota 3.50 Peter Munro* 3.40 Joe Nathan 1.69 Jeff Nelson 3.43 Roy Oswalt 3.44 Jake Peavy 2.49 Odalis Perez 2.87 Jay Powell 3.34 Brandon Puffer* 2.31 Mark Prior 3.00 John Riedling 2.90 Juan Rincon 3.47 Mariano Rivera 3.32 Francisco Rodriguez 2.34 Kenny Rogers 3.15 Kirk Rueter* 3.28 Johan Santana 3.36 Aaron Sele* 3.28 Paul Shuey 2.56 Jorge Sosa 3.35 Huston Street 2.08 Mike Timlin 2.50 Steve Trachsel 3.26 Javy Vazquez 3.50 Tim Wakefield 3.07 Dontrelle Willis 3.13 Paul Wilson* 3.16 Randy Wolf 3.13 Kelly Wunsch 3.49 Esteban Yan 2.64 Chris Young 3.27 Barry Zito* 3.14 Unexpected Robbie Alomar (should be deleted) Garret Anderson (should be slightly upgraded) Tony Armas (should be slightly upgraded) Bronson Arroyo (should be very slightly downgraded) Garrett Atkins (should be downgraded) Danys Baez (should be slightly upgraded) Jeff Bagwell (should have more power) Rocco Baldelli (should be slightly upgraded) Cody Bale (should be heavily downgraded) Josh Beckett (should be slightly upgraded) Mark Bellhorn (contact and power should be downgraded 8 pts each) Joe Blanton (should be slightly upgraded) Milton Bradley (contact should be slightly upgraded, power should be downgraded) A.J. Burnett (should be slightly upgraded) Sean Burnett (should be slightly downgraded) Paul Byrd (should be slightly upgraded) Roger Clemens (should be sligthly upgraded) Victor Diaz (career potential should be slightly upgraded) Jermaine Dye (power should be sligthly downgraded) David Eckstein (power should be downgraded) Scott Erickson (should be heavily downgraded) Morgan Ensberg (plate discipline should be downgraded) Ryan Franklin (should be downgraded) Ryan Freel (power should be downgraded) Rafael Furcal (power should be downgraded) Freddy Garcia (should be slightly upgraded) Jay Gibbons (should be downgraded) Khalil Greene (power should be downgraded, performance v. righties should be downgraded) Buddy Groom (should be downgraded) Carlos Guillen (should be slightly downgraded) Livan Hernandez (should be slightly upgraded) Tadahito Iguchi (should be downgraded) Ichiro (plate discipline should be downgraded) Jason Jennings (should be upgraded) Steve Karsay (endurance should be downgraded) Jeff Kent (should be upgraded) Travis Lee (should be slightly downgraded) AL Leiter (should be slightly downgraded) Mark Loretta (should be very slightly downgraded) Julio Mateo (should be very slightly downgraded) Gary Matthews Jr. (should be slightly downgraded) Joe Mauer (should be slightly downgraded v. lefties) Jose Mesa (should be slightly downgraded) Kevin Millar (should be slightly downgraded) Brian Moeller (should be slightly downgraded) Dustan Mohr (should be slightly downgraded) Raul Mondesi (should be downgraded) Justin Morneau (should be slightly upgraded v. righties) Bill Mueller (should be downgraded v. lefties) Peter Munro (should be highly downgraded) Akinori Otsuka (should be upgraded) Rafael Palmeiro (plate discipline should be downgraded) Wily Mo Pena (should be upgraded) Brandon Puffer (should be hugely downgraded) Albert Pujols (contact should be upgraded) Manny Ramirez (should be slightly upgraded) Jose Reyes (should be slightly upgraded) David Riske (should be upgraded) Alex Rodriguez (contact should be slightly upgraded) Kirt Rueter (should be slightly downgraded) Curt Schilling (should be slightly upgraded) Aaron Sele (should be downgraded) Scot Shields (should be upgraded) Ben Sheets (should be upgraded) John Smoltz (should be upgraded) Alfonso SOriano (should be slightly upgraded) Sammy Sosa (contact and plate discipline should be slightly downgraded) Nick Swisher (power should be downgraded) Frank Thomas (contact should be downgraded) Paul Wilson (should be slightly downgraded) Kevin Youkilis (should be downgraded) Gregg Zaun (should be downgraded) Barry Zito (should be slightly downgraded) SET 2 Unexpected General: Reason for stars not performing well is career potential rating Must raise star players career potential ratings accordingly Pat Burrell (should be upgraded against lefties, better plate discipline) Kevin Millar (stance should be changed to Vladimir Guerrero) Brad Wilkerson (should be upgraded against righties) SET 3 Unexpected Jeff Bagwell (plate discipline should be downgraded) Mark Bellhorn (contact should be downgraded) Mike Cameron (plate discipline should be downgraded) Ryan Klesko (plate discipline should be downgraded) Felipe Lopez (plate discipline should be downgraded) Matt Mantei (should be downgraded) Joe Mauer (plate discipline should be downgraded) Kevin Millar (plate discipline should be downgraded) David Ortiz (plate discipline should be downgraded) Brian Roberts (plate discipline should be downgraded) Matt Stairs (plate discipline should be downgraded) Larry Walker (plate discipline should be downgraded) Sorry for this extravagently only description (its also in the readme) but you have to see the amount of work put into these rosters. Installation: It comes in a .rar folder in which you extract to you My Documents/MVP Baseball 2005 folder. For a reference, check the readme and see the long list of tweaks we've done.

Just a rough draft here. Tweaked some players on all 30 MLB teams; Derek Lee better all around, Brian Roberts better all around, Joe Nathan more effective consistently. Couldn't do much without MVPEdit but its lookin' pretty good. Future: Fix up Minor Leagues, go further into Rosters and tweak some more. Only ratings so far, no batting styles or pitching styles. Just take the file from the .rar and put it in your My Documents/MVP Baseball 2005 folder.