jollydodger

I have 2 rosters that I'll save on your card. The 2015 season roster (post-trading deadline), which has been complete for awhile now. Also, the ongoing off-season roster is complete and ongoing as FAs sign and trades are made.

I have the 2015 roster as well as an ongoing free agent roster I'll continue to edit all offseason. I'll keep the FA rosters at 25 players so it's playable as I go. Right now, it simply has the FAs removed from their teams.

I can DL an updated roster for u on a memory card, but I have no idea about any other fancy stuff. It's the straight up original game with no updated digital wizardry and a ton of created players using the generic player edit, but it's the rosters and ratings for this season.

Rosters all done for this season. At some point I'll remove the FA's. I had a guy send me his card and when he got it back, someone had torn the envelope and it was empty. I don't want to make a habit of it, but I bought another card online to make sure this guy gets the roster. Postal workers piss me off. Anyway, if you know of anyone that would want it, let me know. Thanks.

Updating hitter ratings this week, with top rookies included (Bird, Conforto, Schwarber, etc). It's not really a process that ever ends, I'm never "finished." But all team rosters have 6 SP, 6 RP, 8 position players (9 for AL), and 5 bench spots (4 for AL). Once all 25 guys for each team have updated ratings, I'll try to add the rest of the 40-man rosters to the AAA clubs. Once that's done, I'll remove all the free-agents from rosters, and will hopefully have enough to replace them with, so that rosters for every team are still at 25. Again, it's no charge, you just have to mail me your memory card.

Not that anyone cares, but I'm finishing up an all-time teams roster. I started with the oldest 16 franchises, then the ones from the 60s, then the expansion teams from the 90s last. Starting 8, backup catcher, corner IF, middle IF, OF, and UTIL on the bench. 6 SP and 6 RP on each roster. Players were put on the team they played the longest for, unless they weren't good enough to be on that team, and were put on the 2nd-most played for team. If anyone is interested, you'd have to send your memory card, as I'm low-tech and not super savvy with all this.

If anyone knows a way to get the word out better, let me know.

1. I read the "before you start a new topic" post 2. I realize very few people will see/want this, but 3. If so, it will slowly, certainly, gradually slip off the page 4. People looking for 2015 roster will click this topic, as the 2014 topic is now outdated. I think this to be prudent. FWIW, I'm willing to share 2015 rosters for Xbox. As I don't have a modified xbox or action replay or any of that, I can only save it on a card you send. This is free, it's no big deal, just want to make it available to anyone that wants it. Rosters are maintained using rosterresource, pitcher repertoires are provided by fangraphs and brooksbaseball. Every player's stance/delivery isn't accurate, but all of the performance-based ratings should be. Only the MLB and AAA teams are comprised of viable players rated properly. Retired players make up most of the AA and A squads to keep them out of the way. If you have any questions about anything or need my contact info, send me an IM through here.

Any chance someone knows or has a source for who throws 2-seam fastballs?

Yeah, it's just a simple manually edited roster that I could save on a memory card if you care to send it. No money or likes or whatever, just sharing it with whoever cares enough to want it. You can send me an IM (I assume) on here for my mailing address. I finished the 2014 rosters/ratings and am now switching around free agents as they sign, trades, and other hot stove activity. I'm also getting the 2014 AAA rosters to include on this roster. My goal isn't full AAA/AA/A rosters or anything, as I've filled those slots up by retired players, but to have a 40+ man realistic roster between the major league clubs and their AAA squads. The MLB rosters will be the 25 guys most likely to play the most in 2015, with the AAA teams being an overflow basically. I edit R/L split ratings based on batting avg for 'contact' and SLG% for 'power'. Imperfect, but it works. For pitchers, I try to edit their quality level based on ERA, and use fangraphs for their pitching repertoires. If they throw a certain pitch over 5% of the time, I include it.

Gonna go 5 starters, 6 relievers, no DH, 8 position players, 6 bench SP - funny thing is, you could totally exclude about 60 years of baseball history and make a perfect staff from pre-1920 and post-1980 pitchers. Matthewson, Young, Johnson, Nichols, Alexander........Maddux, Johnson, Martinez, Clemens, take 5 from those, and you're never wrong. However, I think the staff should represent all eras. RP - obviously we're talking about the 3-inning save guys vs. the 1-inning save guys. Again, a mix is best. Rivera and Eckersley are the obvious guys, but there are other things I'd want - lefties, non-flame-throwers, etc. My staff: W.Johnson - what he did for the IP...insane L. Grove - just great, nothing to criticize T.Seaver - best of his era, over Palmer S.Koufax - preposterous peaks R.Clemens - of the recent guys, combination of wins, Ks, ERA, longevity wins out M.Rivera - the best D.Eckersley - video game stats B.Wagner - untouchable lefty H.Wilhelm - different era, knuckleball amid the smoke R.Fingers - started and closed, great guy to have (a la Smoltz) R.Gossage - multi-inning finisher C - defense first? Piazza had the most pop, but a defensive position first, like SS J.Bench - offense + defense = best 1B - surprisingly shallow, in terms of all-time greats L.Gehrig - obvious 2B - 3-headed monster at the top, can't go wrong with any E.Collins - great all-around 3B - power vs avg, think it comes down to Schmidt vs Brett M.Schmidt - take his power SS - defense-first position, only one choice H.Wagner LF - plenty of talent here T.Williams CF - like 2B, 3-headed monster, just depends on what you value W.Mays RF - deep position, but obvious choice B.Ruth Bench - real bench, backup catcher, corner IF, middle IF, 2 OF....mix of R/L, defensive specialists, speed guy, etc. C - Y.Berra...3 MVPs, great all-around, plus play LF 1B - J.Foxx...righty pure power SS - O.Smith...best defensive SS ever, could also run OF - B.Bonds...patient, could run early, could rake late, lefty hitter OF - T.Cobb...will take his wheels over Mantle's pop Starting lineup: 1.Collins 2.Wagner 3.Ruth 4.Gehrig 5.Williams 6.Mays 7.Schmidt 8.Bench

I keep an updated roster for Xbox, just on my own. I updated the hitting ratings for this past year, and am updating the free agent signings and trades as they happen this winter. I don't know how to do anything fancy or mod or action replay or any of that stuff. If anyone wants them, you can send me a memory card and I'll return it with the rosters. Free, old school.