Cavicchi

People, I'm bored.

Give me suggestions to make my roster better.

Considering the kind of year Travis Hafner had in 2007, the question is if he should still be rated Awesome? And if his power ratings should be decreased?

KG

The scouting reports on Chamberlain highlighted his power fastball (94-100), a plus-slider (85-88), a big, slow low-mid 70's curve, and a developing change up. Joba has demonstrated good command of all but his change up, and has the potential to enter the elite starter ranks with three potentially plus pitches.

http://www.projectprospect.com/profile-joba-chamberlain/

http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Joba_Chamberlain

Joba's fastball from what I've seen so far is mostly 98-99 mph. I haven't seen him throw a curve or change up yet, and I don't think he has so far as a reliever. I did hear the announcers say he has a quality curve and change up, and pretty sure they said he hasn't thrown either yet (as a reliever).

Why does the new 4.1 version download as 4.0 and roster is named 4.0?

I don't believe I'm biased at all towards any team. The only reason I can imagine the Cubs being low is because they have a few rookies/young players that haven't really proven themselves for a season or more. Angel Guzman, Carlos Marmol, Rich Hill, Sean Marshall all fall under that list.

I absolutely agree! You can go nuts trying to raise and lower ratings based on a partial season.

KG, one thing I noticed, and I know you're a Brewers fan and all, but the Cubs pitching on my game is ALWAYS ranked in the lower 20's but yet there pitching staff is rated as the second best in the league this year next to San Diego. Any chance that the good year all those guys are putting together can be reflected in their ratings?

If having a good year boosts the rating, then those players having a bad year should have their rating adjusted as well.

Personally, I don't believe in adjusting a rating based on a partial season, even one season for that matter. Look at Jorge Posada, want to make him awesome with much higher contact numbers?

Kei Igawa is listed at 72 inches and 190 pounds, but ESPN and MLB official site list him at 73 inches (6'1") 212 pounds and 73 inches 210 pounds respectively:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=7909

http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=506432

Yes, that's what I did.

I assume you do know to save the file you imported from MVP 07 with a name in MVP Edit--and that has to be an .mbe file. You do need an .mbe file that came with your roster. Did you first open the .mbe file, save it with a name, import from MVP 07, make changes and export to MVP 07 and save to your .mbe file in MVP Edit?

If you did all that, I suggest uninstalling MVP Edit and deleting the folder in Program Files and reinstall MVP Edit and see what happens.

I dont know if this is a MVP07 problem or a Windows Vista problem, but when I edit my rosters using MVPedit, I try to export it to my MVP Baseball 2005 database. But during exporting it say 'hist.dat is read-only. Export halted'. Then I try to change hist.dat so that the 'read-only' thing is unselected. Then I apply, reopen the window and it is still 'read-only'! Anyone have any idea?

Do you first import the database file from within MVP 07, make changes in MVP Edit and then export back to database in MVP 07?

I have 3312 players and no crashes.

His skin tone is 6, but I think 908 might be the closest generic for him. What do you suggest?

I suggest the cyberface in this download:

http://www.mvpmods.com/Downloads/details/id=4137.html

I installed it using EA Graphics Editor and compressed it using bigGUI, working fine so far, and he looks a lot more like the portrait than 908 which makes him look black.

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Carlos Villanueva of the Brewers has a 908 face and skin tone of 8 which is totally wrong looking at his portrait. There is also a face number 803 for him, though his file had 908, but again his skin tone is way too dark, just like 908.

I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but Reegie Corona (6888) on the Yankees A team doesn't have a portrait, but instead has a black face.

Cavicchi... You of course realize that when you say...

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He has a lower ERA thus far in '07 than he did in '06.

Hernandez also has a lower ERA thus far in 2007, dropped from 4.52 to 4.11, although the 4.52 is for a full season.

I am a Yankee fan and certainly not biased against Wang, but I just don't see him as Awesome, and I don't go by one year. I like to see Pitchers with an ERA under 3 or very close to it before thinking of them as awesome.

We can always use MVP Editor to change a pitcher's rating if he suddenly becomes a dominating force on the mound.

Awesome is pitchers that are dominating the game of baseball today, not yesterday. King Felix, Wang, Beckett, Haren, Verlander etc. I don't think you should use star power Awesome on players who're past their prime and were superstars - you use Awesome for players that are just that (awesome) in the game today.

I wasn't suggesting to use awesome for players past their prime, and that should be clear from what I said above about when they were dominating pitchers.

Felix Hernandez and Wang are not dominating. Wang had a good year in 2006, but he is not doing so well this year.

I remember the time I argued that Grienke should not have such a high rating in UR, and that when he was a starting pitcher. I was told how he has this great stuff and will be a top-notch pitcher. Well, I said his stats did not dictate such a high rating, and what happened to the great Greinke? He is now a relief pitcher and his rating is?

I checked the stats for Hernandez on ESPN's web site and, err, kind of pathetic. He may have great stuff, just like Grienke did, but he has to prove being worth that Awesome rating.

I still say the term Awesome is too loosely used in rosters. Felix Hernandez may have lots of potential, and so he should be rated Lots.

Wang is not awesome; I don't think he's scaring too many batters ;-)

Sorry to add still another post, but I feel a need to express what I think Awesome means.

Awesome to me is Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Mariano Rivera, Curt Schilling and Roger Clemens when they were dominating pitchers. I would not put Felix Hernandez or Wang in their category.

Rest at ease because it doesn't

Okay, now I feel better :-)

Honestly, I was concerned the game may use the All-Star roster and give those players an "extra boost." Sorry, I am a worrier by nature ;-)

Potential, baby, that's what star power is all about.

Felix Hernandez has some of the filthiest stuff in the entire league, and he's only 21.

Wang, on the other hand, is 27 with horrendous K rates for a guy that throws as hard as he does. His potential is lower for a reason, and it will never be higher than Felix's. That can't be argued, and neither player will be changed in that regard.

Regarding the All Star teams, I couldn't disagree more with your assessment. It's the 07 season, why play with 06 AS teams? And they have nothing to do with computing players at all.

Potential may be theoretical, but that's what star power in the game is referring to, especially for minor league players. I take star power very seriously, as it definitely affects how a player is rated.

Grienke also had what was thought to be "filthy" stuff. And? I looked at the ERA for Hernandez and what he's done so far and I am not impressed. I am not singling you out, the UR is same situation, although more loosely using the term Awesome. I like your ratings better because you don't use Awesome as easily as UR for players.

In my opinion, FWIW, the term Awesome is used too freely in rosters. By the way, Totte's UR rates both Wang and Hernandez as awesome.

Have you compared the All Star roster with the actual All Star Game for this year? It was pretty close.

Doesn't matter how close because the game may take the All-Star roster into account when computing players, which is what concerns me. In any event, the All-Star roster should be from the 2006 season; we will create the 2007 All-Star roster by playing the 2007 season.

On a side note, Felix Hernandez of Seattle is rated Awesome and Wang of NYY is rated Lots. If you take a look at what Hernandez has done so far and compare to Wang, I don't see how Hernandez can be rated higher. Anyone remember Greinke and how he was rated so high? Well, how is he doing now?

The problem with ratings is giving guys high ratings when they have not proved they deserve it. Potential is theoretical.

I like your roster ratings but the one thing I think was wrong was putting in the 2007 All-Star roster. Since we start with season 2007, the All-Star roster has not been decided yet, so it would have been better in my opinion to use the All-Star roster from 2006.

Just open the original schedule.big file and take out mlb_162_2 and add it in to the new schedule.big. I believe thats for the second season, I'll look into it.

I'm not sure but I think season 2 is 2006, not 2007. You have a good idea if it works, replacing the season. By all means please post what you find out.

I can deal with the road game issue, but it bugs the hell out of me playing the same NL teams every year when I play in the AL, very unrealistic and disappointing. This whole issue makes me want to go back to the original MVP 2005 Baseball and start with new rosters, but the age thing would be off.

Guess this is the right place to post this about a bug in MVP 07, at least I think it's a bug.

I finished my 2007 season and discovered the 2008 season has the same schedule as 2007, which means playing the same NL teams.

I used the 2007 Schedule for MVP 2005 to begin my new dynasty in year 2007, but the schedule stays the same in 2008 and likely will remain the same every year thereafter.

Very disappointed after going through a whole season to find this "bug" in MVP 07, may also occur in MVP 2005 if using the 2007 Schedule for MVP 2005.

sorry...1st time posting,I been trying to find any post on Level changes..

the Mods for 06,you would use patch #1 and make a dynasty to change the level from PRO to All-Star...

Does 07 mods allow this???

Is there a patch I could use to change the Levels of game play??

Sorry if this was posted already,but I read teh forum rules and I been searching for over a month now...can't seem to locate anyone asking this..

I play vs friends and it's starting to get retarded with the homeruns...

I haven't played in a league since 2005,I remeber a few league changing the Pitching setting to +15 and batters to -15...

Does this still work for the 07 on PRO???

just trying to make the game harder or not so easy

Thanks

You can change the levels in the game, think it's in Game Options. You want it harder? Play on a higher level, such as All-Star. You can also adjust the sliders to make hitting harder. Hitting home runs was one reason I moved up to All-Star, because PRO was too easy.

what? Are you talking about the filename (mvp2007.ico)? That makes absolutely no difference. The original MVP 2005 logo is named 'mvp2005.ico', that's why I named my icon what I did. Just paste the .ico file in your MVP folder and then apply the icon to the shortcut on your desktop or wherever.

I was referring to the text under the icon: mvp2007. The original icon shows MVP Baseball 2005. This is not a real issue since it can be renamed, but then the original icon can be renamed MVP Baseball 2007 and that also works; in fact, the original logo does look best to me, maybe a matter of familiarity. Actually, I did rename the original MVP Baseball 2007 :-)

Since someone just uploaded a MVP 07 logo, I thought I'd share mine too:

I like yours better, but instead of mvp2007, I prefer MVP2007. I think the MVP in caps looks better.

I think MVP Baseball 2007 is another alternative that looks good and fits the new game, although MVP 07 Baseball also works well.