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Originally Posted by speedy
I second this comment. i am struggling with the game rosters for all the reasons mentioned before.
The version that is out now... are the nationals (and other) ratings addressed?
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I would hold off - I'd anticipate them being finished either this weekend 7/31 or next weekend 8/7 at the very latest (the only reason I hedge is that this weekend has the possibility of ending up kind of hectic for me without a ton of time to work on them like I originally anticipated). The difference between the MLB quickstart/my beta rosters and these rosters will be immense. I would compare this upcoming release to a final version of my sets in 2008-2009.
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Originally Posted by winniethepujols
Cubby,
Could you elaborate on what will be touched in the August release (the original 2.0 version)? In your first post, you describe it as containing "more detail on the minor leagues, including re-ratings for Single-A through Triple-A", but in one of your recent posts, you say that the complete minor league revamping will carry over late into the year, and will converge with your work on the 2012 set.
I guess I'm just kind of curious which players will be touched. Like, let's say the Top 100 prospects make the cut for the August release. Which Top 100 prospects is that based off of -- the preseason lists? For instance, the Cardinals had two prospects on Baseball America's Top 100 -- Zach Cox and Shelby Miller. However, I've heard Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus and Keith Law both insinuate that they could have upwards of 6-7 of the top 100 in baseball right now, based on performances this season.
So I guess what I'm asking is this: should I expect players like Oscar Taveras, Matt Adams, Carlos Martinez, Tyrell Jenkins (in other words, present-day top 100 prospects that missed the preseason cut) to be tweaked for the set that's going to be released in the coming weeks?
Thanks, and I'm really looking forward the rosters!
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Since I burned through the MLB re-rating so quickly, it kind of shifted the timeline which shifted the release details, so I'm glad you asked.
The upcoming release will include each team's pre-season Top 30 prospects rated, as well as any prospects de-rated (is that a word?) who were too high. Your in-game BA prospect rankings will be 100% identical to real life. However, this does not account for any in-season adjustments that would or should be made. If anyone has taken leaps forward mid-season, that will not be reflected. The Cardinals' Martinez is a great example of a guy who will be a good prospect in the set (I believe he was #6 in the Cardinals' Top 30), but not as good as he is currently.
A lot of these guys either had very poor ratings which didn't make them any sort of prospect, or no ratings at all for recent draftees, so I think this should help get us at least halfway there. I'm anticipating that this upcoming release will be the last 2011 release, and at that point I'm going to dig in and start adjusting minor league rosters to reflect what the 2012 Opening Day landscape will look like (updated actual ratings, updated prospects, and more in-depth things for bit players in the minor leagues such as fielding ratings, etc.)
Hope that helps explain!