CubbyFan23's MLB 2006 Rosters Underway

CubbyFan23 · 12-16-2005, 05:02 PM

Last year I released my 2005 set, including all stats from 2005, minor leagues, etc. etc. I plan on doing the same this year, and I'll be using this thread as an update. As in last year's file, I've found a way to erase the stats on the roster screen itself so it doesn't show bogus simmed games. If you have any suggestions from last year's set, any features you can think of, etc. please throw them out here!

I plan on releasing them after I get a certain # of teams done so you guys can give them the look over and make sure I haven't made any dumb mistakes.

There's probably something wrong with me, as last year I loved doing all the stats (to a certain point) and so this should be yet another challenge to finish over Christmas break.

Not sure why I made a thread even, but just a heads up.

Derek4jc · 12-16-2005, 05:19 PM

I actually used your roster set for my online league. The biggest thing I would say that needs work is the service time for players. Just about all of the minor league players you added had their service time all out of wack. There were 2004 draft picks listed as having no more options, having played in the majors for a year a 4 years pro. This is a very lengthy fix that takes about 90 minutes-2 hours per team to get done, but it is worth it if you want your update to be accurate.

andymac · 12-16-2005, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

Last year I released my 2005 set, including all stats from 2005, minor leagues, etc. etc. I plan on doing the same this year, and I'll be using this thread as an update. As in last year's file, I've found a way to erase the stats on the roster screen itself so it doesn't show bogus simmed games. If you have any suggestions from last year's set, any features you can think of, etc. please throw them out here!

I plan on releasing them after I get a certain # of teams done so you guys can give them the look over and make sure I haven't made any dumb mistakes.

There's probably something wrong with me, as last year I loved doing all the stats (to a certain point) and so this should be yet another challenge to finish over Christmas break.

Not sure why I made a thread even, but just a heads up.

You know...another way to fix the stats problem is just to take the Lahman database and enter 2005 data...then enter some type of data for 2006 (doesn't matter what because you will change the ratings later). Then you import a historical season starting in 2006 and can edit away. This enables you to not only have 2005 stats, but also the player's entire statistical history.

edddgar · 12-16-2005, 05:25 PM

Make sure Felix Hernandez is the best young pitcher in the league. Here's a good link to back it up.

http://fantasybaseball.rotoworld.com/content/story.asp?sport=MLB&storyid=18259

Please notice Felix Hernandez is number 2 only behind Johan Santana.

Edit: There is also another Mariner that is constantly underrated, Yuniesky Betancourt. He has been compared to Ozzie Smith, only with a better bat.

CubbyFan23 · 12-16-2005, 05:31 PM

Being the insane baseball fan that I am (I think I am perhaps actually crazy to pay $60 for it but oh well) I have a membership to Baseball America. I'll be basing most of the minor league prospects off scouting reports from there and a few other websites.

I agree totally about the service time. Its something I noticed wayy after I finished them that no one ever mentioned, and will be put into these rosters. Thanks for the heads up!

andymac · 12-16-2005, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

Being the insane baseball fan that I am (I think I am perhaps actually crazy to pay $60 for it but oh well) I have a membership to Baseball America. I'll be basing most of the minor league prospects off scouting reports from there and a few other websites.

I agree totally about the service time. Its something I noticed wayy after I finished them that no one ever mentioned, and will be put into these rosters. Thanks for the heads up!

Clay Davenport's future DTA's are also a good source.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/eqamin.php

Follow the links at the bottom of the page.

CubbyFan23 · 12-16-2005, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by andymac

Clay Davenport's future DTA's are also a good source.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/eqamin.php

Follow the links at the bottom of the page.

This is very cool, I've never seen this webpage before. I'll definately toss it into player evals, thanks a bunch!

andymac · 12-16-2005, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

This is very cool, I've never seen this webpage before. I'll definately toss it into player evals, thanks a bunch!

I'm not sure what the deal is with it. I found it by accident, I don't think they actually have a link to it anywhere on their site.

atlbraves · 12-16-2005, 06:51 PM

make sure you make the right ratings by making the prospects who have done well in the MLB this year (Francoeur, Howard, Street, Gomes, Felix, etc.) good pitching/hitting ratings.. not just spect ratings.

atlbraves · 12-16-2005, 06:52 PM

and btw... how do you erase all the statistics?

edddgar · 12-16-2005, 07:10 PM

I also reccommend you stay up all night and work on this and have it ready by Sunday, I would give you a dollar if you did that.

CubbyFan23 · 12-16-2005, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by edddgar

I also reccommend you stay up all night and work on this and have it ready by Sunday, I would give you a dollar if you did that.

Two dollars and its a deal!!

atlbraves · 12-16-2005, 07:20 PM

Cubbyfan... how do you erase the statistics for the "bogus" year that you sim? JW..

CubbyFan23 · 12-16-2005, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by atlbraves

Cubbyfan... how do you erase the statistics for the "bogus" year that you sim? JW..

Sorry didn't catch your ? earlier, what I do is sim the "mock" year, and make a copy of the original association before anything has simmed. At the end of the year, after the World Series, before you hit advance to next year, copy the players.dat file from the original "no-simmed games" association, and paste it in it's brother "simmed season" association, it'll reset all stats to 0, and you hit advance to next year.

Hope that made sense.

atlbraves · 12-16-2005, 07:32 PM

thats a pretty good idea. Thanks.

pseudofool · 12-16-2005, 07:43 PM

CubbyFan, I liked your rosters too, glad to hear your undertaking this project. Like Derek said, service time was a huge problem (players going to arb too early, becoming FAs too early, minor league free agents too early), also not all of the contracts were correct.

A great point of reference for minor league evaluation might be John Sickle's site http://www.minorleagueball.com/ He uses an easy grading (A, B-, C+, etc) system to evaluate minor leaguers that would transfer nicely to OOTP's star rating system. He has a book for easy reference, but he often gives out ratings on the top 20 each system on his site. It might be easier to use something like this than try to transfer scouting reports into ratings. Also, since Sickles is one person, the ratings should be pretty consistent.

Here's a link for his book: http://www.mastersball.com/sickels/ The grades are available through the search only (see below), maybe he's just giving reviews of prospects to sell his book.

atlbraves · 12-16-2005, 07:53 PM

wheres the grading and the top 20 prospects for minorleaguebaseball.com? I dont see it

pseudofool · 12-16-2005, 08:01 PM

To find the grades on his site go to Search and "Grades" scroll down until you see an article like Texas Rangers Top 20 Prospects or Philadelphia Phillies Top 20 Prospects continue to scroll through the pages to find each team. For instance here's the Twins top 20: http://www.minorleagueball.com/story.../16/1261/65162

Additionally you can just search a team name like Oakland Athletics, and find the article Oakland Athletics Top 20 Prospects like here: http://www.minorleagueball.com/story.../14/131658/119

Of course the grades are year old, that's why I recommend his book

atlbraves · 12-16-2005, 08:03 PM

that was from Feb. 16 though. There are many prospects that probably changed "grades" from Feb. to now.

CubbyFan23 · 12-16-2005, 08:46 PM

Maybe you guys can help me out -- my editing program (Pierre's) isn't saving things. I make the changes, quit the program, but things aren't saved. Is there something I'm missing?

12-16-2005, 05:02 PM	#1
CubbyFan23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 2,257	CubbyFan23's MLB 2006 Rosters Underway Last year I released my 2005 set, including all stats from 2005, minor leagues, etc. etc. I plan on doing the same this year, and I'll be using this thread as an update. As in last year's file, I've found a way to erase the stats on the roster screen itself so it doesn't show bogus simmed games. If you have any suggestions from last year's set, any features you can think of, etc. please throw them out here! I plan on releasing them after I get a certain # of teams done so you guys can give them the look over and make sure I haven't made any dumb mistakes. There's probably something wrong with me, as last year I loved doing all the stats (to a certain point) and so this should be yet another challenge to finish over Christmas break. Not sure why I made a thread even, but just a heads up.

12-16-2005, 07:43 PM	#16
pseudofool Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 232	Minor Leaguers CubbyFan, I liked your rosters too, glad to hear your undertaking this project. Like Derek said, service time was a huge problem (players going to arb too early, becoming FAs too early, minor league free agents too early), also not all of the contracts were correct. A great point of reference for minor league evaluation might be John Sickle's site http://www.minorleagueball.com/ He uses an easy grading (A, B-, C+, etc) system to evaluate minor leaguers that would transfer nicely to OOTP's star rating system. He has a book for easy reference, but he often gives out ratings on the top 20 each system on his site. It might be easier to use something like this than try to transfer scouting reports into ratings. Also, since Sickles is one person, the ratings should be pretty consistent. Here's a link for his book: http://www.mastersball.com/sickels/ The grades are available through the search only (see below), maybe he's just giving reviews of prospects to sell his book. Last edited by pseudofool; 12-16-2005 at 08:05 PM.

12-16-2005, 08:01 PM	#18
pseudofool Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 232	Sickles To find the grades on his site go to Search and "Grades" scroll down until you see an article like Texas Rangers Top 20 Prospects or Philadelphia Phillies Top 20 Prospects continue to scroll through the pages to find each team. For instance here's the Twins top 20: http://www.minorleagueball.com/story.../16/1261/65162 Additionally you can just search a team name like Oakland Athletics, and find the article Oakland Athletics Top 20 Prospects like here: http://www.minorleagueball.com/story.../14/131658/119 Of course the grades are year old, that's why I recommend his book Last edited by pseudofool; 12-16-2005 at 08:05 PM.

12-16-2005, 05:19 PM	#2
Derek4jc Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Attleboro, MA Posts: 238	I actually used your roster set for my online league. The biggest thing I would say that needs work is the service time for players. Just about all of the minor league players you added had their service time all out of wack. There were 2004 draft picks listed as having no more options, having played in the majors for a year a 4 years pro. This is a very lengthy fix that takes about 90 minutes-2 hours per team to get done, but it is worth it if you want your update to be accurate.

12-16-2005, 05:25 PM	#4
edddgar Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 254	Make sure Felix Hernandez is the best young pitcher in the league. Here's a good link to back it up. http://fantasybaseball.rotoworld.com/content/story.asp?sport=MLB&storyid=18259 Please notice Felix Hernandez is number 2 only behind Johan Santana. Edit: There is also another Mariner that is constantly underrated, Yuniesky Betancourt. He has been compared to Ozzie Smith, only with a better bat.

12-16-2005, 05:31 PM	#5
CubbyFan23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 2,257	Being the insane baseball fan that I am (I think I am perhaps actually crazy to pay $60 for it but oh well) I have a membership to Baseball America. I'll be basing most of the minor league prospects off scouting reports from there and a few other websites. I agree totally about the service time. Its something I noticed wayy after I finished them that no one ever mentioned, and will be put into these rosters. Thanks for the heads up!

12-16-2005, 06:51 PM	#9
atlbraves Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 315	make sure you make the right ratings by making the prospects who have done well in the MLB this year (Francoeur, Howard, Street, Gomes, Felix, etc.) good pitching/hitting ratings.. not just spect ratings.

12-16-2005, 06:52 PM	#10
atlbraves Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 315	and btw... how do you erase all the statistics?

12-16-2005, 07:10 PM	#11
edddgar Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 254	I also reccommend you stay up all night and work on this and have it ready by Sunday, I would give you a dollar if you did that.

12-16-2005, 07:20 PM	#13
atlbraves Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 315	Cubbyfan... how do you erase the statistics for the "bogus" year that you sim? JW..

12-16-2005, 07:32 PM	#15
atlbraves Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 315	thats a pretty good idea. Thanks.

12-16-2005, 07:53 PM	#17
atlbraves Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 315	wheres the grading and the top 20 prospects for minorleaguebaseball.com? I dont see it

12-16-2005, 08:03 PM	#19
atlbraves Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 315	that was from Feb. 16 though. There are many prospects that probably changed "grades" from Feb. to now.

12-16-2005, 08:46 PM	#20
CubbyFan23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 2,257	Maybe you guys can help me out -- my editing program (Pierre's) isn't saving things. I make the changes, quit the program, but things aren't saved. Is there something I'm missing?