For fun: Who does OSA view as your game's top batter, pitcher and prospect?

Habsfan18 · 08-08-2015, 01:21 PM

Thought this could be an interesting thread idea. As we're all enjoying our separate baseball universes, let's share with the community who OSA views as the top dogs in our worlds.

Show us who is currently ranked the top hitter in the game, the top pitcher, and the number 1 prospect! You can view this by going to - league info > league reports home. And then in the "links" section, click on top players..and top prospects.

In my world:

IsaacR · 08-08-2015, 02:06 PM

I have two guys who routinely shift between 1-2 for top hitters.
Current number 1 in McCaughtery. He's younger and plays for the perennial favorites Omaha Bears. Name: mccaughtery.jpg
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Jimmy Wilson owned this spot for years, before beginning to decline the past couple years. He's by far the best hitter my league has ever seen, and plays for my San Jose Penguins. (As I was typing this, he tore his knee up and now is out for the season, joining my 4 best starters on the DL.) Name: jimmy.png
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Kenneth White is the best pitcher my league has ever seen, and I traded several top prospects for him at the 2023 deadline, acquiring him from the hapless Charlotte Falcons. Since I got him, he's been the second most injury-prone player in my league. The first most injury-prone player happens to be my second starter.

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Thunder · 08-08-2015, 03:54 PM

Best player is a 20th round draft pick (that's out of 20). Purely default settings, so very good luck for Oakland.

Best pitcher I easily guessed correctly.

Best prospect is mine and spent just 15 months in the minors. Today being his 21st birthday, I hope he has a designated driver.

Habsfan18 · 08-08-2015, 07:49 PM

Damn, Orozco is impressive.

Thunder · 08-08-2015, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Habsfan18

Damn, Orozco is impressive.

Fictional league starting in 2015 and he was already 26 upon creation, so his career numbers will not be insane. But he's 166-54 with 5 CYs, one Triple Crown and an MVP. My crappy team beat him once that I remember . . it was kind of a big deal to me.

MizzouRah · 08-08-2015, 09:33 PM

Here are mine..

Thunder · 08-09-2015, 09:12 AM

Check out the shot of Claude Lowe earlier in the thread.

His DOB is 5/2/02 and the game day is 5/1/24

How is he 21 years 0 days??? Should be 21 years, 364 days . . .although it is a leap year. Does that mess things up??

Habsfan18 · 08-10-2015, 04:50 PM

Anyone else want to post theirs? Always love to see players from other OOTP universes!

Habsfan18 · 08-10-2015, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thunder

Check out the shot of Claude Lowe earlier in the thread.

His DOB is 5/2/02 and the game day is 5/1/24

How is he 21 years 0 days??? Should be 21 years, 364 days . . .although it is a leap year. Does that mess things up??

Hmm that's interesting. I've never really thought of leap years in OOTP and how it would affect player ages - if at all.

Walsh06 · 08-10-2015, 06:43 PM

Players:

Prospects:

Galvin Dodgshon is my star pitcher that has been the top pitcher for 4/5 years in row I think. Has won three pitching triple crowns and pretty much destroys everyone when it comes to strikeouts (until this year, my new pitcher is close behind and a reliever convert is going to break his record)

I like having only 16 teams in the league because I really get to know the players. The top 20 are filled with "household names" on both sides.

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 08-11-2015, 01:23 AM

The American Premier League is fairly young, opening in 1996 and now entering the 2010 season. There are currently 16 teams, divided between two subleagues. I took over an expansion team in 2005. As it happens, the top hitter and pitcher represent an agonizing choice I faced in my first draft. As it turns out, though, I couldn't have gone wrong either way!

As of opening day, 2010...

Top hitter: Luis Castro, catcher, Buffalo Sabres

Castro was my first ever draft pick as GM of the Sabres, drafted 2nd overall in 2005 out of Cal State-Monterey Bay. He combines low leadership with low loyalty, very high greed, and low work ethic, plus he's dumb as a pile of bricks, but has enough raw talent to make it work. I'm waiting for the day that I get an inevitable email about him being a problem in the clubhouse. Despite being the Sabres' first ever draft pick, he toiled in "insignificant" popularity both nationally and locally until his breakout year last season in 2009, in which he won the first Triple Crown in APL history and led us to our first league championship. Castro's 140 RBIs last year are the new APL single season record.

Top pitcher: Bryan Flowers, Los Angeles Stars

Flowers is another young stud from the 2005 draft, taken 3rd overall by the Stars out of BYU. A South Ogden, UT, native, there was a lot of talk going into the draft that my expansion counterparts, the Salt Lake City Bees, would pick him up with their #1 pick. But they went with a highly-rated shortstop prospect, I elected to go with Castro, and he fell to the Stars. Flowers has been a dominant member of a Los Angeles squad that has had a losing record every year he's been a part of their rotation, though he did win the Outstanding Pitcher Award last year for the first time. His career ERA of 2.73 is the current career record among eligible pitchers (minimum 607 IP).

Top prospect: Joe Willis, outfielder, Salt Lake City Bees

Willis was Salt Lake City's 1st round pick in their second draft in 2006 out of high school (Fairfield, CA). He somewhat surprisingly had to repeat Rookie League, but it looks like they've been fairly aggressively promoting him since. Maybe too aggressively, given his struggles in Triple A last year in Las Vegas. If he gets a little bit more contact and that power develops he could be a real star. The Bees are not expected to content this year so if he does start to put it together it will be interesting to see when/if they decide to bring him up.

etothep · 08-11-2015, 11:35 AM

No screenshots b/c I'm too lazy, but it's not a fictional universe anyway

May 25, 2015 (standard MLB rosters that came with the latest patch):

Byron Buxton is top position prospect (and top overall spect), Huascar Ynoa is top pitching spect, Matt Harvey is top pitcher, and.......Jung-Ho Kang is top position player?

08-08-2015, 02:06 PM	#2
IsaacR Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bowie, Maryland Posts: 464	I have two guys who routinely shift between 1-2 for top hitters. Current number 1 in McCaughtery. He's younger and plays for the perennial favorites Omaha Bears. Jimmy Wilson owned this spot for years, before beginning to decline the past couple years. He's by far the best hitter my league has ever seen, and plays for my San Jose Penguins. (As I was typing this, he tore his knee up and now is out for the season, joining my 4 best starters on the DL.) Kenneth White is the best pitcher my league has ever seen, and I traded several top prospects for him at the 2023 deadline, acquiring him from the hapless Charlotte Falcons. Since I got him, he's been the second most injury-prone player in my league. The first most injury-prone player happens to be my second starter. My league is very weak in prospects after three consecutive weak drafts, so this guy ranks number 1. __________________ The Oriole Way - My Dynasty as the Orioles GM Online Leagues: SBL - Colorado Rockies PATP - Montreal Royals Last edited by IsaacR; 08-08-2015 at 02:07 PM.

08-08-2015, 03:54 PM	#3
Thunder Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 3,865	Best player is a 20th round draft pick (that's out of 20). Purely default settings, so very good luck for Oakland. Best pitcher I easily guessed correctly. Best prospect is mine and spent just 15 months in the minors. Today being his 21st birthday, I hope he has a designated driver. Attached Images __________________ I like Stats Mostly Last edited by Thunder; 08-08-2015 at 03:59 PM.

08-08-2015, 09:33 PM	#6
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Troy, Mo Posts: 6,266	Here are mine.. Attached Images

08-09-2015, 09:12 AM	#7
Thunder Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 3,865	Check out the shot of Claude Lowe earlier in the thread. His DOB is 5/2/02 and the game day is 5/1/24 How is he 21 years 0 days??? Should be 21 years, 364 days . . .although it is a leap year. Does that mess things up?? __________________ I like Stats Mostly

08-10-2015, 06:43 PM	#10
Walsh06 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 545	Players: Prospects: Galvin Dodgshon is my star pitcher that has been the top pitcher for 4/5 years in row I think. Has won three pitching triple crowns and pretty much destroys everyone when it comes to strikeouts (until this year, my new pitcher is close behind and a reliever convert is going to break his record) I like having only 16 teams in the league because I really get to know the players. The top 20 are filled with "household names" on both sides. __________________ The Numbers Game, Sports Blog

08-08-2015, 01:21 PM	#1
Habsfan18 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,249	For fun: Who does OSA view as your game's top batter, pitcher and prospect? Thought this could be an interesting thread idea. As we're all enjoying our separate baseball universes, let's share with the community who OSA views as the top dogs in our worlds. Show us who is currently ranked the top hitter in the game, the top pitcher, and the number 1 prospect! You can view this by going to - league info > league reports home. And then in the "links" section, click on top players..and top prospects. In my world: Attached Images Last edited by Habsfan18; 08-08-2015 at 01:23 PM.

08-08-2015, 07:49 PM	#4
Habsfan18 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,249	Damn, Orozco is impressive.

08-10-2015, 04:50 PM	#8
Habsfan18 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,249	Anyone else want to post theirs? Always love to see players from other OOTP universes!

08-11-2015, 01:23 AM	#11
Cinnamon J. Scudworth All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,119	The American Premier League is fairly young, opening in 1996 and now entering the 2010 season. There are currently 16 teams, divided between two subleagues. I took over an expansion team in 2005. As it happens, the top hitter and pitcher represent an agonizing choice I faced in my first draft. As it turns out, though, I couldn't have gone wrong either way! As of opening day, 2010... Top hitter: Luis Castro, catcher, Buffalo Sabres Castro was my first ever draft pick as GM of the Sabres, drafted 2nd overall in 2005 out of Cal State-Monterey Bay. He combines low leadership with low loyalty, very high greed, and low work ethic, plus he's dumb as a pile of bricks, but has enough raw talent to make it work. I'm waiting for the day that I get an inevitable email about him being a problem in the clubhouse. Despite being the Sabres' first ever draft pick, he toiled in "insignificant" popularity both nationally and locally until his breakout year last season in 2009, in which he won the first Triple Crown in APL history and led us to our first league championship. Castro's 140 RBIs last year are the new APL single season record. Top pitcher: Bryan Flowers, Los Angeles Stars Flowers is another young stud from the 2005 draft, taken 3rd overall by the Stars out of BYU. A South Ogden, UT, native, there was a lot of talk going into the draft that my expansion counterparts, the Salt Lake City Bees, would pick him up with their #1 pick. But they went with a highly-rated shortstop prospect, I elected to go with Castro, and he fell to the Stars. Flowers has been a dominant member of a Los Angeles squad that has had a losing record every year he's been a part of their rotation, though he did win the Outstanding Pitcher Award last year for the first time. His career ERA of 2.73 is the current career record among eligible pitchers (minimum 607 IP). Top prospect: Joe Willis, outfielder, Salt Lake City Bees Willis was Salt Lake City's 1st round pick in their second draft in 2006 out of high school (Fairfield, CA). He somewhat surprisingly had to repeat Rookie League, but it looks like they've been fairly aggressively promoting him since. Maybe too aggressively, given his struggles in Triple A last year in Las Vegas. If he gets a little bit more contact and that power develops he could be a real star. The Bees are not expected to content this year so if he does start to put it together it will be interesting to see when/if they decide to bring him up. __________________ "Sometimes, this is like going to a grocery store. You’ve got a list until you get to the check-out stand. And then you start reading People magazine, and all this other [stuff] ends up in the basket." -Sandy Alderson on the MLB offseason Last edited by Cinnamon J. Scudworth; 08-11-2015 at 01:31 AM.

08-11-2015, 11:35 AM	#12
etothep Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 101	No screenshots b/c I'm too lazy, but it's not a fictional universe anyway May 25, 2015 (standard MLB rosters that came with the latest patch): Byron Buxton is top position prospect (and top overall spect), Huascar Ynoa is top pitching spect, Matt Harvey is top pitcher, and.......Jung-Ho Kang is top position player?