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[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by aks62

Scott Kingery should have 2024 AND 2025 as team options (trust me, we Phillies fans are on top of this one).

Unfortunately we can only set the last year of a contract as a team option

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by TrapperJohn

Couple of minor Red Sox system issues.
Michael Gettys is still in there as an outfielder; he converted to pitcher in 2021, and posted a 0.48 ERA last season in AA Portland. The game doesn't have any pitches, velocity, et al. in there for him — he's got a low-to-mid-90s fastball, a high-70s curveball, and a sliderish/slurve thing.

Thanks for pointing that out. It's very strange the algorithm we use for catching position to pitcher changes didn't catch this

Anyway, I've updated him now.

Originally Posted by TrapperJohn

Also noticed that Sox prospect Philip Sikes seems to have had his ratings wildly juiced (and he is nearly fully developed). Caught my eye in Commissioner Mode — he's a nice mid-minors depth guy, but not a serious prospect by any account.

Yeah, he does have overly high gap ratings (as a result of his very impressive amount of xbh's in 2022) which I've toned down a bit now and lowered a few other things for him as well.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by JG141275

Couple LA Dodger items:

Blake Treinen should have a $7,000,000 Team Option for 2024.

Jake Pilarski was hitting high 90s consistently with his fastball in yesterday's Spring Training game. DB seems to have him in the low 90s. Listed on the AZ Rookie League team for LA.

Thanks, fixed/adjusted both of these.

[D-Wiz]

Looks like the OOTP Orioles are on the hook for 100% of McCann's contract, which takes up a comically large portion of their budget. I believe in reality the Orioles owe him $1 million this year and $4 million next, with the Mets picking up the rest.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by D-Wiz

Looks like the OOTP Orioles are on the hook for 100% of McCann's contract, which takes up a comically large portion of their budget. I believe in reality the Orioles owe him $1 million this year and $4 million next, with the Mets picking up the rest.

Unfortunately, we can't divide up contracts among multiple teams.

[D-Wiz]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

Unfortunately, we can't divide up contracts among multiple teams.

Isn't there a mechanic in the game where teams can retain a % of a player's contract as part of a trade? Is it just that a season can't be initialized with a player's contract split like that?

[CBLCardinals]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

Unfortunately, we can't divide up contracts among multiple teams.

Lukas for situations like these, should we just have Baltimore on the hook for the actual amount they are going to pay as to not penalize the current team...meaning adjust the salary owed down to the amount the team will have to pay?

Similar situation with RHP Barnes for Miami, that Boston is paying vast majority of what he is owed for the 2023 season

[ajpolo]

As much as I would enjoy the Royals being able to trade Freddy Fermin for Garrett Mitchell (Brewers MLB ready #5 prospect), and several different players for Oneil Cruz (Pirates prospect that disappointed as a rookie but hasn't been abandoned as a potential star), there seems to be something out of balance with highly rated prospects who disappointed in limited time in the majors being available for mediocre veterans. This is on 100% scouting accuracy. I left the veteran/prospect balance at default and only reduced the trading difficulty slider 2 clicks to open things up. I checked at normal trade difficulty setting and those players were still available.

[CBLCardinals]

Originally Posted by ajpolo

As much as I would enjoy the Royals being able to trade Felix Fermin for Garrett Mitchell (Brewers MLB ready #5 prospect), and several different players for Oneil Cruz (Pirates prospect that disappointed as a rookie but hasn't been abandoned as a potential star), there seems to be something out of balance with highly rated prospects who disappointed in limited time in the majors being available for mediocre veterans. This is on 100% scouting accuracy. I left the veteran/prospect balance at default and only reduced the trading difficulty slider 2 clicks to open things up. I checked at normal trade difficulty setting and those players were still available.

What occurs if you put the slider on trade difficulty further to the right?

[ajpolo]

Originally Posted by CBLCardinals

What occurs if you put the slider on trade difficulty further to the right?

I put it 2 clicks short of max difficulty and it mostly solved that problem. The thing is when you shop a player at a reasonable difficulty, these anomalies occur, but if you go in to negotiate a trade, it is as difficult as ever. It just appears to be an issue with some top prospects being offered when you shop a player. I could see an organization souring on a player, but the Pirates are asking for Bobby Witt Jr. to include Oneil Cruz in a trade with KC... Freddy Fermin would be laughed at.

[Lukas Berger]

Normal trade difficulty is definitely not what we'd recommend for a default value if you're looking for realism. It will let you make some trades that shouldn't be possible, for sure.

[Mantush]

Some more Red Sox things I've noticed...

Brian van Belle starts the game on the major league roster. He shouldn't. Josh Winckowski is starting in AAA (likely correct - but also possible he'll be in the bullpen after so many pitching injuries this spring), but van Belle is going to begin the season in AA.

Luis Perales is averaging 95 to 98 MPH on his fastball now, so his MPH should probably be 95 - 97 MPH instead of 93 to 95. Luis Guerrero sits 96 to 98 MPH right now and OOTP has him at 93 to 95 as well. Guerrero also throws a splitter and doesn't throw a changeup to my knowledge. I'd remove the changeup, add the splitter, and give the splitter the curveball's ratings and adjust the curveball down to what the changeup presently is (46 / 92).

Bryan Mata is viewed as the organization's top pitching prospect. He throws a curveball in real life that OOTP doesn't have rated.

Ryan Fernandez sits 96 to 98 MPH and throws a curve and a cutter; neither are thrown in OOTP.

Shane Drohan's curve and changeup ratings should be flipped. His changeup is his best offering. Velocity should probably be taken down a tad. 93 MPH is his max. Game is currently 93 to 95 MPH.

Ryan Zeferjahn throws a curveball in real life; it's not very good, but it should probably be included as a 4th pitch.

If this is helpful to ya'll I can dig more into the system. These are just some things I've noticed when looking through players.

[Mr_Pogo]

According to the Beloit Sky Carp webpage, Dan Radison is the hitting coach and Jason Erickosn is the pitching coach. The game has Radison as the HC and the PC is vacant.

I have two more questions:
Is there a db or txt file for coaches?

How do you add injury or put a player in leave without doing in the actual game? I think there are some players that are on military leave (at least Nic Ready from the Marlins Org.). Thanks!

[ajpolo]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

Normal trade difficulty is definitely not what we'd recommend for a default value if you're looking for realism. It will let you make some trades that shouldn't be possible, for sure.

The trade difficulty settings are just fine, it's what is offered when you shop a player that is unrealistic. The example I gave has me offering a soon to be 28 yo., 45 fully developed 1B, for a 24 yo. SS with 65 potential. That shouldn't be happening. And there are other highly rated prospects being offered by other teams as well. Something is off for that to be happening.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Mantush

Some more Red Sox things I've noticed...

Good feedback, thanks!

Originally Posted by Mantush

Brian van Belle starts the game on the major league roster. He shouldn't. Josh Winckowski is starting in AAA (likely correct - but also possible he'll be in the bullpen after so many pitching injuries this spring), but van Belle is going to begin the season in AA.

This is tricky, because it's not something we can really directly control. All we can do is adjust the ratings a bit to encourage the AI to make the 'right' choice. We'll be making another pass or two to do this for everyone between now and Opening Day (or shortly after).

Originally Posted by Mantush

Luis Perales is averaging 95 to 98 MPH on his fastball now, so his MPH should probably be 95 - 97 MPH instead of 93 to 95. Luis Guerrero sits 96 to 98 MPH right now and OOTP has him at 93 to 95 as well. Guerrero also throws a splitter and doesn't throw a changeup to my knowledge. I'd remove the changeup, add the splitter, and give the splitter the curveball's ratings and adjust the curveball down to what the changeup presently is (46 / 92).

We'll take a closer look at these and make changes where needed.

Velocity can be tricky as what guys throw early in the spring is often not the same as they'll throw most of the season.

Also, sometimes pitches like a change and a splitter can kind of tend to blend together in statscast or scouting data. So sometimes which pitch a guy throws, and if they're two separate pitches can be more in the eye of the beholder.

EDIT: Looked up Guerrero more and seems he definitely throws a splitter. So ended up adjusting him pretty much 100% per your comments here. Also boosted Perales velocity.

Originally Posted by Mantush

Bryan Mata is viewed as the organization's top pitching prospect. He throws a curveball in real life that OOTP doesn't have rated.

Neither BA or MLB.com list him with a curve, so he may have stopped throwing this.

Originally Posted by Mantush

Ryan Fernandez sits 96 to 98 MPH and throws a curve and a cutter; neither are thrown in OOTP.

It seems Fernandez didn't use the curve at all last year, so it doesn't really make sense to give this to him imo.

The cutter is a tricky one, because oftentimes guys like Fernandez don't really throw a cutter and a slider, it's just a slider that gets classified as a cutter sometimes or vice-versa. If we give guys too many pitches when in reality they throw less, this can actually make each pitch lower quality and make them less effective in-game, especially if they get used as a RP.

So it's a bit of an art to know when to classify a pitch like this as two different pitches and there's not necessarily a one-size fits all solution. Reasonable people can differ.

Originally Posted by Mantush

Shane Drohan's curve and changeup ratings should be flipped. His changeup is his best offering. Velocity should probably be taken down a tad. 93 MPH is his max. Game is currently 93 to 95 MPH.

Changed this.

Originally Posted by Mantush

Ryan Zeferjahn throws a curveball in real life; it's not very good, but it should probably be included as a 4th pitch.

Kind of similar to my comments on Fernandez, given that this is a bad pitch that he already rarely throws, he'll likely throw this less as he (seemingly) gets pushed more toward relief, and all this will likely do is make him less effective in-game as a RP, I think it's questionable if it makes sense to give him this pitch. Again, a judgement call here.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by ajpolo

The trade difficulty settings are just fine, it's what is offered when you shop a player that is unrealistic. The example I gave has me offering a soon to be 28 yo., 45 fully developed 1B, for a 24 yo. SS with 65 potential. That shouldn't be happening. And there are other highly rated prospects being offered by other teams as well. Something is off for that to be happening.

Well, that's not really a roster issue.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Mr_Pogo

According to the Beloit Sky Carp webpage, Dan Radison is the hitting coach and Jason Erickosn is the pitching coach. The game has Radison as the HC and the PC is vacant.

I have two more questions:
Is there a db or txt file for coaches?

How do you add injury or put a player in leave without doing in the actual game? I think there are some players that are on military leave (at least Nic Ready from the Marlins Org.). Thanks!

Fixed Erickson and Radison.

To put a player on military leave (or other leave) we generally just add this as an undefined injury. Not really optimal maybe, but the best way to do this with the tools we have currently.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Mantush

If this is helpful to ya'll I can dig more into the system. These are just some things I've noticed when looking through players.

Yes, please do so if you'd like.

Especially info on stuff like velocities for guys in the low minors is hard to get and very helpful.

SoxProspects is helpful for the Sox guys (wish more teams had a site like this), but at this point of the year, we're still focusing on everyone rather than having the time to take a deep dive into the depths of any specific org.

[Karl Pagel Blues]

Chicago Cubs

First of all: Great job! Here's what I noticed looking through the Cubs squad.

Alexander Canario (OF) will be out a few months recovering from a fractured ankle and surgery for a dislocated shoulder.

Nazier Mule (P/2B) will miss the season after undergoing TJS.
https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-prospe...y-john-surgery

Derniche Valdez (SS) ratings seem too low. The kid was ranked #6 among the IFAs signed this January.

Ludwing Espinoza (SS) ratings also seem low for the #14 ranked IFA.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/international/

There's a handful of other players that look a bit low in the ratings, but that's probably just my inherent bias.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Karl Pagel Blues

Chicago Cubs

First of all: Great job! Here's what I noticed looking through the Cubs squad.

Alexander Canario (OF) will be out a few months recovering from a fractured ankle and surgery for a dislocated shoulder.

Nazier Mule (P/2B) will miss the season after undergoing TJS.
https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-prospe...y-john-surgery

Derniche Valdez (SS) ratings seem too low. The kid was ranked #6 among the IFAs signed this January.

Ludwing Espinoza (SS) ratings also seem low for the #14 ranked IFA.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/international/

There's a handful of other players that look a bit low in the ratings, but that's probably just my inherent bias.

Thanks, very useful stuff. Will look over and adjust all this.