CubbyFan's 2009 MLB Roster Release Thread

[Gavyl]

Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

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Fixed a few things including '09 scheduling and some moves as of today.

Thank you very much mate!

[blalock84]

Michael Young quickly becomes the worst contract in baseball according to this set... I had to cut him with 32 Million still owed


Great job Cubby, really appreciate your hard work. All id ask is that in the next set is that you'd update the Minor Leagues to reflect this years BA Rankings, which it looks like you are going to do. The Rangers werent in the top 5 in overall Minor League rankings in this set, but really have the #1 farm system.

Again awesome work.

[CubbyFan23]

Originally Posted by blalock84

Michael Young quickly becomes the worst contract in baseball according to this set... I had to cut him with 32 Million still owed

Great job Cubby, really appreciate your hard work. All id ask is that in the next set is that you'd update the Minor Leagues to reflect this years BA Rankings, which it looks like you are going to do. The Rangers werent in the top 5 in overall Minor League rankings in this set, but really have the #1 farm system.

Again awesome work.

While I'd like to get the BA Team Rankings close -- the way the game computes them is MUCH different than IRL. In the game, it just adds together "scores" for having players in the MLB Top 100 Prospects. Obviously, IRL BA takes into account much more than that, and one reason that the Rangers are #1 is the depth of the system.

Also the Top 100 Prospects is usually kind of a crapshoot in the first place, making the problem a little tougher.

[killericon]

Originally Posted by blalock84

Michael Young quickly becomes the worst contract in baseball according to this set... I had to cut him with 32 Million still owed

Like Hell, man. The Blue Jays have it the worst. Between Wells, Overbay and Rolen, they're completely screwed. Rolen wasn't bad for me for a while, but Wells was god awful.

Again, thanks for putting this together!

[blalock84]

Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

While I'd like to get the BA Team Rankings close -- the way the game computes them is MUCH different than IRL. In the game, it just adds together "scores" for having players in the MLB Top 100 Prospects. Obviously, IRL BA takes into account much more than that, and one reason that the Rangers are #1 is the depth of the system.

Also the Top 100 Prospects is usually kind of a crapshoot in the first place, making the problem a little tougher.

Yea, actually, most of the guys who are studs in the Ranger Orginization sim out pretty well. Thanks again for the work

[Fiedalla]

I have a question about player potential ratings in the set versus what the scouts say. From my understanding scouts / scouting is turned off in the roster set, so everyone is on an equal playing field in terms of player evaluation.

So I have a 4 star pitcher - both in potential and actual ratings.

I click on the scouts button in his player profile and they basically pan him, saying he cannot throw through a wet paper bag, etc, etc.

What is the reason for the disconnect and which evaluation should I go by for accuracy?

[CubbyFan23]

Ah -- I never play with scouts, but I'm guessing you probably just need to run a (OSA?) rescout at the league setup screen. I'm assuming that scouting report was probably generated before I edited his ratings.

[Moriarty9]

• Hector Luna is listed with Toronto in the game but should be a Dodgers non-roster invitee
• Ronnie Ray is listed as a free agent but should be a non-roster invitee with the Giants
• SS Jake Wald is listed as a free agent but should be a non-roster invitee with the Giants
• P Luis Pena is listed in the game with Milwaukee, but should be on Seattle's 40-man roster
• P Tracy Thorpe is listed in game with Toronto, but should be a Mariners non-roster invitee
• P Sean White is retired but should be a Mariners non-roster invitee
• C Jason Phillips is retired but should be a Seattle non-roster invitee
• P Henry Owens is retired but should be a Florida non-roster invitee
• P Harvey Garcia is retired but should be on Florida's 40-man roster
• P Zachary Kroenke is in the Yankees minor league system in the game but should be on Florida's 40-man roster
• P Carlos Martinez is retired but should be on Florida's 40-man roster
• P Scott Chiasson is double up (retired and in Baltimore's system); should be with Baltimore as a non-roster invitee
• 3B Peter Ciofrone is a free agent in the game, he is actually a non-roster invitee with the Padres
• OF Emil Brown is a free agent in the game, he is actually a non-roster invitee with the Padres
• P Joe Bisenus is retired in the game but is really on Philadelphia's 40-man roster
• SS Miguel Cairo is a free agent in game but should be a non-roster invitee of the Phillies
• P David Davidson is retired in the game but is really on Pittsburgh's 40-man roster

MISSING FROM THE GAME:

• The Giants have a pitcher named Jesse English (DOB 9/13/84 from California) on their 40-man roster
• The Mariners have a pitcher named Stephen Kahn (DOB 12/14/83 from California) on their 40-man roster
• The Marlins have a catcher named Miguel Fermin (DOB 2/11/85 from the Dominican Republic) that is a non-roster invitee
• The Mets have a pitcher named Heriberto Ruelas (DOB 5/28/82 from Mexico) that is a non-roster invitee
• The Nationals have a pitcher named Luis Atilano (DOB 5/10/85 from Puerto Rico) on their 40-man roster
• The Orioles have a catcher named Jose A. Reyes (DOB 2/26/83 from the Dominican Republic) who is a non-roster invitee [has 5 big league at bats with Cubs in 2006]
• The Padres have a pitcher named Arturo Lopez (DOB 2/22/83 from Mexico) that is a non-roster invitee

This list goes through the Rangers ... I'll pick up with the Rays through Yankees later on ...

[Broth32]

Am I missing Travis Hafner for the Indians? I don't see him on the roster... or maybe I'm just not seeing him?

Edit - Nevermind - I found him in the single A league.... I guess Cubby has it out for my man Pronk

[MizzouRah]

Thank you Cubby!

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!

Fixed a few things including '09 scheduling and some moves as of today.

Site is down I guess?

[CubbyFan23]

Originally Posted by Broth32

Am I missing Travis Hafner for the Indians? I don't see him on the roster... or maybe I'm just not seeing him?

Edit - Nevermind - I found him in the single A league.... I guess Cubby has it out for my man Pronk

It's odd -- he's not rated horribly, but the computer was doing the same to David Ortiz for a bit -- rated them both as 1 star guys and tried DFA'ing/demoting them to Single-A. Can't figure out for the life of me why.

[GIT-R-DONE]

This may not be the right topic to post this question under, but does anyone here know how to edit the team numbers assigned to each ML team under CubbyFan's roster set? Presently the team numbers are as follows:

31 Arizona
32 Atlanta
33 Baltimore
34 Boston
35 Chicago (A)
36 Chicago (N)
37 Cincinnati
38 Cleveland
39 Colorado
40 Detroit
41 Florida
42 Houston
43 Kansas City
44 Los Angeles (A)
45 Los Angeles (N)
46 Milwaukee
47 Minnesota
48 New York (A)
49 New York (N)
50 Oakland
51 Philadelphia
52 Pittsburgh
53 San Diego
54 Seattle
55 San Francisco
56 St. Louis
57 Tampa Bay
58 Texas
59 Toronto
60 Washington

The online leagues that use the export tracker tool need the teams to be numbered like this:

1 Baltimore
2 Boston
3 New York (A)
4 Tampa Bay
5 Washington
6 Chicago (A)
7 Cleveland
8 Detroit
9 Kansas City
10 Minnesota
11 Los Angeles (A)
12 Oakland
13 Seattle
14 Texas
15 Atlanta
16 Florida
17 Montreal
18 New York (N)
19 Philadelphia
20 Chicago (N)
21 Cincinnati
22 Houston
23 San Antonio
24 Pittsburgh
25 St. Louis
26 Arizona
27 Colorado
28 Los Angeles (N)
29 San Diego
30 San Francisco

Because of the way the export tool is written to divide the AL and NL into two columns, it looks for teams 1-14 for column 1 and 15-30 for column 2. Under the new roster sets, I cannot use this tool properly. If I could reassign each team to a different number, I could still use the tool. Otherwise, anyone know of an export tracking tool that works under the new filesets?

Thanks in advance!

[westendcards]

That is a great question as I have also had that issue. I was wondering the same thing?

Thanks again Cubby!

[Flying Dutchmen]

Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

It's odd -- he's not rated horribly, but the computer was doing the same to David Ortiz for a bit -- rated them both as 1 star guys and tried DFA'ing/demoting them to Single-A. Can't figure out for the life of me why.

Just a guess, but I'd say this is due to Hafner being labelled a DH. The game's standards for a DH are high and only focus on hitting. Thus unless you're a stud hitter (e.g. David Ortiz), your overall rating is low. If you switch Hafner to 1B for instance, he goes up to 1 star. Ortiz, as rated in this set, appears to be a rare player, who can make the change without too much of a hit to overall rating. Considering the low overall rating, the AI then tries to DFA/demote them.

[outrider64]

Just noticed that Juan Rincon is in the Indians organization in the 3.1 roster set, but he signed a minor league deal with the Tigers with a ST invite on Jan 20th 09.
Thanks for all your hard work and effort, very appreciated

[Jay Elias]

Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

It's odd -- he's not rated horribly, but the computer was doing the same to David Ortiz for a bit -- rated them both as 1 star guys and tried DFA'ing/demoting them to Single-A. Can't figure out for the life of me why.

I observed this happening whenever I would change Hafner and Ortiz from 1b to DH in earlier versions of your set, as well as when I would change Pat Burrell to DH so the Rays wouldn't start him over Crawford. The way I got around this was to keep them at their original positions and just use the "force start" setting for them. But once they were downrated, there was no way to get their ratings to come back up.

[Moriarty9]

• Julio DePaula is listed as retired; should be a non-roster invite of Tampa Bay
• P Carlos Hernandez (4/22/80) is doubled up; once as a retiree and the other time with Tampa Bay ... he is a non-roster invite of the Rays
• P Chad Orvella is retired but should be a non-roster invite with Tampa Bay
• P Tim Hamulack is retired but should be a non-roster invite with the Royals
• C Jose Morales is retired but should be on Minnesota's 40-man roster
• 2B Alejandro Machado is retired but should be a non-roster invite with Twins
• C Donny Lucy is retired but should be a non-roster invite for the White Sox
• P George Kontos is with Pittsburgh's system in the game but should be a non-roster invite with the Yankees

MISSING FROM THE GAME:

• Jason Cromer (DOB 12/11/80 from Iowa) is a non-roster invitee of the Tampa Bay Rays
• P Jeremy Cummings (DOB 11/7/76 from West Virginia) is a non-roster invitee of the Tampa Bay Rays
• P Miguel Gonzalez (DOB 5/27/84 from Mexico) is a non-roster invitee of Boston
• P Ramon Ramirez (DOB 9/16/82 from Venezuela) is on Cincinnati's 40-man roster ... not to be confused with the Ramon Ramirez w/Boston ... Cincinnati's Ramirez pitched 5 times (4 starts) with the Reds last year
• OF Matt Miller (DOB 12/26/82 from Texas) is a non-roster invitee of Colorado
• P Samuel Deduno (DOB 7/2/83 from the Dominican Republic) is on Colorado's 40-man roster
• P Victor Marte (DOB 11/8/80 from the DR) is a non-roster invite with the Royals
• P Fu-Te Ni (DOB 11/14/82 from Taiwan) is a non-roster invite with Detroit
• C Alex Avila (DOB 1/29/87 from Florida) is a non-roster invite with Detroit
• P Jason Jones (DOB 11/20/82 from Maryland) is a non-roster invite with Minnesota

This concludes my list. Though, if you want to be real technical, Oil Can Boyd is actively pursuing a big league audition so he could be billed as a free agent

[Leeds]

Fabulous work and a big thank you for your efforts....Not to nick pick but the rotation orders seem off;

Yanks have Joba as #1 starter, etc. Mets Santana's is #4......

Is this a file thing?

Also, should we edit ARod's projected stats down as his 'cousin' seems to have disappeared into that massive continent, the Dominican.

[CubbyFan23]

Joba's probably always going to be the #1 because his projected stats are so good and OOTP doesn't really baby players like they do IRL.

Johan is the ace in game though, at least from what I'm looking at now.