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[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Go Tribe

What's your suggestion for waiting for this update to start a new franchise time-wise? If this is something that should be available Monday I assume that I should just wait 2 days?

Will this be part of a patch? How do we get the fixes automatically imported before we start a new franchise?

I don't know if the Monday update will include updated rosters or not. But even if not, yes all this will eventually make it into a patch. Once you've downloaded and installed the update/patch that actually contains the new roster file, then everything will be automatically applied to any new game you start from then on.

As to when to start a franchise, I can't really tell you. It depends on just how much of a roster perfectionist you are. I'm probably not starting mine for another few weeks, until I've tweaked all the current ratings for milb players.

But for most people who aren't certifiably insane about rosters, like I am, a career started now should be just fine. Or at least if you wait only until the first roster update, either Monday or whenever it gets released. You should really be good to go then.

[BaronA]

I'm planning on starting it up once the first patch is available, which I'm assuming will be tomorrow night or early Monday.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by BaronA

LHP Junior Reyes could be added to the Royals system. This what I wrote up about Pinto and Reyes last summer.

Reyes is not much of a prospect, but if you want to add him you want.

Julio Pinto - $375,000 bonus. A projectable righthander with a fastball that sits in the 88-92 mph range. His secondary stuff consists of a curveball and changeup. He's a promising prospect, with some seasoning could wind up being a smart investment.

Junior Reyes - 155,000 bonus. A lefthander that is praised by scouts for his command and pitchability throws a 87-89 mph fastball. Less upside than Pinto, but at the very least adds depth to the farm system.

We're currently in the process of adding as many DSL/VSL players as possible, focusing on the high bonus guys and those we can get scouting reports for.

The int complex feature wasn't added until the beta was released, a little over a month ago, so we've had very little time to work on these guys, given the other roster stuff we've had to do in that time.

havebands done a great job with adding a ton of int complex guys though and we will be adding more.

[BaronA]

I used to edit every organizations top 10-15 prospects based on scouting reports and such. Not sure if I will this go around, but I'm usually a bit on the perfectionist side. ha.

I even mentioned that you can edit players if you're a perfectionist in my review of the game on my blog. ha.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by BaronA

I used to edit every organizations top 10-15 prospects based on scouting reports and such. Not sure if I will this go around, but I'm usually a bit on the perfectionist side. ha.

I even mentioned that you can edit players if you're a perfectionist in my review of the game on my blog. ha.

We've done that already this year. The top 20 prospects per org should be totally good to go.

We used more than just BA's ranking and reports though, mixed in some John Sickels and BP and others. So you won't find that the rankings agree perfectly with BA, but that's as it should be.

[Lukas Berger]

Ok, just found out that all the updates we've made as of three hours ago WILL be in Monday's update, for those who were asking.

[BaronA]

BP is good stuff. Not sure I'm completely on board with BA any more. I don't mind the fellas that cover the college baseball, though.

A lot of players only had minor tweaking. It's good that you use more than one source. BP more credible in your opinion?

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by BaronA

BP is good stuff. Not sure I'm completely on board with BA any more. I don't mind the fellas that cover the college baseball, though.

A lot of players only had minor tweaking. It's good that you use more than one source. BP more credible in your opinion?

I've never been on board with BA's all tools all the time approach. Tools are well and good, but guys need to be able to hit, and just plain play baseball too. Being an athletic freak who can't hit or field only gets you so far

So I do prefer BP. But honestly to me the best is John Sickels. He used to be more of a SABR fundamentalist who wasn't much concerned with tools at all. Now I think he stikes a great balance between acknowledging tools are important and also incorporating SABR principles. So he's my main go to source for prospects.

[BaronA]

A good link for Sickels? I'll check him out. I agree that BA is a little too tools oriented. Bubba Starling probably ranked higher by them than anywhere else? ha A great athlete that probably will never transition into anything more than an average player.

You ever dig into Ron Shandler for fantasy projections?

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by BaronA

A good link for Sickels? I'll check him out. I agree that BA is a little too tools oriented. Bubba Starling probably ranked higher by them than anywhere else? ha A great athlete that probably will never transition into anything more than an average player.

You ever dig into Ron Shandler for fantasy projections?

Sickel's site is here.

He also publishes a prospect book that sells for $25-30 or so. That's where the real meaty info comes from but the blog has an enormous amount of (all free) info on it too. It's one of my very few regularly visited sites.

I don't play fantasy, so never much worried about fantasy projections

[IcePhoenix]

Another nitpicky thing (which I know you guys love)

Ron Gardenhire's (Twins Manager) contract expires at the end of this year but OOTP has him signed through 2016.

[haveband]

Originally Posted by IcePhoenix

Another nitpicky thing (which I know you guys love)

Ron Gardenhire's (Twins Manager) contract expires at the end of this year but OOTP has him signed through 2016.

Don't worry about whether or not it seems nitpicky, we want to know all this. The roster team is extremely small and we love having extra eyes on it to help us fix things. There are so many things to do in a short period of time that a lot frankly will get missed.

[mgom27]

Also he's on the Hot Seat to get Fired.
When it gets closer to the Draft and we know who's all going to be available to be Drafted might added them to the Draft File.

[dmacgreg37]

Originally Posted by lukasberger

Thanks! PG subscriber myself, I used their info far more than BA's, so there may be some discrepancies.

PG is what?

[haveband]

Originally Posted by dmacgreg37

PG is what?

Perfect Game. Perfect Game USA - World's Largest Baseball Scouting Service

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by dmacgreg37

PG is what?

Perfect Game. They have the best db for High School players. It's huge, with tons of info and dob's, velocities, 40 times, stuff you can't get anywhere else. State by state follow lists for the draft with 1000's of players, HS player rankings into the thousands. Just incredible stuff.

[dmacgreg37]

Originally Posted by haveband

Perfect Game. Perfect Game USA - World's Largest Baseball Scouting Service

Originally Posted by lukasberger

Perfect Game. They have the best db for High School players. It's huge, with tons of info and dob's, velocities, 40 times, stuff you can't get anywhere else.

Thanks guys.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by lukasberger

Perfect Game. They have the best db for High School players. It's huge, with tons of info and dob's, velocities, 40 times, stuff you can't get anywhere else. State by state follow lists for the draft with 1000's of players, HS player rankings into the thousands. Just incredible stuff.

The subscription's really pricey though. $200 for the level that gets you that stuff.

[AirmenSmith]

Came across this during a trade. Jordan Danks (Charlotte Knights) has a very very big contract.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by mgom27

Also he's on the Hot Seat to get Fired.
When it gets closer to the Draft and we know who's all going to be available to be Drafted might added them to the Draft File.

Well, I already know who's gonna get drafted, mostly. I have follow lists with thousands of players on them. Not so much where they'll be drafted, exactly, but then the MLB teams don't even know that yet!

We already have 640 draft eligible players in the db and I'm working on adding more.