CBL 2.2 Roster File now available! *Start of 2004 Season*

[CBLCardinals]

Please read below....


Get the file at...
JoeRock's Site

Thx Joe for hosting!!




CBL Version 2.2 *2004*
------------------------------------------------
Hey gang,

It’s been awhile, and with some free time during the recent holiday season I decided to make some changes to my CBL 2.1 Roster to make it “feel” more like the real life 2004 MLB Season.

Please note I hope this will give you a better representation of the 2004 season. Some teams may perform better in OOTP than they did in Real MLB (due to injuries, career years, etc). For the most part, expected teams should make the playoffs, however due to many variables, you may see some variation every time you simulate the season.

Also of note, some impact Rookies that started 2004 in the minors (such as David Wright and Zack Grienke) may have more playing time in the roster set than Real Life MLB.

Stat Totals are very close to the real season:
Please note the following players below have been edited or added from Version 2.1.
+ Player's ratings/talents increased
- Player's ratings/talents decreased
Blank: very minor changes to player


1b Bucky Jacobsen, SEA *Added*
rhp Jose Capellan, ATL +
of Charles Thomas, ATL *Added*
3b Chipper Jones, ATL <pos change to 3b, slightly decreased ratings>
3b Adrian Beltre, LA +
rhp Jaret Wright, ATL +
rhp Bronson Arroyo, BOS +
DH David Ortiz, BOS +
of Wily Mo Pena, CIN +
c Daric Barton, STL +
ss Khalil Greene, SD +
rhp Jake Peavy, SD +
rhp Ben Sheets, MIL +
3b Melvin Mora, BAL +
of Barry Bonds, SF + (Amazingly..yes hes BETTER now?!?!)
1b Jason Giambi, NY - *reduced Giambi’s ratings big time; however did not totally destroy him. Feel free to change as you deem necessary*
of Hideki Matsui, NY +
rhp Freddy Garcia, SEA +
3b Morgan Ensberg, HOU –
3b Mike Lamb, HOU –
1b Calvin Pickering, KC *Added*
1b Ken Harvey, KC –
c Victor Martinez, CLE +
1b Travis Hafner, CLE +
ss Carlos Guillen, DET +
ss Kaz Matsui, NYN –
3b David Wright, NYN +
rhp Brad Lidge, HOU +
lhp Rick Ankiel, STL +
rhp Jason Marquis, STL +
rhp Chris Carpenter, STL +
3b Scott Rolen, STL +
rhp Danny Kolb, MIL + (lower K’s, less BB’s)
1b Mark Teixeira, TEX +
rhp Ryan Drese, TEX +
rhp Chan Ho Park, TEX –
lhp Darrell May, KC –
lhp Brian Anderson, KC –
rhp Derek Lowe, BOS –
of David DeJesus, KC +
of Juan Gonzalez, KC –
1b Paul Konerko, CHA +
rhp Pedro Martinez, BOS –
rhp Josh Beckett, FLA –
rhp Brad Penny, FLA +
rhp Brandon Backe, HOU +
rhp Kevin Millwood, PHI –
lhp Randy Johnson, ARI +
of/2b Craig Biggio, HOU +
of John Mabry, STL +
2b/3b/of Chone Figgins, ANA +
rhp Curt Schilling, BOS +
c John Buck, HOU +
lhp Oliver Perez, PIT
ss Bobby Crosby
of Jermaine Dye, OAK +
rhp Ryan Wagner, CIN –
rhp Paul Wilson, CIN
rhp Zack Greinke, KC
rhp Jake Westbrook, CLE +
rhp Esteban Loaiza, CHA –
of Lew Ford, MIN +
of Ichiro, SEA +
of Johnny Damon, BOS +


Also please note I believe ALL injuries are restored as they were on Opening Day 2004 (from CBL 2.0 set)

The current financial settings should give you MOST of the major free agents that hit the market during the real life off season.
Large Market teams like New York(s), Los Angeles, Anaheim's WILL have more revenue to throw around than the smaller market teams such as Milwaukee, Tampa, Kansas City's of the league.

I wish I had more time to create a 2005 update, but just do not have the necessary free time.








CBL Version 2.1!
----------------------------------------
Special thanks to Andy Wyckoff aka akw451972.

Andy provided the Top 100 REAL Draftees to CBL 2.0! Now when you reach the draft,
you will have 100 real draftees at your disposal!

Other small changes I made:
* Jeremy Affeldt now listed as Closer
* slightly improved Tom Glavine, Kenny Rogers, Johhny Estrada, Ken Harvey.


Andy suggests keeping the draft in mid-June, with 5 rounds.




Thanks everyone,

Heath

aka CBLCardinals






CBLCardinals Version 2.0
MLB Opening Day Roster set for OOTP6!!
------------------------------------------

Hey gang,

Opening DAY is HERE!!!

Version 2.0 features:

* Opening Day Rosters for all teams (the REAL Opening Day of April 5th!)
* Players on the DL
* Trades as of Opening Day such as Milton Bradley, Roger Cedeno are reflecteted in the set.

Version 2.0 is based on an import of my CBL 1.3 file from OOTP5!


Due to the new ratings system, I tried to adjust them as needed; however with nearly 2,000 players its hard to catch everything.


I used the 1-10 system to rate players; so feel free to adjust any as you see fit!

I was pretty impressed with Sim results overall.
Please keep in mind however that OOTP does NOT recognize names, just ratings!!


I suggest using these GREAT add-ins:

Draft Dodgers Facepack

Ankit's 2004 stadium set


Special thanks to Markus for creating such a wonderful game!


Thanks everyone,

Heath

aka CBLCardinals










------------------------------------------


The end is HERE
First off, let me thank the following for their contributions to the roster set:

Michael Green- creating the REAL 2004 MLB Schedule
David C Helper- providing information on market size/loyalty/fan attendance/TV Rev.
Mike Pacetti- Salary/contract info
Winston Han- Stadium info and misc. info.
Jim Wisenberg- Misc info.


Gentlemen,

It’s been a long, long journey. The end is finally here!
After starting on this project in late December, I finally “feel” like I can enjoy the fruits of the labor involved! Hundreds upon HUNDREDS of hours were invested into this beast, and I hope everyone will enjoy the roster file!

Version 1.3 is now OUT!!!

GO GET IT!! (I encourage Joe and others with large server space to please place the file on your server!!)

Version 1.2 features:


* 2003 stats
* Splits for over 800+ players based on 3 year averages (2001, 2002, 2003).
* REAL MLB 2004 schedule
* Realistic finances; Large market teams earn more-Small market less.
* Salaries set to 70%
* 40 man rosters (might have missed a few). Should be close to 98-99% accurate as of January.
* League histories updated with information from 2003 season. (MVP, Gold Gloves, etc)
* Career leaders feature the real MLB all-time leaders.

Version 1.3 includes:

* ALL Prospects in John Sickels 2004 Baseball Prospect Book. Yep, that’s right…nearly 1,000 PROSPECTS!!!
* MOST Non-Roster Spring Training invitees
* Up-to-date major injuries as of March 15th, 2004.
* Teams feature anywhere from 55-75 players on their ROSTER!
* Prospects placed approximately at the level they should be! (* I tried my best on information provided…most should be at the level they will compete at this year, or ended 2003 at.)


Here is my chart I used to interpret John Sickels scouting reports on prospects. John gives the prospect anywhere from an “A” (ie SUPER elite) to “C-“ (fringe player at best)



To convert his letters into “Stars”, here is a general chart I followed:
Sickels Letter grade – OOTP STARS

A: 4.5-5.0
A-: 4.0-4.5
B+:3.5-4.0
B: 3.0-3.5
B-: 3.0
C+: 2.5
C: 2.0-2.5
C-: 2.0



I’ve also entered appropriate velocity, and pitches per information I was provided.

Same with hitters; some fielders I was not provided with ample information on fielding/arm ratings…. For most of these players I set them to “average” (C range, C arm)

Sadly, this is now the end of my journey with you. Due to work and college, I will not be able to update this set.


Some things I wanted to get to, but didn’t:
• Alter Birthdates (to NOT be in ALL CAPS)
• Assign correct jersey numbers for players.

Both of these are purely “eye-candy”, and were left out.

If you disagree with any ratings/talents, feel free to change them to whatever you want!!!

Thanks to everyone for your support!


-Heath

CBLCardinals

[JoeRockEHF]

You have the link wrong up above. You have a double http:// in there. Great work on the rosters CBL!

Edit -- Okay, the link works now.

[jbmagic]

does this roster includes the latest trades and free agent that happen in the major league?

[halofan26]

the set will also be available at my site as soon as i get home and get it on the site

[CBLCardinals]

Thx Halo for also hosting the file

JB:
Actually the file does not have up to date trades... it starts at the beginning of the 2004 season.

[halofan26]

you are all set up on Simleaguecentral.com

[CBLCardinals]

Originally Posted by halofan26

you are all set up on Simleaguecentral.com

Thx Mike!!!

[Mike D]

Great job.

[Vris]

Excellent work CB. You put a lot of hard work into this. Thanks.

[jbmagic]

The Roster is great.


thanks

[CBLCardinals]

Thx for the kind words gentlemen

[James M. Rousseau]

Why the Kaz -? He's going to get better.

[Myghty]

Good work Man!

[gocubsgo]

Hey the roster set looks great just one quick question. All of the National and Local TV contracts are set until 2054, what is the reasoning for that?

[CBLCardinals]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

Hey the roster set looks great just one quick question. All of the National and Local TV contracts are set until 2054, what is the reasoning for that?

I set them that way intentionally; this will keep small market teams basically "small" and HUGE market teams huge (financially speaking)

Feel free to adjust it as you see fit

[gocubsgo]

Thats what i figured but just wanted to be sure. Thanks for the great work.