MLB 14 The Show OSFM Hybrid Roster - V2 Released

[WaitTilNextYear]

Quote: Originally Posted by HopiDesertPriest

how was pitch control determined ? thanks.

That's a question for jeezy and his pitch edits thread. We didn't compile the pitch data--jeezy did all that. We just took his data and entered it into the game (and by we I mean authenic and ILFT mainly).

[justcallmedaddy]

Great roster man, really looking forward to starting a franchise with these.

One question though, and I don't mean to sound like an *******, but did you forget to edit Adam Eaton and Tyler Flowers? Or is there a reason why they're 67 ovr and 68 ovr respectively? It's just my opinion that they're better players than that, and I'll leave it alone if you do think they are around that skillset, but I thought I'd just bring it to your attention to maybe look at them a little closer.

Tyler Flowers has been hitting at .293 (over .300 before a ****ty series in Cleveland) this year, much improved from his .195 avg from last year, with .354 OBP which was also a huge improvement from last year at .247.

Adam Eaton isn't lighting it up with only a .267 BA but he has a respectable .329 OBP and 15 RBI's at the lead-off position to go along with some pretty good defense. And I don't think he should be 2 overall points worse than Alejandro De Aza who has a .177 BA with a .240 OBP. The only thing I can really see that he does better is 2 more RBI's on 30 more plate appearances and running the bases.

Again, I was only wanting to bring this to your attention. If you still feel they should stay at their respective overalls, I understand and I'll just make the edits myself. (I also recommend taking a look at Dayan Viciedo too though, who I also think shouldn't be worse than De Aza.)

[WaitTilNextYear]

It's really hard to look at two months from a guy who hit .195 last year and call for a ratings boost, lol. IMO, I think a 68 OVR is too generous for a guy like Flowers...if OVR meant anything special. Remember to look at specific attributes, they are more important than OVR

I'm sure Willard and the gang will look at it, though don't expect any new releases in the immediate future--the team is actually going to play the game a little.

I'd suggest to those who have minor gripes about your team...use the roster base and edit it to your liking. A lot of the "I think this guy is underrated" is often a personal opinion not shared by all (especially not by the ZiPS projections).

[ch46647]

Love these rosters!

Only two concerns are

1. Draft class players coming in way to high due to lowered overalls

2. Players not asking for enough money in FA and throwing the team budgets out of whack.

I know many of you SIM a lot, have you folks seen any glaring issues with either of the above concerns? If so, is there an easy "workaround"?

Thanks!!

[justcallmedaddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear

It's really hard to look at two months from a guy who hit .195 last year and call for a ratings boost, lol. IMO, I think a 68 OVR is too generous for a guy like Flowers...if OVR meant anything special. Remember to look at specific attributes, they are more important than OVR I'm sure Willard and the gang will look at it, though don't expect any new releases in the immediate future--the team is actually going to play the game a little. I'd suggest to those who have minor gripes about your team...use the roster base and edit it to your liking. A lot of the "I think this guy is underrated" is often a personal opinion not shared by all (especially not by the ZiPS projections).

I understand that, and I'm not asking for anybody to make these guys high 80's overalls, I just don't think either of them should be "Bench players and career minor league players" as the 60+ ovr is supposed to represent.

I'm not going to try to sway your opinion on Flowers, but I just think a .300 hitter and .350 OBP hitter(albeit early) should have better contact hitting than 30, and maybe a little boost to his throw power.

And again, just like I said in my previous statement, if he feels the need to stick by his current ratings, I'm fine with that and will make my own edits, I am only bringing this to his attention.

[PleasedToMeetMe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Willard76

Honestly I am not sure - I just want to enjoy the game a bit - if someone wants to volunteer to do that, we have a good list to work from

Willard76, could you please upload the list or give me a link?

[WaitTilNextYear]

Quote: Originally Posted by ch46647

Love these rosters! Only two concerns are 1. Draft class players coming in way to high due to lowered overalls 2. Players not asking for enough money in FA and throwing the team budgets out of whack. I know many of you SIM a lot, have you folks seen any glaring issues with either of the above concerns? If so, is there an easy "workaround"? Thanks!!

1. Draft classes are not editable. so there's nothing you can do except stop worrying! lol. If you want to downgrade each drafted prospect's potential/ratings, you have to do that manually. Or you could just think of your franchise as entering a golden era of baseball with lots of talent. Pick your poison.

2. You can use 30-team control, if only for the offseason, and you can sign guys to fair contracts yourself. A bit of work, yes, but doable if the contracts are bothering you. Also, think about it this way, if all players are asking for less money equally, what has really changed? It should affect the league equally. Big market teams will still be able to throw their weight around more. Maybe some small market teams will have a better shot at signing a few good players, but they still can't sign the quantity that the big budget teams can.

Quote: Originally Posted by titanjezzy

Willard76, could you please upload the list or give me a link?

The beard edit was already completed by Willard and released last night. Read back through the thread and you'll see it. It's in the roster vault as OSFM 2014 Hybrid V2a.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Quote: Originally Posted by justcallmedaddy

I understand that, and I'm not asking for anybody to make these guys high 80's overalls, I just don't think either of them should be "Bench players and career minor league players" as the 60+ ovr is supposed to represent. I'm not going to try to sway your opinion on Flowers, but I just think a .300 hitter and .350 OBP hitter(albeit early) should have better contact hitting than 30, and maybe a little boost to his throw power. And again, just like I said in my previous statement, if he feels the need to stick by his current ratings, I'm fine with that and will make my own edits, I am only bringing this to his attention.

That's fine, we can agree to disagree on Flowers, but my point in responding to you was just to advise you that if you are just waiting on an updated V2.1 version with an edited Flowers to start a chise, you shouldn't. The reason being that the next version will not be out as quickly as this past update was. So it would be more timely for you to apply those small number of edits you want to your V2 download--that's more what I was saying.

All suggestions are welcome of course.

EDIT: By the way...how sustainable do you think Flowers' .456 BABIP is? While striking out at a 35% clip and managing an ISO under .100?