MLB 12 The Show Player Ratings Video - Top 9 Players Per Team

[Cavicchi]

I was surprised to see Pedroia above Adrian Gonzalez, Montero over Ackley, Soriano over Granderson, and Braun...well...luck is an important factor in baseball. I know Posey had a great first year, but not so sure he should be that highly rated. Hosmer had a great first year and he isn't rated as highly as Posey. Soria of KC looks rated on par with Venters! Napoli had a great season but he has not played much at catcher; in fact, he was not the team's number one catcher. Torealba played 98 games at catcher (started 95) to Napoli's 61 at C (started 57) and 35 at 1B.

[decga]

First of all thanks to the Philly fan. See how nice we are down south.. I was noticing the contracts I see actually Tullo w/Rockies has the lengthy and most valuable contract @ 17.7/9 $159.3. If you are a franchise player like myself this video comes in handy. Advance scouting.. Jose Bautista last year of contract in the game, Mcclutchen w/Pirates and he is 25. I know who to go after at the beginning of franchise. I cant wait til the day we are able to negoiate contracts during the season.

[decga]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

What's the deal with the contracts? They all say 1 out of something. Is no one in their second or third year of a deal? I don't understand this.

I believe this is how they always start at the beginning of a franchise. If the player is in the final year of contract before the roster was completed it will say 1/1.

[metsfan4life1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mabster

I'm not sure which sucks more; that fuentes is the highest rated or that he's our closer. From my OG EVO 4G

JohanOis our highest rated player yet he hasn't pitched in a year and a half. But he should still be where he's at. But if you saw Santana's attributes, there slightly above average. And his control is way too low.. He only walks around 58 per year.. He has to prove he has control like that before they take that much away form him. Anyways, the mets are rated 26!! If you tell me that they're really that bad, I don't know. We got no respect. A lot of our better players are lower than a Tim Brydak.. Really? Tim was okay last year, he's overrated in the game. If I wasn't to edit our better players( Murph, Davis, and Duda) then I would have no chance at of least winning every 1/5 controlled games. And I won't cheat, but Dan, Ike, and Lucas are not below average players.. We are underrated as team in fielding and hitting. But that will change when I edit the players to where they should be based on last year and their overall actual potential, referring to real life potential.

[jmik58]

I was shocked to see Hamilton below a guy like Cruz. Neli can mash the ball but so can JH, and for average.

The speed and defensive attributes should put Hamilton over the top of Cruz who has a cannon for an arm, but I'm a little confused overall.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

Quote: Originally Posted by ty5oke

The contracts ala Howard (4M) and Werth (3.5M) kill a bit of the realism for franchise.

I wanted to comment on a few things I have seen in the thread. Contracts are based predominantly on ratings, maybe some players are given higher salaries IDK. But I do know they can not be accurate per MLB. This has been this way for as long as I can remember. Last year I believe Jose Reyes never got more than 6 million.

Also about all contracts starting in year 1. (1/9 etc.) The contract lengths are pretty accurate. If a guy signed a 10 year deal LAST year this season on MLB the Show it will say 1/9 instead of 2/10. I am sure it was done for simplicity sake. Really doesn't matter.

Edit: If you really want certain players to have higher contracts. In the Roster editor jack the player all the way up, then release him to FA 3 and then back to the team. The player will then be assigned a new contract and you can edit his ratings back down. The only thing is you may have to do this a few times because contract length is random when you do this workaround.

[douggoud]

The Angels top 9 looks good (they finally got it right that Weaver is better than Haren, lol) untill the last couple. Where the hell is Trumbo? lol, Kendrick is better than Aybar, and Trumbo is better than Aybar (even if he wasn't as good an overall hitter as Aybar), his power and his fielding (being about the same or a bit worse than Aybar) make him better than Aybar.

[AUTiger1]

Quote: Originally Posted by decga

First of all thanks to the Philly fan. See how nice we are down south.. I was noticing the contracts I see actually Tullo w/Rockies has the lengthy and most valuable contract @ 17.7/9 $159.3. If you are a franchise player like myself this video comes in handy. Advance scouting.. Jose Bautista last year of contract in the game, Mcclutchen w/Pirates and he is 25. I know who to go after at the beginning of franchise. I cant wait til the day we are able to negoiate contracts during the season.

But Jose Bautista just signed a new 5-year deal before the start of last year so he should have at least 4 years on his contract.