MLB 14 The Show - Top 9 Players at Each Position

[thaSLAB]

Quote: Originally Posted by HustlinOwl

keep relievers low nothing like Fantasy Drafts and seeing the AI take all relievers

Yep, solves the problem of relievers being overvalued. It changes the game, literally.

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[tylerh]

Quote: Originally Posted by RedsFan19

How is A-rod a 84.......? Really....? Should be a 70 something... But everything looks good other than the relief pitcher. Man they're low. They're should be a couple 90's. As a Reds fan I'm mad that Votto is only a 91.. Wait, I don't remember if it's that.. But it's close should be a 95 or 96. He came off a knee injury so his power & glove should be back this year. He was a 98 last year. I could understand if he went down to a 95 or 96. But yeah, I'm going to edit some ratings. Especially the Relief pitchers. I don't really like that.

If you just start editing ratings to get relievers to where you think they belong you screw up all of the sim stats, contracts, trades, and the fantasy draft if you do that. The overall rating is supposed to show how valuable a player is in comparison to the rest of the league, and relievers are by far the least valuable position, hence why their ratings are low.

As for Votto, a 91 is still very much an elite player, just not in the upper echelon with guys like Trout, Miggy, and McCutchen. If you listed all the players in the league and sorted them by overall I'm sure Votto would fall approximately where he belongs in relation to the rest of the league.

[tylerh]

Quote: Originally Posted by thaSLAB

Yep, solves the problem of relievers being overvalued. It changes the game, literally. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk

It's gonna fix so many of the problems I had with re-signing relievers. Venters would often ask for like $5 million or more per year. No thanks Jonny.

[wolfpack23]

First off I love how the ratings are looking. It's nice to see that 90 ratings aren't being thrown around like they are going out of style.

However, my one criticism...and I should be used to this by now since he plays for Oakland is how Josh Donaldson is not up there on the top 9 third basemen in the game but A-rod is. I would be fine with it if you swapped A-Rod out for Manny Machado since third base is such a deep spot right now in MLB but honestly A-Rod should have had this rating three seasons ago.

Off of my rant now. Let me know if anyone has a counter to why he wouldn't make the list. Maybe I am off my rocker, but every statistical category for third basemen has Josh Donaldson near the top.

Edit: I wanted to note that I am nitpicking at this point to keep a constructive conversation going. I have bought the show every year for the past eight years and every year it gets better. I can't wait for the release on ps4 5/6 because until then my console is just building up dust while I play the show 13.

[cardinals57]

Just curious what you guys think Matt Carpenters rating should be? I didn't see him on the list....

[wolfpack23]

Quote: Originally Posted by cardinals57

Just curious what you guys think Matt Carpenters rating should be? I didn't see him on the list....

I would think he would be at least an 83 or 84. He moved to third base this season after the Freese trade. Since that's such a deep position he probably just fell off the list.

[MLB Bob]

Just to chime in, like the new rating system..I like the change in overalls and fewer 90's and upper 90's players.

Also to have my input on people stating things like "so and so" is old and wont be that good this year..you people do realize these arent projections or ratings based on projections right? They are ratings based on past performance and weighted averages with positional attributes weighted differently. They will be updated and changed as new stats become available. If they were projections Im sure they may be different..

relax...they are video game ratings and it doesnt mean a player cant out preform their MLBTS ratings..k?

[ebarws6]

Quote: Originally Posted by wolfpack23

First off I love how the ratings are looking. It's nice to see that 90 ratings aren't being thrown around like they are going out of style. However, my one criticism...and I should be used to this by now since he plays for Oakland is how Josh Donaldson is not up there on the top 9 third basemen in the game but A-rod is. I would be fine with it if you swapped A-Rod out for Manny Machado since third base is such a deep spot right now in MLB but honestly A-Rod should have had this rating three seasons ago. Off of my rant now. Let me know if anyone has a counter to why he wouldn't make the list. Maybe I am off my rocker, but every statistical category for third basemen has Josh Donaldson near the top. Edit: I wanted to note that I am nitpicking at this point to keep a constructive conversation going. I have bought the show every year for the past eight years and every year it gets better. I can't wait for the release on ps4 5/6 because until then my console is just building up dust while I play the show 13.

This was my first reaction. Couldn't believe he wouldn't be up in the top 10. No idea why that would be, but whatever.