MLB 15 The Show: AL Diamond Dynasty Stock Watch (8-17-15)

[ChaseB]

Players On The Rise

Manny Machado was given Diamond status this week, a week after many thought he would go Diamond. In general, this update was in many ways the second major update after last week's massive changes. Young players were given lots of love in this update in both the AL and NL (as you'll see in the next article). In addition, physical attributes and defensive attributes were touched for some players. For example, on defense Machado received an upgrade to his ratings, which helped him achieve Diamond status.

In general though, it was the young guys who perhaps got some love now for putting together solid seasons to this point. Trevor May, Preston Tucker, Mike Montgomery, Caleb Joseph, Delino DeShields Jr., Bo Schultz and Cody Anderson all got serious attention.

The other big-time players who got love included Josh Donaldson, Dellin Betances, Brian Dozier (Gold again), Chris Archer, Jason Kipnis, Corey Kluber, Wade Davis and Chris Davis (though his came via a position swap).

Tier Changes

(All thanks go to Daddy Leagues for these numbers! They're so on the ball I no longer have to sync up before and after roster update video clips to do all the changes myself.)

• Bo Schultz went from Common to Bronze
• Manny Machado went from Gold to Diamond
• Caleb Joseph went from Bronze to Silver
• Mike Wright went from Common to Bronze
• Matt Andriese went from Common to Bronze
• Alex Colome went from Common to Bronze
• Ryan Madson went from Bronze to Silver
• Brian Dozier went from Silver to Gold
• Trevor May went from Common to Bronze
• Scott Carroll went from Common to Bronze
• Vince Velasquez went from Common to Bronze
• Preston Tucker went from Common to Bronze
• Billy Burns went from Bronze to Silver
• Chris Bassitt went from Bronze to Silver
• Fernando Rodriguez went from Common to Bronze
• Delino DeShields Jr. went from Bronze to Silver
• Mike Montgomery went from Common to Bronze

Full List Of Changes

Dellin Betances +2 boost in Overall rating (91 Overall)
Josh Donaldson +2 (95) -- +1 Con vs. R / +5 Con vs. L / +4 Pwr vs. R / +3 Pwr vs. L
Roberto Osuna +4 (82)
Bo Schultz +13 (77)
Manny Machado +3 (94) -- +4 Con vs. L / +2 Pwr vs. R / +10 Pwr vs. L
Chris Davis +3 (84)
Caleb Joseph +8 (81) -- +1 Con vs. R / +1 Con vs. L / +9 Pwr vs. R / +17 Pwr vs. L
Mike Wright +5 (69)
Ryan Flaherty +5 (68)
Chris Archer +2 (92)
Matt Andriese +9 (67)
Alex Colome +4 (70)
Xander Bogaerts +2 (83) -- +4 Con vs. R
Eduardo Rodriguez +1 (76)
Wade Davis +1 (90)
Salvador Perez +2 (82) -- +9 Pwr vs. R
Ryan Madson +4 (81)
Kendrys Morales +1 (75)
Brian Dozier +2 (85) -- -6 Con vs. R / -10 Con vs. L / +13 Pwr vs. R / +18 Pwr vs. L
Trevor May +15 (77)
Aaron Hicks +3 (76) -- +15 Speed
J.R. Graham +7 (67)
Aaron Thompson +5 (65)
James McCann +5 (76) -- +4 Con vs. R / +25 Con vs. L / -1 Pwr vs. R / +8 Pwr vs. L
Shane Greene +2 (72)
Daniel Norris +2 (71)
Kyle Lobstein +1 (71)
Bruce Rondon +3 (64)
Carlos Rodon +1 (76)
Scott Carroll +4 (71)
Carlos Sanchez +3 (65)
Corey Kluber +1 (91)
Jason Kipnis +4 (89) -- +5 Con vs. R / +16 Pwr vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. L
Chris Johnson +2 (76)
Cody Anderson +6 (75)
George Springer +1 (84) +3 Con vs. L / -11 Pwr vs. R / +12 Pwr vs. L
Vince Velasquez +8 (77)
Preston Tucker +12 (77) -- +27 Con vs. R / -5 Con vs. L / +26 Pwr vs. R / -6 Pwr vs. L
Scott Feldman +4 (75)
Billy Burns +4 (80)
Jesse Hahn +4 (82)
Chris Bassitt +7 (78)
Fernando Rodriguez +10 (77)
Kendall Graveman +1 (71)
Andrew Heaney +2 (80)
Rougned Odor +1 (81)
Delino DeShields Jr. +2 (78) -- +11 Con vs. R / -3 Con vs. L / -9 Pwr vs. R / -17 Pwr vs. L
Mike Montgomery +9 (76)
Roenis Elias +5 (76)

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[calhawk]

ChaseB great breakdown. The only thing I'm wondering about is Brandon Crawford. He is at an 86 now but I'm wondering if it was just his overall that changed? You also mentioned daddy leagues as your source but I'm still seeing the old attributes on their website. I know I could just get on a console but I'm at work and was just wondering if anyone could give me info on Brandon Crawford. Thanks!

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[theu715]

I've seen someone else post this multiple times, but Kevin Kiermaier of the Rays is getting hosed defensively in this game. He is one of the best CF in baseball right now (I'm speaking defensively here). His reaction and read on balls is top notch. He makes incredible plays every week. Has a strong and accurate arm (not 90+ level, but 85+ for sure) and has speed for days. As far as speed, base running aggressiveness and stealing, he's also extremely underrated. The OSFM update has his speed at 96 and that is probably about right, but his aggressiveness on the bases is not matched. He's turned at least 7 singles into doubles this year, which may not seem like much, but for a team like Tampa that struggles to get runs that extra base means a lot. His base stealing isn't that great, as he's just beginning to learn how to get good jumps. Sorry for the rant, but he's a lower rated guy who is being overlooked big time for his defensive abilities and speed. If you want to watch an exciting baseball player he's right up there. Rant done.

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by calhawk

ChaseB great breakdown. The only thing I'm wondering about is Brandon Crawford. He is at an 86 now but I'm wondering if it was just his overall that changed? You also mentioned daddy leagues as your source but I'm still seeing the old attributes on their website. I know I could just get on a console but I'm at work and was just wondering if anyone could give me info on Brandon Crawford. Thanks! Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Yeah Daddy Leagues only updated the Overalls, so I had to manually go in and scope out the ratings changes themselves. I assume they didn't update on DLeagues because of the roster update issue on consoles impacting the ratings in the front end -- which may be where Daddy Leagues auto pulls the actual ratings from rather than within DD.

Anyway the NL update is up so you can find out for yourself about Crawford (spoiler: yes, his power did get bumped!)

Quote: Originally Posted by theu715

I've seen someone else post this multiple times, but Kevin Kiermaier of the Rays is getting hosed defensively in this game. He is one of the best CF in baseball right now (I'm speaking defensively here). His reaction and read on balls is top notch. He makes incredible plays every week. Has a strong and accurate arm (not 90+ level, but 85+ for sure) and has speed for days. As far as speed, base running aggressiveness and stealing, he's also extremely underrated. The OSFM update has his speed at 96 and that is probably about right, but his aggressiveness on the bases is not matched. He's turned at least 7 singles into doubles this year, which may not seem like much, but for a team like Tampa that struggles to get runs that extra base means a lot. His base stealing isn't that great, as he's just beginning to learn how to get good jumps. Sorry for the rant, but he's a lower rated guy who is being overlooked big time for his defensive abilities and speed. If you want to watch an exciting baseball player he's right up there. Rant done.

The Kiermaier point continues to be solid. His defensive ratings are quite solid I could argue for a CF in Show -- compared against other big names -- but the stealing and other physical attributes are a fair point. This update seemed to target on making a bunch of guys slower rather than faster, unfortunate for Kiermaier.

[baseballsim]

I wonder how Daddy Leagues taps into these player attributes. I don't think they use video clips like we would try to do.

A while back, I used to take screenshots and OCR'd images (for each player!) but there's no way this can be done weekly, lol.

[Teirminator]

I'm wondering how Kipnis manages to get a ratings boost while spending the last 2+ weeks on the DL?

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by baseballsim

I wonder how Daddy Leagues taps into these player attributes. I don't think they use video clips like we would try to do. A while back, I used to take screenshots and OCR'd images (for each player!) but there's no way this can be done weekly, lol.

Yeah I mean I made my best guess. I think it's clearly automated on some level, otherwise they are way too fast at updates. But if the attributes didn't update, then it makes me think they're auto-pulling them from the front-end roster rather than the one in DD (as DD is the only place the roster update took effect).

Quote: Originally Posted by Teirminator

I'm wondering how Kipnis manages to get a ratings boost while spending the last 2+ weeks on the DL?

Yeah, I mean some of this seemed like a reaction to the major update. Where maybe they weighted the last three years, and then this week added a bit more focus back to how the player is doing this year as there were a bunch of changes to major players who got tweaked last week.

[Gambit1193]

Quote: Originally Posted by Teirminator

I'm wondering how Kipnis manages to get a ratings boost while spending the last 2+ weeks on the DL?

Because he's the best 2nd basemen in the league and should've never been dropped to 85 in the first place lol so obviously some of these updates were correcting the mistakes they did in the big one.