Predict Your Team's Roster and Ratings for MLB 14 The Show

[BravoSir]

To really kick off Spring Training, predict your favorite team's roster and ratings!

I'll start it off with the Atlanta Braves!

Team:
Pitching (3rd)
Batting (12th)
Defense (5th)
Overall (7th)

Lineup:
1. RF Jason Heyward (88)
2. LF Justin Upton (88)
3. 1B Freddie Freeman (93)
4. C Evan Gattis (85)
5. 3B Chris Johnson (83)
6. 2B Dan Uggla (77)
7. SS Andrelton Simmons (86)
8. CF B.J. Upton (84)

Bench:
1. C Gerald Laird (71)
2. IF Ramiro Pena (67)
3. OF Jordan Schafer (70)
4. C/1B Ryan Doumit (80)
5. IF Tyler Pastornicky (70)

Rotation
1. Kris Medlen (90)
2. Mike Minor (88)
3. Julio Teheran (87)
4. Brandon Beachy (84)
5. Alex Wood (78)

Bullpen
1. Craig Kimbrel (99)
2. Jordan Walden (85)
3. Jonny Venters (83)
4. David Carpenter (84)
5. Luis Avilan (87)
6. Anthony Varvaro (79)
7. Freddy Garcia (75)

[RecordBreakerCF]

Here's what I got for my New York Yankees

Team:
Pitching (11th)
Batting (5th)
Defense (12th)
Overall (8th)

Lineup
1. CF Jacoby Ellsbury (94)
2. SS Derek Jeter (85)
3. RF Carlos Beltran (97)
4. DH Alfonso Soriano (92)
5. 1B Mark Teixeira (88)
6. C Brian McCann (90)
7. 3B Kelly Johnson (77)
8. 2B Brian Roberts (69)
9. LF Brett Gardner (82)

Bench
1. C Francisco Cervelli (71)
2. IF Brendan Ryan (57)
3. OF Ichiro Suzuki (74)

Starting Rotation
1. CC Sabathia (87)
2. Hiroki Kuroda (89)
3. Masahiro Tanaka (93)
4. Ivan Nova (88)
5. Michael Pineda (85)

Bullpen
1. David Robertson (95)
2. Shawn Kelley (78)
3. Preston Claiborne (77)
4. Vidal Nuno (82)
5. David Phelps (79)
6. Adam Warren (80)
7. Matt Thornton (75)
8. Mark Montgomery (87)

[JoeCoolMan24]

According to this thread, Carlos Beltran is an MVP candidate (97!??! LOL) and Tanaka is already an All-star pitcher, and borderline cy young candidate... Yeeeesh.

I'll go ahead and do start lineup and rotation for my team....

Team:
Pitching (12th)
Batting (22nd)
Defense (21st)
Overall (22nd)


1) CF Adam Eaton (80)
2) SS Alexei Ramirez (84)
3) RF Avisail Garcia (78)
4) DH Adam Dunn (74)
5) 1B Jose Abreu (85)
6) LF Dayan Viciedo (77)
7) 3B Matt Davidson (76)
8) C Adrian Nieto (66)/ Tyler Flowers (65)
9) 2B Gordon Beckham (73)

SP) Chris Sale (97)
SP) Jose Quintana (87)
SP) John Danks (83)
SP) Erik Johnson (77)
SP) Felipe Paulino (73)

CL) Nate Jones (83)

That's about a 74-77 win team, IMO.

[pittsburgher86]

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team:
Pitching (9th)
Batting (13th)
Defense (7th)
Overall (10th)

Lineup:
1. LF Starling Marte (87)
2. RF Jose Tabata (77)
3. CF Andrew McCutchen (99)
4. 3B Pedro Alvarez (85)
5. 2B Neil Walker (83)
6. 1B Gaby Sanchez (74)
7. C Russell Martin (85)
8. SS Jordy Mercer (80)

Bench:
C Chris Stewart (69)
1B/RF Andrew Lambo (69)
3B/2B/LF/RF Josh Harrison (73)
SS/2B Clint Barmes (74)
OF Travis Snider (72)

Rotation
1. Francisco Liriano (93)
2. Gerrit Cole (87)
3. Charlie Morton (82)
4. Jeff Locke (80)
5. Edinson Volquez (77)

Bullpen
LR Jeanmar Gomez (77)
LR Vin Mazzaro (70)
MRP Bryan Morris (73)
MRP Justin Wilson (84)
MRP Tony Watson (87)
SU Mark Melancon (89)
CL Jason Grilli (91)

[chaz526]

Texas Rangers

Team:
Pitching (7th)
Batting (3rd)
Defense (10th)
Overall (4th)

Lineup:
1. LF Shin Soo-Choo (89)
2. SS Elvis Andrus (91)
3. 1B Prince Fielder (88)
4. 3B Adrian Beltre (97)
5. RF Alex Rios (84)
6. DH Mitch Moreland (78)
7. CF Leonys Martin (76)
8. 2B Jurickson Profar (78)
9. C Geovany Soto (74)

Bench:
C J.P. Arencibia (68)
C/1B Robinson Chirinos (65)
OF Michael Choice (72)
OF Engel Beltre (69)
IF Adam Rosales (70)

Rotation
1. Yu Darvish (99)
2. Derek Holland (89) (injured)
3. Matt Harrison (86)
4. Martin Perez (84)
5. Alexi Ogando (81)

Bullpen
LR Tommy Hanson (71)
LR Michael Kirkman (68)
MRP Neal Cotts (90)
MRP Robbie Ross (85)
MRP Tanner Scheppers (84)
SU Joakim Soria (87)
CL Neftali Feliz (87)

[breakfastcat]

My predictions for the Angels (Not necessarily what I think the SHOULD be, but just how I think the devs will rate them.

Team:
Pitching (18th)
Batting (5th)
Defense (11th)
Overall (12th)

Lineup:
1. RF Kole Calhoun (80)
2. CF Mike Trout (99)
3. 1B Albert Pujols (93)
4. LF Josh Hamilton (92)
5. DH Raul Ibanez (76)
6. 2B Howie Kendrick (86)
7. 3B David Freese (79)
8. C Chris Iannetta (84)
9. Erick Aybar (85)

Bench:
1. C Hank Conger (71)
2. 2B Grant Green (69)
3. OF JB Shuck (79)
4. SS Andrew Romine (77)


Rotation
1. Jered Weaver (91)
2. CJ Wilson (92)
3. Garrett Richards (82)
4. Hector Santiago (84)
5. Tyler Skaggs (78)

Bullpen
1. Joe Blanton (69)
2. Dane De La Rosa (81)
3. Fernando Salas (79)
4. Kevin Jepsen (80)
5. Joe Smith (86)
6. Sean Burnett (85)
7. Ernesto Frieri (90)

[Sora_529]

Minnesota Twins

Pitching (29th)
Batting (21st)
Defense (22nd)
Overall (26th)

Lineup:
1. CF Alex Presley (72)
2. 2B Brian Dozier (78)
3. 1B Joe Mauer (92)
4. RF Oswaldo Arcia (77)
5. LF Josh Willingham (80)
6. 3B Trevor Plouffe (79)
7. C Kurt Suzuki (76)
8. DH Chris Colabello (70)
9. SS Pedro Florimon (71)

Bench:
CF Aaron Hicks (68)
RF/1B Chris Parmelee (69)
C Josmil Pinto (70)
UTIL Eduardo Escobar (65)

Rotation:
1. Ricky Nolasco (83)
2. Phil Hughes (80)
3. Sam Deduno (74)
4. Mike Pelfrey (72)
5. Vance Worley (75)

Bullpen:
LR Scott Diamond (68)
LR Kevin Correa (72)
MR Brian Duensing (70)
MR Caleb Thielbar (75)
MR Casey Fien (76)
SU Jared Burton (80)
CL Glen Perkins (87)

[cardinalbird5]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeCoolMan24

According to this thread, Carlos Beltran is an MVP candidate (97!??! LOL) and Tanaka is already an All-star pitcher, and borderline cy young candidate... Yeeeesh. I'll go ahead and do start lineup and rotation for my team.... Team: Pitching (12th) Batting (22nd) Defense (21st) Overall (22nd) 1) CF Adam Eaton (80) 2) SS Alexei Ramirez (84) 3) RF Avisail Garcia (78) 4) DH Adam Dunn (74) 5) 1B Jose Abreu (85) 6) LF Dayan Viciedo (77) 7) 3B Matt Davidson (76) 8) C Adrian Nieto (66)/ Tyler Flowers (65) 9) 2B Gordon Beckham (73) SP) Chris Sale (97) SP) Jose Quintana (87) SP) John Danks (83) SP) Erik Johnson (77) SP) Felipe Paulino (73) CL) Nate Jones (83) That's about a 74-77 win team, IMO.

Beltran was a 98 overall last year. MLB's ratings are significantly higher than a game like NBA 2k or Madden. Since there are so many positions a 95+ only means they play that position well and doesn't necessarily make them an MVP candidate. I am sure you knew that anyways.

I guess I'll play along too.

Team: Cardinals
Pitching (2nd)
Batting (8th)
Defense (20th)
Overall (1st)


1) CF Jon Jay (80)
2) SS Johnnie Peralta (88)
3) RF Allen Craig (91)
4) 1B Matt Adams (84)
5) LF Matt Holliday (90)
6) 3B Matt Carpenter (89)
7) C Yadier Molina (99)
8) 2B Kolten Wong (75)

Bench:
Peter Bourjos (77)
Shane Robinson (79)
Mark Ellis (77)
Tony Cruz (72)
Daniel Descalso (70)

SP) Adam Wainwright (99)
SP) Michael Wacha (90)
SP) Jaime Garcia (85)
SP) Lance Lynn (88)
SP) Shelby Miller (89)

RP)Kevin Siegrest (90)
RP)Carlos Martinez (86)
RP)Jason Motte (89)
RP)Randy Choate (79)
RP)Seth Maness (80)
RP)Joe Kelly (86)
CL) Trevor Rosenthal (93)

MLB tends to overrate our veterans and underrate the younger guys. I hope our young pitchers all get their appropriate ratings. I don't want to be using Wacha online if he is only like a 74 overall with a mediocre changeup.