Fiddy Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Floyd looks fine in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjjones Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I've sent Anaheim's affiliates to the billfitchATgmail.com address. They just need a lookover and some fairly minor touchups. I'll start work on the Boston Red Sox, unless somebody has already started on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjjones Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Chip Ambres can be copied over from the 2004 game to 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjjones Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 George Lombard can be copied over from the 2004 game to 2005. Both he and Ambres are in the Boston minors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theFATTY Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Monday and most likely NO, it looks like tuesday for the reds Alright thanks man, one question though. Will you just have the High A players? Or the best overall? Like if a prospect is in Low A, in Dayton, will you move him up because he will be more of a factor down the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusdabum Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Could you possibly change the following players from "heavy" to "athletic" build: NYY: Carl Pavano NYY: Jaret Wright CHC: Derek Lee CHW: Freddy Garcia FLA: Dontrell Willis NYM: Cliff Floyd PHI: Pat Burrell Hey llcmac/ HypnoxXx, You think you can do this? It makes me sick seeing Pavano, Wright and Willis as fat-asses! The rest of the guys could go either way though... GREAT JOB SO FAR! MANY THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanman2121 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Julio Franco Julio Cesar Franco born Julio Cesar Robles Franco Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb. Debut April 23, 1982 Born August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor, D. 165? thats a little dated, his right leg is 165 now. it took 5 years for mlb to list eddie perez as his real weight and not 185. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuniorGriff Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 :( I too also had my game crash while I was playing the Astros vs my Reds. The first time it happen was during owners mode game 2 with the Houston. The Astros lift there pitcher around the 7th inning for a ph ( cant remember batters name) and then the same thing happen again in game 2 of the second series. I noticed the same problem when playing with Barry Bonds in your first version but after the second version was released no problem at all! What could be causing this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbythepier Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 first of all, llcmac and co. have done a GREAT job with the roster. i am an xbox convert to PC for MVP just to take advantage of these mods to make it more realistic. and while most of the suggestions have been about teams, numbers body type and the like, i hope i can add a little meat about certain players. i am west coast as my sign in name suggests and the nl west is my forte. here are a few things i noticed playing the game this week. i may add a link to go along with the first few suggestions i have, not to show off, but to back up what i'm saying. things like pitch types and their ratings are much less verifiable than some player's weight or swing, so the link may give some credibility to what i'm saying. if you start to believe me, i'll stop with the links. (i am a sf giant fan, so i'll do them last so i'm not just a homer) Rockies 1. Jason Jennings- best pitch is a low 90s mph Sinker (not in the Lowe or Hudson category, but a mid to high 80s rating) http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScoutin...tegoryId=104241 2. Joe Kennedy - effective pitch is mid 80s mph cutter (not riveria, but better than former teammate Neagle, maybe 80s rating, in place of 2 seam fastball) http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScouting?categoryId=86029 Chacon- has a cutter instead of slurve, although it isn't very good (low 70s rating) http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScouting?categoryId=85880 A. Cook - best pitch is hard sinker not splitter (the difference is a sinker is usually harder and the move downward is more subtle). and he throws it hard, sometimes in mid 90s mph. he does not use a 4 seam fastball regularly. Dodgers 1. Gagne - best pitch is "wiffle ball" change; it deserves a rating similar to moyer and hoffman in high 90s. HUGE movement quality. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScouting?categoryId=85615 2. Brazoban - should have higher ratings in both fastball (low 90s) and slider (high 80s): what holds them back from being smoltz-like is control Diamondbacks 1. Estes- has an average cutter 2. Ortiz- has an above average changeup, probably his second best pitch (58 rating is a joke) Padres 1. Eaton - does not throw a cutter, maybe 4 seam and 2 seam but no cutter (also throws slider, change, and "slow" curve) 2. B Lawrence- Does NOT throw a 4 seam fastball: he throws a sinking fastball (sinker), a cut fastball (cutter), and a tailing fastball (2 seam), but no 4 seam. he would get roped even more if he did. 3. Peavy- [Here's where i may get some contention] he throws a "plus change" according to this scouting report by Stats Inc., not "one of the best" in the league. it should have a 90 rating, while his slider should be high 80s rating. his changeup is better than most because he throws harder than most and his "slinger" throwing style. strictly my opinion. one thing i do know about Peavy- his pickoff move should be horrendous (maybe 30 rating) he allowed 26-out of-28 on steal attempts with Hernandez behind the plate, who's no slouch http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScoutin...tegoryId=104896 Giants 1. Schmidt should have better stuff. Why? because over the last 3-4 years he has had lowest BA against. his slider should be mid to high 80s rating, as should his changeup ("among best in the game") the thing about his changeup is it has great movement but only about a 8 mph difference from his fastball (an 88 mph changeup? yes) http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScouting?categoryId=85754 2. Brower needs a slider 3. N. Lowry- wears #51, not #52 his changeup is by far one of the best in the league (it deserves a 93-96 rating) http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScoutin...tegoryId=142777 i looked for other sources than just stats inc. for some corroboration Sacramento Bee 9-23-04: the following quote is pulled from an article "This kid could have the best changeup in the game, or one of them," the pundits puff. "He has such command, control of that pitch, like a young Tom Glavine." lowry also has an above average pickoff move, probably a 70 rating i've already thrown two balls by the 1st baseman and down the line with his 40 rating i hope you stuck with this post and some of the suggestions are used for future updates. maybe some other players will go back and look at their divisions of choice to make corrections. ea sports makes mistakes. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanman2121 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Also I'll add that Mike Hampton doesn't have a sinker in the game. It's one of his main pitches. You might bump up his hitt attibutes a bit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF3141 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Ive finished inputing all the Rangers complete minors in, all you would have to do is edit them. Ask me if you want me to send them. The only thing I haven't added is appearance and the Ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HypnoxXx Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Rufus--taken care of...Only the true fat asses have remained fat asses lol... FATTY--Probably looking at a mix, simply because its better if we create the guys we can get the most info on. But again, a really accurate A level roster is a ways off, maybe not by opening day either. Junior--I'm still not having any crashes. I even noticed a major crash thread talking about it always crashing at the end of the year before spring training--and I am unaffected as well, so I really don't know. I'm not very knowledgeable on crashes and potential video card issues. bbythepier--I really liked your suggestions, and used most of them actually. I'll sim a few years and see if stats equal out alright. Did ya have to shortchange my DBacks on fixes, though?? LoL--actually, I'm tweaking them DOWN usually, I simmed a year and Craig Counsell hit 16 homers (not possible)... titanman--they had Hampton's slider as his best pitch....and it has a 12-6 (sinking) trajectory...So, to eliminate confusion, I just changed it to a sinker...Also, his hitting stats were too HIGH in my opinion...He hit a lot of homers in coors field, yes, but a pitcher with a 56 power rating??? as for Julio Franco, I gave him a "big legs" bone structure now, but until I see a pic or see that he's no longer 188, I can't change him more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbythepier Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 hypnoxXx- i'm glad you found some of my garbage useful. as far as your D-backs, i suggested a better change for ortiz and a new cutter for estes. i also suggest looking again at Valverde. He might be your closer this year and he should have better ratings in his heat and splitter. what they should be, i don't know. probably just a slight uptick. as for your batters they all seem about right. except, if you had a race between Green, Gonzalez and Glaus, there is no way Glaus wins. either Green and Gonzalez should be a little faster or Glaus slower. probably the latter. as for my G-men, their is no way Torrealba is a better hitter (power or contact) against righties than Matheny. here are their splits from last year. against lefties righties Torrealba .286, 5 HR, 84 AB .170, 1 HR , 88 AB Matheny .250, 2 HR, 93 AB .250, 3 HR, 292 AB Torrealba's righty ratings should be in the 50s at best, maybe high 40s Lowry also has a fifth pitch now, a slider (but it should have a below avg. rating since it's new, maybe 60 or so). here's a recent article backing it up. http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/NASApp/...jsp&c_id=sf also on this site notice his official weight is 190 lbs. not 210. he is an avg. build, not athletic and not fat. (site has pictures in macromedia style) some other suggestions Rangers F. Francisco- his fastball is 95 mph+ (nasty) and his out pitch is not a slider but a filthy splitter [60 K in 52 inn.] http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScoutin...tegoryId=200835 Twins i am not a Santana expert. i do know he has a GREAT changeup. looking at the scouting report i've posted here, it suggests he has a fastball (probably a 4-seam and 2-seam), slider, change (probably a circle change), and a variation on his slider or a slurve. food for thought. i don't see where he has two changeups. maybe though. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScouting?categoryId=85229 notice what makes his changeup so devastating is the speed differential. here is another comment from the article on Lowry if their are non-converts out there on his changeup. "Three years later, the changeup has become as famous as the pitcher because of contrast. Lowry's pitch sometimes crosses the plate at 69 mph, some 20 mph slower than his fastball." plus you might be able to use this on how to style Santana and Lowry's changeups A whole new can of worms: Here's an example: Ray King and Brad Lidge are give salaries of one year/ $300K but King made $900K and Lidge actually did get $300K. http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sa...amp;player=2148 http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sa...amp;player=2908 Should i even go down this path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbythepier Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 a few more thoughts: Tigers J. Johnson- he has a slider, not a curve. he also has a 2-seamer, with that dipping action. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScouting?categoryId=84927 N.Robertson- poor Nate needs his slider. he can't get by without his breaking ball. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScoutin...tegoryId=105727 Yankees J. Wright- any Cards fans out there. I (and Stats Inc.) think Jaret has an avg. sinker. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScouting?categoryId=85066 Astros Munro- arsenal includes: sinker, 2-seam, cutter, change,and curve http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScoutin...tegoryId=103940 Backe- 4 and 2-seam, cutter, slider, changeup http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/playerScoutin...tegoryId=105157 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegz Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Ron Belliard has too much power, he only had like 10 HR's last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 problem with John franco (houston) he is linked to face 210 (his old face #) but face 210 does not exist in this years game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegz Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 I'm gonna try to fill out a spreadsheet on the Indians, I downloaded the speadsheet and I assume I can skip the majors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanman2121 Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 titanman--they had Hampton's slider as his best pitch....and it has a 12-6 (sinking) trajectory...So, to eliminate confusion, I just changed it to a sinker...Also, his hitting stats were too HIGH in my opinion...He hit a lot of homers in coors field, yes, but a pitcher with a 56 power rating??? as for Julio Franco, I gave him a "big legs" bone structure now, but until I see a pic or see that he's no longer 188, I can't change him more I didn't mess with Hamptons power but I did his contact chance, speed and base running. I should have been more clear. As for as Franco goes, here are some pics of him: http://images.google.com/images?q=julio%20...sa=N&tab=wi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegz Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 As for as Franco goes, here are some pics of him: http://images.google.com/images?q=julio%20...sa=N&tab=wi :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddy Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 julio looked 42 then lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintbernard Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 for the cards, Rick Ankiel should have better hiting ability. since if he hadn't rebounded he was to be converted to a OF'er and the year he was in the minors trying to get his control back, he hit very well and DH'ed alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF3141 Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 1 more things I noticed, R.A. Dickey & Ryan Drese are missing their splitters and Soriano's bat is way too low, he shouldn't be penalized that much just for an off year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EASPORTSGUY Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Detroit Tigers: #17 Dean Palmer 3B R/R 6-1 210 12/27/68 ATHLETIC, FACE 1, HAIR COLOR 2, HAIR STYLE 2, FACIAL 1, STANCE: C.Jones http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/stats/ml...playerID=120194 http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/n...sp&c_id=det Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EASPORTSGUY Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Chris Shelton, Curtis Granderson & Jamie Walker photos? Kyle Farnsworth skinny. Gary Knotts skinny or athletic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjjones Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Guys, lets not get into the habit of changing existing, EA "in-the-game" guy's ratings just for the sake of changing them. Leave Soriano/Ankiel/Lowry/Matheny/Torrealba as-is, and instead focus on guys who are "not" in the game, like minor leaguers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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