2009 Season Ramblings

[Raphictor]

Yeah Crazy, Gooden was out for 6 weeks prior to ST and still at 6 after. Shouldn't it be 2?

[CrazyEights]

Ok...I see what you guys are talking about. BOSI is wrong. The reports show the injuries at 1 week now. You will be able ot see that once the reports update.

[Slyder]

okay, thank you Crazy.

[Raphictor]

Ok...I see what you guys are talking about. BOSI is wrong. The reports show the injuries at 1 week now. You will be able ot see that once the reports update.

Thanks man.

[Porter]

My preseason power rankings...

1. Savannah
2. St. Louis
3. Brooklyn
4. Tennessee
5. Boston
6. Puerto Rico
7. Detroit
8. Cooperstown
9. Milwaukee
10. Texas
11. Cleveland
12. Kansas City
13. Baltimore
14. CSKA
15. Anaheim
16. Vancouver
17. San Antonio
18. Limerick
19. Washington
20. Edinburgh
21. Louisville
22. Colorado
23. Arizona
24. Providence
25. Orlando
26. Las Vegas
27. Chicago (A)
28. Houston
29. Alaska
30. Chicago (N)
31. San Diego
32. Israel

Any thoughts? It's based more on potential of the team. Major leagues considered most of course, but with the lower teams the minors were included.

Personally my team is better than 16th.

[DiamondDave]

The Good....

Adrian Beltre increases his Contact vs Righties from 8 to 9 .
Adrian Beltre increases his Contact vs Lefties from 7 to 9 .
Adrian Beltre increases his Overall Contact from 8 to 9 .
Adrian Beltre increases his Contact Talent from 8 to 9 .
Adrian Beltre increases his Power vs Righties from 8 to 9 .
Adrian Beltre increases his Power vs Lefties from 8 to 9 .
Adrian Beltre increases his Overall Power from 8 to 9 .
Adrian Beltre increases his Gap Power Talent from 8 to 9 .
Great for a recent aquisition
Bobby Crosby increases his Contact vs Righties from 6 to 8 .
Bobby Crosby increases his Contact vs Lefties from 6 to 8 .
Bobby Crosby increases his Overall Contact from 6 to 8 .
Bobby Crosby increases his Power vs Righties from 8 to 9 .
Bobby Crosby increases his Power vs Lefties from 7 to 9 .
Bobby Crosby increases his Overall Power from 7 to 9 .
'Bout time he got up to talent levels!
Brandon Erbe increases his Control vs Righties from 4 to 5 .
Brandon Erbe increases his Control vs Lefties from 4 to 5 .
Brandon Erbe increases his Overall Control from 4 to 5 .
Much needed advanacement in the pen
Brandon League increases his Movement vs Righties from 5 to 6 .
Brandon League increases his Overall Movement from 5 to 6 .
Same there
Paul Maholm increases his Control vs Righties from 7 to 8 .
Paul Maholm increases his Overall Control from 7 to 8 .
Paul Maholm increases his Movement vs Lefties from 7 to 8 .
Ditto
Jose Valverde increases his Movement vs Righties from 5 to 6 .
Jose Valverde increases his Movement vs Lefties from 5 to 6 .
Jose Valverde increases his Overall Movement from 5 to 6 .
I think I'm repeating myself
Craig Wilson increases his Contact vs Righties from 7 to 8 .
Craig Wilson increases his Contact vs Lefties from 8 to 9 .
Craig Wilson increases his Overall Contact from 7 to 8 .
Craig Wilson increases his Contact Talent from 8 to 9 .
Craig Wilson increases his Gap Power Talent from 8 to 9 .
The old guy still has something in him!

The Bad
No advancement or progression from a few players I thought needed it.... namely Sabathia, Jackson, and Sainz

The Ugly
Player Status Recovery Time Time on DL left Diagnosis
Collin Balester OUT 2-3 weeks 0 days Ruptured Elbow Ligament
Adrian Beltre OUT 7 weeks 0 days Broken Foot
2 VERY important parts of the team out for the begining part of the season.... 4 man rotation for a few weeks, and Youkilis back on the hot corner for a while... really sucks too after the progression Beltre had in ST

[Providence A's]

are there typically differences between the league reports site and the BOSI file when you open it up in OOTP? For example Bobby Thigpen was a 3.0 star as a MR, I changed him to a closer and he became a 4.0 star. In the game itself it says he's 4.0 stars, but checking the league reports site it says he's only 2.5 stars. Also to average pitching specs that were 2.5 and 3.0 in the game show as 5.0 on the site now...I know that's not right

So which is accurate? The game, right? since that's the file Crazy is using to sim and such...

[RockSports17]

Stars suck. I don't even pay attention to them. Cause I've seen 5.0 star players suck, and 1.0 star players have all star years.

[Raphictor]

are there typically differences between the league reports site and the BOSI file when you open it up in OOTP? For example Bobby Thigpen was a 3.0 star as a MR, I changed him to a closer and he became a 4.0 star. In the game itself it says he's 4.0 stars, but checking the league reports site it says he's only 2.5 stars. Also to average pitching specs that were 2.5 and 3.0 in the game show as 5.0 on the site now...I know that's not right

So which is accurate? The game, right? since that's the file Crazy is using to sim and such...

It can vary from in game and the reports. Especially if you are using a different version. I use OOTP 6.12 and see some different star ratings than the reports that were made via OOTP 6.5. It doesn't matter though, it won't affect the players at all. Stars are only a way for OOTP to sort players.

[Molina00]

are there typically differences between the league reports site and the BOSI file when you open it up in OOTP? For example Bobby Thigpen was a 3.0 star as a MR, I changed him to a closer and he became a 4.0 star. In the game itself it says he's 4.0 stars, but checking the league reports site it says he's only 2.5 stars. Also to average pitching specs that were 2.5 and 3.0 in the game show as 5.0 on the site now...I know that's not right

So which is accurate? The game, right? since that's the file Crazy is using to sim and such...

Typically if you change an MR to closer his star rating will increase. Closers just seem to garner higher star ratings. A 3.5 MR would become a 4.5-5.0 closer. At least that's the way it is in my league. I run OOTP 6.

[albbla2000mu]

My preseason power rankings...

1. Savannah
2. St. Louis
3. Brooklyn
4. Tennessee
5. Boston
6. Puerto Rico
7. Detroit
8. Cooperstown
9. Milwaukee
10. Texas
11. Cleveland
12. Kansas City
13. Baltimore
14. CSKA
15. Anaheim
16. Vancouver
17. San Antonio
18. Limerick
19. Washington
20. Edinburgh
21. Louisville
22. Colorado
23. Arizona
24. Providence
25. Orlando
26. Las Vegas
27. Chicago (A)
28. Houston
29. Alaska
30. Chicago (N)
31. San Diego
32. Israel

Any thoughts? It's based more on potential of the team. Major leagues considered most of course, but with the lower teams the minors were included.

I think Milwaukee is too low...Savannah too high, the SP isnt deep enough to make him #1

[Providence A's]

Typically if you change an MR to closer his star rating will increase. Closers just seem to garner higher star ratings. A 3.5 MR would become a 4.5-5.0 closer. At least that's the way it is in my league. I run OOTP 6.

right, I changed a few pitchers from starters to reliever and thigpen from reliever to closer like I said...it makes sense that the rating would change because that could be a better role for that player. I noticed hitters change if you change their position or make them a DH. Thanks for the replies

[General]

There's no way Cooperstown is better than Milwaukee.

[Raphictor]

I think Milwaukee is too low...Savannah too high, the SP isnt deep enough to make him #1

Where would you put Savannah? I couldn't find a clear #1 really. His team is good and won the AL East by a wide margin last year so I figured he'd get top spot. St. Louis doesn't have the offense of a #1 either. And yeah, I thought I may have put Dave's team a bit low, but I didn't notice a whole lot that changed with his team. The teams ahead of him added a peice or two or were just ahead already.

[Raphictor]

There's no way Cooperstown is better than Milwaukee.

Offense is comparatively the same and the rotation is the same. Sure Witt is a little better than Zambrano, but I like the monster outfield in Cooperstown to go with Pujols at first. That's just what I thought gave him the edge. It was a toss up.