MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

[Mike3207]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

I'm amazed at how quickly some of you are getting shots at the MLB level. Some in the first year??

My guy was a September call up at the end of year 3, despite putting up pretty good numbers at the AA and AAA levels.

- Played full first season at AA.
- Played 3/4 of season 2 at AA, making AA all star team, then finished up the year at AAA.
- Played full 3rd season at AAA, got called up to MLB after AAA season ended.

Put up .300+ BA at each stop until MLB, only decent power #'s (my player is a speedy CF, good in the field, good on the bases, decent power-type guy.) Of course, after starting season 4 as a starter at MLB level for the O's, got hurt in the 4th game and was out for 65 games. After coming back, was back and forth between starter and bench, never really rebounding from the injury very well. Finished the year pretty strong, and am now off to a good start in season 5.

But yeah, basically it took me until season 4 to earn the starting spot at MLB, and then took me until roughly the last month of season 4 to start putting up good numbers in MLB. Kudos to those of you who are making it to the Show, and putting up good MLB #'s, in season 2 or so!

I got called up in May 2012 with my SP, but only because Homer Bailey got injured. Once I got in the starting rotation though, I stayed there.

[chemical360]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

Can someone pleae enlighten me as to what the game expects? I finished my rookie year with a 2.12 ERA, 132 SO's, 13 BB's, 13-4 record and the team resigned me in the off season for $130,000. I renegotiated it to $147,000 and they accepted it. They then promoted me to the AAA 5 man rotation.

Then, I wasn't invited to spring training. I knew something was wrong then. I get to the regular season and the second I hit "Sim to next appearance." The game stopped and I got an e-mail that read. Sorry, you are being demoted down to AA."

All year I got messages from my manager and the GM stuff like "you're lights out" and "you're ready! We just need more time" and "you have what it takes to make it in the bigs, but we need more time."

This went on ALL year, they finally promoted me and then immediately demoted me. I met 100% of my goals which I assume were the ones they wanted me to work on otherwise why throw em up there for me to apply training points?

So please, tell me what the game wants and what I need to do to make it in this league. I assumed the game was telling me by giving me goals but apparently that is not working.

[Dogbarian]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

Not sure about what it's doing to you, but one thing - you won't get invited to spring training unless and until you are on the 40-man roster. So that part isn't out of the ordinary - none of my guys have been invited to spring training yet (as I'm finishing up their first seasons).

I suspect the problem is your ratings (not your stats). How do you compare to others in your organization? In other words, if you aren't one of the 10 best starters in the org, you probably won't be in the rotation. My SP (in my post at the top of the page) is the #3 starter at AAA as his first season ends, but I don't think he's in the top 10 of his org (I honestly don't remember, I'll have to check tonight). I have one more start to finish his season, should be able to do that some evening this week and I'll tell you what they do for me, and my finishing stats for comparison.

[chemical360]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

Not sure about what it's doing to you, but one thing - you won't get invited to spring training unless and until you are on the 40-man roster. So that part isn't out of the ordinary - none of my guys have been invited to spring training yet (as I'm finishing up their first seasons).

I suspect the problem is your ratings (not your stats). How do you compare to others in your organization? In other words, if you aren't one of the 10 best starters in the org, you probably won't be in the rotation. My SP (in my post at the top of the page) is the #3 starter at AAA as his first season ends, but I don't think he's in the top 10 of his org (I honestly don't remember, I'll have to check tonight). I have one more start to finish his season, should be able to do that some evening this week and I'll tell you what they do for me, and my finishing stats for comparison.

I get that it is my rating but can someone enlighten me as to how to improve that? How you do you improve your overall rating when pitching your backside off and putting up sick numbers plus meeting 100% of the organizations expectations doesn't seem to be working.

What is the key to the overall rating, I guess, is the question? It is obviously not striking out nearly every single OPB or appplying my limited training points to every stat they want me to other than what I want which is a 97-98MPH 4SFB.

I might just say F them and get all my pitches maxed out and ignore my goals then. To me that is wasting points if they aren't going to promote me.

[PDuncanOSU]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

I get that it is my rating but can someone enlighten me as to how to improve that? How you do you improve your overall rating when pitching your backside off and putting up sick numbers plus meeting 100% of the organizations expectations doesn't seem to be working.

What is the key to the overall rating, I guess, is the question? It is obviously not striking out nearly every single OPB or appplying my limited training points to every stat they want me to other than what I want which is a 97-98MPH 4SFB.

I might just say F them and get all my pitches maxed out and ignore my goals then. To me that is wasting points if they aren't going to promote me.

Someone else may know this for sure, but I think the attributes that effect the overall rating the most are the ones that are listed in the scouting report on your playercard.
As for training points, I typically get 200+ points per start. You must spend a minimum of 40 to train an attribute, so I use 40 points at a time to do the minimum amount to meet my goals. I then typically have plenty of points left during that advancement period to add to whatever attribute I want.
I agree it's frustrating to use training points on some of the goals they have listed, but based on your stats I would think you have plenty left to add to your fastball.
I also think you can get benched or demoted for not meeting most of your goals, not matter what your stats are, so I would caution you against completely ignoring them.

[Dogbarian]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

PDuncan is right, if you don't make your goals, you'll get benched/demoted, no matter how good your stats are. Usually those training goals are only having to advance the rating by 2 points, and the lower the number, the faster it goes up when you train. So like he said, one or two 40-pt dumps is probably all you have to do to meet the goals, then you can spend the rest of your points on what you want. And stamina, clutch, and the "/9" stats are all important towards a pitcher's rating, so you want to bump those pretty hard as you improve your pitches. You can neglect the fielding, base-running, and batting stuff until later.

Putting points into attributes all adds towards your rating. From what I can tell, the average RTTS career is supposed to spend a couple of years in the minors, earning rating. Depending on your organization, you might be called up sooner, or maybe later if your position is deep. But, unless you spend $$ to add to your rating, I don't think there is a way to really earn enough ratings increases to expect to be called up before then. You might do a lot of yoyo-ing from AA to AAA and back in your 2nd year, and then the 3rd or 4th year start seeing the Show.

And, my 4SFB is only a 87 in speed rating, but I'm regularly tossing it at 95 mph, so speed on your fastball isn't that hard to get.

Actually, spreading points around those attributes is a cheap way to increase your rating faster - since a few training points will bump the lower attributes by more points than spending the same amount of points on a highly rated attribute.

[ChernoTheInferno]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

Barely hitting over .200 in the 12 playoff games so far. Everything I hit is right at someone. Also I guess my clutch rating isn't high enough. Every time I've come to bat with runners on it's an automatic double play regardless of what the pitch is and where it's thrown, and regardless of my 99 speed. Ugh. But the A's are off to the World Series! Hopefully I can do better there.

[buckeye02]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

Hit Homerun #500. Its a nice milestone, but id rather have a World Series Championship. I'm 34 years old, and getting close to retirement.

[chemical360]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

PDuncan is right, if you don't make your goals, you'll get benched/demoted, no matter how good your stats are. Usually those training goals are only having to advance the rating by 2 points, and the lower the number, the faster it goes up when you train. So like he said, one or two 40-pt dumps is probably all you have to do to meet the goals, then you can spend the rest of your points on what you want. And stamina, clutch, and the "/9" stats are all important towards a pitcher's rating, so you want to bump those pretty hard as you improve your pitches. You can neglect the fielding, base-running, and batting stuff until later.

Putting points into attributes all adds towards your rating. From what I can tell, the average RTTS career is supposed to spend a couple of years in the minors, earning rating. Depending on your organization, you might be called up sooner, or maybe later if your position is deep. But, unless you spend $$ to add to your rating, I don't think there is a way to really earn enough ratings increases to expect to be called up before then. You might do a lot of yoyo-ing from AA to AAA and back in your 2nd year, and then the 3rd or 4th year start seeing the Show.

And, my 4SFB is only a 87 in speed rating, but I'm regularly tossing it at 95 mph, so speed on your fastball isn't that hard to get.

Actually, spreading points around those attributes is a cheap way to increase your rating faster - since a few training points will bump the lower attributes by more points than spending the same amount of points on a highly rated attribute.

Indeed. I usually get between 200 and 500 per start. In AAA I have been throwing consistent shutouts. I will admit, I don't have it set above Veteran because I am not that good. But it is still fun because There are games where the opposing team goes on a hit parade and crushes me. So it is still a bit of a challenge.

At this point, I am hitting between 98 and 100% of my goals. I either skip one or hit them all.

Points isn't the issue, knowing where to spend them is. I have my control on all my pitches up to about, well, between 50 and 70 and I get a D for control on my card.

Oh well, I will just keep plugging away. I mean, of course I will. The best baseball game in creation, how could I not? It is just frustrating to come off my second 1 hit shutout of the season, hit 100% of the my team's set goals and have them say "sorry, kid, you're just not ready."

Oh and does anyone else want to kick their manager in the teeth when you get the "keep at it, you will get there eventually?" Grrrrr, I hate that one. lol

[krmarks]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

I think the /9 attributes help you advance the fastest....but yeah I am kind of in the same boat with my CP who is lights out ERA never above 1.3 and I can't get the AAA closer job. Good news is he is only 19 so I have plenty of time left. It would be nice if you could get a bonus allotment of points for leading the league in categories or having some season long goals/expectations...it would make advancement a bit more fun and less frustrating.

[chemical360]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

I think the /9 attributes help you advance the fastest....but yeah I am kind of in the same boat with my CP who is lights out ERA never above 1.3 and I can't get the AAA closer job. Good news is he is only 19 so I have plenty of time left. It would be nice if you could get a bonus allotment of points for leading the league in categories or having some season long goals/expectations...it would make advancement a bit more fun and less frustrating.

Great idea!! I often thought about that. It is not uncommon for players in R/L to get a bonus for quality starts etc... Granted, we get the 100pt bonus at games end for QS but it would be nice to get like 1000pts for having the lowest ERA on the team, most strikeouts, less walks etc....

Something for MLB '12?

[Dogbarian]

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

So, my SP finished his season without another start, thought I'd get one more on the last day. However, my team is a AAA wildcard. And, with the September call-ups, I'm now the ace of the AAA staff (yes, I am the 8th best starter in the organization, which matches being the #3 AAA starter that I posted yesterday).

So, I started game #1 of the AAA divisional round. Pitched as well as my last outing, taking a 4 hit shutout into the 9th inning. This time I was a bit more efficient on pitches (although I still had 6 K's), and I had a bit of energy going into the 9th at 106 pitches. I got the 1st guy in the 9th, but took me 7 or 8 pitches to get him and I gave up my 5th hit to the next guy on the 3rd pitch. The score was only 1-0, and the manager yanked me again. The reliever that came in preserved the shutout for me. I need more stamina! Earned 449 points for that game, so I promptly spent 200 points on stamina (only went up 2 pts though). I simmed a few days to see if I was going to pitch game #5, but my team won it in 4 games. So, I'm now set up to pitch game 1 of the AAA league championship.

I'm pitching on all-star analog now (for the last 4 starts or so), pitched on analog veteran through AA and then switched to classic veteran when I got called up, since I felt I was doing too well. Combined season so far is 13-7 with a 1.94 ERA, 15 BB, and 167 K.

My stats for AA

24 games, 7-6 with 1.99 ERA, 11 starts (9 QS), 1 CG Sho, 1 hold, 99.1 IP, 67 H, 22 R, 22 ER, 3 HR, 8 BB, 121 SO, WHIP 0.76

My stats for AAA (not including game #1 of playoffs above)

12 games, 5-1 with 2.15 ERA, 6 starts (3 QS), 0 CG, 1 hold, 54.1 IP, 50 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 3 HR, 7 BB, 40 K, WHIP 1.05

And my ratings (after spending the pts from the game above)

STA 76, PCLT 48, H/9 56, HR/9 56, K/9 52, BB/9 57, 4SFB: vel 87, ctrl 62, break 17; SL: vel 62, ctrl 54, break 47; CIR: vel 52, ctrl 49, break 37; 2SFB: vel 69, ctrl 38, break 34; DUR 63, ARM 60, ACC 60, FLD 33, REAC 40, and all the batting/base-running ratings are 20 or less, most are less than 10

[Dogbarian]

Avoiding a trade in RTTS?

I'm posting this in the main area instead of the RTTS thread, mostly because I want to make sure some of the veteran posters see it (and maybe the devs).

I have a save of my RTTS reliever where the next day, he is traded to another team. I've reloaded the save several times now (maybe 10 times or so), and the exact same trade takes place. I'm wondering whether this trade is already locked in, or if I can avoid it in some way. For instance, keep reloading the save.

Or, if I change my player's ratings, will that alter the trade? At this point, he has 0 training points, so I'd have to buy some. But, I was planning on doing so for him anyway, just not until he finished his first season. I'd rather not do it unless someone can tell me for sure it will alter the situation.

I think the reason he's getting traded is that he's an A prospect with fairly poor ratings otherwise (he's halfway through AA in his 1st year), but has very good statistics - 40 games with an ERA just above 1, excellent K to BB ratio, low WHIP. My organization is thin at my position, so I didn't expect to be traded, but they are pushing for the playoffs. If I increase my ratings through buying points, perhaps they would keep me, but if the trade is already locked in, it's not worth doing.

Thanks for any advice you can offer.

[MatrixTN]

Re: Avoiding a trade in RTTS?

Check under Manager Interactions and see if you can request not getting traded. If that's not there, you might be 22'd.

[Mekias]

Re: Avoiding a trade in RTTS?

Sorry to tell you but your player is going to be traded in that instance. The trade offer has already been made and the AI's decision is always going to be the same. A trade offer is made usually a day or two ahead of the actual trade. Your only choice at this point is to go back to a previous saved game or get traded.

Unfortunately, an RTTS player has about a 99% chance of getting traded in his first two years. The trade logic has a hard-on for trading A potential players. The only way I avoided it with my player was by spending a LOT of time saving and reloading games. I saved a new game (different name) after every day and went forward several days to see if there was a trade. If there wasn't, I would reload the game and play the next day and repeat the process again. It sucked but I finally made it through those first two years and was able to stay with my Mariners. Over those first 2 years, the M's tried to trade my player 22 times and the team wasn't even in a playoff push during those seasons.

Note: I expect this will be moved to the RTTS thread but I contend that shoving everything into that thread is a bit silly. It just means that very few will want to go through that entire massive thread to try to find an answer to their questions. I know I won't read it and I ONLY play RTTS.