Full Minors Roster for '09

[bellz666]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Guys.....
Please stop saying that the set will be released around Opening Day.
I'm going to try and get a limited set out sometime shortly after Opening Day.
It's like a game of telephone......the next thing you know guys will be hitting refresh on the 4th demanding to know where the set is!
There is a LOT of work to be done....
I am not and WILL NOT just re-name players. Not my style....
It's already killing me that I'm not spending the time on the faces right away!

Thanks....

M.K.
Knight165

Dude take your time, and put them out when YOU are ready to. You don't owe anyone anything, some of us are just happy that you take this whole thing on and appreicate the amount of work you put in.

[Knight165]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Well I can pretty much guarantee the first release by next weekend.
POSSIBLY(if I could put this word in exploding firework letters I would) by late in the week.
I'm absolutely CRUSHING the last couple of days......eating up fake players like Scooby Snacks!

It will be slightly raw(I haven't been doing any equipment changing, but have been giving random stances/motions)...but it will have every player done...most with the faces close(they will be updated).

I did an A.L. test run last night and it was so good to see real players in the League Leader rundowns for the minor leagues.
I can almost start my N.Y. Met quest for the Championship!

In a way...I'm glad it'll be a couple of day(okay a week) after Opening Day...gives me a chance to properly sort out the lineups(without totally guessing) and see about 25 man rosters and players getting released and waived.

Keep the faith brothers!

M.K.
Knight165

[GoBucs09]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Well I can pretty much guarantee the first release by next weekend.
POSSIBLY(if I could put this word in exploding firework letters I would) by late in the week.
I'm absolutely CRUSHING the last couple of days......eating up fake players like Scooby Snacks!

It will be slightly raw(I haven't been doing any equipment changing, but have been giving random stances/motions)...but it will have every player done...most with the faces close(they will be updated).

I did an A.L. test run last night and it was so good to see real players in the League Leader rundowns for the minor leagues.
I can almost start my N.Y. Met quest for the Championship!

In a way...I'm glad it'll be a couple of day(okay a week) after Opening Day...gives me a chance to properly sort out the lineups(without totally guessing) and see about 25 man rosters and players getting released and waived.

Keep the faith brothers!

M.K.
Knight165

Next weekend sounds great to me Knight! Keep up the hard work and thanks for everything!

[njd.aitken]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Yay!

Thanks for the update!

[DanH35]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

I haven't seen anybody post this yet, here's the Cards 25-man roster:

OF: Rasmus, Ludwick, Ankiel, Duncan
MI: Greene, Schumaker, Thurston, Barden, Ryan
3B: Freese
1B: Pujols
C: Molina, LaRue

SP: Carpenter, Wainwright, Lohse, Wellemeyer, Pineiro
RP: Motte, Franklin, Reyes, Miller, McClellan, Thompson, Kinney

Motte looks to be getting the first shot at closing. As for the lineup, I think the only certain things are Schumaker leading off and Pujols batting third. LaRussa pretty much switches everybody else up almost daily. Even Greene has been hitting cleanup the last few days.

[bergie56]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Hi Knight,

Here is the Twins opening day roster. Scott Baker will likely replace RA Dickey in the rotation 1 week into the season and Joe Mauer will be back around the beginning of May. I'll take a stab at the lineup, rotation and bullpen later this afternoon.

Pitchers
Starters: LHP Francisco Liriano, RHP Nick Blackburn, RHP Kevin Slowey, LHP Glen Perkins, RHP R.A. Dickey
Relievers: RHP Jesse Crain, RHP Luis Ayala, RHP Philip Humber, RHP Matt Guerrier, LHP Craig Breslow, LHP Brian Duensing, RHP Joe Nathan.
Infielders: Justin Morneau, Alexi Casilla, Joe Crede, Nick Punto. Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher.
Outfielders: Delmon Young, Denard Span, Carlos Gomez, Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel
Catchers: Mike Redmond, Jose Morales.

[Oilersfan94]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Hey, just wondering if Tyson Gillies is going to make this roster set for the Mariners minors? Thanks

[Maynard]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Indians opening day Lineup
1. CF Grady Sizemore
2. 3B Mark DeRosa
3. 1B Victor Martinez
4. DH Travis Hafner
5. SS Jhonny Peralta
6. RF Shin-Soo Choo
7. C Kelly Shoppach
8. LF Ben Francisco
9. 2B Asdrubal Cabrera

29 Josh Barfield
25 Ryan Garko
11 Jamey Carroll
62 Trevor Crowe


Starting Rotation
1. C. Lee
2. F. Carmona
3. C. Pavano
4. S. Lewis
5. A. Reyes

Bullpen
K. Wood (CL)
J. Lewis
R. Perez
J. Smith
R. Betancourt
M. Kobayashi
Z. Jackson

[The Nemesis]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Hey knight. First I gotta say thanks for all the hard work on this by you and everyone else who's assembling these rosters. Having just switched over to the Show after 3 years with MVP 2005 on the PC, it's nice to still be able to get awesome rosters.

Second, I haven't seen the Jays roster in the last few pages, so based on everything that's happened to date it looks like it'll probably be this:

Batting Order
1) Marco Scutaro (SS)
2) Aaron Hill (2B)
3) Alex Rios (RF)
4) Vernon Wells (CF)
5) Adam Lind (DH/LF)
6) Scott Rolen (3B)
7) Lyle Overbay (1B)
8) Rod Barajas (C)
9) Travis Snider (LF/DH)

Snider & Lind will share both the LF and DH roles, but it appears Lind will be the primary DH and Snider the primary left fielder.

Bench
Kevin Millar (1B/OF)
Michael Barrett (C)
John McDonald (SS)
Jose Bautista (3B/IF)

Rotation
1) Roy Halladay (RHP)
2) Jesse Litsch (RHP)
3) David Purcey (LHP)
4) Ricky Romero (LHP)
5) Scott Richmond (RHP)

Bullpen
Scott Downs (LHP)
Shawn Camp (RHP)
Jesse Carlson (LHP)
Brandon League (RHP)
Jason Frasor (RHP)
Brian Tallet (LHP)
B.J. Ryan (RHP)

I don't know the roles in the bullpen for sure, but if I had to guess it would be Downs & Tallet as long relief, Camp, Carlson, & Frasor as the middle relief, League as the set-up man, and Ryan closing.

Jeremy Accardo will probably be the first pitcher called back up. Apparently he's had some problems this spring, but if he can work those out I'd expect/hope that he comes back up and shoves Frasor out of the bullpen.

[Knight165]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Thanks guys....

I'm sorry I don't answer each response...I'm not ignoring any of them....that's for sure....they help...A LOT!

Oilersfan...yes Gillies is in. If you have more specific info than his plus speed/etc....let me know.

M.K.
Knight165

[Scottdau]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

So when will these rosters be ready?

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

So when will these rosters be ready?

look on the previous page

[BoSox Rule]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

I can't wait to play with these rosters but I can't get 1.01 to install so I might never be able to.

[Knight165]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

I can't wait to play with these rosters but I can't get 1.01 to install so I might never be able to.

Why? What's happening when you try and update?...is it "hanging?"
If so...try deleting the info from your drive(essentially deleting the game)....don't hook up to SPORTSCONNECT (disable your wireless internet if you use that)....try a fresh install and then go to update.
I had a similar problem(if that's it) and this worked for me.

Thanks for the sticky Millenium!


M.K.
Knight165

[Arquimedez Bozo]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Knight, thanks for your work on this. Haven't seen the Red Sox roster and lineup, so here you go:

CF Ellsbury
2B Pedroia
DH Ortiz
1B Youkilis
RF Drew
LF Bay
3B Lowell
SS Lowrie
C Varitek

C Kottaras
IF Nick Green (until Lugo is healthy in May or so)
1B/OF Chris Carter (until Kotsay is healthy in May or so)
OF/DH Baldelli

Rotation:
Beckett
Lester
Matsuzaka
Wakefield
Penny (no idea what'll happen when Smoltz is healthy, but it may depend on Penny's effectiveness)

Bullpen:
CL Papelbon
SU Masterson
SU/MR Okajima
SU/MR Saito
MR Delcarmen
MR Lopez
MR R. Ramirez

And here's my crack at the AAA and AA teams. I'm not sure how you're planning on doing this with regard to Major League injured guys (Lugo, Kotsay, Smoltz here), so I'll put them in AAA for now:

AAA
C Dusty Brown (40)
1B Jeff Bailey (40)
2B Gil Velazquez
SS Julio Lugo (40)(or Ivan Ochoa)
3B Angel Chavez
LF Zach Daeges
CF Jonathan Van Every (40)
RF Chip Ambres
DH Mark Kotsay (40) (or Brad Wilkerson)

SS Ivan Ochoa (or 2B Jeff Natale)
C Carlos Maldonado
OF Jeff Corsaletti

Rotation: Clay Buchholz (40), Michael Bowden (40), Charlie Zink, Kris Johnson, John Smoltz (40) (or Enrique Gonzalez)
Bullpen: Daniel Bard (Top 100), Hunter Jones (40), Devern Hansack (40), Fernando Cabrera, Marcus McBeth, Billy Traber, Enrique Gonzalez (or one of Rocky Cherry/Chris George/Felix Rodriguez)

AA
C Mark Wagner (40)
1B Lars Anderson (Top 100)
2B Ryan Khoury
SS Argenis Diaz (40)
3B Jorge Jimenez
LF Aaron Bates (moved from 1B)
CF Bubba Bell
RF Josh Reddick (top 100)
DH Jon Still

C Juan Apodaca
IF Iggy Suarez
OF Reid Engel

Rotation: Adam Mills, Junichi Tazawa (40), Travis Beazley, Ryne Lawson, Felix Doubront (40)
Bullpen: Richie Lentz, Dustin Richardson, TJ Large, Blake Maxwell, Bryce Cox, Chad Rhoades, Chris Province