NY Yankees Pitching Edits

[ElroyJetson]

Re: NY Yankees Pitching Edits

have these edits been put on a roster thats been uploaded yet?

[jkra0512]

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Nope, I just input them into my franchise...takes all of 15 minutes to do.

[Dabeeds]

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Nope, I just input them into my franchise...takes all of 15 minutes to do.

So it's -3 from what the pitch tops out at , no matter what kind of pitch ? Or, not necessarily ?

[Erick]

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So it's -3 from what the pitch tops out at , no matter what kind of pitch ? Or, not necessarily ?

It depends on the type of pitch. You are gunna have to try them out for yourself.

For the fastballs. i.e. Running Fastball, Splitter, 4-Seamer etc. - I'm pretty sure if you set them a couple MPH lower than their top-out speed, you won't go over.

I know for CC Sabathia when I tuned his changeup I had set it to 85 MPH hoping it would top out at 87. Turned out he topped out at 89 a couple times. So you might have to do some trial and error to get the pitches synched out properly for editing purposes.

[Erick]

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Got some more edits in.
I'm currently not around my PS3 at the moment but here are their pitches. I'll post their Ratings around Sunday when I have a chance to get in some gaming.

Please note: The top pitch would be the "X" pitch since that would be the primary pitch they use the most. And the last (or bottom) pitch would be the pitch they used the least amount of time.

Startin Rotation

AJ Burnett:
Burnett's fastball has ALOT of late movement. Also he threw two distinct versions of his curveball last year. You got the normal looping curve that sat around 81. And then you had the version that resembled a slurvy curve that dove inside to lefties. Usually this pitch was his out pitch. He would bounce this in the dirt and had such a rotation on it that it looked more like a biting slider than a curveball.

Running Fastball: Tops out @ 97
Knuckle Curve: Tops out @ 83
2 - Seamer: Tops out at 95
Slurve: Tops out @ 85
Changeup: Tops out @ 89

Javier Vasquez:
His curveball is so hard to gauge because he can throw it at 75mph but can also lob in there at 65mph as well. So in essence I kinda went halfway with his curve. I would probably give him another type of curve to compensate, but his curveball has such a sweeping action to it that no other pitch would fit that description really, plus you can only use each pitch once.

Running Fastball: Tops out @ 92
Slider: Tops out @ 85
Sweeping Curveball: Tops out @ 71
Changeup: Tops out @ 82
2 - Seamer: Tops out @ 90

Andy Pettite:
I was torn between giving Andy either a slurve or a sweeping curve to reflect that breaking ball he currently has. I decided to go ahead and give him a sweeping curve as he does not have the bite that a slurve would have when breaking.

Also his slider has been a topic of discussion for the longest time. Personally his cutter has such a variation on it and he uses it almost exclusively at times that it looks almost like a slider to begin with. Because of this variation he gets both the slider and the cutter to compensate for the break and speed differences.

2-Seam Fastball: Tops out @ 91
Slider: Tops out @ 84
Cutter: Tops out @ 89
Sweeping Curve: Tops out @ 76
Changeup: Tops out @ 82

Phillip Hughes:
Fastball is fairly straight. So he is one of the few pitchers I would give a 4-seamer.
Phil is another one who varies the movement on his cutter. At times it does look like a slider. It's funny because coming out of college his slider was his best pitch, I believe. He then scraps it last year and replaces it with the cutter which, at times, looks like his slider. Confused? So am I.

4-Seam Fastball: Tops out @ 94
Knuckle-Curve: Tops out @ 78
Cutter: Tops out @ 89
Slider: Tops out @ 88

His changeup will have to wait. I just don't know yet as to what type of movement it gets.

[ElroyJetson]

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Got some more edits in.
I'm currently not around my PS3 at the moment but here are their pitches. I'll post their Ratings around Sunday when I have a chance to get in some gaming.

Please note: The top pitch would be the "X" pitch since that would be the primary pitch they use the most. And the last (or bottom) pitch would be the pitch they used the least amount of time.

Startin Rotation

AJ Burnett:
Burnett's fastball has ALOT of late movement. Also he threw two distinct versions of his curveball last year. You got the normal looping curve that sat around 81. And then you had the version that resembled a slurvy curve that dove inside to lefties. Usually this pitch was his out pitch. He would bounce this in the dirt and had such a rotation on it that it looked more like a biting slider than a curveball.

Running Fastball: Tops out @ 97
Knuckle Curve: Tops out @ 83
2 - Seamer: Tops out at 95
Slurve: Tops out @ 85
Changeup: Tops out @ 89

Javier Vasquez:
His curveball is so hard to gauge because he can throw it at 75mph but can also lob in there at 65mph as well. So in essence I kinda went halfway with his curve. I would probably give him another type of curve to compensate, but his curveball has such a sweeping action to it that no other pitch would fit that description really, plus you can only use each pitch once.

Running Fastball: Tops out @ 92
Slider: Tops out @ 85
Sweeping Curveball: Tops out @ 71
Changeup: Tops out @ 82
2 - Seamer: Tops out @ 90

Andy Pettite:
I was torn between giving Andy either a slurve or a sweeping curve to reflect that breaking ball he currently has. I decided to go ahead and give him a sweeping curve as he does not have the bite that a slurve would have when breaking.

Also his slider has been a topic of discussion for the longest time. Personally his cutter has such a variation on it and he uses it almost exclusively at times that it looks almost like a slider to begin with. Because of this variation he gets both the slider and the cutter to compensate for the break and speed differences.

2-Seam Fastball: Tops out @ 91
Slider: Tops out @ 84
Cutter: Tops out @ 89
Sweeping Curve: Tops out @ 76
Changeup: Tops out @ 82

Phillip Hughes:
Fastball is fairly straight. So he is one of the few pitchers I would give a 4-seamer.
Phil is another one who varies the movement on his cutter. At times it does look like a slider. It's funny because coming out of college his slider was his best pitch, I believe. He then scraps it last year and replaces it with the cutter which, at times, looks like his slider. Confused? So am I.

4-Seam Fastball: Tops out @ 94
Knuckle-Curve: Tops out @ 78
Cutter: Tops out @ 89
Slider: Tops out @ 88

His changeup will have to wait. I just don't know yet as to what type of movement it gets.

Question: Why would you give Aj Burnett a knuckle curve? In Real life it breaks a-ton and he does throw one ,but in the show every other curveball breaks more than the knuckle curve, shouldnt he have a sweeping curve or the 12-6?

[Erick]

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Question: Why would you give Aj Burnett a knuckle curve? In Real life it breaks a-ton and he does throw one ,but in the show every other curveball breaks more than the knuckle curve, shouldnt he have a sweeping curve or the 12-6?

I Would have given him another type of curveball except if you watched his 2009 campaign, he really tightened the spin on his curveball. Tighter rotation made for a sharper, more dramatic break, but he does not have the big looping curve anymore. Based on last year he has traded the amount of break for how quickly it drops.

That's why some people think that Burnett throws a slider. He doesnt. It's just the grip that he has on the curve now. It drops so sharply, but it is not as large a break as it once was.

[ElroyJetson]

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I Would have given him another type of curveball except if you watched his 2009 campaign, he really tightened the spin on his curveball. Tighter rotation made for a sharper, more dramatic break, but he does not have the big looping curve anymore. Based on last year he has traded the amount of break for how quickly it drops.

That's why some people think that Burnett throws a slider. He doesnt. It's just the grip that he has on the curve now. It drops so sharply, but it is not as large a break as it once was.

Ah gotcha thanks for the explanation

[toine2983]

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Erick, could you post the break and control ratings for your pitching edits please?

[Erick]

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Erick, could you post the break and control ratings for your pitching edits please?

I'm currently away at the moment and won't be able to post anything till late Sunday at the earliest. I'll probably have another thread with my pitch edits for various teams as I don't wanna clutter JKRA's thread more than I have already

[toine2983]

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I'm currently away at the moment and won't be able to post anything till late Sunday at the earliest. I'll probably have another thread with my pitch edits for various teams as I don't wanna clutter JKRA's thread more than I have already

Alright, no problem.

[jkra0512]

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I'm currently away at the moment and won't be able to post anything till late Sunday at the earliest. I'll probably have another thread with my pitch edits for various teams as I don't wanna clutter JKRA's thread more than I have already

Hey man, it's cool. Its a Yankee pitching edit thread...I am in no way in charge of this project. I merely made this thread for discussion on edits and ideas from other members..

[Erick]

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Hey man, it's cool. Its a Yankee pitching edit thread...I am in no way in charge of this project. I merely made this thread for discussion on edits and ideas from other members..

Glad to hear JKRA.


Now I got the pitch attributes and pitches for the starting rotation. This is all subjective of course and it's tough to determine pitches in this game because of the restrictions it gives to editing, as well as the structure to the layout of the pitch types.

Having said that I did not want to stray too far from what they throw in real life because I would still like the pitchers to feel authentic when using them.

I walked a fine line when taking into account the pitch breaks and the pitch type and settled on these. It's based off of Bahnzo's work so props to him for the ratings and attributes.

CC Sabathia
Running Fastball
86
73
60

Slurve
56
70
90

Circle-Change
10
89
30

2 Seam Fastball
78
52
53

Cutter
76
56
59

Javier Vasquez
Running Fastball
70
86
69

Slider
51
80
72

Sweeping Curve
23
79
72

Changeup
39
56
67

2 Seam Fastball
69
47
59

AJ Burnett
Running Fastball
86
71
65

Knuckle-Curve
76
54
81

Circle-Change
5
43
69

2 Seam Fastball
77
21
65

Phil Hughes
4 Seam Fastball
62
79
72

12-6 Curve
52
54
72

Cutter
62
91
56

Slider
81
61
58

Circle-Change
47
52
65

Andy Pettite
2 Seam Fastball
62
68
43

Slider
44
72
56

Cutter
52
74
80

Sweeping Curve
49
72
66

Changeup
34
28
71

I watched some of Phil Hughes spring training games and his changeup is clocked around 78-79 mph. It has some serious drop and tail. I'm curious to see how it develops throughout the year.

Let me know how these pitches play out. I'll make changes according to what other people feel.

[toine2983]

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Thanks alot Erick.

I'll make the edits, get a feel for them and give some feedback hopefully next week

[IDaCoolGuy]

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Erick -

Any updates for relievers? Not sure if you even plan on doing that, but I was just wondering. I really like what you've done with the starters.