Cubs 2014 OSFM

[OhioCub]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Yep, looks like they replaced Eloy with Casper Wells. I would have left him in the FA pool since he hasn't played at all this year. I opted to add in Stephen Bruno instead of moving Casper Wells onto the Cubs, but I guess they wanted him on there and chose to replace Eloy with him.

I'll try and release a roster with extra Cubs players once the PS4 version is out, I may touch up some players if they chose to release a PS4 version as well since that version has a few new swing types and hair/breard styles.

It also looks like they noticed the same thing I did in that potentials can increase a ton, I saw as much as +9 in only a few years. So players like Almora went from an 88 to a 97, Vogelbach and Alcantara turned into an A player as well. So they should have been dropped a bit or else they end up close to where Baez and Bryant are. They run sims with all the OSFM players in there and run more than I do so I'll trust their judgement on the overall drops they did on some players.

I would have chosen to remove another player over Eloy though, he is consistently ranked as a top 20 Cubs prospect. I would have chose Devoss if it had to be an OF and Bruno if it was anyone.

Also noticed Neil Ramirez took a huge hit. I see him as being MLB ready right now, in fact he's already proven that.

Thanks for the info, I'll probably just release Casper wells when I get the game if that's the case.

[MrOldboy]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Knight is aware of some of the changes.

- Neil Ramirez up
- Rivero up
- Soler age 22
- Put Eloy back in, possibly replace Devoss

Maybe Vogelbach up a bit, I did only give him an 82 POT, which is what he rates out to be at his ceiling.

But overall I agree with most of the OVR decreases they made, once you get deeper into a franchise you'll notice how potentials can jump up and turn B players into A players which speed up their progression a lot.

They usually release a corrections roster, probably won't be too long for that.

I'll try and get a roster file up with extra players. I'll wait until the corrections roster though and base it off of that and just put the players in the FA pool. Their faces will be crappy/generic unless someone wants to edit them.

[Eddie2288]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Knight is aware of some of the changes.

- Neil Ramirez up
- Rivero up
- Soler age 22
- Put Eloy back in, possibly replace Devoss

Maybe Vogelbach up a bit, I did only give him an 82 POT, which is what he rates out to be at his ceiling.

But overall I agree with most of the OVR decreases they made, once you get deeper into a franchise you'll notice how potentials can jump up and turn B players into A players which speed up their progression a lot.

They usually release a corrections roster, probably won't be too long for that.

I'll try and get a roster file up with extra players. I'll wait until the corrections roster though and base it off of that and just put the players in the FA pool. Their faces will be crappy/generic unless someone wants to edit them.

You could just put them into the player vault too instead of an entire roster

[OhioCub]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Knight is aware of some of the changes.

- Neil Ramirez up
- Rivero up
- Soler age 22
- Put Eloy back in, possibly replace Devoss

Maybe Vogelbach up a bit, I did only give him an 82 POT, which is what he rates out to be at his ceiling.

But overall I agree with most of the OVR decreases they made, once you get deeper into a franchise you'll notice how potentials can jump up and turn B players into A players which speed up their progression a lot.

They usually release a corrections roster, probably won't be too long for that.

I'll try and get a roster file up with extra players. I'll wait until the corrections roster though and base it off of that and just put the players in the FA pool. Their faces will be crappy/generic unless someone wants to edit them.

I'd rather see Jonathan Mota replaced before anyone else. He'll be 27 on June 1st and is still basically a backup in AAA and has been in our organization for at least a few years. I don't see him as a prospect in any sense of the word.

[MrOldboy]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

I'd rather see Jonathan Mota replaced before anyone else. He'll be 27 on June 1st and is still basically a backup in AAA and has been in our organization for at least a few years. I don't see him as a prospect in any sense of the word.

AAA is what it is, there's a reason Lars Anderson is there and why they replaced Eloy with Casper Wells in the first place. Most of the editors prefer 100% accurate AAA so that is what I went with. Mota is filler, but if there weren't any filler players every OSFM team would be full of young prospects and that isn't realistic either.

[OhioCub]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Mota wasn't on the opening day roster for Iowa though. If he was that'd be different but he was brought up to AAA to fill in for an injury I believe.

[MrOldboy]

Cubs 2014 OSFM

Mota wasn't on the opening day roster for Iowa though. If he was that'd be different but he was brought up to AAA to fill in for an injury I believe.

I wasn't going off opening day, more of projected roster. Coleman is gone and I'd rather have Mota over Gonzalez, who was injured on OD. I was never going to put a AA guy on AAA so there needed to be 25 AAA players and Mota makes the most sense even if it's not technically opening day.

Who would you replace him with on AAA who is with the Cubs? Jeff Antigua, Eduardo Figueroa, Edgar Gonzalez? Maybe I'm missing someone though. There aren't many options to fill that roster spot on AAA without putting a AA guy up there, which isn't a great solution to me.

[skaaa13]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Has anyone found a decent Eloy in the player vault? I searched for awhile last night without any luck.

[MrOldboy]

Cubs 2014 OSFM

Has anyone found a decent Eloy in the player vault? I searched for awhile last night without any luck.

Eloy should be on the correction roster knight releases in a day or so. I didn't make a face for him so I'm hoping Knight had one made before he replaced him or makes one for the update.

[OhioCub]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

I wasn't going off opening day, more of projected roster. Coleman is gone and I'd rather have Mota over Gonzalez, who was injured on OD. I was never going to put a AA guy on AAA so there needed to be 25 AAA players and Mota makes the most sense even if it's not technically opening day.

Who would you replace him with on AAA who is with the Cubs? Jeff Antigua, Eduardo Figueroa, Edgar Gonzalez? Maybe I'm missing someone though. There aren't many options to fill that roster spot on AAA without putting a AA guy up there, which isn't a great solution to me.

Here's how I've arranged everyone when you take injuries out of the equation (which I think is necessary when setting up the base roster)

ML:
1-Samardzija
2-Wood
3-Jackson
4-Hammel
5-Arrieta
6-Veras
7-Strop
8-Fujikawa
9-Russell
10-Wright
11-Rondon
12-Villanueva
13-Bonifacio
14-Valbuena
15-Rizzo
16-Castro
17-Schierholtz
18-Olt
19-Castillo
20-Lake
21-Kalish
22-Ruggiano
23-Barney
24-Baker
25-Sweeney

AAA:
1-McDonald
2-Rusin
3-Hendricks
4-Jokisch
5-Wada
6-Vizcaino
7-Parker
8-Grimm
9-Ramirez
10-Rosscup
11-Schlitter
12-Cabrera
13-Sanchez
14-Szczur
15-Alcantara
16-Baez
17-Coghlan
18-Vitters
19-Villanueva
20-Jackson
21-Anderson
22-Whiteside
23-Valaika
24-Flores
25-Watkins

AA:
1-Edwards
2-Johnson
3-Pimental
4-Black
5-Pineyro
6-Zych
7-Rivero
8-Hatley
9-Negrin
10-Mateo
11-Batista
12-Zastryzny
13-DeVoss
14-Andreoli
15-Bryant
16-Soler
17-Geiger
18-Silva
19-Lopez
20-Valdez
21-Bruno
22-Ha
23-Contreras
24-Mota
25-Hernandez

A:
1-Beeler
2-Almora
3-Blackburn
4-Jimenez
5-Vogelbach
6-Torres
7-Maples
8-Skulina
9-Tseng
10-Candelario
11-Hanneman
12-Underwood
13-Wells
14-Amaya
15-Dunston

As you can see I have Mota in AA and a full 25 in AAA.

Of course, when you start moving people around to account for injuries it gets quite jumbled up and then in that case Mota would get bumped up to AAA.

[MrOldboy]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Knight or Ridin put injured MLB players at single A, that's the protocol I assumed. I don't decide that, they move those players there so I account for that and assumed they'd be at single A when making the roster. Its just how they handle injured MLB players.

I'm fine with Mota starting at AA in OSFM (which he is in the first release) but with him being at AAA now I'd prefer he stay on the roster since I'd rather Eloy replace another OF player. I don't think the roster needs another outfielder, but could use some IF depth if the upper minors start getting depleted due to promotions (i.e. Baez, Bryant, Villanueza, Alcantara). Its why I added in Jeudy Valdez, the roster was lacking upper minor league depth at SS.

I'm ok with either Devoss or Mota being taken off since they are both D players that I don't see making any real impact in anyone's franchise or RTTS. Its just that Mota helps in the IF while I find Devoss at the bottom of the OF pool of prospects since I can't see him hitting above .240. I let Knight know either one of them can be replaced if Casper Wells must remain. Again I agree Mota is useless, but I value depth as well. Coghlan was also a 1B on the release ad he should be an OF with 1B as secondary. If Mota is gone and Devoss stays that means there will be 20 OF on the Cubs which I think is too many compared to other OSFM teams.

I am trying to put together some more players and I'll add them into the next OSFM release, hopefully that'll happen in the next day or so. So players can be replaced with other fringe prospects that were mentioned in the thread like Rademacher or Trey Martin. Players like that.

[Denzel Washington]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

I hope someone is able to add in erling Moreno and maybe switch out some A filler. I guess to offset his age just have his overall in the 40's

[MrOldboy]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Have you guys noticed and stances/pitching motions or equipment that you don't like? Or just any other stances that you think might work for other players.

I gave Knight a few updates for the next release, but maybe he can add in a few changes if it makes sense.

Most equipment was based off of either recent pictures/video from minor league games, or if they appeared in spring training from MLB.tv. I typically only use images/video from day games just to be consistent.

[sportsnut4life]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

Can anyone post the avg/pwr/spd/pot for a few of the cubs prospects..

Kris bryant, J.baez, j.soler..

and any top pitching prospects.


thanks

[MrOldboy]

Re: Cubs 2014 OSFM

OK so far this is the list of extra players that I'll include. Faces will be crappy unless someone wants to do faces for them. I'll put them in the FA using the next OSFM release.

Danny Lockhart
Rock Shoulders
Trey Martin
Bijan Radenmacher
Cael Brockmeyer
Carlos Penalver
Zach Cates
Juan Paniagua
Gerardo Conception
Matt Loosen
Dae-Eun Rhee
Barret Loux

Are there any others that you guys might want to see?

I am also going to rerate a few SCEA players like Arodys Vizcaino since OSFM never edits them.

If I can I'll also try and get some of the SCEA players stances/equipment updated as well.

Hopefully this'll be a good holdover for Cubs fans until some of the other OSFM variants come out with player edits like the pitch edit or hybrid roster.