Bacon's Fictional Roster

[FunGaming44]

Re: Bacon's Fictional Roster

I just don’t have minor league teams listed on this spreadsheet.

Are they listed on the other one ?

[bacon96]

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Just hit a 3 run walk off homer with Rondell McKnight to finish my last game on 18! My Red Sox are so ready to go on 19!

My franchise last year was with Tampa Bay so McKnight was one of the biggest thorns in my side all year.

[bacon96]

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so ready to play with this roster - i use a blend of player lock/quick manage/playing full games to play out all 162 and feel immersed, and this is just what i need to get that kickstarted!

Glad to hear you're excited. There's no wrong way to play The Show!

Baseball is Better!

[bacon96]

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Out of curiosity, how do you do this?

I am very interested as I have been trying to get more immersed in my franchise the past few years and have yet to do so.

Thanks

Not exactly sure what you're asking but I'll provide some information about the roster anyways...

Bacon's Fictional Roster is a fully functional fictional roster on MLB The Show. My 2019 version will be released later today. The basis of the roster is that it is completely separate from real life and the players who are currently active in the MLB. I poured lots of time and effort into making it the best it can be and I believe it's some of the best work that's ever been done by myself.

Best way to get into it is just to play games and view the rosters. You'll get to know players a lot quicker by playing games and learning some tendencies until you find a favorite team to run a franchise with.

[bacon96]

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Are they listed on the other one ?

Somewhat. I have difficulty articulating why but they aren't listed as clearly as I have them laid out on the basic companion.

[bacon96]

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It's Roster Drop Day Guys!

I'm gonna use this post to provide some more information about the three versions of the roster I'll be uploading today so HERE WE GO

1) "Bacon's Fictional Roster 2019"
Bacon's Fictional Roster 2019 will be the most similar to the previous versions of my roster released in the past. It's a full 90 man with complete free agents, a full 40-man roster that I created and no real players on the roster at all. Any remaining roster spot that needed to be filled is filled by a generic CAP like on the default roster because I have not yet filled entire 90 man rosters with my own CAPs just yet.

2) "Bacon's Fictional Roster with All-Stars"
Bacon's Fictional Roster with All-Stars is a new version of my roster that still includes every fictional player in the other two versions but also has every real SCEA version of every 2018 MLB All-Stars listed on legend teams and appearing in free agency. This provides a hybrid-type mix between fully fictional and the best real players out now...should be fun to compare the best creations I have to their real life counterparts!

3) "Bacon's Fictional Roster WIP"
Bacon's Fictional Roster Work In Progress (WIP) will be an extremely different and new version of the same roster. This set will only include the Create-A-Players that I have made myself with no generic CAPs like on the other two. Instead, the Minor Leagues mostly include filler type players named "New Fielder" or "New Pitcher" who are 45 years old, with F potential and 0 attributes across the board. Most of these fillers will retire in the first season of any Franchise or Road to the Show. This is the version of the roster I am using this year and have used in past years for my own franchises. I released a similar version to this roster on MLBTS18 on March 23, 2019.

Baseball is Better!

EVERYBODY LOVES THE SHOW!

[KingSimbaOfVa]

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Can’t wait for these!


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[GregNilles]

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Hey 27, I appreciate the Q.

I did create all ratings from scratch. I mostly tried to mimic what the MLB was when I began watching in the early 2000's so I obviously wouldn't call it "old school" but it is from the era before the "three true outcomes" era that we're currently in and have been in for a few seasons now.

In the beginning of player creation, the ratings were somewhat random and all kinds of types but then I needed to create players to fill a niche like lefty mashers or defensive specialists. I would be laying in bed and think of a certain type of player I could create so I would write down some notes about what he would excel at before jumping on The Show to create but then I would also just play around and slide attributes left and right until it felt good. There are players scattered around with certain skills that others aren't as good at which is meant to mimic how players in the minor leagues in real life may be better at certain skills than big leaguers but the MLB players are better overall.

Lastly, if you want to adjust the way the game plays, sliders are useful to manipulate how the CPU plays you back so I HIGHLY recommenced getting familiar with how all these work so you can make in game adjustments.

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EVERYBODY LOVES THE SHOW!

Bacon, what sliders do you use for your gameplay?

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[statdude]

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It's Roster Drop Day Guys!

I'm gonna use this post to provide some more information about the three versions of the roster I'll be uploading today so HERE WE GO

1) "Bacon's Fictional Roster 2019"
Bacon's Fictional Roster 2019 will be the most similar to the previous versions of my roster released in the past. It's a full 90 man with complete free agents, a full 40-man roster that I created and no real players on the roster at all. Any remaining roster spot that needed to be filled is filled by a generic CAP like on the default roster because I have not yet filled entire 90 man rosters with my own CAPs just yet.

2) "Bacon's Fictional Roster with All-Stars"
Bacon's Fictional Roster with All-Stars is a new version of my roster that still includes every fictional player in the other two versions but also has every real SCEA version of every 2018 MLB All-Stars listed on legend teams and appearing in free agency. This provides a hybrid-type mix between fully fictional and the best real players out now...should be fun to compare the best creations I have to their real life counterparts!

3) "Bacon's Fictional Roster WIP"
Bacon's Fictional Roster Work In Progress (WIP) will be an extremely different and new version of the same roster. This set will only include the Create-A-Players that I have made myself with no generic CAPs like on the other two. Instead, the Minor Leagues mostly include filler type players named "New Fielder" or "New Pitcher" who are 45 years old, with F potential and 0 attributes across the board. Most of these fillers will retire in the first season of any Franchise or Road to the Show. This is the version of the roster I am using this year and have used in past years for my own franchises. I released a similar version to this roster on MLBTS18 on March 23, 2019.

Baseball is Better!

EVERYBODY LOVES THE SHOW!

Very much looking forward to this. Thinking I'll end up using the Reds in a MoM franchise. Love you work and I've been following since your first release (I think in The Show 17?)

[dpc134]

Re: Bacon's Fictional Roster

It's Roster Drop Day Guys!

I'm gonna use this post to provide some more information about the three versions of the roster I'll be uploading today so HERE WE GO

1) "Bacon's Fictional Roster 2019"
Bacon's Fictional Roster 2019 will be the most similar to the previous versions of my roster released in the past. It's a full 90 man with complete free agents, a full 40-man roster that I created and no real players on the roster at all. Any remaining roster spot that needed to be filled is filled by a generic CAP like on the default roster because I have not yet filled entire 90 man rosters with my own CAPs just yet.

2) "Bacon's Fictional Roster with All-Stars"
Bacon's Fictional Roster with All-Stars is a new version of my roster that still includes every fictional player in the other two versions but also has every real SCEA version of every 2018 MLB All-Stars listed on legend teams and appearing in free agency. This provides a hybrid-type mix between fully fictional and the best real players out now...should be fun to compare the best creations I have to their real life counterparts!

3) "Bacon's Fictional Roster WIP"
Bacon's Fictional Roster Work In Progress (WIP) will be an extremely different and new version of the same roster. This set will only include the Create-A-Players that I have made myself with no generic CAPs like on the other two. Instead, the Minor Leagues mostly include filler type players named "New Fielder" or "New Pitcher" who are 45 years old, with F potential and 0 attributes across the board. Most of these fillers will retire in the first season of any Franchise or Road to the Show. This is the version of the roster I am using this year and have used in past years for my own franchises. I released a similar version to this roster on MLBTS18 on March 23, 2019.

Baseball is Better!

EVERYBODY LOVES THE SHOW!

Can't wait to try these out. Thanks for making these!

[bacon96]

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Can’t wait for these!


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Thanks. They'll be up shortly.

Bacon, what sliders do you use for your gameplay?

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I play on HOF, with the "Bacon's Fictional Roster WIP" and use my own sliders. I could upload those too if people want me to.

Very much looking forward to this. Thinking I'll end up using the Reds in a MoM franchise. Love you work and I've been following since your first release (I think in The Show 17?)

Thank you very much, statdude. Very cool to hear that you've been following along the whole journey.

Can't wait to try these out. Thanks for making these!

DPC, thanks for sticking around too man. Very glad to hear you're on board again as well.

[brent3419]

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getting these as soon as i get home!

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[bacon96]

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Okay guys...all 3 types are up. Download, rate and enjoy!

Here's a step-by-step on how to download my roster and any other rosters from the community vault.

1. Open MLB The Show 19.

2. Once on the home screen, press R1 twice to page over to the "Community" tab on the home screen.

3. Select the "Vaults" option.

4. Select the "Roster Vault" option.

5. Press triangle to search the vault and insert my PSN: cwebs96 into the find function then press square.

6. Locate "Bacon's Fictional Roster 2019", "Bacon's Fictional Roster WIP" or "Bacon's Roster w/ 2018 All Stars" and press X. Then select "Download"

7. MLB The Show prompts you to name it whatever at this point and once it backs out of this screen, you have successfully downloaded the roster.

8. Enjoy! Play with the roster! Tell your friends about the roster! Upload gameplay from the roster to YouTube or Twitch!

[Guys_WhoGame]

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I used to be a strictly DD guy, and these rosters have transformed for me into a pure franchise guy. I appreciate you putting time into doing this and letting us into your universe.

[FunGaming44]

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Okay guys...all 3 types are up. Download, rate and enjoy!

Here's a step-by-step on how to download my roster and any other rosters from the community vault.

1. Open MLB The Show 19.

2. Once on the home screen, press R1 twice to page over to the "Community" tab on the home screen.

3. Select the "Vaults" option.

4. Select the "Roster Vault" option.

5. Press triangle to search the vault and insert my PSN: cwebs96 into the find function then press square.

6. Locate "Bacon's Fictional Roster 2019", "Bacon's Fictional Roster WIP" or "Bacon's Roster w/ 2018 All Stars" and press X. Then select "Download"

7. MLB The Show prompts you to name it whatever at this point and once it backs out of this screen, you have successfully downloaded the roster.

8. Enjoy! Play with the roster! Tell your friends about the roster! Upload gameplay from the roster to YouTube or Twitch!

In the middle of the night here and just got to bed but will try them out when I get up, thanks for the hard work and for making them. I think ill go with 2019 roster so its completely fictional with no real players and no place holders.

Btw was just thinking this is also great for RTTS as you can carry it over year to year with no problems that players got taken out of the game, i been playing a RTTS carry over since 2016 but so many players are now out that names are now numbers so this would be a great solution