(I had posted this on the main MLB The Show forum last night, but I didn't realize there was a sub-thread just for custom rosters, so I'll adhere to the specialization and put this here; sorry about that!)
Hello folks, I wanted to pass along a roster upload I did for those looking for something fresh for The Show.
The point of this roster update was to accomplish a few things, mainly to reconfigure attributes to weigh more towards the 2019 season or ABs/innings totaling up to a basic equivalent of a last full season for a player. The goal of this is to reconfigure breakout players or role players stabilizing themselves last season, or players who might have had better ratings than deserved despite recent, large-sample-size poor performances and are moved downward accordingly. If you’ve seen a pitcher in current or past Show rosters who put up a 9, 10 K/9 a previous season but still have a very poor K/9 rating, or a guy who had a big 30-HR year but still has relatively weak power numbers due to their performance 2-3 years before, this is the sort of the thing my goal with this roster is looking to help rectify.
How this was achieved was studying the scale and distribution of every category in the Show across all players with ML experience and comparing that with player statistics representing said categories to come up with customized mathematical formulas to get an accurate re-rating across the board; there’s no blind guesswork involved, every attribute adjustment is rooted in either statistical performance or for players with little service time or who have debuted in 2020 so far, a variety of projections from places like ZIPS to get a realistic attribute adjustment. One important thing is that although every player with ML experience and players debuting or expecting to debut this year have been reworked, the distribution for roster attributes are still within the level of standard Show rosters, meaning this isn’t a custom roster where everyone is 90+ or something wacky. You’ll still see a general deviation of Diamond/Gold/Silver/Bronze/Common OVRs that should look like a normal Show roster.
Also to note that these numbers are also not in a vacuum; in extreme cases of injury-impeded or lack of experience sample sizes, attribute changes were customized to still reflect a realistic performance for a specific player. So if a guy was hurt last year and hit, say, .160 in 32 atbats, that player’s numbers are simply rolled back into their previous full season performance in order to reflect a more accurate sample size, instead of cranking their numbers to represent said 32 ABs.
Pitch speeds and arsenals for every pitcher with MLB-level info have been refreshed and updated using pitch data from Scout/Texas Leaguers. Although break and control for individual pitches have been left alone, speeds have been recaliberated to 2019 averages unless pitchers had injury-shortened seasons that affected their general velocity, and arsenals have been reordered to better represent how often a pitcher deals a certain pitch (for example, Oliver Perez’s slider has been moved up to his #1 pitch after throwing it about 50% of the time in 2019, so Perez’s AI should be dealing that more than the secondary pitches).
I have also created CAPs for players not included in the early base rosters of this year’s game (these were created just before the most recent 7/31 update that included some new missing players). These not only include players like international rookies, but also injured but still relevant players who were missing like AJ Puk. Attention has been paid to likeness, accurate equipment [brand and colors], attributes, and animations to make them as realistic as possible.
Players in the game who do not have specific commentary from Vasgersian have had their first and last name added in the custom voice-clips fields when applicable, so there should be less “Number 43” commentary unless their names are not in the included database. Fictional rookie ratings have also been tuned down to better emphasize the existing minor leaguers added for the first time in MLB 20.
There are two versions of this file, a V1 that represents the rosters as of Opening Day, and a V2 that updates transactions and lineups as of 8/4. I originally had players who had opted out promoted down to A-ball but after the flurry of teams who got hit with it, I decided it was less fun and feasible to do that, so the rosters have been optimized to include players who would be involved if not for the pandemic, and the only out-for-2020 players shuttled down to A-ball rosters are ones who suffered season-long injuries before the season began. Below is a list of created players I made and their OVRs, and the list of players moved to A-ball due to injury.
Username: milkmanbonzai
Opening Day File: 2019 Wt Ratings/2020 New Players V1
8/4 Update File: 2019 Wt Ratings/2020 New Players V2
Created players
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Tyler Matzek RP ATL (67 OVR)
Travis Lakins RP BAL (70 OVR)
Cody Carroll RP BAL (46 OVR)
Phillips Valdez RP BOS (62 OVR)
Rex Brothers RP CHC (65 OVR)
Duane Underwood Jr RP CHC (65 OVR)
Shogo Akiyama LF/OF CIN (81 OVR)
Matt Davidson 3B/1B CIN (73 OVR)
Brooks Raley RP CIN (64 OVR)
Seby Zavala C CHW (70 OVR)
James Karinchak RP CLE (75 OVR)
Daniel Bard RP COL (70 OVR)
Jesus Tinoco RP COL (53 OVR)
Eric Haase C DET (69 OVR)
Abraham Toro 3B/1B HOU (76 OVR)
Nivaldo Rodriguez RP HOU (66 OVR)
Foster Griffin SP KC (67 OVR)
Meibrys Viloria C KC (68 OVR)
Erick Mejia CF/IF KC (69 OVR)
Jose Quijada RP LAA (55 OVR)
Patrick Sandoval SP LAA (70 OVR)
Luis Rengifo 2B/SS LAA (74 OVR)
Jared Walsh 1B-only LAA (57 OVR)
AJ Ramos RP LAD (69 OVR)
Justin Grimm RP MIL (61 OVR)
Aaron Whitefield CF/OF MIN (66 OVR)
Jorge Alcala RP MIN (60 OVR)
Drew Smith RP NYM (70 OVR)
Michael King RP NYY (68 OVR)
A.J. Puk SP OAK (78 OVR)
Skye Bolt CF/OF OAK (66 OVR)
Tommy Hunter RP PHI (74 OVR)
Ramon Rosso RP PHI (64 OVR)
Chad Kuhl SP PIT (75 OVR)
Nik Turley RP PIT (55 OVR)
Phillip Evans 3B/2B PIT (71 OVR)
Edward Olivares RF/OF SD (73 OVR)
Pierce Johnson RP SD (66 OVR)
Jake Cronenworth 1B/IF SD (66 OVR, removed P Cronenworth to FA)
Darin Ruf 1B/LF/RF SF (68 OVR)
Andrew Triggs RP SF (66 OVR)
Kendall Graveman SP SEA (72 OVR)
Kwang Hyun Kim CP STL (70 OVR)
Austin Gomber RP STL (69 OVR)
Yoshi Tsutsugo LF/1B/3B TB (74 OVR)
Rob Refsnyder 2B/1B/OF TEX (69 OVR)
Joely Rodriguez RP TEX (68 OVR)
Rafael Dolis RP TOR (70 OVR)
T.J. Zeuch SP TOR (69 OVR)
Shun Yamaguchi RP TOR (66 OVR)
Emilio Bonifacio 2B/OF WSH (62 OVR)
Injured players moved to Class-A
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Trey Mancini BAL
Chris Sale BOS
Dustin Pedroia BOS
Scott Oberg COL
Peter Lambert COL
Jordan Zimmermann DET
Justin Anderson LAA
Jimmy Nelson LAD
Fernando Romero MIN
Blaine Hardy MIN
Noah Syndergaard NYM
Luis Severino NYY
Seranthony Dominguez PHI
Jameson Taillon PIT
Chris Archer PIT
Andres Munoz SD
Tyler Beede SF
Mitch Haniger SEA
John Brebbia STL
Miles Mikolas STL
Colin Poche TB
I did this for myself as a big ol Franchise nerd, but I'm beyond happy people have downloaded this off the vaults already and I hope anyone who does enjoys it! There will be sporadic updates to this roster as the season goes on as well.
Hello folks, I wanted to pass along a roster upload I did for those looking for something fresh for The Show.
The point of this roster update was to accomplish a few things, mainly to reconfigure attributes to weigh more towards the 2019 season or ABs/innings totaling up to a basic equivalent of a last full season for a player. The goal of this is to reconfigure breakout players or role players stabilizing themselves last season, or players who might have had better ratings than deserved despite recent, large-sample-size poor performances and are moved downward accordingly. If you’ve seen a pitcher in current or past Show rosters who put up a 9, 10 K/9 a previous season but still have a very poor K/9 rating, or a guy who had a big 30-HR year but still has relatively weak power numbers due to their performance 2-3 years before, this is the sort of the thing my goal with this roster is looking to help rectify.
How this was achieved was studying the scale and distribution of every category in the Show across all players with ML experience and comparing that with player statistics representing said categories to come up with customized mathematical formulas to get an accurate re-rating across the board; there’s no blind guesswork involved, every attribute adjustment is rooted in either statistical performance or for players with little service time or who have debuted in 2020 so far, a variety of projections from places like ZIPS to get a realistic attribute adjustment. One important thing is that although every player with ML experience and players debuting or expecting to debut this year have been reworked, the distribution for roster attributes are still within the level of standard Show rosters, meaning this isn’t a custom roster where everyone is 90+ or something wacky. You’ll still see a general deviation of Diamond/Gold/Silver/Bronze/Common OVRs that should look like a normal Show roster.
Also to note that these numbers are also not in a vacuum; in extreme cases of injury-impeded or lack of experience sample sizes, attribute changes were customized to still reflect a realistic performance for a specific player. So if a guy was hurt last year and hit, say, .160 in 32 atbats, that player’s numbers are simply rolled back into their previous full season performance in order to reflect a more accurate sample size, instead of cranking their numbers to represent said 32 ABs.
Pitch speeds and arsenals for every pitcher with MLB-level info have been refreshed and updated using pitch data from Scout/Texas Leaguers. Although break and control for individual pitches have been left alone, speeds have been recaliberated to 2019 averages unless pitchers had injury-shortened seasons that affected their general velocity, and arsenals have been reordered to better represent how often a pitcher deals a certain pitch (for example, Oliver Perez’s slider has been moved up to his #1 pitch after throwing it about 50% of the time in 2019, so Perez’s AI should be dealing that more than the secondary pitches).
I have also created CAPs for players not included in the early base rosters of this year’s game (these were created just before the most recent 7/31 update that included some new missing players). These not only include players like international rookies, but also injured but still relevant players who were missing like AJ Puk. Attention has been paid to likeness, accurate equipment [brand and colors], attributes, and animations to make them as realistic as possible.
Players in the game who do not have specific commentary from Vasgersian have had their first and last name added in the custom voice-clips fields when applicable, so there should be less “Number 43” commentary unless their names are not in the included database. Fictional rookie ratings have also been tuned down to better emphasize the existing minor leaguers added for the first time in MLB 20.
There are two versions of this file, a V1 that represents the rosters as of Opening Day, and a V2 that updates transactions and lineups as of 8/4. I originally had players who had opted out promoted down to A-ball but after the flurry of teams who got hit with it, I decided it was less fun and feasible to do that, so the rosters have been optimized to include players who would be involved if not for the pandemic, and the only out-for-2020 players shuttled down to A-ball rosters are ones who suffered season-long injuries before the season began. Below is a list of created players I made and their OVRs, and the list of players moved to A-ball due to injury.
Username: milkmanbonzai
Opening Day File: 2019 Wt Ratings/2020 New Players V1
8/4 Update File: 2019 Wt Ratings/2020 New Players V2
Created players
--
Tyler Matzek RP ATL (67 OVR)
Travis Lakins RP BAL (70 OVR)
Cody Carroll RP BAL (46 OVR)
Phillips Valdez RP BOS (62 OVR)
Rex Brothers RP CHC (65 OVR)
Duane Underwood Jr RP CHC (65 OVR)
Shogo Akiyama LF/OF CIN (81 OVR)
Matt Davidson 3B/1B CIN (73 OVR)
Brooks Raley RP CIN (64 OVR)
Seby Zavala C CHW (70 OVR)
James Karinchak RP CLE (75 OVR)
Daniel Bard RP COL (70 OVR)
Jesus Tinoco RP COL (53 OVR)
Eric Haase C DET (69 OVR)
Abraham Toro 3B/1B HOU (76 OVR)
Nivaldo Rodriguez RP HOU (66 OVR)
Foster Griffin SP KC (67 OVR)
Meibrys Viloria C KC (68 OVR)
Erick Mejia CF/IF KC (69 OVR)
Jose Quijada RP LAA (55 OVR)
Patrick Sandoval SP LAA (70 OVR)
Luis Rengifo 2B/SS LAA (74 OVR)
Jared Walsh 1B-only LAA (57 OVR)
AJ Ramos RP LAD (69 OVR)
Justin Grimm RP MIL (61 OVR)
Aaron Whitefield CF/OF MIN (66 OVR)
Jorge Alcala RP MIN (60 OVR)
Drew Smith RP NYM (70 OVR)
Michael King RP NYY (68 OVR)
A.J. Puk SP OAK (78 OVR)
Skye Bolt CF/OF OAK (66 OVR)
Tommy Hunter RP PHI (74 OVR)
Ramon Rosso RP PHI (64 OVR)
Chad Kuhl SP PIT (75 OVR)
Nik Turley RP PIT (55 OVR)
Phillip Evans 3B/2B PIT (71 OVR)
Edward Olivares RF/OF SD (73 OVR)
Pierce Johnson RP SD (66 OVR)
Jake Cronenworth 1B/IF SD (66 OVR, removed P Cronenworth to FA)
Darin Ruf 1B/LF/RF SF (68 OVR)
Andrew Triggs RP SF (66 OVR)
Kendall Graveman SP SEA (72 OVR)
Kwang Hyun Kim CP STL (70 OVR)
Austin Gomber RP STL (69 OVR)
Yoshi Tsutsugo LF/1B/3B TB (74 OVR)
Rob Refsnyder 2B/1B/OF TEX (69 OVR)
Joely Rodriguez RP TEX (68 OVR)
Rafael Dolis RP TOR (70 OVR)
T.J. Zeuch SP TOR (69 OVR)
Shun Yamaguchi RP TOR (66 OVR)
Emilio Bonifacio 2B/OF WSH (62 OVR)
Injured players moved to Class-A
--
Trey Mancini BAL
Chris Sale BOS
Dustin Pedroia BOS
Scott Oberg COL
Peter Lambert COL
Jordan Zimmermann DET
Justin Anderson LAA
Jimmy Nelson LAD
Fernando Romero MIN
Blaine Hardy MIN
Noah Syndergaard NYM
Luis Severino NYY
Seranthony Dominguez PHI
Jameson Taillon PIT
Chris Archer PIT
Andres Munoz SD
Tyler Beede SF
Mitch Haniger SEA
John Brebbia STL
Miles Mikolas STL
Colin Poche TB
I did this for myself as a big ol Franchise nerd, but I'm beyond happy people have downloaded this off the vaults already and I hope anyone who does enjoys it! There will be sporadic updates to this roster as the season goes on as well.
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