Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

[Bushido]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

Hey bro. Thanks for uploading the roster. In your version. Have you got the transactions updated as well or are these the opening day rosters with the changes you spoke about? I’m trying to find a roster w transactions up to date at the break or as close as possible. Thank you for the upload. I’ve got a medical condition that makes it impossible for me to sit still long enough to make all those changes myself like I used to.(spinal arthritis) Thanks to all you guys who take the time to make the game the best it can be.

I haven't updated transactions yet. I've just been adding the draft picks to the rosters, and updating other potentials to reflect the new Top100 released by MLB. I did put the Braves/Royals trade into the roster, since the Royals gave up a draft pick for three Atlanta prospects.

My main focus is to first get as many quality draft picks into the roster as possible. Then I'll go back through the rosters and double check ratings versus actual real life production this season since some guys have gotten hot since early June (or slumped hard) -- which was the last time I updated the ratings for my own personal use.

I can release what I have done though, if y'all are cool with doing whatever transactions have occurred yourselves, and content with 1st round picks only. It's up to you, because I'll still be chipping away at these until the trade deadline. There's new prospects in teams Top30 that I'll be adding, and then I'll also add later picks like Brock Porter, etc. I get more enjoyment out of editing rosters than playing the game.

[Redsdude]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

I haven't updated transactions yet. I've just been adding the draft picks to the rosters, and updating other potentials to reflect the new Top100 released by MLB. I did put the Braves/Royals trade into the roster, since the Royals gave up a draft pick for three Atlanta prospects.

My main focus is to first get as many quality draft picks into the roster as possible. Then I'll go back through the rosters and double check ratings versus actual real life production this season since some guys have gotten hot since early June (or slumped hard) -- which was the last time I updated the ratings for my own personal use.

I can release what I have done though, if y'all are cool with doing whatever transactions have occurred yourselves, and content with 1st round picks only. It's up to you, because I'll still be chipping away at these until the trade deadline. There's new prospects in teams Top30 that I'll be adding, and then I'll also add later picks like Brock Porter, etc. I get more enjoyment out of editing rosters than playing the game.

I would be ecstatic if you would release what you have(Braves royals trade) along with the first rounders. That would be amazing.

[Bushido]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

I would be ecstatic if you would release what you have(Braves royals trade) along with the first rounders. That would be amazing.

I'll upload them in a minute. GT : SCampbell904

This is Fidelity roster

I simply tweaked it as the season progressed to have more accurate ratings, and never meant for this to be a "community roster"

But I don't mind sharing, to save people the labor of trying to add rookies to the roster. I did import the first 80 picks of the draft into the roster. All of the 1st and 2nd round, including the comp pics, etc. I don't know who created the rookies, but shout out to you for doing a good job.

Also, keep in mind, I did this for my own personal use all along. I don't care about accurate 40-man rosters, lineups, rotations, since it will all get scrambled up after my first season sim. Although they are pretty spot on, but definitely not 100% accurate to reflect July.

I never play Season 1 or Season 2, since I like to sim ahead to get to where I can play with my teams top prospects (Gunnar Henderson, Grayson Rodriguez, Jackson Holliday, etc, for example)

I also added some transactions, mostly the trades, and some out right releases of notable names (Lorenzo Cain, for example) But since this is a PROSPECT HEAVY roster, I don't feel the need to assign some 36 year old journeyman relief pitcher who was claimed off waivers and potentially have to swap out a mid 20 year old to put him on the roster. You also might notice 5-7 players that don't belong on a teams roster, but that's because I had to swap them to make a transaction happen. I plan on editing them into one of those teams prospects tomorrow.

I'm going to keep chipping away at players ratings since it's been over a month since I even touched this game as I waited for the draft. I'm still working on MLB's new revised Top 100 prospects, editing potentials/ratings reflecting progress. And I will add the new crop of International free agents soon, guys like Ethan Salas, Brandon Mayea, Felnin Celesten, etc

But enjoy, its uploaded.

[Bushido]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

Completed the Top 100 revisions (ratings/potentials) to reflect their season, and their position in the Top 100.

Example : Nolan Jones was bumped up from a 68 to a 72 for the Texas Rangers. Jones was hitting .311 this season in AAA before being called up to the Majors, and has held his own through 27 AB, hitting .333. He also added RF to his secondary position, when it did not have one before.

Going through every teams Top 30 prospects to do the same, and adding any new prospects that have emerged onto the teams Top 30 that aren't on the roster.

Once that is complete, I'll be doing the same for the MLB teams --

[Redsdude]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

Completed the Top 100 revisions (ratings/potentials) to reflect their season, and their position in the Top 100.

Example : Nolan Jones was bumped up from a 68 to a 72 for the Texas Rangers. Jones was hitting .311 this season in AAA before being called up to the Majors, and has held his own through 27 AB, hitting .333. He also added RF to his secondary position, when it did not have one before.

Going through every teams Top 30 prospects to do the same, and adding any new prospects that have emerged onto the teams Top 30 that aren't on the roster.

Once that is complete, I'll be doing the same for the MLB teams, but I'm pretty confident that 90% of it will be left untouched since I already did this at the beginning of June and I don't foresee any dramatic increases/fallers from then till now. I know I bumped Kyle Wright up from an 83 to an 84 last night. He wasn't even an 80+ in the original Fidelity roster, that's just another example of the re-rates.

Is this version uploaded?

[Bushido]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

Is this version uploaded?

Nope, not yet.

I still have to go through every team's new Top 30 list, as well as update player ratings based on season performance.

For example, I just finished Arizona.

Their pitching staff had a lot of risers, Joe Mantiply and Kyle Nelson give them some good relief pitchers now, when they were barely average before hand. Their starting rotation (Kelly, Bumgarner, Davies, and Gallen) all went up in ratings to reflect their season, while Luke Weaver plummeted.

A few of their offensive players saw minor declines due to lack luster performances, but nothing dramatic. I think the lowest drop was Seth Beer from a 73 to a 71, while others only decreased by 1 point.

They added three new prospects to the roster

Manuel Pena (SS), Abdias De La Cruz (SS), and Coner Grammes (RP). Then prospects not on their Top 30 also got some love, notably Stone Garrett who is hitting .281, 22 homeruns, 72 RBI and 15 stolen bases. He would have never came close to sniffing the MLB team in the original roster, now his rating at least gives him a chance at developing into a DH/4th OF.

[Jay_AB81]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

Nope, not yet.

I still have to go through every team's new Top 30 list, as well as update player ratings based on season performance.

For example, I just finished Arizona.

Their pitching staff had a lot of risers, Joe Mantiply and Kyle Nelson give them some good relief pitchers now, when they were barely average before hand. Their starting rotation (Kelly, Bumgarner, Davies, and Gallen) all went up in ratings to reflect their season, while Luke Weaver plummeted.

A few of their offensive players saw minor declines due to lack luster performances, but nothing dramatic. I think the lowest drop was Seth Beer from a 73 to a 71, while others only decreased by 1 point.

They added three new prospects to the roster

Manuel Pena (SS), Abdias De La Cruz (SS), and Coner Grammes (RP). Then prospects not on their Top 30 also got some love, notably Stone Garrett who is hitting .281, 22 homeruns, 72 RBI and 15 stolen bases. He would have never came close to sniffing the MLB team in the original roster, now his rating at least gives him a chance at developing into a DH/4th OF.

What will you be doing with guys who are no longer prospect eligible, like for the Yankees Ron Marinaccio, & Clarke Schmidt, as they have enough time in the Majors, even though they're either in AAA or on IL?

[Bushido]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

What will you be doing with guys who are no longer prospect eligible, like for the Yankees Ron Marinaccio, & Clarke Schmidt, as they have enough time in the Majors, even though they're either in AAA or on IL?

I'm not deleting them, both are only 26 years old. If I remove a player from a team to replace them with a prospect, that player is either one of the following.

A) At the end of his career (36+ and declining fast, no longer effective)

B) Just one of those career minor leaguer journeymen who take up a roster space to fill out a 26 man team

[Redsdude]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

These are so good. I always gauge by looking at the teams I’m most familiar with….Reds and Braves. Love the curbing of Lodolos potential to a B, same with a few other guys. The only change I would make is to have McClains down in the mid 80s, and bump De La Cruz potential to about a 93. If he continues his trajectory he’s a top 5 prospect.
For the Braves, I think Harris is fair at and 88, though I would be fine at 90. He needs to walk more but his defense is already elite

[Bushido]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

These are so good. I always gauge by looking at the teams I’m most familiar with….Reds and Braves. Love the curbing of Lodolos potential to a B, same with a few other guys. The only change I would make is to have McClains down in the mid 80s, and bump De La Cruz potential to about a 93. If he continues his trajectory he’s a top 5 prospect.
For the Braves, I think Harris is fair at and 88, though I would be fine at 90. He needs to walk more but his defense is already elite

De La Cruz will get a bump once I get to the Reds. I just revamped the Braves entire MLB/Minors last night.

[Jay_AB81]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

I'm not deleting them, both are only 26 years old. If I remove a player from a team to replace them with a prospect, that player is either one of the following.

A) At the end of his career (36+ and declining fast, no longer effective)

B) Just one of those career minor leaguer journeymen who take up a roster space to fill out a 26 man team

Awesome, will be using your updated version once completed, then finally can I begin my franchise, with some more prospects I import thanks to bacon96 on here for making them.

[Redsdude]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

De La Cruz will get a bump once I get to the Reds. I just revamped the Braves entire MLB/Minors last night.

Awesome, I’m sure Vaughn Grissom got some love and a few of the upper level pitchers. But it’s pretty barren after that which is fine because they are loaded with young controllable mlb talent.
The Reds are different, they need guys like Barrero, McClain, De La Cruz, etc to develop asap. De La Cruz is a 5 tool guy assuming the hit tool translates. I don’t even know how you rate him presently though as his outcomes are so polarizing.
Love their draft pick Cam Collier. He should move fast for such a young guy.

[Firestorm]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

I don't even own the game anymore, but out of curiosity, is this new version yall been talking about based on the original or the equipment edited version that I made a few months ago?

[Bushido]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

Awesome, I’m sure Vaughn Grissom got some love and a few of the upper level pitchers. But it’s pretty barren after that which is fine because they are loaded with young controllable mlb talent.
The Reds are different, they need guys like Barrero, McClain, De La Cruz, etc to develop asap. De La Cruz is a 5 tool guy assuming the hit tool translates. I don’t even know how you rate him presently though as his outcomes are so polarizing.
Love their draft pick Cam Collier. He should move fast for such a young guy.

I'll upload the roster, and you can look at the Braves. GT is SCampbell904 and I'll title it as "TEST"

I feel pretty good about where I have everyone ranked on them. You'll see a few guys with D potentials now. Those are players that I deem as career fringe/minor league tier players. Keeping them in the 67-69 range avoids creating a log jam of 70+ rated players, and opens up starting positions 2-3 years from now when the prospects are starting to enter into their MLB call-up age bracket.

The roster is not anywhere near 100%, but the Braves, D-Backs, Red Sox, and Orioles are 100% complete. Always open to constructive feed back.

I average about 2 teams per day on the weekday. I will try to grind out more than that on the weekend since I don't have to work.


UPDATE 7:33 AM

Cubs and White Sox are complete, but they aren't in the vault in the "TEST" version. As I go through each roster with a fine tooth comb, I will remove players from teams that were traded/released (Villar on the Cubs in the old version - now on the Angels in the new version, Dallas Kuechel released from the White Sox, etc.) Also, switching players positions (Morel from 3B to CF) and creating players that didn't exist before (Mark Leither Jr)

Cease got the biggest bump so far out of all the teams. He's up to a 94 OV with his potential going from a B to an A.

[Redsdude]

Re: Franchise Fidelity to Reality Roster Project (Official Thread)

I'll upload the roster, and you can look at the Braves. GT is SCampbell904 and I'll title it as "TEST"

I feel pretty good about where I have everyone ranked on them. You'll see a few guys with D potentials now. Those are players that I deem as career fringe/minor league tier players. Keeping them in the 67-69 range avoids creating a log jam of 70+ rated players, and opens up starting positions 2-3 years from now when the prospects are starting to enter into their MLB call-up age bracket.

The roster is not anywhere near 100%, but the Braves, D-Backs, Red Sox, and Orioles are 100% complete. Always open to constructive feed back.

I average about 2 teams per day on the weekday. I will try to grind out more than that on the weekend since I don't have to work.


UPDATE 7:33 AM

Cubs and White Sox are complete, but they aren't in the vault in the "TEST" version. As I go through each roster with a fine tooth comb, I will remove players from teams that were traded/released (Villar on the Cubs in the old version - now on the Angels in the new version, Dallas Kuechel released from the White Sox, etc.) Also, switching players positions (Morel from 3B to CF) and creating players that didn't exist before (Mark Leither Jr)

Cease got the biggest bump so far out of all the teams. He's up to a 94 OV with his potential going from a B to an A.

Awesome, I will go over the Braves and Orioles here in a bit. And I agree completely about the D potentials, every AA and AAA team is comprised of a lot of players who are career minor leaguers.
Also, any way you could get the Reds done in the next few teams? No worries if not, I’m just terrible with patience