The TrueSim Roster Project: MLB 25

[Bonk_McNeeley]

Hey Cyc!

Great work on V.2!

What do you recommend when turning a SP into a RP and vice versa?

Do you have any recommendations on juicing up a player? Full context, I'm looking to bump up Bubba Chandler a tick, but I don't want to do anything that would negatively affect the integrity of the roster. Feel free to say you wouldn't touch anything as well.

Thanks,

Much appreciation for all the work!

[raptureveteran11]

My biggest issue off the bat is it doesnt look like you really touched the Braves. This team is horrendous. two hitters in the top 15, nearly the rest of the roster ranks near the bottom of MLB in hitting. Nearly the entire roster should be in the 70s outside of Acuna and Olson (not counting pitching).

It makes me wonder how accurate the actual rating updates are for other teams if you looked right over the Braves and still had utter trash like Albies at 84, Riley who is astronomically garbage at 91. Fans have been begging and pleading for Ozuna to be benched for a month he's so unbelievably hot trash at the plate and IIRC you had him at 85...86? I know you arent going to have the perfect roster and know teams that well but I figured the Braves historical decline would have stuck out. There should be 3 people in the 90s for Atlanta, and again, MAYBE 2 in the 80s for non-pitchers for our catchers (and Murphy should ONLY be higher then 80 because of his catching, he's also absurdly awful at the plate)

[Fiddy]

My biggest issue off the bat is it doesnt look like you really touched the Braves. This team is horrendous. two hitters in the top 15, nearly the rest of the roster ranks near the bottom of MLB in hitting. Nearly the entire roster should be in the 70s outside of Acuna and Olson (not counting pitching).

It makes me wonder how accurate the actual rating updates are for other teams if you looked right over the Braves and still had utter trash like Albies at 84, Riley who is astronomically garbage at 91. Fans have been begging and pleading for Ozuna to be benched for a month he's so unbelievably hot trash at the plate and IIRC you had him at 85...86? I know you arent going to have the perfect roster and know teams that well but I figured the Braves historical decline would have stuck out. There should be 3 people in the 90s for Atlanta, and again, MAYBE 2 in the 80s for non-pitchers for our catchers (and Murphy should ONLY be higher then 80 because of his catching, he's also absurdly awful at the plate)

I'm not a ratings guru, but with custom rosters you almost have to ignore overalls. He raised the durability on the majority of the roster and that can cause inflated overalls. I'm not sure how much that played a role here with the Braves, but take a look at those players default durability ratings, then load up his roster and lower the 99 durability to whatever it was and see what it does to the overall.

[raptureveteran]

I'm not a ratings guru, but with custom rosters you almost have to ignore overalls. He raised the durability on the majority of the roster and that can cause inflated overalls. I'm not sure how much that played a role here with the Braves, but take a look at those players default durability ratings, then load up his roster and lower the 99 durability to whatever it was and see what it does to the overall.

I just edited them myselvesd after making current trades. For instance I got Harris, Riley, Ocuna, all these guys are in the 70s. Potential lowered a ton. Its whatever since 60 contact and 65 power is a lot more realistic. For instance he had 99 contact for Albies for I cant recall if it was CONR or CONL and I had to quickly knock that down to the 60s. I dont think people quite grasp how bad the Braves are. It's been about 2 1/2 years now that this lineup has been unbelievably bad so I dont know why so many roster editors, not just this one, have so many of the Braves hitters higher than 85. Over the last 7 games this offense has scored 10 runs, with 6 coming in their lone win. As I type this they are the verge of getting shutout against the ****ing Angels. For the 2nd consecutive game. We may need to be the most tweaked team by roster editors out there and I still see an astronomical number of roster edits having us with everyone on the roster be in the mid 80s and up.

[Cycloniac]

I just edited them myselvesd after making current trades. For instance I got Harris, Riley, Ocuna, all these guys are in the 70s. Potential lowered a ton. Its whatever since 60 contact and 65 power is a lot more realistic. For instance he had 99 contact for Albies for I cant recall if it was CONR or CONL and I had to quickly knock that down to the 60s. I dont think people quite grasp how bad the Braves are. It's been about 2 1/2 years now that this lineup has been unbelievably bad so I dont know why so many roster editors, not just this one, have so many of the Braves hitters higher than 85. Over the last 7 games this offense has scored 10 runs, with 6 coming in their lone win. As I type this they are the verge of getting shutout against the ****ing Angels. For the 2nd consecutive game. We may need to be the most tweaked team by roster editors out there and I still see an astronomical number of roster edits having us with everyone on the roster be in the mid 80s and up.

Albies 99 was vs lefties, but his ratings were lowered accordingly (55 contact vs righties).

It sounds like you want more aggressive ratings changes, and I would caution you on that because sample size is key here. I can't stress that enough. The Braves aren't that bad a team. They just need to win more on the road.

It's interesting you'd drop Riley to the 70s. That's crazy to me. He has an OPS+ of 110 right now. Most of the players on the Braves also have WAR above 0 also.

You mentioned they've done x in the last ten games. Again, that's such a tiny sample. When I look at sample size for hitters, I'm not just looking at this season. I'm looking at last year and the year prior too, depending on how they're doing.

[Skuxx24]

Hay Cy

Thanks again for your work on the roster and apperciate how much goes into it I just started my franchise and was wondering do you have a file or spreadsheet on who should be placed on IR prior to the regular season starting?


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[Cycloniac]

Hay Cy

Thanks again for your work on the roster and apperciate how much goes into it I just started my franchise and was wondering do you have a file or spreadsheet on who should be placed on IR prior to the regular season starting?


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Here
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...BSVok/htmlview

[Cycloniac]

Hey Cyc!

Great work on V.2!

What do you recommend when turning a SP into a RP and vice versa?

Do you have any recommendations on juicing up a player? Full context, I'm looking to bump up Bubba Chandler a tick, but I don't want to do anything that would negatively affect the integrity of the roster. Feel free to say you wouldn't touch anything as well.

Thanks,

Much appreciation for all the work!

Are you trying to permanently turn him into a reliever, or are you just calling him up and putting him in the bullpen to start?

[Bonk_McNeeley]

Are you trying to permanently turn him into a reliever, or are you just calling him up and putting him in the bullpen to start?

Two separate questions,

1. Just in general, is there a quick fix for changing a SP into a RP or vice versa?

2. Recommendation on a what I could do to juice up Bubba Chandler (SP)?

Much appreciation on the reply!

[Cycloniac]

Two separate questions,

1. Just in general, is there a quick fix for changing a SP into a RP or vice versa?

2. Recommendation on a what I could do to juice up Bubba Chandler (SP)?

Much appreciation on the reply!

I made a converter:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

Make a copy and it'll work for you

I put Bubba's attributes in to start.

[raptureveteran11]

Albies 99 was vs lefties, but his ratings were lowered accordingly (55 contact vs righties).

It sounds like you want more aggressive ratings changes, and I would caution you on that because sample size is key here. I can't stress that enough. The Braves aren't that bad a team. They just need to win more on the road.

It's interesting you'd drop Riley to the 70s. That's crazy to me. He has an OPS+ of 110 right now. Most of the players on the Braves also have WAR above 0 also.

You mentioned they've done x in the last ten games. Again, that's such a tiny sample. When I look at sample size for hitters, I'm not just looking at this season. I'm looking at last year and the year prior too, depending on how they're doing.

I finally found 2 other roster editors that had Riley around 80 and Harris at 79 or so. Albies was at 77 in one I think. Riley is also one of the worst batters in the league with RISP.

This is from chatgpt:

Austin Riley (ATL, 3B):

• Batting Average (BA): .274 — places him tied around 50th league-wide
• On-Base Plus Slugging (OPS): .752 — ranks him around 90th in MLB

All the metrics combined dont sell a story of Riley being anywhere higher than 80. MAybe I am being aggressive but the Braves are ****ing atrocious. Riley being high stuck out to me and Albies isnt 99 at everything.

Why does any roster editor keep Albies 99 vs lefties?

"Among MLB players with 100+ plate appearances vs lefties, Albies ranks among the lowest hitters—his OPS (.521) places him near the bottom tier in the league."

So I wouldnt say me dropping Albies to 65 vs lefties as an example is aggressive at all, its right on par. Hes a bad baseball player now. All the injuries have caught up. If you spend time looking at each of the Braves hitters its the same except for Olson and Acuna.

[I_Am_Freitas]

Thanks for all the work you put into these rosters, Cy. But I’ve run into a small dilemma…your roster has teams with top players in AAA and unless I take control of all 30 teams and adjust those players to be on the MLB roster, the CPU won’t do it. I notice it’s not only an issue with yours but even SDS’ rosters. To be honest, I don’t wan’t to take control of all 30 teams in franchise, I’d really just rather pick my team and play….how can I fix the rosters so that star players are on the MLB squad and not in the minors?

[Cycloniac]

I finally found 2 other roster editors that had Riley around 80 and Harris at 79 or so. Albies was at 77 in one I think. Riley is also one of the worst batters in the league with RISP.

This is from chatgpt:

Austin Riley (ATL, 3B):

• Batting Average (BA): .274 — places him tied around 50th league-wide
• On-Base Plus Slugging (OPS): .752 — ranks him around 90th in MLB

All the metrics combined dont sell a story of Riley being anywhere higher than 80. MAybe I am being aggressive but the Braves are ****ing atrocious. Riley being high stuck out to me and Albies isnt 99 at everything.

Why does any roster editor keep Albies 99 vs lefties?

"Among MLB players with 100+ plate appearances vs lefties, Albies ranks among the lowest hitters—his OPS (.521) places him near the bottom tier in the league."

So I wouldnt say me dropping Albies to 65 vs lefties as an example is aggressive at all, its right on par. Hes a bad baseball player now. All the injuries have caught up. If you spend time looking at each of the Braves hitters its the same except for Olson and Acuna.

Ozzie Albies has hit, over the past 3 seasons, around .330 vs lefties. It's .336 in my dataset, and I stopped collecting data around the 50-something game mark of this MLB season.

In the same dataset, he's hit .240 vs righties, which is where the 55 comes from.

The contact and power scales were created and tuned based on how the sim sngine works.

If I remove the data from 2023, Ozzie was hitting around .344 vs lefties. He hit .321 vs lefties just last year.

I know he's struggled this year, but again, sample size. If you think he's that bad, I'm glad you lowered him. But I just wanted you to see where the calculations are coming from. Sample size is especially important for the vs lefties split because those opportunities are much rarer (468 ABs vs R, 117 vs L last year for Albies, for example).

[mdstepha]

NOW AVAILABLE
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Sliders: TrueSim v3.1 (played games), TS Sim Sliders v2 (simulated games)

Ratings Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?gid=0#gid=0


Franchise Mode Setup Guide

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I prefer to play franchise using 30 team control, using the two profile setup explained in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqmHdXotohA

Trading
I suggest you change the trade frequency slider as follows:
April & May: 1
June 1st-June 30th: 5
July 1st-July 31st: 10
Rest of Season: 5
Offseason & Spring Training: 6

Drafted Player Edits




If you prefer to handle all trades:


I turn waivers off for year one to minimize prospects being moved unnecesarily.

Sliders

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All-Star Difficulty
Classic Pitching or Pinpoint Pitching
Directional Hitting (or user preference)

If a setting isn't listed, it is user preference.


Contact: 5
Power: 5
Timing: 7
Foul Freq: 4
Solid Hits: 6
Starter Stamina: 8
Reliever Stamina: 1
Pitcher Control: 4
Pitcher Consistency: 3
Strike Freq: 5
Manager Hook: 6
Pickoff: 4
Fastball and Offspeed Pitch Speed: 10 (or user preference)
Fielding Errors Infield: 7
Fielding Errors Outfield: 6
Throwing Errors Infield: 8
Throwing Errors Outfield: 1
Fielder Run Speed: 3
Fielder Reaction: 6
Fielder Arm Strength Infield: 5
Fielder Arm Strength Outfield: 7
Baserunner Speed: 6
Baserunner Steal Ability: 9
Baserunner Steal Freq: 7
Wind: 7
Gameplay Injury Freq: 8
Simulation Injury Freq: 6

Rating Process and Methodology

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After the baseball season is over, the work begins. Every player is rated by handed using TPS. The ratings are reviewed for quality-control purposes and finalized. When possible, a three year baseline is used.

For long term franchise play, the potential mix is adjusted to divide players into relevant tiers, based on current production and age.

Potential Mix for MLB Position Players
A (90-99) = 16%
B (80-89) = 34%
C (70-79) = 51%

Potential Mix for MLB Pitchers
A (90-99) = 18%
B (80-89) = 36%
C (70-79) = 46%

Hitting and Fielding
Hitting and Fielding
-Contact ratings are based on BABIP with an adjustment based on batting average

-Power ratings are based on HRs per 162 games

-Vision ratings are based on K%

-Discipline ratings are based on BB%

-Durability ratings are based on the league average games played per MLB season (102 games) for all position players. The floor for durability was increased from 70 to 85, which helps more consistent stat input during sims.

-Speed (baserunning ability) is calculated using Statcast sprint speed.

-Fielding ratings are based on DRS as well as Statcast's arm strength data. Accuracy is based on relative fielding percentage for infielders.


Pitchers
-Per 9 ratings are based on the per 9 statistics, except hits per 9, which uses career batting average against.

-Stamina is based on innings/appearance

Pitch repetoires were built from the ground up using Statcast data via MLB Savant. Pitch types were influencd by relative horizontal and vertical break for each pitch, using the % vs average differentiator. Brooks Baseball was also referenced using their pitch descriptions.

Thanks again for all this. Looking at the original post, why are these sliders different than v3.1 in the vault?

Also, do you recommend All Star or HOF hitting? In the original sliders I see all star but on Reddit I saw you told someone HOF.

thanks!

[Sharpshooter1324]

Hi there. Thank you for the roster. I’m new to the community and I have been trying to find a good roster that is realistic. What is the biggest difference between v1 and v2? Also, I control 1 team and I actually play all the game. Do I need to download the sliders too? If so, doesn’t that mean I don’t get any XP from the game anymore. Do the sliders have to be downloaded to play or can I play with the base sliders? Please be honest. Thank you.

I forgot to mention that I actually play all the game with zero simulation for my team.

thanks again.