Next week it's finally the release of the new version of our favorite game. But as we know it's hard sometimes to get into the game that day because there are always some key figures of some teams missing. Either because they came from overseas or because they haven't been in the majors for a bit.
What I want to do here is two things:
1: List the players that will be missing
and
2: Find a comparable player that is in 24 to take as a base in creating those players.
So far for the missing players I have:
- Roki Sasaki, Dodgers (? behind him because we saw him in one breakdown, but just to be sure). Would the closest comparison for him be Yamamoto with a bit more velocity?
- Shinnosuke Ogasawara, Nationals: A scouting deep dive I saw compared him to Kolby Allard or a left-handed Trevor Williams
- Tomoyuki Sugano, Orioles: His comparison I saw was Paul Blackburn with way better command
- Kyle Hart, Padres: That is tough since he changed so much since his last MLB outing. I looked at his pitch type numbers from last season and compared that to MLB pitchers of last season and a close comparison seems to be Kyle Hendricks.
- Ian Anderson, Braves: Chris Paddack was a comparison I could see.
Which other names could be missing next week and are there comparisons that I could work with as a base for those players? And do you have other comparisons in mind for the players I already mentioned?
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