OSFM 2016: Detroit Tigers

[Ivanhoe]

MLB
Pitchers
Zimmermann, Jordan
Verlander, Justin
Sanchez, Anibal
Pelfrey, Mike
Norris, Daniel
Wilson, Justin
Hardy, Blaine
Nesbitt, Angel
Rondon, Bruce
Wilson, Alex
Lowe, Mark
Rodriguez, Francisco

Catchers
McCann, James
Saltalamacchia, Jarrod

Infielders
Cabrera, Miguel
Kindler, Ian
Iglesias, Jose
Castellanos, Nick
Martinez, Victor
Aviles, Mike
Romaine, Andrew

Outfielders
Upton, Justin
Maybin, Cameron
Martinez, JD
Gose, Anthony

AAA
Pitchers
Boyd, Matt
Farmer, Buck
Greene, Shane
Ryan, Kyle
Fernandez, Anthony
Mantiply, Joe
Britton, Drake
Verhagen, Drew
Guilmet, Preston
Valdez, Jose
Ferrell, Jeff

Catchers
Holaday, Bryan
Gonzalez, Miguel

Infielders
Huffman, Chad
Field, Tommy
Machado, Dixon
Gonzalez, Alberto
Green, Dean
Valdespin, Jordany

Outfielders
Collins, Tyler
James, Jiwan
Moya, Steven
Mayberry Jr, John
Schierholtz, Nate

AA
Pitchers
Fulmer, Michael
Ziomek, Kevin
Kubitza, Austin
Turley, Josh
Collier, Tommy
Crouse, Matt
Rogers, Joe
Saupold, Warwick
Hemmer, Gabe
de la Rosa, Edgar
Robertson, Montreal
Voelker, Paul

Catchers
Green, Austin
Lopez, Raffy

Infielders
Ficociello, Dominic
Bortnick, Tyler
Jones, Jacoby
Hanover, Tyler
Robbins, James
Nunez, Gustavo
Krizan, Jason

Outfielders
Harrell, Connor
Bernard, Wynton
McVaney, Jeff
Gerber, Michael

A
Pitchers
Briceno, Endrys
Burrows, Beau
Turnbull, Spencer
Labourt, Jairo
Lewicki, Artie
Lara, Confesor
Smith, Drew
Jimenez, Joe

Catchers
Scivicque, Kade

Infielders
Pankake, Joey
Castro, Harold
Simcox, AJ

Outfielders
Gibson, Cam
Hill, Derek
Stewart, Christin

This is the starting point for the 2016 Detroit Tigers. I'll post the initial Potential Ratings soon. As always, everyone's opinion is welcome.

[ShowTyme15]

No Adam Ravenelle?

[sxaalex]

Not to criticize the people working on osfm roster.I respect everyone time and effort working on these roster .But can we just have the right balance of prospect and fille on the roster.There really no need of additional prospect that not listed in mlb teams top 20 prospect list.

[Ivanhoe]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShowTyme15

No Adam Ravenelle?

This is just a very early guess at how the rosters will shake out. Ravenelle could replace Lara. I'll definitely keep him in mind.

Quote: Originally Posted by sxaalex

Not to criticize the people working on osfm roster.I respect everyone time and effort working on these roster .But can we just have the right balance of prospect and filler on the roster.There really no need of additional prospect that not listed in mlb teams top 20 prospect list.

I'm not opposed to putting the best prospects in the roster regardless of their age. However, in recent years we've stuck to this formula:

MLB=100% Accurate
AAA=100% Accurate
AA=90% or more Accurate
A=Best Available Prospects without adding a bunch of teenagers.

If Knight and Ridin want to do things differently I'm all for trying something new.

[bacon96]

Detroit just traded Jefry Marte to the Angels for 2B prospect Kody Eaves. Link below. Eaves might be in AA to start the 2016 campaign.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/0...-torreyes.html

[Ivanhoe]

Quote: Originally Posted by bacon96

Detroit just traded Jefry Marte to the Angels for 2B prospect Kody Eaves. Link below. Eaves might be in AA to start the 2016 campaign. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/0...-torreyes.html

Thanks for the info, I'll revised the rosters to reflect this.

[Karle]

Dear Ivanhoe,

As promised I have sent you by e-mail a chart which I prepared with the numbers I came up with for the position players. I did not bother with numbers for SCEA players since these players are included in the game come and as I understand it the plan is to leave these numbers as is. I compared the players in my chart with your list and the only players I did not include are A.J. Simcox and Cam Gibson. I viewed those players as too low in the minors. For Simcox there were many shortstops ahead of him. There are also a lot of outfielders ahead of Cam Gibson. Giancarlo Brugnoni was on the edge, but I included him in my chart when I saw that he had quite a bit of power with a high number of his hits being for extra bases

In regard to the chart please note:

1. The numbers are based on the previous years performance;
2. The outfielders are broken out by position;
3. The players under each position are listed generally in order of experience with the most experience MLB starter on top and "A" players at the bottom;
4. I added an additional column called "Overall". This is not an average of the values but rather the number which the game generates. As you know in calculating the "overall" number the game gives different values different weights based the player's primary fielding position;
5. I added "potential" values, but I feel much less confident in them;
6. Some interesting results came out in preparing the chart:

- I noticed when one adds assists and fielding errors together for Dean Green he actually seems to get to more balls than other first basemen I rated, but he has a much higher fielding error rate. That is why I gave him a high reaction number and a low fielding number.

- Ismael Salgado is not so good with the bat, but is strong in the field.

- Drew Longley had very good defensive statistics as a catcher. The numbers I gave him reflect this.

7. The speed score is based on the Bill James speed score. This is an average of six factors;
8. Base running aggressiveness is based on the part of the speed score of how often when on base he tries to steal a base;
9. Bunt and Drag numbers are based on actual results for the year for those that I collected information (not the newly acquired players)

We hope you find this information useful. It is just my suggestions for the players.

Best regards,

Karle

P.S. I do have on a roster all the position players in my chart "created" in that all have the correct name and player values. That was the only way I could get the "overall" numbers. For the outfielders and catchers and newly signed players I have not yet worked on the faces. I used last year's roster as a start so I do have some of the same faces as last year's roster. I am going to keep working on this roster. I have now added A.J. Simcox to the chart and have sent you the updated version.

[ShowTyme15]

Tigers signed Bobby Parnell today. MiLB deal.

They also are working out Lucas Harrell. He may sign with them. If he does sign I have a CAP of him I can send you and you can do your work with him if need be.