MLB The Show 20: 2019-weighted/2020 new players custom roster

[milkmanbonzai]

(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.

[milkmanbonzai]

Hello, Showsters!

New update, V3, August 18th! Thank you for the 150+ downloads so far on the previous versions so far, that's above and beyond anything I ever expected!

Username: milkmanbonzai
File name: 2019-Wt. Ratings/2020 New Players V3

This update includes the following
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* Transactions through 8/18
* Lineups/rotations/26-man rosters refreshed
* Updated jersey numbers for debuting and traded players
* Changed Cody Bellinger's primary pos. to CF
* Ji-Man Choi changed to switch hitter
* New CAPs for debuting 2020 players (see below)
* Updated pitch types/speeds for debuting 2020 players (see below)

The following CAPs have been created for this update to go along with the CAPs from above

CHC - Colin Rea (OVR 67)
HOU - Humberto Castellanos (OVR 70)
MIA - Jorge Guzman (OVR 67)
MIA - Humberto Mejia (OVR 69)
MIN - Caleb Thielbar (OVR 73)
PHI - Connor Brogdon (OVR 59)
STL - Rob Kaminsky (OVR 64)

The following players have had their pitch arsenals/speeds/OVR adjusted to their real 2020 MLB types (based off data from Scout/Texas Leaguers), mainly players who made their debuts but had inaccurate pitch types/speeds in the default Show rosters.

AZ - Jeremy Beasley (4sm/91mph, sld/83mph, ch/82mph, crv/80mph) - 71 OVR
AZ - Taylor Widener (4sm/93mph, sld/85mph, ch/84mph) - 61 OVR
BAL - Keegan Akin (4sm/91mph, sld/80mph, ch/79mph, crv/77mph) - 63 OVR
CHC - Tyson Miller (sld/85mph, 4sm/93mph, 2sm/93mph, crv/81mph, ch/84mph) - 67 OVR
CHW - Zack Burdi (4sm/98mph, sld/88mph, 2sm/96mph, ch/84mph) - 64 OVR
CIN - Tejay Antone (2sm/95mph, sld/83mph, crv/79mph, ch/84mph) - 69 OVR
COL - Ryan Castellani (4sm/93mph, sld/86mph, ch/84mph, 2sm/93mph, crv/80mph) - 66 OVR
HOU - Brandon Bailey (4sm/92mph, crv/79mph, ch/83mph, sld/87mph) - 66 OVR
HOU - Brandon Bielak (4sm/93mph, c-ch/84mph, cut/89mph, sld/83mph, crv/79mph) - 70 OVR
HOU - Carlos Sanabria (4sm/92mph, sld/84mph, crv/81mph, ch/84mph) - 60 OVR
LAD - Brudsar Graterol (2sm/97mph, sld/87mph, 4sm/99mph) - 70 OVR
MIA - Daniel Castano (4sm/88mph, sld/79mph, ch/79mph, snk/87mph) - 74 OVR
MIA - Nick Neidert (2sm/92mph, 4sm/91mph, crv/73mph, ch/84mph, sld/86mph) - 68 OVR
MIA - Sterling Sharp (ch/86mph, snk/88mph, crv/79mph, 4sm/89mph, 2sm/88mph) - 72 OVR
MIA - Alex Vesia (4sm/91mph, ch/84mph, 2sm/90mph) - 69 OVR
MIL - Jonathon Feyereisen (4sm/93mph, sld/85mph, ch/84mph, 2sm/88mph) - 61 OVR
NYM - Franklyn Kilome (snk/94mph, crv/81mph, ch/85mph) - 64 OVR
NYM - David Peterson (snk/92mph, sld/81mph, ch/83mph, 4sm/92mph, crv/75mph) - 78 OVR
NYY - Albert Abreu (2sm/95mph, sld/85mph, ch/86mph, 4sm/96mph, crv/81mph) - 57 OVR
NYY - Brooks Kriske (4sm/95mph, ch/84mph, sld/84mph) - 62 OVR
NYY - Nick Nelson (4sm/95mph, ch/84mph, sld/83mph, 2sm/88mph, crv/79mph) - 68 OVR
OAK - James Kaprielian (4sm/95mph, sld/86mph, 2sm/95mph, crv/81mph) - 71 OVR
OAK - Jordan Weems (4sm/95mph, ch/84mph, sld/84mph, crv/80mph) - 62 OVR
PHI - Spencer Howard (4sm/93mph, sld/83mph, ch/79mph, crv/74mph) - 75 OVR
PIT - JT Brubaker (snk/94mph, sld/87mph, crv/81mph, ch/84mph, 4sm/94mph) - 67 OVR
PIT - Nick Mears (4sm/95mph, crv/78mph, ch/84mph, 2sm/91) - 62 OVR
PIT - Cody Ponce (sld/89mph, 4sm/94mph, crv/77mph, ch/84mph, 2sm/92mph) - 64 OVR
PIT - Brandon Waddell (sld/87mph, snk/92mph, 4sm/93mph, ch/84mph) - 70 OVR
SEA - Joey Gerber (4sm/93mph, sld/83mph, 2sm/93mph, snk/92mph, crv/81mph) - 62 OVR
SEA - Anthony Misiewicz (4sm/91mph, sld/82mph, cut/89mph, crv/80mph) - 65 OVR
SD - Luis Patino (4sm/97mph, sld/84mph, ch/88mph, 2sm/89mph) - 68 OVR
STL - Seth Elledge (2sm/95mph, sld/83mph, 4sm/94mph) - 64 OVR
STL- Roel Ramirez (4sm/92mph, sld/83mph, ch/83mph) - 64 OVR
STL - Jake Woodford (4sm/93mph, crv/76mph, sld/86mph, ch/84mph) - 66 OVR
TB - Ryan Thompson (snk/91mph, crv/75mph, 2sm/90mph, slv/76mph) - 66 OVR
TEX - Wes Benjamin (4sm/91mph, ch/83mph, crv/79mph, sld/86mph, snk/91mph) - 62 OVR
TOR - Nate Pearson (4sm/96mph, sld/84mph, ch/87mph, crv/75mph) - 77 OVR
WSH - Dakota Bacus (sld/86mph, snk/91mph, 4sm/90mph) - 61 OVR
WSH - Kyle Finnegan (4sm/95mph, snk/93mph, sld/87mph, 2sm/95mph, spl/85mph) - 66 OVR
WSH - Seth Romero (4sm/91mph, sld/82mph, ch/80mph) - 72 OVR

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Thank you again for the amazing community support!

[milkmanbonzai]

Hello Showsters! Been a while, unfortunately work at EA bogged down my updating schedule, but here's a big update to refresh your rosters to today! Thank you if you were one of the 350+ downloads so far, it's been an incredible show of support!

Username: milkmanbonzai
File name: 2019-20 Ratings/2020 New Players V4

9/16, Version 4 updates
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* Ratings update across the league to reflect 2019-20 performance, including jumps for players like Sixto Sanchez, Dane Dunning, Deivi Garcia, Ian Anderson, and Jake Cronenworth
* Tweaked K/9 rating scaling for better variation across the league
* Fixed batting helmets for created position players, who should now all have accurate helmets (type, flaps, etc.)
* Transactions updated through 9/16 12pm PT
* Updated lineups/rotations/26- and 40-man rosters for every MLB and MiLB teams
* New created players, updated pitch arsenals, added secondary positions for several players (all listed below)

Updated positions [Pitcher type switch includes stamina and attributes adjustment]
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Added OF to Cole Tucker
Added 3B to Willi Castro
Jake Cronenworth 1B/IF to 2B/IF
Kyle Farmer from C/2B to C/IF
Various SP/RP re-designations

New created players (note these are different from added CAPs in the default Show rosters; emphasis on accurate appearance, attributes/pitch types, equipment and animations)
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AZ - Travis Bergen, RP (OVR 65)
AZ - Artie Lewicki, SP (OVR 70)
AZ - Joel Payamps, SP (OVR 72)
BAL - Dilson Herrera, LF/2B/3B (OVR 67)
BAL - Cesar Valdez, RP (OVR 61)
BOS - Mike Kickham, RP (OVR 59)
BOS - Robinson Leyer, RP (OVR 59)
CHC - Matt Dermody, RP (OVR 65)
CHW - Jonathan Stiever, SP (OVR 68)
DET - Sergio Alcantara, SS/2B/3B (OVR 69)
HOU - Chase de Jong, SP (OVR 59)
HOU - Luis H. Garcia, SP (OVR 67)
KC - Carlos Hernandez, SP (OVR 67)
KC - Matt Reynolds, 3B/2B/SS (OVR 63)
LAA - Jose Briceno, C/1B (OVR 70)
MIA - Brett Eibner, RP (OVR 54)
MIA - Brian Navarreto, C (OVR 68)
MIA - Johan Quezada, RP (OVR 59)
MIA - Trevor Rogers, SP (OVR 72)
MIL - Phil Bickford, RP (OVR 63)
MIL - Jacob Nottingham, C (OVR 72)
MIN - Danny Coulombe, RP (OVR 68)
OAK - Nate Orf, 2B/3B/SS (OVR 66)
SEA - Seth Frankoff, SP (OVR 67)
STL - Nabil Crismatt, SP (OVR 70)
STL - Ryan Meisinger, RP (OVR 59)
STL - Ricardo Sanchez, SP (OVR 71)
TB - Ryan Sherriff, RP (OVR 71)
TEX - Kyle Cody, RP (OVR 64)
TEX - John King, SP (OVR 68)
TOR - Alejandro Kirk, C (OVR 71)

Updated pitch types (data pulled from Scout F/X)
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ATL - Ian Anderson (4sm/94mph, ch/87mph, 12-6/80mph) - 77 OVR
ATL - Patrick Weigel (4sm/93mph, sld/81mph, ch/83mph, crv/78 mph) - 66 OVR
AZ - Riley Smith (2sm/94mph, crv/81mph, sld/84mph, ch/84mph) - 67 OVR
BAL - Dean Kremer (4sm/93mph, crv/75mph, snk/92mph, cut/87mph) - 71 OVR
BOS - Kyle Hart (sld/82mph, 4sm/88mph, ch/79mph, snk/89mph, crv/73mph) - 62 OVR
BOS - Tanner Houck (4sm/93mph, sld/83mph, snk/92mph, ch/84mph) - 66 OVR
BOS - Domingo Tapia (2sm/96mph, sld/88mph, 4sm/99mph) - 58 OVR
CHW - Dane Dunning (snk/92mph, sld/81mph, 4sm/92mph, ch/85mph, kcv/78mph) - 81 OVR
CHW - Bernardo Flores Jr. (4sm/91mph, crv/74mph, sld/83mph, ch/83mph) - 70 OVR
CLE - Triston McKenzie (4sm/93mph, crv/80mph, sld/86mph, ch/87mph) - 82 OVR
CLE - Kyle Nelson (4sm/92mph, sld/82mph, 2sm/89mph) - 66 OVR
COL - Ashton Goudeau (4sm/93mph, crv/76mph, ch/84mph) - 62 OVR
COL - Jose Mujica (4sm/93mph, ch/84mph, crv/80mph) - 53 OVR
COL - Antonio Santos (4sm/91mph, sld/84mph, snk/92mph, ch/84mph, crv/74mph) - 68 OVR
DET - Beau Burrows (4sm/92mph, ch/84mph, sld/84mph, 2sm/93mph, crv/79mph) - 53 OVR
DET - Casey Mize (4sm/93mph, spl/85mph, snk/93mph, sld/88mph, kcv/80mph) - 74 OVR
DET - Tarik Skubal (4sm/94mph, sld/85mph, ch/84mph, crv/76mph) - 67 OVR
LAD - Victor Gonzalez (sld/84mph, snk/93mph, 2sm/95mph, 4sm/94mph) - 66 OVR
LAD - Mitch White (4sm/94mph, sld/87mph, crv/81mph, ch/86mph) - 75 OVR
MIA - Braxton Garrett (4sm/89mph, crv/78mph, ch/83mph, sld/83mph) - 71 OVR
MIA - Brandon Leibrandt (4sm/88mph, sld/84mph, crv/76mph, ch/82mph) - 59 OVR
MIA - Sixto Sanchez (ch/88mph, 4sm/98mph, 2sm/97mph, sld/88mph, crv/84mph) - 79 OVR
MIL - Angel Perdomo (4sm/94mph, sld/81mph, ch/84mph) - 64 OVR
MIL - Drew Rasmussen (4sm/97mph, sld/86mph, ch/84mph, crv/81mph) - 63 OVR
MIL - Justin Topa (2sm/95mph, 83mph, 4sm/97mph) - 65 OVR
NYY - Deivi Garcia (4sm/92mph, crv/75mph, ch/81mph, sld/83mph) - 83 OVR
NYY - Clarke Schmidt (sld/84mph, snk/95mph, 4sm/95mph, ch/88mph) - 69 OVR
NYY - Miguel Yajure (4sm/91mph, crv/79mph, ch/84mph, cut/89mph, 2sm/88mph) - 69 OVR
OAK - Daulton Jefferies (4sm/94mph, cut/90mph, 2sm/93mph, ch/84mph, crv/79mph) - 72 OVR
PHI - Mauricio Llovera (snk/92mph, ch/84mph, sld/83mph, crv/80mph) - 69 OVR
PHI - JoJo Romero (sld/84mph, 4sm/95mph, 2sm/94mph, ch/84mph) - 67 OVR
PIT - Blake Cederlind (2sm/96mph, sld/88mph, 4sm/97mph) - 58 OVR
SD - Adrian Morejon (snk/95mph, 4sm/97mph, ch/84mph, crv/81mph, sld/85mph) - 72 OVR
SEA - Justin Dunn (4sm/91mph, sld/82mph, crv/79mph, ch/88mph) - 72 OVR
SEA - Aaron Fletcher (2sm/93mph, sld/81mph, ch/80mph) - 66 OVR
SEA - Ljay Newsome (4sm/91mph, crv/77mph, ch/84mph) - 72 OVR
STL - Jesus Cruz (4sm/92mph, sld/84mph, ch/84mph, crv/80mph) - 61 OVR
STL - Johan Oviedo (4sm/95mph, sld/85mph, crv/77mph, ch/84mph, 2sm/94mph) - 73 OVR
TB - John Curtiss (4sm/94mph, sld/85mph, ch/80mph) - 75 OVR
TB - Josh Fleming (snk/90mph, sld/85mph, ch/81mph) - 73 OVR
TEX - Taylor Hearn (2sm/94mph, sld/83mph, 4sm/95mph, ch/84mph) - 66 OVR
TOR - Julian Merryweather (4sm/97mph, ch/83mph, sld/86mph, crv/79mph) - 72 OVR
WSH - Ben Braymer (4sm/88mph, ch/79mph, crv/79mph, sld/78mph) - 65 OVR
WSH - Wil Crowe (4sm/91mph, sld/83mph, snk/91mph, ch/84mph, crv/78mph) - 67 OVR

Because of roster limitations such as 45-pitcher limits, some real minor leaguers have been moved to the free agency list to make room for new 2020 additions, here's the players who have been shuttled
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BOS - Eduard Bazardo (RP 47)
CHC - Tommy Nance (RP 55)
CHC - Craig Brooks (RP 54)
COL - Nate Griep (RP 55)
COL - Justin Lawrence (RP 55)
COL - Tate Scioneaux (RP 51)
HOU - Ralph Garza (RP 56)
HOU - Gabriel Valdez (RP 54)
HOU - Nick Hernandez (RP 53)
HOU - Tommy DeJuneas (RP 53)
HOU - Colin McKee (RP 50)
MIA - Kolton Mahoney (SP 57)
MIA - Parker Bugg (RP 53)
MIA - Dylan Lee (RP 51)
MIN - Andro Cutura (RP 53)
NYY - Trevor Lane (RP 49)
PIT - Joel Cesar (RP 54)
PIT - Shea Murray (RP 50)

[milkmanbonzai]

Thanks to 1500+ who downloaded my rosters in August and September last year! Just bumping this to let people know there will be Opening Day 2021 rosters coming this week for those who plan to stick with MLB 20 (or maybe want to grab it right now for $5) with updated transactions, attributes, pitch arsenals, personal info, and more! Stay tuned!

[mitchel55]

This sounds awesome!



"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."

Do you do something similar to Cycloniac's Truesim roster with standard stats or you use your own proprietary metrics for player rating purposes?

[milkmanbonzai]

I have my own mathematical formulas that I use to convert statistics and sabremetrics into MLB The Show's ratings/attribute system. I got it down to where the attributes and OVRs will scale out like a regular base MLB The Show roster, so it doesnt result in crazy inflated ratings, and this year I'm using Statcast/MLB Baseball Savant to update pitch arsenals, speed, and break. It's something I've honed ever since I got into The Show back in 2008 and did them for myself every offseason, but now with roster sharing being a reality these days, I realized if I put in all this work, might as well throw it up there on the server!

[mitchel55]

That sounds great! Is the roster dropping tomorrow or Friday, it sounds like?

[milkmanbonzai]

This weekend, Im shooting for Sunday. I got bogged down by some work on Tuesday and Wednesday, but now Im clear and hope to finish by the weekend, including updating minor league likenesses, adding the new international players making the 40-mans, and some of the recent draft picks. Having a couple of days of the season to get underway will also allow to make sure platoon lineups and positional updates (like Suarez moving to short and John Gant moving back to the rotation) are accurate. So far, I have just finished the NL in terms of ratings, so 15 teams down, 15 to go.

**UPDATE**
Had to push back the target date back a few days. Had to sub in for an esports event (life of a pro video editor lol) that cost a couple of days, and the rosters are taking me a little longer than anticipated because a good portion of the real minor leaguers included in the base roster are no longer in MLB/MiLB, getting cut due to either the shutdown last year or the minor league organizational cuts this past offseason. So with a bunch of those FA players now in Mexico, Australia, etc., Im changing some of these players into new current minor leaguers on the rosters right now to keep them accurate, which should help future-proof them when MiLB gets underway in May.

Now shooting for Wednesday, I've completed the NL teams, AL West, the ChiSox and Cleveland so far. Just to give a peek behind what will be in the roster drop, all individual attributes, including stuff like hit trajectory tendencies, vision/discipline, etc. have been updated for current players with MLB experience based off the last season and half. Statcast data is being used to update all players with MLB experience in regards to pitch speed, break, arsenal, and order (pitch types from most used to last pitch in their arsenal).

Also refreshing real minor leaguer likenesses; I didnt realize until I've been digging on these how many last year were really off in terms of skin/hair/eye color being incorrect, so Ive been tidying those up with the goal of their portrait photos looking like their current headshots. Also updating equipment where I can at the start of the season, like Julian Merryweather's all-blue glove, Braves pitchers with red gloves or red accents in the design, losing the Marlins colors off of Jose Urena's glove now that he's in Detroit, and so forth. There will also be continuous roster and rating updates throughout the year to keep it current for any latecomers.