Picards OSFM40man Hybrid

[Picards__flute]

Figured I'd stop taking away from other threads with my roster conversations

Update: On page 2 i posted the results of a full season using the 3rd edition of these rosters (the description of v3 in the vault is "with cubs extras"); stats, standings, awards, and prospect movements are included.

Here is a brief summary of how i optimized my rosters for accurate franchise play:

First time sharer, long time editor and talent evaluator. I decided to post my roster set this year so my friend could use them, but they seem popular enough for me to update on here. It took a few days and featured an accidental overwrite of a nearly completed file, but it is done.

The Roster set is designed for Franchise mode. I never control more than 1-2 teams so I have to make a roster set that I can trust the computer to manage. A lot of my work was done to bullpens and rotations to help make certain the computer wouldnt mess everything up once spring training ended. Example: Kevin Gregg and Jumbo Diaz were bumped up to low 70s in order to keep them on the roster.
The same thing was done for starting rotations and position players (ie Jose Ramirez and Chris Owings are rated higher than Aaron hill and mike aviles in my rosters) I also made some edits to players who i felt were unjustly rated or rated too high.
Also converted several players who were out of position. for example; Jason Werth to LF, swapped Granderson and Cuddyer to their correct positions, and moved around the Rays OF as well.

The set features an extensive edit of SCEA rosters. Heres a handful of examples of well known players who saw ratings boosts: Yordano Ventura, Brock Holt, Bluejays Castro, Familia, Votto, King Felix, Stanton, Soler, Yadi, G Polanco, Pujols, J. Upton, A. Simmons, Abreu, Kuechel. Again I edited every team extensively, not just big names.

I also did a few edits to OSFMs release. I went through the entire thread of V.1 Corrections and made fixes accordingly. I also tempered overconfident ratings for unproven prospects. Part of that is to slow their path to the majors for a more realistic experience.

Here are a few more examples: I lowered the Power for Gallo/Bryant, fixed the guys who were too young on the cardinals and a few other teams, and lowered some of the potentials in Cleveland and the overalls of Sano/Buxton (again for realism purposes). I also converted Robert Osuna (and a few others) from reliever to starter, thats what he (and they) will be eventually.

Anyway I hope you guys download it, its saved under my psn username Picards__Flute. I released 3 versions. the original has no missing prospects added. Version 2 has Braves and Rangers guys added and some tweaks to the ratings for guys around the league (a lot on the Padres) For Version 3 also added cubs prospects. (in that one you will see guys like Lucas Sims, Jake Thompson, Mauricio Cabrera, Kevonte Mitchell, Carson Sands... The only guys im still missing that i really wish were on my set are Trey Martin and DJ Davis).



My rosters are only as strong as the foundation provided by Mills who set the 40 mans, the extra prospect makers, and of course the OSFM creators (ridin and knight).

I am starting my franchise mode today with this set but please leave me feedback for any further corrections you want to see and I will accommodate you (with an explanation and time estimate).

[Threeebs]

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What system did you use when re-rating SCEA players?

[Picards__flute]

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What system did you use when re-rating SCEA players?

Hey,

So because I dont want to play 30 team control, I had to make sure guys who start in real life will "win the job" once the I advance beyond spring training. I mentioned i did that for Chris Owings, Kevin Gregg, and a few other guys yesterday. The best example is probably Jose Ramirez, he starts over aviles usually, but is rated worse than him. If i leave it alone, Aviles will get primary reps unless I control the indians. I updated a lot of ratings so guys who are in the majors but arent very good in the game will make the opening day roster (kevin pillar, tim beckham, juan jaime, randall grichuck).

As for edits I did to other players, I didnt use a spread sheet. The standard rosters always have confusing decisions (bryce harpers arm strength was like an 80, yadis defense wasnt out of this world, Nelson Cruz lacked legit power, King Felix wasnt the best pitcher). I fixed all the 99 speed ratings for pitchers.

I was most generous to older players. I dont think Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley are 82-83 overall anymore but i realize they are going to age a lot in season, just like top prospects like Correa, Buxton and Bryant are going to progress well.

I'm sure OSFM's hybrid will be stellar but we should let those guys take their time. Im sure they're all a little burned out from the initial release. I personally have never used their hybrid because I by the time its released, if my franchise isnt started i probably wont ever really get into it (especially if my fav team is terrible that year). Im in college &without a job so i have plenty of free time to make edits if people think its needed.

Just an FYI Its hard to tell which roster is the 3rd edition until you click download on it where it will say v3 in the name of the file.

[Picards__flute]

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Just started my franchise. The only error I spotted was C.J. Edwards. He is probably a 72 overall talent but for he should be lowered to a 69 or 70. Theres no way he will be called up before Tsuyoshi Wada sees action. Im controlling the cubs so its not that big of a deal for me personally.

Also I dont know how you guys feel about closers. If you want i could make an entire set with all closers listed as relievers.

Again just let me know what you want. Il check back a few more times before the days over. I have nothing going on

[Threeebs]

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So it's based solely on opinion then and no projections or actual mathematical type formulas? I'm curious, why call it hybrid? That name is used rather extensively around here...

[Picards__flute]

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So it's based solely on opinion then and no projections or actual mathematical type formulas? I'm curious, why call it hybrid? That name is used rather extensively around here...

Its a hybrid in the sense that its a mix of both OSFM's edits to minor leagues and my edits to players. A lot of it is subjective. Not everyone is going to agree on who is better between Kershaw and Felix. I think i remained neutral and fair but if you want to tweak a few players you should.

If you'd like i could sim a full season and post some results. One problem I anticipate is Miguel Cabrera wont go through cold spells or play through nagging injuries that will hinder his stats. The result is, he will likely flirt with triple crown. Thats more of a video game weakness than a roster problem. In reality if he played a full season with only fatigue to contend with, im sure he could do that, but thats usually not what happens.

By the way, my rosters do not feature up to date lineups. The computer will change them once the season starts anyway. For the Reds, Phillips and Bruce batted 7 and 8 all spring but once the season started they were moved to the top of the lineup.

[Picards__flute]

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Simming a season:

At the allstar break WAINO KERSHAW AND GIO GONZ are leaders for cy young... having filthy seasons: Salazar, Kluber, Hernandez in the AL

As feared Miguel Cabrera is batting .358 with 26 homers, trout also .358 I didnt really edit either player much.

Goldshmidt who i did not touch, by comparison is hitting .346 with 27 homers


Division Standings:
Redsox only al east team above .500
Indians are ranked 19th best team but have best record in baseball 55-34, followed by sox, tigers, twins royals (royals are disappointing me!!!!)
22nd ranked Astros have a lead in the AL east but angels and mariners are right behind them. They better overtake the stros.
Nats Marlins seperated by 8 games, rest are all below .500
Cards, Cubs, Reds, Brewers, Pirates (buckos are beat up)
Dbacks Pads Dodgers Giants Rockies (all separated by 6 games)

[Picards__flute]

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Miggy finished with an mvp 50 homers .360 he should be lowered if you have a problem with it but again i think thats a product of the video game not factoring fatigue and nagging injuries properly. Goldschmidt won NL mvp with 45 homers and a .316 avg

Kershaw and salaazar won cy young. They award too much for wins in cy young votes in the game. His era was 3.24.

Archie bradley and rusney won rookie of year.


Standings:
Sox, rays orioles yankees bluejays
Indians tigers (WC) white sox, royals twins
Astros won the division lol Mariners beat out the angels for the last wildcard. Thats just absurd. I refuse to take the blame and doubt i see that happen again.... EVER!

Nats Marlins (WC) mets phillies braves. Phillies traded for Braun and finished 80-82 so that explains their surprising record.
Cards, reds, brewers and cubs tied for 79-83, pirates brought up the rear. They traded McCutchen! no wonder.
Giants, Padres (WC) dodgers (trailed SD by 2 games for wc berth) dbacks rockies. By the end of the season the rockies roster was ranked in the top 5.

For the rockies, Royals and pirates, i believe their teams were doomed by mediocre rotations, then again that didnt stop the Astounding Astros.

Detroit eliminated seattle, Miami beat SD in wildcard games
Giants beat nats, cards beat Miami, Cleveland won in 5 vs DET, Boston in 5 over Houston.... Boston swept by cleveland (again they arent rated good), cards lose in 7 to giants.... Giants lose in 6 to the INDIANS! congrats to the city of cleveland.

A lot of the stats compared to previous seasons for jhonny peralta, carpenter, holiday, adams and yadi.. also nolan arenado.

Let me know whos stats you want me to look up.

[Picards__flute]

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If you want to stop the Cabrera dominance i suggest tweaking his hit and power stats.

I cant see league leaders after post season but heres some cool stats

David Wright had in comparison to 2014 4 less ABs, 2 less hits, 6 more homeruns 2 more RBIs and batted 2 points lower in 2015

starsburg started at 89 and ended the year at a 94. 2 less wins, same amount of losses, 5 less Ks an era .01 higher. wow.

Giancarlo only hit 27 jacks in spite of his immense power.

Freeman was awful. missed some time but only hit 10 homers and batted .245 in 500 ABs
Wish i could see steals for altuve, Springer hit 25 homers but batted .207
Fielder hit 260 with 23 homers
Cano hit 25 HR with .292 avg (nelson cruz declined to an 84 from 88)
Sonny gray had a 11-14 record with a 4.48 era
Pujols hit .250 with 27 homers
Dozier hit 23 homers just like he did in 14 but with a .250 avg instead of .242
hosmer hit 16 dingers with a .274 avg
kluber finished with 18-6 record and a 3.10 era
Jose abreu duplicated his homers from 2014 (35) but only hit 256
Longoria hit 38 homers and .300 thats awfully high for him
justin upton hit for avg like his name was BJ but finished with 28 homers
my jose bautista and adam jones edits produced same homers from the year before with lower avgs... i didnt make their hitting or vision worse though
Puig hit 23 homers and 295... i edited his arm strength and speed, not his hitting.
Soler hit 282 with 16 homers and broke his leg, rizzo hit 264 with 26.
Votto hit 327 with 30 homers, frazier hit 25 .275. Billy hamilton only hit .229
Pedro alvarez hit .199 with 26 homeruns. gregory polanco hit 270 with 16. Geritt cole went 3-10 with a 3.40 era.


That was exhausting. I have no problem with anything but Longorias homer total, miggys awesomeness, and the astros winning ways just to spite me

[JoshC1977]

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OK.....I just have to give you a 'thumbs up' for your awesome handle!!

[Future Spartan]

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Good stuff dude

[Picards__flute]

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Haha thanks

As for prospects, Miguel Sano made it to the bigs but buxton didnt. Tyrell jenkins got a late call up. Syndergaard didnt come up... Montero had a cup of coffee but he was already on the 40 man. Jameson Taillon started at least 5 games. Urias came up in september. Gallo didnt. Bryant didnt but i was in control of the cubs and didnt do trades or anything. bundy came up but also a 40 man guy. Norris and Osuna had short seasons in the bigs. Rodon got called up but they also traded Sale. Lindor and Correa never came up. No on Giolito.

I feel like the comp has to make a trade before bringing a guy up off the 40 man. but if you add a guy like buxton, hell be up opening day. Im gonna sim the offseason and see what the twins do.


Update: Buxton, Syndergaard, Gallo, and a ton of guys stuck in AA have been added by the computer to 40 man rosters for 2016 and many made the opening day roster. Lucas Giolito, Hunter Harvey, Kyle Crick, Lindor and Correa did not. I cannot explain Lindor but all the others have a lot of starters in front of them. You may want to just add them to the 40 mans. The only one of those 5 who the computer will for sure start opening day is Lindor. The rest will probably stay in the minors due to their ratings. Of the five, im most likely going to do it for Giolito. If you add the shortstops i suggest lowering them to 65-70 overall.

Hope that helps

10:40 PM UPDATE: Id go ahead and just add Kris Bryant to 40 man roster since he's up. I controlled the cubs so im not sure exactly how long he'd be stuck in the minors otherwise but it could be a while if you add him.

Lastly for today, if you dont control the cards or cubs, id recommend lowering Stephen Piscotty from 72 to 70 or raising Randall Grichuk from 71 to 73. it might not matter since i dont think piscotty is on the 40 man but id do it to be safe. Also grichuks probably better than him anyway. The same goes for CJ edwards and Tsuyoshi wada. Make wada better either by lowering edwards or raising wade a point. Wada was decent last year.

I will upload a fourth edition if necessary. those are pretty easy fixes.

[Picards__flute]

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I did some work on the Diamondbacks before bed. Was waiting to see if Enciarte took the job from Peralta. Also need to check on daniel hudson, randal delgado chafrin... Im sure duffy on the giants could use a small boost to make the team.

Went through every Pen and rotation and found a few players to edit/add to 40 mans. got that all fixed up. Added KB to the cubs 40 man, lowered piscotty and cj edwards like i said i would. moved giolito to AA because it is probably his only chance of making it to the bigs in a reasonable time.

Flipped Miguel cabreras power ratings. I dont know why so many players have lower ratings against opposite handed pitchers. I figure miggy will see more righties so this could knock off a few of his homers. tweeked a few other ratings based on my sim season.

ANOTHER AWESOME SET. guess ill upload and go to sleep. the file is under Picards Flute. Il name it Picards 4th OSFM

[Fcshuckers73]

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So, there is a fourth version out? Now, I have questions on Bryant. Why hasn't he been called up to the bigs, yet? You said you were controlling the Cubs. So, what are his ratings? I am at work and cant check. I don't get a ton of time to play, so I am looking for a roster like this to get started, but I was just wondering about Bryant.....and what did you do with CJ Edwards? Did you make him a reliever?

[Picards__flute]

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Yes the fourth version is there. I simmed through a full season but i had control over cubs and cardinals. I didnt really get a great look as to how those 2 teams will make roster moves when controlled by AI. But if a guy like bryant doesnt start the season on the 40 man theres a good chance he wont be up before june/july. So hes been added.

Cj edwards was a bit overrated when i looked at him so i lowered him a couple overall points. Hes still a starter but he wont be first in line to get called up if theres a trade or injury (in a season in which the computer controls the cubs). Tsuyoshi wada is rated slightly above him now rather than equal to him.

Bryant is an 80 overall with 84 power vs lefties to start the season. I think his power vs righties is 79 (give or take a point). By the end of the season he will progress at least 5 points on both power categories. I also changed his stance to a more accurate one in this version.

UPDATE: You will have to change his number from 19 to 17. If you want to weigh today's game I'd lower a few of his hitting stats, vision/plate discipline... thats just 3 ABs though. Daniel Corcino is now a dodger. Ill move him over on my rosters but im gonna hold of on another upload for a little while.

I might sim another season after the cubs game to see if the Royals Dodgers and Pirates can bounce back, or if the Stros in Indians can duplicate their success. And Id like to know if my Miggy power swap can prevent him from winning another triple crown. Stay tuned...

Hope this helps.