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  • The Kid 24
    It's Show Time!
    • Jan 2007
    • 14770

    #1

    Christian Bethancourt

    Curious if SCEA can anwser how Christian will be handled in 17?

    He's Padres backup catcher and relief pitcher... I believe outfielder as well.

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  • Caulfield
    Hall Of Fame
    • Apr 2011
    • 10986

    #2
    Re: Christian Bethancourt

    Maybe the same way they handled Sean Doolittle. I dont know off-hand how Doolittle was in 16 but they used to have his secondary as 1B IIRC
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    • gamer052001
      Rookie
      • Mar 2012
      • 271

      #3
      Re: Christian Bethancourt

      I've been trying to figure this out as well. If they don't include the secondary positions (like they did for Doolittle), we can't edit a pitcher's secondary position. Another potential issue is the fact that in '16 you can't start a pitcher somewhere in the field. So you couldn't start Bethancourt at C, OF, or DH. Jordan Schafer is also doing this with the Cardinals. He has played CF and already pitched a scoreless inning so far in Spring Training.

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      • BeatArmy
        Rookie
        • Nov 2010
        • 431

        #4
        Re: Christian Bethancourt

        It would also be possible to put Adam Loewen in that group, too, no?

        Bethancourt is a weapon being a catcher: his roster spot is almost guaranteed since he's not bad defensively. SD would be the only NL team with a 13 man staff then including him, no?

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        • The Left Shark
          Rookie
          • Mar 2015
          • 461

          #5
          Re: Christian Bethancourt

          Originally posted by BeatArmy
          It would also be possible to put Adam Loewen in that group, too, no?

          Bethancourt is a weapon being a catcher: his roster spot is almost guaranteed since he's not bad defensively. SD would be the only NL team with a 13 man staff then including him, no?
          A team like the Cubs could potentially have a 13-man staff. And when Venditte is in the majors, do you count that as an extra man? haha

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          • bacon96
            Bacon's Fictional Roster
            • Feb 2013
            • 1963

            #6
            Re: Christian Bethancourt

            Originally posted by BeatArmy
            It would also be possible to put Adam Loewen in that group, too, no?

            Bethancourt is a weapon being a catcher: his roster spot is almost guaranteed since he's not bad defensively. SD would be the only NL team with a 13 man staff then including him, no?
            I heard Miami may be going with a 13 man staff. It's a pretty common thing but it's unsustainable.
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            • SilverBullet1929
              MVP
              • Feb 2012
              • 1924

              #7
              Re: Christian Bethancourt

              Miami at this point says they're gonna give a 13 man pitching staff a try. They have an astounding 12 pitchers with guaranteed major league contracts and then there's Jose Urena who is out of options and they don't want to lose him so the plan to start the season is a 13 man staff. I don't think it last for long especially being an NL team but they've said it enough times that I'm starting believe they'll try it and it's not just generic spring training talk.

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              • bacon96
                Bacon's Fictional Roster
                • Feb 2013
                • 1963

                #8
                Re: Christian Bethancourt

                Brewers minor leaguer Nick Ramirez is also attempting to become a reliever and it appears the Brew Crew would like him to be a two way player...so I would love to see the option to have first base and other back-up positions as a possibility for CAPs.
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                • gamer052001
                  Rookie
                  • Mar 2012
                  • 271

                  #9
                  Re: Christian Bethancourt

                  Micah Owings is a NRI and pitching for the Mariners this spring as well.

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                  • douggoud
                    Rookie
                    • Feb 2010
                    • 473

                    #10
                    Re: Christian Bethancourt

                    If they don't have anything in place now they'll certainly have to do something whenever Shohei Otani comes state side
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                    • Caulfield
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Apr 2011
                      • 10986

                      #11
                      Re: Christian Bethancourt

                      Originally posted by douggoud
                      If they don't have anything in place now they'll certainly have to do something whenever Shohei Otani comes state side
                      Or when they go super-retro and put the Babe on the cover.
                      I can see why maybe this would be disabled for ranked online games, maybe even DD, but not for any other mode.
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                      • Viking11
                        Banned
                        • Jan 2015
                        • 150

                        #12
                        Re: Christian Bethancourt

                        I could be wrong but I could have sworn that I read early on that they are letting us start pitchers in the field this year. Would work fine as long as they have the secondary positions set or you will be looking at a large drop off with the new position logic.

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                        • douggoud
                          Rookie
                          • Feb 2010
                          • 473

                          #13
                          Re: Christian Bethancourt

                          Originally posted by Caulfield
                          Or when they go super-retro and put the Babe on the cover.
                          I can see why maybe this would be disabled for ranked online games, maybe even DD, but not for any other mode.
                          I've been waiting for them to bring him back, he used to be all the way back in 06 and 07 to my knowledge and maybe few after, but I wonder what changed that made them not put him in the game again. Probably something with the MLBPA or maybe the Ruth family gave them permission and then decided otherwise? It could be a multitude of reasons but maybe someday they'll be able to put him in again.

                          (On a side note of waiting, still waiting for them to let us give our RTTS pitchers a gyroball )
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                          • DanH35
                            Rookie
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 2324

                            #14
                            Re: Christian Bethancourt

                            I doubt he'll make the team, but the Cardinals are trying Jordan Schafer out as a two-way player also.

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                            • gamer052001
                              Rookie
                              • Mar 2012
                              • 271

                              #15
                              Re: Christian Bethancourt

                              Jordan Schafer and James Jones of the Rangers (injured) would be great pinch runner and defensive replacement options in the OF.

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