SIM COMPLETE - 1988 - Regular Season 10

[Clay]

Take a knee, Son. Let me give you a little lesson.

I find it a personal battle of mine to have a guy who leads the entire BLB in steals so I'm always checking on Rhodes (and it disappoints me when Montero doesn't swipe a bag against you or all sim despite batting over. 300. Why was he standing on 1B?).

Look at my Catchers. Look at the Steal Attempts against Hernando. That's something that's programmed in the game. The exceptionally skilled defensive Catchers simply do not have the same volume of attempts against them.

For the record, he was smart to stand there.

Anyway, Rhodes is a better base stealer. He's an 8-8-8 in all running ratings. Montero is an 8-8-7 (according to OSA).

Yes, Rhodes is fantastic... thank you for noticing.

However, the one thing I never understood about OOTP is why a guy like Rhodes can't play centerfield. He's a 2 there. How can a guy with the best speed the game can generate have trouble playing centerfield? It makes very little sense in the world of baseball.

Well, I think you're maybe getting hung up on the '2'. Rhodes actually played quite a bit of CF last season and had a Range Factor of 2.68. Woodbury won the IL Glove Wizard in CF at 2.78. So, I certainly wouldn't say he can't play or has trouble playing center. But, I do agree that speed does not appear to be a big factor in fielding ratings as it maybe should be.

[Carlos]

Also, did anyone notice that AA and A minor league All-Star were already chosen?

AAA is next sim.

Denver representatives:

SP N. Coleman was selected to the BLB Double A All-Star Game.
SP J. Williamson was selected to the BLB Double A All-Star Game.
SP D. Greene was selected to the BLB Double A All-Star Game (starting pitcher)

Performance:

Sub League 1	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
D. Greene 	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	42	30	2.09
N. Coleman 	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	14	12	1.40
J. Williamson 	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	11	1.61

SP W. Lubbers was selected to the BLB Single A All-Star Game.
SP L. Thompson was selected to the BLB Single A All-Star Game (losing pitcher)

Performance:

Sub League 1	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
W. Lubbers 	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	7	0.67
L. Thompson L (5-4)	1.0	0	1	1	3	1	0	24	9	2.70

Williamson and Greene have been promoted to AAA.

[Carlos]

Look at my Catchers. Look at the Steal Attempts against Hernando. That's something that's programmed in the game. The exceptionally skilled defensive Catchers simply do not have the same volume of attempts against them.

For the record, he was smart to stand there.

When I hit send, I said to myself: "Why don't you look at his catchers? I bet he's going to bring that up."

[Carlos]

Fielding ratings are based on experience.

Clay probably played him exclusively at LF and RF while he was in the minors because he was so high on Danny Nelson and Yan Van Den Adel.....

While some of that is true, it's not entirely true.

Montero came into the league able to play centerfield. There are players that are drafted with the ability to play centerfield.

I realize that guys do improve with time in the minors and Rhodes probably didn't get a lot of centerfield time in the minors, but a player with his speed should have been a natural centerfielder.

[Clay]

When I hit send, I said to myself: "Why don't you look at his catchers? I bet he's going to bring that up."

For the record, if you had mentiond the Catchers... I probably still would have brought them up. It's kind of what I do.

[Clay]

Also, did anyone notice that AA and A minor league All-Star were already chosen?

AAA is next sim.

Denver representatives:

SP N. Coleman was selected to the BLB Double A All-Star Game.
SP J. Williamson was selected to the BLB Double A All-Star Game.
SP D. Greene was selected to the BLB Double A All-Star Game (starting pitcher)

Performance:

Sub League 1    IP    H    R    ER    BB    K    HR    PI    PS    ERA
D. Greene     2.0    3    0    0    0    0    0    42    30    2.09
N. Coleman     1.0    1    0    0    0    2    0    14    12    1.40
J. Williamson     1.0    0    0    0    0    3    0    12    11    1.61

SP W. Lubbers was selected to the BLB Single A All-Star Game.
SP L. Thompson was selected to the BLB Single A All-Star Game (losing pitcher)

Performance:

Sub League 1    IP    H    R    ER    BB    K    HR    PI    PS    ERA
W. Lubbers     1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    11    7    0.67
L. Thompson L (5-4)    1.0    0    1    1    3    1    0    24    9    2.70

Williamson and Greene have been promoted to AAA.

I had 7 Single A All-Stars and 1 AA All-Star. For the record, one of the my All-Stars did not make the post draft organizational cut down. so, there's a minor league all-star looking for work.

[Pat]

While some of that is true, it's not entirely true.

Montero came into the league able to play centerfield. There are players that are drafted with the ability to play centerfield.

I realize that guys do improve with time in the minors and Rhodes probably didn't get a lot of centerfield time in the minors, but a player with his speed should have been a natural centerfielder.

If they are drafted with the ability, I just assumed they earned that experience in all the years he played baseball BEFORE the draft. So, college, high school, little league, etc.

[Carlos]

If they are drafted with the ability, I just assumed they earned that experience in all the years he played baseball BEFORE the draft. So, college, high school, little league, etc.

Fair assumption.

Don't you think a guy like Rhodes should have played centerfield in high school or college?

[Carlos]

For the record, if you had mentiond the Catchers... I probably still would have brought them up. It's kind of what I do.

This is true and I have little doubt that you would have found even more statistics to support the argument.

I hate you, Clay.

[Pat]

Don't you think a guy like Rhodes should have played centerfield in high school or college?

I agree, THAT is a flaw. No way he wasn't the fastest, best athlete on all of the teams he was on probably all the way through college.

[Clay]

This is true and I have little doubt that you would have found even more statistics to support the argument.

I hate you, Clay.

Thems fightin' words... I oughta kick your... oh wait... already did....

[Jake]

It seems that guys that don't belong have these really good rookie years.

Promising players struggle at first and then develop into solid hitters. I'm experiencing that with Seltzer, Pargas, Borkholder (really catching on now) and Higgins.

One exception is Browning who hit very well in his rookie season (one month) and first full season, but there's no doubt in anyone's mind that he's a very good hitter. He just knows how to hit and has hit well at every level.

Al-Sadat is the question mark for me. I think he is what he's shown. Actually, he's a lot like Browning's development. He just won't ever have a Browning like season.

I can't help but agree. Raul Zamora is another great example.

[Jake]

The game automatically changed my 1st round pick T. Okamoto from a SP to a MR. Not a great sign IMO. He has three pitches, although one of them is rated at a "3".

I looked at a couple other SPs I liked with two pitches, Windy City's Jeremiah Hebert and Maine's Lanny Stevenson. They stated starters, so I have no idea why Okamoto would have had his position switched.

[Andrew]

I looked at a couple other SPs I liked with two pitches, Windy City's Jeremiah Hebert and Maine's Lanny Stevenson. They stated starters, so I have no idea why Okamoto would have had his position switched.

You can lock them into a specific role on the player strategy screen. When you ask the AI to set your staff I think the AI just picks the 5 guys it thinks are best suited to start at that time and changes the rest the relievers. I highly recommend overriding the AI especially at the lower levels. Give your young guys a chance to develop their stamina and additional pitches.

[Jake]

Yeah, I have him starting and I think he'll be fine there. It's not neccessarily where my manager put him, it's that his position completely changed. In the draft he was listed as a SP and when he was added to my roster he was a MR. Nothing the AI manager did. I changed him back to SP though.

EDIT: Although he is a SP in the HTML... so I wonder if when I "asked manager for staff" he changed his position. Although I wouldn't think that would happen.