Fantasy Draft Rosters(Schaddy)/Post your Video game rosters (Wilkerson)

[Schaddy]

This team is the one I have for the Show, Cubbies of course
Right now I'm 51-25 (27-3 when I play, 24-22 when I simulate lol) and in first place in the Central, Halladay is 9-3 with a 2.34 ERA, Furcal is .285 with 3 HR, 19 RBI and 16 SB, and Sexson is .280 with 17 HR and 59 RBI.

Batting Order:
SS Rafael Furcal
2B Ryan Freel
CF Mark Kotsay
1B Richie Sexson
RF Geoff Jenkins
3B Joe Crede
LF David Dellucci
C Brian Schneider

Bench:
IF Mike Lamb
IF Alex Cora
OF Reed Johnson
OF Bubba Crosby
C Vance Wilson

Rotation:
RH Roy Halladay
LH Doug Davis
RH Danny Haren
LH Fransisco Liriano
RH Brett Tomko

Bullpen:
RH Fransisco Cordero
RH Scott Linebrink
LH Mike Myers
RH Jason Fraser
LH Scott Schoenweiss
RH Kirk Saarloos
LH Eric Dubose

[Sultan_1895-1948]

MVP 2005 , NYM, Owner Mode, All Star Difficulty (for the first year, then bumping up to MVP)

Batting Order:

LF - Carl Crawford
SS - Jose Reyes
1B - Albert Pujols
C -- Joe Mauer
3B - David Wright
2B - Kawasaki
CF - Rocco Baldelli
RF - Joel Doonan
P -- Pitcher

Rotation:

SP - Edwin Jackson
SP - Zack Greinke
SP - Darryl Buhler
SP - Rich Harden
SP - Randy Auschrat

[ReignInBlood]

MVP 2005

record 79-50
all star difficulty

Alex Sanchez CF
Chone Figgins 2B
Vladimir Guerrero RF
Melvim Mora 3B
Michael Young SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Carl Crawford LF
Vance Wilson C

Rotation
Jake Peavy
Dontrelle Willis
Gavin Floyd
Daniel Cabrera
Jesus Colome

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Reign,

Good to see another loyal MVP player on here.

I've tried 2 different seasons on owner mode and could never make much money. I'd play every game (can't stand simming any), and after a year and a half or so, the team is a money pit.

So with this new Mets team, I put on "large budgets," and instead of buying food stuff first, I bought all of the souvenir type shops that you can only buy 1/1 of. Seems to be going good so far, but have you made money? Is there certain approach you should take?

Also, when you eventually end up buying stuff for you stadium, like seats, lighting, scoreboard, etc....does it let you buy a hitters backdrop to block that horrible white fence in center. I can't even play my home games there because the ball gets lost in the whiteness. Maybe you can put trees back there, or a backdrop?

[tyberesk]

Help

You need to play it like a small market franchise. Keep your salaries under 1.5 million and have most of your players making the mininum 300k. First thing you need to do is expand the seating to make more money then work from there. Thats my two cents

[Francoeurstein]

Franchise on MLb 2k5

CF Mark Kotsay
2B Placido Polanco
3B A-rod
1B Erubiel Durazo
LF Jefferey Hammonds
SS Rich Aurillia
C Greg Myers
RF Jay Gibbons

Pitching
1. Ben Sheets
2. Kevin Millwood
3. Rich Harden
4. Zach Day
5. Johnny Ensberg

Bullpen
Turk Wendell
Eric Knott
Aaron Cook
Rick White
Aquilino Lopez
Ugeth Urbina
Fransisco Rodriguez
I went all out on pitching....

[Sultan_1895-1948]

You need to play it like a small market franchise. Keep your salaries under 1.5 million and have most of your players making the mininum 300k. First thing you need to do is expand the seating to make more money then work from there. Thats my two cents

Hmmm interesting. I have all my minor league guys making either 300 or 500, but the MLB payroll costs about 240K per game. The problem is that it takes so much time to build up money, and then once I buy the extra seating, the money is gone. If this doesn't work, I'll definately go with your suggestion.

Thing that blows, is that you have expenses for concessions and stuff, even when you're on the road. Whats up with that. Nobody's in your stadium, you don't need to provide any service or product, so why the expenses. With nobody there to buy tickets, you're losing on all that revenue, and still have to pay for your team salary too. Very lame. That's what kills ya

[BadKarma]

I agree with ty; drop the Steinbrenner approach and take the Beane route.

[Erik Bedard]

Do you still get money if you play it at your real ballpark? For example, I was the Orioles in one owner mode, and I realized (after the game broke) that I could have played at Camden Yards instead of my created ballpark and made more money. Would this work?

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Do you still get money if you play it at your real ballpark? For example, I was the Orioles in one owner mode, and I realized (after the game broke) that I could have played at Camden Yards instead of my created ballpark and made more money. Would this work?

Well here the deal.

If you start an owner mode, you've got your created stadium basically, that you're trying to build up and stuff.

When you have a home game on the schedule, you can play in any stadium you want, doesn't matter where you play. The video game just sees that as a home game, period. You're still only going to get revenue from how many seats are in your created stadium, or how many concession stands, or whatever you have. Just a small tip. When you're choosing a field to play in, hit the options button and change the wind direction to Zero. Better off doing that, than taking a chance that the wind will be blowing in 20 mph on ya. Seems to always happen on there.

That's what I'm doing right now. Just taking a tour of all the parks when I have a home game, until I can get enough money to buy a hitters backdrop or something for "Babe Ruth Field." That white fence just kills the hitters eye factor.

This seems to be working so far, just forgetting about concessions right off the bat. Get all the 1/1 souvenir shops and stuff, and then when you have enough, buy the batting cages, history museum, and video arcade. They're very cheap and get more kids to the park.

I love this friekin' game. Best there ever was imo.

[Bukanier]

This is my current roster with the Rays in 2006 in MVP 2004. I did a fantasy draft in 2004.

Batting Order
CF Jason Michaels
3B Shea Hillenbrand
LF Jon Dowd
1B Brad Fullmer
DH Shannon Stewart
RF Mike Cuddyer
C Michael Barrett
2B Luis Gonzalez
SS Jose Lopez

Rotation
Miguel Asencio
Ollie Perez
Tim Hudson
C.C. Sabathia
Kip Wells

Bullpen
Matt Thornton
Billy Traber
Cliff Beltre
Luis Ayala
Chris Watson
Francis Beltran
Tim Spooneybarger (closer)

Fictional players are in italics. The game could do a better job at creating fictional names.

I'm always on a tight budget, couldn't resign Roger Clemens after 2004 and had to trade Ken Griffey Jr. after 2005.

[Sultan_1895-1948]

This is my current roster with the Rays in 2006 in MVP 2004. I did a fantasy draft in 2004.

Batting Order
CF Jason Michaels
3B Shea Hillenbrand
LF Jon Dowd
1B Brad Fullmer
DH Shannon Stewart
RF Mike Cuddyer
C Michael Barrett
2B Luis Gonzalez
SS Jose Lopez

Rotation
Miguel Asencio
Ollie Perez
Tim Hudson
C.C. Sabathia
Kip Wells

Bullpen
Matt Thornton
Billy Traber
Cliff Beltre
Luis Ayala
Chris Watson
Francis Beltran
Tim Spooneybarger (closer)

Fictional players are in italics. The game could do a better job at creating fictional names.

I'm always on a tight budget, couldn't resign Roger Clemens after 2004 and had to trade Ken Griffey Jr. after 2005.

Nice man. You should post your stats. I'm gonna post mine at the all star break. Might be little bit since I never sim a game.

Did you never buy MVP 2005? They made it much better imo.

The names are a bit weird, but there's issues with the players association in regards to certain players and minor leaguers I think. How's that John Dowd workin' out for ya? Has he had any knee problems

[Bukanier]

Nice man. You should post your stats. I'm gonna post mine at the all star break. Might be little bit since I never sim a game.

Did you never buy MVP 2005? They made it much better imo.

The names are a bit weird, but there's issues with the players association in regards to certain players and minor leaguers I think. How's that John Dowd workin' out for ya? Has he had any knee problems

I guess they didn't use more names because of the game commentary. Well they should have given Kruk and Kuip another phone book to read

I bought MVP 2004 because a friend has it and we can play each other online.

There ya go...

                         G   AB  H   AVG  HR RBI  R  2B 3B  TB  SO  BB IBB SH SF HBP TPA  OBP   SLG   OPS
  3B  Shea Hillenbrand  162 704 206  .293 27  78  89 38  3 331 116  52  0   0  3  0  759  .340  .470  .810
  CF  Jason Michaels    161 698 202  .289 35  81 122 43  5 360 130  66  1   0  2  0  766  .350  .516  .866
  LF  Jon Dowd          162 623 220  .353 43 109 122 48  2 401 103 112  5   0  2  0  737  .450  .644 1.094
  DH  Shannon Stewart   158 622 168  .270 13  71  72 39  2 250 127  70  5   0  3  1  696  .343  .402  .745
  C   Michael Barrett   162 597 147  .246 15  73  51 26  0 218  95  83  2   0  4  4  688  .340  .365  .705
  RF  Mike Cuddyer      150 583 149  .256 12  58  55 27  3 218 117  44  2   0  7  1  635  .306  .374  .680
  SS  Jose Lopez        150 544 134  .246 12  50  56 20  5 200 118  37  0   0  0  1  582  .296  .368  .664
  2B  Luis A. Gonzalez  116 441 112  .254  6  26  38 24  2 158  94  15  0   0  1  0  457  .278  .358  .636
  1B  Brad Fullmer       92 350 118  .337 22  66  51 25  2 213  53  28  0   0  0  1  379  .388  .609  .997
  1B  Jason Diaz         58 203  44  .217  3  22  12 13  0  66  33  23  4   0  1  2  229  .301  .325  .626
CF/2B Peter Bergeron     45 153  44  .288  4  17  26  9  2  69  24  24  0   0  0  0  117  .384  .451  .835
  CF  Dee Jay Randall     6  22   5  .227  0   0   2  3  0   8   5   0  0   0  0  0   22  .227  .364  .591
  P   Kip Wells          30   9   4  .444  0   2   2  0  0   4   1   0  0   0  0  0    9  .444  .444  .888
  P   Oliver Perez       30   5   0  .000  0   0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0   1  0  0    6  .000  .000  .000
  P   Tim Hudson         25   5   0  .000  0   0   0  0  0   0   2   0  0   1  0  0    6  .000  .000  .000
  RF  Tim Kolb            1   4   1  .250  0   0   0  0  0   1   0   0  0   0  0  0    4  .250  .250  .500
  P   C.C. Sabathia      31   3   1  .333  0   0   0  0  0   1   0   0  0   0  0  0    3  .333  .333  .666
  P   Miguel Asencio     29   2   1  .500  0   0   0  0  0   1   1   0  0   0  0  0    2  .500  .500 1.000
  P   Chris Watson       35   1   1 1.000  0   1   0  0  0   1   0   0  0   0  0  0    1 1.000 1.000 2.000
  P   Francis Beltran    22   1   0  .000  0   0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0   0  0  0    1  .000  .000  .000

                    APP   IP  ERA   W  L   W%  SV BSV GS CG SHO  SO SO/9 BB BB/9  H   H/9  AVG  WHIP
SP Tim Hudson        33 243.1 3.44 15  8  .652  0  0  33  8  3  215 7.95 87 3.22 219  8.10 .239 1.26
SP C.C. Sabathia     32 223.0 3.59 13  6  .684  0  0  32  1  0  192 7.75 67 2.70 231  9.32 .264 1.34
SP Kip Wells         33 211.2 4.12 12 11  .522  0  0  33  4  3  181 7.70 99 4.21 220  9.35 .265 1.51
SP Oliver Perez      33 204.2 4.00 12 11  .522  0  0  33  3  3  166 7.30 77 3.39 216  9.50 .271 1.43
SP Miguel Asencio    30 186.2 4.48  9 13  .409  0  0  30  1  1  131 6.32 76 3.66 209 10.08 .284 1.53
RP Chris Watson      35  70.2 4.46  4  4  .500  0  0   0  0  0   41 5.22 32 4.08  81 10.32 .297 1.60
RP Luis Ayala        28  50.0 4.14  3  3  .500  0  0   0  0  0   34 6.12 20 3.60  48  8.64 .250 1.36
RP Tim Spooneybarger 44  42.2 2.32  3  3  .500 27  6   0  0  0   39 8.23 15 3.16  33  6.96 .214 1.12
RP Matt Thornton      6  27.1 0.66  0  0  .000  0  0   0  0  0   18 5.93 11 3.62  20  6.59 .204 1.13
RP Francis Beltran   22  20.1 3.54  0  3  .000  1  2   0  0  0   19 8.41  8 3.54  24 10.62 .282 1.57
RP Billy Traber       4  18.0 4.00  1  0 1.000  0  0   1  0  0   12 6.00  7 3.50  16  8.00 .242 1.28
RP Rafael Betancourt 11  17.1 6.23  3  1  .750  0  0   0  0  0   11 5.71  5 2.60  26 13.50 .342 1.79

It doesn't contain the players that finished the season in the minors.

[Sultan_1895-1948]

I guess they didn't use more names because of the game commentary. Well they should have given Kruk and Kuip another phone book to read

I bought MVP 2004 because a friend has it and we can play each other online.

There ya go...

                         G   AB  H   AVG  HR RBI  R  2B 3B  TB  SO  BB IBB SH SF HBP TPA  OBP   SLG   OPS
  3B  Shea Hillenbrand  162 704 206  .293 27  78  89 38  3 331 116  52  0   0  3  0  759  .340  .470  .810
  CF  Jason Michaels    161 698 202  .289 35  81 122 43  5 360 130  66  1   0  2  0  766  .350  .516  .866
  LF  Jon Dowd          162 623 220  .353 43 109 122 48  2 401 103 112  5   0  2  0  737  .450  .644 1.094
  DH  Shannon Stewart   158 622 168  .270 13  71  72 39  2 250 127  70  5   0  3  1  696  .343  .402  .745
  C   Michael Barrett   162 597 147  .246 15  73  51 26  0 218  95  83  2   0  4  4  688  .340  .365  .705
  RF  Mike Cuddyer      150 583 149  .256 12  58  55 27  3 218 117  44  2   0  7  1  635  .306  .374  .680
  SS  Jose Lopez        150 544 134  .246 12  50  56 20  5 200 118  37  0   0  0  1  582  .296  .368  .664
  2B  Luis A. Gonzalez  116 441 112  .254  6  26  38 24  2 158  94  15  0   0  1  0  457  .278  .358  .636
  1B  Brad Fullmer       92 350 118  .337 22  66  51 25  2 213  53  28  0   0  0  1  379  .388  .609  .997
  1B  Jason Diaz         58 203  44  .217  3  22  12 13  0  66  33  23  4   0  1  2  229  .301  .325  .626
CF/2B Peter Bergeron     45 153  44  .288  4  17  26  9  2  69  24  24  0   0  0  0  117  .384  .451  .835
  CF  Dee Jay Randall     6  22   5  .227  0   0   2  3  0   8   5   0  0   0  0  0   22  .227  .364  .591
  P   Kip Wells          30   9   4  .444  0   2   2  0  0   4   1   0  0   0  0  0    9  .444  .444  .888
  P   Oliver Perez       30   5   0  .000  0   0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0   1  0  0    6  .000  .000  .000
  P   Tim Hudson         25   5   0  .000  0   0   0  0  0   0   2   0  0   1  0  0    6  .000  .000  .000
  RF  Tim Kolb            1   4   1  .250  0   0   0  0  0   1   0   0  0   0  0  0    4  .250  .250  .500
  P   C.C. Sabathia      31   3   1  .333  0   0   0  0  0   1   0   0  0   0  0  0    3  .333  .333  .666
  P   Miguel Asencio     29   2   1  .500  0   0   0  0  0   1   1   0  0   0  0  0    2  .500  .500 1.000
  P   Chris Watson       35   1   1 1.000  0   1   0  0  0   1   0   0  0   0  0  0    1 1.000 1.000 2.000
  P   Francis Beltran    22   1   0  .000  0   0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0   0  0  0    1  .000  .000  .000

                    APP   IP  ERA   W  L   W%  SV BSV GS CG SHO  SO SO/9 BB BB/9  H   H/9  AVG  WHIP
SP Tim Hudson        33 243.1 3.44 15  8  .652  0  0  33  8  3  215 7.95 87 3.22 219  8.10 .239 1.26
SP C.C. Sabathia     32 223.0 3.59 13  6  .684  0  0  32  1  0  192 7.75 67 2.70 231  9.32 .264 1.34
SP Kip Wells         33 211.2 4.12 12 11  .522  0  0  33  4  3  181 7.70 99 4.21 220  9.35 .265 1.51
SP Oliver Perez      33 204.2 4.00 12 11  .522  0  0  33  3  3  166 7.30 77 3.39 216  9.50 .271 1.43
SP Miguel Asencio    30 186.2 4.48  9 13  .409  0  0  30  1  1  131 6.32 76 3.66 209 10.08 .284 1.53
RP Chris Watson      35  70.2 4.46  4  4  .500  0  0   0  0  0   41 5.22 32 4.08  81 10.32 .297 1.60
RP Luis Ayala        28  50.0 4.14  3  3  .500  0  0   0  0  0   34 6.12 20 3.60  48  8.64 .250 1.36
RP Tim Spooneybarger 44  42.2 2.32  3  3  .500 27  6   0  0  0   39 8.23 15 3.16  33  6.96 .214 1.12
RP Matt Thornton      6  27.1 0.66  0  0  .000  0  0   0  0  0   18 5.93 11 3.62  20  6.59 .204 1.13
RP Francis Beltran   22  20.1 3.54  0  3  .000  1  2   0  0  0   19 8.41  8 3.54  24 10.62 .282 1.57
RP Billy Traber       4  18.0 4.00  1  0 1.000  0  0   1  0  0   12 6.00  7 3.50  16  8.00 .242 1.28
RP Rafael Betancourt 11  17.1 6.23  3  1  .750  0  0   0  0  0   11 5.71  5 2.60  26 13.50 .342 1.79

It doesn't contain the players that finished the season in the minors.

How many games did you sim? If not, I don't see how you can walk that much. So hard to stay patient.

Are you playing on All-Star mode?

Do you have hitters eye on?

[Bukanier]

About 130 because Pro was too easy and All-Star too difficult. I'm adjusting the sliders a little but it's hard to find a good balance and low-scoring too.