Greatest Starter Ever in an Online League

POKeefe · 10-13-2009, 04:24 AM

This starter is currently owned by the commish in my league iMLB. He did not make any edits to the guy at all. This is a league that started in 2009 and is in 2010. The weird name is because we have renaming of two draft picks every year.

Player Report for #9 Ben Roethlisberger

He started out without a fastball and also was a 10-9-8 I believe at first. Strasburg went 1, Ackley 2, and a CF named Brimble who looks like a true 5 tool stud went 3rd. At 5th I picked a guy who looks like Rickey Henderson 2.0 minus the power who has now been traded as part of a package for Kuo and Ervin Santana. Just figured I'd post this since our whole league is in shock.

Sabermetric Baseball · 10-14-2009, 12:15 PM

"He did not make any edits to the guy at all."

"The weird name is because we have renaming of two draft picks every year."

spleen1015 · 10-14-2009, 01:50 PM

Meet Mauro Morales:

Player Report for #29 Mauro 'Exorcist' Morales

RchW · 10-14-2009, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by POKeefe

This starter is currently owned by the commish in my league iMLB. He did not make any edits to the guy at all. This is a league that started in 2009 and is in 2010. The weird name is because we have renaming of two draft picks every year.

Player Report for #9 Ben Roethlisberger

He started out without a fastball and also was a 10-9-8 I believe at first. Strasburg went 1, Ackley 2, and a CF named Brimble who looks like a true 5 tool stud went 3rd. At 5th I picked a guy who looks like Rickey Henderson 2.0 minus the power who has now been traded as part of a package for Kuo and Ervin Santana. Just figured I'd post this since our whole league is in shock.

LOL you might want to wait at least 300 more wins.

Oops I see spleen said it more elegantly.

Alan T · 10-14-2009, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Meet Mauro Morales:

Player Report for #29 Mauro 'Exorcist' Morales

As good as Morales was, He was no Juan Sierra

canadiancreed · 10-14-2009, 03:41 PM

Frank Smith
Paul Drumheller
Victor Starffin
Jurgen Verherrsch
Harry Keogh

snnort · 10-14-2009, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by POKeefe

Player Report for #9 Ben Roethlisberger

He started out without a fastball

But now he has a fastball, in less than one season... and it's potential is 8 out of 10?

SandMan · 10-14-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by snnort

But now he has a fastball, in less than one season... and it's potential is 8 out of 10?

How did he get from S/M/C of 3/7/3 on 1/1/2010 to his current ratings? I have never seen such a rise of a young player. Had to be some editting going on.......

Recte44 · 10-14-2009, 05:37 PM

Roland Andre is well on his way in the GUBA.

BMW · 10-14-2009, 05:40 PM

I have a guy who can meet or top all of them: Chicago White Sox pitcher Leonard Ollis.

He has a lower ERA than everyone except for Jurgen Verherrsch at 2.75.
He has a 9.57 K/9ip.
He has an 8.00 K to BB ratio.
He has 298 wins, with a .738 winning percentage, which tops everyone listed so far.
20 postseason wins.
3 World Championships.
8 Pitcher of the Year awards.

Afino · 10-14-2009, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Meet Mauro Morales:

Player Report for #29 Mauro 'Exorcist' Morales

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan T

As good as Morales was, He was no Juan Sierra

Both don't count because FOOL doesn't use injuries!!

(sarcasm....both are impressive, but you can't help but think if an injury could have taken either of them down)

BMW · 10-14-2009, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Afino

Both don't count because FOOL doesn't use injuries!!

(sarcasm....both are impressive, but you can't help but think if an injury could have taken either of them down)

I don't know if it has to be taken as sarcasm.

How could you possibly compare a pitcher that is incapable of suffering an injury to one in a league that does? The ability to take the field is a key component of sporting events.

Leonardo Ollis can get injured, he happens to injured for this entire season. Ollis is #1.

Goody · 10-14-2009, 08:46 PM

Ben Roethlisberger?

canadiancreed · 10-14-2009, 09:00 PM

nm i fails at math

POKeefe · 10-15-2009, 12:05 AM

I was purely referring to the ratings for a starter. He picked up a 3rd pitch (the fastball) after the draft and had a good increase. He had impressive potential out of the draft, but lacked the 3rd pitch.

The ONLY edits made were the re-naming of draft picks to keep the league interesting. There have been some other guys that have developed quickly too, and others that have flamed out. The fact the guy had this development in a modern game pretty much stock out of box is impressive.

Goody · 10-15-2009, 12:46 AM

I'm curious now. Is this kind of ratings increase in a short amount of time a rare feature of OOTP X? How often does it happen?

Was it the addition of a new pitch that caused this swift increase?

Sabermetric Baseball · 10-15-2009, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goody

I'm curious now. Is this kind of ratings increase in a short amount of time a rare feature of OOTP X? How often does it happen?

Was it the addition of a new pitch that caused this swift increase?

Learning a new pitch the "natural" way is not going to jump a pitcher's Stuff rating from a 3 to a 9, though it can produce inconsequential increases.

Using the 10 point scale, I've never seen ratings jump by more than 2 points in OOTP X. Player development is pretty realistic.

Now, if you go into the Player Editor and change a pitch with all 0's to 160 (which I believe is the equivalent of an 8), the Stuff rating will indeed skyrocket.

CaptainObvious · 10-25-2009, 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMW

I have a guy who can meet or top all of them: Chicago White Sox pitcher Leonard Ollis.

He has a lower ERA than everyone except for Jurgen Verherrsch at 2.75.
He has a 9.57 K/9ip.
He has an 8.00 K to BB ratio.
He has 298 wins, with a .738 winning percentage, which tops everyone listed so far.
20 postseason wins.
3 World Championships.
8 Pitcher of the Year awards.

Dominique Belanger is ok.

1. 2.05 lifetime ERA.
2. 9.29K/IP
3. 8.08 K/BB
4. only 135 wins so far, but in 120-game seasons over 10 seasons on a mediocre team, age 32. .707 win%.
8. 9 league pitcher of the year awards (but there are only 4 teams per "league", so that's not that big a deal). 2 hierarchy-wide (72-88 teams) pitcher of the year awards (2012,2014).

Yeah, Ollis is still better than that.

phenom · 11-20-2009, 08:22 AM

I've seen a couple guys have pretty fast ratings increases in OOTP X, but I'd say it really only happened with good coaches. Maybe that was coincidental, maybe it wasn't, but the ratings jump on this guy may be on the up-and-up.

How he throws 100mph and didn't have a fastball baffles me, though. ROIDS!!

Cooleyvol · 11-20-2009, 11:35 AM

I don't personally believe that his ratings are all game driven.

10-13-2009, 04:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
POKeefe Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 107 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	Greatest Starter Ever in an Online League This starter is currently owned by the commish in my league iMLB. He did not make any edits to the guy at all. This is a league that started in 2009 and is in 2010. The weird name is because we have renaming of two draft picks every year. Player Report for #9 Ben Roethlisberger He started out without a fastball and also was a 10-9-8 I believe at first. Strasburg went 1, Ackley 2, and a CF named Brimble who looks like a true 5 tool stud went 3rd. At 5th I picked a guy who looks like Rickey Henderson 2.0 minus the power who has now been traded as part of a package for Kuo and Ervin Santana. Just figured I'd post this since our whole league is in shock.

10-14-2009, 03:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,021 Blog Entries: 1 Thanked 115x in 84 posts	Frank Smith Paul Drumheller Victor Starffin Jurgen Verherrsch Harry Keogh Last edited by canadiancreed; 10-14-2009 at 03:44 PM.

10-14-2009, 05:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
Recte44 All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Greendale, WI Posts: 1,921 Thanked 29x in 8 posts	Roland Andre is well on his way in the GUBA. __________________ Matt Rectenwald Commissioner, GM: Las Vegas Hustlers, Monty Brewster World Baseball Association (MBWBA) http://twitter.com/recte44 http://twitter.com/Monty_Brewster http://twitter.com/mbba_hustlers

10-14-2009, 05:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
BMW All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,471 Thanked 491x in 204 posts	I have a guy who can meet or top all of them: Chicago White Sox pitcher Leonard Ollis. He has a lower ERA than everyone except for Jurgen Verherrsch at 2.75. He has a 9.57 K/9ip. He has an 8.00 K to BB ratio. He has 298 wins, with a .738 winning percentage, which tops everyone listed so far. 20 postseason wins. 3 World Championships. 8 Pitcher of the Year awards.

10-14-2009, 09:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,021 Blog Entries: 1 Thanked 115x in 84 posts	nm i fails at math Last edited by canadiancreed; 10-14-2009 at 09:03 PM.

10-14-2009, 12:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sabermetric Baseball Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 136 Thanked 35x in 16 posts	"He did not make any edits to the guy at all." "The weird name is because we have renaming of two draft picks every year."

10-14-2009, 01:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
spleen1015 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 5,020 Thanked 85x in 50 posts	Meet Mauro Morales: Player Report for #29 Mauro 'Exorcist' Morales

10-14-2009, 08:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
Goody Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: PA Posts: 3,189 Blog Entries: 2 Thanked 161x in 116 posts	Ben Roethlisberger?

10-15-2009, 12:05 AM	#15 (permalink)
POKeefe Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 107 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	I was purely referring to the ratings for a starter. He picked up a 3rd pitch (the fastball) after the draft and had a good increase. He had impressive potential out of the draft, but lacked the 3rd pitch. The ONLY edits made were the re-naming of draft picks to keep the league interesting. There have been some other guys that have developed quickly too, and others that have flamed out. The fact the guy had this development in a modern game pretty much stock out of box is impressive.

10-15-2009, 12:46 AM	#16 (permalink)
Goody Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: PA Posts: 3,189 Blog Entries: 2 Thanked 161x in 116 posts	I'm curious now. Is this kind of ratings increase in a short amount of time a rare feature of OOTP X? How often does it happen? Was it the addition of a new pitch that caused this swift increase?

11-20-2009, 08:22 AM	#19 (permalink)
phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,265 Thanked 109x in 57 posts	I've seen a couple guys have pretty fast ratings increases in OOTP X, but I'd say it really only happened with good coaches. Maybe that was coincidental, maybe it wasn't, but the ratings jump on this guy may be on the up-and-up. How he throws 100mph and didn't have a fastball baffles me, though. ROIDS!!

11-20-2009, 11:35 AM	#20 (permalink)
Cooleyvol Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Woodland Mills, TN Posts: 5,796 Thanked 456x in 272 posts	I don't personally believe that his ratings are all game driven. __________________

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