Default MLB Roster

boblight24 · 02-04-2008, 11:07 PM

Has anyone been using the MLB 07 roster that is default with the game? How many seasons have progressed and what are the results?

I am moving into 2008 (2nd season) and teams are unloading players left and right, I mean big names like Andruw Jones and David Wright

Andruw Jones just signed a deal with, ironically, Los Angeles Dodgers for $420,000?!?!?

Charley575 · 02-04-2008, 11:13 PM

Yeah, I never got past 1/02/07, because it's a mess. Lots of players on DFA with 40 man full, lots of teams in the red, sometimes to the tune of $40mil, which is the most likely reason for the dumping of players. I hope next year's version is better put together.

boblight24 · 02-05-2008, 10:22 AM

So should I scrap what I've done up to this point? I did go through and "adjust" teams cash and that has helped with them signing free agents, but that seems unfair.

If I ditch the default which rosters should I go with? I would like to start back in '07. Thanks!

boblight24 · 02-05-2008, 01:35 PM

I think I am going to try and give the defaults a go. The gameplay and the results are spot on.

Boston won the '07 World Series, Ryan Howard won the NL MVP (63 HRs), ManRam won the AL MVP. There were only 7 or 8 guys who hit more than 45 (Fielder, ManRam, Howard, etc), the team with the best record was Philly 105-57, no team lost 100+ games. Hamels won 22. Overall the results really made me happy. Then the off season began and Piazza, AJones, JKent and a TON of other free agents were unemployed until Feb when I took over Commish and nudged a few teams into signing them. Ironically the trade AI seems to kick butt, there are a lot of trades, but very fair for both sides. The only thing I did was go into the team financials and fudge some numbers to keep the big guys big and the small guys still building. I was the manager of the NYPenn Aberdeen IronBirds until I was fired after a 16-29 start, I was hired in the offseason to coach the Winston Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League so the transactions don't affect me and what I do.

If you take out the releases and signings I give the default rosters a 9.5, even with the problems the default is still a solid 7 or 7.5, so I will see what happens in '08.

Just in case I am going to import my OOTP6.5 Pirates dynasty

wlight1 · 02-06-2008, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by boblight24

Overall the results really made me happy. Then the off season began and Piazza, AJones, JKent and a TON of other free agents were unemployed until Feb when I took over Commish and nudged a few teams into signing them.

I understand that this is a very common result. Jones' name in particular seems to come up every time this problem is brought up. The financials are out of wack enough that no team in that data set can ever afford to sign him.

(which always makes me wonder if the player financial AI could use some tweaking so that players 'know' and respond to the actual financial climate of the league -- no IRL baseball player would ever just go a year without playing. I remember in versions 4 and 5 when I got financials screwed up in fictional leagues, if a guy wasn't able to get a contract to his liking in the FA period because no teams had the cash, he'd always sign a 1-year $4m or $5m deal if you offered it to him, which made sense to me. Evidently OOTP7/v8 doesn't do this. Anyway, this whole digression is a conversation for another thread)

02-04-2008, 11:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
boblight24 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The End Of The Line Posts: 255 Warnings: 1	Default MLB Roster Has anyone been using the MLB 07 roster that is default with the game? How many seasons have progressed and what are the results? I am moving into 2008 (2nd season) and teams are unloading players left and right, I mean big names like Andruw Jones and David Wright Andruw Jones just signed a deal with, ironically, Los Angeles Dodgers for $420,000?!?!? __________________ "Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork." - Willie Stargell "I don't know, but it took someone 45 minutes to go up there and get it back," Lefty Gomez, when asked how far Jimmie Foxx's ball went after Foxx hit it into the third deck in the left field stands in Yankee Stadium, 1937 There is no obstacle greater than a man's will to suceed

02-05-2008, 10:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
boblight24 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The End Of The Line Posts: 255 Warnings: 1	So should I scrap what I've done up to this point? I did go through and "adjust" teams cash and that has helped with them signing free agents, but that seems unfair. If I ditch the default which rosters should I go with? I would like to start back in '07. Thanks! __________________ "Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork." - Willie Stargell "I don't know, but it took someone 45 minutes to go up there and get it back," Lefty Gomez, when asked how far Jimmie Foxx's ball went after Foxx hit it into the third deck in the left field stands in Yankee Stadium, 1937 There is no obstacle greater than a man's will to suceed

02-05-2008, 01:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
boblight24 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The End Of The Line Posts: 255 Warnings: 1	I think I am going to try and give the defaults a go. The gameplay and the results are spot on. Boston won the '07 World Series, Ryan Howard won the NL MVP (63 HRs), ManRam won the AL MVP. There were only 7 or 8 guys who hit more than 45 (Fielder, ManRam, Howard, etc), the team with the best record was Philly 105-57, no team lost 100+ games. Hamels won 22. Overall the results really made me happy. Then the off season began and Piazza, AJones, JKent and a TON of other free agents were unemployed until Feb when I took over Commish and nudged a few teams into signing them. Ironically the trade AI seems to kick butt, there are a lot of trades, but very fair for both sides. The only thing I did was go into the team financials and fudge some numbers to keep the big guys big and the small guys still building. I was the manager of the NYPenn Aberdeen IronBirds until I was fired after a 16-29 start, I was hired in the offseason to coach the Winston Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League so the transactions don't affect me and what I do. If you take out the releases and signings I give the default rosters a 9.5, even with the problems the default is still a solid 7 or 7.5, so I will see what happens in '08. Just in case I am going to import my OOTP6.5 Pirates dynasty __________________ "Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork." - Willie Stargell "I don't know, but it took someone 45 minutes to go up there and get it back," Lefty Gomez, when asked how far Jimmie Foxx's ball went after Foxx hit it into the third deck in the left field stands in Yankee Stadium, 1937 There is no obstacle greater than a man's will to suceed

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02-04-2008, 11:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Charley575 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 238	Yeah, I never got past 1/02/07, because it's a mess. Lots of players on DFA with 40 man full, lots of teams in the red, sometimes to the tune of $40mil, which is the most likely reason for the dumping of players. I hope next year's version is better put together.