First guy is weird, but nothing. Not an MLBer.

Second guy could be an MLBer, but he would be back end.

Agree with tlowster. Johnson blows; that 5.50 ERA in AAA is not a total fluke. Kimbrel is, right now, a very back end ML pitcher, but might have 2-3 points per category left in him, which would make him a perfectly OK long reliever, not at all special and certainly not worth going to arb with.

Thanks guys. That's about what I was figuring. About Johnson, though, every AAA park in that world is basically Coors, so his 5.50 isn't as bad as it looks, especially since he's a flyball pitcher who Detroit should help. Still, I think he's probably 10-15 points of control short of being useful. It's a shame, because I've never seen anyone with that good a P5 and that kind of stam/dur combo and I'd love to see how it plays even with the not-great splits.

Kimbrel should have another 2-4 points everywhere except his pitch types, which are probably maxed out already. I probably don't need him as a starter but it's good to know he's not unplayable.

Posted by dmalone01 on 4/8/2020 8:56:00 AM (view original):
Thanks guys. That's about what I was figuring. About Johnson, though, every AAA park in that world is basically Coors, so his 5.50 isn't as bad as it looks, especially since he's a flyball pitcher who Detroit should help. Still, I think he's probably 10-15 points of control short of being useful. It's a shame, because I've never seen anyone with that good a P5 and that kind of stam/dur combo and I'd love to see how it plays even with the not-great splits.

Kimbrel should have another 2-4 points everywhere except his pitch types, which are probably maxed out already. I probably don't need him as a starter but it's good to know he's not unplayable.

It's his control. Whatever batting average he gives up over his career, you can add about 100 points to that to get to his OBP. He also has slightly below average splits and only one decent pitch.

Rule 5 Draft question. Under the Rule 5 draft settings, does anyone's "Weight" setting under DH default to zero?

I was looking through the prospects and noticed there weren't any DH's included. Went over to my settings and sure enough every position was weighted at 5, except DH which was zero. Thought it was weird, but maybe it rolled over from a prior year or something. Or maybe that's what happens to NL teams. Then I looked at my AL team in another league, and sure enough the DH was weighted 0 there as well. Finally, the draft comes and the guy I would think would've been the number 1/2 pick falls down to 11. And he's a DH.

Have I just never noticed that the weight on DH's default to zero? Has anyone else seen this or notices it now in their settings?

Posted by tlowster on 4/8/2020 5:42:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dmalone01 on 4/8/2020 8:56:00 AM (view original):
Thanks guys. That's about what I was figuring. About Johnson, though, every AAA park in that world is basically Coors, so his 5.50 isn't as bad as it looks, especially since he's a flyball pitcher who Detroit should help. Still, I think he's probably 10-15 points of control short of being useful. It's a shame, because I've never seen anyone with that good a P5 and that kind of stam/dur combo and I'd love to see how it plays even with the not-great splits.

Kimbrel should have another 2-4 points everywhere except his pitch types, which are probably maxed out already. I probably don't need him as a starter but it's good to know he's not unplayable.

It's his control. Whatever batting average he gives up over his career, you can add about 100 points to that to get to his OBP. He also has slightly below average splits and only one decent pitch.

You can have guys with crummy control and they will be serviceable but every other stat had better be really good. This is an interesting study, all on the same team (2 of the guys are SSS)

Eduardo Burbon and Alex Hunter have been my pleasant surprises. Both guys, I wondered as they progressed if they would be AAAA players or boarderline ML'ers. Things may change abruptly and my team and stadium are built to beef up a pitchers numbers but they both have been above and beyond expectations.

On the other side Johan Butcher is great and probably is legit an Ace but should be legendary with his ratings. The problem is with a control of 70 he can have one bad inning where he walks 1 or 2. Then a homerun and it quickly skews stats.

Fun stuff to consider anyways.

Posted by brianp87 on 4/1/2020 3:44:00 PM (view original):
If I find they made it for players not to return to pre injury form with 20 in med and training I am afraid I will quit. Its b.s. honestly.

If changes have been made to the code, I'd just like to see patch notes. I know seble has done some things, but the last patch notes posted are from 2016.

Posted by pray4pro on 4/9/2020 9:40:00 AM (view original):
Rule 5 Draft question. Under the Rule 5 draft settings, does anyone's "Weight" setting under DH default to zero?

I was looking through the prospects and noticed there weren't any DH's included. Went over to my settings and sure enough every position was weighted at 5, except DH which was zero. Thought it was weird, but maybe it rolled over from a prior year or something. Or maybe that's what happens to NL teams. Then I looked at my AL team in another league, and sure enough the DH was weighted 0 there as well. Finally, the draft comes and the guy I would think would've been the number 1/2 pick falls down to 11. And he's a DH.

Have I just never noticed that the weight on DH's default to zero? Has anyone else seen this or notices it now in their settings?

I've noticed this too. Just remember to put some weight there if you want to see DH-types in your prospect list (for any kind of draft).

Posted by opie100 on 4/9/2020 12:56:00 PM (view original):

Posted by pray4pro on 4/9/2020 9:40:00 AM (view original):
Rule 5 Draft question. Under the Rule 5 draft settings, does anyone's "Weight" setting under DH default to zero?

I was looking through the prospects and noticed there weren't any DH's included. Went over to my settings and sure enough every position was weighted at 5, except DH which was zero. Thought it was weird, but maybe it rolled over from a prior year or something. Or maybe that's what happens to NL teams. Then I looked at my AL team in another league, and sure enough the DH was weighted 0 there as well. Finally, the draft comes and the guy I would think would've been the number 1/2 pick falls down to 11. And he's a DH.

Have I just never noticed that the weight on DH's default to zero? Has anyone else seen this or notices it now in their settings?

I've noticed this too. Just remember to put some weight there if you want to see DH-types in your prospect list (for any kind of draft).

I could be mistaken, but I think the default DH weight is 0 only for NL teams. The default for AL is still 5.

Its a good idea to put at least 1 in DH if you are NL sometimes there are some guys that are boarderline C with a good bat (pitch calling around 50) listed as DH. I missed a decent ML worthy guy once or twice because I left DH at 0.

Posted by pray4pro on 4/9/2020 9:40:00 AM (view original):
Rule 5 Draft question. Under the Rule 5 draft settings, does anyone's "Weight" setting under DH default to zero?

I was looking through the prospects and noticed there weren't any DH's included. Went over to my settings and sure enough every position was weighted at 5, except DH which was zero. Thought it was weird, but maybe it rolled over from a prior year or something. Or maybe that's what happens to NL teams. Then I looked at my AL team in another league, and sure enough the DH was weighted 0 there as well. Finally, the draft comes and the guy I would think would've been the number 1/2 pick falls down to 11. And he's a DH.

Have I just never noticed that the weight on DH's default to zero? Has anyone else seen this or notices it now in their settings?

I honestly have never looked. I manually rank my guys id actually want if any. Then I set the thing to not pick beyond those guys.

It keeps your settings from season to season, so you inherit the previous owners settings.

You can manually adjust and save.

How much importance do you give to the catcher? For example, would you rather start a guy like Player Profile: Chuck Lange - Hardball Dynasty Baseball | WhatIfSports
or a guy like Player Profile: Ed Payton - Hardball Dynasty Baseball | WhatIfSports.

does city make a difference? Is Lange worth more in Detroit than he would be in a city like Santa Fe?

i guess they real question is would you rather start both of them with Lange at C and Payton at RF it would you rather trade away one for a true RF and start the other guy at C?

I would definitely start Payton. He's a stud!

Payton is a Silver Slugger at ANY position. I'm entirely willing to overlook 15 passed balls for that. Lange's a little better than just a defensive replacement, but no way he plays over Payton.