Fielders:
Derek Norris (C) 4 stars 6 7 4
Anthony Rizzo (1B) 4 stars 5 9 4
Jason Kipnis (2B) 4 stars 6 5 9
Ryan Zimmerman (3B) 3.5 stars 6 7 3
Erick Aybar (SS) 3.5 stars 7 3 7
Shin-Soo Choo (OF) 4 stars 6 6 6
Jacoby Ellsbury (OF) 4.5 stars 8 3 9
Matt Holliday (OF) 3.5 stars 7 5 3
Victor Martinez (DH) 5 stars 9 7 2 *star player
Starting Pitchers:
John Lackey (SP) 4.5 stars 6 9 7
Gio Gonzalez (SP) 3.5 stars 7 3 7
Kyle Lohse (SP) 4 9 7
Jaime Garcia (SP) 5 8 6
Cole Hamels (SP) 7 6 7
Relievers:
Jacob Diekman (SR) 9 3 7
Trevor Rosenthal (SR) 9 4 8
Craig Stammen (LR) 6 7 8
Cody Allen (SR) 9 4 8
Jake McGee (CL) 9 5 8
Surprises:
Aybar has been a real surprise. Consistently batting .310+
Gio Gonzalez has been a pleasant surprise. Best SP ERA
Jacob Diekman has been good too. Lowest ERA from my relievers.
Victor Martinez is a absolute animal. Consistently batting .350
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C: YaN Gomes 4* 7 6 2
1b: Eric Hosmer 3.5* 7 4 4
2b: Mike Aviles 3* 5 4 8
3b: Pedro Alvarez 3.5* 4 9 4
SS: Jimmy Rollins 3* 5 4 8
LF: Scott Van Slyke 3.5* 4 9 4
CF: Matt Kemp: 3.5* 6 5 7
RF: Bryce Harper: 4* 6 7 5
DH: Kyle Seager: 3.5* 5 7 5
Starting pitchers are just awful
Ace: Charlie Morton 3* 4 5 7
SP2: David Buchanan 3* 4 9 4
SP3: Robbie Erlin 3* 5 7 5
SP4: CJ Wilson 3* 6 3 7
SP5: Clay Buckholtz 3* 5 4 7
Long: Caleb Thielbar 3.5* 5 5 9
RP1: Brandon Kintzler 3* 4 8 7
RP2: Fernando Rodney 3* 9 1 8
RP3: AJ Ramos 3* 8 1 9
CL: Kevin Siegrist 3.5* 9 1 9
I've not spent money on this game other than removing the ads to support the makers.
My record is 316-246. What's your status? I am Legend (staring Will Smith).
1B: Brandon Belt 4.5* 7 7 4
2B: Aaron Hill 3* 6 5 3
3B: Evan Longoria 4* 6 8 2
SS: Jimmy Rollins 3* 5 4 8
LF: Matt Joyce 3* 4 7 5
CF: Alejandro De Aza 3* 4 5 9
RF: Brandon Barnes 3* 5 4 8
DH: Pedro Alvarez 3.5* 4 9 4
SP1: Jon Lester 3.5* 6 6 6
SP2: Hiroki Kuroda 3.5* 4 8 6
SP3: Gavin Floyd 3.5* 6 6 6
SP4: Jason Vargas 3.5* 4 7 6
SP5: Nathan Eovaldi 3.5* 5 7 6
Long: Carlos Torres 3* 7 7 6
RP1: Drew Storen 3* 6 7 6
RP2: Antonio Bas-ta-rd-o 3* 8 1 9
SM: Joe Nathan 3.5* 8 3 8
CL: Jason Grilli 4* 9 5 8
Love the game, and I'm pretty happy with my team for not spending any money. Currently in All-Star and have a 76-48 record, mostly from playing friends. Jimmy Rollins has been hitting over .350 for 20+ games, while Perez has the worst BA on the team despite being my best "hitter".
1B: Brandon Belt 4.5* 7 7 4
2B: Scooter Gennett 4.5* 9 4 5
3B: Adrian Beltre 4.5* 9 7 1
SS: Alexei Ramirez 4.5* 8 3 9
LF: Mike Trout 5* 9 8 7
CF: Yasiel Puig 5* 9 7 7
RF: Corey Dickerson 5* 9 7 6
DH: Adam Jones 5* 8 8 5
Sub1: Kole Calhoun 4.5* 7 7 4
Sub2: Jose Bautista 5* 7 9 4
Sub3: Angel Pagan 4* 8 3 8
SP1: Matt Shoemaker 5* 7 8 8
SP2: Michael Wacha 4.5 7 6 8
SP3: Kyle Lohse 4.5* 4 9 7
SP4: Sonny Gray 4* 6 5 8
SP5: Cole Hamels 4* 7 6 7
Long: Tim Stauffer 3* 7 5 7
RP1: Joaquin Benoit 4.5* 8 5 9
RP2: Darren O'Day 4.5* 6 7 9
SM: Mark Melancon 5* 7 9 9
CL: Koji Uehara 5* 9 9 9
Spent $1.99 to get rid of ads but other than that haven't spent any money. Have also thrown out 4* players because I'd rather have a good hitter on my bench than someone who has a bunch of power or speed.
BTW I like facing Uehara. He throws so many strikes that you can pretty much swing every time and you will rarely strikeout. And swing early because his pitches accelerate just before they cross the plate. They threw physics out the window totally when they designed him in this game.
C Alex Avila 2.5* 3 7 2
1B Prince Fielder 3* 6 6 1
2B Daniel Murphy 4* 8 3 7
3B Juan Uribe 3.5* 7 5 4
SS Evereth Cabrera 2.5* 5 2 9
LF Domonic Brown 4* 5 8 5
CF Dexter Fowler 3.5* 6 5 7
RF Ichiro 3* 6 2 8
Dh Anthony Rendon 3.5* 6 5 4
SUB Scott Hairston 2.5* 2 9 4
Sub Adam Dunn 2.5 * 3 9 2
Sub Nick Markakis 3* 7 3 3
ACE Jeff Samardzija 3.5* 7 5 6
SP2 Matt Moore 3* 6 1 8
SP3 CJ Wilson 3* 6 3 7
SP4 Wandy Rodriguez 3* 4 8 5
SP5 Brandon McCarthy 2.5* 4 9 3
Long Fernando Salas 2.5* 6 6 6
RP1 Adam Ottavino 3* 7 5 7
RP2 Rafael Soriano 3.5* 5 6 8
SM Latroy Hawkins 3.5* 4 9 7
CL Chris Withrow 3.5* 9 1 9
1B. Edwin Encarnacion 4.5* 6/9/4
2B. Jason Kipnis 4* 6/5/9
3B. Adrian Beltre 4.5* 9/7/1
SS. Jean Segura 3.5* 6/3/9
LF. Melky Cabrera 4* 8/4/4
CF. Bryce Harper 4* 6/7/5
RF. Shin-Soo Choo 4* 6/6/6
DH. Albert Pujols 3.5* 5/9/2
Bench
Justin Ruggiano 3.5* 3/8/8
Christian Yelich 3.5* 6/4/7
Devin Mesoraco 3.5* 5/8/3
SP
Cliff Lee 5* 7/9/7
Jered Weaver 3.5* 5/6/7
Hiroki Kuroda 3.5* 4/8/6
Brandon Workman 3* 7/4/6
Rick Porcello 3* 4/8/5
RP
Fernando Abad 3.5* 6/5/8
Aroldis Chapman 3.5* 9/1/9
Chris Withrow 3.5* 9/1/9
Chad Qualls 3.5* 5/7/8
CL
Tony Watson 4.5* 6/8/9
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C: Devin Mesoraco 3.5* 5 8 3
1B: Adrian Gonzalez 4* 6 8 2
2B: Omar Infante 4* 8 4 4
3B: Conor Gillespie 3* 7 4 1
SS: Jordy Mercer 3.5* 6 5 4
LF: Starling Marte 3.5* 6 4 9
CF: Melky Cabrera 4* 8 4 4
RF: Coco Crisp 4.5* 6 7 9
DH: Jarrod Saltalam.. 3.5* 6 6 3
Ace: Tim Hudson 4* 4 8 7
SP2: Henderson Alverez 4* 3 8 7
SP3: Michael Pineda 3.5* 4 7 6
SP4: Jon Lester 3.5* 6 6 6
SP5: Clay Buchholtz 3* 5 4 7
RP: Ernesto Frieri 2.5* 9 4 6
RP: Jim Henderson 3* 8 3 8
RP: Dominic Leone 3.5* 8 3 8
RP: Aroldis Chapman 3.5* 9 1 9
CL: Chad Qualls 3.5* 5 7 8
C Jonathon Lucroy 4.5* 9 5 5
1B Steve Pearce 4* 7 6 4
2B Robinson Cano 4.5* 9 5 4
3B Aramis Ramirez 4.5* 8 8 2
SS Alexei Ramirez 4.5* 8 3 9
LF Jayson Werth 4.5* 8 6 5
CF Rajai Davis 3.5* 6 4 9
RF Scott Van Slyke 3.5* 4 9 4
DH Yadier Molina 4* 9 4 2
Sub Salvador Perez 4* 8 5 1
Sub Edwin Encarnacion 4.5* 6 9 4
Sub Ryan Howard 3.5* 5 9 1
Ace Stephen Strasburg 4.5* 8 7 7
SP2 Corey Kluber 4.5* 7 8 6
SP3 Drew Smyly 4* 7 6 7
SP4 Scott Kazmir 4* 6 7 7
SP5 Tanner Roark 4.5* 4 8 8
LR Craig Stammen 4* 6 7 8
RP1 Sergio Santos 4* 9 4 8
RP2 Trevor Rosenthal 4* 9 4 8
SM Jason Grilli 4* 9 5 8
CL Joaquin Benoit 4.5* 8 5 9
Also Tanner Roark is highly rated but pretty easy to hit as a human
1B James Loney 3.5* 8 3 2
2B Brian Dozier 4* 4 8 8
3B Lonnie Chisenhall 4* 7 7 3
SS Erick Aybar 3.5* 7 3 7
LF Carlos Beltran 4* 6 8 2
CF Mike Trout 5* 9 8 7
RF Daniel Nava 3* 7 4 2
DH Will Middlebrooks 3* 3 9 4
Sub Matt Witers 3* 4 8 2
Sub Michael Saunders 3* 4 6 7
Sub Nolan Arenado 3* 7 4 2
ACE Nathan Eovaldi 3.5* 5 7 6
SP2 Michael Bolsinder 3* 5 9 4
SP3 Chris Archer 3.5* 5 5 7
SP4 Jake Odorizzi 3.5* 8 4 6
SP5 Ian Kennedy 3* 7 5 5
LONG Brian Schlitter 2.5* 2 6 8
RP1 Yoervis Medina 3* 7 1 9
RP2 Joel Peralta 3* 8 2 8
SM Bryan Shaw 3.5* 6 5 8
CL Tommy Hunter 3.5* 5 9 7
1B: 5 Jose Abreu 9/9/2
2B: 5 Robinson Cano 9/4/5
3B: 5 Andrian Beltre 9/6/2
SS: 5 Troy Tulowitzki 9/9/2
LF: 5 Michael Brantely 9/5/7
CF: 5 Mike Trout 8/9/6
RF: 5 Andrew Mccutchen 9/7/6
DH: 5 Victor Martinez 9/8/2
SUB1: 5 Danny Santana 9/3/9
SUB2: 5 Jose Altuve 9/2/9
SUB3: 5 Miguel Cabrera 9/7/2
ACE:5 Clayton Kershaw 9/9/9
SP2: 5 Chris Sale 9/8/9
SP3: 5 Jose Fernandez 9/5/9
SP4: 5 Felix Hernandez 7/9/9
SP5: 5 Masahiro Tanaka 7/9/8
Relievers
Long: 5 Dellin Betances 9/6/9
RP1: 5 Ken Giles 9/7/9
RP2: 5 David Robertson 9/5/9
SM: 5 Greg Holland 9/5/9
CL: 5 Koji Uehara 9/9/9
The only other factor is speed. It's nice seeing runners take the extra base or score without a prompt (which is a base coach upgrade as well). Not sure if the power factor means much. In a month of playing my 8 power hitter has 22 hrs, but in a few weeks I have a 3 power lvl hitter with six.
1B: 4 Mike Napoli 6/8/2
2B: 4 Daniel Murphy 8/3/7
3B 4.5 Adrian Beltre 9/7/1
SS 3 Jimmy Rollins 5/4/8
OF 4.5 Marlon Byrd 7/8/3
OF 4.5 Jacoby Ellsbury 8/3/9
OF 4.5 Coco Crisp 6/7/9
DH 4.5 Justin Upton 6/9/5
ACE 5 Matt Shoemaker 7/8/8
SP2 3.5 Danny Salazar 9/5/5
SP3 4 Jesse Chavez 6/6/7
SP4 4 Matt Latos 6/6/7
SP5 4 Mike Minor 6/7/6
LR 3.5 Caleb Thielbar(MR) 5/5/9
RP1 4 Sergio Santos 9/4/8
RP2 4 Paco Rodriguez 8/3/9
SM 4.5 Tony Watson 6/8/9
CL 4.5 Junichi Tazawa 8/9/7
sp2 felix hernandez
sp3 zach hreinke
sp4 Chris sale
sp5 johnny cueto
long belleres
rp1 robertson
rp2 perkins
Sm holland
Cl koji
Catcher rosario
1st base goldshimmit
2nd base cano
3rd base Chris Donaldson
ss Hanley ramirez
Lf trout
cf Davidson
rf blackmon
dh McCutcheon
sub1 troy tulowiski
sub2 Miguel cabrea
sub3 adam Jones
1B- Miguel Cabrera 5* 9.9.2
2B- Jason Kipnis 4* 6.5.9
3B- David Wright 4.5* 8.5.6
SS- Alexei Ramirez 4.5* 8.3.9
LF- Jose Bautista 5* 7.9.4
CF- Jay Bruce 4* 5.9.5
RF- Yoenis Cespedes 4* 5.9.5
DH- Junior Lake 4* 6.6.8
Ace- Drew Smyly 4*
SP2- Mat Latos 4*
SP3- Gerrit Cole 4*
SP4- Dan Haren 4*
SP5- Alex Wood 4*
Long- Aroldis Chapman
RP1- Trevor Rosenthal
RP2- Joe Thatcher
SM- Craig Kimbrel
CL- Junichi Tazawa
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C Salvador Perez 4* 8/5/1
1B Steve Pearce 4* 7/6/4
2B Jose Altuve 4* 9/1/9
3B Josh Donaldson 4.5* 7/9/3
SS Jose Reyes 4* 7/4/9
LF Kole Calhoun 4.5* 7/7/4
CF Angel Pagan 4* 8/3/8
RF Andrew McCutchen 5* 9/6/7
DH Torii Hunter 4.5* 8/6/3
SUB Melky Cabrera 4* 8/4/4
SUB CoCo Crisp 4.5* 6/7/9
SUB Shane Victorino 4* 7/4/8
Ace Zack Greinke 4.5* 6/7/8
SP2 Julio Teheran 5* 6/8/8
SP3 Yu Darvish 4.5* 9/3/8
SP4 Stephen Strasburg 4.5* 8/7/7
SP5 David Price 4.5* 7/9/6
Long Craig Stammen 4* 6/7/8
RP1 Jordan Walden 4* 9/4/8
RP2 Cody Allen 4* 9/4/8
SM Tyler Clippard 4* 8/3/9
CL Craig Kimbrel 4.5* 9/4/9
That's my current team.
Albert pujols 3.5* 5 9 2 / Anthony Rizzo 4* 5 9 4
Ian Kinsler 4* 7 4 7
Pedro Alvarez 3.5* 4 9 4
Jose Reyes 4* 7 4 9
Bryce Harper 4* 6 7 5
Josh Harrison 4* 7 5 6
Starling Marte 3.5* 6 4 9
Johnny Peralta 4* 7 6 3
Starters
Sonny Gray 4* 6 5 8
Brett Oberholtzer 4* 4 9 6
Gio Gonzalez 3.5* 7 3 7
Dan Haren 3.5* 5 9 5
Jason Hammel 3.5* 5 7 6
Relievers
(long) Jacob Diekman 3* 9 3 7
(RP1) Caleb Thiebar 3.5* 5 5 9
(RP2) Rafael Soriano 3.5* 5 6 8
(SM) Pat Neshek 4* 5 7 9
(CL) Tommy Hunter 3.5* 5 9 7
Username: Dscrivs
New here, this is my team currently:
1. Jose Altuve - 2b
2. Starling Marte - LF
3. Josh Donaldson - 3b
4. Yoenis Cespedes - CF
5. Evan Longoria - DH
6. Jose Reyes - SS
7. Anthony Rizzo - 1b
8. John Jaso - C
9. Seth Smith - RF
Ace - David Price
SP2 - Max Scherzer
SP3 - Homer Bailey
SP4 - Jaime Garcia
SP5 - Dan Haren
Long - Craig Stammen
RP1 - Chad Qualls
RP2 - Kevin Siegrist
SM - Trevor Rosenthal
CL - Jason Grilli
Will add i've spent $40ish on Gold and have watched countless videos for additional gold.