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Some more Red Sox things I've noticed...
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Good feedback, thanks!
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Brian van Belle starts the game on the major league roster. He shouldn't. Josh Winckowski is starting in AAA (likely correct - but also possible he'll be in the bullpen after so many pitching injuries this spring), but van Belle is going to begin the season in AA.
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This is tricky, because it's not something we can really directly control. All we can do is adjust the ratings a bit to encourage the AI to make the 'right' choice. We'll be making another pass or two to do this for everyone between now and Opening Day (or shortly after).
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Luis Perales is averaging 95 to 98 MPH on his fastball now, so his MPH should probably be 95 - 97 MPH instead of 93 to 95. Luis Guerrero sits 96 to 98 MPH right now and OOTP has him at 93 to 95 as well. Guerrero also throws a splitter and doesn't throw a changeup to my knowledge. I'd remove the changeup, add the splitter, and give the splitter the curveball's ratings and adjust the curveball down to what the changeup presently is (46 / 92).
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We'll take a closer look at these and make changes where needed.
Velocity can be tricky as what guys throw early in the spring is often not the same as they'll throw most of the season.
Also, sometimes pitches like a change and a splitter can kind of tend to blend together in statscast or scouting data. So sometimes which pitch a guy throws, and if they're two separate pitches can be more in the eye of the beholder.
EDIT: Looked up Guerrero more and seems he definitely throws a splitter. So ended up adjusting him pretty much 100% per your comments here. Also boosted Perales velocity.
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Bryan Mata is viewed as the organization's top pitching prospect. He throws a curveball in real life that OOTP doesn't have rated.
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Neither BA or MLB.com list him with a curve, so he may have stopped throwing this.
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Ryan Fernandez sits 96 to 98 MPH and throws a curve and a cutter; neither are thrown in OOTP.
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It seems Fernandez didn't use the curve at all last year, so it doesn't really make sense to give this to him imo.
The cutter is a tricky one, because oftentimes guys like Fernandez don't really throw a cutter and a slider, it's just a slider that gets classified as a cutter sometimes or vice-versa. If we give guys too many pitches when in reality they throw less, this can actually make each pitch lower quality and make them less effective in-game, especially if they get used as a RP.
So it's a bit of an art to know when to classify a pitch like this as two different pitches and there's not necessarily a one-size fits all solution. Reasonable people can differ.
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Shane Drohan's curve and changeup ratings should be flipped. His changeup is his best offering. Velocity should probably be taken down a tad. 93 MPH is his max. Game is currently 93 to 95 MPH.
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Changed this.
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Ryan Zeferjahn throws a curveball in real life; it's not very good, but it should probably be included as a 4th pitch.
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Kind of similar to my comments on Fernandez, given that this is a bad pitch that he already rarely throws, he'll likely throw this less as he (seemingly) gets pushed more toward relief, and all this will likely do is make him less effective in-game as a RP, I think it's questionable if it makes sense to give him this pitch. Again, a judgement call here.