CSBC Chat

[PitchingWinsGames]

No contemporary teams run with 4 man rotations for extended periods of time. The only primary reasons being for: giving a guy time to heal, or giving a guy time to develop.

Fact of the matter is, there are enough guys in the league where everyone can sport competent 5 man rotations. 5th guys aren't supposed to be lights out, they're supposed to be good enough to get by

[Swifty]

So just to clear it up, I'll be running a sim tomorrow, what time, I'm not sure as of yet but we'll have a holiday edition at some point during the day.

[pdub858]

Can we get a draft order posted somewhere? I think I have traded a pick somewhere I just cant remember where or what pick..also we really need to know what spot we have.

ps. If it is posted somewhere please forgive my stupidity.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Is it normal to have a 5 star prospect fall to a 1 star prospect? How does that happen and is there any way to change it?

[nny]

Is it normal to have a 5 star prospect fall to a 1 star prospect? How does that happen and is there any way to change it?

random development

no way to change it

[PitchingWinsGames]

random development

no way to change it

So far, for me it's happened to:

Nick Adenhart, twice
Collin Balester
Jessie Litsch
and Leo Nunez

All were 4 stars or better and now Leo is the highest at 1.5 stars

I hate my life

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

It happened to me with both Volstad and Ellsbury. They both dropped from 5's to 1's.

[nny]

It happened to me with Volstad. They both dropped from 5's to 1's.

At least the game tries to be as real as possible by even mimicking him

[Swifty]

hiyoooooooooo

[Branch]

Hey, I'm just curious, but... Well, everybody else got to pick their park factors and such. Am I ever gonna get to do that or is it always gonna be those fackin .950's across the board at Sin City Stadium? :\

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Speaking of park factors, why do I have so many rain delays? My team plays their home games in San Diego. I have about twobweeks worth of rain delayed games already.

I still don't get how a 20 year old goes from being a 5 star prospect to a 1 star overnight. Something is not right with that. Shouldn't it go down gradually instead of a great depression style stock market crash?

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

No. He's been in single A where the AI system put him (even though the minor league report says that I can put him in AAA). He was also pitching well after he returned from a couple minor injuries and then he just crashed. It makes no sense.

[CrimsonCane]

Pitching well in A ball doesn't signify that he is maintaining his POTENTIAL. Injuries can wreak havoc on a player's upside. I had a 5 star CF back in the old league that suffered a 3 month injury and went from a future All Star to a 1 star spec. He performed fine for his level, but he lost all of his future potential.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

His injuries weren't serious, neither caused him to miss more than 1 start and both happened at the beginning of the season, over a month before the crash. I still don't think it sounds right and nothing preceeded the crash.

[nny]

Well that's the way the game works

Considering the fact that no one here programmed the game, I'm not sure what you're trying to get at