Charlotte Chargers 2008

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Below is a continuation of my Charlotte Chargers custom team from the original MLB Power Pros. Most players will have a familiar look, with slight changes in pitches and handed-ness, and some players dropping off the team. I have tried to develop a realistic, balanced team, complete with some weaknesses and even negative abilities. Most have last names pronouncable by the game voice; those names will be bolded below.

Many teams have maxed-out players, with multiple A's and all kinds of special abilities; this is NOT my intent. I want realistic MLB or slightly below level talent; once I have beaten Season Mode I will begin a Season Mode game with this team on a high difficulty level for additional challenge. Additionally, I try to include several ethnicities and skin tones in my players, and name them accordingly.

I am still creating this team in Success mode, but wanted to start documenting the team and get the players all assembled. The depth chart shows how positions should be organized; I have tried to include triple-coverage where possible. This is to offset the fact that I will begin with relatively few AAA reserves, maybe 4-8 players. Since no one has major league experience, some backups for injury should be all I need over the first 3 years.

Please feel free to copy these players, and use this entire team as an arrange team in your MLBPP game; I would love to hear how they do!

25-Man Roster

Starting Rotation: (6 starters due to stamina/fatigue - may change over the season depending on performance)

• RHP James Calloway - 99mph - hard-throwing ace, cut-cb-chg
• LHP Kiyoshi Sakata - 91mph - knuckleballing co-ace, kn-snk-shu
• RHP Jamal King - 93mph - high stamina, low control, Doc Gooden - Hsld-scb-chg
• LHP David Gregorio - 91mph - high Stamina, good pickoff/vs lefties - fosh-Hsnk-sld
• RHP Nate Andrews - 89mph - good spin, gd low pitch curveballer - Vsld-dcb-kncb
• RHP Javier Aceves -91 mph - finesse - good release, spin, delivery - slv-spl-sc

Bullpen

• RHP Nolan Tidd - 96mph - starter, A stamina, choke artist - cut-kncb-splt-2sfb
• RHP Justin Baker - 94mpg - long man, backup Center Fielder - Cchg-cb-2sfb
• RHP Zack Brown - 89mph - high control, good pitches - kn-scb-sc-fosh
• RHP Enrique Santos - 94mph - middle relief - Hsld-kncb-snk
• LHP Joe Tyler - 95mph - setup/specialist - sld-dcb-cchg
• RHP Marty Stone - 101+mph - flamethrowing reliever, poor control - chg-Hsnk
• LHP Pedro Vermilyea - 96mph - lefty setup/closer - snk-palm-2sfb

Fielders

• LF Ryan Evert, Lefty - speedy contact hitter
• CF Dante Warner, Righty - all around great CF
• 1B Paul Perry, Lefty - great contact, good power
• RF Nick James, Lefty, 1B/RF, power threat off the bench
• 3B Martin McNulty, Righty, great all-around 3B (set up name as McAnulty)
• C Dusty Boyd, Righty, great fielding catcher, backup corner infielder
• SS Chomei Ozeki, Righty, super-utility infielder
• 2B Rafael Navarro, Righty, backup SS/2B/CF, utility man

Bench

• LF Armando Arteaga, Righty - great power, ok contact - good arm, sub-par fielder
• 2B Elijah Johnson, Switch-hitter
• C Raul Hernandez, Switch-hitter, backup catcher

AAA (most of these are just ideas; many will not be made)

• RHP Tom Kelton - 93mph, AAA starter - slv-sld-fork
• RHP Shengjun Ishida - 88mph - AAA backup, shoulder woes - Hshu-palm-snk
• RHP Esteban Sanhueza
• RHP Jose Rodriguez - 95mph
• LHP Miguel Esquival
• LHP Scott Dransfield
• IF Keith Colamarino - SS/2B
• IF Owen Burke - 3B/1B/RF?
• IF Randy Brunnet
• IF Emilio Coste
• OF Joakim Bumatay - LF, CF
• OF Rick Cunnane
• OF Ramon Zuniga
• C Nino Pena