Charlotte Chargers 2008

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Revision as of 18:15, 6 March 2009

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 pronounceable 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. 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:

• RHP James Calloway - 99mph - hard-throwing ace, cut-cb-chg-sifb
• RHP Javier Aceves -96 mph - finesse - good release, pickoff, groundball- slv-sc-fork-2sfb
• LHP Kiyoshi Sakata - 93mph - knuckleballing japanese, kn-snk-shu-snk
• LHP Jamal King - 93mph - high stamina, low control, Doc Gooden - Hsld-scb-splt
• LHP David Gregorio - 91mph - high Stamina, wily 5th starter/long man - fosh-Hsnk-sld

Bullpen

• RHP Justin Baker - 93mph - long man/swing starter - Cchg-cb-2sfb
• RHP Scott Trzesniak - 94mph - high control, good pitches, possible starter - fosh-kn-scb-snk
• RHP Nate Andrews - 90mph - good spin, gd low pitch curveballer - Vsld-dcb-kncb
• RHP Shengjun Ishida - 90mph - sinkerballer, mop-up - Hshu-splt-snk
• RHP Carlos Sanhueza - 95mph - middle relief, backup LF - Hsld-kncb-sld
• LHP Joe Tyler - 94mph - lefty setup/specialist - sld-dcb-cchg
• RHP Marty Stone - 101+mph - flamethrowing reliever, poor control - chg-Hsnk
• LHP Pedro Vermilyea - 96mph - lefty setup/closer - palm-2sfb

Fielders

• LF Ryan Evert, Lefty - speedy contact hitter
• CF Dante Warner, Righty - all around great CF
• 1B Paul Perry, Lefty - good contact, good power
• 3B Rico Valenzuela, Righty - cleanup hitter, slugger
• RF Nick James, Lefty, 1B/RF/C, slugger/power threat
• 2B Keith Colamarino, Righty - SS/2B - contact hitter
• SS Chomei Matsubara, Righty, super-utility infielder
• C Raul Hernandez, Switch-hitter, great fielding catcher, some power

Bench

• 3B Martin McNulty, Righty, great all-around 3B (set up name as McAnulty)
• OF Joakim Mercado - Righty, LF, CF - speedy defensive outfielder
• 2B Rafael Navarro, Righty, backup SS/2B/CF, utility man
• C Dusty Boyd, Righty, trash talk, backup 1B, decent hitter/power

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

• RHP Nolan Tidd - 96mph - starter - cut-kncb-splt-2sfb
• RHP Jose Rodriguez - 95mph, poor control/pitches - cb-chg
• LHP Miguel Esquival - reliever
• RHP Darren Reichert - reliever/closer
• 2B Elijah Johnson, Switch-hitter
• IF Owen Burke - 3B/2B/1B
• 1B Rick Cunnane hitting prospect
• OF Ramon Zuniga - power prospect, not much fielding
• OF Enrico Santiago - fielding/arm/speed prospect, no bat
• C Nino Pena - catching prospect