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
- RHP Javier Aceves -96 mph - finesse - good release, pickoff, groundball- slv-sc-fork
- LHP Kiyoshi Sakata - 93mph - knuckleballing japanese, 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
Bullpen
- RHP Nate Andrews - 89mph - good spin, gd low pitch curveballer - Vsld-dcb-kncb
- RHP Shengjun Ishida - sinkerballer- Hshu-palm-snk
- 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/C, slugger/power threat
- 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
- OF Joakim Bumatay - LF, CF - speedy defensive outfielder
- IF Keith Colamarino, Righty - SS/2B
- 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 Esteban Sanhueza
- RHP Jose Rodriguez - 95mph
- LHP Miguel Esquival
- LHP Scott Dransfield
- 2B Elijah Johnson, Switch-hitter
- IF Owen Burke - 3B/1B/RF?
- IF Randy Brunnet
- OF Rick Cunnane
- OF Ramon Zuniga
- C Nino Pena
