We Need A New Cedanne Already
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Really? I was just thinking the other day how many relievers we have to choose from now.
Here are just some of the closers with recent cards:
-Aroldis AS
-Hader AS
-Munoz AS
-Suarez AS
-Justin WrobleskiAnd I still use cards like O'Day, Gagne, Helsey, etc.
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@dbub_PSN said in We Need A New Cedanne Already:
Really? I was just thinking the other day how many relievers we have to choose from now.
Here are just some of the closers with recent cards:
-Aroldis AS
-Hader AS
-Munoz AS
-Suarez AS
-Justin WrobleskiAnd I still use cards like O'Day, Gagne, Helsey, etc.
The Mets theme team has TWO relievers
I shouldnt have to be using live series cards still at the all star break. -
@Teak2112_MLBTS Detroit’s best reliever is a live series silver. We are definitely lacking in relievers.
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@GoozeFn_PSN said in We Need A New Cedanne Already:
@Teak2112_MLBTS Detroit’s best reliever is a live series silver. We are definitely lacking in relievers.
I just looked at the 2025 team.
Excellent closer (I know ERA isnt a rating stat but a guy with 3 consecutive sub 3 ERAs shouldn't be a silver)
5 other guys with 30+ innings and ERAs under 4.I'm not saying Brennan Hanifee deserves a 96 or anything, but toss guys like this an 87 or something so people can use pure theme teams with at least some diamonds in the pen.
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I have a tool so I will use it.
Here is a list of each teams best relief pitcher. Let's face facts SDS does not spend much time on RP as they know online everyone just fills their bullpen with closers.
This report lists the relief pitcher with the highest overall rating for each of the 30 MLB teams, along with their OVR and card series.
Team Player Name OVR Series ARI Justin Martinez 85 Jolt ATL Aaron Bummer 93 Summer BAL Seranthony Domínguez 93 Spotlight BOS Aroldis Chapman 88 New Threads CHC Cade Horton 88 Topps Now CIN Sam Moll 72 Live CLE Nic Enright 88 Topps Now COL Jake Bird 72 Live CWS Dan Altavilla 72 Live DET Tommy Kahnle 78 Live HOU Bryan Abreu 91 Color Storm KC Lucas Erceg 89 Egg Hunt LAA Ben Joyce 91 Color Storm LAD Evan Phillips 96 Standout MIA Anthony Bender 73 Live MIL Devin Williams 94 Rookie MIN Griffin Jax 92 Summer NYM Dedniel Núñez 76 Live NYY Adam Ottavino 90 Standout OAK Justin Sterner 68 Live PHI Matt Strahm 93 Summer PIT David Bednar 77 Live SD Adrian Morejon 96 Spotlight SEA Matt Brash 87 Egg Hunt SF Randy Rodriguez 96 2025 All-Star STL Steven Matz 74 Live TB Ian Seymour 92 Topps Now TEX Hoby Milner 84 New Threads TOR Yimi García 83 Live WAS Luis García 72 Live -
@Teak2112_MLBTS You could replace every useless icon in every program with a random upper 80’s reliever and the game would be a lot better for theme teams.
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@Dolenz_PSN Your tool isn’t working properly. Just off the top of my head, the Reds have Dibble and Iglesias.
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@GoozeFn_PSN said in We Need A New Cedanne Already:
@Dolenz_PSN Your tool isn’t working properly. Just off the top of my head, the Reds have Dibble and Iglesias.
It actually is. I specified Relief pitchers as identified in the game. Those two are closers. I thought we were just talking strictly RP.
If we are talking both reliever and closer then I could rerun it and I am sure the list would change quite a bit
Highest Rated RP/CP Player by Team
This report lists the highest-rated Relief Pitcher (RP) or Closer (CP) player for each of the thirty MLB teams, based on their overall (OVR) rating.
Team Player Name Position OVR ARI Justin Martinez RP 85 ATL Aaron Bummer RP 93 BAL Felix Bautista CP 94 BOS Aroldis Chapman CP 97 CHC Cade Horton RP 88 CIN Raisel Iglesias CP 92 CLE Emmanuel Clase CP 96 COL Zach Agnos CP 88 CWS Dan Altavilla RP 72 DET Will Vest CP 79 HOU Josh Hader CP 97 KC Lucas Erceg RP 89 LAA Ben Joyce RP 91 LAD Evan Phillips RP 96 MIA Robb Nen CP 80 MIL Devin Williams RP 94 MIN Griffin Jax RP 92 NYM Edwin Díaz CP 95 NYY Andrew Miller CP 96 OAK Dennis Eckersley CP 92 PHI Matt Strahm RP 93 PIT Thomas Harrington CP 86 SD Robert Suarez CP 96 SEA Andrés Muñoz CP 96 SF Randy Rodriguez RP 96 STL Lee Smith CP 95 TB Pete Fairbanks CP 92 TEX Joe Nathan CP 97 TOR Jeff Hoffman CP 91 WAS Kyle Finnegan CP 72 -
@Dolenz_PSN Thanks for the clarification. I did mean both RP and CL. Thanks for rerunning. Each team should have 4+ diamond arms in the bullpen to run a proper theme team. We get a lot of fodder cards. How about a reliever program that gives us a reliever for every team? Make the most lacking teams get the best cards.
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I would love to run a theme team online, but my team doesn’t have a diamond CF. There’s a diamond catcher with Pathetic hitting stats. Most of these themes are just not even close to being competitive.
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Okay, the Nats deserve the next RP/CP. Thats just sad
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@GoozeFn_PSN said in We Need A New Cedanne Already:
@Dolenz_PSN Thanks for the clarification. I did mean both RP and CL. Thanks for rerunning. Each team should have 4+ diamond arms in the bullpen to run a proper theme team. We get a lot of fodder cards. How about a reliever program that gives us a reliever for every team? Make the most lacking teams get the best cards.
Not just relievers or CL. There are only 8 teams with at least 5 Diamond SP. And I am guessing that if I looked closer at the teams that do have at least 5 cards that there would be duplicated players among them.
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This discussion gave me an idea to add in a prebaked report to try and create the best squad for a selected team. It's not doing a ton of analysis except looking at Overalls and trying to avoid duplicate entries if a player has multiple cards (was especially an issue in the bullpen).
If there are two players with the same overall I assume it just grabs the first one. It was mainly created as kind of a health check for each team to see how they fare on the theme team front.
