MVP 2005 Rosters - Who's really in the game

[flangoid]

Hey all, the first post for this Toronto Blue Jays fan and long time sports gamer.

Before I begin; yes I do have a life, a wife, kids, and a job. No I do not have too much time
on my hands. This started out small and got bigger.

I love the game but I haven’t gotten to play it too much because I’m one of those who has to
make the game as accurate as possible. I’ve been too busy playing with the game, to actually
play the game.

I noticed that a couple of Jays players were not in the game. I did some searching and
found that certain players on the MLB rosters had an EA generic (cartoon) face. I went to edit
the player, checked on the birthday and found that the birth date and all the attribute information
was the same as it should be for an actual player. I changed the name in “Edit Player”, and in
some cases I changed the skin colour, facial hair, jersey number but not the physical attributes.

I also noticed this with the “Baseball America Top 100 Prospects” (a logo that appears
on the “player info” section). Some Prospects have an actual name and photo while others have
an actual name and a white profile on a black screen for their facial image. But it was the Prospects
that have the cartoon face image that got me scouring the net looking for their true identity.

So here’s my list of EA generic players that are on the MLB rosters and who they actually are:

Anaheim – S. Barcik = Brendan Donnelly #53
Atlanta – J. Byrd = Tom Martin #38
Boston – A. Friese = Kevin Millar #15
Detroit – D. Smith = Jamie Walker #32
Milwaukee – R. Chamberlain = Damien Miller #26
Philadelphia – A. Hughes = Cory Lidle #30
San Francisco – J.Dowd = Barry Bonds #25
Texas – N. Genereaux = Ron Mahay #32
Toronto – S. Venema = Kerry Ligtenberg #46

If you’re a Blue Jays fan (I did mention that I am, didn’t I??) you can also make these alterations
To their Minor League line-ups:

Syracuse – A. Callaway = Justin Miller #34
Syracuse – T. Murphy = Frank Menechino #4
New Hampshire - R. Perez = Dustin McGowan #40
New Hampshire – B. Neilsen = Francisco Rosario #36

Here are the “Baseball America Top 100 Prospects” I’ve got so far, keeping in mind that there are
31 I’m still missing. Not too many minor league web sites are up and running yet but you know
I’ll get them later. (the vast majority of these players reside on the AA rosters):

Anaheim – B. Bath = Ervin Santana #74
Anaheim – D. Roberts = Jeff Mathis #68
Anaheim – J. Bukvich = Kendry Morales #22
Arizona – J. Ennis = Conor Jackson #30
Arizona – B. Jarvis = Carlos Quentin #24
Atlanta – S. Blancard = Kyle Davies #62
Atlanta – J. Doonan = Jeff Francoeur #19
Atlanta – E. Rodriguez = Andy Marte #61
Atlanta – J. Berroa = Brian McCann #17
Baltimore – J. Wilson = Adam Loewen #68
Baltimore – R. Rodriguez = Hayden Penn #24
Boston – M. Derksen = Hanley Ramirez #2
Chi Cubs – I. Krystal = Angel Guzman #67
Chi WS – T. Berrie = Brandon McCarthy #10
Cincinnati – M. James = Edwin Encarnacion #68
Cleveland – K. Barrera = Fausto Carmona #74
Cleveland – R. Sullivan = Franklin Gutierrez #71
Cleveland – T. Gray = Michael Aubrey #39
Florida – L. Ordonez = Yorman Bazardo #75
Kansas City – B. Poiveson = Mark Teahen #24
Los Angeles – K. McCracken = Chad Billingsley #29
Los Angeles – D. Driediger = Joel Guzman #54
Milwaukee – W. Collier = Prince Fielder #28
Milwaukee – S. Gent = J.J. Hardy #7
Minnesota – T. Coleman = Francisco Liriano #60
Oakland – P. Lidge = Huston Street #45
Oakland – A. McDonald = Daric Barton #65
Pittsburgh – R. Sanchez = Zack Duke #34
Pittsburgh – J. Cardona = Neil Walker
San Diego – G. Devore = Josh Barfield #63
San Francisco – R. Santiago = Matt Cain #73
St. Louis – D. Larmour = Anthony Reyes #79
Seattle – D. Buhler = Felix Hernandez #66
Tampa Bay – K. Morales = Delmon Young #35
Texas – M. Mondesi = Thomas Diamond #33
Washington – S. Payne = Michael Hinckley #41
Washington – Y. Vuu Carinha = Larry Broadway #64


That’s all I’ve got so far. If there's any other that you figure out, I’d definitely like to hear about it.

Thanks and enjoy.

[Granatofan]

Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

Ted

[Leebo33]

Before I begin; yes I do have a life, a wife, kids, and a job. No I do not have too much time on my hands. This started out small and got bigger.

Welcome aboard.

At least you spent your time on something more productive than taking screen shots of a video game

[pk500]

Welcome, dude. With an informative, helpful first post like that, you'll be a fine member of the DSP gang. Don't be a stranger!

P.S.: I have lived in Syracuse most of my life, so I've seen just about all of the top Jays' prospects come through here. Delgado, Hentgen, Halladay, Tony Fernandez, Henke, Stieb, etc., etc.

Take care,
PK

[sportdan30]

Welcome Flangoid and thanks for the info. It's always nice to get a nice varying fan base of teams here on DSP. You'd think everyone was a Yankee or Cubs fan on here. Glad to see you're not a Cubbie fan.

Here's my question. I've started a Dynasty and I'm 7 games in with my Cards team. We're a paltry 3-4 so far but I'm having a tremendous time. I'm not necessarily concerned about all the rosters being accurate, but I would like for my team to have accurate opening day rosters. I'm guessing I won't be able to download the opening day roster since I've already started a season. Therefore, for players who may need to be created how do I go about adding them?

Thanks.

[Jackdog]

Welcome to DSP!! Thanks for the info.

[Spooky]

Welcome FlanMan!

Thanks for the nice read!

[thejake]

I think this is all 100 top prospects. Real name is in parenthesis when fake name is used in the game...

1. Jeff Francis, SP Colorado Rockies
2. Joe Mauer, C Minnesota Twins
3. Edwin Jackson, SP Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Scott Kazmir, SP Tampa Bay Devil Rays
5. John Van Benschoten, SP Pittsburgh Pirates
6. Matt Derksen, SS Boston Red Sox (Hanley Ramirez)
7. Randy Auschrat, SP Cleveland Indians (Adam Miller)
8. Ole Uttuslien, SP Philadelphia Phillies (Cole Hamels)
9. Clint Nageotte, SP Seattle Mariners
10. Jesse Crain, RP Minnesota Twins
11. Dan Meyer, SP Oakland A's
12. Rickie Weeks, 2B Milwaukee Brewers
13. Chin-Hui Tsao, SP Colorado Rockies
14. Jairo Garcia, RP Oakland A's
15. Denny Bautista, SP Kansas City Royals
16. Gavin Floyd, SP Philadelphia Phillies
17. Nick Swisher, RF Oakland A's
18. Wayne Collier, 1B Milwaukee Brewers (Prince Fielder)
19. Jared Wilson, SP Baltimore Orioles (Adam Loewen)
20. Merkin Valdez, RP San Francisco Giants
21. Jeremy Reed, CF Seattle Mariners
22. Ryan Howard, 1B Philadelphia Phillies
23. Joey Gathright, CF Tampa Bay Devil Rays
24. Jung-Hoon Choi, SP Los Angeles Dodgers (Greg Miller)
25. Darryl Buhler, SP Seattle Mariners (Felix Hernandez)
26. Dallas McPherson, 3B Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
27. Derek Larmour, SP St. Louis Cardinals (Anthony Reyes)
28. Brandon League, RP Toronto Blue Jays
29. Sean Blancard, SP Atlanta Braves (Kyle Davies)
30. Billy Bath, SP Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Ervin Santana)
31. Kevin McCracken, SP Los Angeles Dodgers (Chad Billingsly)
32. Johnny Snare, SP Detroit Tigers (Justin Verlander)
33. Ian Krystal, SP Chicago Cubs (Angel Guzman)
34. Tom Tucker, SP New York Mets (Yusmeiro Petit)
35. Randy Santiago, SP San Francisco Giants (Matt Cain)
36. Freddy Guzman, CF San Diego Padres
37. Joel Doonan, CF Atlanta Braves (Jeff Francouer)
38. Raul Perez, SP Cincinnati Reds (Homer Bailey)
39. Luis Ordrone, SP Florida Marlins (Yorman Bazardo)
40. Chris Burke, 2B Houston Astros
41. Federico Garcia, SS Texas Rangers (Joaquin Arias)
42. Brent Nielsen, SP Toronto Blue Jays (Francisco Rosario)
43. Jose Capellan, SP Milwaukee Brewers
44. Ryan Church, CF Washington Nationals
45. Willy Taveras, CF Houston Astros
46. Kenny Barrera, SP Cleveland Indians (Fausto Carmona)
47. Bryant Tyner, CF New York Mets (Lastings Milledge)
48. Terry Coleman, SP Minnesota Twins (Francisco Liriano)
49. Kristopher Morales, RF Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Delmon Young)
50. Josh Williangham, C Florida Marlins
51. Mark Smallenberg, SS New York Yankees (Marcos Vechionacci)
52. Rafael Rodriguez, SP Baltimore Orioles (Hayden Penn)
53. Jason Kubel, RF Minnesota Twins
54. JD Durbin, RP Minnesota Twins
55. Matt Thomas, CF Seattle Mariners (Shin Soo-Choo)
56. Pat Lidge, RP Oakland A's (Huston Street)
57. Russell Cho, SP New York Yankees (Phil Hughes)
58. Richard Samuels, SP Milwaukee Brewers (Mark Rogers)
59. Enrique Rodriguez, 3B Atlanta Braves (Andy Marte)
60. Randy Sullivan, RF Cleveland Indians (Franklin Gutierrez)
61. Randy Klann, 3B Colorado Rockies (Ian Stewart)
62. Casey Kotchman, 1B Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
63. Dieter Driediger, SS Los Angeles Dodgers (Joel Guzman)
64. Ben Brinkman, CF Oakland A's (Javier Herrera)
65. Daniel Doluntap, CF Chicago Cubs (Felix Pie)
66. Ramon Sanchez, SP Pittsburgh Pirates (Zach Duke)
67. Brandon Jarvis, RF Arizona Diamondbacks (Carlos Quentin)
68. Norberto Pena, SP Florida Marlins (Scott Olsen)
69. Val Majewski, CF Baltimore Orioles
70. Curtis Granderson, RF Detroit Tigers
71. Matt Mondesi, SP Texas Rangers (Thomas Diamond)
72. Miguel Alicea, CF Chicago White Sox (Brian Anderson)
73. Randy Sanchez, SP Minnesota Twins (Kyle Waldrop)
74. Gabriel Devore, 2B San Diego Padres (Josh Barfield)
75. Reynaldo Perez, SP Toronto Blue Jays (Dustin McGowan)
76. Sean Payne, SP Washington Nationals (Mike Hinckley)
77. Larry Baert, SS Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Erick Aybar)
78. Terry Mulder, SP Texas Rangers (John Danks)
79. Broof LeCroy, RF Florida Marlins (Jeremy Hermida)
80. Darren Roberts, C Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Jeff Mathis)
81. Jon Bukvich, 1B Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Kenny Morales)
82. Jim Ennis, LF Arizona Diamondbacks (Conor Jackson)
83. Matt James, 3B Cincinnati Reds (Edwin Encarnacion)
84. Chris Rae, RF Chicago White Sox (Ryan Sweeney)
85. Yvan Vuu Carinha, 1B Washington Nationals (Larry Broadway)
86. Jamie Mowatt, SS Arizona Diamondbacks (Sergio Santos)
87. Ty Berrie, SP Chicago White Sox (Brandon McCarthy)
88. Sam Gent, SS Milwaukee Brewers (JJ Hardy)
89. Mike Alvarez, RF Baltimore Orioles (Nick Markakis)
90. Blair Pioveson, 3B Kansas City Royals (Mark Teahen)
91. Jorge Cordona, C Pittsburgh Pirates (Neil Walker)
92. Juan Berroa, C Atlanta Braves (Brian McCann)
93. Mike Francis, 3B New York Yankees (Eric Duncan)
94. Adam Murphy, SS Colorado Rockies (Chris Nelson)
95. Troy Gray, 1B Cleveland Indians (Michael Aubrey)
96. Andy McDonald, C Oakland A's (Daric Barton)
97. Dennis Estrella, 1B Los Angeles Dodgers (James Loney)
98. Greg Wegber, 1B Chicago Cubs (Brian Dopirak)
99. Gabe Lewis, RF Boston Red Sox (Brandon Moss)
100. Matthew Smith, SS Seattle Mariners (Matt Tuiasosopo)

[Jared]

Does anyone know if the other minor leaguers in the game that are not in the top 100 are based off real players? If so, is there a roster list?