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With what's available to me on the Vita, I've gone back to my roster-making roots on a two-year old game. Why? I guess because my interest in baseball has been reinvigorated and I felt like doing more franchises in the Show. This creation process has led to some interesting exhibition games and hopefully will spring into a file eventually (when I feel like it is nigh-perfect lol).

What is it based on? Players near their prime returning to original teams mixed with current-day stars, prospects, fictional players, NPB talent, Success creations, MLB2K myths, legends, redemption for busts, and more - as I think of new twists and ways to spin it. I think that as a finished product, this will keep the franchise fresh and provide a ton of depth and intrigue to all 30 clubs. At the very least, dream teams can come together for a classic matchup with what I have done now.

I wanna know what you guys think, and if I'm missing anybody to add in the aforementioned categories.

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Baltimore Orioles

Main Roster
C Matt Wieters
C Rick Dempsey
1B Eddie Murray
1B George Sisler
2B Brian Roberts
3B Manny Machado
3B Brooks Robinson
SS Cal Ripken Jr.
3B Melvin Mora
SS Miguel Tejada
LF Luke Scott
LF Hyun-Soo Kim
CF Brady Anderson
RF Nick Markakis

SP Jake Arrieta
SP Mike Mussina
SP Jim Palmer
SP Urban Shocker
SP Milt Pappas
SP Kevin Gausman
RP Koji Uehara
RP Chris Ray
SP Erik Bedard
CL Zach Britton
CL Gregg Olson
CL Jim Johnson

Ni-Gun
C Shinnosuke Abe
C Ramon Hernandez
C Caleb Joseph
C Mark Weathers
C Chance Sisco
1B Boog Powell
1B Christian Walker
1B Trey Mancini
2B Tetsuto Yamada
2B Jonathan Schoop
2B Freddie Bynum
3B Sean Freeman
SS Pedro Florimon
LF Nolan Reimold
LF Henry Urrutia
CF Terrence Holiday
CF Scottie Van Buren
RF Joey Rickard
RF Nick Rice
RF Dariel Alvarez

SP Mike Cuellar
SP Chris Tillman
SP Eduardo Rodriguez
SP Dylan Bundy
SP Zach Davies
SP Daniel Cabrera
SP Garrett Olson
SP Hunter Harvey
RP Brian Matusz
SP Jeremy Guthrie
SP Tim Berry
SP Josh Hader
RP Jesus Mesa
RP Evan Stacy
RP Pedro Strop
RP David Hernandez
RP T.J. McFarland
RP Donnie Hart
RP Mychal Givens
RP Radhames Liz
RP Jason Garcia

tentative -
Tsuyoshi Wada
Hayden Penn
Josh Haring
Ryohei Tanaka
Troy Patton
Josh L. Bell
Steve Johnson
Tanner Scott
Billy Rowell
Xavier McBath

San Francisco Giants

Main Roster
C Buster Posey
C Roger Breshanan
1B Willie McCovey
1B Orlando Cepeda
2B Jeff Kent
3B Matt Williams
3B Pablo Sandoval
SS Brandon Crawford
LF Barry Bonds
CF Willie Mays
RF Mel Ott
RF Bobby Bonds
RF Felipe Alou

SP Madison Bumgarner
SP Cristy Mathewson
SP Lord Perry
SP Juan Marichal
SP Carl Hubbell
SP Tim Lincecum
RP Sergio Romo
RP Jeremy Affeldt
RP Javier Lopez
RP Jean Machi
RP Derek Law
CL Brian Wilson

Ni-Gun
C Seiji Kobayashi
C Bengie Molina
C Andrew Susac
C Hector Sanchez
1B Brandon Belt
1B J.T. Snow
1B Tommy Joseph
1B Jesus Guzman
1B Travis Ishikawa
1B Christopher Shaw
2B Joe Panik
2B Bill Madlock
2B Ryosuke Kikuchi
2B Eugenio Velez
2B Kevin Frandsen
2B Christopher Arroyo
3B Matt Duffy
3B Pedro Feliz
3B Rich Aurilia
3B Conor Gillaspie
3B Jae-Gyun Hwang
SS Takao Matsuzaka
SS Adam Callan
SS Emmanuel Burriss
SS Lucius Fox
CF Fred Lewis
LF Adam Duvall
LF Dave Roberts
LF Mac Williamson
CF Andres Torres
CF Tsyoshi Shinjo
RF Jack Clark
RF Randy Winn
RF Jarrett Parker
RF Nate Schierholtz

SP Joe McGinnity
SP Matt Cain
SP Russ Ortiz
SP Johnny Antonelli
SP Rube Marquard
SP Jason Schmidt
SP Zack Wheeler
SP Mark Baker
SP Jonathan Sanchez
SP Adalberto Mejia
SP Ryan Vogelsong
SP Noah Lowry
SP Ty Blach
SP Andrew Suarez
SP Kyle Crick
SP Jerome Williams
SP Kevin Correia
SP Tyler Beede
SP Kendry Flores
RP Chris Heston
RP Hunter Strickland
RP Guillermo Mota
RP Keiichi Yabu
RP Josh Osich
RP Heath Hembree
RP Steven Okert

tentative -
Hoyt Wilhelm
Kensuke Tanaka
Angel Villalona

did we just forget that Adam Jones existed or

also maybe add Tanner Scott to the Orioles' minor-league pitching pool? dude throws like 100 from the left side, so that's cool. not a Huge Prospect, but still

also also holy shit that Giants catching depth. Posey/Molina/Bresnahan is like, Really *(censored)* Good (although Molina actually! wasn't that good, ever)

Erik Bedard would be on the Orioles list over Brian Matusz

no! Adam Jones goes to the Mariners. A lot of times even if the player didn't spend most of their time (or their best years) with that team, I like to put them there to mix things up. That usually means returning them to the team they developed with or were a farmhand for, but can also mean where they had the most success - depending on the situation. Or to make it, say, an imaginary scenario like "what would have happened if he stayed with Seattle?".

thank u for the suggestion! I'll give him a look.

hmm understood. I think I had Bedard on Seattle still, forgetting one of my rules where if there was a trade the members should return to the original teams if it makes sense. If Jones is on SEA, Bedard returns to BAL and so on (plus he had his Cy Young year there).

thanks for pointing that out.

oh okay! I was wondering if that was the case

this seems like a really cool idea btw, I'll be following along for sure!

thanks very much, Agent. interested to see what else u guys come up with~