In this section you'll find edits for all the players EA included under fake names. This includes the currently-active replacement players from the 1994-95 strike as well as all the players on Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list that have no major league experience coming into 2005.

Created Players | Replacements/Prospects

Barry Bonds, OF, San Francisco Giants
Brian Daubach, 1B, New York Mets
Brendan Donnelly, P, Los Angeles Angels
Jose Flores, 2B, Los Angeles Dodgers
Charles Gipson, OF, Houston Astros
Matt Herges, P, Arizona Diamondbacks
Cory Lidle, P, Philadelphia Phillies
Kerry Ligtenberg, P, Arizona Diamondbacks
Ron Mahay, P, Texas Rangers
Tom Martin, P, Atlanta Braves
Frank Menechino, 2B, Toronto Blue Jays
Kevin Millar, 1B, Boston Red Sox
Damian Miller, C, Milwaukee Brewers
Justin Miller, P, Toronto Blue Jays
Eddie Oropesa, P, Chicago Cubs
Keith Osik, C, Washington Nationals
Shane Spencer, OF, New York Yankees
Jamie Walker, P, Detroit Tigers

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects

Something new in this year's MVP game was the inclusion of baseball's top 100 prospects as ranked by Baseball America, regardless of whether or not they have major league experience. However, players who hadn't played in the major leagues through 2004 were not members of the MLB Players' Association when this game was released, thus EA could not include these players with their real names. Fortunately, for all of these players EA put their appropriate appearance ratings and statistical attributes under different names (in most cases, names of EA programmers), and so all one needs to do is change the names of all of these players, and voila! You now have a good-sized portion of the top prospects in baseball waiting in your farm system and ready-to-play. Here's a list of the names to change for each team, organized for your convenience. Top 100 Prospects that have MLB experience and thus have the correct names are listed in parentheses.

NOTE: I believe that all of these players are located on their teams' respective AA clubs by default. However, if you're changing the names in the midst of a dynasty/owner mode, they may have been called up or sent down within the organization, or have been traded to another team. No worries, just go into Statistics and then Career Stats and search for the desired player; you will see the logo of what team they are now on. Also, each of these players has the "Baseball America Top 100" logo emblazoned on their player info bar, so you can't confuse the prospects with run-of-the-mill generic minor leaguers.
(Fake Name -- Real Name)

ANAHEIM ANGELS
Larry Baert -- Erick Aybar
(Casey Kotchman)
Darren Roberts -- Jeff Mathis
(Dallas McPherson)
Jon Bukvich -- Kenny Morales
Billy Bath -- Ervin Santana

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Jim Ennis -- Conor Jackson
Brandon Jarvis -- Carlos Quentin
Jamie Mowatt -- Sergio Santos

ATLANTA BRAVES
Sean Blancard -- Kyle Davies
Joel Doonan -- Jeff Francoeur
Enrique Rodriguez -- Andy Marte
Juan Berroa -- Brian McCann

BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Jared Wilson -- Adam Loewen
(Val Majewski)
Mike Alvarez -- Nick Markakis
Rafael Rodriguez -- Hayden Penn

BOSTON RED SOX
Gabe Lewis -- Brandon Moss
Matt Derkson -- Hanley Ramirez

CHICAGO CUBS
Greg Wegner -- Brian Dopirak
Ian Krystal -- Angel Guzman
Daniel Doluntap -- Felix Pie

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Miguel Alicea -- Brian Anderson
Ty Berrie -- Brandon McCarthy
Chris Rae -- Ryan Sweeney

CINCINNATI REDS
Raul Perez -- Homer Bailey
Matt James -- Edwin Encarnacion

CLEVELAND INDIANS
Troy Gray -- Michael Aubrey
Kenny Berrera -- Fausto Carmona
Randy Sullivan -- Franklin Gutierrez
Randy Auschrat -- Adam Miller

COLORADO ROCKIES
(Jeff Francis)
Adam Murphy -- Chris Nelson
Randy Klann -- Ian Stewart
(Chin-Hui Tsao)

DETROIT TIGERS
(Curtis Granderson)
Johnny Snare -- Justin Verlander

FLORIDA MARLINS
Luis Ordonez -- Yorman Bazardo
Brook LeCroy -- Jeremy Hermida
Norberto Pena -- Scott Olsen
(Josh Willingham)

HOUSTON ASTROS
(Chris Burke)
(Willy Taveras)

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
(Denny Bautista)
Blair Pioveson -- Mark Teahen

LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Kevin McCracken -- Chad Billingsley
Dieter Driediger -- Joel Guzman
(Edwin Jackson)
Dennis Estrella -- James Loney
Jung-Hoon Choi -- Greg Miller

MILWAUKEE BREWERS
(Jose Capellan)
Wayne Collier -- Prince Fielder
Sam Gent -- J. J. Hardy
Richard Samuels -- Mark Rogers
(Rickie Weeks)

MINNESOTA TWINS
(Jesse Crain)
(J. D. Durbin)
(Jason Kubel)
Terry Coleman -- Francisco Liriano
(Joe Mauer)
Randy Sanchez -- Kyle Waldrop

NEW YORK METS
Bryant Tyner -- Lastings Milledge
Tom Tucker -- Yusmeiro Petit

NEW YORK YANKEES
Mike Francis -- Eric Duncan
Russel Cho -- Phil Hughes
Mark Smallenberg -- Marcos Vechionacci

OAKLAND A'S
Andy McDonald -- Daric Barton
(Jairo Garcia)
Ben Brinkman -- Javier Herrera
(Dan Meyer)
Pat Lidge -- Huston Street
(Nick Swisher)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
(Gavin Floyd)
Ole Uttuslien -- Cole Hamels
(Ryan Howard)

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Ramon Sanchez -- Zach Duke
(John Van Benschoten)
Jorge Cardona -- Neil Walker

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Derek Larmour -- Anthony Reyes

SAN DIEGO PADRES
Gabriel Devore -- Josh Barfield
(Freddy Guzman)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Randy Santiago -- Matt Cain
(Merkin Valdez)

SEATTLE MARINERS
Darryl Buhler -- Felix Hernandez
(Clint Nageotte)
(Jeremy Reed)
Matt Thomas -- Shin Soo-Choo
Matthew Smith -- Matt Tuiasosopo

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS
(Joey Gathright)
(Scott Kazmir)
Kristopher Morales -- Delmon Young

TEXAS RANGERS
Federico Garcia -- Joaquin Arias
Terry Mulder -- John Danks
Matt Mondesi -- Thomas Diamond

TORONTO BLUE JAYS
(Brandon League)
Reynaldo Perez -- Dustin McGowan
Brent Nielsen -- Francisco Rosario

WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Yvan Vuu Carinha -- Larry Broadway
(Ryan Church)
Sean Payne -- Mike Hinckley

This page created on: April 10, 2005