MLB 2K13: The Franchise Mode Thread

[BlueJays09]

I edit the names/stats of fake players to real players in AAA ...makes it more fun

[Ganzy33]

Hey guys, this is my first thread in a while, it's going to be long so bear with me here! I started a rebuild with the Miami Marlins. Baisically wht I did was trade the couple good players with other players for better players, and I packaged together younger guys for better guys. My record through April has been 19-3, I play every game. Here is my team;

C-Willin Rosario
1B-Ike Davis
2B-Derek Dietrich
SS-Starlin Castro
3B-Mark Trumbo
RF-Giancarlo Stanton
CF-Jacoby Ellsbury
LF-Cristian Yelich

SP1- Matt Harvey
SP2- Chris Archer
SP3- Jose Fernandez
SP4- Dylan Bundy
SP5- Ricky Nolasco

Bench:

C-Rob Brantley
1B-Logan Morrison
2B-Josh Rutledge
LF-Andruw Jones
RF-Marcell Ozuna

Bullpen includes Jacob Turner, Jon Rauch, Steve Chisek, a couple other guys, too. I have a couple 1/5 stars pitching prospects and a couple 2/4 batting prospects. As you can see I like power and speed. I like Castro but he either stinks or I stink with him. If he doesn't improve in the next couple games, can you give me some suggestions of who I should trade him for? Any ideas or questions in general?

Ben

[DHMN69]

The injuries I've mentioned have gotten so bad for my Twins that I've only had 5 players play all 17 games since I started the season. I had to pick up Jose Lopez (Rockies free agent) because I lost 2 3rd basemen to injuries and will just demote the fake player when the DL time ends I guess. Still waiting for them to have Justin Morneau get injured now that Willingham has a bruised hip.. gonna just put him as a DH and see what happens. Not even the real Twins, as bad as they are, are THIS injured

[WaitTilNextYear]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ganzy33

Hey guys, this is my first thread in a while, it's going to be long so bear with me here! I started a rebuild with the Miami Marlins. Baisically wht I did was trade the couple good players with other players for better players, and I packaged together younger guys for better guys. My record through April has been 19-3, I play every game. Here is my team; C-Willin Rosario 1B-Ike Davis 2B-Derek Dietrich SS-Starlin Castro 3B-Mark Trumbo RF-Giancarlo Stanton CF-Jacoby Ellsbury LF-Cristian Yelich SP1- Matt Harvey SP2- Chris Archer SP3- Jose Fernandez SP4- Dylan Bundy SP5- Ricky Nolasco Bench: C-Rob Brantley 1B-Logan Morrison 2B-Josh Rutledge LF-Andruw Jones RF-Marcell Ozuna Bullpen includes Jacob Turner, Jon Rauch, Steve Chisek, a couple other guys, too. I have a couple 1/5 stars pitching prospects and a couple 2/4 batting prospects. As you can see I like power and speed. I like Castro but he either stinks or I stink with him. If he doesn't improve in the next couple games, can you give me some suggestions of who I should trade him for? Any ideas or questions in general? Ben

Man, looks like you are exploiting the trade AI pretty bad.......I mean that you were able to bring in Castro, Davis, Harvey, Bundy, Archer, Ellsbury, Trumbo AND kept Stanton. Just wow.

A suggestion in general would be it might be more fun/competitive without cheesing the trade AI, just my opinion.

Quote: Originally Posted by DHMN69

The injuries I've mentioned have gotten so bad for my Twins that I've only had 5 players play all 17 games since I started the season. I had to pick up Jose Lopez (Rockies free agent) because I lost 2 3rd basemen to injuries and will just demote the fake player when the DL time ends I guess. Still waiting for them to have Justin Morneau get injured now that Willingham has a bruised hip.. gonna just put him as a DH and see what happens. Not even the real Twins, as bad as they are, are THIS injured

Where's your injury slider at? It seems like 10-15 is good for 2K13.

[AdamJones113]

Quote: Originally Posted by DHMN69

The injuries I've mentioned have gotten so bad for my Twins that I've only had 5 players play all 17 games since I started the season. I had to pick up Jose Lopez (Rockies free agent) because I lost 2 3rd basemen to injuries and will just demote the fake player when the DL time ends I guess. Still waiting for them to have Justin Morneau get injured now that Willingham has a bruised hip.. gonna just put him as a DH and see what happens. Not even the real Twins, as bad as they are, are THIS injured

Injury slider?
If it's on 15ish, that many injuries sucks.

[awwdrum96]

I was just wondering about fantasy draft in franchise mode - if anyone else has ever tried what I do.

I go through a fake draft and then write down where people go that I want to get, and I try to keep most if not all my players really young ones. For instance, when I drafted, I went Bumgarner/Yoenis/Desmond Jennings/Dan (prospect pitcher)/Eric Hosmer/Camden Graves/Jimmy Grimmage, etc. Most of my positions had some subpar players, but then I trade.

Mainly I was wondering: does anyone else do these types of trades? I trade my subpar players combined with minor leaguers for better players. For instance, I traded Saltalamacchia for a prospect catcher by the name of Evan something, can't remember, but he has good power and ovrl of 80. I traded Hosmer for Edwin Encarnocion (this was near impossible), and my 73 ovr second baseman for Jason Kipnis, traded my SS for Asdrubal, and got some stellar pitching also...

Now I haven't played this game for awhile, plus I'm on Legend and I lost my first game, but I'll adjust. My team is 99 pitching, 88 batting, 96 overall.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Yes, people do that. It's called cheesing. Any time you make a series of deals that starts with a poor player and works up to a solid player, that's cheesing the trade AI. You can play however it's fun for you, but I wish they'd make the trade AI so it was harder to trade your way into an all star team.

[TigersBoy]

I picked the Padres cause in wanted an ok/bad team. My team is

C:Gattis
1B:Ruggiano
2B:Gyorko
SS:Cabrera
3B:Headley
LF:Quentin
CF:Venable
RFenorfia

Starting Pitchers
Dickey
Luebke
Vogelsong
Richard
Ryu

We are 1-2
Who should I get?