MLB The Show 24 Franchise Mode Discussion Thread

[jcar0725]

COLORADO ROCKIES 2024

LINEUP:

C- JOEY BART (ACQUIRED VIA TRADE)
MEIBRYS VILORIA (FREE AGENT)

1B - ELEHURIS MONTERO

2B - ADALBERTO MONDESI (FREE AGENT)

SS - EZEQUIEL TOVAR

3B - NICKY LOPEZ (ACQUIRED VIA TRADE)

OF - NOLAN JONES, BRENTON DOYLE, TAYLOR TRAMMELL (TRADE), JOE ADELL (TRADE), RAIMEL TAPIA (FREE AGENT)

BENCH - TONY KEMP, SCOTT SCHREIBER, EDWIN RIOS

PITCHING:

SP- GERMAN MARQUEZ
MICHAEL LORENZON (FREE AGENT)
KYLE FREELAND
DAKOTA HUDSON
PETER LAMBERT

RP- ASSORTMENTS OF NO NAMES

RYAN MCMAHON, BRENDAN RODGERS, KRIS BRYANT ALL TRADED FOR YOUNG PITCHING PROSPECTS.

[Bgrd1080]

Was trying so hard to hold out till Friday for the roster update, but the more and more I think about it, what am I really missing? A few announcer comments on the Cubs pitcher? I have the INT guys already on a created roster. The only one that really bothers me is Sano is put in as a rookie. But really it's not that bad. Seeing all your guys posts on your franchise has me eager to start rather than wait the 2 days. I've toyed with a few teams but really leaning towards a TB or Houston franchise. More so Houston. Think I'll give each one more game. Honestly only want Tampa for Caminiero and Houston because I've finally let the trash can incident go and think it would be fun to use a team I've never even done a quick game with.

[WillieB1214]

Atlanta Finishes June With Series Win Over Pittsburgh at Home

June 28-30, 2024

It is good to be an Atlanta Braves fan, as they kept up their strong play against a young and struggling, but exciting, Pittsburgh Pirates team. The opener showed another really strong performance from Spencer Strider, who went 7.1 IP and gave up two runs (including a monster shot from Rowdy Tellez). He wasn't the star of the show though, as the Month of Matt continued as slugging first baseman Matt Olson put up a career performance by hitting three home runs off of Mitch Keller. Olson is now second in the majors, behind teammate Austin Riley, with 31 homers. Outside of Olson, Keller was solid, but those three swings contributed all four earned runs in five innings. The rest of the offense managed a few runs against the bullpen, and the Braves finished with a 6-2 win.

Jarred Kelenic got hurt in the second game of the series, landing on the 10 Day IL with a shoulder pull. This didn't dampen the team performance though, as Riley and Ozzie Albies (twice) went deep, Ronald Acuna scored three times, and the offense raced to 11 total runs. Max Fried was mostly strong, but two runs allowed in the seventh inning dampened the day, as he completed that seventh inning with four runs allowed. The Braves win 11-5.

The Braves have been exceptional when they have a rubber match, but have lost a ton when they have already won the series heading into the third game. That continued, despite the offense scoring eight runs thanks to homers from Michael Harris, Marcell Ozuna, and Acuna. Chris Sale had his worst performance since April, only completing four innings while walking four and allowing eight hits to knock in six runs. Pierce Johnson's bad June continued as he allowed a few runs himself, and the Braves fall 9-8 despite three runs in the bottom of the ninth.

The Braves stand at 60-23 and are 18.5 games up over a Philadelphia Phillies team that they are set to face after the next series. Before that, the Braves will stay at home for three games against a below .500 San Francisco Giants team that is currently at 41-44. Adam Duvall was already platooning with Kelenic by starting against lefties and now will take his turn against righties until his return.

[WillieB1214]

Atlanta Braves June 2024 Recap

Monthly Record: 19-7
Season Record: 60-23
NL East Standings: Braves 60-23, Phillies 42-42 (18.5 GB), Mets 37-46 (23), Marlins 35-49 (25.5), Nationals 28-55 (32)
Offensive Player of the Month: Matt Olson - How about a .404 average, 16 homers, and 30 RBI? It is not that Olson was completely struggling, but he wasn’t quite living up to expectations heading into June after a monster 2023. Well he answered that by raising his OPS by nearly 200 points. Despite some monster performances from Michael Harris and Ronald Acuna, along with another good month from Austin Riley, Olson takes the cake.
Pitcher of the Month: Raisel Iglesias - Like last month, we could always go the always dominant Spencer Strider, but instead we will give credit to a really strong month for Iglesias after he as the "Player That Struggled" in May. Iglesias racked up nine saves and only allowed one run in those outings, cementing himself again in the closer role.
Player That Disappointed: Sean Murphy - Murphy has not been horrible. He has kept his average around the .250 mark all season and does have 12 homers, but his walk rate has fallen almost in half and has gone through three months with an OBP below .300. He’s due for a good week or two to get things back on track after posting an OPs of .844 in 2023.
Player That Surprised: Ozzie Albies - Always underrated and overshadowed, Albies has been extremely consistent this season and looks poised to easily set career marks. Through June, he has hit 24 homers with an OPS of .985. He’s been an MVP level performer on a team full of them.

Prospect Watch

• At roughly the halfway point of the minor league season, we will take a look at some of the Braves’ top prospects.
• The top guy is AJ Smith Shawver, who is really progressing after a cup of coffee at 20 years old in 2023. In 16 starts, AJSS has posted an ERA of 3.52 with 82 Ks in 84.1 IP. He still needs to get his walk rate down, but he appears poised for a rotation sport in 2025.
• Hurston Waldrep entered the season as the Braves top prospect, but a horrid April put a damper on that. Waldrep is slowly rebounding, working an ERA north of 8.00 down to 5.72 over the past two months. Unlike AJSS, Waldrep appears more like a 2026 guy, perfectly fine for a 21 year old.
• Owen Murphy, Dylan Dodd, and Spencer Schwellenback have all been solid, with Murphy showing the most promise. All are still a few years away from being potential rotation assets.
• Ignacia “Nacho” Alvarez doesn’t have the pure tools to be a likely MLB starter, but the 20 year old has gotten off to a solid start in AA, posting a .709 OPS. There’s enough speed and defense to play, but he hasn’t provided enough gap-to-gap power yet.

Stats

Starting Lineup

Michael Harris: .294/.340/.503 | 13 HR | 35 RBI | 54 R | 17 SB
Ronald Acuna: .323/.389/.570 | 16 HR | 48 RBI | 67 R | 31 SB
Austin Riley: .360/.415/.792 | 35 HR | 85 RBI | 62 R | 1 SB
Matt Olson: .288/.374/.641 | 31 HR | 76 RBI | 62 R | 0 SB
Ozzie Albies: .311/.360.625 | 24 HR | 60 RBI | 49 R | 6 SB
Marcell Ozuna: .237/.312/.500 | 24 HR | 47 RBI | 46 R | 3 SB
Sean Murphy: .253/.299/.448 | 12 HR | 28 RBI | 30 R | 2 SB
Jarred Kelenic: .278/.329/.537 | 14 HR | 32 RBI | 32 R | 3 SB
Orlando Arcia: .287/.338/.473 | 12 HR | 37 RBI | 41 R | 3 SB

Bench

Adam Duvall: .242/.348/.465 | 6 HR | 12 RBI | 15 R | 1 SB
Travis d’Arnaud: .241/.302/.483 | 4 HR | 14 RBI | 9 R | 0 SB
David Fletcher: .241/.254/.293 | 0 HR | 3 RBI | 8 R | 2 SB
Jordan Luplow: .226/.328/.283 | 0 HR | 3 RBI | 4 R | 0 SB

Starting Rotation

Spencer Strider: 11-2 | 1.51 ERA | 113 IP | 133 K
Max Fried: 8-2 | 3.99 ERA | 76.2 IP | 62 Ks
Chris Sale: 10-2 | 3.08 ERA | 99.1 IP | 88 Ks
Charlie Morton: 6-3 | 3.18 ERA | 90.2 IP | 77 Ks
Bryce Elder: 11-5 | 3.71 ERA | 97 ERA | 56 Ks

Bullpen

Raisel Iglesias: 1-1 | 23 S | 2.43 ERA | 29.2 IP | 26 Ks
Joe Jimenez: 0-2 | 0 S | 2.77 ERA | 26 IP | 33 Ks
AJ Minter: 0-1 | 2 S | 2.21 ERA | 20.1 IP | 20 Ks
Aaron Bummer: 0-0 | 1 S | 5.66 ERA | 20.2 IP | 18 Ks
Reynaldo Lopez: 6-3 | 0 S | 2.96 ERA | 48.2 IP | 53 Ks
Dylan Lee: 0-0 | 0 S | 2.19 ERA | 37 IP | 30 Ks
Tyler Matzek: 3-1 | 0 S | 3.56 ERA | 30.1 IP | 30 Ks
Pierce Johnson: 2-1 | 2 S | 4.54 ERA | 41.2 IP | 44 Ks

Also Played

Huascar Ynoa: 2-0 | 3.38 ERA | 10.2 IP | 9 Ks


Thoughts for June: Another successful month for the Braves. At this point, there doesn’t seem to be a rush to make a change at the trade deadline barring an injury, the majority of the team is playing well. This is pacing again as a historic offense, the rotation has been fantastic, and the key members of the bullpen have been very good. This is not just a title contender, this is the World Series favorite.




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Having an absolute blast, some of the most fun I have had in a sports game since the Online Dynasty day of NCAA 14. Should get past the All Star break by Friday with a more in-depth Around the League overview. Sorry for posting so much this week lol, just nice to have somewhere to actually post stuff lol

[kdutch98]

TIGERS (30-7) TAKE TWO OF THREE IN CLEVELAND

TIGERS 8 GUARDIANS 6 MAY 6, 2024

BOX SCORE

The Tigers won a slugfest in game one, by an 8-6 score. The Tigers hit five home runs, while the Guardians hot two. Kyle Dutcher (13) and Carson Kelly (3) had a pair of homers each, and Spencer Torkelson (15) also went deep. Casey Mize struggled, allowing five runs on ten hits in five innings.

TIGERS 3 GUARDIANS 2 MAY 7, 2024

BOX SCORE

The Tigers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, and held on to beat the Guardians 3-2 in game two. Spencer Torkelson doubled in a pair of runs in the first inning. Jose Agua added his first career home run, a solo shot in the second. Agua, a Cuban free agent signed in the offseason, was called up right before the series began.

Tarik Skubal (7-0) allowed two runs on eight hits in six and two thirds innings, to earn the win. Jason Foley pitched a perfect ninth to earn his first save.
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GUARDIANS 5 TIGERS 4 MAY 8, 2024

BOX SCORE

The Tigers dropped game three by a 5-4 score. Jose Agua (2) and Kyle Dutcher (14) homered for the Tigers. Agua had three RBI. The Guardians got a three run home run from Brayan Rocchio. Jose Ramirez added a solo shot of his own.

Kenta Maeda (5-1) allowed four runs on nine hits in five and two thirds innings, and took the loss.


The Tigers have an off day on Thursday, then head home for a six game homestand, beginning with three against the A.L. West leading Houston Astros (23-13)

TIGER NOTES

Zach McKinstry placed on 10 Day Injured List, Jose Agua recalled
Prior to game one of the series, the Tigers placed Zach McKinstry on the 10 day Injured List, with a pulled calf. The team recalled OF/3B Jose Agua from Toledo. Agua was signed out of Cuba in the offseason.
2024 TIGER SCHEDULE/RESULTS

2024 MLB STANDINGS

DETROIT TIGER STATS

FOLLOW MY FRANCHISE

[jcar0725]

Quote: Originally Posted by WillieB1214

Atlanta Braves June 2024 Recap Monthly Record: 19-7 Season Record: 60-23 NL East Standings: Braves 60-23, Phillies 42-42 (18.5 GB), Mets 37-46 (23), Marlins 35-49 (25.5), Nationals 28-55 (32) Offensive Player of the Month: Matt Olson - How about a .404 average, 16 homers, and 30 RBI? It is not that Olson was completely struggling, but he wasn’t quite living up to expectations heading into June after a monster 2023. Well he answered that by raising his OPS by nearly 200 points. Despite some monster performances from Michael Harris and Ronald Acuna, along with another good month from Austin Riley, Olson takes the cake. Pitcher of the Month: Raisel Iglesias - Like last month, we could always go the always dominant Spencer Strider, but instead we will give credit to a really strong month for Iglesias after he as the "Player That Struggled" in May. Iglesias racked up nine saves and only allowed one run in those outings, cementing himself again in the closer role. Player That Disappointed: Sean Murphy - Murphy has not been horrible. He has kept his average around the .250 mark all season and does have 12 homers, but his walk rate has fallen almost in half and has gone through three months with an OBP below .300. He’s due for a good week or two to get things back on track after posting an OPs of .844 in 2023. Player That Surprised: Ozzie Albies - Always underrated and overshadowed, Albies has been extremely consistent this season and looks poised to easily set career marks. Through June, he has hit 24 homers with an OPS of .985. He’s been an MVP level performer on a team full of them. Prospect Watch At roughly the halfway point of the minor league season, we will take a look at some of the Braves’ top prospects. The top guy is AJ Smith Shawver, who is really progressing after a cup of coffee at 20 years old in 2023. In 16 starts, AJSS has posted an ERA of 3.52 with 82 Ks in 84.1 IP. He still needs to get his walk rate down, but he appears poised for a rotation sport in 2025. Hurston Waldrep entered the season as the Braves top prospect, but a horrid April put a damper on that. Waldrep is slowly rebounding, working an ERA north of 8.00 down to 5.72 over the past two months. Unlike AJSS, Waldrep appears more like a 2026 guy, perfectly fine for a 21 year old. Owen Murphy, Dylan Dodd, and Spencer Schwellenback have all been solid, with Murphy showing the most promise. All are still a few years away from being potential rotation assets. Ignacia “Nacho” Alvarez doesn’t have the pure tools to be a likely MLB starter, but the 20 year old has gotten off to a solid start in AA, posting a .709 OPS. There’s enough speed and defense to play, but he hasn’t provided enough gap-to-gap power yet. Stats Starting Lineup Michael Harris: .294/.340/.503 | 13 HR | 35 RBI | 54 R | 17 SB Ronald Acuna: .323/.389/.570 | 16 HR | 48 RBI | 67 R | 31 SB Austin Riley: .360/.415/.792 | 35 HR | 85 RBI | 62 R | 1 SB Matt Olson: .288/.374/.641 | 31 HR | 76 RBI | 62 R | 0 SB Ozzie Albies: .311/.360.625 | 24 HR | 60 RBI | 49 R | 6 SB Marcell Ozuna: .237/.312/.500 | 24 HR | 47 RBI | 46 R | 3 SB Sean Murphy: .253/.299/.448 | 12 HR | 28 RBI | 30 R | 2 SB Jarred Kelenic: .278/.329/.537 | 14 HR | 32 RBI | 32 R | 3 SB Orlando Arcia: .287/.338/.473 | 12 HR | 37 RBI | 41 R | 3 SB Bench Adam Duvall: .242/.348/.465 | 6 HR | 12 RBI | 15 R | 1 SB Travis d’Arnaud: .241/.302/.483 | 4 HR | 14 RBI | 9 R | 0 SB David Fletcher: .241/.254/.293 | 0 HR | 3 RBI | 8 R | 2 SB Jordan Luplow: .226/.328/.283 | 0 HR | 3 RBI | 4 R | 0 SB Starting Rotation Spencer Strider: 11-2 | 1.51 ERA | 113 IP | 133 K Max Fried: 8-2 | 3.99 ERA | 76.2 IP | 62 Ks Chris Sale: 10-2 | 3.08 ERA | 99.1 IP | 88 Ks Charlie Morton: 6-3 | 3.18 ERA | 90.2 IP | 77 Ks Bryce Elder: 11-5 | 3.71 ERA | 97 ERA | 56 Ks Bullpen Raisel Iglesias: 1-1 | 23 S | 2.43 ERA | 29.2 IP | 26 Ks Joe Jimenez: 0-2 | 0 S | 2.77 ERA | 26 IP | 33 Ks AJ Minter: 0-1 | 2 S | 2.21 ERA | 20.1 IP | 20 Ks Aaron Bummer: 0-0 | 1 S | 5.66 ERA | 20.2 IP | 18 Ks Reynaldo Lopez: 6-3 | 0 S | 2.96 ERA | 48.2 IP | 53 Ks Dylan Lee: 0-0 | 0 S | 2.19 ERA | 37 IP | 30 Ks Tyler Matzek: 3-1 | 0 S | 3.56 ERA | 30.1 IP | 30 Ks Pierce Johnson: 2-1 | 2 S | 4.54 ERA | 41.2 IP | 44 Ks Also Played Huascar Ynoa: 2-0 | 3.38 ERA | 10.2 IP | 9 Ks Thoughts for June: Another successful month for the Braves. At this point, there doesn’t seem to be a rush to make a change at the trade deadline barring an injury, the majority of the team is playing well. This is pacing again as a historic offense, the rotation has been fantastic, and the key members of the bullpen have been very good. This is not just a title contender, this is the World Series favorite. _______________ Having an absolute blast, some of the most fun I have had in a sports game since the Online Dynasty day of NCAA 14. Should get past the All Star break by Friday with a more in-depth Around the League overview. Sorry for posting so much this week lol, just nice to have somewhere to actually post stuff lol

Keep em comin.....nice job

[reyes the roof]

If the game kept track of stupid baserunning mistakes I would lead the league and it wouldn't even be close. I must cost myself at least one run per game. I needed a walkoff in game three to avoid getting swept by the Pirates, I even told myself nothing stupid on the bases this game, keep it conservative. Then Francisco Alvarez leads off the 7th in a tie game with a double and the throw gets away and I couldn't help myself. Needless to say he was thrown out at third. Fortunately he walked us off in the 9th

From there I headed out west for three against the Dodgers and three against the Giants. I just absolutely stole a game from the Dodgers with a five out 7th inning. 4-4 tie and twice I reached first base on strike three on some nasty sliders and it directly resulted in me taking a 7-4 lead and going on to win 8-5.

There is just something about Ronny Mauricio's swing that makes it easy to hit with him. He's got himself a nice 15 game hitting streak going right now.

[HozAndMoose]

A bad start post all-star break may have led to some very bad decisions. We opened up the 2nd half with a sweep at the hands of the White Sox before following that up by losing 2 of 3 to the Diamondbacks to fall to 4 games under .500. It was still good enough for 1st place, but I didn't have faith that the team would be good enough to win should we somehow make the playoffs. Or that the other teams in the division would continue to be bad enough to stay in 1st place with a losing record. So I decided to do what was best for the future and make some trades.

The first move was to trade our longest-tenured player, our captain, Salvador Perez. There were rumors of potential trades for him at the deadline last year. This time we made it happen, sending him + cash to the Los Angeles Angels, and receiving 18-year-old RF Nelson Rada in return. The Angels were in a wildcard spot with catcher Logan O'Hoppe hitting just .175 on the season. Later that night we made our 2nd trade, sending SP Michael Wacha + cash to the Braves in exchange for 21-year-old 3B Sabin Ceballos and 18-year-old CF Isaiah Drake. Will Smith would pick up the save that night's game and find himself on a new team the following day. In our 3rd and final trade, he was sent to the Baltimore Orioles for 23-year-old RF John Rhodes.

Following the trades the team managed to work their way back to .500 by the end of the month. August started with a series of wins and losses to stay at .500 before sweeping the Cardinals and taking 2 of 3 from the Twins to get to 2 games over. From there it was all downhill. We went 3 and 12 to finish August and start September losing 6 of 7. A random sweep of the Yankees in New York was followed with the team getting swept in Pittsburgh. We would win the following series taking 2 of 3 from the Tigers before ending the season losing 2 of the 3 to the Giants and Nationals and being swept by the Braves. The Twins ended up winning 9 of the last 12 games to finish 82-80 and winning the division by 5 games over the Guardians.

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Standings

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Batting Stats

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The offense over the 2nd half was largely disappointing. Bobby struggled the entire time finishing with just about all stats being worse than 2023. Vinnie Pasquantino on the other hand was one of the few players with a strong 2nd half. Finishing with an .847 OPS and 30 HR in the first full season of his career.

Pitching Stats

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The 2nd half of the season also wasn't as kind to the Pitching as it was in the first half. Though was still a major improvement over the 2023 season. Brady Singer coming off the worst season of his career put up the best season of his career. Leading the majors in innings pitched at 198.1 while putting up a 3.09 ERA. Daniel Lynch followed in his footsteps with the best season of his career. Putting up a 3.48 ERA in 111.1 innings after starting the year in AAA. Cole Ragans wasn't as good as we hoped coming into the season but his 2nd half was strong as he finished with a career-high 159.1 IP while putting up a 3.95 ERA and 3.40 FIP. Out in the bullpen, Chris Stratton was our best reliver overall this year putting up a 1.25 ERA and 0.89 WHIP in 65 IP. Carlos Hernandez was also fantastic in his first full season as a reliever putting up a 2.29 ERA in just under 40 IP. The pen overall was good with the worst ERA at the end of the season being Jake Brentz at 4.35.

League Leaders

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Award Winners

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Postseason

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After fighting to be .500 all season, The Twins did what I thought was impossible. Had we decided not to make those trades, maybe add a bat instead. Could we have done the same? Could we have gotten hot at the end? Carry it into October and go on a run? The worst division winner, from the worst division. Goes on to beat the best team all season. And they do it in 5 games.

Manager Matt Quatraro is going into the final year of his contract. 1st base coach Max Beacham had his contract expire and likely won't be back. The rest of the coaching staff is still under contract but we could end up making some more changes there. We have only 3 players in the organization who are set to be free agents, RP Luis Cessa, RP Tyler Duffey, and SS Garrett Hampson. We would like to bring Hampson back and Duffey was pretty good for us as well so he may be back as well. Cessa spent the entire season in AAA and probably won't be back.

Players announcing their retirement include Joey Votto, Charlie Morton, Brandon Crawford, Matt Carpenter, and Lance Lynn. No one retiring this year is expected to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.