MLB The Show 24 Franchise Mode Discussion Thread

[DarthRambo]

☆Reds offensive woes continue. 3-7 last 10 now after losing series in San Francisco. ☆

Game one: Reds (3 8 0) @ Giants (2 7 0)

W- N. Lodolo (3-2) 5.2ip 4h 0er 0bb 7k
L- A. Cobb (1-4) 5ip 7h 3er 1bb 3k
HRs- none


Game two: Reds (5 10 0) @ Giants (6 13 0)

W- R. Walker (4-2) SP B. Snell 4ip 3h 3er 3bb 5k
L- A. Abbott (3-4) 4.1ip 10h 5er 0bb 3k
SF HRs- LaMonte Wade Jr. (6)

Game three: Reds (2 4 2) @ Giants (3 7 0)

W- L. Webb (2-1) 6ip 3h 2er 1bb 6k
L- H. Greene (4-4) 4.2ip 5h 3r 2er 1bb 5k
HRs- none
* Error cost Reds with one unearned run late in tie game.


~~Injury news~~

● Giants RF Michael Conforto out 1-2 months. Called up RF Hunter Bishop

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Up next: Reds (22-19, 3rd NLC 4.0gb) @ Diamondbacks (22-19, 3rd NLW 2.5gb)

Game one: Frankie Montas (3.2, 2.98era 34k) vs Merrill Kelly (2-3, 3.75 38k)

Game two: Nick Martinez (2-2, 3.86 28k) vs Eduardo Rodriguez (3-1, 2.11era 35k)

Game three: Nick Lodolo (3-2, 4.37era 36k) vs Brandon Pfadt (2-3, 5.40era 32k)




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[Itsma806]

2024 Oakland Athletics (06/10-06/12

Overall Record:29-41 (5th AL West/14.0 behind Seattle Mariners)

Game Results

Game 1
Athletics-10
Padres-1

Game 2
Athletics-2
Padres-1

Game 3
Padres-7
Athletics-3

A's make bid for sweep but fall short

The A's are trying their hardest to get back to .500 as they won their second straight series, this one 2-1 over the San Diego Padres.

Game one saw the Athletics score double digit runs in their second game in a row (11-8 W Vs Toronto and 10-1 win Vs San Diego).

The biggest highlight of that game was back to back to back homeruns by Jordan Diaz, Aledmys Diaz and Lawrence Butler in the 5th inning.

In fact, Butler would remain hot in his chances during the series. He is not a everyday starter but did start two games in this series (1,3). In game three, he hit two homeruns but unfortunately , the A's fell short in their attempt at the series sweep as the Padres took the final game, 7-3.

Game two was won in twelve innings, 2-1.

The Athletics now head to Minnesota for four versus the Twins (35-34/1st AL Central).

[Ranger Fan]

I just finished year 1 of my Texas Rangers MOM season. We went all the way down to the last day as we battled the Yankees for the final Wild Card Spot. We however lost out by 1 game and therefore the year after the Texas Rangers won their only World Championship we finished 82-80 and 1 game out of the Wild Card. The World Series saw the Dodgers sweep the Orioles while Ohtani was named the World Series MVP. Highlights from year 1.

a. 2 rangers finished with over 30 HR's and 100 RBI's. Cory Seagar and Marcus Semien

b. A trade with the Astros of all teams saw Justin Verlander finish the season with 18 Wins (I put Owen White on the trade block in July and Houston offered Verlander) He did retire at the end of the year

c. Evan Carter was amazing. He hit 305 and scored 105 runs

Frustrating year but in the offseason I did sign Juan Soto in FA and Shane Bieber. I was shocked that Soto decided to come to Texas or that I had the money to get him

[tc020791]

2024 Baltimore Orioles

Orioles (2-1) start season off with series win over Angels (1-2).

GM 1 - 8-5 W
GM 2 - 9-6 L
GM 3 - 3-1 W

LA HR - 4 (4)
BAL HR - 5 (5)

Series Standouts
Trout - 6/11(.545), 2HR, 2 2B, 3RBI, 4BB, 2 SB
Santander - 6/12 (.500), 3HR, 7RBI, 1 BB
Cano - 3IP, 1W, 1HLD, 1H, 3K, 0 BB, 0.33WHIP

Next Up…3 Game Series vs KC (0-3)

[overheadthree]

Welcome to the 2027 Reapers season! High hopes for this team as the Reapers added Ryan Mountcastle in Free Agency and also made over the bullpen. The Reapers are hoping to contend for a wild card birth and looking forward to seeing their young guys develop more.


Lineup:

Dominic Fletcher – coming off his best year so far, he’s been super consistent for me

Bobby Kirby – had a breakout rookie year with 24 big flys hoping to see him improve on the average

Luis Robert Jr – Definitely a possible trade candidate at the deadline In his last year before free agency

Ryan Mountcastle – brought him in after having a career year hopefully it pays off

Joey Bart – was amazing last year hoping for a repeat

Colson Montgomery – had a down year last year hoping for a bounce back

A.J. Vukovich – giving him the shot at third I’ll see how it goes

Oscar Colas – was decent last year

Owen Caissie – was okay last year definitely hoping for more



Bench:

Osiris Johnson – super utility guy we’ll see how it goes

Korey Lee – solid defensively

Davis Wendzel – Rule 5 pick

Bryan Ramos – was out of options so he gets his shot

Nasim Nunez – solid bench player



Rotation:

Garrett Crochet – Had a bounce back year hopefully he continues gave him a three year deal in the offseason

Mike Soroka – hoping for another solid year

Drew Thorpe – was better last year but definitely needs to step up

AJ Smith-Shawver – claimed off waivers from Braves, hasn’t been good with them but he’s only 24

Grant Taylor – was okay in a couple starts, hoping he breaks out



Bullpen:

LRP – Jake Eder – was solid in the rotation last year trying him in the pen

MRP – Nate Pearson - was better in the pen then closer last year

MRP – Genesis Cabrera – gave him a 1yr deal was awesome with the jays needs a shut down lefty

MRP – Orion Kerkering – got him from the Phillies in the offseason hasn’t really been used

MRP – Will Klein – was decent in a could appearances last year

SU – Jorge Acala – was my best pitcher last year

CL – Brusdar Graterol – gave him a 2yr deal



Top prospects:

C Joel Averill – currently the top prospect in the league, starting him in Double A. Might be up this year depends how the team does

SP Trey Weston – one of my picks from last years draft definitely needs more develop

RP Karl McGregor – in Double A

2B Jacob Gonzalez – in Triple A currently will probably be up with the big club this year

SP Grant Taylor – won’t be on here too much longer



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[bigjdotcom01]

August 2-4, 2024: FLAGSTAFF (50-64) @ PRESCOTT (51-62)
Stadium: ASARCO Park (Capacity: 7,170)

August 2: Hops 11, Hot Shots 8
August 3: Hots Shots 2, Hops 0
August 4: Hops 10, Hot Shots 2

Prescott, AZ (AP) - Where has this offense been all year? The Hops took two of three from their rivals, Prescott, over the weekend, scoring 21 runs in the two wins as they have now won five of six.

In the opener, the suddenly red-hot Flagstaff offense kept it going as they knocked out 18 hits in an 11-8 victory over the Hot Shots. David Petrovski went 3 for 6 with a home run and two runs batted in to help lead an offense that has scored 20 runs in the last two games.

Believe it or not, this one was scoreless through two innings before the Hops got the offense going in the third. David Benitez singled home Bradley York with the game's first run. David Petrovski then singled home Thomas Sanders. Roberto Geronimo would ground into a (5-4-3) double play that allowed Benitez to score to make it 3-0.

J.J. Ruffing would hit a solo home run off of Alex Farmer in the bottom of the third to put Prescott on the scoreboard.

Harwill O'Kane hit a two-out RBI double in the fourth and Paul Knapp singled him home to tie the game at 3-3.

In the fifth, the Hops would score three more runs, all with two outs. Phillip Choi doubled to center to score David Petrovski and Isaac Nettles. Ryan Kelly would single home Choi to make it 6-3. David Petrovski would hit a solo home run in the sixth, his eighth on the season to make it 7-3.

Flagstaff would add four more runs in the seventh. Thomas Sanders hit a two-run double to left and David Benitez followed with a two-run home run, his 15th, to make it 11-3. The Hops would actually need that cushion as Prescott staged a mini comeback.

The Hot Shots would score three in the bottom of the seventh on a three-run home run from Matt Olson to cut the lead to 11-6. Willie Reece would hit a two-run shot in the eighth off of Sam Varlea to cut it to 11-8.

Varela would start the ninth but gave up a leadoff double to Ryan Meger. Matt Blake brought in Vic Miller for the third straight day and he got the final three outs to lock down his 24th save and secure the Hops fourth straight win. Both teams used five pitches in the game with Alex Farmer (14-4) getting credit for the win. He only lasted five innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He struck out seven and walked two.

On Saturday evening, the Hot Shots got a great pitching performance from Matthew Cairo and they shut out the Hops 2-0 to end their modest four game winning streak.

The Hot Shots would get on the board in the second on a solo home run from George Collins, his eighth on the season. They would extend it to 2-0 in the fourth on another solo home run, this time from Paul Knapp, his 16th on the season, off of Juro Yamaguchi.

That would be all of the offense in this one as Cairo pitched into the ninth, but was lifted for closer Lester Medrano after giving up a lead off single. Medrano came on and struck out Roberto Geronimo and Emmitt Hampton before hitting Ryan Kelly. That brought Robbie Westbroook to the plate as the go ahead run, but he grounded out to end the ball game.

Juro Yamaguchi (3-11) took the loss but tossed a complete game, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out six and did not walk a batter.

On Sunday afternoon, the Hops hit six home runs as they overcame an early two run deficit to storm back and crush the Hot Shots 10-2. Emmitt Hampton homered twice in the game to lead a suddenly hot offense.

Prescott jumped out to a 2-0 lead after four innings thanks to solo home runs from Matt Olson (19) and Harwill O'Kane (12). But thise were about the only mistakes that Russell Fluty made in this one. Fluty (5-11) would allow two runs on seven hits, while striking out three in six strong innings of work.

The Hops would turn the game around in the fifth inning as they hit three home runs. After giving up a one-out walk, starter Kelly Wolf was pulled from the game. He had only allowed two hits while walking two and striking out four. Miles Coburn came in from the bullpen and immediately surrendered a game-tying two-run home run to Forrest Owen, his 12th on the year. Then John Benitez (16) and Emmitt Hampton hit back-to-back solo home runs with two outs to put the Hops up 4-2.

In the sixth, David Petrovski doubled home Thomas Sanders. Bradley York would ground out to short, but Ryan Kelly scored to make it 6-2. Robbie Westbrook (12) then hit a two-run home run to make it 8-2.

David Petrovski would add a solo home run in the eighth and Emmitt Hampton (17,18) hit his second of the game in the ninth to make it 10-2. For Petrovski, it was his ninth on the season and third in four games.

Pedro Macias picked up a rare three-inning save, allowing one hit and striking out five over the final three innings.

The Hops (50-64) will now have a chance to move out of the basement in the ML West as they return home to face Colorado Springs (50-63) in a three game series starting on Monday evening. It is a quick thre game homestand before hitting the road for a trip to Texas.

Around the League: Scottsdale's Jaime Pacheco improved to (14-5) as he tossed eight strong innings and the Scorpions defated San Diego 5-2. Pacheco allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits, while striking out five and walking one. Soto worked a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his 30th save. Spencer Smith (4), Sam Conley (13) and Juan Vargas (17) all homered for the Scorpions in the win.

Salt River's Dante Telshaw blasted three home runs (13,14,15) and drove in five as the Rafters crushed Santa Fe 9-1.

Surprise hit seven home runs and had 15 hits as they outlasted Henderson 12-9 on Saturday afternoon. Alberto Ruiz (22,23) and Dan Turner (18,19) each homered twice as the Saguaros look to keep pace with first-place Scottsdale. Albert Zambrano hit his DL leading 30th home run in the game and drove in seven of the Silver Knights nine runs in the loss.

San Diego's Javier Vatencia went 4 for 5 including a ninth inning, three-run walk-off home run (13) as the Seals rallied to defeated Scottsdale 8-7. Vatencia scored twice and drove in five runs to help the Seals to the victory.

Rio Rancho's Richard Gates (8) hit a pinch-hit walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth Saturday night as the Owlz rallied to stun Gilbert 5-1. Rollie Flingers went eight innings, allowing just one run on four hits, while striking out nine and walking three, but did not figure in the decision.

David Petrovski is starting to heat up and so is the Hops offense.

[tc020791]

2024 Baltimore Orioles

Just had a crazy game against the Royals. We had a 3-1 lead going into the 9th. Kimbrel gets the first two outs easy. Then Freddy Fermin hits a double in the gap. Next batter is Kyle Isbel. With two strikes on him, he hits a huge slice from the left hand batters box. It curls around the shortish (333 ft.) left field foul pole in Camden Yards. The ball lands in the first row of the seats. Tie game 3-3.

Bottom nine, one out, man on first after a Ramon Urias single. Jackson Holliday steps up to the plate. Second pitch is absolutely crushed onto the flag court for a walk off HR. Holliday’s first career HR. An unforgettable one at that.

Full series recap coming soon.

KC - 3/9/0
BAL - 5/8/0

[DarthRambo]

☆Reds swept in Arizona. Have now lost 5 straight and dropped to .500, good for last in competitive NL Central division☆

Game one: Reds (3 6 1) @ Diamondbacks (7 11 0)

W- M. Kelly (3-3) 6ip 3h 1er 0bb 5k
L- I. Gibaut (2-1) SP F. Montas 4ip 5h 1er 1bb 4k
CIN HRs- Jeimer Candelario (7)
ARI HRs- Eugenio Suárez (8)


Game two: Reds (6 9 0) @ Diamondbacks (7 12 1) 10 innings

W- P. Sewald (1-1) SP E. Rodriguez 4.1ip 6h 5er 1bb 4k
L- I. Gibaut (2-2) SP N. Martinez 4ip 4h 2er 2bb 3k
CIN HRs- Spencer Steer (5), Christian Encarnacion-Strand (1)
ARI HRs- Geraldo Perdomo (2), Joc Pederson (8,9)

Game three: Reds (3 11 0) @ Diamondbacks (6 11 0)

W- B. Pfaadt (3-3) 6ip 5h 0er 0bb 7k
L- N. Lodolo (3-3) 5.1ip 8hc5er 0bb 3k
HRs- Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (12), Randal Grichuk (2, 3)


~~Injury news~~

● Orioles SP Corbin Burnes out 1-2 months. Call up SP Cole Irvin. Dean Kremer will take spot in rotation.


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☆Continuing Reds lengthy (10 game) west road trip to face the Dodgers is next. Reds desperately need to win at least 2 of 4☆

Up next: Reds (22-22, t-5th NLC, 5.0gb) @ Dodgers (25-20, 3rd NLW, 2.0gb)

Game one: Andrew Abbott (3-4, 4.42era 29k) vs Shohei Ohtani (2-1, 4.28era 48k)

Game two: Hunter Greene (4-4, 3.77era 50k) vs Tyler Glasnow (6-0, 1.80era 61k)

Game three: Frankie Montas (3-2, 2.92era 38k) vs Bobby Miller (2-2, 4.07 26k)

Game four: Nick Martinez (2-2, 3.92era 31k) vs (1 start) Yoshinobu Yamamoto (0-2, 6.59era 30k)



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