MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

[countryboy]

And the lead is back up to 2 games over the Pirates as we win the rubber match 2-0. Mike Leake was outstanding pitching 8 1/3 scoreless innings. He was pulled with 1 out in the 9th after giving up a single to Jung Ho Kang. Trevor Rosenthal who yielded an infield hit to Starling Marte, closed the door by striking out John Jaso and Elias Diaz to secure the win.

Kolten Wong was the hero by delivering a one double in the 7th to break the 0-0 tie. Magnerius Sierra then drove Wong in to push the lead to 2-0.

What a way to close the regular season in Busch. Next up is 4 in Milwaukee followed by 3 in Wrigley to close out the season.

7 games left and a 2 game lead. Let's do this!

[countryboy]

We lost the opening of a 4 game series in Milwaukee 4-1 as Brandon Woodruff completely shut us down. Wainwright got knocked around early and I pulled him in the 3rd after he allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in the 3rd inning. If we make the playoffs I'm not sure he's going to be in the rotation of starters.

Luckily our lead on the Pirates is still 2 games as they lost to the Cubs. The Cubs have pulled to within 5 games with 6 to play. We play 3 in Wrigley to close the season.

Playoff picture with 6 days left:

American League

AL East: Rays (Clinched 90-66)
AL Central: Indians (Clinched 86-70)
AL West: Astros (Clinched 91-66)

W/C 1 Mariners 83-74
W/C 2 Blue Jays 82-74
White Sox 79-77 3 GB
Angels 77-79 5 GB
Orioles 76-80 6 GB

National League:

NL East: Mets 89-67
Nationals 88-69 1.5 GB

NL Central: Cardinals 90-66
Pirates 88-68 2 GB
Cubs 85-71 5 GB

NL West: Dodgers 101-55 (Clinched - Clinched Home Field Advantage)

W/C 1 - Pirates 88-68
W/C 2 - Nationals 88-69
Cubs 85-71 2.5 GB

Going to be a wild finish!

[countryboy]

We defeated the Brewers in game 2 of the series 4-3. Wacha struggled a bit early giving up 3 runs in the 3rd, including a 2 run homer to Desmond Jennings, but he battled back to pitch 6 innings and strike out 9 in route to picking up his 19th win of the season. He is scheduled one more start to try and get that elusive 20th win.

Our offense helped us out of the 3-0 hole with Molina getting an 2 RBI double and Piscotty getting both the game tying RBI single and the eventual game winning RBI single. Bullpen wasn't perfect but was able to get out of tough spots to preserve the victory.

With our lead and the Pirates loss to the Cubs, our lead increases to 3 games over the Pirates and maintains at 5 over the Cubs with 5 games left on the year.

5 games left to try and win back to back Central Division crowns!

[countryboy]

After fighting back and Aledmys Diaz hitting a go ahead homerun in the Top of the 8th, Kevin Siegrist and Jordan Walden combine to blow the game in the bottom of the inning. Siegrist hits Trent Clark and then Walden gives up a single and then a 3 run homerun to Scooter Gennett, and we lose 6-4.

The Cubs beat the Pirates so our lead is still 3 over the Pirates but the Cubs are within 4 games now. We have one game left with Milwaukee before we head to Wrigley to close out the season with the Cubs.

[countryboy]

We lost 3 out of 4 to the Brewers and now our lead over the Pirates is just 2. The Cubs have been eliminated from winning the division so it's just us the Pirates battling. We did clinch a playoff spot as the Pirates beat the Cubs, thus at least securing us a wild card berth.

The final series of the year begins as we play the Cubs in Wrigley. The Pirates are hosting the Brewers.

Go Brew Crew!

[countryboy]

We beat the Cubs 3-1 to eliminate the Cubs from playoff contention. We are now 1 win, or 1 Pirates loss, away from a second straight Central Division crown.

The AL playoffs are all set except for the 2nd wildcard:

AL East: Rays
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
W/C 1: Mariners
W/C 2: Blue Jays (White Sox 1 GB with 2 to play)


The NL playoff teams are known, but not set:

NL East: Mets (Nationals 2 GB with 2 to play)
NL Central: Cardinals (Pirates 2 GB with 2 to play)
NL West: Dodgers (Home Field Advantage)
W/C 1: Nationals and Pirates are tied.
W/C 2: Nationals and Pirates are tied.


We have Wainwright going against Jon Lester as we try to clinch the division!

[livinitup921]

Starting year 2 with the Yankees. Just missed playoffs year one. Look for my streams on twitch.

SP
Tanaka
Pineda
Severino
Matt Moore (FA signing)
Jesse Hahn (FA signing)

LR - Montgomery
MRP - Maurer (Trade in year 1)
MRP - Warren
MRP - Layne
MRP - Shreve
SU - Betances
CL - Chapman

2B - Castro
CF - Hicks
RF - Judge
1B - Bird
C - Sánchez
LF - Altherr (FA signing)
SS - Gregorius
3B - Headley
DH - H. Pérez (FA signing)

Bench
Torreyes
Austin
Ellsbury
Romine

Top prospects
Gleyber Torres (#3 prospect)
Clint Frazier ( #14)
Chauncey Matos (#20) (97 potential, my 3rd Rd pick yr 1)
Jorge Mateo (#21)

[countryboy]

For the second straight season, the St. Louis Cardinals are the National League Central Division Champs!!!!!

We defeated the Cubs on the final Saturday of the regular season 3-1 to clinch the divisional crown for the 2nd straight season.

One game left in the regular season before we start playing October baseball.

Oh what a feeling! 161 games and a roller coaster of a ride, but we are able to call ourselves National League Central Divsion Champions!