MLB The Show 17 Franchise Discussion Thread

[HeavyWeight]

22-8. Shouldn't of started my franchise so fast and not have Bradley Zimmer in the game.

[Ranger Fan]

Texas Rangers Update: Season 3 MOM

The regular season is over and the Texas Rangers are the American League Western division Champs!!!!!!!!! I won the division with a 96-66 record finishing second overall in the American league behind the Cleveland Indians. I played both Wild Card Games and the Tigers took out the defending AL Champs Astros while the Cardinals beat the Dodgers. The ALDS has Texas and Toronto facing off while Detroit takes on Cleveland. In the National League the Cardinals will face the Mets and the Giants will take on the Cubs. The Washington Nationals failed to make the playoffs after winning the Championship last year. In other news

MVP- Justin Upton (Tigers)
NL- Madison Bumgardner (Giants)
AL Cy Young- Corey Kluber (Indians)
NL- Madison Bumgardner

Elvis Andrus was named Rangers player of the year with a 308 Average 15 HR's and 75 RBI's. He also stole 23 bases.

ALDS starts tonight with Danny Salazar on the mound against Toronto's Marcus Stroman

[HozAndMoose]

All Star break - 2020

With a little more than half of the season done we sit at 39-50. 4th in the Central. 1.5 games ahead of the last place White Sox and 12.5 games back of the 1st place Tigers. We are 19-15 since the draft and 8-2 in our last 10 games. Injuries continue to be an issue. Jorge Bonifacio came off the DL and got sent back to AAA. A month later he tore his ACL. Terrance Gore broke his ankle on June 28th. Might be back sometime in September. He was playing really well at the time. Was finally starting some games and was hitting .292 with a .333 OBP. And the in the last game before the AS break Peter O'Brien broke his hand. He should also be back sometime in September.

The offense took a step back scoring runs. AVG just over 4 a game. Despite the AVG and SLG going up with the OBP basically staying the same. We are hitting .258/.323/.412. Which is 17th, 13th and 18th overall. We are up to 5th in doubles with 165. 21st in triples with 15 and 20th in HR with 93. We are tied for 6th with 65 SB and 11th in SB% at .793. Only 263 walks which ties for 19th with the Pirates. And we are starting to strikeout more and more with 756. Tied with the Marlins for 13th.

• Billy Burns - .345/.387/.517 (28 AB)
• Ruben Sosa - .317/.391/.463 (41 AB)
• Ryan O'Hearn - .288/.396/.577, 17 HR, 38 RBI (215 AB)
• Whit Merrifield - .285/.343/.376, 12 SB (319 AB)
• Mike Moustakas - .284/.353/.464, 12 HR, 55 RBI (345 AB)
• Salvador Perez - .268/.315/.413, 10 HR, 36 RBI (317 AB)
• Bubba Starling - .257/.312/.406, 8 HR, 10 SB (261 AB)
• Hunter Dozier - .247/.313/.416, 14 HR, 44 RBI (332 AB)
• Mark Springer - .240/.326/.504, 8 HR, 5 SB (121 AB)
• Corey Toups - .236/.303/.375, 5 HR (259 AB)
• Raul Mondesi - .232/.284/.359, 4 HR, 12 SB (220 AB)
• Cam Gallagher - .156/.206/.187 (32 AB)

DL Players

• Terrance Gore - .292/.333/.354, 7 SB (48 AB)
• Jorge Soler - .271/.374/.459 (85 AB)
• Peter O'Brien - .258/.317/.435, 7 Hr (209 AB)

Burns and Sosa have been good in bery limited time since coming up for injured players. Both have taken some time from Whit who has struggled tremendously over the last month. On June 7th his AVG was up to .344. Since then he has gotten a hit in 20 of 113 AB (.176 AVG) with just 6 runs. And in his last 14 games is just 7 for 58 (.120 AVG). And somehow we still played 4 games over .500. Ryan O'Hearn has slowed down a bit as well. No where near as bad. Still hitting HR at a good pace and he OBP is great. Moose on the other hand cant hit a HR to save his life. Just 2 over the last 34 games. Salvy has continued to do pretty well. Nothing spectacular but still has an OBP over .300 and the power has started to show up a bit again. He was our only All Star on the team. Bubba starling has picked up where he left off before getting hurt. Has already more than doubled his WAR from the last 2 years. Still not the guy he was supposed to be when we drafted him but he has turned into a good option. Hunter Dozier has found his rookie year form again. AVG is still a bit low but its much high higher over the last month. Mark Springer made his MLB debut on June 5th. Struggled a bit to start out but has turned it around recently. And in his last 6 games has hit 4 HR. Corey Toups and Mondesi continue to be the low points on the offense. Mondesi has been better recently though. And Cam Gallagher is doing absolutely nothing. Was planning to call up Viloria again and then of course he gets hurt.

Pitching did bounce back a bit. Its not like it could get much worse. Our Team ERA dropped from 4.86 to 4.53.

• Mariano Parra - 2-1, 1.83 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 22 SO in 34.1 IP
• Nate Karns - 5-6, 3.60 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 118 SO in 95 IP
• Danny Duffy - 5-10, 4.34 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 108 SO in 105.2 IP
• Jake Junis - 6-6, 4.46 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 95 SO in 107 IP
• Scott Blewett - 2-1, 4.74 ERA, 1.74 WHIP, 17 SO in 19 IP
• Eric Skoglund - 2-4, 4.88 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 56 SO in 51.2 IP
• Mike Minor - 4-6, 6.78 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 71 SO in 81 IP

Parra made his MLB debut on June 13th. And has been damn good over his first 6 games. It got off to a pretty rocky start though. Gave up a lead off HR to the very first batter he faced. Averaging just under 6 innings per start. So hopefully he can start to go a bit deeper. Karns has been pretty consistent the last month and a half. Really needed with Duffy still not pitching all that great. He has really earned back some trust and could be back next year. As for Duffy is hopefully turning it around. He went 8 innings with no runs and 9 K's in a 1-0 win over the Twins in his last start. From there its really more of the same. Junis, Blewett and Skoglund all keep struggling. Gonna give each one 1 more start and whoever does the worst will be sent down. Mike Minor is no longer starting.

• Matt Strahm - 20 SV, 3.52 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, 28 SO in 23 IP
• Kevin McCarthy - 3-1, 2.36 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 51 SO in 45.2 IP
• Seth Maness - 4-2, 2.95 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 23 SO in 55 IP
• Scott Alexander - 1-1, 3.10 ERA, 2.10 WHIP, 38 SO in 40.2 IP
• Brian Flynn - 3-2, 3.68 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 21 SO in 22 IP

Its a shame the starters and offense arent better. The BP is damn good for us this year and we have nothing to show for it. Strahm still isnt getting many opportunities. Neither is Flynn really. While McCarthy, Maness and Alexander are all doing as good as we could have hoped.

No update on the minors this time. Only about 2 months left in the season so ill wait till then to do the big update on them. And ill probably hold off on a September update for the MLB team again unless we somehow have something to play for. 13 games left in July and 29 in August. 22 of the 42 on the road and 20 against a team with a winning record.

[Midnite2sixman]

Does anyone use the classic modern stadiums in their franchises? Like does anyone use the old Yankee Stadium for the Yankees and Shea for the Mets? Just interested to hear

[HozAndMoose]

End of Minor League Season- 2020

Well the minor League season has come to and end and things didn't end up as good as they were looking. AAA Omaha finished the season at 78-64. 3.5 games back of the Cubs for 1st place. AA Northwest Arkansas finished the 2nd half of the season at 28-42. Worst in the division. They did win the 1st half though so they will be heading to the playoffs. Both teams were kind of screwed over by all of our injuries.

AAA Prospects

Spoiler

• Meibrys Viloria - .311/.394/.472 with 4 HR (212 AB). Missed the last 2 months with a broken wrist.
  
• Terrance Lombard - .299/.367/.422 with 18 SB (204 AB). Had 200 AB in AA. He hit .255/.344/.350 with 16 SB.
  
• Richard Pectol - .289/.378/.477 with 13 HR and 20 SB (346 AB). Had 116 AB in AA. Hit .293/.390/.483 with 5 HR and 5 SB.
  
• Chris Campos - .287/.362/.416 with 8 HR and 18 SB (327 AB). Had 114 AB in AA. Hit .325/.434/.465 with 2 HR and 7 SB.
  
• Jorge Bonifacio - .281/.347/.474 with 10 HR (196 AB). Tore his ACL on June 30th. Had 85 AB in the Majors. hit .235/.280/.329.
  
• James Nadeau - .272/.338/.372 with 4 HR and 21 SB (449 AB).
  
• Seuly Matias - .263/.357/.442 with 14 HR. Had 51 AB in AA. Hit .353/.476/.569 with 3 HR.
  
• Khalil Lee - .222/.311/.319 with 5 HR and 11 SB. Had 105 AB in AA. Hit .324/.377/.514 with 4 HR and 4 SB.
  
• Tom Guttierez - .148/.303/.222. Had 230 AB in AA.Hhit .209/.265/.283 with 3 HR.

• Elroy Dowling - 5-3, 2.60 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 70 SO in 83 IP. Had 90 IP in AA with a 1.90 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 66 SO.
  
• A.J. Puckett - 11-9, 3.36 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 160 SO in 174.1 IP.
  
• Josh Staumont - 1-7, 3.90 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 147 SO in 92.1 IP
  
• Estarlin Cordero - 4-2, 1.93 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 28 SO in 32.2 IP. Had 29.1 IP in AA. 1.84 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 15 SO.
  
• Otis Villalona - 1-1, 3.09 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 20 SO in 23.1 IP.

Guys I wouldn't consider prospects anymore but had good seasons.

• Chris Withrow - 3-1, 1.03 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 25 SO in 26.1 IP. Had 17 IP in the Majors with a 5.82 ERA, 2.00 WHIP and 16 SO.
  
• Kyle Zimmer - 5-3, 2.64 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 93 SO in 81.2 IP. Had 52 IP in the Majors with a 7.10 ERA, 1.75 WHIP and 46 SO.
  
• Yender Caramo - 7-3, 2.82 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 87 SO in 115 IP. 28 year old RP.
  
• Malcom Culver - 0-2, 3.16 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 23 SO in 25.2 IP. 30 year old RP. No MLB time.

• Paulo Orlando - .282/.317/.444 with 14 Hr and 6 SB (507 AB)
  
• Frannk Schwindle - .251/.288/.377 with 15 HR (557 AB).

AA Prospects

Spoiler

• Chase Vallot - .287/.361/.443 with 13 HR (341 AB). Had 70 AB in AAA. Hit .143/.231/.271 with 2 HR
  
• Ramon Torres - .300/.380/.404 with 10 SB (277 AB). Had 137 AB in AAA. Hit .212/.368/.292. Cant really consider him a prospect anymore.
  
• Osvaldo Abreu - .261/.339/.353 with 15 SB (303 AB)
  
• Samir Dunez - .260/.318/.327 with 17 SB (446 AB)

• Pablo De Los Santos - 11-4, 2.45 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 101 SO in 176 IP
  
• Foster Griffin - 6-7, 2.67 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 60 SO in 81 IP
  
• Hank Steele - 9-9, 2.67 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 126 SO in 168.2 IP
  
• Freddy Harman - 6-10, 2.77 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 135 SO in 149.2 IP
  
• Doug Sanders - 8-5, 2.83 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 61 SO in 92.1 IP
  
• Jose Ramiro - 8-8, 3.74 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 106 SO in 130 IP
  
• Pedro Fernandez - 0-6, 3.75 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 46 SO in 48 IP

• Gene Starks - 2-1, 1.03 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 15 SO in 26.1 IP. Had 22.1 IP in AAA with a 4.03 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 9 SO.
  
• Tom Porter - 0-0, 2.43 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 22 SO in 29.2 IP
  
• Henry Salazar - 2-1, 3.33 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, 22 SO in 24.1 IP
  
• Jesse Porrazzo - 4-4, 3.75 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 62 SO in 62.1 IP
  
• Rico Bautista - 2-7, 3.84 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 61 SO in 75 IP

2021 Expectations

Spoiler

Players that should contribute to the MLB team.

• Meibrys Viloria will probably break ST with the MLB team. Would have been back up in the majors in July had he not gotten hurt.
  
• Elroy Dowling will start the season in AAA again. But will get a call up around mid season if everything goes well for him.
  
• Otis Villalona will gt an invite to ST and a chance to win a spot in the pen. If not he will start back in AAA and wait for a call up later in the season.
  
• A.J. Puckett will be out of options so we have no choice but to keep him on the team. Was good enough to deserve a call up earlier in the year but there was either someone better or he would have a bad game when the time came.

Players that could contribute to the MLB team.

• Richard Pectol may get an invite to ST. But I would be very surprised if he doesn't start in AAA. Would like for him to spend the whole year down there but he may play his way onto the team if we are in a race.
  
• Chris Campos was supposed to be in AA all season. But with injuries he was forced up to AAA. Did a damn good job up there to. Will start the season in AAA again and could play his way onto the team like Pectol.
  
• James Nadeau would be a long shot. But assuming we need a 2B and Campos isnt playing well Nadeau would be the option. He has the bat for it but would be a major liability defensively.
  
• Josh Staumont will be 27 next year and has all pretty much lost his chance to be a starter for us. He could be an option for us out of the pen though. Especially when we need a strikeout.
  
• Ramon Torres is getting to old to be a prospect and other players have taken over his role. But if the circumstances arise he could be a SS/2B for us at some point.
  
• Freddy Harmam will start in AAA. Would like for him to spend all season down there but he may end up being the best starter we have in the minors.

Player who should spend all of 2021 in the minors

• Chase Vallot will start in AA for like the 10th straight year it seems. Could be up to AAA by mid season if he plays well.
  
• Pablo De Los Santos, Hank Steele and Doug Sanders will all start in AA and could move up to AAA by mid season. Would like for them to get another full year down there though.
  
• Rico Bautsista and Jesse Porrazzo should start in AAA. I expect them to stay down there all season but if we are in the playoff race and we need bullpen help they may be an option.

[Ranger Fan]

Texas Rangers Update: Season 3 MOM

The ALDS started last night and it was a nighmare start for the Texas Rangers. We got 2 hit by Marcus Stroman and lost 8-1. Danny Salazar could not get out of the fifth inning. After 2 innings he had thrown 67 pitches. Toronto is loaded, I didn't realize just how many studs they had this year until we started playing. Will Myers, Marcell Ozuna have joined them. Tulo, Martin. Bautista left before last season, I saw him playing for Oakland, not sure where he is at this year. Game 2 is tonight, Tanner Roark takes the mound against Aaron Sanchez

[Trent Booty]

I had to restart my franchise due to a couple settings I wanted to have being different than what I wanted.

Anyway, so my new roster is as follows:

Lineup:
SS Jean Segura
LF Ben Gamel
2B Robinson Cano
DH Nelson Cruz
3B Kyle Seager
1B Danny Valencia
RF Mitch Haniger
C Mike Zunino
CF Jarrod Dyson

Bench:
INF Danny Espinosa
UTL Shawn O'Malley
OF Guillermo Heredia
C Carlos Ruiz

Rotation:
Felix Hernandez
Hisashi Iwakuma
James Paxton
Ariel Miranda
Yovani Gallardo
(Drew Smyly will miss entire 2017 season)

Bullpen:
LR David Phelps
MR James Pazos
MR Tony Zych
MR Mark Rzepczynski
MR Steve Cishek
SU Nick Vincent
CL Edwin Diaz

I have IRL injuries set for every team, including minor leaguers for 2017.

I will want to play every game, or at least try it at first because I feel as if I was getting through the season way too fast last time. For the first couple months of the season, I will be following the IRL trade deadline and making moves made IRL.

Notable prospects - level at start of 2017:
OF Kyle Lewis - A
SP Nick Neidart - A
1B/OF Evan White - A
SP Sam Carlson - A
3B Joe Rizzo - A
SS/2B Bryson Brigman - A
SP Rob Whalen - AA
SP Max Povse - AA
SP Andrew Moore - AAA
1B/3B DJ Peterson - AAA
1B Dan Vogelbach - AAA

About to play opening day vs. Houston. My expectations are to at the very least, be competitive in the playoff race in 2017.

Edit: Aaron Hicks & Kolten Wong both hit for the cycle and MadBum threw a CGSO on opening day, so all three games were interesting, lol.

[Ranger Fan]

Texas Rangers Update: Season 3 MOM

Game 2 of the ALDS did not go allot better for the Rangers as they lost 7-4 to go down 2-0 in the series. Tanner Roark did not make it out of the fifth inning and Martin Perez could not do much better when he came in. The Rangers saw a ray of hope when in the second inning down 2-1 Pedro Alvaraz launches a 446 ft shot over the right center fence. Toronto however tied the game in the next half inning. I then took the lead once again in the fourth when Greg Garcia laced a 2 run single to left. Roark could not hold the lead as once again Toronto retook the lead in the next half inning and never looked back. So its do or die time tonight as Wi Yen Chen for Texas faces Dan Strailey of Toronto.