Blowing Up The Phillies (MLB 14 Franchise)

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Monthly Report
May

2014 Philadelphia Phillies Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
Marlon Byrd	190	18	47	7	1	3	17	9	33	1	0	.247	.287	.342
Jimmy Rollins	188	22	44	10	1	3	8	9	34	5	0	.234	.271	.346
Josh Vitters	179	22	49	9	0	8	19	18	19	0	1	.274	.340	.458
Domonic Brown	172	21	55	9	1	10	26	19	25	1	3	.320	.387	.558
Freddy Galvis	158	9	38	6	2	3	19	6	24	0	2	.241	.268	.361
Ryan Howard	149	25	39	4	1	10	24	15	47	1	0	.262	.329	.503
Wil Nieves	132	9	29	7	0	1	14	6	20	0	0	.220	.262	.295
Darin Ruf	132	15	40	5	1	5	17	17	39	0	0	.303	.375	.470
Ben Revere	122	11	34	8	2	2	8	7	20	16	2	.279	.328	.426
Tony Gwynn Jr.	121	16	38	7	0	1	7	4	17	12	3	.314	.336	.397
Cameron Rupp	100	9	33	5	0	5	17	1	23	0	0	.330	.337	.530
Cody Asche	69	12	20	2	0	6	16	6	18	0	0	.290	.347	.580
Ronny Cedeno	65	7	13	4	0	0	5	4	16	0	1	.200	.257	.262
John Mayberry Jr.	37	6	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	.216	.237	.243

2014 Philadelphia Phillies Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Cliff Lee	11	11	9	2	0	11	0	87.0	62	11	2	9	87	0.82	1.14
A.J. Burnett	11	11	4	3	0	7	0	64.2	49	29	6	25	57	1.14	4.04
Kyle Kendrick	11	11	6	4	0	7	0	71.0	56	21	5	16	48	1.01	2.66
Roberto Hernandez	11	11	1	8	0	3	0	50.0	64	40	12	18	26	1.64	7.20
Cole Hamels	8	8	2	4	0	3	0	56.0	58	22	3	17	46	1.34	3.54
Jonathan Pettibone	12	3	0	2	0	0	0	24.1	30	14	4	7	17	1.52	5.18
Jonathan Papelbon	16	0	0	0	13	0	0	15.2	8	0	0	0	13	0.51	0.00
Antonio Bastardo	23	0	2	1	0	0	3	27.1	14	6	3	6	41	0.73	1.98
Jake Diekman	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	12.2	9	3	9	7	8	1.26	2.13
B.J. Rosenberg	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	20.2	26	11	2	6	14	1.55	4.79
Justin De Fratus	20	0	2	1	0	0	1	20.2	16	7	0	13	17	1.40	3.05
Brad Lincoln	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	31.2	26	10	4	9	34	1.11	2.84

Phillies Notes:
- Cameron Rupp is now the everyday catcher, instead of the platoon of him/Nieves
- Darin Ruf has earned a spot on the lineup card daily, playing 1B against LHP and LF against RHP
- Domonic Brown has moved to CF
- After a month of taking ground balls at 2B and a few games there, Cody Asche will now platoon with Freddy Galvis at the position, facing RHP
- The 5th spot in the rotation will now be Jonathan Pettibone's, after another horrible start by Roberto Hernandez (2.2 IP, 5 ER)
- Roberto Hernandez takes the LRP position in the bullpen.

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Two words: Cliff Lee.

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Quote: Originally Posted by AdamJones113

Two words: Cliff Lee.

Cliff Lee has been lights out for me so far. The crazy thing is that I think I've only made 4 or 5 of his 11 starts. Even CPU Cliff Lee is a stud.

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Around the MLB

MLB League Leaders - Updated: Jun 1, 2014
Batting Average		AVG	Home Runs		HR
	1. Prince Fielder	.356		1. Corey Hart	20
	2. Paul Goldschmidt	.342		2. Jose Bautista	18
	3. Nick Swisher	.335		3. Mike Olt	16
	4. Greg Dobbs	.333		4. Prince Fielder	16
	5. Jed Lowrie	.330		5. Anthony Rizzo	15
Runs Batted In		RBI	Stolen Bases		SB
	1. Corey Hart	54		1. Billy Hamilton	18
	2. Jose Bautista	48		2. Eric Young Jr.	18
	3. Chris Davis	41		3. Cameron Maybin	16
	4. Mark Trumbo	41		4. Everth Cabrera	16
	5. Troy Tulowitzki	41		5. Ben Revere	16
Earned Run Average		ERA	Walks Plus Hits Per Inning Pitched		WHIP
	1. Cliff Lee	1.14		1. Cliff Lee	0.82
	2. Clayton Kershaw	1.47		2. Jered Weaver	0.93
	3. Jordan Zimmerman	1.61		3. Jose Fernandez	0.85
	4. Michael Wacha	1.94		4. Michael Wacha	0.91
	5. Jose Fernandez	2.02		5. Jordan Zimmerman	0.93
Strikeouts		SO	Wins		W
	1. Yu Darvish	98		1. Cliff Lee	9
	2. Danny Salazar	98		2. Kevin Gausman	8
	3. Matt Moore	97		3. Michael Wacha	8
	4. Jose Fernandez	96		4. Clay Buchholz	7
	5. Steve Johnson	91		5. Ervin Santana	7

MLB Standings - Updated: Jun 1, 2014
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Boston Red Sox	32	23	-	236	227
Tampa Bay Rays	29	28	4.0	269	246
Baltimore Orioles	28	27	4.0	248	205
Toronto Blue Jays	28	29	5.0	248	230
New York Yankees	26	29	6.0	201	228
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Kansas City Royals	32	24	-	263	238
Minnesota Twins	26	28	5.0	222	238
Cleveland Indians	24	33	8.5	249	281
Chicago White Sox	24	33	8.5	226	281
Detroit Tigers	22	33	9.5	189	207
AL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Los Angeles Angels	35	20	-	235	190
Seattle Mariners	31	25	4.5	245	228
Texas Rangers	30	26	5.5	245	224
Oakland Athletics	26	30	9.5	221	222
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Seattle Mariners	31	25	-
Texas Ranger	30	26	-
Houston Astros	22	35	8.5	215	315
NL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Atlanta Braves	34	22	-	227	209
Washington Nationals	30	25	3.5	240	199
Philadelphia Phillies	28	27	5.5	210	191
New York Mets	23	33	11.0	204	235
Miami Marlins	21	35	13.0	200	244
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
St. Louis Cardinals	32	25	-	265	207
Cincinnati Reds	31	24	-	223	212
Pittsburgh Pirates	26	29	5.0	247	261
Chicago Cubs	25	30	6.0	209	233
Milwaukee Brewers	23	33	8.5	181	230
NL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Los Angeles Dodgers	36	21	-	248	193
San Diego Padres	31	25	4.5	242	228
Arizona Diamondbacks	31	27	5.5	247	220
San Francisco Giants	27	30	9.0	220	215
Colorado Rockies	26	30	9.5	225	263
NL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Cincinnati	31	24	-
San Diego Padres	31	25	-

Rookie Report:
- Oscar Taveras (STL) .317/.390/.641 in 167 AB, 14 HR
- Cameron Rupp (PHI) .330/.337/.530 in 100 AB, 5 HR
- Gregory Polanco (PIT) .243/.302/.373 in 185 AB, 6 HR
- Jon Singleton (HOU) .257/.377/.478 in 136 AB, 8 HR
- Nick Castellanos (DET) .272/.306/.407 in 162 AB, 5 HR
- Billy Hamilton (CIN) .194/.250/269 in 93 AB, 18 SB
- Randal Girchuk (STL) .345/.390/509 in 55 AB, 2 HR
- Jose Abreu (CWS) .216/.275/.387 in 37 AB, 2 HR (DL)
- James Paxton (SEA) 5-2, 5.03 ERA, 34 SO
- Kevin Gausman (BAL) 8-1, 2.63 ERA, 69 SO

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June 1, 2014

New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
Jun 1, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (24-33)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	14	0
Philadelphia (28-28)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	10	2
W: Bartolo Colon (4-3) L: Cliff Lee (9-3) S: Bobby Parnell (11)

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Granderson RBI: Murphy, Duda, d'Arnaud, Legares 2 SF: Duda SAC: Colon GIDP: Colon
BASERUNNING SB: Young Jr., Tejada

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Colon	6.2	4	0	0	0	1	3.51
Edgin	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Farnsworth	1.2	4	3	3	0	0	2.55
Valverde	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	4.50
Parnell	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2.61

Philadelphia Phillies
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Vitters HR: Byrd, Ruf RBI: Byrd, Ruf, Rollins GIDP: Asche
BASERUNNING SB: Rollins CS: Rollins
FIELDING E: Byrd, Lee

Philadelphia Phillies
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Lee	7.2	11	5	5	5	9	1.52
De Fratus	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	3.00
Diekman	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.97

PHILADELPHIA - Everyone is human, and Cliff Lee showed that to a nearly sold out crowd of 40,000 at The Bank on this nice Sunday afternoon. For the Phillies, the weather was the only thing nice today, as the home team did more than struggle for 8 straight innings.

Cliff Lee started the game in his usual dominant fashion, allowing only one run in 7 innings, striking out 9. However, in the top of the 8th, Lee allowed a run and proceeded to load the bases with two outs. He was replaced by relief pitcher Justin De Fratus who gave up a bases clearing double to Curtis "I've struck out three times already today" Granderson on a 0-2 count. Because the baserunners were inherited by De Fratus, Lee gets credit for all of the runs.

The Phillies had no answer for opposing pitcher Bartolo Colon, who went 6.2 innings, only giving up 4 hits. Maybe hitters were too busy admiring how small Colon's legs were compared to his upper body, because the Phillies had no plate discipline through those 6 innings. Weak ground balls and useless popouts were the story of Colon's start, as he only got the chance to strike out one batter. He was throwing meatballs, and the Phillies were swinging away.

It took 5 whole innings for Colon's pitch count to reach 20.. Eric Karros made the comment that "these hitters are swinging at everything, the starter hasn't even worked up a sweat." He didn't realize however, that he was talking about Bartolo Colon, who worked up a sweat walking to the mound in the bottom of the first.

Thankfully for the Phillies, Kyle Farnsworth stayed in the game entirely too long and gave up two solo home runs to Marlon Byrd and Darin Ruf. Manager Ryne Sandberg probably shook both players hands for saving him the humiliation of just flat out having to say "our team sucked today" in the post game press conference. The Phillies didn't stop there though, as they recorded a 6 hit 9th inning, coming up just shy of a miraculous comeback. Cody Asche popped out weakly with runners on second and third.

The Phillies split this two game series with the Mets, and are now at an even .500 for the season (28-28). The Phillies will stay in the division and play the Washington Nationals after a much needed day of rest.

c'mon, look at this guy.