MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

[Heroesandvillains]

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Well the first month of the season has concluded with the Cardinals a 1/2 game behind the Reds.

* The Brett Gardner experiment isn't quite going as planned. Brett is hitting .189 with 8 RBI's and 8 Stolen Bases. He does anchor CF nicely, but he's not getting on base nowhere near the number of times the Cardinals would have hoped (.237 OBP)

* Allen Craig is playing solidly at 2B. He has shown flashes of brilliance with the glove and is swinging a hot bat thus far (.319 avg, 9 HR, 19 RBI) Late in games he has been pulled for Mark Ellis and his glove.

* The bullpen is atrocious. Joel Peralta and Dominic Leone have lost a combined 5 games thus far into the season and both are sporting an over 6 ERA. Trevor Rosenthal continues to struggle, as he has an over 8 ERA thus far with just 4 saves.

* Oscar Taveras has been the right decision for RF. Hitting over .320 and with 5 outfield assists thus far, he is definitely the future of this ballclub.

I'll have a recap for you guys shortly (12 games in on my 2015 Yankees Franchise), but I felt compelled to vent about Gardner too!

After leading us in BA in 2014 (around .290), he absolutely cannot get it together right now early on in season 2. He's well under .200 and just can't seem to get anything done right now.

That said, Countryboy, against righties, look for offspeed middle and down in the zone. My Gardner has 3 blue zones across the bottom half and the CPU loves to exploit that by making me *think* I'm getting a meatball, before watching it drop off the table.

Right now, I'm hitting the mistakes right at people. But season 1 started out slow for him too. Then he just went bonkers. And surprisingly, he hit lefties really well too (around .250+).

Stick with him. I know it's easier said than done. Try going opposite field for a bit or at the very least, back through the box. His speed will get him plenty of hits that most people wouldn't get. A surprise drag bunt to the 3B side could get him going too.

That's how I broke him out of it last year. Hoping to duplicate that myself right now. We need him!

[DJeterFan2]

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Enough was enough...Gardner asked for his team to step up and give it their all.

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NEW YORK -- The Yankees struggles have been well-documented recently. In their last 18 games, the Yankees have lost 13, including an 11-game slide and a 2 out of 3 against the Blue Jays.

That propmted, Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner to call a team-only meeting to discuss the reasons why the Yankees are struggling. Players around the locker room believed Gardner's message resonated with them.



Gardner prepares to celebrate with his teammates after a clutch walk-off home run against the Angels.

"He's emerging as a leader.", McCann said. "His effort on the field is without a doubt *********. He's going out there every game and giving it his all. That's what a leader does. Leads by example and can mentor and bring the best out of his teammates, younger and older guys."

"Look at this locker room, there's plenty of talented guys here, up and down the roster. I believe that there's no reason why we shouldn't be making our opponents beg for mercy every night. Earlier this season we we're rolling. Unstoppable almost. I understand you guys are banged up, and are giving it your all. But this we're only at the halfway point in the season. We've got a long way to go to get to our ultimate goal of winning the World Series. Now I don't' know what kind of s*** has caused us to play like this, but it needs to end here. Defending champs don't play baseball this way. When we get into Boston, let's show them what we're made of.", Gardner told his team during the meeting

Gardner is batting .312 this season with 6 home runs, 26 RBI, and 45 Stolen Bases.

The Yankees haven't had a captain since Derek Jeter, however, manager Joe Girardi felt as if it was the right time to name Gardner as their captain. Gardner has been a Yankee his entire career. "He's been a leader on and off their field. He's consistently working at his game while trying to improve the skills of his teammates. Gardner's going to retire in pinstripes and has been the most vocal member of our team. Something we haven't seen for quite awhile. He's been around Yankee greats such as Jeter, Posada, Pettitte, Mo', so he's knows whats expected of him and has a good understanding of how to lead a ballclub. I have the utmost faith in him going forward.", Girardi said of his left-fielder.

"It's truly an honor, I'm not here to be the next Derek Jeter. The next great captain. I'm going to do my best to lead this team to its winning ways. Both on and off the field.", said the new Yankee captain. Gardner will look to right the ship and lead his team on the right path going forward in the second half of the season.

[mkilcNYR]

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Minnesota Twins 2014 Franchise Season: (Doing the Mets and Twins together as franchises now that I downloaded OSFM rosters/love the twins farm system)

Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox:

Game 1: Ricky Nolasco threw 6 innings giving up 4 runs to the White Sox on Opening Day. The Twins certainly tried to rallied getting a solo shot from Kurt Suzuki and Kubel RBI single but Minnesota drops the season & series opener 4-2.

Game 2: Phil Hughes stepped to the mound and dueled Quintana but the White Sox eventually prevailed over the Twins by a score of 5-4. Brian Dozier hit two homers in the game however as a bright spot.

Game 3: Mike Pelfrey excelled where the rest of the rotation could not. He went 5.2 innings striking out 5 and picking up the win as the Twins routed the White Sox for the 7-3 win. John Danks was crushed in the start. Dozier, Arcia, and Plouffe all hit home runs.


Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Indians:

Game 4: Kevin Correia had a perfect game through six but Dozier committed an error on a grounder and then Brantley picked up the Tribe's first hit of the game. Regardless as the bullpen came in for the 8th and the 9th as Correia (1-0) picked up the win and Perkins the save (1). Oswaldo Arcia came a double short of the cycle, went 4-4, and scored the only 2 runs for the Twins. Minnesota downed Cleveland 2-1.

[mkilcNYR]

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Minnesota Twins 2014 Franchise Season:

Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Indians: (cont.)

Game 5: (Player Lock as SP Deduno) Samuel Deduno went to the mound and kept the Twins in it through 5. He struck out 8 and allowed 3 runs, two of them home runs. The Indians eventually would go on to win it though 3-0 as the Twins were limited to just 4 hits. Theilbar was solid in 3 innings of relief.

Game 6: (Simmed through) Ricky Nolasco still hasn't found his happy zone as he was pulled after 2.1 innings giving up 8 runs to the Tribe. The Twins recouped 2 of those but still fell 8-2. Swarzak and Theilbar were A+ in long relief from the pen.


That nightmare of a road trip is over for the Twins as they finished it up with a 2-4 record to start the year.

Pros:

Oswaldo Arcia is likely only a game or two away before fans accuse him of juicing. He's batting .441 and already has 2 homers on the year and has been a defensive lock in RF.

Twins Bullpen-they've done the job they've been called upon to do so far through the first 6 games and have only given up 1 run. Great considering they've pitched around 23.1 already.

Cons:

Mauer & Willingham...the heart of the order has not produced yet and have relied on the bottom bats and Santana and Dozier up top to provide the offense..which is not fully their job and probably won't last.

Top half of the rotation- Nolasco has been a nightmare in his first two starts and now has an inflated ERA above 12.00. Phil Hughes had a slightly better time in his first start but still got tagged for 5 runs. He gets to try and turn this con into a pro as he gets the ball for Opening Night at Target Field against the A's.

Next series begins the 9 game home stand as the Twins and the great state of Minnesota play host to the Oakland Athletics in all their money ball glory. The AL Central looks like this:

Kansas City Royals 4-2 -
Chicago White Sox 4-2 -
Cleveland Indians 3-3 1.0
Minnesota Twins 2-4 2.0
Detroit Tigers 1-5 3.0


Misc. Deduno is in 4th place in the AL on the K list after striking out 8 batters in his first start.

Arcia is in the top 5 in the AL batting race right now

[DJeterFan2]

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It's a new month, and a new beginning for the Yankees according to their leader Brett Gardner. It's almost apropos that their new beginning is against their rival. Yankees. RedSox. Right Now.

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Game 1: Hammel and Lowrie pace Yankees in series opening win.





In light of the recent meeting, Yankees starter Jason Hammel took Brett Gardner's message to heart. "He's right, we all have to step up. The Jays are playing out of this world and the teams in the wild card race are just as good. We can't afford to lose this division and head into a sudden death type situation. We're better than that. Today it started with me, so I hope this gets us on the right track.", Hammel said after the game.

Hammel was excellent through 8 innings giving up only 2 runs while striking out 8 Red Sox batters. "His curveball was really moving tonight. He was able to use it whenever I wanted it felt like. You know Hammbone has been solid for us out of the 5 spot in the rotation. He's been much more than what we've asked for. He can match up with just about anybody's # 2 or 3, and tonight he did just that against Buchholz", Girardi told reports after the game.



On the offensive side of the game, Jed Lowrie provided what turned out to be the game-winning home run in the sixth off of RedSox starter Clay Buccholz. "I know I have played up to expectations here in New York. But, you know, it's a new start for us. A new season, so I hope to be more productive this time around." So far, Lowrie's new season is off to a good start, a .333 avg with 1 home run and 2 RBI.



Game 2: Manny Being Manny: Banuelos shuts down the RedSox in first big league start.







The Yankees rotation need a break as Cliff Lee discussed in his last start. The Yankees again relied on another rookie to give them a solid start. They got that and much more. Manny Banuelos took the mound against the Red Sox in his first big league start. Banuelos was nervous but crafty in his start. Though he walked 7 batters, he found ways to get big outs and double plays to end threats. When the Red Sox weren't threatening with runners aboard, he was able to shut them down, primarily with his 2-seam fastball and devastating curveball.

"He was always going to be a starter for us. He's been excellent out of the pen in his rookie campaign, so we wanted him to go about 4 innings or so then have Phelps or Greene come in to pitch a few innings. I never thought he'd go the distance.", Girardi told reporters after the game.



Banuelos' gem earned him player of the game honors. Our reporters from San Diego Studios caught up with Manny after the game, "They wanted me to go 4 or 5 innings or so. I had my sights on about 8 or 9 innings from the very beginning of the game. Pitching in big spots this season gave me the confidence to attack these guys and remain comfortable all game. I'll definitely remember this start for a long time. I can't wait to be a part of the rotation, this year or next, I know i'll have my chance to make my mark in this rotation, organization, and the game itself.



Game 3: Scherzer erratic in Yankees rout of Red Sox, earn sweep.







Yankees starter Max Scherzer was nowhere near himself in tonight's 12-3 win. "I knew from my first pitch in warm-ups that it was going to be one of those games I had to grind out. It seems like I had no command of any of my pitches. When that happens, it could be a disastrous night on the mound. Fortunately the boys provided me with some runs early on, so I was able to relax out there.", Scherzer said.



Yankees Designated Hitter Carlos Beltran provided all the offense that the Yankees needed early on en route to a 3 RBI game and player of the game honors. Beltran who has been swinging the bat much better over the past month or so attributed his improvement at the plate to hitting coach Rick Shasta. "Soda [Shasta] has been a great help for me. Getting my confidence and timing back were two things we wanted to focus on.", Beltran told our post-game reporters. Beltran's opposite field home run was a great sign that he's seeing the ball well and using his environment to his advantage. "Going oppo on that home run was great to see. Rick and I have been doing some hitting drills forcing me to go the other way and to use all portions of the field. Tonight, those drills paid off.", Beltran added.

3 days after their meeting, the Yankees swept their division rivals and are looking forward to their trip in Cleveland.

Gardner stressed how important taking 2 out of 3 games. "We've gotta keep winning series, nothing less. 2 out of 3 games and we'll be in good shape. If we lose 4 in a row, we need to go out and win the next 6.", Gardner exclaimed after the game.



The Yankees will travel to Cleveland for a four game set against the Indians.

[NDAlum]

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I was at 34-35 with Pittsburgh heading into a big series with the division leading Cincinnati Reds (40-28). It was my chance to make up some ground and I was hosting them for a 3-game series at PNC. The home crowd was pumped, I was pumped, and we were ready to chip away at the lead!

Recent roster moves & transactions:

#1 - C Russell Martin on 60-day DL, out for season with MCL tear. I posted the picture earlier and most of you know that he was injured and I was looking to potentially find a replacement via trade.

#2 - TRADE with Houston Astros
PIT sends 19 yr old Mid B POT SP Luis Heredia & 19 yr old Low B POT C Reese McGuire
HOU sends 26 yr old B POT C Jason Castro
Houston was 23-46 (worst in MLB) and they pick up a power RHP in Heredia and a very good catching prospect in McGuire. There aren't many solid catching prospects out there and it was tough to give up McGuire for me. He projected to be my future starter in 2-3 years. Houston further bolsters their farm system, gears up for yet another #1 pick, and gets value for a player who would've demanded a bigger contract next year. This move by Pittsburgh shows that they are in a "win now" mode and are willing to make moves.

#3 - #2 SP Francisco Liriano to DL | #4 SP Jeff Locke demoted to AAA
Liriano is having some arm tightness and is being given a rest so he's on the 15-day DL. He's been super inconsistent this season and we called up SP Brandon Cumpton to take his place. Locked was given every chance to show he belonged in the rotation but he failed. He then throws a CG SHO in his first AAA start. Go figure. His MLB ERA was around 6 and needed to be sent down. SP Vance Worley took his spot and now Cumpton/Worley will battle for Locke's spot because Liriano will get his spot back when he returns from the DL.

#4 - SS Jordy Mercer loses starting spot to SS Clint Barmes
Mercer has been terrible and it was a no brainer to make Barmes the starter. Barmes is hitting close to .300 with 3 HR's and Mercer had ZERO HR's and an average near the Mendoza line.

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Series with CIN

Game #1 - Edison Volquez gives great effort but he falls apart in the 7th giving up a few runs and the Pirates fall behind 4-2. We can't recover and the Reds take game 1. Chapman dominates in the 9th and is ridiculous to hit off.

Game #2 - G. Cole throws 6 sharp innings with his only mistake being a 2-run HR given up to Joey Votto in the 5th. Cole goes 6 strong with 9 K's and leaves with the game tied 2-2. Justin Wilson comes in the 7th and gives up a quick run. Pirates offense stalls and Chapman shuts the door again, Reds win 3-2.

Game #3 - This game is about big hits early and often. It's back and forth until the Pirates put together a rally and go ahead 6-3 into the 8th inning. In comes Tony Watson who gets two quick outs and it's 6-3 Pittsburgh with two outs & nobody on. Ernesto Frieri comes in and quickly gives up 3 hits and 2 walks and the Reds go on to score 4 runs in the inning taking a 7-6 lead. The Pirates get the bases loaded with NOBODY out. Travis Snider proceeds to work the count full and then hit a two foot chopper that is turned into a 2-3 DP. Starling Marte then lines out to deep center field. Rally over, hope over. Chapman shuts the door time #3, Reds sweep. Pirates cry

Ernesto Frieri DFA'd after his terrible outing. I'm fed up with that guy which shows how true-to-life the game can be! Ratings are awesome, production is garbage!

Pirates (34-38) are now 2-10 against Cincinnati (43-28) on the season and their offense is just brutal to face. Billy Hamilton/Brandon Phillips/Joey Votto are all over .300 and top 7 in the NL in batting. Jay Bruce comes behind them with the power. Cosart and Frazier also kill me and there's nowhere to breath in that lineup because you think Mesaraco sucks until he laces a double off you. I hate facing these guys.

Next series: @ Wrigly Field and the terrible Cubbies. I need to dominate that series!

[countryboy]

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I'll have a recap for you guys shortly (12 games in on my 2015 Yankees Franchise), but I felt compelled to vent about Gardner too!

After leading us in BA in 2014 (around .290), he absolutely cannot get it together right now early on in season 2. He's well under .200 and just can't seem to get anything done right now.

That said, Countryboy, against righties, look for offspeed middle and down in the zone. My Gardner has 3 blue zones across the bottom half and the CPU loves to exploit that by making me *think* I'm getting a meatball, before watching it drop off the table.

Right now, I'm hitting the mistakes right at people. But season 1 started out slow for him too. Then he just went bonkers. And surprisingly, he hit lefties really well too (around .250+).

Stick with him. I know it's easier said than done. Try going opposite field for a bit or at the very least, back through the box. His speed will get him plenty of hits that most people wouldn't get. A surprise drag bunt to the 3B side could get him going too.

That's how I broke him out of it last year. Hoping to duplicate that myself right now. We need him!

Oh I'm not giving up on him. Its early May, so he has plenty of time to get it together. He is awesome in CF (although he had 4 errors in the series vs Pittsburgh )

He is amazing once he's on base and I do believe that eventually his bat will turn around. But if for some reason it doesn't work out, I have plenty of talent in Memphis and Springfield just itching to get to the Show.

[HozAndMoose]

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Kansas City Royals End of Regular Season - 2016

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The other 4 teams in the central never had a chance. After starting the the year 36-14 through 50 games. We went 70-42 to finish the year and take the central by 27 games. Non of the other 4 teams finished with more than 79 wins, and we cliched our 3rd straight playoff birth in the first week of September.

Team and Player Recap

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="325"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="4" bgcolor="#0F4871">MLB Standings - Updated: Sep 29, 2016</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="55%">AL EAST</td><td align="right" width="15%">W</td><td align="right" width="15%">L</td><td align="right" width="15%">GB</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Orioles</td><td align="right">89</td><td align="right">73</td><td class="active" align="right">
</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rays - W</td><td align="right">86</td><td align="right">76</td><td class="active" align="right">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Blue Jays - W</td><td align="right">86</td><td align="right">76</td><td class="active" align="right">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Yankees</td><td align="right">76</td><td align="right">86</td><td class="active" align="right">13</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Red Sox</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">90</td><td class="active" align="right">17</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="55%">AL CENTRAL</td><td align="right" width="15%">W</td><td align="right" width="15%">L</td><td align="right" width="15%">GB</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Royals</td><td align="right">106</td><td align="right">56</td><td class="active" align="right">
</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Indians</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right">83</td><td class="active" align="right">27</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Twins</td><td align="right">78</td><td align="right">84</td><td class="active" align="right">28</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tigers</td><td align="right">76</td><td align="right">86</td><td class="active" align="right">30</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>White Sox</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right">89</td><td class="active" align="right">33</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="55%">AL WEST</td><td align="right" width="15%">W</td><td align="right" width="15%">L</td><td align="right" width="15%">GB</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>A's</td><td align="right">92</td><td align="right">70</td><td class="active" align="right">
</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mariners</td><td align="right">82</td><td align="right">80</td><td class="active" align="right">10</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rangers</td><td align="right">78</td><td align="right">84</td><td class="active" align="right">14</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Angels</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">87</td><td class="active" align="right">17</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Astros</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">91</td><td class="active" align="right">21</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="55%">NL EAST</td><td align="right" width="15%">W</td><td align="right" width="15%">L</td><td align="right" width="15%">GB</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nationals</td><td align="right">102</td><td align="right">60</td><td class="active" align="right">
</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mets - W</td><td align="right">83</td><td align="right">79</td><td class="active" align="right">19</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Braves</td><td align="right">82</td><td align="right">80</td><td class="active" align="right">20</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Phillies</td><td align="right">80</td><td align="right">82</td><td class="active" align="right">22</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Marlins</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">91</td><td class="active" align="right">31</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="55%">NL CENTRAL</td><td align="right" width="15%">W</td><td align="right" width="15%">L</td><td align="right" width="15%">GB</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cardinals</td><td align="right">83</td><td align="right">79</td><td class="active" align="right">
</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pirates</td><td align="right">80</td><td align="right">82</td><td class="active" align="right">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Reds</td><td align="right">77</td><td align="right">85</td><td class="active" align="right">6</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brewers</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">87</td><td class="active" align="right">8</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cubs</td><td align="right">63</td><td align="right">99</td><td class="active" align="right">20</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="55%">NL WEST</td><td align="right" width="15%">W</td><td align="right" width="15%">L</td><td align="right" width="15%">GB</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dodgers</td><td align="right">105</td><td align="right">57</td><td class="active" align="right">
</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pardes - W</td><td align="right">86</td><td align="right">76</td><td class="active" align="right">19</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Diamondbacks</td><td align="right">77</td><td align="right">85</td><td class="active" align="right">28</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Giants</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">87</td><td class="active" align="right">30</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rockies</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">90</td><td class="active" align="right">33</td></tr></tbody></table>


The pitching and offense were great. I dont have numbers since i for got to make a backup save before playing my first playoff game and can no longer see regular season stats (get your **** together SCEA).

I do remember we had the lowest ERA (2.97) since the the 89 Dodgers (2.95) and the lowest in franchise history. The biggest part of that was the 2016 AL MVP Yordano Ventura. He was 19-6 with a 2.28 ERA and 290 strikeouts. He finished 2nd in the Cy Young to Chris Archer (20-6, 2.34 ERA and 179 Strikeouts. Aaron Brooks put up another great year as well. 14-9 with a 2.58 ERA and 129 strikeouts. He had the least walks in the AL. Kyle Zimmer struggled a but the 2nd half and finished with a 3.76 ERA. Justin Marks was sent to AAA after the break. Danny Duffy was moved to the pen and Jason Vargas was called up to start. He went 6-3 with a 2.74 ERA in 12 starts. The Bullpen was just as good. Greg Holland set a Royals record with 52 saves and a 2.10 ERA. Aaron crow had his best season ever with a 1.84 ERA. Louis Coleman had a 2.50 ERA, Kelvin Herrera a 2.54 ERA, Tim Collins an 2.70 ERA. And Wade DAvis had a 3.38 ERA but had been under 3 the first 5 months of the season.

The hitters made sure to put up the runs to help the great pitching. Mike Moustakas was the best hitter. After getting 15 HR in the first 50 games he slowed down a lot but still led the team with 25 HR, .300 AVG, he finished 2nd with 83 RBI. Eric Hosmer struggled a lot the first 4 or so months. Got it together and finished with a .260 AVG, 28 HR and lead the team with 87 RBI. Alex Gordon brought his AVG up to .286 after hitting .255 in 2015. His RBI and HR did drop. He had 23 HR and 73 RBI. But he didnt need to do as much with Moose and Hoz producing. Since 2011 when he was moved to LF. His AVG is .287 with 22 HR and 84 RBI year. Salvador Perez hit .264 with 20 HR and 79 RBI. Winning his 3rd straight Silver Sluger. Of the 7 everyday players. No one hit less than .260. Of the 4 gusy that split time. The worst was Jonny Gomes witha .248 AVG.


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="4" bgcolor="#0F4871">2016 MLB Award Winners</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="34%">Award</td><td width="28%">Player</td><td align="center" width="10%">Pos</td><td width="28%">Team</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>AL Most Valuable Player</td><td>Yordano Ventura</td><td align="center">SP</td><td>Royals</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>NL Most Valuable Player</td><td>Mark Trumbo</td><td align="center">LF</td><td>Diamondbacks</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>AL Cy Young Award</td><td>Chris Archer</td><td align="center">SP</td><td>Rays</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>NL Cy Young Award</td><td>Hyun Jin-Ryu</td><td align="center">SP</td><td>Dodgers</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>AL Hank Aaron Award</td><td>Prince Fielder</td><td align="center">1B</td><td>Rangers</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>NL Hank Aaron Award</td><td>Paul Goldschmidt</td><td align="center">1B</td><td>Diamondbacks</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>AL Rookie of the Year</td><td>Marcus Stroman</td><td align="center">SP</td><td>Blue Jays</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>NL Rookie of the Year</td><td>ASher Wojciechski</td><td align="center">SP</td><td>Phillies</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>AL Rolaids Relief Award</td><td>Greg Holland</td><td align="center">CP</td><td>Royals</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>NL Rolaids Relief Award</td><td>Kenley Jansen</td><td align="center">CP</td><td>Dodgers</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="4" bgcolor="#0F4871">2016 MLB Silver Slugger Award Winners</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td align="center" width="45%">American League</td><td align="center" width="10%">Pos</td><td align="center" width="45%">National League</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Salvador Perez</td><td align="center">C</td><td align="center">Miguel Montero</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Prince Fielder</td><td align="center">1B</td><td align="center">Paul Goldschmidt</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Robinson Cano</td><td align="center">2B</td><td align="center">Neil Walker</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Miguel Sano</td><td align="center">3B</td><td align="center">Matt Carpenter</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Jordy Mercer</td><td align="center">SS</td><td align="center">Hanley Ramierez</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Shin-Soo Choo</td><td align="center">OF</td><td align="center">Jason Heyward</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Desmond Jennings</td><td align="center">OF</td><td align="center">Yasiel Puig</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Melky Cabrera</td><td align="center">OF</td><td align="center">Matt Kemp</td></tr></tbody></table>

Playoffs

Spoiler

American League

Toronto (86-76) beats Tampa Bay (86-76) in the Wild Card game.

ALDS

Toronto (86-76) vs Kansas City (106-56)

After Toronto won the WC game i was pretty bummed. It would be the my 4th time playing them in the ALDS in this years game. The 3 other times have all ended in my being eliminated.

First game started slow. No one on base till the top of the 3rd. Toronto got 2 runs and i thought it was over there. Bottom of the 4th down 2-0 and then the offense just clicked. Omar Infant was tired of being eliminated early and he went off. He hit a 2 run single to CF. Next inning up 5-2. Infante hit a 2 run double. Next inning now up 9-2 after a Lorenzo Cain HR. He hits a grand slam to give us a 13-2 lead. He went 3-4 with 8 RBI.

We won game 2, 3-2. Eric Hosmer and Alex Gordon both had an RBI and Hutchinson walked a run in as well. Toronto walke dus 7 times all together.

We won game 3 5-1 and clinched our trip to to ALCS. Nori Aoki had 3 hits and 2 RBI, and Ervin Santana went 7 innings giving up 1 run and 4 hits.

Baltimore (89-73) vs Oakland (92-70)

Baltimore wins game 1 @ Oakland
Oakland wins game 2 @ home
Baltimore wins game 3 & 4 @ home to advance.

ALCS

Baltimore vs Kansas City

At this point i was just glad to make it out of the ALDS for the first time all year.

We started off game one fast. Nori Aoki tripled to lead off the bottom of the 1st and Lorenzo Cain got him home. We gave up 2 in the top of the 2nd and just like in game one of the ALDS the offense kicked in. 5 runs in the bottom of the 2nd, 4 in the 4th and 2 in the 8th gave us a 12-7 win. Infante went 3-5 with an RBI. DJ Wesley and Eric Hosmer both had a HR 4 and RBI. Hosmer's was a grand slam.

Game 2 didnt go as well as our first 4. We lost 8-4 to tie up the series at 1. Aaron brooks gave up 4 in the top of the first. We got 2 back in the bottom half but couldn't get another until the 6th. By then it was 7-3 and we lost 8-4. Alex Gordon went 3 for 4.

Game 3 was much better. Evin Santana pitched a gem and the offense lit up the scoreboard. We won 11-1 with a HR from Moose and Hosmer who had 4 RBI a well as, 2 from Aoki and Cain.

Game 4 saw us win 6-4. We got 4 runs in the 1st and added 2 more for protection in the 9th as they were able to get 1 in before Holland shut them back down. Alex Gordon was 3-4 with 3 RBI. Infante was 1-4 with 2 RBI. Both hit a HR.

Game 5 went as well as i could have wanted. We scored 4 in the 1st again and that was plenty enough for Ventura as he allowed 1 run in 7 innings and gave way to Crow and Coleman to finish it and give us a 5 to 1 win and advance to the World Series for the first time since 1985. Mike Moustakas hit a Grandslam.

Through those first 8 game we outscored the opponent 59/26. Idk if i had even 20 runs through my first 20 or so playoff games.

National League

San Diego (86-76) beat the Mets (83-79) in the Wild Card game

NLDS

St. Louis (83-79) vs Washington (102-60)

STL sweeps Washington to advance to the NLCS

San Diego (86-76) vs LA Dodgers (105-57)

San Diego wins game 1

Dodgers win game 2 & 3

San Diego wins game 4

Dodgers win game 5 to advance to the NLCS vs STL

NLCS

Dodgers win game 1 & 2

St. Louis wins game 3

Dodgers win game 4 & 5 to reach the World Series vs Kansas City

World Series

Spoiler

The two best teams in the regular season. The two best teams in the playoffs. Kansas City won the season series 3-1.

Game 1 - The Kershaw effect.

His curve was un stoppable. That mixed with a large striekzone. We struck out 11 times in 8 innings.

2nd inning was the only time we had more than 1 person on base at a time vs Kershaw. Escobar singled to left, Ventura followed that up with a bloop single to RF. Aoki struck out, Lorenzo cain walked to load the bases with just one out. From there Hosmer struck out and Perez grounded out to 2B to blow our only chance we had. Ventura was pulled after facing 1 batter in the 9th and walking him. Brought in wade Davis to face Guerrero. Pederson stole 2nd base and then Guerroro grounded out to 2B advancing Peterson in the process. So with a guy on 3rd and 1 out i turned to Greg Holland. I pitched around Puig not intentionally walking him but giving him anything to hit either. Walked him to set up the double play. Followed that up with a strikeout of Kemp. And then got Gonzalez to ground out to short. Bottom of the 10th i brought in Aaron crow. Got Rameriez to ground out, Nakajima guy singled, struck out Ellis, Gonzalez singled, and then Pederson hit single to center to drive home Nakjima and win game 1. Lorenzo Cain had a chance to throw him out at home but the ball just took to long to get to him.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="14" align="center">Royals at Dodgers | </td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="37%">Oct 22, 2016</td><td align="right" width="4%">1</td><td align="right" width="4%">2</td><td align="right" width="4%">3</td><td align="right" width="4%">4</td><td align="right" width="4%">5</td><td align="right" width="4%">6</td><td align="right" width="4%">7</td><td align="right" width="4%">8</td><td align="right" width="4%">9</td><td align="center" width="15%">Extras</td><td align="right" width="4%">R</td><td align="right" width="4%">H</td><td align="right" width="4%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kansas City (0-1)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td class="active" align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Los Angeles (1-0)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td class="active" align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="14" align="center">W: Chris Perez (1-0) L: Aaron Crow (0-1)</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">KAN</td><td align="right" width="8%">LAD</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAD</td><td align="center" width="7%">10</td><td width="70%">Pederson singled to center. Nakajima scores.</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="9" bgcolor="#004A8D">Kansas City Royals</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Aoki, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.235</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Cain, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.162</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hosmer, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.303</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Perez, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.228</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gordon, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.343</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Valencia, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Moustakas, PH, 3B</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.222</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Infante, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.294</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Escobar, SS</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.192</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ventura, SP</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Wesley, PH</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9">BATTING:
2B: Moustakas
GIDP: Aoki, Gordon</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="9" bgcolor="#005A9C">Los Angeles Dodgers</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pederson, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.232</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Guerrero, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.106</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Puig, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.325</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kemp, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.279</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gonzalez, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.386</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ramierez, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.238</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Beltre, 3B</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.317</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Ethier, PH</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nakajima, 3B</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.400</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ellis. C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.228</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kershaw, SP</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.083</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Gordon, PH</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gonzalez, PH</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">.500</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9">BATTING:
2B: Ramierz
RBI: Pederson
GIDP: Beltre</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9">BASERUNNING:
SB: Pederson</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="9" bgcolor="#004A8D">Kansas City Royals</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ventura</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">2.42</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Davis</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Holland</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">2.70</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Crow</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">2.45</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="9" bgcolor="#005A9C">Los Angeles Dodgers</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kershaw</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">1.19</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Perez</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">
</td><td class="active" align="right">7.20</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Calum34]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

Decided to take a break from my Red Sox 'chise because it was going a bit too well. Thought a fantasy draft with the Astros might be interesting, here are the results of the draft:

The lineup will probably be as follows:
1. CF - Juan Pierre
2. DH - J.B Shuck
3. LF - Melky Cabrera
4. 1B - Jose Abreu
5. RF - Bryce Harper
6. C- Wilson Ramos
7. 3B - Todd Frazier
8. 2B - Marco Scutaro
9. SS - Addison Russell

That's vs RHP, vs LHP Mayberry Jr will replace Pierre and the batting order will change slightly, but nothing too drastic.

Bench Players include catcher Gerald Laird, Second baseman Elliot Johnson, Third Baseman Casey McGehee and Pierre/Mayberry Jr depending on the opposing pitcher.

Pitching Rotation

1. Yu Darvish RHP
2. Mat Latos RHP
3. Homer Bailey RHP
4. Jose Quintana LHP
5. Erik Bedard LHP

Bullpen:
LRP - Raul Valdes LHP
MRP - Sean Doolittle LHP
MRP - Luis Ayala RHP
MRP - Louis Coleman RHP
SU - Chris Perez RHP
SU - Randy Choate LHP
CP - Francisco Rodriguez RHP

Plenty of reasons to be optimistic for the 2014 Astros, hopefully I'll stick with this 'Chise for a while, will keep you guys updated.

[HozAndMoose]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

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Kansas City Royals World Series Game 2 - 2016

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Dont want to say the game ****ed me. But it did.



<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Dodgers</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Oct 23, 2016</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kansas City (0-2)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Los Angeles (2-0)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">X</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Brandon League (1-0) <b>L:</b> Ervin Santana (2-1) <b>S:</b> Kenley Jansen (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">KAN</td><td align="right" width="8%">LAD</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAD</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Puig grounded out to Escobar, Pederson scores.</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">KAN</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Perez grounded to center for a single. Aoki scores.</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAD</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Ramirez sac flys to Gordon. Puig scores.</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#004A8D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Kansas City Royals</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Aoki, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.216</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Cain, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.195</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hosmer, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.278</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Perez, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.231</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moustakas, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.194</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Gordon, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.314</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Infante, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.289</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Escobar, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Santana, SP</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Infante (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Perez (4)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Aoki</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Cain 2 (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005A9C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Dodgers</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pederson, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.255</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Guerrero, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.100</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Puig, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.326</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kemp, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.261</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gonzalez, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.383</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ramirez, SS</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Beltre, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.295</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ellis, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.211</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Nakajima</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Pederson<br /><b>RBI:</b> Puig (4), Ramirez (6)<br /><b>SF:</b> Ramirez<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Beltre</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#004A8D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Kansas City Royals</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Santana</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">1.71</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005A9C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Dodgers</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Greinke</td><td align="right">6.1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">2.84</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>League</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Howell</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">5.06</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jansen</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr></table></body></html>

Pitching for both sides has been great so far. The first 3 1/2 innings in this one were perfect.

Bottom of the 4th we gave up a lead off double to Pederson. Got Guerrero to ground out but Pederson advanced to 3rd. Puig then grounded out scoring Pederson to take a 1-0 lead.

Top of the 6th still 1 -0. Aoki walks to lead off. Cain grounded out on a hit and run to get Aoki to 2nd. Perez got a single up the middle to score Aoki on a close play at the plate and we tie it up 1-1. Now here is where i get ****ed. Top 7th. Infante hits a 1 out double. Next batter Escobar hits a blooper to center. I can tell it going to fall as soon as its hit. But the game like it does so many times. Doesnt give me control of the Infante at 2nd and it makes him wait for it to fall. So all i get is 3rd and end up hitting into a double play.

Bottom 7th, Puig gets a lead off single. Next batter is Gonzalez. The game sets its **** for him as always. Im fine with it as it works most of the time. Dodgers put on a hit and run. The game decides that Omar infante in shallow right should be the one to cover 2nd. So he runs and the ball is hit right to where he had been for s single. Puig ends up on 3rd. Ramirez hits a sac fly to give them the 2-1 lead.

Top 8. Cain leads off with a single. He steals 2nd. Hosmer lines out and Cain cant advance. A little pissed at that point i steal 3rd and it works. Perez proceeds to strike out and then moose grounds out.

From there we never get another runner and lose 2-1.

We now head home for 3 games hopefully. We are 3-1 there in the playoffs. And have scored 32 runs in those games.

[DJeterFan2]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

Dont want to say the game ****ed me. But it did.

Way to go on making the WS, I bet it must've felt great to get those last outs in the clinching games. Time to get out of that 0-2 hole now.

[3fiddy]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

We are closing in on the first Month of baseball in our 2 player Fantasy Draft Franchise. With the first week being too much too handle we adjusted some sliders and have been having fun. Ready to make them a little harder now that we have things figured out a little better.

I own the Seattle Mariners franchise. We have an awesome core. It's a young group. On paper it looks nice but We will be tested as the season moves forward. Hopefully it pans out. My focus was to get a Defensive infield with a young staff. My OFs have been with me since MLB 2012. My #1 pick in Fantasy Draft is the man JAY BRUCE. Omg people want to line up to tell me a better one but look wht it allowed me to do. Still have a few moves left to make if need be. Here's the team to bring 100 win seasons back to Seattle.

Vs RIGHTIES

CF Starling Marte (lead off man always)
LF Bryce Harper
RF Jay Bruuuce
DH Giancarlo Stanton
3B Manny Machado
1B Jon Singleton
2B Jedd Gyorko
C Wellington Castillo
SS Andrelton Simmons

Bench: Kolten Wong, Dyan Viciedo , Josmil Pinto.

Vs Lefties

CF Starling Marte
3B Manny Machado
RF Jay Bruuce
DH Giancarlo Stanton
1B Dayan Viciedo
2B Jedd Gyorko
LF Bryce Harper
C Wellington Castillo
SS Andrelton Simmons

Bench : Kolten Wong , Jon Singleton , Josmil Pinto

Starting Pitching:
#1 Andrew Cashner
#2 Jaime Garcia
#3 Taijuan Walker
#4 Felix Doubront
#5 James Tailion
#6 Danny Hultzen (has gotten lots of work)

LR Carlos Martinez
LR Carlos Carrasco
MRP Carter Capps
MRP Lee Stoppelman Lefty Specialist
Su Re Brothers
Su Kelvin Herrera
CL Francisco Rodriguez

A few notes on my team:

Jay Bruce is the MVP and he's playing like it. So I'm gonna hit him 3rd and give home every chance to be MVP.

My OF shuffles the DH to keep all 4 in the lineup as much as possible.

Kolten Wong plays ab half the games. Gyorko has to play 3B when Machado needs a puff.

Singleton and Viciedo are hitting .300 against oppo pitchers. The split is working. They both play great tho. Whoever is playing more is the favorite.

Been logging lots of innings lately with the starters and I was trying to work out the kink in the rotation. Maybe after my off day the rotation will be back to norm. But this has caused hultzen to get 2+ starts. I likey.

Down on the Farm : Miguel Sano is hitting 230 w/ 7+ homers in Triple A. I love me some Garin Cechini. Can't wait to call him up. Mark Appel and Kyle Zimmer. Delino Deshields Jr. Mikel Franco.

Now to the City of Brotherly Love. Your 2014 Philidelphia Phillies !!

This is my cousins team. All of his players he selected in March and IRL they would be amazing to have this year. Kudos to him. He struggles a little with hitting. Who doesn't ? But he just got a new lineup and I think it's a keeper. He hit Starlin Castro in the 9 hole and he just kept hitting so now after 1 month of play he's hitting #1. Better not start taking plays off again lol.

SS Starlin Castro
2B Jose Altuve
CF Mike Trout
RF Yasiel Puig
1B Jose Abreu
3B Ryan Zimmerman
DH Justin Smoak
C Yasmani Grandal
RF Gregory Polanco

Bench : C Travis D'Arnaud , 3B Mike Olt , Utility knife Steve Lombardozzi, OF Oswaldo Garcia

Starting Pitching :
#1Jordan Zimmerman
#2Jarred Cosart
#3Michael Pineda
#4Martin Perez
#5Michael Wacha


LRP a Fernandez
LRP
MRP Sergio Santos
MRP Yoervis Medina
MRp Neil Ramirez
MRP Justin Wilson
SU Antinio Bastardo
SU
CLJoakim Soria

It's a day to day Rotation. Whatever the best matchup is for the current schedule.

Speed is readily available on this team figuring out stealing mechanics more more each game. Steals are coming in now. Trout , Altuve , couple Sneaky steals with Puig.

Smoak smokes the ball.

Olt is always a huge lift off the bench. Ready to play everyday.

Martin Perez is # 5 or 6 pitcher but they are both lefties so he's bumped up to the 4 spot and is been great.

LEAST amout of SO in the league for the Offense. Mariners have a lot lol.

Have not played many home games.

[tcorb95]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

Just played in arguably my craziest game ever. I'm the Dodgers and I'm facing the Giants in the second series of the young season. Ryu is on the mound for me while the Giants put Cain on the bump to try and avoid the sweep.

After a leadoff walk Dee Gordon swipes second and Adrian Gonzalez singles him home with 2 outs. 1-0 Dodgers after 1.

In the 3rd the Giants strike back, after a 2 out RBI double by Buster Posey to tie it Mike Morse hits a towering shot to left to give the Giants a 3-1 lead.

In the bottom of the 4th Hanley Ramirez gets into one and sends a shot into the left field bleachers to cut the Giants lead to 3-2.

Giants get a run in the 5th and 6th to increase their lead to 5-2 and after another 2 out RBI single by Adrian Gonzalez in the 8th the Dodgers inch closer and make it 5-3.

Onto the 9th where things get crazy. Andre Ethier and Juan Uribe both walk after working 3-2 counts to leadoff the inning. A.J. Ellis then blasts one to left but it hits high off the wall scoring Ethier while Uribe stays at 3rd and Ellis winds up at second. Chone Figgins comes off the bench to pinch-hit and he gets a hold of one and sends it high and deep to right but it hooks just foul and the Giants are still alive. But only for one more pitch as Figgins rips a 3-2 slider up the middle scoring Uribe, Ellis being waved around...the throw....SAFE AT THE PLATE DODGERS WIN!! WHAT A GAME!!

Dodgers improve to 6-2 in the early going while the Giants fall to an ugly 1-6 record

[NDAlum]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

Just dropped 2/3 at Wrigley. Now sitting at 35-40 with the Pirates. If I don't go on a run soon where I'm consistently north of .500 I'm about so start selling. I was outscored 10-9 in the series. My offense really let my pitchers down.

Game 3 I started off with a 3-run HR by Alvarez in the 1st and then proceed to lose 4-3.

*Alvarez is putting up MVP #'s: .298 - 19 HR - 60 RBI (Leads NL in HR & RBI)

Super super depressing to lose to the Cubs! Heck Vance Worley threw a gem and wore the L. He K'd 12 in 6 innings and gave up 2 runs.

Gm 1: PIT 5, CHC 3
Gm 2: PIT 1, CHC 3
Gm 3: PIT 3, CHC 4

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

After getting to 34-35 I'm 1-5 in past 6, my psyche...

[DJeterFan2]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

Just got swept by the Rays. The collapse is complete. I'm now two games behind the Jays in the division and tied with the Angels for the wild card spot.

I'm stunned really.