MLB 14 The Show Franchise Progress

[decga]

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UGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

So I was in the middle of saving my Franchise last night, and as it was saving the power went out in my Neighborhood and I lost my file as it's been corrupted

I'm dejected right now, but I'm not down. I'm going to start a new franchise, but I am not sure of what team to go with. I'm thinking either the TB Rays, NY Mets, Chicago Cubs, or the Miami Marlins. Looking for a challenge really. I'll probably give quick counts a try as well.

This sucks, but it is what it is.

Oh man that's no good. I guess it was in the middle of doing an auto save.

[PhilliesFan13]

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Always a good idea to have 2 save files for a franchise. I do that and alternate save files everytime I save the game. That way if something happens I still have a save file for the current day I was on in the game.

[ShowTyme15]

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Oh man that's no good. I guess it was in the middle of doing an auto save.

No I was actually manually saving and BOOM power goes out. Someone got into a car accident and hit an electricle box that powers the neighborhood.
I think from now on I'll have 2 save files so this won't happen again. It was a fluke thing that happened anyways.

[zippy2212]

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That does suck. I have 3 save files I rotate through after each game just in case one gets corrupted or something like this happens. Worst case scenario I lose a game or two. Good luck on your new franchise.

[soulfly26]

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New York Yankees and Washington Nationals Franchise Using Dynamic Difficulty, Meter Pitching/Timing Hitting, TNK 2014 V1.0 Sliders, O.S.F.M 2014 O.D. V1.0 Rosters, 30 team control and daily real-life transactions/daily lineups and pitching matchups. Play every game for yanks/nats, sim the rest.

At the all-star break Yankees(48-47) are in 4th place 7GB of Rays(56-41). 2GB of Athletics(50-45) for second WC.
Nationals(39-56) are in 5th place 12GB of Braves(51-44). 13GB of Dodgers(53-44) for second WC.

Team Leaders

Spoiler

Yanks Hitting
Mark Teixeira .330/30/65
Jacoby Ellsbury .283/18/44
Carlos Beltran .291/12/33

Yanks Pitching
David Robertson 23SV 2.84
David Phelps 9-5 2.50
Brandon McCarthy 7-6 3.24

Nats Hitting
Jayson Werth .251/15/43
Ian Desmond .273/6/16
Denard Span .267/7/19

Nats Pitching
Aaron Barrett 2-0 1.05
Gio Gonzalez 5-4 2.60
Jordan Zimmerman 6-6 2.69

[PhilliesFan13]

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Currently sitting at 73-48 on August 14th in my Rays franchise. 1st place in the AL East and 1.5 games ahead of the Red Sox. Just had my 6 game winning streak snapped in a 2-0 loss to Yu Darvish and the Rangers. I was very close to being no hit. I broke up the no hitter in the 9th with James Loney on a 1 out base hit up the middle. Darvish is really tough in this game. I struck out 12 times too.

Chris Archer started for the Rays and received only his 2nd loss of the whole season so far to fall to 16-2. His first loss was on May 10th to the Indians. During the stretch between then to now, Archer had a stretch where he won 12 straight starts. Pretty impressive.

Archer is 16-2 with a 2.35 ERA, 167 strikeouts, 65 walks, and a 1.13 WHIP in 160.2 innings pitched. Opposing hitters are batting .200 against him. He is currently leading the Cy Young Award voting.

Having such a blast with this Rays franchise. Hoping it ends with the postseason and World Series Championship.

[KomicJ]

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Felt like taking a break from my main franchise, and use a couple of players I didn't get a chance to play with. So I went with a Fantasy Draft...

I first made a complete Homerun Derby tournament, to select my team, picking one player from each team (multiple derbys). The Final-8 were Miguel Cabrera (DET), Mike Trout (LAA), Yoenis Cespedes (OAK), Robinson Cano (SEA), Giancarlo Stanton (MIA), Bryce Harper (WAS), Carlos Gonzalez (COL) and Yasiel Puig (LAD).

...and the winner was: Yasiel Puig !

So I went with the Dodgers, who ultimately received the 18th pick going in. I'm very pleased with the final result, probably the best Fantasy Draft I've had in this game to date...I think. Here's the complete line-up:

MLB
SP - Jose Fernandez (R) - Round 2
SP - Gio Gonzalez (L) - Round 3
SP - Zack Wheeler (R) - Round 8
SP - Taijuan Walker (R) - Round 13
SP - James Paxton (L) - Round 23

RP - Jose Martinez (R) - Round 17
RP - Justin Wilson (L) - Round 15
RP - Tony Watson (L) - Round 14
RP - Heath Bell (R) - Round 67
RP - Chris Perez (R) - Round 21
RP - Ryan Cook (R) - Round 9
CP - Neftali Feliz (R) - Round 26

C - Wilin Rosario (R) - Round 18
1B - Eric Hosmer (L) - Round 5
2B - Jurickson Profar (S) - Round 6
3B - Chase Headley (S) - Round 4
SS - Adeiny Hechavarria (R) - Round 11
LF - Wil Myers (R) - Round 10
CF - Gregory Polanco (L) - Round 7
RF - Yasiel Puig (R) - Round 1

PH - Christian Vazquez (R) - Round 22
PH - Ryan Howard (L) - Round 59
PH - Maicer Izturis (S) - Round 60
PH - Billy Hamilton (S) - Round 20
PH - Corey Hart (R) - Round 12

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TRIPLE-A
SP - Jon Gray (R) - Round 24
SP - Andrew Heaney (L) - Round 27
SP - Nick Tropeano (R) - Round 33
SP - Charles Brewer (R) - Round 71
SP - Nik Turley (L) - Round 77

RP - Nick Maronde (L) - Round 53
RP - Josh Wall (R) - Round 46
RP - Josh Osich (L) - Round 38
RP - C.J. Riefenhauser (L) - Round 37
RP - Philippe Aumont (R) - Round 36
RP - Henry Rodriguez (R) - Round 40
CP - Stephen Pryor (R) - Round 32

C - Ryan Lavarnway (R) - Round 55
1B - Jonathan Singleton (L) - Round 35
2B - Stefen Romero (R) - Round 51
3B - Kris Bryant (R) - Round 19
SS - Carlos Correa (R) - Round 16
LF - Brandon Barnes (R) - Round 48
CF - Jarrod Dyson (L) - Round 54
RF - Michael Taylor (R) - Round 50

PH - Sebastian Valle (R) - Round 66
PH - Josh Harrison (R) - Round 43
PH - Ryan Wheeler (L) - Round 52
PH - Tim Wheeler (L) - Round 62
PH - Thomas Neal (R) - Round 63

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DOUBLE-A
SP - Lucas Giolito (R) - Round 28
SP - Julio Urias (L) - Round 25
SP - Daniel Corcino (R) - Round 74
SP - Keyvius Sampson (R) - Round 39
SP - Chris Stratton (R) - Round 69

RP - Andrew Bellatti (R) - Round 56
RP - Casey Crosby (L) - Round 68
RP - Onelki Garcia (L) - Round 47
RP - Manny Banuelos (L) - Round 75
RP - Zack Jones (R) - Round 41
RP - Arodys Vizcaino (R) - Round 49
CP - Andrew Triggs (R) - Round 44

C - Austin Hedges (R) - Round 31
1B - Andrew Lambo (L) - Round 45
2B - Alen Hanson (S) - Round 29
3B - Jacoby Jones (R) - Round 42
SS - Dreily Guerrero (S) - Round 58
LF - Yeison Asencio (R) - Round 64
CF - Austin Meadows (L) - Round 30
RF - Josh Bell (S) - Round 34

PH - Will Swanner (R) - Round 57
PH - Jesus Aguilar (R) - Round 65
PH - Carlos Sanchez (S) - Round 83
PH - Taylor Green (L) - Round 81
PH - D'Vontrey Richardson (R) - Round 86

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EXTRAS TO ADJUST 40-MAN, AND EMERGENCY CALL-UPS

SP - James McDonald (R) - Round 70
SP - Philip Humber (R) - Round 73
SP - Freddy Garcia (R) - Round 89
SP - Jake Esch (R) - Round 72
SP - Ariel Pena (R) - Round 76

RP - Daniel Bard (R) - Round 61
RP - Jonathan Sanchez (L) - Round 88
RP - Darren Oliver (L) - Round 87
RP - Octavio Dotel (R) - Round 79

C - Luke Carlin (S) - Round 85
C - Jose Molina (R) - Round 90
1B - Angel Villalona (R) - Round 82
2B - Mark Ellis (R) - Round 78
3B - Chone Figgins (S) - Round 84
OF - Jason Bay (R) - Round 80

[Bruin26]

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No I was actually manually saving and BOOM power goes out. Someone got into a car accident and hit an electricle box that powers the neighborhood.
I think from now on I'll have 2 save files so this won't happen again. It was a fluke thing that happened anyways.

I've never lost a file thankfully, but I always go with three save files just to be safe. I just always save to the oldest file and still save often. That way if I lose one I haven't lost much. Usually one game or so.

That does suck though.

Just saw zippy does the same thing I do. It is a simple thing to do and helps me not worry about losing all the time I've put into a franchise or RTTS.

[countryboy]

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I am up 2-0 on the Nationals in the NLDS. I won both games, on walk off hits in the 9th.

Game 1..Oscar Taveras was up with 2 outs and tripled off the right field wall. Next batter up, is Randal Grichuk who proceeds to shoot a ball back up the middle scoring Taveras.


Game 2.. With Grichuk on 2B after drawing a walk and being bunted over by Gardner. Carpenter lines out to Mauer at first so we have two outs. Next up is Holliday who doubles off the center field wall to bring home Grichuk and allow us to win the 2nd straight of the series on a walk off hit in the 9th.

My wife thinks I'm nuts because I was hootin and hollering and pumping my fist after both hits.

In the other NLDS, the Dodgers are up 2-0 on the Diamondbacks.

The Rays are up 2-0 on the Rangers in one ALDS and the Indians and A's are tied 1-1 in the other ALDS.

Man I love October baseball.

[PhilliesFan13]

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Nearing the end of August in my Rays franchise. I lost Yunel Escobar to a dislocated shoulder the week prior. Says he will be out 1-2 months which I'm assuming means his season is done. Sean Rodriguez/Logan Forsythe is not going to get it done for me. Fine as spot starters but not every day players. I decided to claim Jimmy Rollins off of trade waivers. The Phillies are way out of it and don't need him any longer. Will definitely give me a strength at shortstop.

If Yunel Escobar happens to come back before the postseason, he's riding the pine. A postseason appearance seems very likely. Currently have the best record in the AL and leading the AL East by 1 game over the Red Sox.

[TattooedEvil]

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PURE COINCIDENCE....in my Giants franchise we faced the Royals in the World Series...Came back from 3-1 deficit to win the series 4-3. MadBum (2-0) and Posey (MVP) went absolutely crazy. CLUTCH! Just gotta sign Panda now and then I can move Belt back out to LF and Posey over to 1st, while letting Susac take over behind the dish. If I can't resign Panda all that probably goes down the drain and Posey might be going to third which is actually a possibility in real life also. Probably will get rid of Pagan to get rid of some payroll and hand the CF reigns over to Blanco or Gary Brown. The signing of Panda will really key everything tho.

[countryboy]

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The League Championship Series is set for both AL and NL

ALCS

Rays vs Indians


NLCS

Diamondbacks vs Cardinals

The Indians beat the A's in 4 games in one ALDS series while the Rays swept the Rangers in the other.

I swept the Nationals in one NLDS series and the Diamondbacks came back from a 2-0 hole to beat the Dodgers in the other NLDS series.

I do have an issue though. The Dodgers had the best record in the NL but they were beat in the NLDS by the D'Backs. I had the second best record and I beat the Nationals. However, the game has it scheduled that the D'Backs will host the NLCS??? I'm hoping it will fix itself once the series starts, but I doubt it. Hopefully this little quirk can be fixed for next year's game.

[hitstreak13]

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Guys need some help since this deals with franchise. How does one get rid of the opening day glitch? Do I have to skip opening day or is it random? Sorry guys just keep getting it. Thanks

[countryboy]

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The League Championship Series is set for both AL and NL

ALCS

Rays vs Indians


NLCS

Diamondbacks vs Cardinals

The Indians beat the A's in 4 games in one ALDS series while the Rays swept the Rangers in the other.

I swept the Nationals in one NLDS series and the Diamondbacks came back from a 2-0 hole to beat the Dodgers in the other NLDS series.

I do have an issue though. The Dodgers had the best record in the NL but they were beat in the NLDS by the D'Backs. I had the second best record and I beat the Nationals. However, the game has it scheduled that the D'Backs will host the NLCS??? I'm hoping it will fix itself once the series starts, but I doubt it. Hopefully this little quirk can be fixed for next year's game.

Ok, yes I quoted my own post.

In regards to the issue that I mentioned above, it worked itself out. I am hosting the D'Backs in the NLCS. Once I backed out of the schedule screen and went back in, it was correct. So there is no issue.


Now in regards to Game 1 of the NLCS, what a roller coaster ride. We stumbled out of the gate as Wainwright allowed 4 runs in the 1st Inning. But we slowly fought back, getting one back in the 2nd after Taveras came up with 2 on and 2 out. He singled up the middle allowing Molina to come around and make the score 4-1 after 2.

In the 4th, we got one more back after Allen Craig launched his 5th homerun of the postseason into the left center bleachers. Score after 4 innings was 4-2 D'Backs.

We gained back one more in the 6th, after Descalso got a 2 out triple and then Taveras singled to center to make it 4-3 after 6 innings. We blew a lead off double in the 8th by Holiday. Craig flew out to left. Molina singled to left, but I didn't want to send Holiday. So men on the corners with one out and Matt Adams hits into a double play!

But in the 9th, Descalso led off with a single and then my man and NL rookie of the year, Oscar Taveras doubled to left center off of Addison Reed to make it a tie game 4-4 in the 9th. I brought in Chone Figgins to pinch hit for Jason Motte and he flew out to left after failing to get a bunt down twice. Next up is Brett Gardner. After failing to get Taveras to 3rd by bunt, I took a gamble and sent him on the first pitch of the AB and it was a ball in the dirt so Taveras is safe at 3rd! So man at 3rd, one out with Gardner up. Infield comes in and Gardner takes the first pitch he sees after the stolen base, shoots it past 3B/SS for a walkoff hit!

We have won 4 games this postseason and 3 of those, all at Busch, have been won on walk off hits in the 9th. I'm not sure my nerves can take much more.


I LOVE October baseball

[decga]

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Here is an overdue update of my franchise. 76 games into my Braves franchise. 35-41, 13 GB of the 1st place Nats. Who I finally mustard up some wins against. I actually sweep them in the 4 game series... I was 0-6 against them prior that series.

I actually pulled the trigger on trade. The Dodgers had OF Either on the block. I traded C Gattis & OF Schafer for Either. Gattis I couldnt get him going. 4HR 13 RBI thru 54 games. He was also injured for 20 games. Schafer was tricky. I stole 18 bases with him, but I only scored 17 runs with him thru 54 games. All on me, I am the puppet master for my Braves team.

My new lineup looks like this:
1. CF Heyward, Runs Created 42.0, avg .315 12HR 23RBI, 19SB, 192B & 63B
2. SS And. Simmons avg.280 25K's in over 200 ABs
3. 1B Freeman 9HR 30RBI
4. RF J-UP 10HR 29RBI and he's heating up. He was very instrumental in the sweep vs. the Nats
5. LF Either BA .300, 10HR 36RBI with the AI Dodgers
6. 3B Chris Johnson .240 8HR 25RBI
7. 2B La Stella, I had him in the #2 slot, but his avg dropped from .295 to .248. His contact is very good
8. C Betancort. His time is now!