MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

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  • ASUBoy93
    Pro
    • Feb 2013
    • 507

    #481
    Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

    Haven't posted in a while on this thread so here comes an update *disclaimer; I still do not have a copy of MLB 15, money, am I right?*

    Junior Beach was an 18-year old 2B prospect from Rancho Cucamonga, CA. He was selected in the first round of the 2014 Draft by the Minnesota Twins. He signed a contract was immediately assigned to the Double-A New Brittan Rock Cats.

    In Double-A, Beach played 70 games and recorded 314 AB. He hit 7 HR, 13 2B and 10 3B while driving in 40 runs and scoring 49 runs himself all while hitting for a .369 avg. He stole 37 bases on 41 attempts, walked 8 times, struckout 17 times, and have an OPS of .924. Fielding wise, Beach was below average with a .968 fielding percentage. His season would be cut short by a broken ankle during his 70th game.

    In 2015, Beach was given a chance to make the big club during Spring Training. He impressed the coaching staff and front office with his speed and contact to earn a bench spot with the Twins on the Opening Day roster. After a month and a half of pinch-hitting and spot starting, Beach was hitting below the Mendoza Line was sent down to Triple-A Rochester.

    Beach would play just 30 games in Rochester. In that time he had 132 AB and hit for a .311 avg to go along with 1 HR, 9 2B and 1 3B with 18 RBI and 14 runs scored. He also swiped 13 bags on 15 attempts, walked 3 times and only stuckout 5 times. In the field he improved to a .980 fielding percentage. However, with incumbent starter Brian Dozier still above Beach on the roster, the Twins organization asked Beach if he would be open to playing shortstop at the Major League level. Beach reluctantly accepted as he was not familiar with that side of the diamond but the move allowed him to return to the big club in a starting role.

    The 2nd act of Beach's rookie season with the Twins was decidedly better as he brought his batting average up to .230 with 5 HR, 29 RBI and 43 runs scored in 105 total games. He also contributed 13 2B, 4 3B, 24 BB and struckout 49 times. Beach also led the MLB in stolen bases as a rookie with 53 steals on 63 attempts. His fielding percentage regressed to .966 at shortstop. He received no accolades at the conclusion of the season.

    2016 has been Junior Beach's coming out party. 91 games in the 2016 season has seen Beach hitting at a .274 clip with 13 HR, 37 RBI and 49 runs. He has 20 2B, 3 3B and has stolen an MLB-leading 48 bags on 56 tries. His walk numbers are up, 46 on the season, and his strikeouts are down to 39 on the season. His SLG/OBP/OPS line is .469/.373/.842. His fielding has been horrendous though as he is the worst defensive shortstop in baseball with a .935 fielding percentage. Still, Beach was elected to his first All-Star game (as Minnesota's lone representative) this season where he would get his first All-Star game hit off of Matt Cain.

    Currently the Twins sit at a 32-64 record, good for worst in baseball and can be mostly contributed to poor pitching as the Minnesota pitching staff is ranked statistically last in every major pitching stat.

    Minnesota still has 4 years of control on Beach, but there is growing rumors amongst the league that Beach is unhappy playing shortstop and could be acquired via trade soon.
    "I'm all about that action, boss." - Marshawn Money Lynch

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    • metal134
      MVP
      • Feb 2004
      • 1420

      #482
      Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

      Originally posted by H8ter2
      I am looking to add a fourth pitch to my pitcher, I am a right handed pitcher who currently throws a Fastball, Changeup and Slider, I am thinking a curveball is a good fourth pitch to add to the mix or maybe a cutter what do you guys think?
      I think the cutter is a good choice. Curveball is great, but it's similar enough to a slider that there's not a ton of difference. But if you throw a good fastball and good cutter, that can be really nasty.
      A screaming comes across the sky...

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      • rollerpig79
        Rookie
        • Apr 2015
        • 84

        #483
        Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

        During early May, the clutch hitting shortstop Oil Can Falkenborg was again assigned to DH duties for a couple of games against Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Falkenborg was starting to think that there were too many shortstops in AA but he kept his head down and did his job, knowing his time would come. And boy, he had a lot fun! Springfield Cardinals were at the top of their league, having lost only 6 games on the season. The pitching was finally starting to come around and the bats were on fire!

        Then, on May 19, after just barely winning 4-3 against Tulsa Drillers thanks to an amazing double play in the bottom of the 9th by Falkenborg and his teammates (mostly his teammates), he got a call saying:
        "The St. Louis Cardinals has purchased your contract, pack your bags and get to New York, you're starting against the Mets tomorrow!"
        Beside himself with joy and with very nervous hands, Falkenborg packed his bags and called for a cab to the airport. The operator at the cab company said:
        "You're in luck my friend, a cab is actually pulling up on your street right now."
        Falkenborg went outside and saw a less than excited Jhonny Peralta getting out of the cab. Peralta recognised Falkenborg and the great man that he is, he wished him good luck in the majors. Filled with shame and guilt, Falkenborg got in the cab and got to the airport and his new life.

        So how did he do against the Mets? Not too bad actually.
        1 AB: Struck out looking at a CB
        2 AB: 1B
        3 AB: 2B RBI
        4 AB: 5 pitch fly ball caught at the warning track

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        • ASUBoy93
          Pro
          • Feb 2013
          • 507

          #484
          Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

          I hit just .172 in July with Junior Beach - starting shortstop for the Minnesota Twins.

          It was a real rough month as my BA has dropped all the way to sub .250 half-way through August. After the first two months of the season, Beach was hitting above .300, crazy how the season can change on you.
          "I'm all about that action, boss." - Marshawn Money Lynch

          NFL: Seattle Seahawks
          NBA: Phoenix Suns
          MLB: Arizona D-Backs
          NHL: Arizona Coyotes
          NCAA: Arizona State Sun Devils/Florida Gators

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          • rollerpig79
            Rookie
            • Apr 2015
            • 84

            #485
            Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

            From things going really good it's like I can't see the ball anymore. I was already among the league leaders (very low on the list, but still) in homers and triples with my Cardinals SS. This is not some slump my character is in because my secondary SS who plays in Detroit Tigers AA and I use for experimenting on the field can't hit anything either. Well, I actually had 3 HR game (including a Grand Slam) last night but other than that, nothing. And that makes it even weirder. How can I hit three straight no doubt homers and then hit nothing but ground balls and pop ups the next game?


            And it's the same when I'm in the batting cage before a game!


            It all started when I was doing batting practice against Michael Wacha. Before I met him I only used power swings, even when in an 0-2 count. Now it's all regular swing but to no avail.


            Oh well, enough whining. I'm gonna do some more batting practice and see what happens. Maybe modify the sliders and see if that changes things. It's not like I want to hit homers every game (well I do, but you know what I mean), I'll settle for singles and the occasional double... The good thing to come out of this is that I'm much better at working the count so I can take the occasional walk
            Last edited by rollerpig79; 06-09-2015, 06:32 AM. Reason: Forgot to add something

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            • CSUFresnoClassof2011
              Rookie
              • Jul 2013
              • 440

              #486
              Re: Official MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

              A significant trade finally occurred in my RTTS with my CF for the Cubs. They traded Rizzo to Seattle for Dustin Ackely, Austin Jackson & some reliever. I went to see my lineup after the trade & my only two first baseman are now Justin Morneau who is a 59 & Mark Reynolds who is a 71. I hate the trades they make in this game! I tried quitting so this trade wouldn't happen but it kept happening every time. Now our second best hitter is gone. Kris Bryant is hitting .190 but is somehow third in the NL ROY race. I'm in the 2016 season & he didn't play in the majors in 2015.


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              • rollerpig79
                Rookie
                • Apr 2015
                • 84

                #487
                Re: Official MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                Originally posted by CSUFresnoClassof2011
                A significant trade finally occurred in my RTTS with my CF for the Cubs. They traded Rizzo to Seattle for Dustin Ackely, Austin Jackson & some reliever. I went to see my lineup after the trade & my only two first baseman are now Justin Morneau who is a 59 & Mark Reynolds who is a 71. I hate the trades they make in this game! I tried quitting so this trade wouldn't happen but it kept happening every time. Now our second best hitter is gone. Kris Bryant is hitting .190 but is somehow third in the NL ROY race. I'm in the 2016 season & he didn't play in the majors in 2015.


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                In my experience you need a save that's at least 3 days before the trade. Even then it might take several tries to prevent the trade but it can be done. Only one time haven't I been able to prevent a trade but that one I didn't care about (it was actually a multi trade, Posey, Crawford and some crappy RP). I managed to save Posey and Crawford but not the RP which was fine with me. It's like if they play a good game they won't be traded. I checked the box score of the games played those days and they hade several hits and a couple of RBI.

                I have not tried this with my infielders (just my SPs) because I have yet to experience it. It will happen, it's just a question of when. It will definitely suck because I suspect I will have to sim a couple of games and that will probably break a hit streak or something.

                Speaking of hit streaks, I'm back! It took a couple of hours of batting practice but it was definitely worth it!
                6 for 6 with my Erie Seawolves SS. 4 homers (one a grand slam), 2B and 3B, for a total of 11 RBI! I played 7 games and the rest of them were obviously not close to that insane game but at least now I can see the ball again.

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                • YeOldTonk
                  Pro
                  • Aug 2011
                  • 827

                  #488
                  Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                  Just created a LHB contact 3B. Contact for RH is about 57 with power about 44 nearing the end of May.

                  Having some weird time with hitting. I'm either hitting line drives out to left or right field, or taking full swings and having dribblers just off home plate. One game my line was: L7 1-3 1-3 2-3 L7

                  Any thoughts what I'm doing? It's not really that bad as I'm batting around .295 - .300 so its not a total disaster, just frustrating as hell. I do have close to a dozen HRs also.
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                  • Mike Lowe
                    All Star
                    • Dec 2006
                    • 5287

                    #489
                    Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                    Getting very, very realistic results using zone hitting and my sliders in my signature. I'm hitting just below .300 in AA as a 22 year old 3B for the Rangers Rough Riders affiliate. I'm slugging .500 and have walked 8 times in 80 ABs.

                    Also, no one's responded to my question about whether there's a workaround to the guys who ALWAYS seem to strikeout when you're on the basebaths...anyone?

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                    • TBBF
                      Rookie
                      • Sep 2014
                      • 40

                      #490
                      Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                      Is there any way you can request a trade? I'm a 72 rated A potential RF, only 20 years old, and the team goes and trades for a 77 rated A potential LF who is also 20. Now he starts for the team and I'm stuck on the bench.

                      The worst thing is they won't even demote me to AAA so I'm not ever starting, meaning I'm getting no training points and my stats are decaying. This is so frustrating, I just wanna be on a team that will actually let me play.

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                      • YeOldTonk
                        Pro
                        • Aug 2011
                        • 827

                        #491
                        Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                        Originally posted by TBBF
                        Is there any way you can request a trade? I'm a 72 rated A potential RF, only 20 years old, and the team goes and trades for a 77 rated A potential LF who is also 20. Now he starts for the team and I'm stuck on the bench.

                        The worst thing is they won't even demote me to AAA so I'm not ever starting, meaning I'm getting no training points and my stats are decaying. This is so frustrating, I just wanna be on a team that will actually let me play.
                        Have you looked in the Interactions screen for a trade request or is it not available to you?
                        Make #FranchiseNation great again!

                        This thing called Twitter I do sometimes

                        What's your thoughts? It's a game.

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                        • rollerpig79
                          Rookie
                          • Apr 2015
                          • 84

                          #492
                          Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                          Originally posted by Mike Lowe
                          Getting very, very realistic results using zone hitting and my sliders in my signature. I'm hitting just below .300 in AA as a 22 year old 3B for the Rangers Rough Riders affiliate. I'm slugging .500 and have walked 8 times in 80 ABs.

                          Also, no one's responded to my question about whether there's a workaround to the guys who ALWAYS seem to strikeout when you're on the basebaths...anyone?
                          Have you tried choosing "Next appearance" instead of letting it play out "live"? I had the same problem and I got tired of watching them strike out so I used the "Next appearance" thingy and to my surprise it got better.

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                          • Mike Lowe
                            All Star
                            • Dec 2006
                            • 5287

                            #493
                            Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                            Originally posted by rollerpig79
                            Have you tried choosing "Next appearance" instead of letting it play out "live"? I had the same problem and I got tired of watching them strike out so I used the "Next appearance" thingy and to my surprise it got better.
                            You mean have the RTTS setting where it skips baserunning altogether? I guess that would work, but it sort of sucks not being able to play that part out.

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                            • milldaddy
                              Banned
                              • Mar 2014
                              • 198

                              #494
                              Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                              Just made a Short stop...Got drafted 3rd round to the Brewers. First game of the year, tear my ACL and am out for the year. Now in year 2 batting .308 at beginning of May in AA. Looking for a trade as we already have a good MLB SS. Also use Lowe's sliders on All Star, they are really good.

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                              • rollerpig79
                                Rookie
                                • Apr 2015
                                • 84

                                #495
                                Re: MLB 15 : Road to the Show Thread

                                Originally posted by Mike Lowe
                                You mean have the RTTS setting where it skips baserunning altogether? I guess that would work, but it sort of sucks not being able to play that part out.
                                Yeah, the one where it skips to the next batter. I don't like it either but I use it, except for when I get a base hit and steal second. It's a shame because tagging up on a fly ball or advancing/scoring on wild pitches can be really exciting. However, it sucks way more when a good hitter is in a 3-2 count and still manages to strike out on a perfect fastball. You hear the catcher's glove go "smack" and then an hour later the batter swings

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