MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

[tbbuccaneer87]

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Horrible official scoring in a game against the Phillies. Shelby Miller pitching to Jeff Francoeur, dropped third strike. Bench throws it into RF. The two runners already on plus Frenchy come around to score. E2. The runs should all be unearned, right? So far, nope. Current score is 10-4 good guys, and all 4 Philly runs are earned, according to the official scorer. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?!

I believe if a runner gets on with a hit or a walk then that would be an earned run. If those runners, that scored, reached base due to an error then it should be unearned.

[HozAndMoose]

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After having to restart i decided to go with a fantasy draft and will be trying to take Washington to the World Series for the first time. Like i always do with my fantasy drafts i simmed the 2015 season completely. Some info.

Standings

A's had the best record at 94-68. The Rays had the worst at 61-101.
A's, Red Sox, Indians, Braves, Brewers and Dodgers won their divisions. Astros, Yankees, Pirates and Mets were Wild Card teams.

League Leaders

Joey Votto (.311, CLE) and Adrian Beltre (.330, PIT) had the highest AVG
Adrian Gonzalez (53, LAA) and Giancarlo Stanton (45, ATL5) had the most HR
David Ortiz (123, HOU) and Adrian Beltre (120) had the most RBI
Jacoby Ellsbury (52, CLE) and Everth Cabrera (60, COL) has most SB

Tommy Milone (19, OAK) and Zack Greinke (17, SF) had most wins
Gerrit Cole (2.02, CHW) and Homer Bailey (2.30, Mets) had lowest ERA
Zack Wheeler (268, HOU) and Chris Archer (219, PHI) has most strike 0uts
A.J. Ramos (52, Astors) and Ryan Cook (52, LAD) had most saves

Awards

MVP - Adrian Gonzalez (LAA), Giancarlo Stanton (ATL)
Cy Young - David Price (19-9, 2.39, LAA), Jake Arrieta (17-9, 2.71, ARI)
Rookie of The Year - Joc Pederson (.258, 32, 90, BOS), Jorge Soler (.249, 27, 91, ARI),

Playoffs

Pirates and Yankees won their WC games

A's (3-0), Indians (3-1), Brewers (3-2) and Pirates (3-1) won their Division Seires.

Brewers (4-0) and A's (4-1) won the League Pennants

Brewers (4-2) win the 2015 World Series

Retirees - (* = HoF)

Tim Hudson
Torri Hunter
Joe Nathan
*Ichiro (.315 AVG, 2949 Hits, 113 HR, 495 SB, 738 RBI)
*David Ortiz (.284 AVG, 2327 Hits, 501 HR, 1656 RBI)
R.A. Dickey
Bartolo Colon

[NDAlum]

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Fantasy draft?! psh

That sucks your Royals chise got corrupted man. I enjoyed following that.

[HozAndMoose]

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Fantasy draft?! psh

That sucks your Royals chise got corrupted man. I enjoyed following that.

Yeah at least i was able to win the world series first. This Nationals team sucks though so it will be more challenging.

[Dynasty Legend 99]

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Just optioned Michael Pineda to AAA after another dreadful start against the Marlins. I've picked up Rafael Soriano to take the place of David Carpenter who was also optioned. Ivan Nova is on his way back from Tommy John and could start in the series I have against the Astros.

http://www.dynastynation.operationsp...Fan2&sport=mlb

For the life of me, I can never seem to understand how to make my Dynasty Nation Page look good like yours and several others. Can you help me out?

[HozAndMoose]

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<table><td bgcolor=#14225A>Start of Season - 2016</td></table>

Yeah i made the NL adopt the DH. Sue me.

This is gonna be a terrible team. We rank 30th overall. 22nd in contact, 29th in power, 28th in defense, 30th in pitching and 6th in speed. And there is not a whole lot in the minors. We have 7 guys in the minors that are 25 or younger with B potential. Only 2 or 3 are somewhat close to making an impact. Best prospect is 23 year old Luis Diaz. He is 66 OVR with 87 potential. Most intriguing guy is Drew Marshall. Team drafted him in 2015. Catcher and 1st baseman. 85 potential at 58 OVR. Kid has power and a lot of it at 19. Needs to work on his contact quite a bit but he could hit 30-40 HR a year. Like my Royals franchise i brought in a created guy Jackson Yates that i drafted in MLB 14. 19 B potential. Wont play in majors till 2018 though.

Edit - I just played my first game. This is going to be so bad.

[Microsoft_Works]

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I know you simulated ahead one year, but did you purposely draft a bad team? I don't see a single player on that roster that would go before round 4 in a regular fantasy draft.

[HozAndMoose]

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I know you simulated ahead one year, but did you purposely draft a bad team? I don't see a single player on that roster that would go before round 4 in a regular fantasy draft.

I let the CPU draft. Nats traded Chris Sale during the sim and i traded Jose Abreu and Byron Buxton during the off season to make it a bit harder.

[towncryer3921]

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I just made the playoffs last night with the Pirates. I won the division on the final game of the season. It would have been great if the announcers had mentioned the division title was on the line before the game or at any point during the game. I guess I'll have to settle for the after game mention.

[canes21]

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I just picked up a 2 game sweep of the Rays to push my record to 22-17 I believe it is now. What's special is in game 1 I recorded my first ever no hitter with Shelby Miller. It may have not been the most beautiful as he ad 8 walks and gave up a run, but I threw a no hitter and it was awesome. I've never done that before in any baseball game.

It was nice to have him turn his year around for me and be more like the real Miller. Hopefully it is a sign of things to come.

[dapear]

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I just picked up a 2 game sweep of the Rays to push my record to 22-17 I believe it is now. What's special is in game 1 I recorded my first ever no hitter with Shelby Miller. It may have not been the most beautiful as he ad 8 walks and gave up a run, but I threw a no hitter and it was awesome. I've never done that before in any baseball game.

It was nice to have him turn his year around for me and be more like the real Miller. Hopefully it is a sign of things to come.

That's some sort of no-hitter alright. Congrats. 8 walks? Yikes haha.

[TBBF]

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Do you think Swihart, Napoli and Victorino for Stanton is a good trade?

Starting second year, won the World Series in the first behind MVP Ortiz. Replaced him with Encarnacion when he retired. Cueto and Hamels lead my rotation.

Swihart is 24 years old, 74 rated with A potential, but Vazquez is 70 rated and did a good job last year. Nap and Victorino are old so some youth in the team is good. Lineup:

Betts CF
Pedroia 2B
Stanton RF
Ramirez LF
Encarnacion 1B
Sandoval 3B
Castillo DH
Bogaerts SS
Vazquez C

[CujoMatty]

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Just had the craziest game of my life.I'd like to point out most my games are fairly low scoring games. I play on HOF.

8 game win streak trailing the red sox by 1 game. I'm the blue jays.
3 game series against Boston and I won game 1. Game 2 goes like this:

Boston jumps out to a 3 run lead in the top of 1. Ventura (who I traded for) Is not looking good.

Bottom of 3 I hit a 3 run homerun with my created player to tie it up.

Top of 4 Boston scores 3 more runs 6 -3 ventura doesn't make it thru the inning.

Bottom of 6 I bat thru the order scoring 6 to go up 9-6

Bottom of 7 I get 2 more 11-6.

Top of 8 Boston scores 4 to make it 11-10

Top of 9 2 outs no one on with no balls 2 strikes count. Pablo takes one just off the turf and squeaks it thru the infield. Boston gets 2 more straight hits to drive in the tying run.

Boston scores 2 in the top of 11 and I couldnt answer ending my win streak at 8.

I've never had more fun in a video game ever in my life than that game.

[DJeterFan2]

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Do you think Swihart, Napoli and Victorino for Stanton is a good trade?

Starting second year, won the World Series in the first behind MVP Ortiz. Replaced him with Encarnacion when he retired. Cueto and Hamels lead my rotation.

Swihart is 24 years old, 74 rated with A potential, but Vazquez is 70 rated and did a good job last year. Nap and Victorino are old so some youth in the team is good.

I like to use the spreadsheet below to evaluate trades. Though some may consider Stanton to be the cornerstone of the Marlins Franchise, I would say he's tradeable because it's the Marlins.

OS Realism & Player Trade Value Spreadsheet

[towncryer3921]

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I was playing with Pittsburgh in the first round of the playoffs against the Giants. I was down 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th in game #2. On a 3-2 pitch with 2 outs I hit a game tying home run with Starling Marte. I eventually won the game in the bottom of the 11th.