MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

Starting 2016 tonight. We open with the Pirates in Busch for a 3 game series. Matt Carpenter got hurt during Spring Training and won't be back until mid-April.

LINEUP

2B - Kolton Wong
RF - Jason Heyward
LF - Matt Holliday
1B - Matt Adams
C - Yadier Molina
3B - Nolan Arenado
SS - Andrelton Simmons
CF - Jon Jay
Pitcher Spot

BENCH

C - Carson Kelly
IF - Brock Holt
IF - Devin Marrero (Rule 5 Selection)
OF - Craig Gentry
OF - Tommy Pham


ROTATION

Adam Wainwright
Lance Lynn
Michael Wacha
Jaime Garcia
Carlos Martinez


BULLPEN

Ryan Volgelsong
Seth Maness
Kevin Siegrist
Sam Freeman
Jordan Walden
Joakim Soria
Trevor Rosenthal


Ready to throw the first pitch of the new season.

[KBLover]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

The Marlins secured the NL East and with that will turn their attention to call-ups, giving them most of the playing time.

The only regular starters that will see much action are:

1B Chris Davis - he is trying for his 3rd 50-HR season in the last 5 seasons.

SP Damian Boeve - the rookie is slated for now the 2nd spot in the playoff rotation with Heaney down, and will likely be shut down after one more start to let him try to win his 20th game. After that, he will get to rest his arm - and even that outing will likely be limited to about 80 pitches.

Otherwise, it will be AAA guys getting a chance to make impressions for next year's Spring Training, with the regulars getting occasional time to stay sharp as well as pinch hit and defensive replacement duties.


For some, this time will have significant individual meaning:

SP Josh Hader will try to prove he's worth including in the team's future plans. Should that not work out, he could very well be traded in the coming offseason - perhaps for a LF if Carlos Gonzalez does indeed walk.

SP Quinn Williams - might be nearing his last chance to prove he isn't just a "AAAA" pitcher. He shines in the minors but has been destroyed in every opportunity at the major league level.

SP Jared Rogers - a pitch-to-contact type, he'll be looking to show power arms shouldn't be the only thing the organization should be looking for.

These three are trying to stand out on a pitching-deep organization. It will be an uphill battle for each of these young pitchers.


OF Marcel Ozuna - not really a call-up, per se, but this time being an everyday player is a chance to prove his worth. Scouts feel he's labored, and developed, in silence and gone unnoticed in the organization as the hyper play of Matt Baldwin turned more successful.

1B Ramon Santos - being a James Loney type of 1B on a team with Chris Davis and young power at the position in AAA is not a fun task. Santos will really need to show what he's worth...perhaps so he can go somewhere else via trade.

OF Brandon Nimmo - last year's Rule 5 pick looked impressive, then has gone on a downward spiral ever since. He risks being completely buried, especially since he's not a young prospect. At 24, it's time for him to start coming into his own.



Notable non-callups:

SP Moses Bartlett - this knuckleballer looks like he's ready for sure, and looks like he might be more than just solid, but the Marlins are holding him down in AAA for now. This may not mean anything, though, as Boeve wasn't a call-up last year.

SP Hunter Harvey - Often compared to Boeve in the organization, and, like Boeve, Harvey won't be making the jump at least not unless needed for injuries.

IF David Sohn - a young power hitter in the making, he looks like he's ready to take his hacks at 1B if nothing else, especially vs LHP where he really cuts it loose. Perhaps when Davis is shut down, that will be Sohn's chance.

[KBLover]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

Marlins end of season 2017 stats

         Hitting                                                                                                  Hitter WAR calculated using a formula based on ACMilan99's work with some mods.
           Name             G     AB    H     R     2B    3B    HR   RBI    SB    CS    SB%    BB     SO     SF     AVG   BABIP   OBP    SLG    OPS   wOBA    PA    wRAA  BSR   Pos. F***ns Rep. kbWAR
       Chris Davis         150   577   174    96    33    2     51   146    0     0    0.000   41     139     5    0.302  0.318  0.348  0.631  0.979  0.412   636   45.2  0.0  -12.5  0.9   18.6  6.1
     Carlos Gonzalez       150   535   164    85    36    4     29    93    14    6    0.700   42     119     4    0.307  0.349  0.357  0.551  0.908  0.392   586   32.6  0.5   -7.5  -0.3  17.1  5.0
     Christian Yelich      138   462   144    72    31    4     15    63    2     6    0.250   58     90      4    0.312  0.361  0.388  0.494  0.882  0.386   527   26.9  -1.9  2.5   -0.4  15.4  4.8
      Carlos Santana       136   496   158    81    28    3     30    80    0     3    0.000   62     95      1    0.319  0.345  0.394  0.569  0.963  0.415   565   41.6  -1.2  2.5   -0.2  16.5  6.8
    Giancarlo Stanton      129   442   120    85    21    1     34    82    1     3    0.250   75     101     4    0.271  0.280  0.377  0.554  0.931  0.399   545   33.5  -1.0  -7.5  0.1   15.9  5.0
      Donovan Solano       125   471   131    63    30    2     10    58    4     1    0.800   36     83      7    0.278  0.320  0.329  0.414  0.743  0.330   518   3.4   0.4   7.5   -0.1  15.1  2.9
       Matt Baldwin        103   273    73    56    16    9     16    44    18    4    0.818   28     82      2    0.267  0.326  0.336  0.568  0.903  0.381   305   14.4  2.1   2.5   -0.2  8.9   3.0
       Chris Taylor         95   352    95    60    29    7     4     35    22    8    0.733   44     85      3    0.270  0.346  0.351  0.426  0.777  0.344   402   7.1   1.3   2.5   1.0   11.7  2.6
       Jose Campos          91   266    63    35    11    1     11    33    1     0    1.000   33     45      2    0.237  0.248  0.321  0.410  0.731  0.323   301   0.5   0.2   4.2   0.9   8.8   1.4
        Tommy Cruz          89   241    65    33    13    1     6     28    6     0    1.000   20     34      3    0.270  0.294  0.326  0.407  0.732  0.325   267   0.9   1.2   12.5  2.8   7.8   2.0
        Will Moyer          89   328   107    52    23    1     13    42    0     1    0.000   22     54      0    0.326  0.360  0.369  0.521  0.890  0.380   355   16.4  -0.4  12.5  3.1   10.4  4.2
      Marcell Ozuna         88   221    64    26    7     3     8     37    1     3    0.250   15     39      1    0.290  0.322  0.335  0.457  0.792  0.340   242   3.6   -1.0  -4.2  -0.2  7.1   1.0
    Adeiny Hechavarria      79   237    54    24    9     0     2     22    2     1    0.667   19     39      2    0.228  0.265  0.285  0.291  0.576  0.265   265  -11.8  0.0   5.0   -0.2  7.7   -0.2

       Team Totals         162   5614  1560  828   320    42   240   812    76    38   0.667   529   1210    40    0.278  0.317  0.347  0.478  0.825  0.358  6306  183.6  0.57  1.3   7.5  183.9  43.4





         Pitching           GP    W     L    ERA    GS    QS    CG   SHO    SV   BSV    HLD    IP      H      R     ER     HR     BB      K     BF    WHIP   BABIP  FIP    RA   H/9   HR/9  BB/9  K/9  FIP WAR FDP WAR  kbWAR
       Damian Boeve         31    19    4    2.76   30    22    4     2     0     0      0    212.3   171    67     65     24     36     251    826   0.98   0.285  2.82  2.84  7.2   1.0   1.5   10.6   6.26    0.32    6.35
      Aaron Sanchez         27    16    7    2.81   27    20    3     1     0     0      0    195.3   159    64     61     17     41     229    782   1.02   0.287  2.62  2.95  7.3   0.8   1.9   10.6   6.24   -0.55    6.08
      Andrew Heaney         26    11    6    2.10   26    22    4     2     0     0      0    180.3   132    47     42     14     43     170    701   0.97   0.249  3.05  2.35  6.6   0.7   2.1   8.5    4.96    2.22    5.62
    Henderson Alvarez       20    5     1    3.82   16    11    1     0     0     0      0    110.7   121    49     47     14     16     63     463   1.24   0.289  4.15  3.98  9.8   1.1   1.3   5.1    1.07    0.41    1.19
     Hector Santiago        15    1     6    4.12   9     4     0     0     0     0      0    59.0    60     28     27      7     24     60     259   1.42   0.315  3.94  4.27  9.2   1.1   3.7   9.2    0.71   -0.16    0.66
      Jose Fernandez        9     4     3    2.59   9     7     2     1     0     0      0    66.0    46     19     19      8     15     73     255   0.92   0.239  3.25  2.59  6.3   1.1   2.0   10.0   1.58    0.76    1.80
        Josh Hader          12    1     3    6.11   8     2     0     0     0     0      1    42.7    68     32     29      4     14     37     209   1.92   0.416  3.68  6.74  14.3  0.8   3.0   7.8    0.38   -1.35   -0.02
      Paco Rodriguez        47    2     3    2.40   0     0     0     0     40    5      0    45.0    39     12     12      4      7     46     180   1.02   0.285  2.78  2.40  7.8   0.8   1.4   9.2    1.55    0.58    1.72
        Nate Jones          41    5     1    4.31   0     0     0     0     3     4      7    48.0    50     23     23      7      9     51     194   1.23   0.339  3.54  4.31  9.4   1.3   1.7   9.6    0.45   -0.55    0.29
      Steve Delabar         57    2     3    3.13   0     0     0     0     0     2     11    51.7    52     18     18      7     11     71     215   1.22   0.357  2.86  3.13  9.1   1.2   1.9   12.4   1.11   -0.15    1.07
       Tim Collins          59    8     2    1.52   0     0     0     0     0     0     10    71.0    43     12     12      4     16     72     261   0.83   0.231  2.59  1.52  5.5   0.5   2.0   9.1    1.97    1.54    2.44
      Dominic Leone         46    5     3    4.06   0     0     0     0     0     1      4    51.0    44     27     23      5     12     66     210   1.10   0.307  2.60  4.76  7.8   0.9   2.1   11.6   1.01   -1.40    0.59

       Team Totals         162   101    61   3.25  162   108    15    13    43    15    39   1458.3  1307    554    527    160    329   1501   5929   1.12   0.291  3.25  3.42  8.1   1.0   2.0   9.3   25.90   -1.09   25.57




 Team Run Value Breakdown
         Batting          183.6
       Baserunning         0.6
         Fielding          7.5
      Positional Adj       1.3
      Offensive RAA       184.1
      Defensive RAA        8.8
     Replacement Runs     183.9
     Non-Pitching RAR     376.8
       Pitching RAR       221.4
         Team RAR         598.3
     Runs = W Factor       8.7
        Team kbWAR         69.1
  Replacement Team Wins    47.6
    Expected Team Wins    116.7
     Pythagorean Wins     109.2

Awards:

Chris Davis won MVP, 1B Silver Slugger, 1B Gold Glove
Damian Boeve won Cy Young, Rookie of the Year
Carlos Santana was NL Batting Champion

[dapear]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

Glad to see the baseball injury that rarely happens always happen in MLB The Show still. Dilson Herrera tore his ACL and his out for 6 months, probably gonna be forced to retire. He wasn't in the bigs yet for me, but I planned on using him in the future as my second basemen. While this angers me, I'm up for the challenge, as things like this can happen in real life out of the blue. It just changes my plans for building the team now for the future. Do I now resign Murphy? Move Flores to second? Decisions, decisions...

[HozAndMoose]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

<table><td bgcolor=#000F30>Off Season / Spring Training + End of April - 2017</td></table>

Off Season

Spoiler

We had about 70 million to work with. Wish we could have had some more.

Carlos Gomez hit free agency and was asking for 20+ million a year. Jonathan Lucroy also hit free agency and was asking for 13+ million a year. Couldnt keep both so had to pick one. Decided to go with Lucroy and we signed him to a 4 year 56 million dollar deal. Some other re-signings

Jimmy Nelson - 1 Yr/1M
K-Rod - 2 Yr/9M
Jim Henderson - 2 Yr/3M
Neal Cotts - 1 Yr/3.5M
Jean Segura - 1 Yr/5.5M
Jonathan Broxton - 2 Yr/4.5M
Wily Peralta - 1 Yr/2.2M (Went to arbitration, Team won)
Mike Fiers - 1 Yr/3.2M (Went to arbitration, Fiers won)
Scooter Gennett - 1 Yr/2.9M (Went to arbitration, Scooter won)
Khris Davis - 1 Yr 2.9M (Went to arbitration, Davis won)
Marco Estrada - 2 Yr/6.8M

We picked up Jon Jay and Austin Wates in free agency to try and help with Gomez leaving. We also picked up Fernando Salas to help with the bell pen.

As for Gomez. Little bastard stayed in the division and went to the Cubs on a 6 year 121.56 million dollar deal. That was the biggest signing by far this year.

Nationals signed Jeremy Hellcikson - 2 Yr/14.26M
Astros signed Jon Niese - 4 Yr/22.20M
Angels signed Mark Trumbo - 4 Yr/23.80M & Justin Smoak - 4 Yr/13.80M
White Sox signed Josh Cellmenter 3 Yr/13.02
Indians signed Dillion Gee - 3 Yr/14.13M

Spring Training

Spoiler

Pitching was the main focus in ST. Went in thinking the rotation would look something like Fiers/Johnson/Estrada/Garza/Nelson. Wily Peralta was fighting to push one of those guys out as well as a few other fighting for a long relief role. And pretty much only K-Rod had a guaranteed spot in the pen.

Jon Jay, Gerrardo Para and Austin Wates were all competing for the CF job. Had to see if it was gonna be one guy. Maybe a platoon. Also a back up infield spot up for grabs.

Peralta ended up beating out Nelson for the 5th starter spot. He had a 2.25 ERA compares to Nelsons 7+ ERA. Went with Nelson as the long reliever. Pen was really good all spring. I dont think anyone had an ERA over 3. Went ahead with Henderson, Salas, Broxton, Knebel, Cotts and K-Rod. Really wanted to keep Jed Bradley after how well he did last year. If anyone isnt getting it done i wont hesitate to bring him up.

Jon Jay won the center field job full time. At least for now. Really not a fan of his 69 speed or 39 arm strength in center. Really wish we had the DH so i could move Davis there, Para in center and Jay in right. Elian Herrera and Jason Rodgers both made the team as well.

April

Spoiler

Would have liked a better start to the year but we came on strong at the end of the month so hopefully it carries over to May. We won the first game of the year in Pittsburgh. Khris Davis continued right where he left off last year when he got hurt. He went 3-4 with 2 HR and 6 RBI. But we dropped 10 of the next 13 and Davis didnt have another RBI until the 13th game. But thats when things turned around a bit. We have won 8 of the last 12 including our last 4 to bring us to 11-14. 4th in the central, 7.5 behind St Louis and 4.5 out of the wild card.

Player of the month has to be scooter Gennett. Leads the team with a .386 AVG, .456 OBP and a .954 OPS. Khris Davis is hitting .284 with 4 HR and 15 RBI. Braun has been terrible with a .185 AVG. Only positive is his 6 HR that lead the team. But only 10 RBI to show for it.

Josh Johnson leads a very lack luster rotation. He is 1-2 with a 2.97 ERA. Marco Estrada was just moved to the pen. He had a 4.93 ERA in his 5 starts. Nelson will start our next game. Peralta isnt much better than Estrada was. 4.80 ERA. Part of that is one bad game where he gave up 6 runs in 2 innings to the cubs. A game we ended up winning 12-6.

Bullpen. Oh man. Cotts 7+ ERA, Broxton 12+ ERA. Salas and Knebel are both at 3.12. Henderson and K-Rod have been the best. both with an ERA under 2. Only one doing well in AAA is Jeremy Jeffress. Broxton would be the one losing his post. Would lose him on waivers though. Not sure what im gonna do yet. Bradley has a 5+ ERA so my plan to bring him up if someone struggled went to ****.

In AAA, Tyler Cravy and Brent Suter both had god months. Cravy is 3-1 with a 2.63 ERA. Suter is 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA. May try putting him in the pen. Not like he could be much worse than Broxton is.

Austin Beyer (1st round pick, 2015) is off to a great start. .351 AVG with 4 HR and 18 RBI. Has a .400 OBP as well. Ive been thinking about trading Braun for awhile now. Would save some money for a few guys getting close to free agency and its the only way to make room for Beyer unless Davis starts sucking again.

In AA, Not to much good to talk about with the offense. Tom Beckham (5th round pick, 2015) is hitting .292. Still really hoping he can get a boost to C potential. Dog Imro (1st round pick, 2016) had a really good game in the season opener. He went 7.1 giving up 2 ER on 6 hits with 10 K's. But has really struggled since. He is 1-1 with a 5.52 ERA now. And has had just 15 K's with 12 BB his last 4 starts. Jackie Anthony (2nd round pick, 2016) and Diego Moreno (3rd round pick, 2015) have been great so far though. Moreno is 3-1 with a 1.37 ERA. 34 K's to 12 BB. Anthony is 2-2 with a 1.95 ERA. Not striking a hole lot of guys out with just 19. But he has a 0.97 WHIP.

[henry963]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

Ya you can do it by using the Y2Y..it is a simple procedure..

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

Glad to see the baseball injury that rarely happens always happen in MLB The Show still. Dilson Herrera tore his ACL and his out for 6 months, probably gonna be forced to retire. He wasn't in the bigs yet for me, but I planned on using him in the future as my second basemen. While this angers me, I'm up for the challenge, as things like this can happen in real life out of the blue. It just changes my plans for building the team now for the future. Do I now resign Murphy? Move Flores to second? Decisions, decisions...

This is why I love baseball. Sometimes you are forced to make decisions based on either injury, guy not resigning, guy not retiring, or a young prospect who is tearing things up in the minors and then again in Spring Training.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

Well the season hasn't started out the way we would've liked. We lost 2 of 3 at home to the Pirates. We won game 1 thanks to outstanding pitching by Wainwright, though he got a no decision, and the bullpen. We scored 3 in the 8th to win 3-1.

Games 2 and 3 were terrible. Our bats didn't have anything in them, leaving runners on base. Our starting pitching left something to be desired as well, as Lynn and Wacha both didn't have their best stuff in either game.

Next is a 3 game series in Arizona. Hopefully our offense will make the trip out west.

[Wavebird99]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

How is the scheduling in future years? Is it wonky or pretty solid for the most part?

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

How is the scheduling in future years? Is it wonky or pretty solid for the most part?

playing 2016 now and it is solid in my opinion. Interleague games still do not rotate like they should, but other than that, not bad.

[PhillyPhan11]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

I'm now into my fourth year of a two player franchise on one system against my brother. Im the Phillies and he's the Brewers. we're using one of the OSFM rosters (don't remember which update exactly) We both like being bad teams and making them good so we chose those two. We're playing the franchise on experienced and our in game difficulty is All- Star and we play one and sim 10 since there's two of us on one system. After three years were both trying to find a way to make it harder, not the gameplay but the roster movement. After three years I've won the World Series twice and he's won once. Currently my lineup goes
1. Christian Yelich LF- 93
2. Yasiel Puig RF- 95
3. Mike Trout CF- 99
4. Paul Goldschmidt 1B- 96
5. Kris Bryant 3B- 97
6. Yoan Moncada 2B- 94
7. Carlos Correa SS- 91
8. Blake Swihart C- 88
9. Pitcher spot
And my rotation:
1. Archie Bradley 97
2. Taijuan Walker 94
3. Henry Owens 94
4. Jon Gray 92
5. Luis Severino 90
And in my bullpen I have Trevor Rosenthal-90, Miguel Castro-89, Tim Collins 83, Robert Osuna 83 and one other 85 who I'm forgetting.
My brothers team
1. Byron Buxton CF- 96
2. Bryce Harper RF- 97
3. Anthony Rizzo 1B- 96
4. Giancarlo Stanton LF- 98
5. Addison Russel SS- 94
6. Nolan Aranado 3B- 90
7. Salvador Perez C-88
8. Xander Bogaerts SS- 88
9. Pitcher
His rotation:
1. Jose Fernandez 99
2. Stephen Strasburg 96
3. Alex Meyer 94
4. Jameson Taillon 92
5. Tyler Glasnow 88
And he has a very good bullpen as well. Even with all of this we still both have lots of potential A's in our minors such as Cory Seager, JP Crawford( high B), Dylan Bundy, Tyler Kolek, Joc Pederson and some others. At this point our teams have gotten so good that it is no longer all that fun. Does anyone know how to make it challenging, any settings or something?

[PhillyPhan11]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

Correction to my above post, Russel is a SS but my brother plays him at 2nd base since Bogaerts is better defensively

[dapear]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

I'm now into my fourth year of a two player franchise on one system against my brother. Im the Phillies and he's the Brewers. we're using one of the OSFM rosters (don't remember which update exactly) We both like being bad teams and making them good so we chose those two. We're playing the franchise on experienced and our in game difficulty is All- Star and we play one and sim 10 since there's two of us on one system. After three years were both trying to find a way to make it harder, not the gameplay but the roster movement. After three years I've won the World Series twice and he's won once. Currently my lineup goes
1. Christian Yelich LF- 93
2. Yasiel Puig RF- 95
3. Mike Trout CF- 99
4. Paul Goldschmidt 1B- 96
5. Kris Bryant 3B- 97
6. Yoan Moncada 2B- 94
7. Carlos Correa SS- 91
8. Blake Swihart C- 88
9. Pitcher spot
And my rotation:
1. Archie Bradley 97
2. Taijuan Walker 94
3. Henry Owens 94
4. Jon Gray 92
5. Luis Severino 90
And in my bullpen I have Trevor Rosenthal-90, Miguel Castro-89, Tim Collins 83, Robert Osuna 83 and one other 85 who I'm forgetting.
My brothers team
1. Byron Buxton CF- 96
2. Bryce Harper RF- 97
3. Anthony Rizzo 1B- 96
4. Giancarlo Stanton LF- 98
5. Addison Russel SS- 94
6. Nolan Aranado 3B- 90
7. Salvador Perez C-88
8. Xander Bogaerts SS- 88
9. Pitcher
His rotation:
1. Jose Fernandez 99
2. Stephen Strasburg 96
3. Alex Meyer 94
4. Jameson Taillon 92
5. Tyler Glasnow 88
And he has a very good bullpen as well. Even with all of this we still both have lots of potential A's in our minors such as Cory Seager, JP Crawford( high B), Dylan Bundy, Tyler Kolek, Joc Pederson and some others. At this point our teams have gotten so good that it is no longer all that fun. Does anyone know how to make it challenging, any settings or something?

Not having all 90s and above on your team would make it challenging.

[PhillyPhan11]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

Not having all 90s and above on your team would make it challenging.

Obviously that would make it harder but then that diminishes the point of building a team which I've always thought was the best part of franchise mode. And since its me and my brother were kind of having a competition to see who can do better. There's no way that it should be this easy to make such good teams especially because neither of us signed any free agents and we traded for almost all of these players in the first year with terrible players on the rosters we inherited.

[HartmanTeets6]

Re: MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

I simmed a handful of seasons and did all the offseason work w/ the Red Sox this weekend. I noticed a lot of my guys were vanishing off my team and landing on other teams. Players that shouldn't even be eligible for FA yet. I renew the contracts of those I can, but other guys should have that option and don't. Anyone run into this problem?