MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

[HozAndMoose]

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Game 3

Only 1 HR the first 2 games. 6 total in game 3. Hosmer got it started with a solo shot in the 1st. Perez followed with a solo HR of his own in the 2nd. Then Hosmer went long again followed by a 2 run shot from Gordon in the 3rd. Ventura had a pretty good night. only ER he gave up was on a Jay Bruce HR in the 2nd. 3 runs allowed total thanks to a Colon error.

Do or die time for Cincy. Danny Duffy (1-1, 4.91) vs Rasiel Iglesias (1-1, 5.25) in game 4.

[countryboy]

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Lost 2 out of 3 to the Reds. We are now tied with the Marlins atop the Wildcard standings and 2 1/2 games behind the Brewers in the Central.

Next up is a 4 game series with the Rockies which is going to be interesting. We traded Peter Bourjos, Ronnie Williams (SP 19 year old prospect) and Nick Greenwood (SP L 18 year old prospect) to the Rockies for Nolan Arenado. The idea is that Arenado will play 3B, Carpenter will move to 2B and Wong will be optioned to Memphis in an attempt to make him a better hitter (hitting .230) on the year. I'm also going to have him play SS to see if he can manage that position as well as leadoff.

I spent the entire month of July debating on making a move and Arenado is one that was available. So I spent 2 weeks debating this trade, going back and forth with the Rockies to see what would work. I feel as if I didn't give up a whole lot since we have so much depth at Starting Pitching and Bourjos more than likely wouldn't have been resigned in the offseason due to us having upcoming talent for CF. Arenado is a one year contract so if this doesn't work out and he just blows up, we aren't out a whole lot and can go back to what we started with.

[HozAndMoose]

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Game 4

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Not a good day for Duffy. Thankfully he wont have to start again. Iglesias suer had his stuff working. Making us strikeout 10 times. We face Cueto (4-0, 0.70) in game 5. Could easily lose and head home up 3-2. We will counter with Kyle Zimmer (2-0, 1.89).

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Game 5

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Cain got things started off fast with a 2 run shot in the 1st. His first GR of the post season. Infante getting the start over Colon and Dyson then went back to back with homers in the 2nd to get us an early 4-0 lead. Zimmer gave us 7 strong innings. Walked 5 but was able to get past them with 4 double plays. Not sure what happened to Ceuto. Was scheduled to start but Cingrani was on the mound when the game started. Not complaining about that though. Davis and Holland came in out of the pen allowing 1 runner combined to clinch the win.

Mike Moustakas wins World Series MVP. He hit .476 (10/21) with 3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 doubles and a triple.

Post Season Stats

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Retirees

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• *David Ortiz - .283, 509 HR, 1660 RBI, 2374 hits
• *Carlos Beltran - .279, 402 HR, 1466 RBI, 314 SB, 2490 Hits.
• C.C. Sabathia
• Mark Teixeira
• Nick Swisher
• C.J. Wilson
• Coco Crisp
• Michael Cuddyer
• Ryan Howard
• Francisco Rodriguez
• Matt Holliday
• Jake Peavy

* = Hall of Fame

[timmermac]

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I'm running a Braves franchise with Legendary free agents and ignore budgets on. I played the first maybe 5 games with Alberto Callaspo at 3B and Cristian Bethancourt at C. They both struggled mightily, and I've never been a Callaspo fan. Therefore, I released Callaspo and optioned Bethancourt to Gwinnett, then signed Michael Jack Schmidt and Johnny Bench. Entering play against the Phils, Atlanta is 12-3 and 1st in the NL East.

Lineup

EY Jr CF
Nick Markakis RF
Freddie Freeman 1B
Mike Schmidt 3B
Johnny Bench. C
Jonny Gomes LF
Jace Peterson 2B
Andrelton Simmons SS
Pitcher's spot

Rotation

Julio Teheran
Alex Wood
Shelby Miller
Eric Stults
Trevor Cahill

Bullpen

Cody Martin
Juan Jaime
Lefty middle reliever whose name I can't remember
Brandon Cunniff
Jim Johnson
Luis Avilan
Jason Grilli

I don't plan on using my pen much, as I prefer my starters to go at least 7 when possible, with complete games coming pretty regularly when we have enough of a lead, or the starter is tossing a shutout. I also don't plan on sitting my position players much. The fewest anyone will play is 145 games, barring injury. EY Jr. is hitting over .300 with 3 inside-the-park homers, including a pair in one game. Markakis is hitting .270, Freeman is struggling, Schmidt is tearing the cover off the ball. Bench is off to a slow start. I started off with Kelly Johnson in left, but then decided that I needed a lefty bat off the bench besides Pierzynski. Gomes took over a few games ago. Peterson's just over .200 with 6 doubles. Simmons is hitting .290. The pitching staff is doing an excellent job of helping their own cause, as I think everybody at least has an RBI or 2. Pitching is mainly good, as Stults is the only one to throw a clunker to this point.

[Dynasty Legend 99]

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Going to be starting a Kansas City Royals Franchise here on OS upon the release of Willard's OSFM Revision Rosters, Will be updating sporadically on here and Dynasty Blogs about it. I will be constantly updating via Twitter @RoyalsMLB15, follow that page and give me feedback on how I am doing/ Suggestions on Team Formation. Also, let me know ways I can improve my Marketing Skills, Thanks.

DL 99

[mitch497]

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Going to be starting a Kansas City Royals Franchise here on OS upon the release of Willard's OSFM Revision Rosters, Will be updating sporadically on here and Dynasty Blogs about it. I will be constantly updating via Twitter @RoyalsMLB15, follow that page and give me feedback on how I am doing/ Suggestions on Team Formation. Also, let me know ways I can improve my Marketing Skills, Thanks.

DL 99

Twitter update sounds cool, I will be sure to keep an eye out for this. Good luck.

As for me, I'm just underway with a Rays franchise following the release of the v2 rosters... already taken the first two games against Baltimore. Pitcher well with Archer in the opener, not so well with Odorizzi in Game 2 but got the bats going. Love hitting with Souza.

[countryboy]

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Split a 4 game series with the Rockies. Nolan Arenado had a great 2 games for us as he clubbed 2 homeruns and 6 RBI's. He also was responsible to two web gems at the hot corner.

We still trail the Brewers by 2 1/2 games in the Central. We are tied with the Marlins for the wildcard as we lead the Pirates by 1 1/2 games.

Next is a 3 game series against the Reds in Great American Ballpark.

[Gronk4M13]

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Game 5

Spoiler

Cain got things started off fast with a 2 run shot in the 1st. His first GR of the post season. Infante getting the start over Colon and Dyson then went back to back with homers in the 2nd to get us an early 4-0 lead. Zimmer gave us 7 strong innings. Walked 5 but was able to get past them with 4 double plays. Not sure what happened to Ceuto. Was scheduled to start but Cingrani was on the mound when the game started. Not complaining about that though. Davis and Holland came in out of the pen allowing 1 runner combined to clinch the win.

Mike Moustakas wins World Series MVP. He hit .476 (10/21) with 3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 doubles and a triple.

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Congratulations, that's awesome.

Corey Dickerson was the only member of my Rockies to make the ASG. The NL lost 8-2. My Rockies are 49-40. Tulowitzki has returned and is playing well. Arenado is out for the season with a torn MCL. Tyler Matzek also went down with a multi-month injury. I have a half game lead on the Giants for the 2nd WC spot but I'm 3rd in the NL West.

[timmermac]

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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?!?!

[kenp86]

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n my fantasy drafted Jay career, had yordano Ventura take a no no into the 9th. Struck out the first two. Thennnnn Jon Jay smacks a triple then Cuddyer a double. Luckily that was it as Ventura proceeded to strike out his 9th to end the game and the victory against Tampa.

[Moonripple]

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Got my first ever no hitter in this game. I'm playing as the Cubs, and Chris Tillman was so very good against the Dodgers. It would have been a perfect game, except he walked a guy with two outs in the 9th.

After losing four in a row, we've won seven (I sim two for every one I play). The big series was road sweep of the Cardinals, which opened up a division lead of 3.5 for us at the halfway mark. 45-38 overall.

Biggest moment of the season so far: Cardinals have owned us up to this point, and Wainwright is brilliant. I've got the weak singles in 6 innings and I'm down 2-0. In the 7th, he walks Baez and hits Fowler. Finally in business. Cardinals replace Wainwright with a flamethrower, and both Dinorfia and Soler go down swinging. Rizzo comes up, and after going down 0-2 on two perfect fastballs at the knees, fouls off 8 pitches before depositing the ball in the CF bleachers. We hold on for a 3-2 win and maybe the monkey is off our back. It was also an awakening for Rizzo. He's still only hitting .265, but he has 14 RBIs in his last 8 games and has driven in a run in the last 6.

[BlueJays09]

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Doing a dynasty on here with my Jays. Check the link in my sig if you want to follow? Hope to have you along for the ride

[HozAndMoose]

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Well my save got corrupted somehow. Gotta restart. Not a bad time i guess with OSFMv2 dropping.

[DJeterFan2]

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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.operationsports.com/clubhouse.php?user=DJeterFan2&sport=mlb

[countryboy]

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We lost 2 out of 3 in a big series against the Brewers. We had a chance to tie ourselves for first with a sweep but ended up dropping from 3 to 4 games back. We just couldn't drive in runners. And our bullpen wasn't as solid as it had been.

We are now 4 behind the Brewers in the Central and hold the 2nd wildcard spot 1 1/2 behind the Marlins and up 3 1/2 on the Pirates.

Next up is 3 at home against the Pirates. Hopefully our offense will show up in this series.