MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

[MetsFan16]

MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

I’ve finished 3 full 162 seasons over the past 2 years, after never doing so prior. I need to start documenting everything like you CB.

The memories, comebacks, emotions are real and it’s easy to forget about a big hit that had you jumping out of your chair after a week.


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[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

The playoff results:

NATIONAL LEAGUE


WILDCARD GAME

Giants def the Cardinals


DIVISIONAL SERIES

Pirates def Mets 3-2
Dodgers def Giants 3-1


NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Dodgers def Pirates 4-3


AMERICAN LEAGUE

WILDCARD GAME

Orioles def Twins

DIVISIONAL SERIES

Indians def Astros 3-2
Blue Jays def Orioles 3-0

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Blue Jays def Indians 4-1


WORLD SERIES

Dodgers def Blue Jays 4-1


Time to start the offseason

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Much to my surprise Matt Holliday did not retire. He is going to continue to play at the young age of 39.

I just don't see him being with the Cardinals as our future plans didn't include him, as I really thought he would've retired.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Going into the offseason with the following roster in my mind.

C - Carson Kelly
1B - Matt Carpenter
2B - Kolten Wong
SS - Paul DeJong
3B - Patrick Wisdom
LF - Randal Grichuk
CF - Magnerius Sierra
RF - Stephen Piscotty


C - Josh Thole
IF - Aledmys Diaz
IF -
OF -
OF -

Rotation:

Michael Wacha
Carlos Martinez
Lance Lynn
Mike Leake
Alex Reyes/John Flaherty


Bullpen:

Tyler Lyons
Kevin Siegrist
Dean Kiekheffer
Trevor Rosenthal

3 empty spots

Now obviously all this is subject to change once we see what the free agent market looks like. We already had one surprise with Matt Holliday not retiring. I really want him to retire a Cardinal, but not sure he fits in our plans. He is so limited defensively and his hitting is declining.

And we aren't planning on bringing Madison Bumgarner back. Output wasn't worth the salary for us. Plus we have a deep farm system for starting pitching.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Thus far in the very infant offseason we have:

Re-signed Lance Lynn to a 5 year deal worth $8.5M per year. There is a club option on the 5th year.

Re-signed Josh Thole to a 1 year deal at $530K

Re-signed Derek Lilliquist to be our pitching coach. 1 year deal

Brought on Terry Pendleton to be our 1st base coach. 1 year deal

The entire staff now has a one year deal. We will re-evaluate the entire organization after this season.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Holy cow the free agent market is loaded!!!!!!

Notable free agents:

Jose Fernandez
Matt Harvey
Madison Bumgarner
Bryce Harper
Manny Machado
Jake Arrieta
Andrew Miller
Paul Goldschmidt
Sean Doolittle
A.J. Pollock
Shelby Miller
Jose Iglesias
Jordan Walden
Devin Mesoraco
Yoenis Cespedes
Cody Allen
Zach Britton

Those are guys rated 85 or above!

There are several more on the market!!! (Dexter Fowler, Jay Bruce, Martin Prado)

I think I'm going to take a moment and re-evaluate our roster and see what we want to do. We certainly have the funds to make a signing or two, but goodness gracious this market is loaded.

[nemesis04]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Holy cow the free agent market is loaded!!!!!!

Notable free agents:

Jose Fernandez
Matt Harvey
Madison Bumgarner
Bryce Harper
Manny Machado
Jake Arrieta
Andrew Miller
Paul Goldschmidt
Sean Doolittle
A.J. Pollock
Shelby Miller
Jose Iglesias
Jordan Walden
Devin Mesoraco
Yoenis Cespedes
Cody Allen
Zach Britton

Those are guys rated 85 or above!

There are several more on the market!!! (Dexter Fowler, Jay Bruce, Martin Prado)

I think I'm going to take a moment and re-evaluate our roster and see what we want to do. We certainly have the funds to make a signing or two, but goodness gracious this market is loaded.

Hopefully they sign faster than what has played out in the actual MLB this year.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Hopefully they sign faster than what has played out in the actual MLB this year.

New franchise mode addition for The Show '18: slow FA signings and secretive training camps!!!

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

We put an offer out there for Andrew Miller:

2 years at $22.0MM with a player option for the 2nd year, but he wouldn't be our closer, he would be our 8th inning guy.

Yanks offered 3 years (he wants 4 years @ $10MM per year and to be the closer) 3 years $31.92MM per year as their closer.

See what happens.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

And that didn't take long...

Andrew Miller decided to return to the Bronx to be their closer. Yanks also re-signed Gary Sanchez to a one year deal.

We did get Jordan Walden to re-sign at 2 years for $13MM

And the rich got richer as the Dodgers just signed Matt Harvey to a 6 year $135.2M deal.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Thinking about going after Jose Iglesias. Our plan was to keep Paul DeJong there and bring up Patrick Wisdom to be our everyday third baseman. But Iglesias is a heck of a defender and good hitter, although the last two years his average has declined.

If we made this move then most likely DeJong would go to third and Wisdom would either go back to Memphis or be traded out.

We did make an offer to Devin Mesoraco. Carson Kelly did a good job last year, but he doesn't have the pop that Mesoraco has nor does he have a good arm. Kelly's arm is average at best.

White Sox with a big signing as they got A.J. Pollock on a 5 year $60.6M deal.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

The evil empire strikes back as the Yankees land Devin Mesoraco on a 5 year $84M deal. $2M more per year than his asking price.


Diamondbacks re-sign Paul Goldschmidt to a 7 year $178.50M deal.

We re-signed Danny Farqhuar to a one year deal at $2M to avoid arbitration.

Time to re-evaluate the roster situation again.

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Some big deals going down:

* Giants sign Shelby Miller to a 5 year $72M deal. Adds to Cueto and Samardzja who both won 20 games last year.

* Braves make a trade with Mariners:

Braves get:

Andrelton Simmons

Mariners get:

Carlos Gomez
Kyle Muller (Prospect pitcher)

I suspect this means the Ronald Acuna era is about to start in Atlanta.

* Pirates sign Jose Fernandez to a 7 year $217M deal. Guess they really want to repeat as Central division champs.

* In a shocking move, the Braves also signed Jose Iglesias to a 6 year $94.80M deal. Shocked they did this and traded for Simmons. I expect they will put Iglesias at third.

* Diamondbacks re-signed Patrick Corbin to a 5 year $64M deal.

I think we need to look at making a move, but I'm not sure where... I've thought about going after Zach Britton, Evan Gattis (to play catcher), Manny Machado, and Bryce Harper, though the last two really take a shot at our bank roll and could put us in a bind for next season when we have some big free agents of our own.


I love baseball.

[DJ]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Are you going to carry this franchise over to 18, CB?

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Are you going to carry this franchise over to 18, CB?

Yes

Looking forward to it


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