MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

[scooterperpetual]

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Well I have just come to the realization that we are the hottest team in baseball. Its not that the sliders are too easy or anything like that because I have tweaked and toyed with sliders a lot. I am not even that great of a player at The Show I am just simply getting lucky.

Bounces are going my way, pitches arent being located in the right spots for the opposing team. My guys are getting to the bloopers before they drop. I am sure this will all catch up to me eventually but I am chalking it up to a hot month of April.

We sit at 18-4 and are on a 7 game winning streak after sweeping the Red Sox and Mariners and are back up to a 4.5 game lead in the division. Game 3 was a blowout. I could tell early on that King Felix just was going to have a bad day, he couldnt locate his sinker and that lead to a lot of walks and a lot of good hitters counts.

Things got a little chippy late in the game after it was already over, Valbuena got plunked by the first pitch for Wade Miley after Felix had given up 6 runs in 3.2 innings.

So I decided to unsportsmanlike later on in the game and send a runner home after we already had like a 8 run lead when I could have just left them at 3rd. Later in the game after Benoit came after Gomez with two high and in fast balls near the head I launched a bomb over the left field fence making it a 13-3 game.

What can I say I get bored sometimes so I make up small storylines for myself lol. (Also Prince Fielder pretty much gets plunked every time I play the Rangers)

McHugh got the complete game which was big because our bullpen had been busy in game 1 & 2.

Some bad news though in Game 1 of the series Colby Rasmus broke his arm and is going to be out for 1-2 months. Tony Kemp got the callup because I think he is the most ready guy but he is just having a rough go of things in the majors. I may send him down and give Andrew Aplin a shot.

[HozAndMoose]

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<table><td bgcolor=#004684>Royals vs Giants - World Series - 2017</td></table>

Game 1

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First 6 innings of this game was dominated by pitching. Then it all kind of fell apart. Madison "Royals Killer" Bumgarner took a no hitter into the 5th before giving up 3 straight singles to open the inning as we take a 1-0 lead. Mean while Ian Kennedy took a no hitter into the 7th before giving up a single, RBI double and a 2 run home run to Denard span to give the Giants 3-1 lead. Giants add another in the top of the 8th thanks to a Brandon Belt double scoring Posey to make it 4-1. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th things got away from Bumgarner. Back to back singles by Cain and Hosmer allowed Phillips to come up to the plate. And that allowed him to have his biggest hit of the playoffs so far. A 3 run shot to left field to tie the game up at 4. Bottom of the 9th Alex Gordon leads off the inning with a walk. Jarrod Dyson comes on to pinch run and promptly steals 2nd. Perez moved him over to 3rd with a ground out. Mike Moustakas pops up to Belt at 1st leaving Dyson at 3rd with 2 outs and Alcides Escobar up to bat. After fouling off a few 1-2 pitches Osich leaves one over the plate just enough to poke it into right center as we walk off with a 5-4 win a 1-0 series lead.

Box Score

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Ventura(1-0, 2.41) vs Johnny Cueto(0-1, 3.71) in game 2. First time Cueto will be back in KC since game 3 of the 2015 world series when he threw a CG 2 hitter.

Game 2

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Not much offense for either team as Ventura and Cueto put on a pitching clinic in game 2. Ventura went innings allowing just 4 hits and 1 walk. We pulled him after the 8th at 100 pitches. Looking back we really should have left him in. Soria came in and got the 1st out in the 9th. Then gave up a double to Brandon Crawford. Got Belt to ground out for out #2. We intentionally walked Posey. No idea why. He is hitting .104 int he post season. And Matt Duffy behind him was 3 for 4 in the day. But its Posey. Well it didnt work out as he doubled to left field scoring 2 runs. Probably should have been a single but Alex Gordon decided to dive for the ball and missed allowing it to reach the wall. The Giants had the balls to do what we didnt and left Cueto in to start the 9th. Almost back fired on them tough. He struck out morales looking to start the inning. But gave up back to back singles to Gordon and Perez. Cueto gets pulled and in comes Ray Black. First batter he faces Moustakas singled up the middle scoring Dyson to make it 2-1. But that was all we would get as Escobar hit into a double play to end the inning. Tying the series at 1 as we head to San Fran.

Box Score

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Vargas(1-1, 3.00) vs Chris Heston(1-0, 0.90) in Game 3. Gonna change the lineup a bit. Yates moving to lead off. Cain moving to 3rd. Moose up to 4. Phillips down to 7 and Vargas will bat 8th with Escobar 9th. Gonna suck not having Morales bat the whole game.

Game 3

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Not a lot to talk about in this one. Offense was trash and the pitching was just as bad. Heston shut us down pretty much all game with majority of our base runners coming in the last couple innings. Vargas gave up 5 in 5.1 IP. Only 2 were earned. But an error on Hosmer probably shouldnt have been so Vargas really doesnt get let off the hook here. And Duffy coming in to replace him was no better giving up 3 runs on 5 hits in less than an inning. Giants win 8-1 and take a 2-1 series lead.

Box Score

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Game 4 will be Kris Medlen(0-0, 4.09) vs Matt Cain(0-0. 2.70). Really dont want to go down 3-1 with game 5 in SF. Medlen hasnt been all that great so far so he will be on a very short leash.

Game 4

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Kris Medlen had his best game of the post season so far going 6 innings with no runs allowed. 2 hits and 3 walks. Offense gave him an early lead when Jackson Yates singled to left to lead off the game and Hosmer followed it up with a bomb to center field for a 2 run lead 2 batters into the game. That would be all we need as SF managed just 1 run coming in the 7th. Hosmer made some great diving plays at 1st to take away some hits. We take game 4, 3-1. And tie the series up at 2.

Box Score

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Mike Minor(2-0, 3.86) back on the mound in game 5 going up against Clayton Blacknurn making his first start of the post season.

Game 5

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We are just 1 game away from the 3rd title in Royals history. And its all thanks to Kendrys Morales. Down 1-0 in the 7th Morales comes on as a pinch hitter for Mike minor who allowed 4 hits and 2 walks through 6. With 2 on and the count full Sergio Romo left one just a little to far over the plate and when it came down 425 feet away from home we lead 3-1. The ball landed in almost the exact same spot in dead center as Hosmer's HR in game 4. Bullpen took care of things from going 3 scoreless innings. Wade Davis almost gave up a HR to Buster Posey to lead off the 9th but Lorenzo Cain make a leaping catch over the wall to rob him and secure the 3-1 win.

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Box Score

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Game 6 is back in KC. Ventura vs Bumgarner. Win or go home for the Giants here. Going back to the origin lineup now that the DH is back. Been a long season. With how things were going around the All Star break im sure not many people though we would even make the playoffs. And now we are 1 game away from our 2nd world series title in 3 years.

Game 6

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Another pitchers dual in this one. Royals struck first in the bottom of the 4th scoring on a bases loaded walk by Bumgarner after Escobar fouled off pitch after pitch. Giants tied it up in the top of the 7th after Ventura let the first 2 batters reach and was pulled with guy on 2nd and 3rd. He finished the game with 6 IP, 7 hitsm 3 walks and 8K's. 2 batters later Posey would get the run in on a single to left field. Bumgarner was just as good going 7 innings with 6 hits, 3 walks and 7K's. Bottom of the 9th Escobar walks to lead off the inning. Steals 2nd and then Yates grounds out to 3rd for the 1st out. Cain follows it up striking out on a nasty curve for the 2nd out. Escobar still on 2nd with Hosmer at the plate. Strickland throws a fast ball up and away. And in what will most likely be his last at bats in a KC uniform Hosmer pulls it into right just past a diving Belt at 1st as the Royals walk off World Series Champions.

Box Score

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What a way to end the season. Worst record of all playoff teams. Just 1 game over .500 at the AS break. We had injuries to 2 of our best playesr in August. And pitching rotation that refused to figure things out for 5 months. 4 straight playoff appearances. 3 World Series in 4 years. 2 championships in 3 years. Most of the core will probably be gone. And there may never be another group like em to put on a KC uniform. Salvador Perez is your WS MVP.

Playoff Bracket

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[PhilliesFan13]

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<table><td bgcolor=#004684>Royals vs Giants - World Series - 2017</td></table>

Game 1

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First 6 innings of this game was dominated by pitching. Then it all kind of fell apart. Madison "Royals Killer" Bumgarner took a no hitter into the 5th before giving up 3 straight singles to open the inning as we take a 1-0 lead. Mean while Ian Kennedy took a no hitter into the 7th before giving up a single, RBI double and a 2 run home run to Denard span to give the Giants 3-1 lead. Giants add another in the top of the 8th thanks to a Brandon Belt double scoring Posey to make it 4-1. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th things got away from Bumgarner. Back to back singles by Cain and Hosmer allowed Phillips to come up to the plate. And that allowed him to have his biggest hit of the playoffs so far. A 3 run shot to left field to tie the game up at 4. Bottom of the 9th Alex Gordon leads off the inning with a walk. Jarrod Dyson comes on to pinch run and promptly steals 2nd. Perez moved him over to 3rd with a ground out. Mike Moustakas pops up to Belt at 1st leaving Dyson at 3rd with 2 outs and Alcides Escobar up to bat. After fouling off a few 1-2 pitches Osich leaves one over the plate just enough to poke it into right center as we walk off with a 5-4 win a 1-0 series lead.

Box Score

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Ventura(1-0, 2.41) vs Johnny Cueto(0-1, 3.71) in game 2. First time Cueto will be back in KC since game 3 of the 2015 world series when he threw a CG 2 hitter.

Game 2

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Not much offense for either team as Ventura and Cueto put on a pitching clinic in game 2. Ventura went innings allowing just 4 hits and 1 walk. We pulled him after the 8th at 100 pitches. Looking back we really should have left him in. Soria came in and got the 1st out in the 9th. Then gave up a double to Brandon Crawford. Got Belt to ground out for out #2. We intentionally walked Posey. No idea why. He is hitting .104 int he post season. And Matt Duffy behind him was 3 for 4 in the day. But its Posey. Well it didnt work out as he doubled to left field scoring 2 runs. Probably should have been a single but Alex Gordon decided to dive for the ball and missed allowing it to reach the wall. The Giants had the balls to do what we didnt and left Cueto in to start the 9th. Almost back fired on them tough. He struck out morales looking to start the inning. But gave up back to back singles to Gordon and Perez. Cueto gets pulled and in comes Ray Black. First batter he faces Moustakas singled up the middle scoring Dyson to make it 2-1. But that was all we would get as Escobar hit into a double play to end the inning. Tying the series at 1 as we head to San Fran.

Box Score

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Vargas(1-1, 3.00) vs Chris Heston(1-0, 0.90) in Game 3. Gonna change the lineup a bit. Yates moving to lead off. Cain moving to 3rd. Moose up to 4. Phillips down to 7 and Vargas will bat 8th with Escobar 9th. Gonna suck not having Morales bat the whole game.

Game 3

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Not a lot to talk about in this one. Offense was trash and the pitching was just as bad. Heston shut us down pretty much all game with majority of our base runners coming in the last couple innings. Vargas gave up 5 in 5.1 IP. Only 2 were earned. But an error on Hosmer probably shouldnt have been so Vargas really doesnt get let off the hook here. And Duffy coming in to replace him was no better giving up 3 runs on 5 hits in less than an inning. Giants win 8-1 and take a 2-1 series lead.

Box Score

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Game 4 will be Kris Medlen(0-0, 4.09) vs Matt Cain(0-0. 2.70). Really dont want to go down 3-1 with game 5 in SF. Medlen hasnt been all that great so far so he will be on a very short leash.

Game 4

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Kris Medlen had his best game of the post season so far going 6 innings with no runs allowed. 2 hits and 3 walks. Offense gave him an early lead when Jackson Yates singled to left to lead off the game and Hosmer followed it up with a bomb to center field for a 2 run lead 2 batters into the game. That would be all we need as SF managed just 1 run coming in the 7th. Hosmer made some great diving plays at 1st to take away some hits. We take game 4, 3-1. And tie the series up at 2.

Box Score

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Mike Minor(2-0, 3.86) back on the mound in game 5 going up against Clayton Blacknurn making his first start of the post season.

Game 5

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We are just 1 game away from the 3rd title in Royals history. And its all thanks to Kendrys Morales. Down 1-0 in the 7th Morales comes on as a pinch hitter for Mike minor who allowed 4 hits and 2 walks through 6. With 2 on and the count full Sergio Romo left one just a little to far over the plate and when it came down 425 feet away from home we lead 3-1. The ball landed in almost the exact same spot in dead center as Hosmer's HR in game 4. Bullpen took care of things from going 3 scoreless innings. Wade Davis almost gave up a HR to Buster Posey to lead off the 9th but Lorenzo Cain make a leaping catch over the wall to rob him and secure the 3-1 win.

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Box Score

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Game 6 is back in KC. Ventura vs Bumgarner. Win or go home for the Giants here. Going back to the origin lineup now that the DH is back. Been a long season. With how things were going around the All Star break im sure not many people though we would even make the playoffs. And now we are 1 game away from our 2nd world series title in 3 years.

Game 6

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Another pitchers dual in this one. Royals struck first in the bottom of the 4th scoring on a bases loaded walk by Bumgarner after Escobar fouled off pitch after pitch. Giants tied it up in the top of the 7th after Ventura let the first 2 batters reach and was pulled with guy on 2nd and 3rd. He finished the game with 6 IP, 7 hitsm 3 walks and 8K's. 2 batters later Posey would get the run in on a single to left field. Bumgarner was just as good going 7 innings with 6 hits, 3 walks and 7K's. Bottom of the 9th Escobar walks to lead off the inning. Steals 2nd and then Yates grounds out to 3rd for the 1st out. Cain follows it up striking out on a nasty curve for the 2nd out. Escobar still on 2nd with Hosmer at the plate. Strickland throws a fast ball up and away. And in what will most likely be his last at bats in a KC uniform Hosmer pulls it into right just past a diving Belt at 1st as the Royals walk off World Series Champions.

Box Score

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What a way to end the season. Worst record of all playoff teams. Just 1 game over .500 at the AS break. We had injuries to 2 of our best playesr in August. And pitching rotation that refused to figure things out for 5 months. 4 straight playoff appearances. 3 World Series in 4 years. 2 championships in 3 years. Most of the core will probably be gone. And there may never be another group like em to put on a KC uniform. Salvador Perez is your WS MVP.

Playoff Bracket

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Are you strictly sim? Just wondering because you get through seasons super quick.

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[HozAndMoose]

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Are you strictly sim? Just wondering because you get through seasons super quick.

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I try to play 1 sim 5. But it usually turns into a play 1 sim 7 or 8. So i can get a month done in a day or 2. A season in a week to week and a half. And then i play every playoff game.

[PhilliesFan13]

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I try to play 1 sim 5. But it usually turns into a play 1 sim 7 or 8. So i can get a month done in a day or 2. A season in a week to week and a half. And then i play every playoff game.

Gotcha.

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[agentlaw13]

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2017 Phillies NLDS Update (Games 1,2)

Game 1 - After using Nola in the Wild Card game, I decided to go with the fire baller Velasquez in the first game of the NLDS. He was matching up against the NL MVP, Max Scherzer. I knew it would be a tough task facing Scherzer, but we stayed tied 0-0 until the 5th inning. Velasquez got in some trouble and gave up a grand slam to E. Aybar (of all people?!) in the bottom of the 5th. With the Nats up 4-0 and Scherzer dominating on the bump, I felt the game slipping away. We did get to him a bit and put up 3 runs in the later innings but the Nats got the opening game victory with a score of 6-3.
My bright spot was M. Franco. His bat has heated up the last few games and he has become the run producer we long strived for during the regular season. He had 2 home runs and knocked in all 3 of our runs in the game. Hopefully he stays hot. On to facing Strasburg in Game 2.

Game 2 - Normally Eickhoff would be next man up in the rotation but I decided to go with Hellickson vs. Strasburg for Game 2. It paid off, as he stepped up and pitched 7 great scoreless innings until being pinch hit for in the 8th. Franco, Vogt, and Ruf had 2 RBI each and Espinosa had a RBI to help give us a 7-0 lead into the bottom of the 8th. With the huge lead, Neris comes in and gives up a few hits. Harper, who we have held in check most of the year, then comes up and blast a 3 run dinger to make things interesting. They add on 3 more runs to really make me squirm but Nick Williams 9th inning solo blast gave Storen enough cushion to come on and get the save. We take game 2 with a score of 8-6. Series shifts to Philly with a Game 3 slate of Roark vs. Eickhoff. Gonna be an entertaining series!

[KBLover]

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The Marlins made some waves by putting some excellent talent on the trading block.

Slugging 3B Stan Brito was formally announced as being "available" by the team. Speculation is that it's the pending arbitration status that has the team considering a move.

Brito, 24, has tremendous power, perhaps in the top 5 in the league in terms of raw explosiveness. He can also steal some bases and plays strong, if at times erratic, defense. The question mark is his ability to be consistent - in all phases of the game. When he's on, he looks amazing.

"They have their young stable of starting pitchers coming up and this has always been a pitching-first team. So Brito might get moved, and that's a move the team could absorb relatively easily in terms of resetting the lineup, " a local sportswriter commented.

Indeed, Baez could move to 3B and the middle infield can return to being Taylor-Campos.

The other name that was more surprising was Luis Heredia, the blossoming #2 starter that might be a borderline ace on another club.

Many thought that Heredia would be Boeve's right-hand man atop the rotation. However, the team loves Clay Huff as well and Moses Bartlett is also a favorite - and both are entering the "pay me" phase of their careers. Huff will be an outright FA the year after next while Bartlett has a couple more years going forward of team control, albeit under arbitration.

The Marlins have a bit of a "backlog" of pitching prospects - though some of them, like Bullock, haven't impressed so far. Still, between Bullock, Kolek, Mota, Ordonez, who will make his debut next, Mader and Valdez, the Marlins figure to have at least one, maybe two, average-at-least arms in the making or ready to go. The Marlins may be thinking Boeve, Bartlett, Huff and two of those others will do fine for a rotation.

This is not counting what might come back should Brito and/or Heredia indeed move. The Marlins will certainly not either cheaply, especially Heredia.

The Marlins are looking for catcher prospects, middle infield prospects, and, of course, to keep the SP mill going, likely as an "add-on" to a deal involving the other resources as main pieces.

Also joining the Marlins trade block is a pair of 1B. Chet Doyle, who may well be a very solid, if lacking in defense, player, and Freddie Aquino, a speed/power type player, but his ability to hit for average and play acceptable defense are big question marks. Both could be attractive to AL teams looking to bolster their DH situation.

This could be a signal to Russell Parrott that he is the heir-apparent to Chris Davis at the position.

Other big names have hit the trading block as well. Phillies are shopping a slugging 3B of their own in Mikael Franco, likely looking to shed his $22 million-and-rising salary. The Yankees are shopping well-rounded Blake Swihart. Veteran Jose Abreu still has a big bat, and the Pirates are hoping someone takes him on as a rental as they may not be planning to extend him this offseason.

[KBLover]

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The Marlins might want to rethink those ideas of trading Stan Brito.

He has another multi-hit game, this time including 2 more home runs to start the year.

He currently has 9 hits, 7 of them for extra bases...and 4 of those are home runs.

Either he's doing a fine job of auditioning for potential suitors...or he's making the Marlins think twice about what they want to do here.

[adioCX]

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carried over from 15 and i'm in the ALCS with 1989 Oakland A's facing the Boston Red Sox.

A full recap of the season and the box scores for the ALCS are posted to my website.

http://www.retrosportsgaming.com/category/mlb/1989/

[HozAndMoose]

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<table><td bgcolor=#004684>Off Season & Spring Training - 2018</td></table>

Going into the off season I expected to lose a a couple guys at least. It wasnt as bad as i thought. Brandon Phillips retired so I didnt have to consider resigning him. Edinson Volquez was a free agent and i already knew i wasnt signing him. So that freed up a little money. In the end the only major piece we lost was Hosmer. And we knew that was gonna happen for sure. He was asking for 22.2 per year. We countered with 18 per for 7 years. And gave him a qualifying offer. He decided to sign with the Angels for 5 years and 118.3 million. He gets more money per year. And gets to sign another deal at 33. Cant blame him for leaving. He helped us get 2 rings.

• Mike Moustakas was asking for 14.6 per year. He agreed to a 6 year deal worth 84 million(14 per) and a player option. That is the highest total contract in Royals history.
  
  
• Lorenzo Cain wanted 14.2 per year. He signed a 4 year deal for 53.6 million(13.4) and a player option. I really didnt expect him to sign that.
  
  
• Wade Davis wanted 10.6 million we agreed to that and he signed a 5 year deal for 53 million. The next day Craig Kimbrel signed a 6 year 66 million dollar extension with the Red Sox. Davis has been by far the better player since 2014. So we got a good deal there.
  
  
• Mike Minor signed a 3 year 21.9 million dollar deal. He started at 8.2 per year and we got him down to 7.3.
  
  
• Alcides Escobar wanted 6.7 per year. We offered 4 years 22 million. Really didnt expect him to sign that. Felt comfortable offering him less since we have Mondesi.
  
  
• Jarrod Dyson signed on for 2 years and 4 million. Originally wanted 2.5 per year
  
  
• Kris Medlen for 10.5 million over 3 years. Originally wanted 3.5 per year.
  
  
• Danny Duffy for 13.5 million over 3 years. Originally wanted 4.8 per year.
  
  Only move we made in free agency was pickign up Jordan Lyles for 2 years and 10 million dollars. We go into the season with a payroll of 136.6 million. He was 9-11 with a 3.77 ERA in Colorado last year.

Retirees

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• A-Rod - HOF
• Marco Estrada
• Jake Peavy
• Brandon Phillips
• JJ Hardy
• Josh Hamilton
• Jayson Werth
• John Lackey
• Matt Garza
• Francisco Liriano
• Jimmy Rollins - HOF
• Carlos Beltran - HOF

Some notable signings/extensions around the league

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• Kimbrel - 6 Year 66 million dollar extension with the Red Sox
• Arrieta - 5 year 155 million dollar extension with the Cubs.
• Corey Seager - 6 year 73.8 million dollar extension with the Dodgers
• Bumgarner - 6 year 186 million dollar extension with the Giants.
• Stroman - 6 year 58.2 million dollar extension with the Blue Jays
• Russell - 6 years 45.6 million dollar extension with the Cubs
  
  
• Michael Brantley goes to the Cardinals for 230.4 million over 9 years. Largest in Cardinals history.
• Carlos Gomez to the Pirates for 26.8 million over 2 years. That move was necessary because....
• Andrew McCutchen is now an Indian with an 8 year deal worth 245.6 million. Largest in Indians history
• Jose Altuve signed a 6 year 169 million dollar deal with the Phillies.
• Jake McGee to the Tigers. 6 years, 51 million.
• Greg Holland goes to the White Sox for 24.3 million over 3 years.
• Yu Darvish signed a 5 year 73.5 million dollar deal with the Nationals.
• Jose Reyes to the Reds for 2 years and 16.2 million dollars.

As we headed into Spring Training there were a few more position battles than we had the last few years. Needed to decide who was gonna play 1st with Hoz gone. Who was gonn aplay 2nd with Phillips gone. And who was gonna play RF which we have been trying to figure out at this time of the season for a couple years. We also had a few spots in the rotation up for grabs. Minor and Ventura were the only guys that had a spot locked up going in.

Balbino Fuenmayor and Cheslor Cuthbert were the main guys battling for 1st. Colon, Mondesi and Ramon Torres battling for 2nd. And Dyson, Starling, Fuentes, Jose Martinez and Paulo Orlando battling for RF and 4th outfielder. Jackson Yates Cam Gallagher were competing for back up catcher. Or more like Gallagher fighting for a spot on the team since Yates was pretty much guaranteed a spot it just wasnt decided where yet.

We went with Balbino at 1st over Cuthbert. Cuthbert had the better spring. .300/.333/.340 compared to .278/.316/.33 for Balbino. But the reason we went with Balbino is so that Cuthbert could get every day bats and that wasnt gonna happen up here since we are going to have Yates play 1st against righties as neither Balbino or Cuthbert are very good against them.

None of the guys at 2nd really did that well. Torres hit .167/.246/.200. Colon .196/.241/.255 and Mondesi .210/.258/.323. Went with Mondesi since he was the best of the worst and has the best defense and base running.

Just like 2nd base no one fighting for the RF job really stepped up. Dyson hit .222/.271/.333, Starling hit .176/.276/.353, Fuentes hit .175/.242/.263, Orlando hit .225/.273/.325 and Martinez hit .232/.267/.339. So Jackson Yates will get the start in RF against lefties while Dyson starts against righties. So filling out the roster Cam Gallagher will be the backup catcher. Christian Colon the backup IF.

As for the starters every got about the same amount of innings in. And for the most part every did extremely well. We are gonna go with a 6 man rotation to start the season. Minor will start opening day. Followed by Ventura, Duffy, Zimmer, Lyles and Gee. Ian Kennedy will be the long reliever with Medlen moving to a middle relief role. Danny Duffy went 22 innings without allowing a run. Zimmer gave up 2 runs in 21 innings And Lyles and Gee gave up 3 runs in 17 innings each. Hopefully that can carry over to the regular season.

Roster

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Injuries Around the League

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Chase Headley - NYY - Fractured Leg - Returns in 1-2 weeks
Brandon Guyer - TB - Fractured Shin - Returns in 1-2 months
Carter Capps - MIA - Torn Rotator Cuff - Out for Season
Jorge Alfaro - PHI - Fractured Wrist - Returns in 1-2 months
Orlando Arcia - MIL - Fractured Forearm - Returns in 1-2 months
Yadiel Rivera - MIL - Dislocated Ankle - Out for Season
Howie Kendrick - LAD - Shoulder Team - Returns in 1-2 months
Adrian Gonzalez - LAD - MCL Sprain - Returns in 1-2 weeks

We start the season with 4 games in Houston (eliminated them in the ALDS). 10 of our first 13 games and 17 of 27 games in April are on the road. Gotta be better than we were last year on the road or it could be a rough start.

[Aussie_Red_Devil]

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Do ball parks matter when it comes to numbers in game. As in if i have a game at Coors field will there be more Home Runs over the season because of the altitude?

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[KBLover]

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Do ball parks matter when it comes to numbers in game. As in if i have a game at Coors field will there be more Home Runs over the season because of the altitude?

A few parks have environment effects like Coors. I think there's others in the game.

Overall dimensions/features can matter significantly. Coors hits both. It gets the altitude effect modeled AND it's a spacious park for balls that stay in the field of play.

[BlueJays09]

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Do ball parks matter when it comes to numbers in game. As in if i have a game at Coors field will there be more Home Runs over the season because of the altitude?

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I am not sure, but wind really has an effect. Just played in Fenway park after having 4 low scoring games In a row. Wind was out to LF and rather strong according to the report before the game. With my right handed power I blasted 5 homers over the monster on like 7 hits in the game. Bautista hit that massive silver tower thing and would have put it in the parking lot otherwise. Encarnacion cleared the monster and Guerrero hit a fly ball that looked catchable and just never came down. Almost seemed like it got stuck In a vortex haha! Quite realistic!


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[BlueJays09]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

The Blue Jays are now 8-4 on the year and are tied for first in the AL east. The Jays entered the Yankees series with a 4-3 record and got hammered in game 1 by a score of 14-2. The veteran players held a post game meeting to spark a fire under everyone. Game 2 and 3 were identical 2-1 wins for Toronto on walk offs. Game 2 by Tulo in the 10th and game 3 by Bautista in the 13th.

Next was the Red Sox for 4. In game 1 the Jays won 7-2 off of 5 homers by Encarnacion, Guerrero, Bautista, Donaldson and Tulo. They lost starter Marcus Stroman for 2-3 weeks after being hit by a line drive in the head. Gavin Floyd will take over as starter until Stroman gets back from the 15 day DL and Ernesto Frieri was called up to take his spot in the bullpen.

Game 2 saw the Jays win 7-1 again. Both wins came from Elias and Price. Both lefties really took it to Toronto in the opening series going 7 and 8 innings respectfully for wins. This time the Jays stayed patient and waited for mistakes and made them pay. In this one, Travis hit a solo HR and 2 run double to solidify the 7-1 win EE also had another homer and now has 5 on the year already.

Guerrero has taken over the starting LF position. He is batting .337 with 4 home runs in 10 games played.

Next up, games 2-3 vs the Red Sox


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[countryboy]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

I have reached the All-Star break. We hold a 5 1/2 game lead on the Cubs. The Pirates are in 3rd, 11 games out of first, so it appears to be a two team race at this point.

I have placed Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, and Trevor Rosenthal into the All-Star game.

We are still on the fence about what to do with Kolten Wong, but I'm thinking about just hanging on to him for the rest of the season and then making a decision in the offseason. Wong proved to be valuable in my last game before the break as he hit the go ahead/game winning homerun against the Brewers in the 9th inning. Plus, his defense is superior to that of Holt. The other issue is that I have an up and coming third baseman, Patrick Wisdom, that may not be able to be held at Memphis next season. His glove is absolutely amazing and his speed is good for a 3rd baseman. Just need his bat to get better, but he is hitting .260 right now, which isn't great, but isn't terrible either. So if I bring him up, then Carpenter has to move to 2nd which leaves Wong out again.

Decisions, decisions.