MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

[NDAlum]

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Padres continue to suck horribly but we're going to see what a few young guys have in store for us...







GM J.K. Stewart Report

We aggressively tried to find suitors for trades at the deadline but we couldn't accomplish any deals. RF Matt Kemp had an incredible month but his contract really hinders his value on the market. SP Tyson Ross and C Derek Norris were also dangled out there but neither player would've gotten a return worthwhile. Both players are viewed as pieces of the organization moving forward. They are both up for contracts and the Padres should be able to bring them back.

We're going to give LF Hunter Renfroe a chance to prove he's the guy in LF moving forward. We'll monitor how he progresses and hits in the final two months. A few guys in AA are really standing out in our scouts eyes and I really think we've got a few star-potential players in the making. I'll just comment on RF Bryant Page who was our #8 overall pick in the 2016 Draft. He looks like a 30-40 HR guy down the road for us. He's gone +3/+10 in his PowR/PowL categories and he's gone from a 60 -> 64 OVR. If he has a couple more quality months he really might take even bigger strides towards soon becoming a member of the Padres outfield. The idea of an outfield consisting of #2 overall pick this year, Bert Drese, with Manny Margot and Bryant Page is very, very appealing. There are many variables to see if it pans out that way but the potential is there.

[Rocket32]

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I'm now at July 1st in my Yankees franchise. Last time I posted I was at June 3rd I think. Since then we have gone 16-9. Currently we are 45-33 on the season which is second place in the AL East. The Blue Jays are in first with a 47-34 record but we are only half a game behind them. Red Sox are in third 3.0 games out of first with a 43-36 record. The Orioles are in fourth with a 37-42 record and 9.0 games out of first. Rays are last with a 27-51 record and 18.5 games out of first. It dosen't mean much yet but we do have one of the wildcard spots right now.

Jacoby Ellsbury went on the DL back on June 14th with a torn finger ligament. He's still 3-4 weeks away from returning. I called up Nick Swisher to fill in and I'm glad I did. Wasn't really expecting too much but so far in 12 games and with 38 AB's he has 12 hits, 4 HR's, 13 RBI's, a 316 batting average, a 356 OBP, and 4 BB's. I have him platooning with Aaron Hicks. He plays against right handers while Hicks plays against lefty's. So far it's been working out pretty well.

So far their really hasn't been any roster changes. I've been mainly sticking with what I have at the MLB level. No ones given me any reason to promote them to the Majors at AAA on the pitching side of things. Offensively at AAA, Judge, Gamel, and Solano are all on fire and hitting well. I'll keeping Judge down for quite a while still and theirs no room for Gamel on the MLB roster. I could bring up Solano to be our backup infielder and demote Torreyes but I don't think I want to do that yet.

Our next few series before the all star break are against SD, CWS, and CLE. All of them are away games and they are all 3 game sets beside the series against the Indians, which is a 4 game series. Brian McCann is the only Yankee leading in votes for the all star game. Yan Gomes us behind him at 312k votes while McCann has 354k votes but luckily Gomes just happens to be injured right now for another 1-2 weeks so he's pretty much out of it. Salvador Perez is third with 294k votes so McCann has a pretty nice lead there. The only other Yankee who has a shot at the all star game is A-Rod but he's third with 485k votes. Todd Frazier is ahead of him at 486k votes. Josh Donaldson is in first with 504k votes. Definately a chance of A-Rod catching him if he can get on a hot streak for the final 10 games before the break.

I'll probaly update again after the all star break.

[HozAndMoose]

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<table><td bgcolor=#004684>End of August - 2019</td></table>

With one month left in the season we sit at 81-47. 27-13 since the AS break. And first in the central by 3.5 games over the Twins. Best record in the Majors. We are on a 5 game win streak and have won 12 of our last 15 games. We are pretty much guaranteed a playoff spot already. Twins are the only team with a real chance at the division and the 2 best teams are the Indians at 69-60 and the Rays at 67-62. The Indains are the hottest team in baseball though winning 9 of the last 10. 16 of the last 19. And went 21-7 overall in August. Giants have the best record in the NL. White Sox are the worst in the AL at 53-77. Braves and Padres tied for the worst in the NL at 54-75 with the Brewers at 54-74 and Rockies at 55-74.

Standings

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Offense hasnt changed much. 4.5 runs per game over the last 39 games. We are 1st in AVG, and SLG %. 4th in OBP, 3rd in HR and 1st in SB%. Kendrys Morales has been our best hitter since the break. .344/.398/.611 with 11 HR and 22 RBI. The most HR he has hit since 2016. Jackson Yates has hit .331/.393/.541 with 8 HR and 24 RBI. Moose ended July with a season low AVG of .234. But bounced back nicely in August hitting .308/.368/.558 with 6 HR and 13 RBI. Over his last 8 games he is hitting .333/.407/.688 with 5 HR and 10 RBI. For the season he is hitting .250/.319/.415 with 18 HR and 65 RBI. Raul Mondesi came off the DL on August 21st. In 10 games since he is hitting .357/.386/.571 with a HR and 2 SB. For the season he is hitting .272/.318/.425 with 5 HR. Alex Gordon has been taken a tiny step back. Line is down to .303/.388/.555. He has added 8 HR though for a team leading 28 on the season and 81 RBI. Salvador Perez has hit 8 HR since the AS break as well. Now hitting .282/.344/.482 with 26 HR and 78 RBI. And last Lorenzo Cain has struggled these last 8 weeks now hitting .257/.325/.420 with 15 HR and 25 RBI. If his line stays there it will be his lowest in all 3 catagories since 2013. Adam Lind is on the DL with a fractured shin. May miss the start of the playoffs.

Pitching like the offense has been pretty consistent. We have given up 3.8 runs per game since the break. ERA fell a few points down to 3.67. 6th overall and 2nd in the AL. Mike Minor has pitched himself into some Cy Young talk (Mainly because of his W-L record ) He is 17-5 with a 2.79 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. Kris Medlen came back from his injury on August 14th. Has pitched 19.1 innings with 9 ER (4.19 ERA) in 4 starts. Was forced to leave early in 2 of those starts with minor injuries. He is 5-1 with a 2.88 ERa and 1.25 WHIP in 75 IP this year. Jordan Lyles has had a good 2nd half. ERA is down to 3.83 in 160 IP. Danny Duffy is 10-8 with a 3.71 ERA and 1.39 WHIP in 155.1 IP. And Yordano Ventura us 9-7 with a 4.31 ERA in 152.1 IP. Would be great if he could have a strong September like he has the last couple years. The pen has struggled a bit recently. Wade Davis has 39 saves a 2.70 ERA. Soria is the next best with a 3.00 ERA in 54 IP. He is having his best strikeout season since 2009 with an 10.67 K/9. Herrera has a 3.26 ERA in 58 IP with a 0.98 WHIP and Hoch has a 3.19 ERA in 48 IP. Howell and Huff have 4.05 and 4.07 ERA's respectively.

34 games left in the season. 19 home games. 15 road games. Really doubtful that the Indians can catch us. So it will be a battle with us and the Twins. We have 3 more games against them at home and on the road. Last game is on October 6th at the White Sox.

Top 20 Prospects

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Some other guys who weren't on the list but had good season and could be on it next year.

Luke Farrell was 6-7 with a 3.23 ERA in 122.2 IP in AAA. Saw some time in the majors but wasnt all that effective.

Rolando Cardona hit .306/.393/.459 with 5 HR and 10 SB in AAA after hitting .304/.392/.458 with 2 HR and 8 SB in AA.

Richard Burden had a 2.65 ERA in 68 IP with a 1.41 WHIP and 10.06 K/9 in AA

Todd Fisk had a 3.60 ERA in 75 IP with a 1.45 WHIP in AA

[EWRMETS]

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Is there a tracking of record per month or stats per month? I see the overlays in game but that's it.

[countryboy]

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Is there a tracking of record per month or stats per month? I see the overlays in game but that's it.

Wish there were but unfortunately there are not.

[tcsox11]

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Rodriguez dominates again, improves record to 8-2
Eduardo Rodriguez threw 7 shutout innings, scattering 9 hits and striking out 9 to lead the Red Sox to a 1-0 win over the Mariners. Koji Uehara pitched a 1-2-3 8th, and Kimbrel struck out 2 in the 9th to seal the win. We only managed 5 hits, but Jackie Bradley's solo HR in the 5th proved to be the only hit we needed as we improved our record to 35-33, good for 2nd place 9.5 games back of the Jays. The Red Sox go for the sweep in the series finale as Rick Porcello looks to continue a decent run of his last few starts against James Paxton.

[scooterperpetual]

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Nearing the end of June (2 games left) and we have been in a bit of a bad streak lately, similar to a past post I am happy from a realism standpoint but very concerned from a GM standpoint.

We dropped 2/3 at home against LA Angels and then got swept in KC. Through this streak pitching has really struggled in those 5 games we got outscored 34 to 14. 10 of those runs against us were against the Royals in game 3 which was a disaster but fun in a way.

Everything was quiet for both sides in the 1st inning Collin McHugh got the start for us he has had a good year so far. Then in the 2nd inning things just kind of explode they score 8 runs! Batted around and it was ugly.

Fortunately we got out 4.2 innings out of Feldman who put up a 0 in the run column. Devenski came in on short rest after pitching 2 days prior and went 2 innings allowed 2 home runs. We lost 10-0 they racked up 15 hits.

A even more funny scoreline though was against LA at home final score was 7-8 LA and they had 21 hits. I did rally for 4 runs in the 9th to force extra innings but they put up 3 runs in the top of the 10th, I matched them with 2 but it wasnt enough we lost.

But onto the future I played the first game in LA after the rough KC series and we won 6-3, was a shutout until the 8th then it got a little sketchy but Ken Giles shut the door on their faces.

Anyways I am giving Devenski 1 more start and if it is bad I am calling up Martes, its worth noting his last start he only went 5 innings and allowed 5 runs all in the 5th inning. I see him being a solid reliever but not a starter, similar to his role in real life right now.

A.J. Reed is raking in AAA through 98 AB's he is batting 296 with 3 home runs. I would like to see more power from him but he is definitely on the brink of a callup. 1B has been bad this year. Tyler White was OK for a while but is now riding the pine at AAA due to the logjam in the infield with Bregman, Moran, and Reed.

Speaking of Bregman he has gone cold recently and has seen his average drop from .280 all the way down to .237 but this is what I wanted to happen, I wanted to wait for a slump then call him up once he bounces back. So once he gets hot again he very well could get called up.

[scooterperpetual]

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Completely separate from the update above but if you guys move someone to the bullpen that is naturally a starter, do you lower their stamina and give them a boost to some attributes? I am thinking about doing this with Feldman and possibly Devenski if he moves to the bullpen permanently.

[BENVCR]

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Been a busy couple months for my Jays after winning the World Series in walk-off fashion against the Nats. Game 7 and World Series MVP Devon Travis who was poised for a big breakout after 3 months of injury from May to August left him with a .230/.330 line with 5 HR/33 RBI for the regular season, only marginally better than Ryan Goins at .225/.300 4 HR/28 RBI. Josh Donaldson was the face of the organization belting 46 HRs, hitting .352 and missing out on the triple crown with only 102 RBI's, which ranked 4th overall in the American League. He also led the league in walks, OPS and WAR, while coming top 5 in doubles with 44. Edwin Encarnacion led the AL with 122 RBI's after an impressive 37 HR season.

The Jays brought back Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion as their big FA contracts. Micheal Saunders was also approached but ultimately asked for too much after exploding to a 85OVR and demanding nearly 20milion a year in salary following his 30HR/80RBI season where he had a .800+ OPS. Unfortunately the team came down to a decision between established favorite Bautista or Micheal Saunders, and elected to sign JB while also bringing in former player Colby Rasmus to replace Saunders left handed bat in left field, leaving the 4th outfield spot to Dalton Pompey, Ezequiel Carrera or Junior Lake. Meanwhile 1B Justin Smoak was also allowed to walk after a .250/.300/350 slash line with 18HR and 56RBI season playing as the team's everyday 1B(Chris Collabello was traded for Sam Dyson early in the 2016 campaign). J.A Happ was also shipped off with Adam Morgan to bring in Brendan Shipley, a highly-touted 18 year old leftie with a A rated future, who looked to earn the 5th spot in the rotation out of camp. Happ had struggled to a 4.50 ERA with a 10-8 record and an 0-2, 6+ ERA in the postseason before being cut out of the postseason rotation in favour of a 4 man cycle.

The Jays also signed Carlos Gomez to a 3 year 75 million dollar deal before flipping him the next day for Freddy Freeman, revealing the team's plan to have the left-handed hitting Freeman as the everyday 1B and 2hole hitter for the next 5 years. Needless to say Gomez is probably upset about being used in such a way. Only 2 weeks into the season, an even bigger blockbuster deal was struck between the two clubs when it was apparent that Jays prospect Brendan Shipley, who pitched to a 5+ ERA in his spring training apperances, would be better served working on his talent in AAA, and resigned Jesse Chavez struggled in his first two starts of the season, showing that perhaps his arm was better suited to a long relief role. The Jays only managed a dissapointing 4-6 through their first ten games, and from the World Series champions heads were hitting the chopping block, including manager John Gibbons, whose minus stats in several key areas proved to be too much for the club. The blockbuster deal consisted of team stalwart Jose Bautista, who had struggled to a .203/.250/.350 slash line with 1 HR and 2 RBI through the stretch, being packaged with 2B Devon Travis(who had similarly had a slow start) and journeyman corner infielder Matt Dominguez being shipped to the Braves for Julio Teheran, Jace Peterson and Dansby Swanson. Teheran represented a legitimate upgrade for the fifth spot in the rotation, making it arguably the best rotation in baseball, while Peterson offered depth and speed; it also offered a route for Toronto to get hot-hitting Dalton Pompey(.280/.350/.450 with 3 HR, 6 SB and 9RBI in the first two weeks of the season)into the field more regularly. Dansby Swanson was the gem of the trade, however due to his contractual issues with being so far from home and a 5-year 80k contract which the team felt was going to hold back his commitment to the team, he was flipped along with B prospect 3B Jose Abreu to Boston for infielder Joan Moncada. This was immediately seen as a good deal when platoon infielder Ryan Goins broke his forearm, allowing Moncada to assume everyday roles.

Current team situation(May 15,2017)
Lineup

CF Kevin Pillar(87OVR, .290 AVG, 5HR,19RBI,4SB)
1B Freddy Freeman(87 OVR, .305 AVG, 3HR, 17 RBI)
3B Josh Donaldson(99 OVR, .350 AVG, 15HR, 28 RBI)
DH Edwin Encarnacion(90 OVR, .280 AVG, 5 HR, 26 RBI)
SS Troy Tulowitzski(96 OVR, .267 AVG, 6HR, 19 RBI)
RF Colby Rasmus(81 OVR, .245 AVG, 5 HR, 14 RBI)
C Russell Martin(82 OVR, .160 AVG, 0 HR, 5 RBI)
2B Joan Moncada(80 OVR, .310 AVG, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 4 SB)
LF Dalton Pompey(74 OVR, .250 AVG, 4 HR 12 RBI, 12 SB)

Bench
2B Darwin Barney(77 OVR .150 AVG, plays great defence but the most likely candidate to be sent down when the return of 81 OVR Ryan Goins off the 60-day DL)
3B Jake Lamb(has been learning the trade at 1B and providing a solid .260/3HR/11RBI off the bench since been acquired in spring training for little to nothing)
C/1B Jesus Montero(.260 with 4HR and 13 RBI).
OF Junior Lake(.350. 1 HR/8 RBI)

The stories of the lineup have been the arrival of Jesus Montero, who upon moving to the catcher role proved to be much more valuable to the team(and jumped from 70 to 76OVR with the transition, due to his strong arm and skillset suiting the position). This move also allows space for Josh Thole to slip down the depth chart, while Rowdy Tellez now has a clearer patch to the majors and could be the team's full-time DH in 2018 depending on if EE is re-signed. Montero has brought power and a great right-handed bat, as has Junior Lake, who has surpised with a great bat against lefties to a solid statline, and pushed Ezequiel Carrera to AAA.

Pitching

Marcus Stroman(6-0, 2.50 ERA, tied for 3rd in majors for SO)
Aaron Sanchez(1-2, 4.50 ERA, has struggled to impress as he did in his breakout 2016 where he was a Cy Young candidate after winning 16 games with a sub 3 ERA.
Marco Estrada(1-2, 4.85 ERA)
Drew Hutchison(finished 2016 with a 10-8 record and a league low 2.33 ERA after taking over rotation spot left open by the trade of RA Dickey. Has exploded to a 85 OVR after those performances).
Julio Teheran(5+ ERA in 2016, not yet showing the results the Jays hoped for when they traded franchise names to acquire him).

[saintrules]

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Completely separate from the update above but if you guys move someone to the bullpen that is naturally a starter, do you lower their stamina and give them a boost to some attributes? I am thinking about doing this with Feldman and possibly Devenski if he moves to the bullpen permanently.

I usually edit their position to RP but I don't touch their attributes. Since I play every inning of every game, I am the one who decides how long this reliever is going to stay in, not the computer. On the other hand, if I have a guy from the pen I want starting I usually bump their stamina up to match current starters. In my cubbies franchise I am working with Warren being a 6th man starter and bumped his stamina up. If I hadn't bumped it up, he'd only be able to last 4-5 innings max.

Hope that helps

[NDAlum]

Re: MLB 16 Franchise Progress Thread

Completely separate from the update above but if you guys move someone to the bullpen that is naturally a starter, do you lower their stamina and give them a boost to some attributes? I am thinking about doing this with Feldman and possibly Devenski if he moves to the bullpen permanently.

Yep I'll give them +5 on their H/9, K/9, BB/9, etc... and +2 on velocity of each pitch. I usually drop STA by like 40.

The 2nd/3rd time around in the order is when SP's start to become less effective and I think this is a reasonable adjustment to reflect this.

[KBLover]

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Yep I'll give them +5 on their H/9, K/9, BB/9, etc... and +2 on velocity of each pitch. I usually drop STA by like 40.

The 2nd/3rd time around in the order is when SP's start to become less effective and I think this is a reasonable adjustment to reflect this.

I believe this kind of adjustment falls in line, in general, with starter performance over reliever performance.

RP tend to be a bit better, especially if they have nasty couple of pitches, than starters. Also probably some biomechanical stuff in there like how relievers can pour themselves into 20 pitches while starters have to go 100.

Also some other things like first time seeing him, etc.

Trying to find some hard data, though. Maybe that adjustment is too tame, especially in the /9's.

[sink4ever]

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Completely separate from the update above but if you guys move someone to the bullpen that is naturally a starter, do you lower their stamina and give them a boost to some attributes? I am thinking about doing this with Feldman and possibly Devenski if he moves to the bullpen permanently.

I haven't moved anyone yet, but I plan to use this as a guideline when I do - http://baseballanalysts.com/archives..._stuff_pla.php

Basically, I'll try to calculate their BABIP, K/PA, and HR rate and change them accordingly (probably pick a range and let a random number generator pick the exact value). I'll also use a random number generator to to pick if (and how much) their velocity and movement increases with a move to the bullpen.

[scooterperpetual]

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Wont be posting a stat update in this post it will be in my All-Star break post but it is July 1st and I have decided to send down Matt Duffy and callup A.J. Reed.

Duffy has been below average, he is serviceable in a pinch but Reed is batting .308 with 4 HR in 107 AB's. It is time.

Francis Martes has allowed has had complete games for his last 5 games I think allowing a grand total of I want to say 4 runs in all of them. (3 were shut outs).

He will be called up at the All-Star break no matter what unless he just implodes in his next 2 starts. I will let him play the AAA All-Star game then call him up. I dont know who he will replace yet, likely Devenski. If it is Devenski I will keep him on the roster and send down Josh Fields.

Another candidate for a pitching callup is Joe Musgrove he has a 2.78 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP through 103 innings. But it will be Martes.

[KBLover]

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I haven't moved anyone yet, but I plan to use this as a guideline when I do - http://baseballanalysts.com/archives..._stuff_pla.php

"Basically, use the “rule of 17”: difference in BABIP is 17 points higher as starter. K/PA is 17% higher as reliever. And HR per contacted PA is 17% higher as starter. Walk rate is FLAT."

So it seems that raising K/9 and HR/9 the most with H/9 a bit less (but still significant)? BB/9, no change.

Playing around with fake numbers just for fun and big numbers to easier do and see the 17% changes:

1000 AB, 350 H, 70 K and 100 HR = .301 BABIP (and a historically bad pitcher). No walks just so K/PA and HR/PA would equal K/AB and HR/AB for quickie.

Applying the 17% increase to K and decrease to HR (82 K and 83 HR) put BABIP allowed up to .320. Have to get this down to .284 (17 points lower).

I had to lower H to 320. That's about a 9% drop.

I wondered what I'd get if I just applied these to an imaginary player that had 60's in all his /9 ratings.

H/9: 60 * 1.09 (the 9% drop, which means better H/9) = 65
HR/9: 60 * 1.17 (17% drop, better HR/9) = 70
BB/9: 60 = 60 (no change)
K/9: 60 * 1.17 = 70

Does that look reasonable?

Then apply a little bit to Velocity (and probably Velocity + Movement for breaking balls?), but nothing to Control.

Only thing is, it might get silly with guys with high ratings - but I guess who's moving those guys from the rotation?! (Though, I guess if they had borderline 50-60 STA...though you could argue those ARE relievers pressed into SP roles, so maybe their ratings should get the reverse...?)

Thoughts?