Official MLB The Show 16 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

**Dynasty Legend 99** · 05-09-2016, 06:04 PM

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Rays Minor League Preview:

Welcome to another year of Minor League Baseball! After the Organizational Re-Draft, every team looks drastically different than it did last year.

This year, the Tampa Bay Rays are the number one rated farm system in all of Major League Baseball.

Heres a look at the Tampa Bay Rays Top 10 Prospects (Still Qualify for Rookie Status):
1. Dansby Swanson, SS
2. Yoan Moncada
3. Jose Berrios, SP
4. Josh Bell, 1B
5. Nomar Mazara, RF
6. Zach Lee, SP
7. Aaron Judge, RF
8. Trea Turner, SS
9. A.J. Reed, 1B
10. Max Pentecost

Join us again tonight as the Rays will wrap up their 3-game set with the Baltimore Orioles.

**KBLover** · 05-09-2016, 07:28 PM

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Wild Sloppy Mess
Red Sox Give Away Game. Yanks Try Giving it Back.

Total mess. The Red Sox were just not in it. The score will look like it says otherwise, but that's largely because of the Yankees bullpen.

Early in the game, the defense is back to its schizophrenic ways. Colon was the victim of it as the 3rd and 4th innings were the fault of the defense as much as Colon. Wong couldn't get to easy grounders at 2nd. Mateo, who had his first awful game since starting, threw the ball away, just bad all around.

The bullpen also suffered for it. Colon left the game after taking a liner to the head, and Urias felt the wrath of the error monster next. Part of it was his own doing, but he got no help.

It continued all game the the Red Sox looked like they were getting blown out, down 8-3.

The Yankees turned to the bullpen. Chris Carter continues to swing a hot power bat, driving his 9th home run of the season to make it 8-6. Gallo followed with a HR of his own to make it 8-7. Schwarber, who hit a mammoth 462-foot HR to right field earlier flied out to end the inning.

Chapman even couldn't do much. He gave up a HR to Cervelli (!) over the Monster. The defense made their 5th error, a second overthrow by Mateo, to make it 10-7.

Carter hits another HR to make it 10-8, but that would be the final score.

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /></head><body><div style="margin:0 auto; width:595px;"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #C2C2C2;" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#444444"><td align="center" colspan="13" style="padding:5px;">New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td width="40%">Apr 29, 2016</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>New York (9-12)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">10</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Boston (17-6)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">8</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td align="center" colspan="13">W: Buchholz L: Colon S: Bettances</td></tr></table><div style="float:left; margin-top:3px; width:296px;"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #C2C2C2;" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#002A5C"><td colspan="8" style="padding:5px;">New York Yankees</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="8%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">BI</td><td align="right" width="9%">BB</td><td align="right" width="9%">SO</td><td align="right" width="12%">AVG</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Gardner, LF</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.192</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Semien, SS</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.207</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Gonzalez, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.212</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Zimmerman, 1B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.224</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Fernandez, 2B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.268</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Cervelli, C</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.261</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Fowler, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.342</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Dietrich, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.241</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Headley, 3B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.253</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td>TOTALS</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td colspan="8">BATTING 2B: Cervelli, Dietrich HR: Cervelli, Zimmerman HBP: Fowler GIDP: Cervelli, Fowler</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td colspan="8">BASERUNNING SB: Fernandez, Gardner Picked Off: Gonzalez</td></tr></table><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #C2C2C2; margin-top:3px;" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#002A5C"><td colspan="8" style="padding:5px;">New York Yankees</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="8%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="9%">BB</td><td align="right" width="9%">SO</td><td align="right" width="12%">ERA</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Buchholz (W, 2-1)</td><td align="right">5.1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">4.00</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Gott (H, 2)</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">2.93</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Duke</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">7.71</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>F. Rodriguez (H, 1)</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">4.26</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Grilli (H, 2)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">0.00</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Bettances (S, 5)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">1.00</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td>TOTALS</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td colspan="8">PITCHING WP: Buchholz 2</td></tr></table></div><div style="float:right; margin-top:3px; width:296px;"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #C2C2C2;" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#0D1B3F"><td colspan="8" style="padding:5px;">Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="8%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">BI</td><td align="right" width="9%">BB</td><td align="right" width="9%">SO</td><td align="right" width="12%">AVG</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>DeShields, Jr., CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.250</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Wong, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.300</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Carter, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.318</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Gallo, 3B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.324</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Schwarber, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.276</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Buxton, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.250</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Suzuki, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.241</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Mateo, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.333</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Sanchez, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">.255</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td>TOTALS</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td colspan="8">BATTING 2B: Carter, Schwarber, DeShields, Jr. HR: Carter 2, Gallo, Schwarber HBP: Wong</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td colspan="8">FIELDING E: Sanchez, Carter, Gallo, Mateo 2</td></tr></table><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #C2C2C2; margin-top:3px;" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#0D1B3F"><td colspan="8" style="padding:5px;">Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="8%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="9%">BB</td><td align="right" width="9%">SO</td><td align="right" width="12%">ERA</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Colon (L, 0-1)</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">5.40</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Urias</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">4.67</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td>Tazawa</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">0.00</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td>Chapman</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">0.69</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="text-transform:uppercase;"><td>TOTALS</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><td colspan="8">PITCHING WP: Tazawa</td></tr></table></div> </div></body></html>

Notes: Sox hitters hit the ball in the air 73% of the time when they made contact...This game was the first in ten contests where the Red Sox did not attempt a stolen base.

**KBLover** · 05-09-2016, 07:42 PM

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Colon Out for the Season

Colon was brought in due to an injury and now he will miss the rest of the season with a head fracture.

He took a line drive to the face and immediately collapsed on mound. At first, it was thought to be just a bruise and maybe a concussion. An MRI was taken and that is when the fracture was revealed.

Colon will be placed on the 60-day DL.

Still not wanting to call up underdeveloped starters, the Red Sox again sign a veteran to a 1-year deal. This time, the team will channel Tim Wakefield and signed R.A. Dickey to the team. He will take Colon's spot in the rotation.

Talk of Trade Heats Up

With the injuries exposing the lack of ready starters in the organization, the Boston rumor mill has cranked up with the topic being dealing for a veteran starting pitcher.

Wong's abysmal play defensively has him being named as the bait, suggesting that the Sox "sell high" on him before his one good aspect - his solid hitting to start the year - reverts back to its usual level. Some are turning on Mateo as the kid got exposed to the intensity of the rivalry and he easily had his worst performance of the season. Others think to package some top prospects and bring in a "second ace" behind Sale.

No information about any deals or talks at from the Boston front office, however.

Russell to Return...at 2B?

Trade or no, Kolten Wong better hope he starts playing up to his reputation of being a competent defensive second baseman. Addison Russell is itching for a return to the lineup and Mateo hasn't fallen out of favor just yet with management. That leaves 2B as a possibility.

Wong's bat has saved him so far, batting over .300 with extra bases and a 0.7 WAR so far...not bad for a month (about a 4.2 WAR pace). Still, the way he played in the last game has, sadly, not been a fluke.

**Armor and Sword** · 05-09-2016, 08:24 PM

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Matheny's Cards sweep past the hapless Cubs and take sole possession of 1st in NL Central

"Starling Marte is heating up as the Cards head on the road"

The Cardinals swept through the Cubs in St Louis and now head out on the road to face The Padres and then onto Arizona to face the D-backs. The Cardinals starting pitching continues to be the talk of the league and the team is flat out hitting. Manager Mike Matheny is continuing to mix up his lineups vs RHP and LHP and it seems to be working like a charm. Some good news from the training staff on Francisco Lindor. He should be back in another 3-4 weeks. His pin was removed in his fractured forearm and his rehab is ahead of schedule. Rookie Jacob Herzberg though is dazzling MLB with his defensive prowess and incredible plate discipline at such a young age. The young SS/CF is batting a cool .320 with 9 SB's.

GM Michael Sword is pleased thus far with the results of is creation. "I am really proud of the great start the team is having. When we put this team together we envisioned speed, power, and precise defense. So far mission accomplished. But it is very early and we have a long way to go to reach our goals. A division title and a real shot at the World Series are things we talked about with Mike and the team. So far they are focused and determined to show the league the despite how young we are, we have the goods to compete every night".

**Dynasty Legend 99** · 05-09-2016, 09:50 PM

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Rays sweat, but take game 3 and the series from the Orioles

Tampa Bay 6
Baltimore 4
WP: Aaron Nola (2-0)
LP: Jordan Zimmerman (0-2)
S: Dale Thayer (1)

Tampa now moves to 5-2 on the season.

The Rays will be back in action against the Cleveland Indians and Andrew McCutchen on April 12th.

Probable Pitchers:
Tampa Bay: R.A. Dickey (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 SO)
Cleveland: Rich Hill (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 SO)

**Armor and Sword** · 05-10-2016, 12:00 PM

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Greg Bird delivers a mammoth grand slam to propel Cardinals to 7-4 win to open 7 game road trip at the Padres

Gregg Bird hit a bomb to the San Diego Zoo

The Cardinals were locked in a 2-1 game vs the Padres. Then with two outs Brock Holt would single down the left field line, Bryce Harper would go the other way as well with a 6 hole single and Starling Marte would hit a slow roller down the line slow enough and deep enough to keep Juan Uribe stuck at the edge of the infield grass, force a long throw, and would ultimately beat it down the line. Greg Bird would step to the plate. He would just miss a change up that was left up in the zone. Down 0-1 in the count he would jump on a hanging slider and hit a bomb to CF (417 feet) to clear them all and give the Red Birds a commanding 5-2 lead. However the Friars would answer in the bottom of the 6th with a solo HR from Jason Heyward. And then another run would come in the bottom of the 8th off the bat of Ben Revere of all people. He would go yard on the thus far dominant lefty Jeff Smoker. The Cardinals were clinging to a 5-4 lead heading into the top of the 9th. Mikael Franco would single and Matheny would PH for Catcher AJ Pierzynski. Ichiro would step up to the plate and promptly blast a 2R pinch hit HR into RC. The dugout went insane!!! Enter Betantes and he would close the door pitching a perfect ninth inning for his 8th save on the season. The Cardinals now move to 12-4 on the season and have 2 more at the Padres before heading east to Arizona for a 4 game set at the D-Backs. Starling Marte went 2-4 with a triple. Yordano Ventura moves to (2-0) on the season in 4 starts. Tanner Roark took the loss to drop to (1-2) on the season. The Padres still sit in 1st place though in the NL West.

**Armor and Sword** · 05-10-2016, 04:15 PM

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The Bird Man Cometh

**Armor and Sword** · 05-10-2016, 04:20 PM

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Ichiro Clinches It In The 9th!!!

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**KBLover** · 05-10-2016, 04:51 PM

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More Sloppiness Nearly Gotten Away With
Yanks Win in Extras 8-7

This defense. The Red Sox, on the heels of a 5-error game, committed three more errors, leading to three more unearned runs.

Rookie Alex Reyes got skewered by them as he felt he had to do it all and started making mistakes. That led to a 5-run 5th inning to put the Sox behind 5-3.

The Red Sox tied it in the 8th as Gallo hit a HR to make the score 5-5.

In the 9th, the Sox had a chance to take the game, but BOTH speedsters got thrown out trying to steal, something that had not happened this year. Buxton got a hit but was cut down on a close play. Mateo drew a walk, and he, too, was gunned down on a very close play. Sports talk radio and sports bars across the city questioned both calls by the second base umpire.

Chapman, trying to work into his third inning, was undone by the defense. It helped lead to a 3-run 11th inning before Tazawa came in to stop the bleeding.

Gallo hit his 2nd HR in the game to make it 8-7, but Bettances shut things down from there.

The Red Sox have now lost three straight as this team has proven to be exceptionally streaky in April.

Chris Sale will try to avoid the sweep and start May on a positive note before the team FINALLY gets a day off and then starts a six-game road trip against the White Sox and then three more with the Yankees.

**J_smith2190** · 05-10-2016, 05:40 PM

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Few hours from being back home, hoping to FINALLY play game three tonight!!

**Frostball** · 05-10-2016, 05:58 PM

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Originally posted by Armor and Sword

The Bird Man Cometh

Nice love Greg Bird on this game.

Can't wait for the baserunning to get fixed so I can get back to playing

**KBLover** · 05-10-2016, 06:16 PM

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April Overview

AL East Standings:
Red Sox 17-8, -, L3
Blue Jays 12-13, 5 GB, L1
O's 12-13, 5 GB, W2
Yankees 11-12, 5 GB, W2
Rays, 11-13, 5.5 GB, W1

Top Performers:

Offensive:
Miguel Sano, .398/.430/.731, 8 HR, 22 RBI, 1.87 WAR
Joey Gallo, .355/.402/.724, 8 HR, 20 RBI, 0.95 WAR
Kyle Schwarber, .275/.383/.637, 9 HR, 19 RBI, 0.99 WAR

Pitching:
Chris Sale, 3-2, 32.2 IP, 1.93 ERA (2.45 FIP), 6 BB, 32 K, 1.03 WAR
Aroldis Chapman, 1-1, 15.1 IP, 1.76 ERA (2.22 FIP), 2 BB, 22 K, 0.45 WAR
Brandon Finnegan, 3-0, 21.2 IP, 3.32 ERA (1.98 FIP), 2 BB, 14 K, 0.80 WAR

Team Stats Report:
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="15">2016 Red Sox Stats Through April Stats - Hitting</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="23%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="5%">AB</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">2B</td><td align="right" width="5%">3B</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="6%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="5%">SB</td><td align="right" width="5%">CS</td><td align="right" width="7%">BA</td><td align="right" width="7%">OBP</td><td align="right" width="7%">SLG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chris Carter</td><td align="right">93</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.301</td><td align="right">.369</td><td align="right">.677</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Delino DeShields, Jr.</td><td align="right">93</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">.237</td><td align="right">.297</td><td align="right">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Miguel Sano</td><td align="right">93</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.398</td><td align="right">.430</td><td align="right">.731</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kolten Wong</td><td align="right">80</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">.300</td><td align="right">.391</td><td align="right">.387</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kyle Schwarber</td><td align="right">80</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.275</td><td align="right">.383</td><td align="right">.637</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Joey Gallo</td><td align="right">76</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">27</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.355</td><td align="right">.402</td><td align="right">.724</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Byron Buxton</td><td align="right">76</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">.250</td><td align="right">.293</td><td align="right">.289</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Addison Russell</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.242</td><td align="right">.333</td><td align="right">.468</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gary Sanchez</td><td align="right">60</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.267</td><td align="right">.308</td><td align="right">.517</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ichiro Suzuki</td><td align="right">54</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.241</td><td align="right">.255</td><td align="right">.296</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jorge Mateo</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">.353</td><td align="right">.405</td><td align="right">.353</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Team Totals</td><td align="right">863</td><td align="right">136</td><td align="right">251</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">133</td><td align="right">81</td><td align="right">175</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">.291</td><td align="right">.354</td><td align="right">.496</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="16">2016 Red Sox Stats Through April Stats - Pitching</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="22%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="4%">GP</td><td align="right" width="4%">GS</td><td align="right" width="4%">W</td><td align="right" width="4%">L</td><td align="right" width="5%">SV</td><td align="right" width="5%">QS</td><td align="right" width="6%">HLD</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">ER</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="8%">WHIP</td><td align="right" width="6%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chris Sale</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">32.2</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">1.10</td><td align="right">1.93</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Taijuan Walker</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">31.0</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">1.10</td><td align="right">3.19</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Alex Reyes</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">30.1</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">1.32</td><td align="right">2.97</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Julio Urias</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">27.0</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">1.11</td><td align="right">4.67</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brandon Finnegan</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">21.2</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">1.25</td><td align="right">3.32</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dylan Bundy</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">17.1</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">1.62</td><td align="right">4.67</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Aroldis Chapman</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">15.1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">0.52</td><td align="right">1.76</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kelvin Herrera</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">13.0</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">1.54</td><td align="right">2.77</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hansel Robles</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">12.1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0.97</td><td align="right">2.19</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jeurys Familia</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7.1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0.55</td><td align="right">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Junichi Tazawa</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1.00</td><td align="right">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Team Totals</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">225</td><td align="right">213</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">50</td><td align="right">214</td><td align="right">1.17</td><td align="right">3.00</td></tr></table></body></html>

Player Development Notes:

Scouts have been impressed with Schwarber and his display of power lately. They feel he's showing progress in become an even more fearsome power hitter.

Miguel Sano has also wowed evaluators as they feel he's improving across the board on offense. The only quibble is that he may be chasing a little more than expected, but overall, everyone is quite positive on the young slugger.

Aroldis Chapman hasn't seen much revision in where he is currently, but some think he might be showing more upside than thought. "I was sour on him, but the way he's pitched and doesn't seem to be letting the fact he's set-up and not closer bother him, I have to start reconsidering my stance on him, " one scout commented.

Joey Gallo has front offices buzzing with his performance, and scouts are in agreement. Like Sano, Gallo is getting across the board good marks for his play so far. Some are also thinking the likelihood of him becoming a star offensive third baseman is increasing.

Leading the league in HR has people thinking Carter might not be any less of a one-trick pony, but the quality of that trick is bordering on elite level. "I don't think he'll keep up a 50-60 HR pace, not even with being able to hit 340-foot pop-up HR over the Monster, but it's clear to me he's an easy 40-45 HR threat, " an analyst spoke on a local talk show.

One area of disappointment is the silence regarding the Red Sox farm. There's some prospects that came into the season being highly touted, but so far nothing much happening there.

**Armor and Sword** · 05-10-2016, 06:22 PM

Re: Official MLB The Show 16 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

KB.....wow man great power numbers from your team in April. Jacking the ball man!!!

**KBLover** · 05-10-2016, 07:25 PM

Re: Official MLB The Show 16 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

Originally posted by Armor and Sword

KB.....wow man great power numbers from your team in April. Jacking the ball man!!!

Yeah, love the middle of the order right now. Never feel like I'm out of a game. It's turned Fenway into Coors...but whatever!

What strikes me is sad out of this is Schwarber has a .380 OBP but only TWICE has he scored when he's not sending himself around the bases. Bottom of the order, pls.

**KBLover** · 05-10-2016, 11:04 PM

Re: Official MLB The Show 16 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

Finally, A Well-Played Game
Sox Dodge Sweep With Early Barrage

The Red Sox hit the ground running, literally, in the first inning. Farrell moved Mateo to the top of the order with DeShields getting some rest. The young spark plug got things going right off the bat with a bunt that went between first base and the mound. The first baseman, Zimmerman, had to go a long way to field it and Gallardo couldn't cover in time.

Mateo promptly stole second. Wong reached on an infield single as Zimmerman laid out for a ball down the line. He knocked it down but Wong was safe. Wong then attempted to steal second. The throw from Cervelli was high and late, and Fernandez couldn't snag it as it glanced off his glove. Mateo raced home with the first run.

Gallardo was clearly flustered as he then allowed 3 more consecutive hits. That put 2 runs on the board before the first out, a Schwarber strike out, was recorded. Buxton came up with a 2-run single and Ichiro added a sac fly to make it a 5-run inning.

The Sox got a couple HR in the game, a Gallo home run high over Pesky's Pole and one of those towering 340-foot pop ups that had enough juice to get over the Monster by Sano.

That would be more than enough for Sale. He gave up a couple runs but was again strong overall. He went 7 innings with 1 walk and 9 strikeouts, 6 hits allowed, and 2 runs allowed. Familia got some work in, going 2 innings with no problem to preserve the 8-2 win and snap the Sox 3-game losing streak.

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