MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread

**timisone** · 01-27-2019, 01:05 PM

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread

Originally posted by mlblover15

I've finally come to a conclusion during this game. About somewhere in the third or fourth innings and watching the meter for Dynamic Difficulty waiver between levels I locked in my fate. BAtting will be on Veteran, as I couldn't get the meter to get anywhere near to over the word Veteran.

As far as pitching it is locked into All-Star. This game was the result. Good game. As far as Claudio for the Rangers goes. He will still be a thorn in my side in future games going forward. However, the Rangers decided to let him go another game against me.

First batter K'd thought to myself "game over". Then I decided to see what his energy level was. very very red. then I was like "ok let's just wait back on that 69 mph Bugs Bunny crap" then it all changed.

Inside I felt like, at least at that moment like steve young winning his first super bowl. "get that monkey off my back, TAKE IT OFF, TAKE IT OFF!!!" But then realized I got very lucky with the AI pitch management system.

<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"><td align="center" colspan="13">Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 17, </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 class="oddrow"><td>Texas (8-11)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Oakland (14.-3)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">03</td><td align="right">X</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Blake Treinen (3-0) <b>L:</b> Alex Claudio (0-1) <b>S:</b> Ryan Buchter (10)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">TEX</td><td align="right" width="8%">OAK</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TEX</td><td align="center" width="7%">3rd</td><td width="70%">Andrus Lined to right for a single. Maxwell scores, Martin scores</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">3rd</td><td width="70%">Piscotty lined to right for a singe. Broxton scores. </td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">3rd</td><td width="70%">Davis Homers to right. Piscotty scores. </td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TEX</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th </td><td width="70%">Mazara reached first on a throwing error by Suarez (E5). Andrus scores, Story advances to third</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TEX</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th </td><td width="70%">Beltre hit a sacrafice fly to Broxton (SF8). Story scores</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th</td><td width="70%">Odor grounded out to Wong (4-3). Suarez scores </td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TEX</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Mazara homered to right (396 ft) Andrus scores. </td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th </td><td width="70%"> Odor Homered to right (398 ft) Semien scores </td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Hosmer homered to right </td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#004A8D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Texas Rangers</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Wong, 2B</td><td align="right">4</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.268</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martin 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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.169</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Andrus, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.319</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Story, DH</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.151</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mazara, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</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" class="active">.246</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Aguilar, 1B, </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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.183</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Beltre, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.281</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pond, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.299</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Torreyes, PH</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.344</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Maxwell, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.259</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Mazara (6), Andrus (3), Martin (6)<br /><b>HR:</b> Mazara (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Mazara 3 (11), Beltre (10), Andrus 2 (8)<br /><b>SF:</b> Betre<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Martin</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00483A" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Oakland Athletics</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Broxton, CF</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.235</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Piscotty, RF </td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.308</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Davis, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.269</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Suarez, 3B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.206</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Semien, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.571</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Odor, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">164</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hosmer, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</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" class="active">.323</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Realmuto, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.189</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Canargo, DH</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.100</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Semien (2), Hosmer (4), Suarez (6) <br /><b>3B:</b> Broxton (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Odor (4), Davis (9), Hosmer (7)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Odor 3 (11), Davis 2 (18), Hosmer (13), Piscotty (4)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Camargo</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Suarez 2 (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#004A8D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Texas Rangers</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">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="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Perez </td><td align="right">5.2</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.21</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rosenthal</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.84</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Leclerc</td><td align="right">0.2</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5.23f</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kela</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.86</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Claudio (L, 0-1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">4.26</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00483A" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Oakland Athletics</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">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="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mengeden </td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">1.35</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dull</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Treinen (W, 3-0)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">2.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Buchter (S, 10)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.80</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table></body></html>

Wow, how did you do all this?

**mlblover15** · 01-27-2019, 01:34 PM

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread

Ok, another note I should take to heart. Never try to play on an empty stomach. I can't concentrate on anything. Thus the number of strikeouts I had. Well, two games into this full All-Star venture and I am two and zero.

Had a scare in this game, however. in the fifth inning, Manaea was starting to look slightly off. Ended up coming out of the game clutching his elbow. No worries though checked post game and not a single injury. not even a band-aid.

So now it is onto Minnesota to take on the Twins for three games. The Twins are holding their own in the AL Central early on. They are in first place and have a solid three and a half game lead over Kansas City.

Should be a good series. Maybe my first real test on Default AS.

First things first, have to get some caffeine to go along with this food. So that my mind can be calm and not jumping around like a top. Then it will be off to take the Twins.

<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"><td align="center" colspan="13">Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 21, 2019</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 class="oddrow"><td>Oakland (17-3)</td><td align="right">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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Seattle (15-15)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Chris Bassitt (1-1) <b>L:</b> Erasmo Ramirez (1-2) <b>S:</b> Yusmeiro Petit (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">OAK</td><td align="right" width="8%">SEA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">1st</td><td width="70%">Davis homered to left/</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">5th</td><td width="70%">Piscotty homered to left </td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00483A" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Oakland Athletics</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Marte, CF</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.188</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jones, DH</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.339</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Davis, LF</td><td align="right">4</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">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.278</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hosmer, 1B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.325</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Semien, 2B</td><td align="right">3</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.400</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Suarez, 3B</td><td align="right">3</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.228</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Piscotty, RF</td><td align="right">3</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">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.323</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Russell, SS</td><td align="right">3</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.262</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Realmuto, C</td><td align="right">3</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.167</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Davis (6)<br /><b>HR:</b> Davis (12), Piscotty (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Davis (21), Piscotty (5)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Piscotty</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#001C43" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Seattle Mariners</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gordon, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.198</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Segura, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.210</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Harper, 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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.346</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Zunino, C</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.211</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Healy, 1B</td><td align="right">4</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" class="active">.354</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Seager, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.221</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Forsythe, 2B</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.254</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Haniger, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.260</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gamel, DH</td><td align="right">3</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.196</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Haniger (6)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Gordon, Harper</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00483A" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Oakland Athletics</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">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="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Manaea </td><td align="right">4.1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.01</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bassitt (W, 1-1)</td><td align="right">2.2</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Petit (S, 1)</td><td align="right">2.0</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>WP:</b> Manaea (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#001C43" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Seattle Mariners</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">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="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ramirez (L, 1-2)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">3.72</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Nicasio </td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.57</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Phelps </td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.93</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table></body></html>

**TheGr8Drake28** · 01-27-2019, 04:25 PM

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread

Started getting the baseball fever so I started a franchise with the Blue Jays with OSFM offseason rosters.

Started 0-4 against the Yankees. I decided to spend some money and signed Keuchel to help the rotation. Then I signed Harper to a two year deal to help out my thin outfield.

Then I decided to call up Vlad jr. he went 2-3 with a Run and a walk in his debut.

Harper went 2-3 with a 2 run bomb in the 8th inning to make it 8-5. Giving the Jays their first win of the season!

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**mlblover15** · 01-27-2019, 05:00 PM

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread

I have no idea how i won this game. If it wasnt for the AI goofs in this game i probably wouldnt have. I mean it is the first time in the history of my playing thisg ame i have ever seen two players on one base for a double play. anyway... win streak at 8. win streak on AS is at 3.

<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"><td align="center" colspan="13">Oakland Athletics at Minnesota Twins</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 21, 2019</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 class="oddrow"><td>Oakland (19-3)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Minnesota (13-10)</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Daniel Mengden (4-0) <b>L:</b> Michael Pineda (1-2) <b>S:</b> Ryan Dull (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">OAK</td><td align="right" width="8%">MIN</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIN</td><td align="center" width="7%">2nd</td><td width="70%">Castro grounded to center for a single. Polanco scores. Miller advances to 2nd.</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">4th</td><td width="70%">Hosmer lined to left for a single (E6). Marte scores. Jones scores. Hosmer advances to 3rd on throwing error. </td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Davis homered to center. Marte scores</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIN</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Alonso hit a sacrifice fly into a double play (SF7-6-5 DP) Kepler out</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00483A" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Oakland Athletics</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Marte, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.202</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jones, DH</td><td align="right">4</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" class="active">.318</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Davis, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.277</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hosmer, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">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" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Odor, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.173</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Semien, 3B</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">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.345</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Piscotty, 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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.303</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Russell, SS</td><td align="right">3</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">.0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Realmuto, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.157</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Hosmer (5)<br /><b>HR:</b> Davis (13)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Davis 2 (23), Hosmer (18)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Odor (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#D31145" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Minnesota Twins</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cowan, LF</td><td align="right">5</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.266</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Granite, CF</td><td align="right">5</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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.156</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nunez, 2B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.277</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Sano, 3B</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.260</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kepler, RF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.187</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Alonso, 1B</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.312</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Polanco, SS</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.406</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Millar, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.257</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Castro, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.364</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">3130</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Nunez (4)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Alonso (9), Castro (16)<br /><b>SF:</b> Alonso <br /><b>GIDP:</b> Alonso</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Pineda (1), Polanco (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00483A" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Oakland Athletics</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">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="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mengden (W, 4-0)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.38</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pagan (H, 4)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Treinen (H, 5)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.38</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dull (S, 1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>WP:</b> Manaea (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#D31145" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Minnesota Twins</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">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="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pineda (L, 1-2)</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.81</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Presley </td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.18</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table></body></html>

**JH927** · 01-27-2019, 05:22 PM

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Nice winning streak you got going there, bud. Hosmer was always a beast for me in my last Franchise.

Recently stepped back into The Show after a decent hiatus. Started a new Phillies Franchise with end of season OSFM rosters (budgets off). Simmed 2018. Signed Harper, Cutch, and Machado. Sent a package revolving around Crawford/prospects to Seattle for Paxton and Segura. 3-1 so far on the new season. Debating whether I'll stick with this long-term, as the offense feels really overpowered right now, so I may scrap it all and do it over.

**mlblover15** · 01-27-2019, 07:05 PM

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Welcome back, Hardy!!!! wasn't sure if you're still around lol... sounds like you have put together a great team Knowing you.... and I think I do after all these years...

you will start a brand new franchise with 19. then run it through several seasons until you can't lose more than 40 games then start over and start the whole cycle over again... lol...

Nice to have you back old friend!!! don't be a stranger on PSN either...

**countryboy** · 01-27-2019, 07:44 PM

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Few things more disheartening than a guy you traded away dominating you.

Jose Quintana, who we traded to the Brewers in the Jon Singleton trade, shut us out over 8 innings and the Josh Hader closed the door in the 9th.

Quintana

8 IP
10 K's
2 Hits
2 Walks
0 ER

Damn...

**LowerWolf** · 01-27-2019, 11:36 PM

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I've accepted the fact that I'll eventually buy MLB 19. And when I do, I'll start fresh. But I'm determined to finish this season on 18. I'd be done already if I hadn't restarted in August, but I'm having a blast so no regrets.

We started the second half by taking two out of three from the Nats, but they sent a message in the series finale by whipping us, 10-3.

We're in Miami now, and I've had some discussions with the Marlins GM over some trade possibilities. They want Aaron Blair. He's been awful in AAA, but he's still a B potential starter. They're willing to give us Justin Bour and Kyle Barraclough. I've asked them to take back Leonys Martin's salary, and they're OK with that (shocking). Although I feel a little bad flipping him back to another bad team.

Bour is probably a better fit as a late-inning bat off the bench. But that would be his only role. He's not playing first with Freddie and Thames around. Martin brings more value defensively, but his bat isn't quite as good. Decisions decisions.

Meanwhile, the Yankees continue to be active. They acquired Gavis from the Padres for Andujar. Looking forward to see what else the trade deadline brings.

**bcruise** · 01-28-2019, 12:11 AM

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This, right here, is why I love this game in general and playing on Legend (actually I modified things a bit on my batting side, but pitching here is all default legend).

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This is a bad inning for me - I've already given up 3 runs to surrender a lead, including walking in a run. And I'm facing Goldschmidt (who by sheer coincidence landed back on the Cardinals in the fantasy draft

). And I go 3-2 on him and he fouls several pitches off. We've all seen that pattern before - the CPU refuses to go down on anything in the zone. Plus on any one of those pitches I could have missed the zone completely with a bad meter input or bad rating resolution, given where I was aiming - and boy did I ever hang that slider and got away with it. But I wouldn't give in, and eventually he expanded the zone a little too far.

The dots on the strikeout pitch is a bug - I've honestly never seen that before. But the color shows it as the strikeout pitch, and it could have been (and probably was) ball 4. It's still a hell of a pitch in that situation, and blowing that by Goldy who's trying to protect is very possible.

This is a situation that occurs a lot with the way I play - this is how and why I get my strikeouts, and also my walks given up when the ratings outcomes don't go my way. You just cannot give in to the hitter and intentionally aim a strike on the middle third. I know people don't like "the game" being in control of that, but I prefer to think of it as ratings being in control here (as well as the fact that if I miss the meter input, I'm probably not going to like the result regardless of ratings).

And let me tell you I pumped my fist pretty hard after this one, despite how bad things got earlier in the inning.

**KBLover** · 01-28-2019, 10:06 PM

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Been a long while since I had time to play my franchises. Baseball is almost back and I squeezed out some time to finish 2029 for the Marlins, my longest running franchise.

In all, it was a disappointing year for the team. They lost the division to the Nationals and ended up being the second wild card out of the NL...THAT close to missing the postseason entirely just four years removed from winning 123 games.

The playoffs were a brief affair. The Marlins blew a 5-0 lead and lost 7-5 in 10 innings in the NL Wild Card game. #GitRekt #GitGudPls

Former Marlin Arturo Gonzalez roped a 3-run triple into the spacious Griffith Stadium grass that tied the game at 5-5 and silenced the crowd, stealing the emotional momentum.

On top of that, Damian Boeve had a "terrible" year, going just 11-11 with a 3.45 ERA. Most people don't even have him among the better starters in the staff, calling for the Marlins to even let him walk when his contract runs out after the 2031 season.

That probably won't happen, especially as Boeve is likely to take less money, so the team might actually have a very strong 4th or 5th starter, at least, for cheap. Or they may turn him into a high-innnings reliever/stopper. Granted, he will be nearing 38 years old by then so he might decide this is his final contract.

As it stands, Boeve will be aiming for his 3,000th inning and 4,000th strikeout in his 14th season.

It is understandable why the calls for Boeve's sunset are coming. Shane Kane had a great sophomore season, leading the NL in innings and winning 15 games. Chauncey Hogan proved a good investment with a top 5 ERA. Mario Morales continues making the case that he is the new ace of the staff. He delivered a masterful performance in the Wild Card game, taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning.

The Marlins will need to prove that the whole of 2029 was just one of those down years that can strike a club. Baseball is a funny game and sometimes it makes you the butt of its jokes. The Marlins will try to return the favor in 2030, but there are some true studs roaming the NL. Wellman, Sharpe, Delgaudio, just to name a few. It won't be easy, as 2029 showed.

**JH927** · 01-29-2019, 07:53 PM

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Originally posted by mlblover15

Welcome back, Hardy!!!! wasn't sure if you're still around lol... sounds like you have put together a great team Knowing you.... and I think I do after all these years...

you will start a brand new franchise with 19. then run it through several seasons until you can't lose more than 40 games then start over and start the whole cycle over again... lol...

Nice to have you back old friend!!! don't be a stranger on PSN either...

Glad to be back out of the woodwork. Been a bit of a crazy year, with real life getting in the way for me to play, but it's finally getting somewhat sane again.

And yes, I did end up rebooting my whole franchise about two days after my last post. Just felt way too overpowered, so I went back to the drawing board.

Budgets on this time. Simmed 2018 (84-78), dealt Wilson Ramos and Arrieta mid-season, signed Harper and Mike Moustakas (got the bulk of the starts at 3B, but will likely be in more of a platoon with Franco for 2020). Simmed 2019 (107-55, lost in NLDS to eventual WS champion Cubs). Dealt Santana, Crawford, and prospects to Seattle at the deadline for Segura & Paxton. Also traded for Cutch from the Yanks, since he was on the block and I needed a better 4th OFer than Altherr. Didn't really make any noise in the 2019 offseason, since the team is basically where I want it now... and my budget is right at the wall (wouldn't have minded picking up Arenado, Rendon, or Gerrit Cole).

Started my season and I'm 4-0 so far, after sweeping the Pirates. Pitching on AS. Hitting was on AS, but I was just crushing everything, so I bumped it to HOF for the last game, and it felt much more comfortable. Using TNK's 2.0 sliders. Much more happy with the team I assembled this time around; feels a lot more grounded and realistic. Really excited to get deeper into my season now, and I may even carry this over for 19.

**Councilmann_Jamm** · 01-30-2019, 11:59 AM

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Looked at a month after the Dbacks blew it up.

Yankees with Goldschmidt went for 12 games back to .5 games back in division/wildcard with a month left. Yankees also just got back Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez after being DL for 2 months.

1. Gleyber Torress
2. Aaron Judge
3. Paul Goldschmidt
4. Mike Stanton
5. Didi
6. Aaron McCutchen
7. Gary Sanchez
8. Brandon Drury
9. Brett Gardner / Aaron Hicks

I get lucky enough to play them in a 3 game series with entire team back. Can't wait for my ERA to ballon!

Twins with Pollack also .5 games back in division and lead wild card

DBacks are also at .500 right now. Clint Frazier got hurt and Miguel Andjuar is splitting time at 3B/DH

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**nickyb6** · 01-30-2019, 12:33 PM

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I always try to do sim franchises alongside my Yankee (play every game franchise) but the budget system completely ruins it. Too often i have a good amount of cash flow (with all coaches signed and all players i want to sign signed, yet i "cant afford this contract") so it completely ruins it for me. The A's ALWAYS sign players to massive contracts. The Budget, and the A.I completely ruins that for me. My regular Yankee franchise is fun but idk if i wanna carryover or not.

**ECUoak** · 01-30-2019, 01:13 PM

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Started a new franchise with the Dodgers using OSFM’s end of season rosters. I won the 2018 WS with the original rosters but I wanted to start one where I’m focused on carrying my save over and pay attention to my Minor League players.

Currently Dumping some salary so I traded Grandal and Wood to Miami for Realmuto and traded Dozier away from som prospects.

Playing Machado at SS and Seager at 2nd. Rotating Bellinger and Muncy at 1st while rotating Bellinger and Taylor at CF. Kemp hit the DL so Hernandez is getting some playing time LF. Once Machado signs with a team I’m going to try and trade him there to dump his salary and move Taylor to 2nd full time and Seager back to SS.

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**JoshC1977** · 01-30-2019, 05:22 PM

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While I am most certainly not as far in my franchise as many here (due to a very late start in December), I'm now nearly through May (the deepest I've ever managed to get in a baseball franchise since World Series Baseball....yeah.....). My Reds are somehow holding at 27-26 on the season. It's been sort of a "win 1, lose 1" sort of year thus far...the offense being a major issue (hitting ~.233 as a team) as it has been incredibly inconsistent. Very surprisingly, the pitching has been decent and has kept us in games.

I traded away Jose Peraza since my last post here - despite being a solid B potential guy in his early 20s, I just could not do anything with him. In a move that could backfire on me, I traded him and recently acquired Mikie Mahtook to acquire AJ Pollock (set to be a FA) and Nick Ahmed from the scuffling D-backs. If we can re-sign Pollock (which I believe we can), this is a move that can pay-off. If it is a one-year rental, we may very well regret giving up on Peraza so early. But in the meantime, I get a solid bat in Pollock (who upgrades the OF defense as well) and Ahmed's glove at SS (which is already paying dividends after a few games).

My current lineup looks like this:

RF - Pollock
CF - Hamilton
1B - Votto
2B - Gennett
3B - Suarez
LF - Schebler
C - Barnhart
SS - Ahmed

OF - Winker
Util - Kike Hernandez
Util - Pennington
PH - LaStella
C - Cruz

We got solid power in the lineup (Schebler, Suarez, and Gennett all double figure HRs) but we need to get some runners on base to really take advantage. The bench is not great, but there are some useful pieces there (though I'd like a speed guy off the bench). It's probable that top prospect Nick Senzel is re-called at some point in the second half (likely to replace LaStella).

Pitching staff
SP - DeSclafani
SP - Romano
SP - Hynu-Jin Ryu
SP - Stephenson
SP - Castillo
RP - Bailey
RP - Brice
RP - Avilan
RP - Lorenzen
RP - Stripling
RP - Crockett
CP - Iglesias

Stephenson has been the biggest surprise in a rotation full of surprises, going 6-2 with an ERA right around 2. We're hopeful he can fulfill his former status as a top prospect and blossom into a solid number 2 starter. In spite of not having big names, the rotation has been very good.

The bullpen has been in-flux and I've been mixing-matching a lot. Bailey has been outstanding in long relief all year. Stripling has been a godsend since acquiring him in the Duvall deal. Avilan was just acquired from the White Sox as he was struggling (and disgruntled) - if he can right the ship - he will be the second lefty I covet in the bullpen (as Garrett and Peralta have faltered).

Looking ahead, I don't plan on making a lot of other deals...maybe a couple of minor moves, but nothing that is going to really move the needle. I think we'll ride what we have and see if it all comes together. If the pitching holds together and continues to out-perform and our offense can become a bit more consistent, I think we have a chance to finish the year at .500 - not too bad of a feat. If the pitching regresses to the mean - it could get ugly fast and assets like Gennett and Iglesias could become trade bait.

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