MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread

[ktd1976]

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Bagwell would probably be A potential even if using just his scouting report and his AA numbers (.880 OPS)

Reliever for 22-year-old ready-now 3B dealt at near the actual trade deadline (August 30) and has power potential, so only 1 month of the reliever unless signed to an extension?

Probably wouldn't fly with a lot of players, I'm guessing.





Yeah, I really wish they'd add stats as a factor to OVR when making decisions like this.

I guess they tried to with the expected performance aspect to morale, which can influence OVR.

I think moving it from morale and just have it as part of the OVR calculation directly would be more impactful, a lot like how you can have OOTP's AI consider stats as heavily as you'd like in your scouts OVR grading.




Sometimes real teams don't take a chance and go for the win. Sometimes they overdo it.

I've seen both by the CPU. To me, that's just fine. I wouldn't want to see nearly perfect moves every time.

Hindsight being 20/20, the mentioned Bagwell/Anderson trade prolly would be vetoed, knowing what we know now.

But, in the context of the individual franchise, only knowing what we know up to that point, it might not be vetoed.

Back then, we didn't "know" that Bagwell would be a super star. The Red Sox felt they were a reliever away from winning the World Series (and they weren't that far off in thinking that) Also keep in mind that at the time of the trade, Bagwell was a 3B man. Bagwell was blocked by Wade Boggs and Scott Cooper at 3B. Why not do what the Astros did and switch him to 1B? Well, Bagwell was blocked there as well, by Carlos Quintana, and Mo Vaughn.

Boston had a 6.5 game lead in the division at the time of the trade, and had arguably the WORST bullpen in baseball that year. They needed to make an upgrade. Anderson was one of the best relievers in baseball in 1990.

In hindsight, the trade looks lopsided (it was) But in 1990, the Red Sox viewed it as trading a prospect blocked by good players at the majors for one of the best relievers in baseball.....

[KBLover]

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Hindsight being 20/20, the mentioned Bagwell/Anderson trade prolly would be vetoed, knowing what we know now.

But, in the context of the individual franchise, only knowing what we know up to that point, it might not be vetoed.

Back then, we didn't "know" that Bagwell would be a super star. The Red Sox felt they were a reliever away from winning the World Series (and they weren't that far off in thinking that) Also keep in mind that at the time of the trade, Bagwell was a 3B man. Bagwell was blocked by Wade Boggs and Scott Cooper at 3B. Why not do what the Astros did and switch him to 1B? Well, Bagwell was blocked there as well, by Carlos Quintana, and Mo Vaughn.

Boston had a 6.5 game lead in the division at the time of the trade, and had arguably the WORST bullpen in baseball that year. They needed to make an upgrade. Anderson was one of the best relievers in baseball in 1990.

In hindsight, the trade looks lopsided (it was) But in 1990, the Red Sox viewed it as trading a prospect blocked by good players at the majors for one of the best relievers in baseball.....

Yes but even then, dealing him for a reliever seems like a serious stretch, especially already with the division lead, even with said worst bullpen.

And well, I mean, they dumped Boggs, what, 2 years later. Dawson was 38 and clinging to a career. Vaughn could DH. Bags to 1B until they let Wade walk. Cooper? Tch. Naehring was better but no Bagwell.

But of course, your POV about the trade illustrates why I think reversing moves and trying to craft "perfect" trades shouldn't be done. My POV would be "wow that's just a serious overpay" but I would allow it because of your POV being possible and I don't know what the other teams think they need or what they see.

It was objectively lopsided but the team felt the move needed to be made. The Red Sox "AI" undervalued Bagwell and/or was in pure "Playoff Push" mode.

So why shouldn't MLBTS teams be given the same mindset?

[MightyMaxxx13]

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Atlanta Braves Franchise

2018 Mid-Season Update

My Braves hung around .500 for a while to start the summer, but a late June losing streak has pretty much pushed me to selling at the trade deadline. We have dropped 7 in a row and 9 of 10, and are now 35-44 as we near the end of June. We are 10 out from the division and 8 out from the wild card, so its time to start thinking toward retooling for next season. We have several impending free agents who will be placed on the trading block that i can hopefully turn into a few useful, controllable pieces. Players to be placed on the block:

SP Brandon McCarthy
SP Chase Whitley
RP Peter Moylan
C Tyler Flowers
C Kurt Suzuki
RF Nick Markakis

Don’t expect a major haul for any of these guys as they are all well past their prime and have overall ratings in the 70’s, but I have zero incentive to keep them around as they will not be given qualifying offers after the season. The one impending free agent that I will not trade is CP Arodys Vizcaino, who I hope to sign to a moderate 2-3 year deal.

The all-star break is coming soon. RP Grant Dayton has pitched to an ERA under 2 and has already logged almost 50 innings out of the pen; he has a strong case to be a surprise all-star. Freddie Freeman currently is second in voting among first basemen only to Joey Votto.

[decga]

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Swept in Cincy!

Bottom line with this series. We got our butt kicked by a team with similar record coming in as ours. Any time your starting rotation give's up 4 earned runs/game equals a loss. My record is now 10-16. Luckily for us, the East is beating up on each other early in the year. I am 3.5 GB of the 1st place Nationals.

We lost C Tyler Flowers .344avg, 2HR, 6 RBI for 1-2 months with a fractured foot. SP Archer hit by a line drive and either later that inning came out of the game with Bruised ribs(1-6 days). That was in Game 4. He was being the sweep stopper, the "Ace". 4.0IP,4H,ER,0BB & 2K. We lost 3-1.

I traded for C Lucroy from the A's for RP Boyer & SP Blair. His overall boosted because he's closer to home(FLA) Sent SP Folty to Triple A & brought up SP Newcomb. He'll be back.

Next up is the Phillies in Philly...

[Itsma806]

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2020 CHICAGO WHITE SOX END OF REGULAR SEASON

OVERALL RECORD:
105-57


RECORD SINCE LAST UPDATE:
17-9

SERIES RESULTS
@ Baltimore 1-0
@ Kansas City 2-1
VS. Milwaukee 1-2
VS. Seattle 3-0
@ Minnesota 3-0
VS. Detroit 1-2
VS. Cleveland 3-1
@ Detroit 2-1
@ Chicago Cubs 1-2




OVERVIEW
Well, we completed our final GM goal on the last year of our contract (win division). We are the only team from the AL Central that made the playoffs as Cleveland had a nice year (90-72) but still missed the wildcard by four games.

We will face the winner of the wildcard game which features the Angels (98-65) and the Blue Jays (94-68). Part of me wants to play the Angels since they knocked us out in the Wildcard game last season. But I also dont want to face Trout in the final year of his contract. The Angels played game 163 against the Astros as the two played a extra game to determine the winner of their division.

Avisail Garcia is still slated to be injured for 2-3 weeks and is still on the DL for 19 days.




TEAM RANKINGS

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AVERAGE:3RD(.273)
RUNS:2ND(802)
HITS::3RD(1543)
DOUBLES:6TH(291)
TRIPLES:5TH(36)
HOME RUNS:2ND(257)
STOLEN BASES:18TH(100)
STOLEN BASE %:3RD(.719)
WALKS:23ST(500)
STRIKE OUTS:3RD(1120)

ERA:9TH(3.77)
COMPLETE GAMES:8TH(6)
SHUT OUTS:9TH(12)
SAVES:1ST(68)
HITS ALLOWED:3RD(1357)
RUNS ALLOWED:8TH(638)
HOME RUNS ALLOWED:13TH(186)
WALKS ALLOWED:1ST(436)
STRIKE OUTS:15TH(1314)

Individual Player Stats

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1. Tom Anderson 90 OVR SS
.249 AVG/32 HR/70 RBI/17 SB
Tim provided great pop from the lead off spot although his average isnt great he stuck around the .250 mark all season. Cant complain about that too much when your lead off hitter knocks 30+ balls over the wall.

2.Anthomy Rendon 90 OVR 3B
.270 AVG/26 HR/77 RBI/8 SB
He was a nice addition during free agency last season. Solid all year, although he did have fewer RBI then he had in the three previous years. 2nd in the lineup isnt the best spot to knock in runs.

3.Jose Abreu 91 OVR 1B
.310 AVG/27 HR/88 RBI
Jose, the identity of our team for so many years. He is reaching his upper years in regards to baseball years and definitely his prime. He stil har an obvious good year and turned around a slow start average wise and ended up #1 on the team aside from Garcia who missed the last two months with injury.

4.Michael Conforto 89 OVR LF
.291 AVG/32 HR/84 RBI (88 GAMES)
WOW is all I can say. He came back from his injury and has been absolutely on fire. I wish he could have been more healthy as if he had, he could have pushed for MVP. Great to have him in the lineup going into the post season.

5.Eloy Jiminez 81 OVR DH
.235 AVG/35 HR/96 RBI
Jiminez was basically all or nothing. He was worst in the starting lineup in regards to batting average but was first in HR and RBI. Still young (23) and developing. Hopefully he can hit for better average in the playoffs, although we would certainly take the run production as well.

6.Yoan Moncada 96 OVR 2B
.278 AVG/33 HR/88 RBI/20 SB
Moncada had his own MVP caliber season and led the team in HR and RBI before falling back a bit toward the end of the season. He is a borderline superstar and is also still very young (24) and improving rather quickly.

7.Brett Gardner 76 OVR RF
.253 AVG/10 HR/46 RBI/11 SB
This could very well be his last season and we would like to send him out on a high note. He started the year starting in CF but up and coming Johnny Shinjo took over that spot in the middle of the season. Gardner again became a starter when Garcia went down but this time in RF.

8.Wellington Castillo 85 OVR C
.278 AVG/21 HR/65 RBI
ole Castillo aka mollases. He is so slow. He makes what should be easy doubles, exciting bang bang plays. Still, as he goes toward the end of his playing career, he continues to produce at high level for our team and we are glad he we inked a contract last offseason that will all but gurantee he finishes his career in Chicago.

9.Johnny Shinjo 82 OVR CF
.266 AVG/12 HR/66 RBI/16 SB
Johnny was my first draft pick in this franchise
He has started his career a bit slowly but at 19 years old, he still has a whole career in front of himself. He will continue to improve and will be a staple of our team for a long time.

BENCH
Jed Lowrie 73 OVR 2B
.300 AVG/1 HR/16 RBI (46 GAMES)
He didnt get to play much but performed well when he did play. He's another who could be at or near the end of his career and it would be nice to get him a championship.

Matt Davidson 75 OVR 3B
.173 AVG/6 HR/12 RBI (39 GAMES)
Also did not get to play much. This was largely due to the addition of Rendon. Still hits for good power and may be trade bait in the offseason.

Tucker Barnhart 75 OVR C
.254 AVG/12 RBI (43 GAMES)
Backup to Castillo. Nothing to exciting to report.

Avisail Garcia 84 OVR RF
.338 AVG/20 HR/64 RBI
It was tough to see him go down late July with his broken foot. He was slated to battle for the AL hitting title. He may be able to return if we make it past the first round of the playoffs.

Starting Pitchers
Michael Fulmer 93 OVR RHP
15-8/3.17 ERA/174 SO
He had an up and down year but was not a disappointment coming over from the trade.

Gerrit Cole 91 OVR RHP
20-4/3.18 ERA/197 SO
Fantastic FA signing and probably the AL CY young winner. He was dominate all year. He does eat up a lot of our budget but he worth every penny.

Tanner Roark 83 OVR RHP
6-3/3.74 ERA/67 SO
Not bad but not great. He has been serviceable since entering the rotation after Rondon and Pomeranz were traded to get us back in the green money wise.

Lucas Giolito 86 OVR RHP
16-5/3.60 ERA/166 SO
Another young (25) rising star. He was great all year but could improve on his SO numbers

Reynaldo Lopez 82 OVR RHP
6-4/4.51 ERA/119 SO
MEH.... he was supposed to be a rising star but struggled after being inserted into the rotation. He is definitely our weakest starter heading into the playoffs.

Bull Pen
Stephen Gonsalves 72 OVR LHP
6-6/4.47 ERA/80 SO
Came over with the trade and is important as he is our only leftie. Hasn't been great however and will likely only be used in a few leftie situations in the playoffs.

Zack Littell 76 OVR RHP
6-2/1.56 ERA/33 SO
another trade addition. He has been better but doesnt have anything too over powering.

Bruce Rondon 77 OVR RHP
4-4/6.28 ERA/79 SO
He does have great velocity and strike out stuff. But he also gets knocked around when he doesnt have his nasty stuff.

Michael Kopeh 77 OVR RHP
3-0/0.93 ERA/29 SO
He is supposed to be our future ace but has developed slowly. Still solid in the bullpen and young (23) so he has plenty of time to reach his potential.

Brad Brach 87 OVR RHP
4-5/3.25 ERA/67 SO
my preferred set up man and despite his numbers has been solid all year.

Will Harris 82 OVR RHP
5-2/4.14 ERA/35 SO
Probably our worst production wise FA signing. Atleast when I pitch with him. He will be used sparingly in the playoffs.

Nate Jones 86 OVR RHP
2-3/3.57 ERA/72 SO/55 SV/8 BSV
Great in the closing role for our team. Does get hit around sometimes but almost always finds a way to close out the games.

STANDINGS

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AL EAST
New York Yankees 101-61
Toronto Blue Jays 94-68
Baltimore Orioles 84-78
Boston Red Sox 67-95
Tampa Bay Rays 60-102

AL CENTRAL
Chicago White Sox 105-57
Cleveland Indians 90-72
Kansas City Royals 81-81
Minnesota Twins 79-83
Detroit Tigers 52-110

AL WEST
Houston Astros 99-64
Los Angeles Angels 98-65
Oakland Athletics 77-85
Seattle Mariners 73-89
Texas Rangers 70-92

NL EAST
Atlanta Braves 83-79
Washington Nationals 82-80
New York Mets 79-83
Miami Marlins 72-90
Philadelphia Phillies 70-92

NL CENTRAL
Milwaukee Brewers 104-58
St Louis Cardinals 96-66
Chicago Cubs 87-75
Cincinnati Reds 68-94
Pittsburgh Pirates 51-111

NL WEST
San Franciso Giants 94-68
Colorado Rockies 86-76
Los Angeles Dodgers 84-78
Arizona Diamondbacks 81-81
San Diego Padres 64-98

Wildcard Results
NL
Chicago Cubs:3
St Louis Cardinals:2

AL
Los Angeles Angels:9
Toronto Blue Jays:1

Divisonal Series Matchups
NL
Atlanta Braves Vs. San Franciso Giants

Chicago Cubs Vs. Milwaukee Brewers

AL
Houston Astros Vs. New York Yankees

Chicago Whitesox Vs. LA Angels



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[MightyMaxxx13]

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A week away from the 2018 all-star break and my Braves have the first two deadline deals out of the way. Tampa Bay is in the mix for a playoff spot in a very competitive AL East / Wildcard race and sent over an offer for Brandon McCarthy as soon as he was placed on the block. We worked out the following deal:

Rays receive: SP Brandon McCarthy (Age 34, 75 OVR) - he’s pitched to a 2.88 ERA in 2018 as a fixture in my rotation, so should help solidify their pitching staff a bit.

Braves receive:
RF Justin Williams (Age 22, 64 OVR, B potential) - he becomes my top outfield prospect. Could be in the majors by 2019 and projects as a future regular.

RP Diego Castillo (Age 24, 64 OVR, C potential) - has top of the scale velocity. Projects as a middle reliever in the majors and is nearly MLB-ready.

A week later I was able to dump Peter Moylan for a humble take.

Red Sox receive: RP Peter Moylan (Age 39, 73 OVR) - Was mostly reliable in an 8th inning role for me, but is declining quickly and will likely retire after the season. I guess the Sox liked his ‘A’ potential and needed a righty sinkerballer for the postseason push.

Braves receive:
RP Tommy Layne (Age 33, 76 OVR, C potential): Controllable as he is only arbitration-eligible after the season. He has a spot on the team until he declines and a youngster supplants him.

SP Kevin McAvoy (Age 24, 62 OVR, C potential): Mid-range prospect who will add some depth . He slides into a talented AA rotation.

Still on the block:
SP Chase Whitley
C Kurt Suzuki
C Tyler Flowers
RF Nick Markakis

[countryboy]

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The calendar has flipped to September and after winning 7 of our last 10, we find ourselves 1 1/2 games behind the Reds in the Central and currently the 2nd wildcard. We are playing our best baseball right now.

We swept the Padres in 3, took two of 3 from the Rockies and have won the first two against the Giants.

The Central is tight as the Reds, us, and the Cubs are all within 3 1/2 games. The wildcard is even more competitive:

Padres -
Cardinals - (1 1/2 GB of Padres)

Braves - 1 GB
Cubs - 2 GB
Marlins - 2 GB
Giants - 2 1/2 GB
Diamondbacks - 3 GB
Rockies - 3 1/2 GB
Nationals - 4 GB

Rest of the majors:

AL East

Yankees -
Orioles - 1 GB

AL Central

Tigers -
Twins - 5 1/2 GB
Indians - 6 1/2 GB

AL West

Astros -
A's - 2 GB
Rangers - 6 GB

AL Wildcard

A's -
Orioles - (1 1/2 GB A's)

Twins - 2 GB
Rangers - 2 1/2 GB
Indians - 3 GB
Mariners - 5 GB
White Sox - 6 GB
Angels - 6 GB

NL East

Mets -
Braves - 2 GB
Marlins - 3 GB
Nationals - 5 GB

[NL West

Dodgers -
Padres - 17 1/2 GB

I think the NL West has been won.

Time to get back at it and keep the hot streak going. September baseball!!!

[cubbies1744]

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Can someone explain to me how to do the spoiler things I have seen in some post?

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[HozAndMoose]

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All Star Break - 2024

96 games down and im still not sure what this team has in them. We are 49-47. 3rd in the division. 5.5 games behind the Twins and 2 games back of a WC spot. Things were looking really good near the end of June. We went 12-3 from June 6th to the 22nd. we were 6 games over .500 and half a game out of the division lead. Not so great since going 9-12 and while being swept by the Tigers and Twins.

Standings

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Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh both lead their division after finishing tied for the worst record in the Majors last season. Meanwhile Miami and Milwaukee are both last in their division after winning them last season. As of right now only 3 of the playoff teams from last season are currently in a playoff spot (NYY, LAD, SF).

The offense has been scoring slightly less than it did through the first 2 months. Even though we are hitting better and getting on base more. Our line is now .255/.329/.411 (18th, 17th, 21st). We have 426 Runs (8th), 177 Doubles (4th), 18 Triples (11th), 100 HR (26th), 53 SB (23rd), a .679 SB% (13th) 349 Walks (13th) and 738 Strikeouts (5th).

Stats

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O'Hearn, Soler, Evans and Bonifacio have been great. O'Hearn had 6 Home Runs in a 4 game stretch from June 11th to the 14th. in the AL he is 8th in AVG, 15th in OBP and 8th in SLG % and OPS. Myles Evans showed some improvement in the 2nd half last year and has finally started looking like the player I thought he would be. 4th in the AL in AVG, 11th in OBP and 7th in SB. Jorge Soler leads the AL in Walks and is 9th in OBP. He is walking more than he ever has while striking out less than ever. The older he gets the better he becomes. Bonifacio has been pretty up and down. One week he might hit .400 then next he is lucky to get to .200. But he is one pace to hit 28 HR his most since 2019. And he also has a career high in walk %.

Mondesi has been consistent since coming back up. Nothing spectacular but he isnt going 5 games without a hit and i dont feel like he is an auto out. The same can not be said for Nick Pratto. Sent him down for a few weeks. He hit .355/.444/.538 with 3 HR, 11 RBI, 15 Walks and 8 Doubles in 93 AB. Called him back up and in his first game he hit 2 HR. And has done nothing since. Plan to send him back down until the minor league season is over.

The pitching has been quite a bit better. Our ERA is down to 4.17 (21st), We have 7 Shutouts (12th), 116 HR allowed (18th), 299 Walks (2nd), but still dead last in Strikeouts with 696.

Stats

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Jesse Hahn and Nolan Watson have been great. Hahn is having his best season since and possibly his best ever. And for Watson its not even close. He got off to a hot start. Struggled a bit and has gone right back to dominating. His ERA was up to 3.17 on June 2nd. Since then he has a 1.37 ERA and 0.93 WHIP over 7 starts and 46 IP. Jesse Hahn in his last 11 starts has a 2.61 ERA and 1.24 WHIP in 62 IP. He has given up 2 runs or less in 9 of the starts and has allowed more than 3 runs just once.

The rest of the rotation has been much better recently. Junis had an ERA of 5 on June 7th. Since then he has a 2.61 ERA and 1.48 WHIP in 31 IP. Walks arent all that high but he is giving up a ton of hits. Might be turning that around though. Got pulled with a minor injury in his last start. Hadn't allowed a hit in 4 IP to that point. Rodney Chastain has been better than his overall numbers show. Got hit hard in his last 2 starts. 11 ER in 8.2 IP. The game before that he got pulled with an injury after 1 IP. In his first 5 starts he had a 2.77 ERA and 1.37 WHIP.

As for the bullpen Alvarado, Diaz and Jewell are great. Everyone else is having a contest to see who can blow the most games. Zimmer has turned to complete trash. Torres either strikes out the side or gives up 5 hits. And we cant seem to find anyone to look remotely competent in the last spot.

All Stars

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Schedule

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40 more games until September. 24 of them will on the road. 25 against the division. We are currently 23-20 on the Road and 16-19 against the division. We have 11 games against teams ahead of us in the WC race (7 vs CLE, 4 vs BAL). And 20 games against teams over .500. Ive noticed that when we have a lot of off days we seem to do better. So hopefully the 3 Mondays off in August can help us out. We really need the team to show up like they did in June. Gonna look around the trade market as we get close to the deadline. Mainly looking for a reliever. But could make some moves elsewhere.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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Can someone explain to me how to do the spoiler things I have seen in some post?

I do it by hitting this button (put your text in between):

[cubbies1744]

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I do it by hitting this button (put your text in between):

Thanks I appreciate it

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[cubbies1744]

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All Star Break - 2024

96 games down and im still not sure what this team has in them. We are 49-47. 3rd in the division. 5.5 games behind the Twins and 2 games back of a WC spot. Things were looking really good near the end of June. We went 12-3 from June 6th to the 22nd. we were 6 games over .500 and half a game out of the division lead. Not so great since going 9-12 and while being swept by the Tigers and Twins.

Standings

Spoiler

Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh both lead their division after finishing tied for the worst record in the Majors last season. Meanwhile Miami and Milwaukee are both last in their division after winning them last season. As of right now only 3 of the playoff teams from last season are currently in a playoff spot (NYY, LAD, SF).

The offense has been scoring slightly less than it did through the first 2 months. Even though we are hitting better and getting on base more. Our line is now .255/.329/.411 (18th, 17th, 21st). We have 426 Runs (8th), 177 Doubles (4th), 18 Triples (11th), 100 HR (26th), 53 SB (23rd), a .679 SB% (13th) 349 Walks (13th) and 738 Strikeouts (5th).

Stats

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O'Hearn, Soler, Evans and Bonifacio have been great. O'Hearn had 6 Home Runs in a 4 game stretch from June 11th to the 14th. in the AL he is 8th in AVG, 15th in OBP and 8th in SLG % and OPS. Myles Evans showed some improvement in the 2nd half last year and has finally started looking like the player I thought he would be. 4th in the AL in AVG, 11th in OBP and 7th in SB. Jorge Soler leads the AL in Walks and is 9th in OBP. He is walking more than he ever has while striking out less than ever. The older he gets the better he becomes. Bonifacio has been pretty up and down. One week he might hit .400 then next he is lucky to get to .200. But he is one pace to hit 28 HR his most since 2019. And he also has a career high in walk %.

Mondesi has been consistent since coming back up. Nothing spectacular but he isnt going 5 games without a hit and i dont feel like he is an auto out. The same can not be said for Nick Pratto. Sent him down for a few weeks. He hit .355/.444/.538 with 3 HR, 11 RBI, 15 Walks and 8 Doubles in 93 AB. Called him back up and in his first game he hit 2 HR. And has done nothing since. Plan to send him back down until the minor league season is over.

The pitching has been quite a bit better. Our ERA is down to 4.17 (21st), We have 7 Shutouts (12th), 116 HR allowed (18th), 299 Walks (2nd), but still dead last in Strikeouts with 696.

Stats

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Jesse Hahn and Nolan Watson have been great. Hahn is having his best season since and possibly his best ever. And for Watson its not even close. He got off to a hot start. Struggled a bit and has gone right back to dominating. His ERA was up to 3.17 on June 2nd. Since then he has a 1.37 ERA and 0.93 WHIP over 7 starts and 46 IP. Jesse Hahn in his last 11 starts has a 2.61 ERA and 1.24 WHIP in 62 IP. He has given up 2 runs or less in 9 of the starts and has allowed more than 3 runs just once.

The rest of the rotation has been much better recently. Junis had an ERA of 5 on June 7th. Since then he has a 2.61 ERA and 1.48 WHIP in 31 IP. Walks arent all that high but he is giving up a ton of hits. Might be turning that around though. Got pulled with a minor injury in his last start. Hadn't allowed a hit in 4 IP to that point. Rodney Chastain has been better than his overall numbers show. Got hit hard in his last 2 starts. 11 ER in 8.2 IP. The game before that he got pulled with an injury after 1 IP. In his first 5 starts he had a 2.77 ERA and 1.37 WHIP.

As for the bullpen Alvarado, Diaz and Jewell are great. Everyone else is having a contest to see who can blow the most games. Zimmer has turned to complete trash. Torres either strikes out the side or gives up 5 hits. And we cant seem to find anyone to look remotely competent in the last spot.

All Stars

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Schedule

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40 more games until September. 24 of them will on the road. 25 against the division. We are currently 23-20 on the Road and 16-19 against the division. We have 11 games against teams ahead of us in the WC race (7 vs CLE, 4 vs BAL). And 20 games against teams over .500. Ive noticed that when we have a lot of off days we seem to do better. So hopefully the 3 Mondays off in August can help us out. We really need the team to show up like they did in June. Gonna look around the trade market as we get close to the deadline. Mainly looking for a reliever. But could make some moves elsewhere.

Where do you get your graphics from that you use in your spoilers?

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[MightyMaxxx13]

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Atlanta Braves Franchise

2018 All-Star Break

Braves record: 41-54 (3rd) - rebuild continues

All-star weekend kicked off with a trade offer from the Phillies, which I accepted.

Phillies receive:
C Tyler Flowers (Age 32, 79 OVR) - He had been our best run producer not named Freddie Freeman, tallying 14 HR and 46 RBI. As an impending free agent with a team that I am building with youth, it was the right time to part ways. He will become the Phillies starting catcher immediately.

Braves receive:
SP Drew Anderson (Age 24, 61 OVR, B potential) - Righty with a standard repertoire, and still young enough to project as a mid-rotation starter. I am deep with pitchers however, so he reports to Class-A Florida.

SS Jose Gomez (Age 21, 64 OVR, C potential) - Solid all-around player who is very young and becomes the best SS in my minor league system. He will start in AAA.

Freddie Freeman is 2nd in the NL with 23 homers. He was selected for the Home Run Derby, which he won! He beat out Mike Trout, Lucas Duda, and Adrian Beltre to take the crown. This kicked off a week of good representation for the Braves in Washington for all-star week.

The following Braves players were selected as All-Stars:

1B Freddie Freeman: .299/.419/.598, 23 HR, 59 RBI, 58 R, 4 SB
He made his third career all-star appearance on the strength of a great first half. Votto got the most votes at 1B, but Freddie still made the start at DH. He went 0-2 with a walk in the game.

CP Arodys Vizcaino: 4-2, 3.67 ERA, 20 SV, 34.1 IP, 52 SO, 1.19 WHIP
Not eye-popping numbers, but Vizcaino has established himself as one of the top shut-down relievers in the league this season. It is his first career all-star appearance. He did not pitch in the game.

RP Grant Dayton: 3-1, 1.75 ERA, 56.2 IP, 61 SO, 1.01 WHIP
Could not have predicted this one, as my dependable 30-year old middle relief lefty is having a career year. He was acquired on waivers from the Dodgers after the 2017 season and has proven to be a real diamond in the rough and an absolute workhorse in the pen. He also did not pitch in the game.

As for the game, the AL cleaned the NL's clock and won 9-0. George Springer wins ASG MVP with a 3-run jack in the 8th inning off of DBacks closer Archie Bradley. Freeman winning the derby may well be the highlight of my season, as we are in full rebuild mode and have a few more moves to make in the next 2 weeks as we approach August. Holding auditions for 2019 roster spots very shortly, so stay tuned.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread

Where do you get your graphics from that you use in your spoilers?

Some people use their own forms or screenshots, but there are table generators for different sports here, that many people use.

https://dynasties.operationsports.com/index.php

[Assassin]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread

June 2022 Recap

Hitting Leaders

Elvis Andrus=.335 5 HR 29 RBI 4 SB (49)

Bradley Zimmer=.324 9 HR 35 RBI 3 SB (64)

Monty Simons=.315 1 HR 11 RBI 6 SB (28)

Jason Kipnis=.295 11 HR 50 RBI 5 SB (73)

Ben Gamel=.295 10 HR 50 RBI 7 SB (82)

Tyler Naquin=.287 13 HR 46 RBI 11 SB (70)

Logan Moore=.286 1 HR 4 RBI (11)

Francisco Mejia=.283 4 HR 15 RBI 1 SB (27)

Jose Ramirez=.278 9 HR 39 RBI 11 SB (71)

Francisco Lindor=.272 15 HR 53 RBI 13 SB (77)

Michael Conforto=.270 17 HR 38 RBI 3 SB (64)


Pitching Leaders

Patrick Corbin=10-3 109.2 innings 92 strikeouts 3.53 ERA 1.22 WHIP

Raul Alcantara=9-3 89.2 innings 75 strikeouts 5.22 ERA 1.53 WHIP

Shane Bieber=8-4 94.2 innings 56 strikeouts 3.61 ERA 1.35 WHIP

Cody Anderson=7-0 55.0 innings 26 strikeouts 2.45 ERA 1.20 WHIP

Carlos Carrasco=4-8 110.1 innings 96 strikeouts 3.02 ERA 1.18 WHIP

Cody Allen=1-1 27 saves 30 innings 35 strikeouts 1.80 ERA 1.20 WHIP


Standings

Indians=54-28

Twins=44-36

Tigers=35-44

White Sox=34-45

Royals=27-55


Draft Picks

Jim Waldron

Age:22

Bats:Right

Throws:Right

Position:3rd Base

Overall:60

Potential:86


Manuel Diaz

Age:20

Throws:Right

Bats:Right

Position:1st Base

Overall:73

Potential:85


Theo Leavitt

Age:19

Throws:Right

Bats:Left

Position:Catcher

Overall:53

Potential:78


Adam Williams

Age:19

Throws:Right

Bats:Switch

Position:Pitcher

Pitches:4SFB Cut SNK SL

Overall:61

Potential:81


Jose Rivera

Age:19

Throws:Right

Bats:Right

Position:Pitcher

Pitches:4SFB CH SPL SL

Overall:62

Potential:78


Omar Navarro

Age:20

Throws:Left

Bats:Left

Position:Pitcher

Pitches:4SFB CH SCV SPL

Overall:58

Potential:69


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