MLB The Show 21 Franchise Discussion Thread

[countryboy]

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Cardinals change lineup, sweep Padres

The Cardinals (9-9) made a lineup change and swept a good Padres team at Busch during the week.

The Cardinals moved Tommy Edman to leadoff and Dylan Carlson from 8th to 2nd, and dropped Harrison Bader to 8th and saw their offensive productivity increase against the Padres during the 3 game stretch.

The Cardinals put up just 10 runs in the series, but their offense looked better and had a better flow. Harrison Bader was striking out nearly 30% of his at-bats and not getting on base as the Cards needed. So with the change, he's more tolerable as a free swinger at 8th in the lineup, while Edman and Carlson are doing a better job of being table setters for the middle of the lineup.

The offense is still stagnant by all accounts as they have just 12 homeruns thru 18 games (29th in majors) and surprisingly Goldschmidt hasn't hit one and Arenado has just one.

The Cardinals will hope to keep this streak going as they travel to Milwaukee to close out the month of April against the division leading Brewers (12-6)

[Itsma806]

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2022 Baltimore Orioles 04/22-04/25

Overall Record:7-10 (2nd AL East)

Game Results
4/22
Orioles-0
Twins-2

4/23
Orioles-1
Twins-2

4/24
Orioles-8
Twins-7

4/25
Orioles-1
Twins-4

Orioles drop series to AL Central leading Twins

Unsurprisingly the Orioles offensive struggles continued against the Minnesota Twins who are now tied for the second most wins (12) in the young season.

Josh Donaldson had homeruns against Orioles pitchers in each of the first three game of the series and two in game three. Benito Osuna and Mitch Garver hit homers of their own in game four to lead Minnesota to the three to one series victory.

It is unclear what the Orioles plans are to fix the teams lack of offense but something needs to happen soon.

The Orioles stay home for a short two game series with division rival Tampa Bay who also currently sit at 7-10.

[countryboy]

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Cardinals finish April with 11-10 record

The Cardinals have completed the first month of the 2023 season with an 11-10 record which puts them 2 back of the division leading Brewers.

It has been an odd month for the Cardinals who dealt with injuries and surprisingly bad numbers by some of their key contributors. In fact, the Cards should consider themselves lucky to be just 2 back and a game over .500 given what has taken place.

The Cardinals lost Dakota Hudson until June/July with a fractured wrist in his 2023 debut and only an inning into it. Carlos Martinez has since landed on the IL due to an oblique strain which has put pressure on their thin rotation. And that pressure seems to have gotten to Jack Flaherty who earned his first victory on the month's final day and is 1-3 with a 4.14 ERA thus far.

Offensively, the production has been horrid as the Cards have been shutout 7 times in the first 21 games, including no-hit against the Padres. The Cardinals rank last or near last, in the majors, in every major offensive category. Nolan Arenado has one homerun, 9 RBI's and is hitting just .194 thru the first month. Paul Goldschmidt has yet to homer, and just recently got his average over the .200 mark.

Dylan Carlson has been the offensive catalyst hitting .310 in the first month and has sparked the production since moving to 2nd in the lineup from 8th. Tyler O'Neill was hot to begin the year, but the last 10 games he's back to striking out and being an all or nothing hitter.

The Cardinals will start the month of May with a 3 game series in Arizona, which will hopefully continue the success the Cards have experienced lately as they have won 5 of their last 6.

[countryboy]

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Nolan Arenado hits 300th career homerun in Arizona

Nolan Arenado hit his 300th career homerun Monday night at Chase Field in Arizona. Arenado took a 1-2 fastball from Luke Weaver to dead center field in the 4th inning for his 2nd homerun of the season and the 300th of his career.

Cards place Yadier Molina on 10 Day IL

Yadier Molina left Monday nights game in the 8th inning due to a ankle injury. Molina injured himself running out a ground ball out and sprained his ankle. Molina was listed as day to day, but the Cardinals decided to put him on the 10 Day IL due to needing to have a healthy backup for Victor Caratini.

Ali Sanchez was recalled from Double A Springfield to fulfill the void until Molina returns.

[decga]

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Nolan Arenado hits 300th career homerun in Arizona

Nolan Arenado hit his 300th career homerun Monday night at Chase Field in Arizona. Arenado took a 1-2 fastball from Luke Weaver to dead center field in the 4th inning for his 2nd homerun of the season and the 300th of his career.

Cards place Yadier Molina on 10 Day IL

Yadier Molina left Monday nights game in the 8th inning due to a ankle injury. Molina injured himself running out a ground ball out and sprained his ankle. Molina was listed as day to day, but the Cardinals decided to put him on the 10 Day IL due to needing to have a healthy backup for Victor Caratini.

Ali Sanchez was recalled from Double A Springfield to fulfill the void until Molina returns.

Countryboy, off topic what went down with Shildt? He's out as manager after team won 17 games straight. Who's next? Countryboy...

[KingOfLanglade]

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A few days into May the standings look like this:


AL East

Yankees 18-10 (winners of 13 in a row)
Rays 18-12
Orioles 13-16
Red Sox 11-18
Blue Jays 10-18 (Montoyo on the early hot seat)

AL Central

White Sox 18-11
Twins 15-14
Royals 14-14
Tigers 12-17
Indians 10-18

AL West

Angels 21-9 (Mike Trout 1.170 OPS and Jared Walsh 1.159 OPS)
A's 17-13
Astros 15-13 (Injuries wreaking havoc)
Rangers 13-17
Mariners 11-19

NL East

Phillies 18-12 (Nola & Wheeler shoving early)
Mets 15-13
Marlins 15-13
Braves 13-15 (Chuck Morton and Max Fried are not shoving)
Nationals 12-15

NL Central

Cubs 17-12
Reds 16-11
Brewers 16-13
Cardinals 11-18 (Flaherty is an early CY Candidate as a lone bright spot)
Pirates 6-22 (Can honestly say I have never seen this futility to start)

NL West

Dodgers 20-10 (Yawn)
Padres 16-14
Giants 14-15
Rockies 14-15
DBacks 13-15

[DonkeyJote]

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Countryboy, off topic what went down with Shildt? He's out as manager after team won 17 games straight. Who's next? Countryboy...

Supposedly, it's some behind the scenes difference in philosophy about the future of the team. Who knows specifically what that means? But it's a weird fire for sure.

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[decga]

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Swept the Pirates out of town!


Although the Pirates was pitiful 13-29 coming into the 4 game series. They are still a MLB team. It was not easy. Game 1 3-2, Game 2 1-0, Game 2 3-2 and Game 4 4-2... Hell theyre pitching was pretty formidable.

We are now 26-21, 1.5GB of the 1st place Nats(27-19). We are 0.5GB of the second place Wild Card slot. Dodgers are 31-16 no. 1 in the WC standings. Padres are 35-12 the best record in MLB, followed by the Astros in the A.L at 34-13.

I make no mistake our recipe for winning is Pitching: MLB ERA 1st:2.79, Saves 2nd:20, Hits Allowed 1st:343, K's 1st:434. Meet my pitching staff:

Soroka 5-2,62.0IP,54K,ERA 2.76 & WHIP 0.89
Fried 4-3,67.0IP,76K,ERA 2.55 & WHIP 0.94
I. Anderson 4-2,59.0IP,65K,ERA 2.75 & WHIP 1.02
H. Ynoa 0-4,50.1IP,41K,ERA 4.11, WHIP 1.25 & 12BB
C. Morton 3-2,56.2IP,60K,ERA 2.54 & WHIP 0.81
Bullpen
Newcomb 23.0IP,22K & ERA 2.35
Tomlin 18.0IP,9K & ERA 1.50
A.J. Minter 14.0IP,14K & ERA 3.86
Luke Jackson 18.0IP,21K & ERA 3.00
Greene 6.1IP,9K & ERA 0.00 moving him to Set-up role
Matzek 16.2IP,16K & ERA 2.16
Closer W. Smith 1-0,17.0IP,28K, ERA 1.06 & WHIP 0.47

Up next: 2 game series at the Red Sox(24-24) and a 3 game series at New York Mets(24-21)

[Distant Edge]

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Abandoned my franchise for other games (yet again) but decided to come back and redo the Cardinals 2021 season. I made a personal roster for my franchise which is basically Ridin's V4 Roster with transactions reversed to Spring Training and without 2021 Draft Picks. I posted a separate thread about it in the Rosters forum but figured I would let you all know here too in case anyone is wanting to re-start a franchise or run their team's season back!

[LowerWolf]

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Haven't updated in awhile. Life, other games and a huge division lead have slowed me down a bit. But my Braves are about to get through the dog days of August and enter September of 2021.

We're rolling while the Mets have had a tough month. We've opened up an 18.5 game lead in the East. So it's just a matter of time until we lock up another division title.

We're planning to call up Heredia and Ynoa when rosters expand. Heredia will give us a true CF. Ynoa has had a strong season at Gwinnett, so we want to see him at the big-league level. We'll probably platoon him and Newcomb in the fifth rotation spot/bullpen in September. Once Gwinnett's season is over, we'll look at making some other moves to get ready for October.

Playoff races
NL
The Braves and Dodgers have all but locked up division titles. The Padres are in a good spot for the first wild card. The Central is a three-way race among the Brewers, Reds and Cardinals. The two teams that fall short of the Central title are battling the Mets for the second wild card.

AL
Kind of similar to the NL. The Yankees and Astros are in control of their divisions. The White Sox have passed the Twins in the Central, but it's still a tight race and the runner-up will likely grab the first wild card. The Red Sox, Indians and A's are competing for the second wild card.

[Itsma806]

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2022 Baltimore Orioles 04/26-04/27

Overall record:8-11 (3rd AL East)

Game Results:
04/26
Orioles-1
Rays-5

04/27
Orioles-5
Rays-2

Orioles lose Galvis and Valdez to injury, split series with Rays.

Freddy Galvis pulled a calf muscle diving for a grounder on Tuesday and is expected to miss 1-2 weeks. Felipe Valdez (rookie SP) was hit in the face by a bouncing ball in the same inning and suffered a black eye. He is day to day.

In that first game of the series, the Orioles took the early 1-0 lead when D.J Stewart hit his fourth homer of the season in the third inning. Unfortunately, like several other game this season, the one run would be the only run for Baltimore while Tampa scored five all of which came in the last three innings. Tampa took game one 5-1.

Game two saw the Orioles bats 'come alive' to a tune of ten hits and five runs while Baltimore pitchers held Tampa to just two runs.

Despite the young staff, Baltimore pitching has been pretty good this year. Unfortunately, they just are not getting the run support they need. Hopefully, the success in game two can continue as Baltimore will now start a four game series against the Oakland Athletics who currently have the best record in the MLB (14-4).

[countryboy]

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Goldy and the bullpen power Cards to series win over Pirates

The Cardinals (15-13) took 2 out of 3 from the Pirates in St.Louis over the weekend and now sit just 1.5 games back of the division leading Brewers.

Paul Goldschmidt was the offensive MVP of this series going 7 for 11 with 9 RBI's and 5 doubles. Goldy still has just one homerun on the season, but is hitting .320 with now an NL tying 24 RBI's on the year.

The bullpen was also strong this series pitching 10 full innings giving up zero runs and just 3 hits. This comes after the Cards did some shuffling of their bullpen arms by recalling Genesis Cabrera and Giovanny Gallegos from Memphis.

After an off day on Monday, the Cardinals will welcome the Royals to town for a brief 2 game series.

[countryboy]

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Tyler O'Neill suffers torn groin, out until after All-Star Break

The Cardinals offense suffered a blow as outfield Tyler O'Neill suffered a torn groin in yesterday's ball game. O'Neill will miss at least 2 months with the injury and isn't expected to return until after the All-Star break.

O'Neill was playing well hitting .286 with 5 homeruns and 20 RBI's along with 4 stolen bases, batting out of the #6 spot in the lineup. Not to mention his exceptional glove in the outfield that led him to being a 2022 Gold Glove winner.

The Cardinals will have a decision to make as to who takes over the everyday duties. For now, it appears that Lane Thomas, Justin Toener and Justin Williams, who was recalled from Memphis, will rotate through to see who will land there. You could also see Tommy Edman move from 2nd to left and either Nick Dunn or Marwin Gonzalez get the 2nd base job everyday until O'Neill returns.

[Wbcfan]

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Question for Classic Roster makers during franchise... Has anyone who has played with classic rosters tried using legend players during franachise mode and if so has it caused any issues? I'd like to use legend players instead of CAP if their ages are similar during franchise mode, but was wondering if their "Legend Status" caused any issues during frnachise mode.

[Itsma806]

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2022 Baltimore Orioles 04/28-05/04

Overall Record:10-15 (4th AL EAST)

Standings

Spoiler

AL East
1.Boston Redsox 11-13
2.Toronto Blue Jays 10-14
3.Tampa Bay Rays 10-14
4.Baltimore Orioles 10-15
5.New York Yankees 9-16

AL Central
1.Minnesota Twins 15-10
2.Chicago White Sox 13-11
3.Kansas City Royals 11-14
4.Detriot Tigers 9-15
5.Cleveland Indians 9-16

AL West
1.Oakland Athletics 19-6
2.Los Angeles Angels 17-8
3.Houston Astros 15-11
4.Seattle Mariners 14-11
5.Texas Rangers 10-14

NL East
1.Atlanta Braves 18-7
2.New York Mets 14-11
3.Washington Nationals 13-11
4.Miami Marlines 11-13
5.Philadelphia Phillies 10-14

NL Central
1.Chicago Cubs 17-7
2.Cincinnati Reds 14-10
3.St Louis Cardinals 11-13
4.Milwaukee Brewers 9-15
5.Pittsburgh Pirates 8-16

NL West
1.Los Angeles Dodgers 16-10
2.Arizona Diamondbacks 14-10
3.San Diego Padres 12-13
4.Colorado Rockies 11-14
5.San Francisco Giants 8-16

Game Results
04/28
Baltimore-0
Oakland-2

04/29
Baltimore-2
Oakland-5

04/30
Baltimore-2
Oakland-4

05/01
Baltimore-3
Oakland-2

05/03
Baltimore-7
Miami-6

05/04
Baltimore-8
Miami-9


Orioles shake things up after disappointing mont of April

The Baltimore Orioles entered the 2022 season with high expectations after winning the division in 2021. The teams play in the first month of the new season did not live up to those expectations. At 8-14 and with statistically the worst offense in the league, something had to change and a lot did change. The Orioles signed a few veterans out of free agency, sent some young players back to the minors and made a trade sending a household name to Miami. Below is a list of transactions made by the team.

05/01
Signed SS Marqin Gonzalez to a 2 year 8.40M contact
Signed RP Joe Smith to a 2 year 3.20M contract
Signed RP Darren O'Day to a 2 year 3.00M contract
Signed 2b Donovan Solano to a 4 year 12.00M contract

Acquired CP Anthony Bass from the Marlins for 1B Trey Mancini

Optioned RF Delmon Saroyan to Triple A Norfolk
Optioned 1B Ken Grubb to Triple A Norfolk
Optioned 2B Willy Aguilar to Triple A Norfolk
Optioned RP Tyler Johnson to Triple A Norfolk
Optioned SP Felipe Valdez to Triple A Norfolk

05/02
Acquired SP Darryl Sharpe, 1B Derek Boyce and RF Johnny Francisco from the White Sox for SP Tom Eshelman
Acquired 2B Luis Terrero from the Red Sox for SP Bruce Zimmerman

The young players were struggling and most were likely brought up to the MLB team too soon. They will continue to develop in the minors until their skillset can better assist the MLB team. Letting go of Trey Mancini was hard but he has struggled since last season and his trade freed up some cap space.

So far the Orioles have a winning record in may and hopefully that will continue as the team travels to Seattle for a four game set.