MLB The Show 22 Franchise Discussion Thread

[rab912]

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2022 Pirates Franchise 4-8

Nationals 4 game series:
Game 1: Keller 0-1 VS. Ross 0-0
Pirates and Nats go 16 innings battling back and forth. Nats though come out on top winning 9-8
W: Cishek 1-2 SV: Clippard 1 L: Quintana 0-3
Player of the game: Yadiel Hernandez 3-7 HR 3B 2B 2 RBI

Game 2: Espino 0-1 VS. Eickhoff 1-1
After a long night the Pirates come back and take this game 9-2. Eickhoff goes 6 strong striking out 11, while Vogelbach hits three homeruns.
W: Eickhoff 2-1 L: Espino 0-2
Player of the game: Daniel Vogelbach 3-5 3 HR 7 RBI

Game 3: Fedde 1-1 VS. Quintana 0-3
Pirates score 3 in the 6th as they take this game 3-2.
W: Underwood Jr 1-0 SV: Bednar 4 L: Fedde 1-2
Player of the game: Anthony Alford 1-3 HR 2 RBI

Game 4: Strasburg 1-2 VS. Thompson 1-0
Zach Thompson goes 6 strong while the offense is carried by Vogelbach and Allen both hitting 2 run homers, Pirates win 6-1
W: Thompson 2-0 L: Strasburg 1-3
Player of the game: Zach Thompson 6 IP 4 H 1 SO 1 ER


Brewers 3 game series:
Game 1: Brubaker 0-2 VS. Peralta 1-0
Brubaker leaves the game early again this time with an inflamed nerve day to day. The Bullpen comes through holding the Brewers to one run while Vogelbach homers again 2-1 Pirates.
W: Banda 1-1 SV: Bednar 5 L: Peralta 1-1
Player of the game: David Bednar 1 IP 3 SO

Game 2: Keller 0-1 VS. Houser 2-1
Mitch Keller gets hit hard again giving up 5 through 4 innings of work. Might have to think about sending him down soon if he doesn’t turn things around. The Brewers win 7-4.
W: Houser 3-1 SV: Hader 5 L: Keller 0-2
Player of the game: Kolten Wong 2-4 HR 2B 2 RBI

Game 3: Eickhoff 2-1 VS. Lauer 0-2
Hunter Renfroe carries the Brewers to a 3-2 win on two homers
W: Bettinger 3-1 SV: 6 L: Curtis 2-1
Player of the game: Hunter Renfroe 2-3 2 HR 2 RBI


Upcoming series against the Cubs and Brewers and Padres to finish out the month.

2022 Pirates Franchise 3-3

Cardinals 4 game series:
Game 1: Brubaker 0-1 VS. Flaherty 0-0
The Pirates get to Gallegos again in the ninth courtesy of Bryan Reynolds two run homer giving the Pirates the eventual 4-3 win.
W: Curtis 2-0 SV: Bednar 3 L: Gallegos 0-2
Player of the game: Bryan Reynolds 3-5 HR 2B 3 RBI

Game 2: Keller 0-1 VS. Wainwright 1-0
The Cardinals outlast the Pirates 11-7 with both teams combining for 6 HRS and 25 Hits
W: Waddell 1-0 L: Banda 0-1
Player of the game: Edmundo Sosa 3-6 HR 2B 4 RBI

Game 3: Eickhoff 1-0 VS. Mikolas 1-0
Cardinals hang on and win 4-3 with Gallegos shutting the door finally. Mikolas fires 6 strong and strikes out 7.
W: Mikolas 2-0 SV: Gallegos 2 L: Eickhoff 1-1
Player of the game: Miles Mikolas 6 IP 8 H 7 SO 0 BB 3 ER

Game 4: Quintana 0-1 VS. Hudson 1-0
Sold start from Quintana but Dakota Hudson out duels him going 7 and 2’3 innings giving the Cardinals a 2-0 win.
W: Hudson 2-0 SV: Gallegos 3 L: Quintana 0-2
Player of the game: Dakota Hudson 7.2 IP 5 H 7 SO 2 BB 0 ER


Cubs 2 game series:
Game 1: Mills 0-1 VS. Thompson 1-0
Tough game for the Pirates as Thompson goes 7 strong and striking out 10 the bullpen though gives up 2 in the ninth giving the Cubs a 3-1 win.
W: Steele 2-0 SV: Martin 5 L: Fletcher 0-1
Player of the game: Alec Mills 7 IP 3 H 6 SO 3 BB 1 ER

Game 2: Brubaker 0-1 VS. Stroman 1-0
Brubaker leaves in the first with Shoulder tightness and is day to day. Stroman goes 7 strong and striking out 8 while the cubs tack on 5 runs and win 5-2.
W: Stroman 2-0 SV: Martin 6 L: Brubaker 0-2
Player of the game: Nico Hoerner 2-3 2 RBI SB SF

After the game the Pirates made the Decision to call up Oneil Cruz to the big club. Cruz has started off hot hitting .345, while Newman is barely hitting above .100. With this move the Pirates optioned Josh Vanmeter to Triple A.

Upcoming 4 game series against the Nats and 3 games against the Brewers.

[countryboy]

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Cardinals earn first series win of 2022 season

The Cardinals (7-8) got their first series win of the 2022 season by taking 3 of 4 against the Brewers in Milwaukee.

The Cardinals won Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and were going for the sweep on Sunday, but couldn't pull it off. Dakota Hudson was again roughed up, allowing 4 homeruns in 5 innings as the Cardinals fell 5-0 to the Brewers. It could've been worse if not for some timely double plays.

Adam Wainwright earned his first victory of the new year on Thursday night in which he went 6 innings striking out 5 while giving up 1 run on 4 hits. The bullpen pitched a perfect 7th, 8th, and 9th to close out the 5-1 victory. The offense was led by Lars Nootbar of all people who recorded 3 RBI's on the night.

Steven Matz got the ball Friday and for the 3rd start this year, he didn't see the 6th inning as the Brewers knocked him around. Kodi Whitley would earn the victory pitching in the 6th and 7th after the Cardinals, who were trailing 6-2, exploded for 6 runs in the inning behind Tyler O'Neill first homerun of the season, a 3 run bomb that capped off the rally. Giovanny Gallegos earned his 3rd save of the season closing out the game.

Miles Mikolas got the ball Saturday and was fantastic yet again. He's now 2-0 in 3 starts this year after pitching 8 innings allowing 2 runs on 6 hits and striking out a season high 13. He had started the 9th but issued a walk to Hunter Renfroe and then Andrew McCutchen hit a 2 run bomb chasing him from the game. Nick Wittgren would close out the game, although not a save situation, as the Cardinals won 9-2.

On Sunday the Cards were going for the sweep but Dakota Hudson just couldn't get going. He last 5 innings allowing 4 homeruns and 4 walks. If not for some timely double plays and great glovework by the defense, it could've been worse. The Cards bats were silent only getting 3 hits and never plating a run.

The Cardinals are off on Monday as they will travel to Miami for a 3 game series with the Marlins.

A Trip Around the Bases of the League

1st) David Peralta hit his 100th career homerun

2nd) Andrew McCutchen has now hit safely in 11 straight games

3rd) The Red Sox has baseballs longest winning streak (10 games)

Home) 3 weeks into the season, the Pirates are the only team above .500 in the NL Central (10-6)

[Baseball Purist]

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Started my franchise this morning and one thing I noticed for the first time is that player ratings, and specifically their splits, are actually able to exceed 99. Has this always been the case and maybe I've missed it?

[Bgrd1080]

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San Diego Padres Fulfilling Destiny (update 2)
Game5: Colorado Rockies @ San Diego Padres Chad Kuhl vs Sean Manaea.
0-0 through four and Sean Manaea's debut was off and running in San Diego. In the top of the 5th, things fell off the rails. Randall Grichuk went yard with the first pitch he saw, a hanging curve. Then a sac fly by Diaz scored Blackmon to make it 2-0 in favor of The Rockies. Manaea went 7 innings and minus the 5th played relatively well, but the Padre bats did him no favors. 4 hits, no runs. Chad Kuhl went 8 innings only throwing 91 pitches, finishing the day with 6 strikeouts and only allowing base runner to advance as far as 2nd base.
2 game series: a straight forward 2-1 win for San Diego as Yu Darvish gets his first win of the season split the early season 2 game series.
Around The Diamond: After 1 week of games, The Houston Astros are 6-0. Jared Walsh is hitting .500 for the halos after 26 at bats with 5 hr's. Jarred Kellenic is starting strong with a .600 OBS proving he belongs in the big leagues.

[Bard]

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A Trip Around the Bases of the League

1st) David Peralta hit his 100th career homerun

2nd) Andrew McCutchen has now hit safely in 11 straight games

3rd) The Red Sox has baseballs longest winning streak (10 games)

Home) 3 weeks into the season, the Pirates are the only team above .500 in the NL Central (10-6)

Country great to see you getting going! I have a question for you (do not have the game), how are you finding the fun stats for players? Do you look around at each team after each game/series, or is there a clicker/stat tracker somewhere? I have not fully gone in a The Show game in about 3-4 years...the itch is returning...

[countryboy]

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Country great to see you getting going! I have a question for you (do not have the game), how are you finding the fun stats for players? Do you look around at each team after each game/series, or is there a clicker/stat tracker somewhere? I have not fully gone in a The Show game in about 3-4 years...the itch is returning...

The score ticker at the bottom now includes news from the around the league which includes milestones and just stats from players (Bryce Harper goes 5 for 5 in win vs Marlins)

I do look at boxscores after games as well, but most of my fun facts are from the ticker, or just from looking around at stats, team rankings, etc...

[The Kid 24]

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Do W-L records show up on daily calendar this year? I really missed that last year.

[countryboy]

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Do W-L records show up on daily calendar this year? I really missed that last year.

They do not.

I have submitted feedback to SDS to see if they can be added. They are looking into it.

[RJ1992]

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Giants make moves prior to Opening Day signing Nick Williams to a 2 year/2.20M contract and Tommy Hunter to a 1 year/2.20M contract along with trading Sean Hjelle to the Phillies for Scott Kingery.

[rab912]

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2022 Pirates Franchise 8-11

Cubs 4 game series:
Game 1: Quintana 0-3 VS. Alzolay 2-1
Pirates total 11 hits but can't capitalize falling to the Cubs 2-1.
W: Steele 4-1 L: Curtis 2-2
Player of the game: Adbert Alzolay 6 IP 5 H 5 SO 1 BB 0 ER

Game: 2 Thompson 2-0 VS. Mills 1-1
Solid outing from Thompson and timely hitting gives the Pirates a 2-1 win
W: Hembree 1-0 SV: Bednar 6 L: Steele 4-2
Player of the game: Anthony Alford 1-3 2B 2 R

Game 3: Brubaker 0-2 VS. Stroman 2-0
Stroman goes 7 strong and Happ hits a three-run homer to lift the Cubs over the Pirates 5-3.
W: Stroman 3-0 SV: Martin 9 L: Brubaker 0-3
Player of the game: Ian Happ 2-4 HR 2B 3 RBI

Game 4: Keller 0-2 VS. Hendricks 1-1
Mitch Keller goes 5 while both Reynolds and Vogelbach go deep to carry to Pirates to a 3-1 win.
W: Keller 1-2 SV: Bednar 7 L: Hendricks 1-2
Player of the game: Mitch Keller 5 IP 3 H 7 SO 4 BB 1 ER


Brewers 3 game series:
Game 1: Houser 3-1 VS. Eickhoff 2-1
Back and forth game as the Brewers score 4 in the 10th to win 8-4. After the game the Pirates moved Cole tucker into a platoon role with Michael Chavis.
W: Suter 1-0 L: Stratton 0-1
Player of the game: Christian Yelich 2-4 HR 2B 3 RBI

Game 2: Lauer 0-2 VS. Quintana 0-3
Quintana and Bullpen get hit hard giving up 9 losing to the Brewers 9-2
W: Lauer 1-2 L: Quintana 0-4
Player of the game: Hunter Renfroe 3-5 2 HR 4 RBI

Game 3: Burnes 1-0 VS. Thompson 2-0
Corbin Burnes goes 7 and the Brewers score 7 winning the game 7-2
W: Burnes 2-0 L: Thompson 2-1
Player of the game: Corbin Burnes 7 IP 3 H 9 SO 1 BB 1 ER


Padres 3 game series:
Game 1: Musgrove 1-3 VS. Brubaker 0-3
Musgrove goes 7 and Grisham provies the offense with a three-run homer giving the Padres a 6-1 win.
W: Musgrove 2-3 L: Brubaker 0-4
Player of the game: Joe Musgrove 7 IP 5 H 5 SO 1 BB 1 ER

Game 2: Darvish 3-2 VS. Keller 1-2
Keller is starting to find his groove as he goes 7 but it's not enough as the Padres score 2 in the 9th to win 4-2
W: Pagan 1-0 SV Stammen 5 L: Underwood JR. 1-1
Player of the game: Will Myers 2-4 HR 2 RBI 2 R

Game 3: Snell 1-1 VS. Eickhoff 2-1
Oneil Cruz grabs 4 hits and homers as the Pirates win 6-4
W: Eickhoff 3-1 SV Bednar 8 L: Snell 1-2
Player of the game: Oneil Cruz 4-4 HR 2 2B 3 RBI

Upcoming series against the Tigers Reds and Dodgers

2022 Pirates Franchise 4-8

Nationals 4 game series:
Game 1: Keller 0-1 VS. Ross 0-0
Pirates and Nats go 16 innings battling back and forth. Nats though come out on top winning 9-8
W: Cishek 1-2 SV: Clippard 1 L: Quintana 0-3
Player of the game: Yadiel Hernandez 3-7 HR 3B 2B 2 RBI

Game 2: Espino 0-1 VS. Eickhoff 1-1
After a long night the Pirates come back and take this game 9-2. Eickhoff goes 6 strong striking out 11, while Vogelbach hits three homeruns.
W: Eickhoff 2-1 L: Espino 0-2
Player of the game: Daniel Vogelbach 3-5 3 HR 7 RBI

Game 3: Fedde 1-1 VS. Quintana 0-3
Pirates score 3 in the 6th as they take this game 3-2.
W: Underwood Jr 1-0 SV: Bednar 4 L: Fedde 1-2
Player of the game: Anthony Alford 1-3 HR 2 RBI

Game 4: Strasburg 1-2 VS. Thompson 1-0
Zach Thompson goes 6 strong while the offense is carried by Vogelbach and Allen both hitting 2 run homers, Pirates win 6-1
W: Thompson 2-0 L: Strasburg 1-3
Player of the game: Zach Thompson 6 IP 4 H 1 SO 1 ER


Brewers 3 game series:
Game 1: Brubaker 0-2 VS. Peralta 1-0
Brubaker leaves the game early again this time with an inflamed nerve day to day. The Bullpen comes through holding the Brewers to one run while Vogelbach homers again 2-1 Pirates.
W: Banda 1-1 SV: Bednar 5 L: Peralta 1-1
Player of the game: David Bednar 1 IP 3 SO

Game 2: Keller 0-1 VS. Houser 2-1
Mitch Keller gets hit hard again giving up 5 through 4 innings of work. Might have to think about sending him down soon if he doesn’t turn things around. The Brewers win 7-4.
W: Houser 3-1 SV: Hader 5 L: Keller 0-2
Player of the game: Kolten Wong 2-4 HR 2B 2 RBI

Game 3: Eickhoff 2-1 VS. Lauer 0-2
Hunter Renfroe carries the Brewers to a 3-2 win on two homers
W: Bettinger 3-1 SV: 6 L: Curtis 2-1
Player of the game: Hunter Renfroe 2-3 2 HR 2 RBI


Upcoming series against the Cubs and Brewers and Padres to finish out the month.

[eric7064]

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Franchise Settings: HOF Hitting, Legend Pitching. Play first 10 games, then 1 game a series. All playoff games.

April (12-15):
The Cubs began the month with some big news as they announced a 5YR/60M extension for IF/OF Ian Happ. The 27 year old was set to become a free agent after 2023, but the Cubs feel like they have seen enough to warrant an extension before opening day.

The Cubs went 12-15 in the first month in the season, in about an as expected performance overall. This Cubs team was not expected to compete, but the NL Central is wide for the taking with only the Cardinals (16-13) finishing with an above .500 record.

The Cubs have been led by Hendricks (1.99ERA, 45IP, 6Starts), Stroman (2.81ERA, 41IP, 6Starts), and Wade Miley (2.59ERA, 41IP, 6starts) as they have helped the Cubs to the 9th best ERA in the MLB, along with a relatively strong pen.

The problem thus far has been the offense as 4 regular’s are under the .240 average mark, and the team is 19th in AVG and OBP in the MLB. Ian Happ (.300, 6HR, 15RBI) and 3B Patrick Wisdom (.308, 7HR, 11RBI) have been the best performers, while leadoff man Madirgal (.236AVG, 6RBI) and 1B Frank Schwindel (.200AVG, 6RBI) have struggled mightily. Madrigal was batting .140 a week ago, and has been surging at the end of the month.

The Cubs do have a problem in CF, as Heyward is simply unplayable with a .114 AVG. The fans are eager to see top prospect OF Brennen Davis make his MLB debut soon, but even he has been struggling through 65 AB’s in AAA hitting .154.

The Cubs will look towards May to try and get closer to .500 as they sit 4GB of the Cardinals who sit atop the NL Central.

[countryboy]

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Cardinals activate Harrison Bader from IL

The Cardinals have activated OF Harrison Bader from the 10 day IL. Bader was there due to a knee sprain.

Bader will return to the lineup for tomorrow's game against the Marlins.

OF Justin Toerner was optioned to Memphis to create a roster spot.

Guardians and Phillies strike early deal

The Guardians and the Phillies have struck an early season deal. The Phillies will acquire SP Cal Quantrill from the Guardians in exchange for 1B Rhys Hoskins.

Both players have controllable years on their contracts.

This seems to be a deal in which both teams have depth at the position traded and are looking to add depth in places of early need.

[GreedyGenius]

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Thanks man!



I'll be streaming on Twitch. My twitch page is in my signature, but I usually always post here before I go live! I'll be live as soon as the game drops tonight at 11 PM CST.

Looking forward to it!


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[chitown1-23]

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It may not make a ton of sense irl but I’m seriously considering DFAing Jason Heyward. Yea he’s owed a lot of money and under contract for another year but I need a roster spot for Brennan Davis.

[countryboy]

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It may not make a ton of sense irl but I’m seriously considering DFAing Jason Heyward. Yea he’s owed a lot of money and under contract for another year but I need a roster spot for Brennan Davis.

Hey Angels DFA'd Justin Upton owing him $20+M so.....