MLB The Show 23 Franchise Mode Discussion

**dragster646** · 05-03-2023, 09:25 AM

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I'm back from vacation and getting back into my normal routine, so hopefully I can provide the next series update in a few days and also get around to updating my spreadsheet. I have a lot to do as I didn't write down any of the trades that happened at the deadline and I haven't checked any injury news in a while...so it will be a mini-project to get up to date.

**kinsmen7** · 05-03-2023, 11:21 AM

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Originally posted by dragster646

I'm back from vacation and getting back into my normal routine, so hopefully I can provide the next series update in a few days and also get around to updating my spreadsheet. I have a lot to do as I didn't write down any of the trades that happened at the deadline and I haven't checked any injury news in a while...so it will be a mini-project to get up to date.

Pretty much the same boat here...Just finished April in my A's franchise, but it's been a struggle to get enough time to get a game in, let alone keep the sheet updated.

**UTAllTheWay** · 05-03-2023, 12:17 PM

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Do our off-season has come to an end for my White Sox. We made complete changes to our coaching staff (all new coaches across the board). We now have a lot more positive influence from our staff than our previous one.

Here are the transactions we completed:

- Signed SP Danny Duffy to a 2 yr / $16.7 million contract
- Signed RP Jordan Hicks to a 3 yr / $11.20 million contract
- Signed C Victor Caratini to a 2 yr / $7.40 million contract
- Signed 2B Rob Refsnyder to a 1 yr / $1.3 million contract
- Signed SS Brandon Crawford to a 1 yr / $3.1 million contract
- Signed 3B Max Muncy to a 2 yr / $15.10 million contract
- Signed LF Jo Adell to a 2 yr / $2.4 million contract

Obviously we added quite a few veterans, but my big emphasis was finding guys that get on base and each one of these guys have shown an ability to do that.

Duffy is another solid veteran starting pitcher that will eat up innings this season and give my young pitchers time to develop. Jordan Hicks is a guy I wanted to bring in and see if he can impact our bullpen.

I am looking forward to some position battles among our returners and our new guys. Here are some battles to look out for:

5th SP spot - Jerad Eickoff
Catcher - Seby Zavala, Victor Caratini, Adam Havkenberg
2B - Yoan Moncada, Jake Burger, Rob Refsnyder, Michael Busch
SS - Brandon Crawford and Jose Rodriguez
LF/RF - Billy Hamilton, Oscar Colas, Jo Adell, Miguel Bleis, Mauricio Dubon

The locked up spots are Starters 1-4 (Cease, Giolito, Kopech, Duffy), 1B (Andrew Vaughn), 3B (Max Muncy), CF (Luis Robert Jr.) and DH (Eloy Jimenez).

It will be an interesting Spring Training to say the least. I plan to play one game and then quick manage the next 5. That way I get the chance to use all pitchers as well as have them go through a lot of sims.

**JayDaMeanest** · 05-03-2023, 03:21 PM

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Cubs Wrap Up: 2023 Presented by Jay

Cubs hold on to the divisional lead as summer hits.

Skipping ahead, we are now in early June, and Chicago is 3.5 games ahead of the Cardinals for the NL Central. At this time, it will shape up to a 2 team race; the Brewers got out to an awful start and were last in the division for most of April. They have slowly come on late but currently find themselves in a distance 3rd as they are ten games back.

The Cubs have succeeded with great frontline pitching and on the back end. Marcus Stroman has returned from his stint on the IL after recovering from a broken hand; Kyle Hendricks also has returned after starting the year on the mend. Stroman has picked up where he left off and may be able to get back into the Cy Young race even with the time he missed. Hendricks' return has been more stunted as he has a 5.43 ERA through 4 starts. He currently finds himself in the 5th starting spot as Drew Smyly went to long relief but thatmay not last if his performance doesn’t turn around. Michael Fulmer has been lights out, as he is top 3 in NL saves and boasts an impressive 0.40 ERA. He has not given up a run since the end of April.

Nico lands on IR, and the youth movement starts.
Nico Hoerner will miss 1-2 weeks due to a pec strain after diving for a ball to begin the month. Chris Morel was called up for depth; Madrigal has filled in nicely at second after getting off to a slow start, but the Cubs have also given Morel ample time to provide a long runway to see if he can stick in the majors.

After finishing a long west coast trip, the Cubs have decided to call up Brennen Davis from AAA Iowa. Davis kept a fast start going to the minor league year and got the call-up after getting 200+ at-bats in Des Moines, leading the minors with a .336 BA, and having the 2nd most doubles. The Cubs have faulted some of late, so they hope the young guns will bring some life as they weigh trade deadline moves. With the call-up, Davis will take over in center field, and Bellinger will move to 1st base against righty pitchers; Eric Hosmer has cooled some and will move into a bench role. Davis will start his big league career in the friendly confines as the north siders take on the Pirates.

**cabralk** · 05-03-2023, 06:29 PM

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I know this is typically for people to talk about how their franchise is going but need so help so I can start mine.

Since they have allowed custom teams I've done a full 30 team control of custom teams. I haven't started this year because I've run into a problem where the main logo does not show up on the main page. The team logo shows the home hat logo instead.

Has anyone seen a possible fix for this? Or has anyone done the rebrand and had the same thing happen?

**kdutch98** · 05-03-2023, 09:26 PM

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TIGERS SWEEP ROYALS

TIGERS 7 ROYALS 0 JUNE 19, 2023

TIGER'S NOTES

Standings Update

With the sweep of the Royals, and the Twins losing 2 of 3 to the Red Sox, the Tigers enter Thursday's off day with a 6.5 game lead over the Twins. The Twins finish their 4 game series against Boston on Thursday, then head to Detroit for a three game series against the Tigers.

Riley Greene placed on the 10-Day Injured List

in game three, The Tigers lost Riley Greene to a knee injury early in the game. After leading off the game with a single, Greene attempted to steal second, and was thrown out. He appeared to tweak his knee. Preliminary indications are it is just a sprain, but Green was taken for an MRI. There was no word on who would be called up to replace him on the roster.

Haase day to day with strained calf

Catcher Eric Haase left the final game with the Royals because of a calf injury. Haase said he felt the calf tighten a bit. After the game, he said it was feeling a lot better. Manager A.J. Hinch said that Haase would be day to day, but he didn't anticipate him missing much time.

2023 TIGER SCHEDULE/RESULTS

MLB STANDINGS

DETROIT TIGER STATS

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**Itsma806** · 05-03-2023, 11:21 PM

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2023 Pittsburgh Pirates 06/13-06/15

Overall Record: 39-28 (1st NL Central/5.5 over Milwaukee Brewers)

Game Results

Game 1
Pirates-4
Cubs-2

Game 2
Pirates-6
Cubs-5

Game 3
Pirates-5
Cubs-4 (12 innings)

Pirates increase division lead over Cubs with a sweep

The Pittsburgh Pirates needed their offense to come alive and it did in their series in Chicago vs. the Cubs. The Pirates had double digit hits in each game and although that didn't lead to a whole lot of runs, it did lead to more than the one run they had in their last two Vs. the Mets.

Oneil Cruz had a big series that was highlighted by a game one in which he broke his 16 game homerun drought. Funnily enough, he broke it in two ways. One of which was a traditional homerun on a possibly below the zone sinker. The second however came off a missile to center field that Cody Bellinger could not get to. After the ball fell out of his reach, it took an odd bounce off the wall which helped Cruz get all the way home for an inside the park homerun. Those homeruns helped lead Pittsburgh to the 4-2 victory. He didnt have any more during the series but did collect two more hits in game two and three in game three.

Game two did see a big homerun that came by the way of a Andrew McCutchen grand slam in the 7th inning that gave the Pirates 4 of their 6 runs that were scored in that inning. Those six runs were also the Pirates only runs on the day but were enough as they held on to the 6-5 victory.

David Bednar saved both games one and two and was set to do the same in game three as the Pirates went into the bottom of the 9th with a 3-2 lead. And although he had been used the previous two days, he still looked strong as he got the first two outs. Unfortunately before he could get that third out, Ian Happ sent a ball over the right field wall to tie the game.

Both teams scored in the 10th, neither in the 11th and Pittsburgh was able to score one in the 12th on a Carlos Santana rbi single. After that, Johan Oviedo was able to come in and close out the Cubs and secure the sweep against the team that started the series in second in the division.

With that sweep, Milwaukee has moved into second place and are also the Pirates next opponent as Pittsburgh will look to add to their 5.5 game division lead.

Ke' Bryan Hayes was hurt in game three of the Cubs series. Luckily, it was diagnosed as just a bruised hand and is day to day. He will remain on the active roster with Jared Triolo getting the starts at third until Hayes can return to the lineup.

**cnelly4** · 05-04-2023, 06:12 AM

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Twins Take Series From Nationals, Shutout in Game Three

The Minnesota Twins took the first two games from the Washington Nationals at Target Field, but their bats fell silent in a game three defeat.

On Friday night, Minnesota snuck out a 3-2 win as they scored one run in the eight and another in the ninth to walk-it-off on a Ryan Jeffers double, his fourth hit and third double of the night. Jeffers finished the game four-for-four. Carlos Correa also added two hits. Kenta Maeda went seven strong innings but did not figure in the decision.

In game two, Minnesota snuck out another 3-2 game behind a bullpen that allowed just one baserunner over the final three and two-thirds innings. Jhoan Duran earned his sixth save of the season to preserve the win for Pablo Lopez (4-1). Lopez went five and one-thirds allowing the two runs on eight hits. Joey Gallo and Jorge Polanco each homered in the game.

On Sunday, McKenzie Gore (1-1) went seven shutout innings allowing just five hits as the Nationals took the series finale 4-0. Bailey Ober (0-3) allowed two runs over five and one-thirds innings with seven strikeouts, but took the loss. Ryan Jeffers contributed two of the Twins five hits in the game.

The Twins are now 12-10 on the year and sit four games back of the Guardians in the Central Division. They will welcome the New York Yankees (9-13) to town for a three-game series starting Monday. Joe Ryan (1-1, 4.71), Tyler Mahle (1-1, 3.92) and Kenta Maeda (2-0, 1.13) will toe the rubber for Minnesota.

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**Bgrd1080** · 05-04-2023, 07:31 PM

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The Arizona Diamondbacks Finish April Hot

The Arizona Diamondbacks started slow but finished up winning 8 of their last 10 to finish April at 14-15. They sit 4.5 games back of division leaders San Francisco. Corbin Carroll is making his play for Rookie of The Year early as he has 8 homeruns in 29 AB's. Walker and Gurriell Jr. have 6 each. The problem is the rest of the team is struggling with 3 hitters below the mendoza line. The other issue is the lack of quality pitching. Zach Davies is 0-5 with a full 8.00 ERA, Zac Gallen is sitting at a 6.68 ERA
Fans have already begun asking, when will they see Brandon Pfaadt who is 4-1 with a 1.58 ERA and 1.00 WHIP and 42 strikeouts in 40 innings pitched for AAA Reno.

**kdutch98** · 05-04-2023, 09:24 PM

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TIGERS SWEEP TWINS

Increase Central Division Lead To 10 Games

TIGERS 2 TWINS 0 JUNE 23, 2023

TIGER'S NOTES

Eduardo Rodriguez placed on 15-Day Injured List

Pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez had to leave Friday's 4-3 win after just 4 1/3 innings, with what the team described as a pulled shoulder muscle. Rodriguez is eligible to come off the I.L. on July 2nd.

Skubal continues rehab assignment

Pitcher Tarik Skubal will continue his rehab assignment when he starts Wednesday's game for the Mud Hens. Skubal, who is trying to work his way back from Flexor Tendon surgery, tossed 6 innings of 1 run ball in his first rehab start. It is expected that Skubal will make at least 4 starts at Toledo, before potentially returning to the Tiger rotation.

Upcoming Series

The Tigers will head to Texas for a four game series against the Texas Rangers starting Monday night. The Rangers are 42-35, two games behind the West leading Los Angeles Angels.

2023 TIGER SCHEDULE/RESULTS

MLB STANDINGS

DETROIT TIGER STATS

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**MattyIce** · 05-05-2023, 08:35 AM

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**SFNiners816** · 05-05-2023, 10:39 AM

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I'm 77 games in to my legends based Cubs franchise. I'm sitting at 45-32, 5 games up on Mil. Having a blast and I'm still kinda shocked at how close my 1990 based Ryne Sandberg is replicating his 1990 season.

Through 77 team games in 1990 Ryno was slashing .345/.397/.636 with 24 HRs, 54 Rbi's, 64 Runs and 15 steals.

Currently my Ryno through 77 team games is slashing .317/.398/.601 with 24 HRs, 55 Rbi's, 62 runs and 12 steals.

Sammy Sosa is starting to pick it up as well....was sitting at .220-.225 for the first 50 or so games. He is now up to a .250 ave with 16 HRs and 50 Rbi's. Andre Dawson is still kinda struggling though at a .235 wit 8 Hrs but his does have 49 Rbi's so his hits are driving runs in. As for current players, Swanson was the big shock as I have never struggled so much with a pretty nicely rated player. Through 50 games he was hitting around .140....It was crazy. I am happy to say in the last 25 games or so he's got that ave up to .187 so it's trending in the right direction but this is looking like its gonna be one of those seasons that is a stain on his baseball card.

**TheSteelGamecock** · 05-05-2023, 01:51 PM

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Does anyone have tips for realism dealing with a specific problem I run into during franchise play.

I run the pirates and once I eventually build a good team, in keeping with reality, I have to trade away stars for prospects. Problem is since the game has built in potentials for players as long as I give them playing time in the minors they progress fast and eventually I’ll have an unbelievably stacked farm system and multiple young studs ready to play the same position.

This is kind of immersion breaking since in reality so many prospects don’t actually pan out. What’s a good way to simulate this ?

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**reyes the roof** · 05-05-2023, 02:16 PM

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After dropping 3 of 4 to the Braves and failing two games behind the Mets, the Phillies have made a blockbuster deal with the Angels and acquired Mike Trout in exchange for the top ranked prospect in baseball SP Andrew Painter, SP Mick Abel, Brandon Marsh, and Craig Kimbrel. Trout joins the Phillies just in time for a three game series with the Mets.

The Trout trade signifies that the Angels are embracing a full rebuild and it’s a matter of time before Shohei Ohtani is dealt

**bkrich83** · 05-05-2023, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by reyes the roof

After dropping 3 of 4 to the Braves and failing two games behind the Mets, the Phillies have made a blockbuster deal with the Angels and acquired Mike Trout in exchange for the top ranked prospect in baseball SP Andrew Painter, SP Mick Abel, Brandon Marsh, and Craig Kimbrel. Trout joins the Phillies just in time for a three game series with the Mets.

The Trout trade signifies that the Angels are embracing a full rebuild and it’s a matter of time before Shohei Ohtani is dealt

He finally gets to go home.

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