MLB The Show 24 Franchise Mode Discussion Thread

[Itsma806]

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2024 Chicago Cubs 05/03-05/05

Overall Record:26-9 (1st NL Central/2.5 over St. Louis)

Game Results

Game 1
Cubs-3
Brewers-2

Game 2
Cubs-5
Brewers-2

Game 3
Cubs-9
Brewers-3

Wisdom, Cubs remain perfect in May

The Cubs are 5-0 so far in May and Patrick Wisdom has homered in each game (twice in two games). With the homerun outburst, Wisdom has taken the team lead in homeruns (13) with Seiya Suzuki falling to second (12).

The first season series against the Brewers couldn't have gone much better. The only game that was really in question was the first. Wisdom got the scoring going in that game with his 10th HR of the season in the second inning to give the Cubbies the 1-0 lead. The next two runs scored in the game were solo shots by Sal Frelick (4th inning) and William Contreras (7th inning) before the Cubs were able to tie it in the 8th.

In the ninth, with two outs, Dansby Swanson got on base with a single and he then stole second. That was all that was needed as Ian Happ eventually hit the walk off single.

The Cubs then went on to win games two and three for the sweep.

Chicago will now close out their homestand with three against the Padres (17-20/2nd NL West).

[Ranger Fan]

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Texas Rangers update season 2 MOM. We'll we finished the regular season with a 90 and 72 record and got the 2nd wild card. We played the 4th seed Angels. After winning game 1 11 to 4, we jumped out to an 8 1 lead in game 2. We however blew the lead. Going into the 9th with 2 outs, we were down 10 8 but hit back to back hrs to tie the game. What felt like a kick in the groin in the bottom of 10th saw Mike Trout hit a walk off hr. So the series is tied 1 to 1. More updates to follow tomorrow

[countryboy]

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Cardinals sweep Giants as pitching dominates

The Cardinals (12-6) swept the Giants at Oracle Park as pitching dominating the series. The Cardinals outscored the Giants 12-1 over the series. Only downside is that Nolan Gorman and Nolan Arenado were hit with nagging injuries that will keep them out a few days, but the team isn't looking to put them on the IL.

The Cardinals will now head home for a 4 game series with the Braves.

[countryboy]

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Cardinals split 4 game series with Braves

The Cardinals (14-8) split their 4 game series with the Braves in St.Louis, as the Cardinals won Thursday and Sunday. The Cardinals currently sit atop the NL Central with a 1 game lead on the Pirates.

Jack Flaherty got the ball on Thursday and after giving up a first pitch lead off homerun to Michael Harris, went 7 innings giving up just the one run with 8 strikeouts in route to his 3rd win of the year as the Cardinals, despite missing Arenado and Gorman in the lineup, won 13-2 over the Braves.

Unfortunately, Friday wasn't a good day as Miles Mikolas never recorded and out giving up 7 runs on 4 homeruns in the first inning as the Braves would go on to throttle the Cardinals 22-3 as the Braves blasted 8 homeruns in the game.

Saturday was Sonny Gray and while he was great, the bats were quiet as Chris Sale pitched a complete game shutout and the Cardinals lost 2-0. Sale struck out 14 on the day with just 2 hits against.

Sunday Max Fried faced his old team but ended up with a no decision after Alex Reyes blew a 4-2 lead on just 4 pitches (single homerun). Thankfully the Cardinals were able to un-tie the game in the 8th with Nolan Arenado returning to the ineup and doubling home Jose Azocar for the 5-4. Ryan Helsley got the save.

The Cardinals will now welcome the Rangers to town for a 3 game series beginning on Tuesday.

[DarthRambo]

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$Reds walk it off with an incredible come back to take rubber match of series.$

Game one: Reds (2 8 0) vs Tigers (1 3 0)

W- N. Lodolo (9-4) 8ip 3h 1er 0bb 10k
L- J. Wentz (0-2) SP C. Mize 5ip 5h 1er 2bb 2k
S- T. Scott (21)
CIN HRs- Spencer Steer (13)
DET HRs- Spencer Torkelson (11)*
*His 50th career homerun


Game two: Reds (0 3 1) vs Tigers (12 17 0)

W- M. Manning (7-5) 7ip 3h 0er 2bb 4k
L- A. Abbott (4-7) 4ip 8h 4er 2bb 3k
CIN HRs- none
DET HRs- none

Game three: Reds (5 7 0) vs Tigers (4 8 1)

W- A. Diaz (1-3) SP H. Greene 6ip 7h 4er 0bb 4k
L- T. Holton (2-3) SP T. Skubal 7.1ip 2h 0er 2bb 9k
BS- J. Foley (5)
CIN HRs- Spencer Steer (14)*, Will Benson (11)**
DET HRs- Riley Greene (10)

*Game tying two run HR bottom 9th with one out.
**A two out walk off HR!

***REDS win 5-4. Incredible 5 run 9th comeback!! Skubal NO HIT us through 5.2ip. He was incredibly tough.


~~Injury/League news~~

• Yankees SP Gerrit Cole out 1-2 months. Called up SP Clayton Beeter. Clark Schmidt to enter rotation.

° Orioles 3B Ramon Urias off IL. Only 29 games played this year. Sent down 3B Coby Mayo.

• Cubs RF Seiya Suzuki out for 2-3 months. Possibly rest of the regular season. Called up RF David Peralta.

• Royals CF Kyle Isbel out for 2-3 months and possibly the rest of the season. Called up CF Gavin Cross.

° Athletics C Shea Langeliers off IL (played only 12 games). Sent down C Carlos Pérez.
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$Reds continue home stand before the Allstar break.

Up next: Reds (52-39, 1st NLC) vs Rockies (39-51,4th NLW 17.0gb)

Game one: Frankie Montas (5-3, 3.87era 69k) vs Cal Quantrill (6-2, 2.19era 51k)

Game two: Graham Ashcraft (4-2, 3.41era 24k) vs German Màrquez (5-7, 5.63era 57k)

Game three: Nick Lodolo (9-4, 4.12era 92k) vs Austin Gomber (6-4, 4.29era 40k)

Game four: Andrew Abbott (4-7, 4.72era 79k) vs Dakota Hudson (2-9, 4.16era 56k)



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[DarthRambo]

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Four trades around the league have been completed. Three NL Central teams involved, including the Reds!


Alright, I figured with such a long list of players to possibly be traded I would get some completed. First on the list is the trade the Reds make with the Rockies. Funny enough, and pure coincidence that we are set to start a 4 game series next.

Reds get: C Elias Diaz
Rockies get: 19yr SS Sammy Stafura(C)

Man this trade helps my offense tremendously. Unfortanely he is bad at defense and has no secondary. But the plan is to place Tyler Stephenson at 1B vs lefties. We have sent down Luke Maile and certainly no plans to resign him this offseason.

Elias will DH vs righties as Stephenson plays Catcher. This helps my lack of offense from the 1B position, and solidifies some great hitting at Catcher. And of course he will start vs his old team immediately lol.

Here are the other three trades quickly:

Brewers get: RP Scott Alexander
Athletics get: 23yr SP Bradley Blalock(C)

Cardinals get: SS Aledmys Diaz
Athletics get: 25yr RP Ryan Loutos(C), and 25yr RF Moises Gomez(C)

Rays get: RP John Brebbia
White Sox get: 24yr RF Nick Schnell(C)

I am still in the market for a SP, but so are 8 other teams so we'll see if we can get lucky. Feel like this trade for Diaz was a great trade for us.

[dragster646]

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A quick update on the 2025 Washington Nationals, as we just finished July and the Trade Deadline:

The San Francisco Giants offered the Nationals quite a deal, CP Camilo Doval for two minor leaguers (SS Jordy Barley and LF Darin Cabrera). This is a definite win for Washington, who have SS locked up with Brady House and a deep outfield as well. They were desperate for some bullpen help and Doval might be just what keeps them in the playoff picture. The Nationals were so happy to acquire Doval that they agreed on a 6 year/27.85M extension, making him their closer going forward. That will allow Carl Edwards Jr to return to his setup role. Edwards also signed a 2 year extension worth 9.03M.

There were even bigger moves made at the deadline. The Phillies are starting to dismantle their team after a horrid first half (48-66). They traded Rhys Hoskins to Tampa Bay for 3B Greg McLain and RP Leandro Medrano. McLain seems to be the bigger piece of this trade, he is just 20 years old with a 74 OVR and B potential, and can play the rest of the infield as well, which is good for Philadelphia because they also traded SS Bryson Stott to Boston for 1B Aldo Reyes, RP Gary Coggin and RF Trey Murphy. Reyes seems to be the key here; the 21 year old has a 72 OVR and C potential, with a solid bat but poor fielding stats. It would seem that Philly is gearing up for a long rebuild.

The trade deadline also saw a feel-good moment, at least for the Atlanta Braves. They traded away 2B Rick Lynch and SP Arnold Sierra to Colorado for…SS Dansby Swanson. Swanson signed with the Rockies after the 2023 season, but the Rockies are still in the midst of what seems to be a constant rebuild and the Braves jumped at the opportunity to bring one of their own back home. Swanson remains under contract through 2026, so it will be interesting to see if he finishes his career where it all began or if he decides to leave once again.

The Nationals made just one other move before the month was out, and that was sending 2B Luis Garcia back to AAA and claiming veteran Josh VanMeter off waivers. Garcia was never able to find his stride despite multiple opportunities, and his future remains unclear with just one more year remaining on his contract. VanMeter brings a veteran presence to the clubhouse as well as the ability to play every position.



The Nationals have also extended the contracts of SS Yasel Antuna (2 years/ 180K) and RP Ryan Rolinson (5 years/2.66M), but talks with Mitch Haniger have stalled. The 34 year old is putting up another great year and might be trying to get one last big contract before the end of his career, and Washington remains hesitant to give him too much despite his past year and a half of playing with them.

The Nationals had another good but not great month, going 15-10 and finishing July with a record of 61-48. They started on a four game series with the Mets on July 31, and ended up going 1-3 in that series, so as of August 3 they find themselves 11 games behind Atlanta in the NL East but 1.5 games ahead of Milwaukee in the Wild Card.

August will be a challenging month for the Nationals, as they will play Pittsburgh, Atlanta twice, New York (one more time), Toronto, San Diego, San Francisco and Miami. While September looks like an easier month, August could be the month that really decides their season.

[DarthRambo]

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$Reds can't finish the four game sweep. Newly acquired Tanner Scott blows the save.$

Game one: Reds (1 5 2) vs Rockies (0 2 0)

W- F. Montas (6-3) 6ip 2h 0er 1bb 2k
L- C. Quantrill (6-3) 6ip 4h 1er 2bb 2k
S- F. Cruz (1)*
CIN HRs- none
COL HRs- none
*Decided to put Scott in the 8th vs better matchups vs lefties. Worked great with 2ks and a groundout.


Game two: Reds (5 9 1) vs Rockies (2 12 0)

W- G. Ashcraft (5-2) 5ip 6h 1er 5bb 6k
L- G. Márquez (5-8) 5ip 5h 3er 3bb 7k
S- T. Scott (22)
CIN HRs- Tyler Stephenson (15, 16), Stuart Fairchild (3)
COL HRs- Jacob Stallings (2)


Game three: Reds (12 15 3) vs Rockies (5 6 0)

W- N. Lodolo (10-4) 7ip 3h 3er 2bb 5k
L- A. Gomber (6-5) 2.2ip 5h 4er 1bb 1k
CIN HRs- TJ Friedl (11), Jake Fraley (5), Elias Díaz (6), Christian Encarnacion (6), Stuart Fairchild (4)
COL HRs- none

Game four: Reds (6 10 1) vs Rockies (8 9 0)

W- J. Curtiss (3-0) SP D. Hudson 6ip 3h 2er 2bb 3k
L- T. Scott (0-3) SP A. Abbott 3.1ip 4h 1er 2bb 6k
CIN HRs- Matt McLain (19), Elly De La Cruz (19), Christian Encarnacion (6), Tyler Stephenson (17)
COL HR- Brendan Rodgers (5), Nolan Jones (8)***

***9th inning grand slam with two outs that made it 8-4. We were up 4-3 to start the 9th.


~~Injury/League news~~

° Athletics RF Brent Rookery off IL (59 games played). Sent down RF Lawrence Butler (28G 101AB .198 1HR 10RBI).

° Pirates 2B Jared Triolo back from IL stint (55G). Sent down 2B Ji-Hwan Bae.
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Final series before the break. The draft with #2 overall pick is in-between.

Up next: Reds (55- 40, 1st place) vs Marlins (36-57, 27gb)

Game one: Hunter Greene (9-5, 3.96era 105k) vs Braxton Garrett (6-4, 2.26era 85k)

Game two: Frankie Montas (6-3, 3.62era 71k) vs Edward Cabrera (1-2, 2.30era 21k)

Game three: G. Ashcraft (5-2, 3.20era 29k) vs Eury Perez (2-8, 4.70era 74k)



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[polyduster]

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Royals Win Series Against Toronto


The Royals (17-9, 1st AL Central) won 3 of 4 against the Blue Jays in KC to start the week.

Monday's game saw Toronto stop a Kansas City comeback, winning 3-2. The Royals were helped by Vinnie Pasquantino, going 3 for 4, including blasting 2 HR. SP Brady Singer (3-2 3.71 ERA) went 6.2 innings and gave up 8 hits.

On Tuesday, the Royals won 6-4 after 5 different players got multiple hits each. Kyle Wright (3-0 3.06 ERA) picked up the win after going 7.1 innings and only giving up 2 hits. Will Smith picked up his 7th save on the year.

On Wednesday, the Royals beat Toronto 2-0. Michael Wacha (2-2 2.19 ERA) went 7 scoreless innings and only gave up 4 hits. Will Smith picked up his 8th save on the year.

Thursday's series finale saw the Royals dominate the Blue Jays 6-2. JD Martinez finally got hot, going 2 for 3 with 2 HR! Cole Ragans (4-0 1.87 ERA) went 7 innings and only gave up 1 hit and 1 run with 6 strikeouts.

Next up: The Royals head to Detroit to take on the Tigers (11-14 5.5 GB AL Central) in a three game series.

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[Itsma806]

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2024 Chicago Cubs 05/06-05/08

Overall Record:27-11 (1st NL Central/3.0 over Pittsburgh)

Game Results:

Game 1
Padres-3
Cubs-1

Game 2
Cubs-6
Padres-1

Game 3
Padres-1
Cubs-0

Cubs lose second series of 2024

The Chicago Cubs have one of the best offenses in the league thus far in '24. They currently sit at #3 in runs scored (196) and are just three behind the Rangers who sit at #1 (199).

Unfortunately, against a pretty good San Diego team, that offense didn't show up.

The Cubs score one run in their game one loss which unfortunately could back up a strong starting performance by Justin Steele who went seven innings and stuck out seven while allowing just one run. The relievers both gave up a run as well as San Diego took game one, 3-1.

Chicago then went on to win game two, 6-1 behind homeruns by Seiya Suzuki (13) and Ian Happ (6). Suzuki's tied him for the team lead with Patrick Wisdom and both are tied for second in the NL behind the Braves Third Baseman, Austin Riley.

Then, it game three, the Cubbies were just embarrassed by San Diego's knuckleballer, Matt Waldron who pitched eight full innings as he allowed just two hits, no runs while he struck out 12.

Chicago's duo of Javier Assad and Jordan Wicks were also dominate as neither allowed a run until extra innings when Luis Campusano hit a walkoff double as the Padres won the game, 1-0 and the series, 2-1.

Chicago will now hit the road as they head to Pittsburgh to face the second place Pirates (24-14).

[polyduster]

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Royals Sweep Series Against Tigers, Extend Winning Streak To 6 Games


The Royals (20-9, 1st AL Central 2.5 GU) won all three games against the Tigers in Detroit over the weekend.

Friday's game saw Kansas City explode on offense, winning 15-4. The Royals had 20 hits and hit 8 HR in the game! Bobby Witt Jr. and Drew Waters each hit 2 HR. Freddy Fermin, Hunter Renfroe, JD Martinez, and Dairon Blanco each hit a HR. Seth Lugo (2-2 2.34 ERA) went 5 innings and gave up 5 hits.

On Saturday, the Royals won 6-1 led by HR by Salvador Perez and Vinnie Pasquantino. Brady Singer (4-2 3.37 ERA) picked up the win after going 6.1 innings and giving up 5 hits.

The Royals completed the sweep on Sunday by beating the Tigers 3-2 in 10 innings. Drew Waters hit the go ahead 2 run HR in the 10th. Adam Frazier also had two hits for a team that could only muster 6 hits total.

Next up: The Royals head north of the border to take on the Blue Jays (15-14 2 GB AL East) in a three game series. The Royals won 3 of 4 against the Blue Jays last week in KC.


Note: I'm almost through April, and I'm having fun playing every pitch/inning, but I know my gaming time will be limited soon due to work/family. Do I keep my current format, or do I try to play one, sim five, to keep the season moving forward? Thoughts?

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[DarthRambo]

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Our #2 overall pick. The plan is to start him at SS in 2025 and Elly will transition to the OF. This guy teamed with McLain is a dream INF. Elly roaming hopefully CF and the defense upgrades immediately.

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[DarthRambo]

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$Reds sweep Miami at home to come into the Allstar break riding high.$

Game one: Reds (10 14 0) vs Marlins (3 11 0)

W- H. Greene (10-5) 5ip 9h 3er 2bb 4k
L- B. Garrett (6-5) 1.1ip 7h 6er 2bb 1k
CIN HRs- Matt McLain (20, 21), Jeimer Candelario (14), TJ Friedl (12), Elias Díaz (7)
MIA HRs- Jazz Chisholm (12)


Game two: Reds (6 11 0) vs Marlins (2 8 0)

W- S. Moll (1-2) SP F. Montas 4ip 5h 1er 1bb 1k
L- R. Weathers (3-4) SP E. Cabrera 3ip 3h 2er 5bb 6k
S- T. Scott (23)
CIN HRs-none
MIA HRs- Jake Burger (18)


Game three: Reds (5 7 1) vs Marlins (3 7 0)

*Game was 1-0 Reds from 3rd inning onto the 8th. 3 RBI double by Farley bottom 8. And I needed it with Miami scoring on a 3 run HR with two outs.

W- G. Ashcraft (6-2) 5.1ip 3h 0er 0bb 5k
L- E. Perez (2-9) 5ip 3h 1er 0bb 6k
CIN HRs- Christian Encarnacion (8)
MIA HRs- Bryan De La Cruz (17)


~~Injury/League news~~

• Dodgers SS Mookie Betts injured and out 1-2 months! Called up 2B Miguel Vargas. Huge for playoff push and division title race going on with Arizona.

• Astros 1B Jon Singleton out 1-2 months. Call up 3B Zach Dezenso.

• Twins RF Matt Wallner out 1-2 months. Called up CF DaShawn Keirsey.

** Pirates SP Paul Skenes called up. Will make his debut vs Phillies first game after the Allstar break.

* White Sox Yoan Moncada hits 100th career homerun.

**We finish at the Allstar break with a 58-40 record. 8-2 last ten.
2nd Cubs (52-46, 6gb, W6 8-2 last ten)
3rd Pirates (50-46 7gb W3 6-4 last ten)
4th Cardinals (49-48, 8.5gb L3 4-6 last ten)
5th Brewers (49-49, 9gb L1 4-6 last ten)


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*Allstar break is here! I'll play Allstar game as the NL.

NL SP Shohei Ohtani (7-1 l, 2.75era 127k)
AL SP Drew Rasmussen (7-3, 1.97era 74k)

Reds players who made the Allstar game:

C Tyler Stephenson .241/.295/.479 17HR 57RBI

2B Matt McLain .270/.310/525 21HR 54RBI

CF TJ Friedl .334/.384/.520 12HR 50RBI

None as starters but that's okay. Love to see all three guys make it.





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[DarthRambo]

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Josh Jung won the HR Derby over Ohtani. I played every guy so it was cool the hometown guy won. 27 with Teoscar Hernandez in round one was my best.

Allstar game was absolutely wild. I was down 7-3 to begin the 8th. Francisco Lindor hits a two run HR, a RBI double, then Austin Riley hits another 2 run bomb to give us the 8-7 lead.

NL 9 12 0
AL 7 11 0

Reds look towards the second half beginning a long 9 game road trip. First up is the Nationals.

Reds (58-40, 1st, 6.5gl) @ Nationals (35-62, 5th 30gb)

Game one: Nick Lodolo (10-4, 4.10era 97k) vs Trevor Williams (3-5, 4.12era 55k)

Game two: Andrew Abbott (4-7, 4.65era 85k) vs Mitchell Parker (0-3, 5.53era 25k)

Game three: Hunter Greene (10-5, 4.03era 109k) vs Jake Irvin (1-1, 4.96era 24k)

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[Ranger Fan]

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Texas Rangers Update Season 3 MOM.

Last season ended in a bitter disappointment as we lost in the Wild Card round to the Angels. We took a 1 0 series lead and had an 8-1 lead in game 2. After that the wheels came off. The Angels came back and took a 10 8 lead. It was the top of the 9th with 2 outs but Foscue and Garcia went back to back to tie it at 10. However bottom 10 Mike Trout hits a walk off. We went on to lose game 3 7 -2. The Atlanta Braves won the World series as they played the Baltimore Orioles. Baltimore was returning to the Series for its 2nd consecutive year. In 2024 they lost to the Dodgers. We did have a very promising offseason as we were able to sign Guerrero and Chris Paddack. With a payroll of 257 mil we now have the highest Payroll in MLB. Here is our projected lineup for the 2026 season

C- Anthony Benboom or Keiner Falefa (signed in FA)
1b- Guerrero
2b- Semien
ss- Seagar ( Back after a monster season but got hurt and missed the final month)
3B- Jung
LF- Soto (Missed a month a half but still hit 24hrs)
CF Evan Carter
RF- Adolis Garcia
DH Wyatt Langford

As you can see offense should not be an issue, pitching on the other hand we will see. Eovaldi a Cy Young candidate would not resign and neither did 14 game winner Jon Gray

1. Shane Bieber (Ranger pitcher of the year. 35 starts 180ks
2. Chris Paddack (FA Signing)
3. Tyler Mahle
4. Bailey Ober
5. Jacob Degrom (Terrible last year, really declined after year 1)

Cl- Josh Sborz
SU- Wandy Peralta
SU Brock Burke