MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

[coolguy124]

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I did a fantasy draft and need help with my line up
Brett Gardner
Andrew McCutchen
Brian McCann
Prince Fielder
Jim Thome
Stephen Drew
Michael Stanton
Danny Valencia
Rickie Weeks

Bench
Ramon Hernandez
Omar Vizquel
Jose Tabata
Darnell McDonald
Jerry Hairston Jr

ur lineup should be
gardner
weeks
mccann
fielder
stanton
thome
mccutchen
drew
valencia

thats how id do it cuz its never good to have more then 2 lefties in a row
hope this helps

[miami01]

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In 2015 in my Oakland A's franchise. I missed the playoffs my first 2 years, then beat the Reds in the World Series, but lost to them the next year in the World Series. My team isn't the best ratings wise but we seem to get the job done. If only there was a stadium creator so I could get out of the Coliseum haha.

[37]

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In 2015 in my Oakland A's franchise. I missed the playoffs my first 2 years, then beat the Reds in the World Series, but lost to them the next year in the World Series. My team isn't the best ratings wise but we seem to get the job done. If only there was a stadium creator so I could get out of the Coliseum haha.

Agreed...the coliseum and the trop are the two ugliest places to play professional baseball

[coolguy124]

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Agreed...the coliseum and the trop are the two ugliest places to play professional baseball

the roof in the trop lost the yankees a game this year

[coolguy124]

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i have a 4-3 lead 2 outs top 7th javy lopez comes in gives up hits to loney and ethier

then marcus thames hits 2run double

tejada game tying hr in 7th off kuo

brian wilson is perfect in saves but in tie games sucks he gives up run

amd btw during that inning freddy sanchez gets hurt diving for a ball
(just like IRL) 2-3 months FTW

at least it gives my fav player in the game (emmanuel burris) the starting job who was 3-4 2 sb and 3 great plays in this game at 3b

so off of jonathon broxton tejada hits a walk off 2 run jack

his first 2 homers of the season

[MarinersVsDodgers]

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Into my second season with the D-backs, I am 11-3 so far. My team ERA is right around 2.5 and hitting is phenomenal. One of the only drawbacks is that Dan Johnson started out being the starting 1st Basemen but after a few weeks batting .081 I opted to start Yonder Alonso (.343 4 HRs) at first and bench Johnson for a few days.

A few other things....
Alonso smashed 3 of his 4 homeruns in one game at Washington, and flew out to the warning track his last A-B.
Wade LeBlanc has been pitching GREAT, and looks to be a dominant lefty throughout the year.
Rickie Weeks and Drew Stubbs have started the month of April cold, however split 8 homeruns between each other.

[nateschro]

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I'm in the beginning of August with the Braves, and a screen pops up to show the leaders of the MVP, ROY, ect... and I notice that for ROY, Michael Pineda is leading with the following stats: 9.000 batting average, 3 home runs, and a cool 146 RBI's. Freddie Freeman has no chance.

[Microsoft_Works]

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I'm in the beginning of August with the Braves, and a screen pops up to show the leaders of the MVP, ROY, ect... and I notice that for ROY, Michael Pineda is leading with the following stats: 9.000 batting average, 3 home runs, and a cool 146 RBI's. Freddie Freeman has no chance.

That bug was in last years game as well.

[coolguy124]

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just got swept by dbacks

no offense 5 runs all series no dingers

bumgarner had his 1st good start but again no offense

zito and sanchez were horrific

konrad schmidt just went went 4-4 with a hr and 4rbis he killed me all series

hopefully my offense can get going as we head into 3 in colorado

got timmy and cain so hopefully can pick up some w's

9-8 on year now

[coolguy124]

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ughh lincecums getting rocked im playin rite this second losin 5-3 bottom 4

lincecum vs de la rosa

ill edit to give updates

lincecums final line
4ip 11h 9er 4bb 4k 92 pitches his only nonquality outing this year

[Kauffman King]

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II am in year 2022 in my Marlins sim franchise. Many of my players are drafted after 2011 and therefore fake but I still have some notable guys like Levon Washington, Mike Stanton, Hanley Ramirez, Shelby Miller, Carlos Martinez, Chad James, Sean West . . . I also have. Killer bullpen with Aroldis Chapman, Chris Sale, Jeremy Jeffries, Tyler Clippard and Edward Mujica. I am thinking about tearing down and rebuilding just for fun since it has been really easy to make the playoffs.

The thing I love about my franchise is realism. I have 30 team roster control and put CPU trades off. I also don't let CPU teams sign free agents until they are open to all teams because too many times teams will sign all their players and thre wont be any good fa. Its cool how players will stay on their teams for a while instead of getting traded all the time.

[Kauffman King]

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I have had to get rid of many key and long tenured players in my franchise, such as when I traded Josh Johnson for Kyle Gibson, Levon Washington and Miguel Sano. That trade has been a major steal since all three have turned into allstars. In my first year I traded Nolasco, Brad Hand and Vazquez for Shelby Miller and Carlos Martinez, who are now my two best pitchers.

[coolguy124]

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ive never been so excited about any franchise this much

i did a fantasy draft
26th batting
1st pitching
4th defense
14th overall

i have alot of good young players

lineup
cf carlos gomez light hitting but so fast great for a cf
lf martin prado this guy could hit .400
rf jayson heyard franchise player
dh jason giambi 1 year dh replacce after this year
c john buck i hit well with him
1b matt laporta hopefully can be a good power source
2b daniel murphy i took a chance
3b mike aviles hope he can progress
ss omar vizquel just wanted a good defensive ss

bench
c tristian storry a pot already great attributes
3b dayan viciedo good white sox prospect
3b emilio bonifacio saw him in 35th roun and couldnt beleive it
lf jose tabata excited to play with him



i wanted smoak but ithought hed be up there by my next pick but the team b4 snatched him but im fine with laporta

it kills me not to start bonifacio next year hes 3b and aviles is ss


rotation
halladay-ACE
lowe-hope can get 2 good years
jurrjens-franchise guy
cueto-franchise guy
westbrook-1 year guy

pen
lrp wright
mrp saito
mrp motte
mrp sherrill
su adams
su rhodes
cl thorton


in my 1st gane the jay hey kid hit a homer off johan to make it 1-0

manny hit an rbi groundout off halladay

halladay 8ip 6h 1r 1bb 9k

gomez leadoff single top 9

stole 2nd throw into cf

he goes to 3rd prado rbi single

thorton strike out side in9th

[h2oPr00f]

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Mets update: finished my regular season, I clinched on a walk off HR by Jason Bay, which was pretty cool. My stats were nothing crazy. Ike/Wright/Bay/ all hit between 20-30 bombs. Reyes swiped 50 bases and batted around .270, Niese won 15 games, K-Rod saved 51 (ok that is kind of crazy). No one reached 100 RBI. Parnell was lights out as a setup man, and Capuano was awesome as my swingman.

I always enjoy the last game of season the season, as I play all minor leaguers. Viciedo and Mejia were the stars, as Carp and Laird played well too (snagged both off waivers). Too bad i had a bullpen meltdown and lost the game.

Thanks to the wonders of videogames, I can take my Mets to the playoffs. I will be facing The Brewers in the first round. My playoff rotation is: Johan/Niese/Dickey/Pelf. Time to bring a ring to Queens

[sbmnky]

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I finished the 1^st year of my Nationals franchise losing to the Rockies in game 7 of the NLCS. We were up 3 games to 1 and I literally pooped the bed - blew a 6-1 lead in game 6 and made 5 errors in game 7 and lost 8-0. What a terrible way to go out – I feel so dejected at the moment. I really wanted to restart that last game, but knew I would feel dirty and would probably induce self-destructive behavior that I’d never fully live down. Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration, but I am extremely disappointed to say the least.

I was hoping to get a CF heading into the off-season, but came up short. Most big FA resigned with their team – Bautista and Fielder remained with TOR and MIL, respectively.

I’m heading into the 2^nd year of my franchise with Roger Bernadina playing CF – nothing against Roger, but he just doesn’t instill a ton of excitement. I let Ankiel go after hitting 28 HR, he regressed by 3 points and I didn’t want to pay him. He’s currently sitting in the FA pool.

I really didn’t do a whole lot this off-season – I’m hoping to remain competitive during the season (I sim the majority of my games) and make some deals at the dead-line for a 3/4/5 starter and OF help.

Andre Ethier is on the block, but I don’t have anything the Dodgers are interested in at the moment. I hoping the Dodgers are terrible this year and attempt to give up either Matt Kemp or Ethier – I’ll also have my sights on BJ Upton.