MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

**bukktown** · 05-09-2011, 03:47 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

I may have just killed my season this past weekend. I lost all 7 of the games I played

. I'm now 16 games below .500 in the middle of June.

**duke776** · 05-09-2011, 04:26 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Ahh just got swept in a 3 game series against the Orioles. That drops my Oakland Athletics to 24-23. I did make another minor trade to give speed to my bench. The Dodgers had Juan Pierre in AAA and a full OF (Manny, Kemp, Ethier and a 4th outfielder better than Pierre) and had a serious shortage of quality starting pitching. So I traded Sean Marshall for Juan Pierre. Now Marshall didn't do too well for me, but in simulated games he just dominates on the mound. He had a sub 3 ERA for the 09 and 10 seasons as a starter for the Cubs so this should definitely help out the Dodgers and gives me much needed speed on the bench.

Now my starting pitching was a serious problem early in the season and it's still not a strong point but it's been better. I promoted Gio Gonzalez about two weeks ago and he has made 3 strong starts pitching 18.2 innings and has a 2.5 ERA so far. Bronson Arroyo has been very inconsistent, he'll have an amazing day then he'll have an absolutely dreadful day his next start. Ian Snell was terrible for his first 4 or 5 starts I believe but since then he has been really strong doing great in his last few outings. Bartolo Colon is about in the same boat as Arroyo, a good outing then a poor one. Wil Ledezma has just been terrible, although he'll usually do good or decent until the 5th where he just unravels. He'd probably be better off in a long relief role where I don't need him to go 5+ innings.

Since we are just about done with May, I have looked around at some teams whom are way back in the race (at least 10+ GB) and who have impending FA starters they'd be willing to deal. One team I'm definitely monitoring is the Marlins. Both Ricky Nolasco and Josh Johnson are free agents after this year and I'd imagine would be open to trading them if they got a significant return. I really really want Nolasco (the better of the two in my 09 franchise) but it would definitely cost me more than Johnson would. I've got a bevy of A potential starting pitchers down in the minors along with two A potential position players. I'll probably try to get him with two of those pitchers and one of the position players. Now I'm going to wait a little to see if the Marlins really are out of it or if they go on a streak and decide they're in it because right now I think it's a little too early for them to let go of one of them right now. I don't want to wait too long though, because I'd hate to see someone else snatch one (or both) of them up.

**Heroesandvillains** · 05-09-2011, 04:29 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Originally posted by 42

April Recap:

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#132448" colspan="14"><span style="color:#CDCBCE">2011 New York Yankees Stats - Hitting</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="28%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">2B</td><td align="right" width="5%">3B</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="6%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="5%">SB</td><td align="right" width="5%">CS</td><td align="right" width="7%">BA</td><td align="right" width="7%">OBP</td><td align="right" width="7%">SLG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Andruw Jones </td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.366</td><td align="right">.451</td><td align="right">.732</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Alex Rodriguez</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">27</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td><td align="right">.377</td><td align="right">.635</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Derek Jeter</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.321</td><td align="right">.378</td><td align="right">.450</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Nick Swisher</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.307</td><td align="right">.372</td><td align="right">.485</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Francisco Cervelli</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.289</td><td align="right">.304</td><td align="right">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Robinson Cano </td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">27</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.284</td><td align="right">.387</td><td align="right">.463</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mark Teixeira</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.277</td><td align="right">.364</td><td align="right">.447</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brett Gardner </td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right" class="active">.272</td><td align="right">.306</td><td align="right">.407</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Eric Chavez</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.267</td><td align="right">.281</td><td align="right">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Russell Martin (DL) </td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td><td align="right">.300</td><td align="right">.357</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Curtis Granderson </td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.206</td><td align="right">.268</td><td align="right">.302</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Gustavo Molina</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td><td align="right">.250</td><td align="right">.267</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jorge Posada </td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.171</td><td align="right">.216</td><td align="right">.300</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Eduardo Nunez </td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.100</td><td align="right">.308</td><td align="right">.100</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#132448" colspan="14"><span style="color:#CDCBCE">2011 New York Yankees Stats - Pitching</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="28%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="4%">W</td><td align="right" width="4%">L</td><td align="right" width="5%">SV</td><td align="right" width="5%">QS</td><td align="right" width="7%">HLD</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">ER</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="8%">WHIP</td><td align="right" width="7%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Phil Hughes </td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">32.0</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">1.06</td><td align="right" class="active">1.97</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mariano Rivera </td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7.1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1.09</td><td align="right" class="active">2.45</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rafael Soriano </td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">15.2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0.96</td><td align="right" class="active">2.87</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ivan Nova</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">32.1</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">0.99</td><td align="right" class="active">3.06</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>David Robertson </td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0.82</td><td align="right" class="active">3.27</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Joba Chamberlain </td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">10.2</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1.59</td><td align="right" class="active">3.38</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Luis Ayala</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7.2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1.04</td><td align="right" class="active">3.52</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Freddy Garcia </td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">30.2</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">1.53</td><td align="right" class="active">3.82</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C.C. Sabathia </td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">41.1</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">1.16</td><td align="right" class="active">4.14</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bartolo Colon</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">14.1</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">1.47</td><td align="right" class="active">5.02</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>A.J. Burnett</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">35.1</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">1.64</td><td align="right" class="active">5.60</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Boone Logan </td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">5.1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1.31</td><td align="right" class="active">6.75</td></tr></table></body></html>

Nice month.

I noticed you're having the same "problem" (if you can call it that) with A-Rod. Great average, but 1 K per game! LOL!

(shakes fist)

Sliders away!!!!!

Okay, now that I've got that out of my system. Go Yanks! Keep us posted.

**cardsleadtheway** · 05-09-2011, 04:48 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Originally posted by cardsfan2222

It's really kind of funny that you seem to play Boston every single year in the playoffs. Good job knocking the Yanks out again. I can't even stand the virtual version of them.

I went through the draft, and it was pretty disappointing. I gave up a first rounder when I signed Rolen, and thought I would be getting one from Houston when they signed Dunn. They had the 14th pick though, which is protected. I ended up picking 14th and 29th in both the supplemental and 2nd rounds. I've never seen that many supplemental picks before. My first pick was an 18 year old CF with B potential. He looks like he could be good in 2-3 year. I got a C potential utility guy in the 2nd round, and then a few D potential guys to finish the draft. None of them look like major league material as anything more than backups. I won't even sign my last pick, who is an F overall and F potential.

Sorry your draft was less than stellar. I haven't had a first round pick for two straight drafts, and this last one I didn't even have a supplemental draft pick. My first pick was 30th of the second round. Needless to say, I got jack. Two D potential and one F potential players, all three had the highest power rating available at the time, so not a complete bust. Still terrible though. Career AA, with a slight chance to make some AAA appearances. If all goes well next draft, I have a shot at between 4 and 7 first round picks and just as many supplemental rounders. I am really hoping for a strong draft class.

I play Boston every year because them and the Yankees always make the playoffs, so I have to play one of them in the first round and usually the second in the next round. I forgot to mention about the Yankee series that they signed Rollins in the off season and put him at second (Cano went to Tampa). He was an all star, but they later got Zobrist in a trade and sat Rollins instead of Jeter. Rollins didn't play in the entire series despite being a far better player, which was quite fortunate for us. Typical of the Yankees, they had a lot of talent in the infield and not much going on in the outfield. Their outfield consisted of Elijah Dukes, Ryan Rayburn, and Lastings Milledge.

Our series got under way with Anderson facing off against Beckett. In the past, I have really destroyed Beckett, but this time he was able to put together a really solid pitching performance. Suzuki hit a solo shot off of him in the third and got a two run shot against him in the 5th. That was the extent of our scoring chances. Ellsbury went 3-3 with a walk and 4 steals. That kid can friggin run. We managed to take the game 3-1 though with another perfect bull pen outing. Just like New york, Boston is really stacked with talent, but they aren't using them that well. The have Adrian Gonzalez (weird coincidence), but they won't play him against lefty pitchers. They have Matt LaPorta to bat against righties and lefties, with Agon the DH for righties. The still have Youk as well, but he is a pinch hitter only.

The second game was the marques matchup: Tim Lincecum versus Roy Halladay. This game did not disappoint. Both starters went 7 innings, with Lincecum giving up 2 unearned runs and striking out 9. Halladay gave up no runs while striking out 8, but had a high pitch count. With my bull pen being so perfect, I opted to bring in Soria, Fuentes, and Bailey to finish out the game. 2-0 final score and series lead.

We went into Boston for game 3. I opted to use Gio so as not have to face AGon. They went with Tim Alderson. This was another straight up pitching duel. We managed to scrape together 4 runs, two on errors and two with small ball tactics. Ellsbury stole his way into scoring position twice and Grady Sizemore drove him in both times. We take the game 4-2.

Game four was Vin Mazarro versus Ben Sheets. I wish I could say this game was ****, but it turns out that Sheets did not bring his A game, nor did the rest of their offense. We got out to an early lead, chasing Sheets out in the third, and never looked back. Boston started to make some inroads when I brought in Greinke to get some work in, but couldn't capitalize enough before I pulled him for Ross. We win the game 9-3 and the series 4-0. Eat that Red Sox nation! We will be facing off against the Cincinnati Reds in the world series. First game will be at GABP thanks to Bailey's all star performance (gave up game winning home run).

**cardsfan2222** · 05-09-2011, 04:54 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

I wasn't expecting you to be able to sweep Boston like that. I guess you're really making up for all the times they knocked you out of the playoffs. Are you playing all of the playoff games, or still simming a few to get through them faster?

**cardsleadtheway** · 05-09-2011, 05:04 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Originally posted by cardsfan2222

I wasn't expecting you to be able to sweep Boston like that. I guess you're really making up for all the times they knocked you out of the playoffs. Are you playing all of the playoff games, or still simming a few to get through them faster?

I am playing every playoff game. I wasn't expecting to sweep Boston either, especially with my offensive woes right now (1 home run for Dunn and still none for Pena despite a 444 average), but our pitching has been amazing, out timely hitting has been coming through, and Boston just isn't playing well. Maybe all their players are past their prime. Only Sizemore and Ellsbury did anything with the bats. Their pitching was great the first three games, but they just ran out of steam. New York honestly put forth a much tougher fight. I don't know if they will be losing anyone in retirement or free agency, but they just don't seem like the same team they were the last few years. New York, on the other hand, should lose to retirement: Jeter, Tex, Berkman, and a couple of other players I can't remember off hand, as well as releasing C.C. right before spring training. Hopefully they won't be able to buy replacements in the market this year.

**pikapollo** · 05-09-2011, 06:58 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

I'm now 10-15 with my pirates franchise( all star timing hitting, veteran pitching). I'm on a 7 games losing streak, god it hurts lol! I don't know what i can do to improve this team, the bullpen make me crazy. The relievers can't protect a lead.

Here is a comparison between my starting rotation and my bullpen:
Ben sheets ( 1 year contract) 2-2, 4.09, 34k
James Mcdonald : 2-3, 2,79, 33k
Michael Pineda( give up 4 A prospect, in two trade for him): 1-0, 2.41, 43k (should be 5-0 but the bullpen mess it up)
Paul Maholm : 2-0, 2.16, 21k
Rudy Owens ( B prospect): 0-1, 3.24, 3k (one start)

Bullpen:
Scott Olsen: 0-1, 9.53, 10k
Kevin Correia: 1-2, 4.56, 17k
Jose Verras: 0-0, 5.09, 9k
Evan Meek: 1-1, 7.24, 12k
Joel Hanrahan: 0-1, 5.14, 7k
Jeff Karstens: 1-1, 6.75, 4k
Sean Gallagher: 0-2, 16.88, 3k
Ross Ohlendorf (trade him for Dontrelle Willis): 0-1, 11.17, 5k

Here is my offense number, i'm really proud of Alvarez and Jones pick them up if you have the chance:

Ronny cedeno: 333, 3hr, 12rbi, 6sb
Jose Tabata: 280, 2hr, 8rbi, 13sb
Andrew Mccutchen: 256, 4hr, 14rbi, 7sb
Pedro Alvarez: 303, 12hr, 20 rbi, 1sb
Garrett Jones: 395, 9hr, 19 rbi, 3sb
Lyle Overbay: 309, 3hr, 5 rbi
Neil Walker: 262, 5hr, 16rbi, 5sb
Ryan Doumit: 288, 0hr, 6rbi

Bench: I picked up Tony Gwynn Jr from the waiver i'm impress by him: 267, 2rbi,6 sb. I trade for Andruw Jones, he's a total loss right now...

Can you help me with my bullpen please

.
thanks!

**Howie5** · 05-09-2011, 07:10 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Red Sox- Finally got over the .500 hump! Now 28-27
(I play every game, who else does?) We just went to Detroit & won 3 of 4 as we hit great all series and our SP was tremendous. It's good to see some guys heating up...such as youk, pedoria & Lowrie. Varitek got more playing time this wknd and responded well with 3 HRs and a triple. Lowrie hit his first 2 HRs of the season as well. Crawford is at .269 & Ellsbury is at .271. Gonzo is very consistent, staying around .300 all season with 19 HRs right now. Crawford leads the majors in SB w/ 36...man he can fly (36/38). We now return home for a 6 game home stand with the White Sox and A's for 3 each. Lester and Peavy square off tomorrow to start it all up.
Unfortunately, we're 10 gms behind the Yankees in 2nd place in the AL East.

**Mike3207** · 05-09-2011, 09:14 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

No reason to not draft well in 30 team, with the proper followup. Scout until potential is revealed. takes notes from ALL teams about talented prospects, and you can always make sure the other 29 teams don't draft well(if you want). If I didn't do a good job of scouting for catchers(I didn't), i simply look at teams that did scout well for catchers.Write the relevant scouting information down, and you should avoid drafting any Ds or Fs. And of course, never draft anyone you don't have scouting information on.

**DJeterFan2** · 05-09-2011, 09:29 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Season Update: Sorry I haven't been posting lately, it's finals time here at school so i've been busy.

The team continues to struggle against lefties and with RISP, and Zach Duke continues to amaze with his quality stuff. He's been the ace of the staff so far going with an 8-1 record with a 1.19 ERA. I've lost back to back games in SEA and OAK(I hate cavernous ball parks) and Duke is on the mound for my next game. Hopefully he can be the stopper there. What i've noticed about my play style is that I hit a lot of solo shots. A-Rod has 15 homers but 31 RBI's, it's like that for most of the team.

As for trades, I think i've secured the positions that i've needed and I'm not looking into anything right now. I'm considering simulating a good portion of the season as I'm only in June and the RedSox are still in contention as they are 6 games back. They're looking like they will win the wild card this year, but hopefully another team can overtake them, because Boston usually mops the floor with me when I play them.

**antilowpe** · 05-10-2011, 06:20 AM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Originally posted by 42

April Recap:

Careful Noob question :

Excuse me but how do you get it ?
I know it pops at the end of each month when you're coming back to the schedule.
Do you press the PS button and go to the print screen function ?
Or is there another way to save it ?
Thank you.

/noob question

I've always wonder.

**cardsfan2222** · 05-10-2011, 11:15 AM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

After taking 2 of 3 from Cincy, it was off to Houston for a first place showdown. Houston was up by 2 games to start the series. Garcia and Norris turned it into an unlikely pitching duel, with home runs by Pence and Mather the only scoring. Garcia went 7 innings with only 3 hits allowed, but he walked 4 to keep himself in trouble and run up his pitch count. The bullpen held though, and in the 11th Rasmus hit his 3rd game winning home run of the year. Storen picked up his 14th save, as the Cards won the opener 3-1.

**cardsleadtheway** · 05-10-2011, 12:10 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Originally posted by mrs844224

No reason to not draft well in 30 team, with the proper followup. Scout until potential is revealed. takes notes from ALL teams about talented prospects, and you can always make sure the other 29 teams don't draft well(if you want). If I didn't do a good job of scouting for catchers(I didn't), i simply look at teams that did scout well for catchers.Write the relevant scouting information down, and you should avoid drafting any Ds or Fs. And of course, never draft anyone you don't have scouting information on.

They have a term for this method. I believe they call it cheating. That is one reason why I don't play 30 team control. There are certain things I just don't want to know. How fun is the game going to be if I go in and draft F potential players for all my rivals and A for my team?

World series time. Game 1 was Roy Halladay versus Edison Volquez. Both pitchers came out dealing. Halladay gave up the first run, unearned, on an error by the sure handed Wright. A base hit and a terrible throw scored the runner from third. Two innings later, Tulo did the exact same thing and allowed a runner in scoring position. My two best defenders have given up more errors in the post season than the entire season. Flashback time. At the deadline I traded away Ryan Church and Henry Rodriguez for a 20 year old pitching prospect to the Reds. Surely that trade can't come back to bite me. Surely. Even though Volquez is pitching a shutout, the Reds bring in Church to pinch hit. He ropes a double off the first pitch he sees and drives in the run. In the top of the 8th, we manage to load the bases on a single and two walks. In comes Henry Rodriguez. He gets a strike out, a pop up, and a long fly out to end the inning. And that was the game. Halladay has still to give up an earned run, but he gets his first loss.

Game two in Cincy is Brett Anderson versus Randall Delgado. The Reds lineup consists of 5 lefties, 2 switch hitters, and the pitcher. So Anderson was able to make quick work against them. Suzuki belts a three run shot and Pena roped a two run double to go up 5-0. Anderson gave up a two run shot to Ian Stewart to make it 5-3. In the 8th, I bring Soria to go against their pinch hitters. He strikes them both out. They bring in Church for the pitcher. Not this time. Fuentes came in and struck Church out. Bailey comes in in the ninth to shut the door and take homefield advantage.

In game three, I opted to start Gio to go against their lefty heavy lineup. They start Matt Moore. But based on the strike zone, you would have thought it was Greg Maddux versus Tom Glavine. We were both getting calls well off the plate as well as everything down. Needless to say, the strikeouts were high for both teams. Chris Carter, who has been struggling all post season and in the lineup only because I forgot to adjust the DH lineup before the game, belts a home run off the left field foul poll. I thought it would be back to back with Taylor batting, but instead there was this really weird animation where the ball should have hit the top of the 15 foot wall, but Dickerson tried to rob a homerun. The ball dropped straight down into his glove as if it hit an invisible wall for the out. I just pretend that it was a seagull or some other bird. Later in the game with two outs and runners on second and third, Pena brings them home with a double. He also had a sac fly later in the game. Who would have thought Pena would be leading my team in post season batting average and RBI's without hitting a single home run? Gio comes in the top of the ninth to try for the shutout. At this point, he has face three over the minimum. He strikes out the first two batters and then walks the third. Ian Stewart takes him over the wall on a hanging breaking ball to make it 4-2. I decided to just let Gio finish the game and he got the final out on a grounder to 2nd.

Game 4 is Vin Mazarro versus Francisco Liriano. Maz has been amazing for me in the season and good in his one game of post season. That ended in the second inning when he managed to give up 7 runs before I could get Greinke warm enough to replace. him. Greinke got out of the jam, but managed to give up a three run shot the next inning. I brought in Ross to stop the flood, but the damage was done. Wright was the only offense in the game for us, belting a solo shot and a two run blast. Breslow gave up another home run later in the game, but it didn't matter at that point. We lose the game 11-3 and Cincy retakes home field advantage.

So I have Halladay, Anderson, and Gio scheduled for the rest of the series should it go that far. Based on those pitchers, I like our odds. Now if only our bats can provide the run support and our defense can not give away the games.

**mjh91** · 05-10-2011, 05:20 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

[Through May 4th]

NL Central
Reds: 23-8
Cardinals: 18-13 - 5.0 GB
Cubs: 17-14 - 6.0 GB
Brewers: 15-16 - 8.0 GB
Astros: 13-18 - 10.0 GB
Pirates: 12-20 - 11.5 GB

Playing as the Chicago Cubs, my stats may be deceiving. My hitting has been SO inconsistent so far. I've been adjusting the sliders to try to get out of the funk I've been in. The only players I've hit well with so far has been Tyler Colvin and Marlon Byrd. I try to be aggressive on the bases, and I'm currently 4th in the MLB with 29 stolen bases. Near the end of April, I was swept by the Rockies dropping my record to 11-14. The Cubs kicked it in gear and have won six in a row to get to three over .500.

Pitching - the strength of my team, is probably the reason I win games I probably shouldn't. I lead the majors with a team ERA of 3.01. I have no complaints with my rotation. I have young Andrew Cashner as my number 5; as I see him a bright piece of my future. Garza is in the early running for Cy Young (you'll see stats later). Now onto the bullpen - led by Carlos Marmol, the NL leader in saves. Kerry Wood is yet again dominant for the Northsiders. One of the guys that was in a battle for a spot in Spring Training, Thomas Diamond, has been very effective as my long reliever. He sports a 2.01 ERA in 22.1 innings. He was brought in for insurance in case Cashner or any other starter imploded. To my benefit however, he's shocked me and is a valuable piece to the club. Next, team statistics.

Line-Up
1. SS Starlin Castro: .229 - 4 HR - 7 RBI - 12 R - 10 SB
2. LF Alfonso Soriano: .198 - 6 HR - 17 RBI - 11 R - 2 SB
3. RF Tyler Colvin: .323 - 7 HR - 16 RBI - 18 R - 10 SB
4. CF Marlon Byrd: .279 - 4 HR - 11 RBI - 10 R - 1 SB
5. 1B Carlos Pena: .232 - 10 HR - 23 RBI - 14 R
6. 3B Aramis Ramirez: .172 - 2 HR - 8 RBI - 10 R
7. C Geovany Soto: .247 - 1 HR - 4 RBI - 9 R
8. 2B Blake DeWitt: .197 - 0 HR - 4 RBI - 2 R
[I have a platoon at 2B. DeWitt faces RHP, Baker/Barney faces LHP.]

Bench
RF Kosuke Fukudome: .214 - 0 HR - 1 RBI - 4 R - 3 SB
C Bengie Molina: .333 [6/18] - 3 HR - 4 RBI - 4 R
2B Darwin Barney: .220 - 2 HR - 5 RBI - 5 R - 3 SB
2B Jeff Baker: .250 - 1 HR - 3 RBI - 6 R
LF Reed Johnson: .229 - 0 HR - 4 RBI - 3 R

Rotation
Ryan Dempster: 3-1, 2.85 ERA, 47.1 IP, 25 K, 8 BB, 6/7 QS
Carlos Zambrano: 2-3, 3.68 ERA, 36.2 IP, 24 K, 8 BB, 3/6 QS
Matt Garza: 3-2, 1.58 ERA, 40.0 IP, 31 K, 4 BB, 5/6 QS
Randy Wells: 2-2, 2.70 ERA, 40.0 IP, 27 K, 4 BB, 5/6 QS
Andrew Cashner: 1-3, 5.52 ERA, 31.0 IP, 28 K, 7 BB, 2/6 QS

Bullpen
Thomas Diamond: 1-0, 2.01 ERA, 22.1 IP, 16 K, 3 BB, 2 HD
Sean Marshall: 3-0, 5.73 ERA, 11.0 IP, 10 K, 3 BB, 1 HD
John Grabow: 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 11.0 IP, 11 K, 2 BB, 1 HD
Jeff Samardzija: 0-0, 4.50 ERA, 12.0 IP, 9 K, 1 BB, 1 HD
Angel Guzman: 0-1, 3.75 ERA, 12.0 IP, 7 K, 0 BB, 3 HD
Kerry Wood: 0-1, 1.64 ERA, 11.0 IP, 11 K, 0 BB, 4 HD
Carlos Marmol: 0-1, 2.35 ERA, 15.1 IP, 15 K, 2 BB, 11/12 SV

**Howie5** · 05-10-2011, 11:46 PM

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Sox are heating up! Now we are 30-27, 9.5 games behind the Yankees for 2nd in the AL East. Recently, Darnell McDonald has gotten a big pinch hit 2B & followed it up the next day with a 2-4 performance, including a walk-off single. Currently up 2-0 in the series against the White Sox, going for the sweep tomorrow with Lackey on the hill. We then have a 3 game set w/ the As before visiting the Bronx. Here is an example of what my current lineups are like
vs RHP w/DH
Crawford
Ellsbury
Gonzalez
Youk
Pedroia
Ortiz
Drew
Salty
Lowrie

vs LHP w/ DH
Crawford
Pedroia
Gonzalez
Youk
Cameron
Drew
Ellsbury
Varitek
Lowrie

* Pedroia has been hitting better lately, but still at a .235 clip, while Ortiz has been struggling esp. against lefties. Lowrie has been solid while Scutaro is hitting .180 & playing poor defense. He's now on the trading block, even though it'd be nice if he could turn it around.

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