MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

[cardsfan2222]

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Unbelievable game Cards. That would have been heartbreaking if you hadn't closed it out.

I'm starting to realize my team isn't as good as I thought it would be going into the season. We're just 31-28, still trailing the Astros by a couple of games. Chicago and Pittsburgh are both within 4 of Houston. The division isn't that strong, but neither is my team apparently. My pitching hasn't been good, especially since I can't find anyone to be effective at the 5th spot. My bullpen is very inconsistent. Calero hasn't been nearly as good as last year, McClellan is hit or miss, and Freeman is really starting to struggle as the 2nd lefty. I don't have any pitchers in the minors I trust to be any better, so I'm in desperate need of finding a team to trade with.

I'm still last in the majors in home runs, with less than 45 so far. I'm regretting not re-signing Dunn, just because he was at least a threat for power. I need the Pirates to freefall fast so they'll be more inclined to trade Berkman. If they don't, there aren't too many options for me to improve, and I'll risk missing the playoffs for the first time.

[cardsleadtheway]

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Thanks man. I have already started the off season. I was able to re-sign Pena to a 3 year $27 mil deal and Tulo to a 7 year $140 mil deal during the exclusive period so I don't have to worry about the Yankees swooping in. They lost to retirement Berkman, Jeter, Chipper Jones, Randy Winn, Chan Ho Park, and Teixeira. That means they need replacements and that they have the money off the books to spend. After the exclusive period, the Yankees swooped in and took Soria, so I get one draft pick from them. Good thing I decided to exercise Bailey's option. Yankees also grabbed up Brad Kilby from me, another type A so I get their second rounder as well, although I would have rather had three first rounders. I still can't get anyone to even offer up anything on Greinke so I might have to let him walk for nothing or do a sign and trade, as everyone is staying away from SP and C that are type A. I am guessing they don't feel that the talent is worth the money and picks for those positions. Other positions are getting picked up though. Yankees also grabbed Josh Hamilton and Hanley Ramirez, despite having Rollins and Zobrist. Probably have one of them playing DH. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the Yankees? I put forth a $750K offer for both Yadier and Hawksworth so we will see how that goes. I also grabbed a player in the rule 5 draft, my first. 26 year old CP Frank de los Santos. Now I have two de los Santos and a possible closer of the future if I decide to not keep Bailey after this year.

[Mike3207]

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Is it better to trade players becoming Type A free agents or let them enter FA and get the 1 draft pick?

[cardsleadtheway]

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Is it better to trade players becoming Type A free agents or let them enter FA and get the 1 draft pick?

Great question. Some patches may have changed stuff in 11, but in 10 I am seeing that starting pitching and catchers and possibly center fielders will tend to linger in FA and not get signed, whereas relievers, closers, and other position players are getting snatched up regardless of free agent type. So my suggestion in 10 is to trade pitchers and get the picks for other players. I am going to shop around Anderson to see what I can get for him before he becomes available next year.

[duke776]

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So I just did the draft and did decent. I got Xavier Shelton an A potential starting pitcher who should be a monster. He has a high 90's fastball, a devestating slider, and decent change and a curve (which I believe is decent). Then in the second round I got a C potential 1B who has pretty good pop already, terrible contact but he should be able to provide some homeruns. 3rd round I forget who I got. 4th round I picked up a B potential 2nd baseman, but he is very very far away.

I messed up though, I actually had to re-draft because I had thought I saved and backed out of franchise, turns out I didn't save I hate myself for it too, because I got an absolute haul the first time. Got Xavier Shelton in the first round, then picked up a B potential pitcher (Josh Tillman), who was downright filthy, in the supplimental round. 3rd round got a decent reliever and 4th round was no one special (wasn't going to even sign him). I wish I could have that draft haul back because having two potential top line guys who throw upper 90's with nice breaking pitches for the future would've been great. One thing is, when I re-drafted, Tillman was not in the draft pool so it's possible I could get him in the next draft.

Onto the games, lost the second game of the series to the O's 7-6. Then in the final game we were down 2-0 until the 7th, and that's where it all fell apart for the O's. Guthrie starting missing his spots, we took walks and got key hits and scored 6 runs off of Guthrie and Danny Baez to take the lead. Santiago Casilla pitched the 8th and the 9th for us to shut down the Orioles.

First game of the Blue Jays series, it was pretty much the same story. We were shut down until the 8th inning, but we rallied. Jarrod Bacon hit a 3 run homerun, his 9th of the year, to bring the score to 4-3. Then my 1B Jimmie Parsons hit a 2 run double to the gap to take the lead. Unfortunately we could not keep the lead. I brought in Will Ohman to pitch to the lefties Adam Lind and Lyle Overbay. Lind walked, then Overbay worked a full count (and got 2 very lucky calls) and hit a 2 run homerun over the left field fence to take the lead. The Jays would add one more and we lost it 7-5. We are now 26-28, 5 games back of the Angels.

[ckarlic]

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Man, that's a crazy game. One hit and you win? Gotta love that.

I had a similar game in my Mets franchise yesterday where R.A. Dickey won a 1-0 game against the Nationals, despite me only having 4 hits for the game.

I've been in a major slump offensively. It seems all I'm good for are a couple of doubles a game and an infield single or two. No home runs in quite a few games.

As for your question about Jeff Francis, I usually light that guy up. The lefty that kills me is Ted Lilly. There's something about his delivery that just throws me off and his change of speeds is always really good.

Yeah...it was a crazy game. I would have loved a few more runs/hits and less strikeouts but a win is a win. I hope i can get some more hits against the dreaded Red Sox in the upcoming series.

[Ranger Fan]

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Finished first season. Just curious if anyone is seeing the same things I am seeing. Took the Texas Rangers and finished 59-103. I play on MOM and Sportscast simulate 3 games and MOM one throughout the season. My pitching was horrible with a 5.25 ERA. I have tried everything. Is anyone else experiencing this as far as extreme difficulty in winning? The only slider adjustment is Plus one on Starter Durability. I mean this is the defending American league Champions.

Also no significant injuries happened.

[sportyguyfl31]

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Just started my Franchise, with the MEts. 1-2 so far...Im determined to crank out every game.

Johan won the opener in tidy fashion.

Game 2 I was pitching a no-no with Pelfrey until he unraveled in the 7th, and I got tagged around.

Game 3, Neise gets pummeled and Ricky Nolasco just owns me for 8 innings with something like 14 K's. I couldnt pick up his breaking ball at all.

[cardsfan2222]

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Jeff Karstens and Max Scherzer matched up in game 2 of the Twins series. The Cards took a 4-0 lead in the first, with a 2 run home run by Pujols opening the scoring. In the 3rd, Rasmus led off the inning with a single up the middle. The hits just kept coming after that, mostly singles back up the middle. By the time the inning was over, we had added two touchdowns and a 2 point conversion. 15 runs on 15 hits, by far the best inning I've ever had. Schumaker and Ludwick had the only extra base hits of the inning, and Rasmus managed to make the 2nd and 3rd outs as he batted 3 times.

Leading 19-0 after 3, Karstens was able to pitch aggressively. He ended up going 7 innings, allowing 2 unearned runs to give him his 2nd win of the week. Despite our huge outburst in the 3rd, we only managed 2 hits after the 3rd inning.

[cardsleadtheway]

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That sounds like many games I have seen against my A's in real life heh.

I just finished up the off season and started up the spring training. Contemplating a trade, but I will get to that later. As for the off season, we lost Kendall to retirement, Soria and Kilby to the Yankees, and let Greinke walk for nothing since no one would sign him. We picked up a lefty closer in the rule 5 draft, then managed to get Henry Rodriguez back after the Reds nontendered him, signed catchers Yadier Molina and Jesus Montero to 1 year 400K deals, signed CP Anthony Slama and RP Santiago Casillato 200K deals, and finally signed RP Blake Hawksworth to a 400K deal. There will be some competition in spring training as far as the bull pen is concerned. I offered Suzuki a 3 year $21 mil deal, but when he didn't sign it by December 31st, I yanked it for a one year $5 mil deal that he eventually signed. I guess he didn't realize exactly how saturated the market for catchers was.

For spring training, we have quite a few battles going on. Dominique Alonso, Jemile Weeks, and Adrian Cardenas are fighting for the backup IF role; Quentin, Michael Taylor, Brandon Jones, Gerrardo Parra, and Aaron Turner are all fighting for the starting LF job plus the backup(s) outfielder slot; Doug Drabek, Fauntino de los Santos, Ian Krol, Tyson Ross, Pedro Figueroa, and Brian Berglund are in it for the 5th and possibly 4th Start role; and finally we have Hawksworth, Frank de los Santos (rule 5), Matt Capps, Anthony Slama, HRod, Craig Breslow, Julio Ramos, any of the starters that do well are going for the few bull pen positions.

Now about the possible Anderson trade. I am considering sending him to Chicago for an A potential 1B, A potential lefty RP, and B potential CP. It would be a pretty good haul, but also weaken the rotation substantially. I think I have the prospects to cover it though, and they can't just kill it in AAA forever.

[cardsfan2222]

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I think I would take the trade. You have plenty of pitchers that should be able to pick up the slack in the rotation. I think you'll like pitching with Hawksworth. He has a really good changeup that gets a ton of groundballs. He doesn't strike out that many guys though, so if you use him in relief he's not a guy to bring in when you need to overpower someone.

Yadi is my most often injured player. He's been on the DL 3 times in the season and a half i've played, and he missed most of last season. I don't think I'll re-sign him because he's not as durable as his major league self.

[cardsleadtheway]

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I did indeed do the trade and played/simmed through spring training. Taylor has been hitting the cover off the ball, so it looks like he will get the starting position over a struggling Quentin. I would send Quentin down, after batting around .120 and only one home run, but I will give him the benefit of the doubt due to his past achievements. Alonso, Weeks, and Cardenas all failed to make the cut, so for the time being I will be without a backup IF. I can always call someone up when the real season starts and players start to get tired. I had a tough time deciding between Jones and Parra, as both of them performed very well. Jones has a little more speed and can hit both lefties and righties a little better, whereas Parra has huge contact against righties but nothing against lefties and no power. Dunn and Pena hit around .200 but they are Dunn and Pena so I am not too worried. Suzuki keeps his starting catcher role and Yadier will be the backup. Montero hit a whopping .202 despite getting the most AB's for my catchers. Arencibia did just a little better but not much. Yadier gives me veteran leadership for a backup role and will get at least one start per rotation. If he gets hurt, well I do have backups.

As for pitching, it will be Halladay(R), Gio(L), Mazarro(R), Drabek(R), and surprisingly Fautino de los Santos(R). Krol(L) was expected to be the guy, but he just couldn't get the job done. For the pen, it will be long relievers Ross(R), Hawksworth(R) (exactly as you said, great changeup and groundball pitcher), Frank de los Santos(L) (rule 5 but would have kept him anyway), Middle relievers Breslow(L) and Robert Ly(L) (the new guy), setup men HRod(R) and Fuentes(R), and of course Bailey(R) for closer. I may have to send someone down soon to bring up an infielder, most likely Breslow since I have a lot of lefties in the pen now. But I shouldn't need someone the first week or two. Alonso is the front runner but who knows how things will go in Sacramento.

[Howie5]

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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.

WELL...that was my last post. I guess we weren't "heating up". Since then, we have lost 7 of 8 & 6 in a row(including a 3 game sweep in the Bronx). 3 gms in a row we gave up double digit runs & the bullpen has been horrendous. Now sitting at 31-34...You guys think I should look at some possible trades after the all star break. I feel like I should bolster my bullpen as my rotation has been pretty good. Offensively, we're just streaky. Lowrie is the starting ss & id rather have him as a utility guy. Making a trade for a ss is something id consider too as I dont believe Yamaco Navarro is ready to have that job. Any input from you all would be great, Its been a frustrating stretch but I dont wanna make any irrational moves due to recent failures. BTW, were now in Toronto for 3 & were leading 3-2 in the bottom of the 8th when Jenks comes in...gives up a 2 un bomb & another run scores later on a salty throwing error. BS.

[The Chef]

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Sitting at 18-23 with my Dodgers and have lost 3 in a row and 5 of my last 7 games played. I cant hit for **** (.217 Avg.) and Im even worse as a team with runners in scoring position (.195 Avg.) so its been a miserable season so far. I can pitch as Ive got a team ERA of 3.01 while playing on HoF for pitching but I keep losing games 2-1, 3-2, 2-0 etc. and its starting to become a drag to even keep going. I just dont get the hitting in this years game, I cant use zone and move the PCI, Ive tried zone without moving the PCI and it works when you face middle of the road pitchers but the better guys hit the corners and you cant do much using this hitting method. Im currently back to timing but cant get a decent enough average off of that either.

<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="#0F4871" colspan="15"><span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Stats - Hitting</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="23%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="5%">AB</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>Cristian Guzman, 2b</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">.208</td><td align="right">.262</td><td align="right">.236</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Juan Uribe, 3b</td><td align="right">67</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.313</td><td align="right">.365</td><td align="right">.582</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>David Murphy, LF</td><td align="right">95</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.253</td><td align="right">.301</td><td align="right">.389</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andre Ethier, RF</td><td align="right">160</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.225</td><td align="right">.286</td><td align="right">.412</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Matt Kemp, CF</td><td align="right">160</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">.256</td><td align="right">.297</td><td align="right">.400</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>James Loney, 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align="right">17</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.185</td><td align="right">.232</td><td align="right">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ivan DeJesus, 2b</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">.176</td><td align="right">.216</td><td align="right">.206</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Marcus Thames, LF</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.268</td><td align="right">.311</td><td align="right">.512</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rod Barajas, C</td><td align="right">95</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.211</td><td align="right">.276</td><td align="right">.389</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jay Gibbons, LF</td><td align="right">84</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.202</td><td align="right">.295</td><td align="right">.393</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rafael Furcal, SS</td><td align="right">89</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">.315</td><td align="right">.350</td><td align="right">.449</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tony Gwynn Jr, LF</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.162</td><td align="right">.205</td><td align="right">.297</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="16"><span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Stats - Pitching</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="22%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="4%">GP</td><td align="right" width="4%">GS</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="6%">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="6%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chad Billinglsey</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">57.2</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">58</td><td align="right">0.99</td><td align="right">2.81</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Clayton Kershaw</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">49.1</td><td align="right">40</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right">1.20</td><td align="right">2.55</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hiroki Kuroda</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">55.0</td><td align="right">42</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">1.02</td><td align="right">2.13</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ted Lilly</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">56.0</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">1.25</td><td align="right">3.70</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vicenta Padilla</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">27.0</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">1.33</td><td align="right">3.33</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Lance Cormier</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">19.0</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0.79</td><td align="right">2.37</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ronald Belisario</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">21.0</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0.76</td><td align="right">2.57</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Guerrier</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">18.0</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">1.33</td><td align="right">4.50</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ramon Troncoso</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0.67</td><td align="right">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hong-Chih Kuo</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11.1</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1.15</td><td align="right">2.38</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mike MacDougal</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">14.1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0.98</td><td align="right">1.26</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jonathan Broxton</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">12.2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1.11</td><td align="right">2.84</td></tr></table></body></html>

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Re: MLB 11 The Show &quot;Franchise/Season&quot; Progress Thread

Sitting at 18-23 with my Dodgers and have lost 3 in a row and 5 of my last 7 games played. I cant hit for **** (.217 Avg.) and Im even worse as a team with runners in scoring position (.195 Avg.) so its been a miserable season so far. I can pitch as Ive got a team ERA of 3.01 while playing on HoF for pitching but I keep losing games 2-1, 3-2, 2-0 etc. and its starting to become a drag to even keep going. I just dont get the hitting in this years game, I cant use zone and move the PCI, Ive tried zone without moving the PCI and it works when you face middle of the road pitchers but the better guys hit the corners and you cant do much using this hitting method. Im currently back to timing but cant get a decent enough average off of that either.

<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="#0F4871" colspan="15"><span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Stats - Hitting</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="23%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="5%">AB</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>Cristian Guzman, 2b</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">.208</td><td align="right">.262</td><td align="right">.236</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Juan Uribe, 3b</td><td align="right">67</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.313</td><td align="right">.365</td><td align="right">.582</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>David Murphy, LF</td><td align="right">95</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.253</td><td align="right">.301</td><td align="right">.389</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andre Ethier, RF</td><td align="right">160</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.225</td><td align="right">.286</td><td align="right">.412</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Matt Kemp, CF</td><td align="right">160</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">.256</td><td align="right">.297</td><td align="right">.400</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>James Loney, 1b</td><td align="right">161</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.217</td><td align="right">.237</td><td align="right">.304</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mike Napoli, C</td><td align="right">70</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.200</td><td align="right">.253</td><td align="right">.400</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Aaron Miles, 2b</td><td align="right">92</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.185</td><td align="right">.232</td><td align="right">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ivan DeJesus, 2b</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">.176</td><td align="right">.216</td><td align="right">.206</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Marcus Thames, LF</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.268</td><td align="right">.311</td><td align="right">.512</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rod Barajas, C</td><td align="right">95</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.211</td><td align="right">.276</td><td align="right">.389</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jay Gibbons, LF</td><td align="right">84</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.202</td><td align="right">.295</td><td align="right">.393</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rafael Furcal, SS</td><td align="right">89</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">.315</td><td align="right">.350</td><td align="right">.449</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tony Gwynn Jr, LF</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.162</td><td align="right">.205</td><td align="right">.297</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="16"><span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Stats - Pitching</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="22%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="4%">GP</td><td align="right" width="4%">GS</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="6%">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="6%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chad Billinglsey</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">57.2</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">58</td><td align="right">0.99</td><td align="right">2.81</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Clayton Kershaw</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">49.1</td><td align="right">40</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right">1.20</td><td align="right">2.55</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hiroki Kuroda</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">55.0</td><td align="right">42</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">1.02</td><td align="right">2.13</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ted Lilly</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">56.0</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">1.25</td><td align="right">3.70</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vicenta Padilla</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">27.0</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">1.33</td><td align="right">3.33</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Lance Cormier</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">19.0</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0.79</td><td align="right">2.37</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ronald Belisario</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">21.0</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0.76</td><td align="right">2.57</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Guerrier</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">18.0</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">1.33</td><td align="right">4.50</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ramon Troncoso</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0.67</td><td align="right">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hong-Chih Kuo</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11.1</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1.15</td><td align="right">2.38</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mike MacDougal</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">14.1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0.98</td><td align="right">1.26</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jonathan Broxton</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">12.2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1.11</td><td align="right">2.84</td></tr></table></body></html>

Honestly, id restart, but on timing hitting. Or play a bunch of exhibition games using timing until you get the hang of it. Ive said it before, ill say it again. Using zone hitting without moving the PCI puts the user at a huge disadvantage, anything low or on the black is virtually unhittable. Youre essentially just waiting for meatballs and when you go against legit pitchers or pitchers with high confidence, that wont happen very often.