Just finished the all star break with my Tigers who are 2.5 games up in the al central. Verlander has been on a roll and is 12-4, the rest of my pitching has been very inconsistent so I called up Jacob Turner to take the fifth spot in the second half...my offense has been excellent although I hit an unrealistically amount of homeruns. Im not a huge stat guy so I haven't changed the power sliders since everything else is pretty realistic other than that. My all-stars were Verlander, Victor Martinez, Al Alberquerque and Brennan Boesch.
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Just finished the all star break with my Tigers who are 2.5 games up in the al central. Verlander has been on a roll and is 12-4, the rest of my pitching has been very inconsistent so I called up Jacob Turner to take the fifth spot in the second half...my offense has been excellent although I hit an unrealistically amount of homeruns. Im not a huge stat guy so I haven't changed the power sliders since everything else is pretty realistic other than that. My all-stars were Verlander, Victor Martinez, Al Alberquerque and Brennan Boesch. -
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Just wanted to say I love hearing about other people's games and franchises, I come on here every day at least once to read how you guys are doing and share my own franchise with you!
I swept the Pirates, just game 1 I went 2-0 up in the first inning only for the Pirates to score 3 in the 2nd inning, Cain went 8 innings before I took him out, Tejada tied the game in the 9th with a solo homer, then in the 14th inning Freddy Sanchez hit a high fastball over the left field wall and Wilson came in to close it out for the 4-3 win. Game 2 my offense finally came to life and exploded with 5 runs in the 1st inning and another in the 3rd, Sanchez pitched 9 innings and gave the Pirates nothing. Next up is a series with the Nationals!Comment
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I have a 2 player franchise w/ my bro. So now I'm going to start a franchise w/ the Pirates because I love rebuilding Franchises. The Pirates franchise will be secondary 2 my 2 player draft I'll play it when its my bro's game and he's busy I cant wait to play my 1st game later.Comment
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I have a 2 player franchise w/ my bro. So now I'm going to start a franchise w/ the Pirates because I love rebuilding Franchises. The Pirates franchise will be secondary 2 my 2 player draft I'll play it when its my bro's game and he's busy I cant wait to play my 1st game later.Comment
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Hmm.. Well were to start, in my Twinkies franchise were currently 2.5 games up on the White Sox with my record being 35-34 ( weak divison I know ) The Royals have now won 8 straight and are only 3 GB now.. The only trade I made before the one I just made was Kevin Slowey B pot 27 YO, Jim Hoey A pot 28 YO, and Liam Hendricks 21 YO B Pot for Mike Foltyzewicz ( my cousin ) B pot 19 yo.
I just made a trade that I'm already regretting 1 game into it. I traded Delmon Young 25 YO A pot, batting .310 on pace for 35 hrs and 100 and some change RBIs to the Dodgers for Dee Gordon SS 23 YO A pot ( 350 BA 20 rbis 0 hrs 25 SBs not very good defensivly ) Rubby De La Rosa SP 22 YO A pot ( Hard thrower but has a 4.8 ERA avgs a walk an inning ) RP Kenley Jansen 23 YO A pot ( Was doing extremely well with the Dodgers 1.3 era hard throwing righty gonna be in my bullpen for many years )
Now my first game after that trade I played my next game and went 2 for 10 risp because I don't have a big rbi guy besides young... Cuddyer was batting in his spot and went 0-2 with a strikeout and double play when there was runners in scoring position, ultimatly costed me the game...
Now for the good news.. Kenley pitched in his first game as a Twin and threw 1.1 perfect innnings with a strikeout, Dee Gordon in his first game went 3-4 with 2 SBs, and Rubby pitched 6 innings allowing 3 runs 5 strikeouts... But 5 walks.
My plan is to keep Kenley up and relieve for my Twins, Call up Dee in 2012-2013ish season so he can work on his defense and maybe develop some gap to gap power, Whenever Rubby gets a little control I will call him up which at earliest will be 2012-2013 season.Comment
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Ahh i see you're tryin to keep your rosters up-to-date..I've used one set of rosters throughout and dont plan on changin..too much work with 30-team control...Actually pearce and bowker are both hitting over .300 in limited duty...no power whatsoever with either but solid line drive singles....I plug snyder in against lefties.....Not much offensive production up-to-date..may have to either give doumit the full-time position or bringing up jaramilloComment
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Trade News:
Looking for another starting pitcher, Detroit shocks the league with this trade with Boston
Tigers get:
SP Clay Buchholz
Red Sox get:
CL Jose Valverde
3B Andy Ciriaco (B Prospect)
CF Clete Thomas
Buchholz replaces Johnny Cueto in the rotation. Cueto is moved to bullpen. Ryan Perry is promoted from setup man to closer.
Tigers also announce that Ryan Raburn has been named the starting shortstop, moving from left field. Don Kelly has been moved to the bench, and Brennan Boesch will take over left field.NFL Franchise: Dallas CowboysComment
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3-1 to start the 2012 season with the Royals. 30-team control, simmed the 2011 season. I made a couple trades in the 2011 season:
Royals Trade:
CP Joakim Soria
PTBNL (I don't remember who, but it was a B-pot SP)
Cardinals Trade:
SP Kyle McClellan
RP Eduardo Sanchez
Both Soria and McClellan were dominating in 2011 - at the time McClellan was 11-2 with a ~3.00 ERA, while Soria had racked up 22 saves in the first half, with a sub-1.00 ERA. When Ryan Franklin went down for the season with a torn ACL, the Cardinals approached me with a trade offer, and this is what we settled on. I'm really happy with the deal, as McClellan is my #1 starter right now (though he bombed on opening day, 2.0 IP, 10 H, 8 ER) and Sanchez is a force out of the pen.
Royals Trade:
3B Wilson Betemit
SP Jeff Francis
2B Chris Getz
Athletics Trade:
OF Ryan Sweeney
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
SS Cliff Pennington
The Athletics were right in the thick of things, just a game back of the Rangers at the deadline, and all of the players traded were playing horribly. Sweeney was hitting around .200, while Kouz was slugging under .300. Betemit, on the other hand, was hitting .315 with 15 HRs. Francis was ok in the first half, with an ERA around 4.00 and Getz was hitting the cover off the ball in limited duty (.400 in ~60 first half at bats). I shed some salary, and got some solid players who are all with the team in 2012.
In the offseason, I was able to pull off a coup and sign Jose Bautista away from the Jays. He had a very pedestrian 2011, hitting .245 with 25 HRs - so he wasn't the monster he was in 2010. I nabbed him for 2 years at $7.5M per year. What a beast - I played with him during ST and he just destroyed the opposition. I also signed Kelly Johnson, another short term deal 2y @ $4M per.
Here's what my 2012 team looks like:
CF Lorenzo Cain
LF Alex Gordon
RF Jose Bautista
3B Mike Moustakas
DH Billy Butler
1B Eric Hosmer
2B Kelly Johnson
C Lucas May
SS Alcides Escobar
C Brayan Pena
3B/1B Kevin Kouzmanoff
2B/SS Cliff Pennington
OF Ryan Sweeney
SP Kyle McClellan
SP Mike Montgomery
SP Luke Hochevar
SP Danny Duffy
SP Aaron Crow
LRP Kyle Davies
MRP Tim Collins
MRP Santiago Casilla (off Waivers from SF in 2011)
MRP Eduardo Sanchez
MRP Louis Coleman
SU Robinson Tejeda
CP Jeremy Jeffress
I'm really happy with the team and I think we've got a chance of competing in 2012 --- Moustakas is a BEAST (I hit 3 HR in a game with him in ST) and I dominated with Montgomery as well, but we'll see if that Spring Training success translates into regular season production.
I'll come back with occasional updates. I'm seriously considering a major trade at some point in 2012, trying to acquire a legitimate ace for the team (if we're in contention). I'd be willing to part with Wil Meyers, one (or two) of Duffy/Crow/Dwyer, or maybe Christian Colon, given how good Escobar has been for me. It would depend on the return, but I could see making a huge deal to acquire that front end talent.Comment
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3-1 to start the 2012 season with the Royals. 30-team control, simmed the 2011 season. I made a couple trades in the 2011 season:
Royals Trade:
CP Joakim Soria
PTBNL (I don't remember who, but it was a B-pot SP)
Cardinals Trade:
SP Kyle McClellan
RP Eduardo Sanchez
Both Soria and McClellan were dominating in 2011 - at the time McClellan was 11-2 with a ~3.00 ERA, while Soria had racked up 22 saves in the first half, with a sub-1.00 ERA. When Ryan Franklin went down for the season with a torn ACL, the Cardinals approached me with a trade offer, and this is what we settled on. I'm really happy with the deal, as McClellan is my #1 starter right now (though he bombed on opening day, 2.0 IP, 10 H, 8 ER) and Sanchez is a force out of the pen.
Royals Trade:
3B Wilson Betemit
SP Jeff Francis
2B Chris Getz
Athletics Trade:
OF Ryan Sweeney
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
SS Cliff Pennington
The Athletics were right in the thick of things, just a game back of the Rangers at the deadline, and all of the players traded were playing horribly. Sweeney was hitting around .200, while Kouz was slugging under .300. Betemit, on the other hand, was hitting .315 with 15 HRs. Francis was ok in the first half, with an ERA around 4.00 and Getz was hitting the cover off the ball in limited duty (.400 in ~60 first half at bats). I shed some salary, and got some solid players who are all with the team in 2012.
In the offseason, I was able to pull off a coup and sign Jose Bautista away from the Jays. He had a very pedestrian 2011, hitting .245 with 25 HRs - so he wasn't the monster he was in 2010. I nabbed him for 2 years at $7.5M per year. What a beast - I played with him during ST and he just destroyed the opposition. I also signed Kelly Johnson, another short term deal 2y @ $4M per.
Here's what my 2012 team looks like:
CF Lorenzo Cain
LF Alex Gordon
RF Jose Bautista
3B Mike Moustakas
DH Billy Butler
1B Eric Hosmer
2B Kelly Johnson
C Lucas May
SS Alcides Escobar
C Brayan Pena
3B/1B Kevin Kouzmanoff
2B/SS Cliff Pennington
OF Ryan Sweeney
SP Kyle McClellan
SP Mike Montgomery
SP Luke Hochevar
SP Danny Duffy
SP Aaron Crow
LRP Kyle Davies
MRP Tim Collins
MRP Santiago Casilla (off Waivers from SF in 2011)
MRP Eduardo Sanchez
MRP Louis Coleman
SU Robinson Tejeda
CP Jeremy Jeffress
I'm really happy with the team and I think we've got a chance of competing in 2012 --- Moustakas is a BEAST (I hit 3 HR in a game with him in ST) and I dominated with Montgomery as well, but we'll see if that Spring Training success translates into regular season production.
I'll come back with occasional updates. I'm seriously considering a major trade at some point in 2012, trying to acquire a legitimate ace for the team (if we're in contention). I'd be willing to part with Wil Meyers, one (or two) of Duffy/Crow/Dwyer, or maybe Christian Colon, given how good Escobar has been for me. It would depend on the return, but I could see making a huge deal to acquire that front end talent.Steelers | Seminoles | A's | Rockets | Avalanche | Wildcats, Hoosiers | LiverpoolComment
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I feel your pain, I'm now 8-19 in my Twins franchise thanks to Joe Nathan blowing a 4-1 9th inning lead last game vs the Royals. I now own a 5 game losing streak and am alone in the cellar in the central.Comment
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Brewers acquire K-Rod
Francisco Rodriguez to Brewers for 2 PTBNLAttached FilesLast edited by Yankees2009Champs; 07-13-2011, 12:44 AM."Undaunted, I knew the game was mine to win. Just like in life, ALL of my successes depend on me. I'm the man who has the ball, I'm the man who can throw it faster than heck. So that is why I am better than everyone in the world."
Legendary pitcher Kenny PowersComment
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ILFT's Brewers 'Chise | Game 17 | Brewers @ Phillies | 8-8
"Power-filled Phils led by slap-hitting Polanco in 9-4 victory"
The Phillies were slow out of the gates, as they have been all season (starting 5-10), but they surely were living up to the hype by the fifth inning. The Phillies had season-highs in runs (9) and hits (12) as they welcomed the Brewers to town with an old-fashioned beat down. Ryan Howard homered, Cliff Lee pitched into the 7th (after having a rough start) and Placido Polanco was a triple away from the cycle as the game wasn't closer than 3 runs after the 6th inning.
A day after being benched, Yuniesky Betancourt led the Brewers offense by hitting not one, but two homers (his first of the season), boosting his season average from .149 to .172. Ryan Braun extended his hitting-streak to 13 games and Rickie Weeks has made his to a modest 7 games.
<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"><td align="center" colspan="13">MIL at PHI - Citizens Bank Park</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 18, 2011</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Milwaukee Brewers (8-8)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Philadelphia Phillies (5-10)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">x</td><td align="right" class="active">9</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Cliff Lee (1-2) <b>L:</b> Shaun Marcum (1-2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">MIL</td><td align="right" width="8%">PHI</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/MIL.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">2nd</td><td width="70%">Yuniesky Betancourt - solo HR to left</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/PHI.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">2nd</td><td width="70%">Carlos Ruiz - RBI single to left (Howard scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/PHI.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">2nd</td><td width="70%">Pete Orr - RBI single to left (Ibanez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/PHI.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">3rd</td><td width="70%">Ryan Howard - 2-run HR to center (Francisco scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/MIL.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">4th</td><td width="70%">Yuniesky Betancourt - solo HR to left</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/MIL.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">5th</td><td width="70%">Ryan Braun - RBI double to center (Gomez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/PHI.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">5th</td><td width="70%">Placido Polanco - solo HR to left-center</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/PHI.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">6th</td><td width="70%">Carlos Ruiz - 2-run HR to right (Rollins scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/PHI.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">7th</td><td width="70%">Raul Ibanez - RBI single to right (Francisco scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/MIL.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Jonathan Lucroy - RBI double to center (McGehee scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/small/mlb/PHI.png" height="25" width="25"></td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Placido Polanco - RBI double to right (Victorino scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">9</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00225D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Milwaukee Brewers</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> J. Lucroy (2), R. Braun 2 (5), C. McGehee (6)<br /><b>HR:</b> Y. Betancourt 2 (2)<br /><b>RBI:</b> J. Lucroy (5), R. Braun (15), Y. Betancourt 2 (3)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> C. Gomez 2 (5)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> N. Morgan (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#D60024" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Philadelphia Phillies</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> P. Polanco (7), S. Victorino (5), R. Ibanez (1), B. Francisco (4)<br /><b>HR:</b> P. Polanco (4), R. Howard (5), C. Ruiz (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> P. Polanco 2 (13), R. Howard 2 (10), R. Ibanez (5), P. Orr (1), C. Ruiz 3 (8)<br /><b>SAC:</b> C. Lee, S. Victorino<br /><b>GIDP:</b> J. Rollins, P. Orr</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> R. Ibanez (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00225D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Milwaukee Brewers</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>S. Marcum (L, 1-2)</td><td align="right">4.2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">6.33</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>S. Mitre</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">15.26</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>T. Saito</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">3.12</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>S. Green</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">7.71</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#D60024" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Philadelphia Phillies</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C. Lee (W, 1-2)</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">4.44</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>R. Madson</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active">4.26</td></tr></table></body></html>Brewers | Golden Eagles | Packers | Bucks | Badgers | Fulham FC
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Sometimes i blush when i realize how much talent the Royals have stocked in the minors....If it wasn't for my stubbornness and my unwillingness to deviate from the game being realistic, I woulda prolly traded for 3 or 4 of the royals top pitching prospects along with hosmer lol......I considered playing with the Royals but i didn't wanna start the season with their top prospects.....They're gunna be a force to be reckoned with in a few years, especially if they can pay all their guys
We'll see how the season unfolds. I couldn't believe how the Rays smacked around McClellan on Opening Day, but hopefully it was a fluke and he'll bounce back. Montgomery went 6 innings, allowing 3 ER and striking out 5, which isn't outstanding, but I'll take it for his first MLB start (I kept him in AAA for the entirety of 2011). Hochevar dominated the third game, and after a rocky 1st and 2nd innings for Duffy (2 R on 5 hits), he settled down and allowed just one more hit over the next 5 innings to cruise to victory over the Red Sox. I thought I was done for in that game, but Lackey crumbled, Bautista and Cain (seriously!) homered, and I walked away with a huge victory.
All in all, the Royals are insanely fun to play with. If you're interested in trying them out - do I what I did - sim 2011 and start off in 2012, a bunch of their prospects are ready at that point.Comment
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Fictional Franchise
Manage only Mode
Team: New York Mets(13-1)
Game played: Shibe Park
Attendance 28,450(33,000 capacity)
With my Mets(12-1) on an 8 game win streak.....the team moved on to Atlanta(well...Philly really.....the Braves will be playing their home games at Shibe Park for now) to play the second place Braves(9-3).
The Braves got to starter Oliver Curry(2-0) early for 3 runs and then tacked on another in the fourth for a 4-0 lead thanks to leadoff man CFJohnny Couture and 2B Nick Todd. The Mets looked a little sluggish at the plate and Braves pitcher Weaver(0-0) looked sharp.
But the Mets are a stick with it club and clawed out runs in the 6th/7th and 8th to tie it. It took two extra frames to make a winner of the Mets and RP Dominic Gordon(1-0) and give Mets closer Wade Slinger his league leading 7th save.
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Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread
Yeah, it's really insane. I feel very similarly to how you do, I don't like deviating from what is fair or realistic (like, as much as I want Banuelos and Montero from the Yankees, there's no one on the Royals who would honestly get the deal done, as prospect-for-prospect trades are insanely rare), but as long as the deals are reasonable and balanced for each team's needs (in game), I have absolutely no issue with making deals that didn't, or wouldn't, go down IRL (given the team/player's performance IRL). Obviously the two trades I posted wouldn't happen this season in the MLB, but in my "fantasy world" they were really balanced for both teams.
We'll see how the season unfolds. I couldn't believe how the Rays smacked around McClellan on Opening Day, but hopefully it was a fluke and he'll bounce back. Montgomery went 6 innings, allowing 3 ER and striking out 5, which isn't outstanding, but I'll take it for his first MLB start (I kept him in AAA for the entirety of 2011). Hochevar dominated the third game, and after a rocky 1st and 2nd innings for Duffy (2 R on 5 hits), he settled down and allowed just one more hit over the next 5 innings to cruise to victory over the Red Sox. I thought I was done for in that game, but Lackey crumbled, Bautista and Cain (seriously!) homered, and I walked away with a huge victory.
All in all, the Royals are insanely fun to play with. If you're interested in trying them out - do I what I did - sim 2011 and start off in 2012, a bunch of their prospects are ready at that point.
As long as you're havin fun, please continue....I'm already playing with a small-market team in the Pirates and i'm enjoying every minute of it as well...Love their young potent offense and somehow im gettin by with their no-name pitching staff..Unfortunately the Pirates dont have the abundance of minor-league talent like the Royals do and whatever talent i do have, they're in AA and i plan on leavin them there for the rest of the season and see how they progress...I dont like to rush prospects up when they're obviously not ready just to make a splash...All my prospects gotta show they deserve to be promoted and when they do, I would want them to be able to stay in the big leagues instead of shuffling them up and down....As much as im stubborn in keeping my rosters realistic, I've come to the conclusion that I NEED a true ace to anchor my rotation for the playoff fun so I'm scouring the trading block as we speakSteelers | Seminoles | A's | Rockets | Avalanche | Wildcats, Hoosiers | LiverpoolComment
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