2012 Franchise Progress Thread

[ginny]

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Currently 15-8 with the Marlins at the end of April. That leaves me level with the Phillies. The Braves carrying on where they left off last year by going 6-17.

Destroying the ball with Stanton. Currently hitting .333/.368/.789 with 13 home runs and 28 RBIs.

On the pitching side Big Z has been the stand out so far going 4-0. Struggling to get much going with Buehrle and Josh Johnson has yet to record a win (only has 2 losses though).

Really enjoying this and I'm not sure if I'll be able to bring myself to start over when OSFM comes out.

[AUTiger1]

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Through 10 games I've 3-7 with my Blue Jays. I've played all but 3 games (all losses). The only 3 wins I've gotten is from playing the games myself.

[daenius]

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64 games into my Yankees franchise and after a very slow start (4th in the division with 10-17) I finally turned it around with a great run during May and June.

Now 41-23, 1st place AL East. Team Stats:

1st - Team Avg (.284)
1st - Team At-Bats (2311)
1st - Team Hits (657)
1st - Team HRs (96)
1st - Team Slugging Pct (.457)
1st - Total Bases (1055)
1st - Team Assists (654)
2nd - Team ERA (2.93)

Individual Leaders:

Batting Average: A. Rodriguez (.318), R. Cano (.302), M. Teixeira (.290)

Home Runs: M. Teixeira (20 - AL leader), C. Granderson (19), A. Rodriguez (17)

RBIs: M. Teixeira (47 - 2nd in AL), C. Granderson (41), A. Rodriguez (33)

[Chicago Made]

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Spring Training Detroit Tigers Franchise

I started out rough around the edges the first week of the spring going 0-6. Since we have slightly turned things around with a 4-2 week to up our record to 4-8.

This weeks games were
@Hou 1-0 W
vs. NYM 1-4 L
vs. NYM 5-6 L
vs. Bal 7-6 W
@ NYM 3-1 W
vs. STL 3-2 W

Our average leaders are
Miggy .255
Prince .256
Peralta .257
Young .257
Raburn .294

Home Run leaders
Prince Fielder 2
Peralta 1
Miggy 1
Avila 1
Eric Patterson 1

RBI leaders
Peralta 6
Miggy 4
Fielder 3
Avila 3

Other notes is Valverde is perfect in save opportunities 4-4... and Verlander has a 1.80 ERA in 15.0 innings this spring.

[itsmb8]

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I dont have a ps3 YET but when May rolls around with my graduation, im getting a ps3 and mlb 12: the show. As soon as i put that game disc in im starting my brewers dynasty that i will post on here.

[AUTiger1]

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Man I just stole a win from the jaws of defeat against the Rays. Rays vs. Blue Jays in Toronto. James Shields vs. Ricky Romero. A classic pitching duel.

I gave up a solo homerun to Luke Scott in the 2nd inning. 1-0 Rays. In the 3rd inning I gave up another solo jack to Sean Rodriguez. 2-0 Rays. Later in the inning Jeff Keppinger got an RBI single against me. 3-0 Rays.

In the 5th inning after I only had gotten 1 hit against James Shields I hit a solo homerun to straight away center with Brett Lawrie. 3-1 Rays. In the 6th inning I got a leadoff double with J.P. Arencibia. A infield single moved Arencibia to 3rd. So with runners at the corners I hit a line drive fly ball to RF and Arencibia tagged and scored. It was very close. He was just barely safe.

Then the 8th inning came. I got a leadoff double with Kelly Johnson. I then had a very big decision to make. Do I let Arencibia bat or do I send up a pinch-hitter to bunt? I decided against letting Arencibia bat because I have struggled with him so far. *So I send up Tim Hudson to bunt. He lays down a perfect bunt moving Johnson to 3rd. I then never saw this coming. After I got down 0-2 I got a hanging curveball and drilled it to RF for a homerun. 4-3 Jays! Who saw that coming?

I didn't have Sergio Santos ready in the pen so I had to go with Francisco Cordero who was ready and he walked a tight rope. I got B.J. Upton on an easy groundball out to start the inning. Then it got shaky. Sam Fuld pinch-hit and I walked him on 4 pitches. He then stole 2nd. So I've got they got the tying run at 2nd with only 1 out. I then walked Chris Gimenez on 5 pitches. It just seemed like nothing close was being called in those 2 at-bats. I got down 2-0 to Ben Zobrist and then I thought I had done blew it because he drilled one all the way to the wall that Bautista caught just a step short of being a homerun. Then I got a comebacker from Jeff Keppinger to end the game. Jays win.

Man I've only pitched with Cordero for 3 games so far but It's been scary every time including already giving up a game losing homerun. I'm going to think seriously about trying to trade him.

So after 11 games I'm 4-7 but I've won 2 straight and go for the sweep of the Rays next game.

*And just one note about pinch-hitting with Tim Hudson. I'm pretty sure you couldn't use pitchers to pinch-hit on last year's game. At least not in the DH games. I think that's new and if so it's a much needed improvement.

[dickey1331]

Just swept Toronto 7-4, 3-1, 10-3. I'm now 15-7. 4 games in 1st. I have 4 games against Tampa Bay next.


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[Mercury53]

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Just picked the game up and boy, I am not a fan of pulse pitching. Seeing that circle dance around can be distracting. Anyway, gonna be starting up my Mariners again after winning the WS last year in 2011. I will certainly be making moves to improve the team. Maybe a pitcher and some hitters like a Jason Kubel. Dunno, look forward to getting underway.

[BestServedCold]

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Using the 60 hour roster edit, TNT sliders, and the Washington Nationals.

My lineup vs. RHP

1. Brett Gardner (silly Yankees didn't need him)
2. Ian Desmond
3. Mike Morse
4. Ryan Zimmerman
5. Travis Hafner (traded LaRoche, Lannan, and some prospects)
6. Jayson Werth
7. Jason Kipnis (in the Hafner trade)
8. Matt Weiters (traded some A prospects)


Pitching rotation

1. Steven Strasbourg
2. Hiroki Kuroda (Yankees trade)
3. Gio Gonzalez
4. Jordan Zimmerman
5. Edwin Jackson

Bench
2B Danny Espinosa
RF Bryce Harper (it can't hurt in this game)
C Wilson Ramos
2B Steve Lombardozzi
LF Endy Chavez (why are you giving me that look?)

[dickey1331]

Just swept Tampa Bay 3-2, 6-1, 8-1, 7-6. Next series is against Minnesota.


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[thesystemx12]

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I did a sim up to 2014 and traded Mike Minor, Freddie Freeman, and an A potential, but F rated, 21 year old catcher for Carlos Santana.
The year prior I traded Jair Jurrjens for Mike Adams, Chris Getz, and Leonys Martin. I dont know if the one with the Indians will work out as I want, Santana is struggling.

[Mercury53]

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Using the 60 hour roster edit, TNT sliders, and the Washington Nationals.

My lineup vs. RHP

1. Brett Gardner (silly Yankees didn't need him)
2. Ian Desmond
3. Mike Morse
4. Ryan Zimmerman
5. Travis Hafner (traded LaRoche, Lannan, and some prospects)
6. Jayson Werth
7. Jason Kipnis (in the Hafner trade)
8. Matt Weiters (traded some A prospects)


Pitching rotation

1. Steven Strasbourg
2. Hiroki Kuroda (Yankees trade)
3. Gio Gonzalez
4. Jordan Zimmerman
5. Edwin Jackson

Bench
2B Danny Espinosa
RF Bryce Harper (it can't hurt in this game)
C Wilson Ramos
2B Steve Lombardozzi
LF Endy Chavez (why are you giving me that look?)

Seems like a lot o people are getting Gardner. I can't stand him personally, but I guess the Yankees feel the same way. I wouldn't think they would ever trade him IRL.

[37]

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Seems like a lot o people are getting Gardner. I can't stand him personally, but I guess the Yankees feel the same way. I wouldn't think they would ever trade him IRL.

im pretty sure they would....Gardner is nowhere near an untouchable

[Jm0ney2001]

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22-32 with my twins. We continue to struggle to get to .500. Signed johnny damon was the only move I made in may.

[mjh91]

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11-21 with the Cubs. I've lost six games in a row. Man, I'm really struggling. I know we don't have the greatest offense, but this is just ridiculous. I can only seem to hit with a few guys. Starlin Castro is hitting .190 so far.

I'm currently looking to package Alfonso Soriano and Randy Wells hopefully for a good bullpen arm, or someone who can consistently hit the ball!