2012 Franchise Progress Thread

[37]

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I need help picking a team to start a franchise with. Originally I was going to do one with the Cardinals and trade a lot of the veterans to rebuild, but the more I think about it the less I like it. So which team should I play with. I kind of want to rebuild a team that has a decent farm system and some players to trade away for more prospects. Any suggestions?

Pirates would be a nice choice

[cardinal511]

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What prospects do the Pirates have and what are their potentials?

[37]

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What prospects do the Pirates have and what are their potentials?

Taillon((RHP), Cole (LHP), Marte (CF), Bell (RF) are their top 4 prospects and are all A's

[cardinal511]

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Alright thanks I might try the Pirates

[Helios12787]

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Currently sitting atop the NL East in my Braves Franchise

Currently 22-12 with the Phillies trailing close behind by 1.5 games.


McCann is flat crushing the ball with Uggla having his usual discipline woes early on.

Hudson is leading one of the best starting rotations in the game with the only weak point being Brandon Beachy.

Pastronicky is having a solid rookie season so far batting .274 with 1 homerun and 6 RBIs and is looking to hold the starting SS spot until Simmons arrives.

[Noles4ever]

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Dodgers Franchise

The Dodgers home opening series did not end the way it hoped, losing 2 out of 3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Clayton Kershaw had a rough start before settling in but it was to late as the Pirates scored 4 on Kershaw, The dodgers had 12 hits but only able to score on a Matt Kemp & Andre Ethier solo homeruns. A.J. Burnett threw a 9 inning complete game shut out in the rubber match, getting a 2nd inning triple from Clint Barmes when Andre Ethier tired making a game inning driving catch. The Dodgers will host the 5-2 San Diego Padres.

Series Highlights

Dodgers l

Matt Kemp : 4/11 (.363) l 2 HR l 3 RBI

Pirates l

Clint Barmes : 2/9 (.222) l 1 3B l 2 RBI l 1 BB

Score Recap l

Game #1 : Pirates ; 0 @ Dodgers ; 3
Win : Capuano (W, 1-0) / Loss : McDonald (L, 0-1)

Game #2 : Pirates ; 5 @ Dodgers ; 2
Win : Karstens (W, 1-0) / Loss : Kershaw (L, 0-2) / Save : Hanrahan (S, 1)

Game #3 : Pirates ; 3 @ Dodgers ; 0
Win : Burnett (W, 1-1) / Loss : Billingsley (L, 0-2)

[Howie5]

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Just started my season (82 games) with the Sox...which will turn into a franchise. Just won the first series 2-1 at home vs the Rays. WOW...won the first 2-1 in a pitchers duel between Lester & Price. Won the second game 20-4...8 HRs, absolutely ridiculous. The next day? Get shut out 4-0!
Baseball...anyways, by far the best I've ever hit in the Show followed up by a 5 hit shutout by Hellickson. Crawford is off to a bad start...

[statdude]

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I Present to you the 2015 Oakland A's playing in their new stadium, American Greens Field!!!!!

C: Derek Norris
1B: Ike Davis
2B: Jemile Weeks
3B: Mike Olt
SS: Grant Green
LF: Michael Taylor
CF: Yoenis Cespedes
RF: Michael Choice
DH: Josh Reddick

Bench:
SS Jason Bartlet
C Anthony Recker
CF Jorge Soler
1B Chris Carter

Rotation:
LHP Matt Moore
RHP AJ Cole
RHP Aaron Crow
RHP Jarrod Parker
LHP Tommy Milone

Bullpen:
LR Nestor Molina
MR Joe Thatcher
MR Fautino De Los Santos
MR Addison Reed
SU Mark Melancon
SU Burke Badenhopper
CL Matt Capps

The lat three years I've had 79, 77, 79 wins and hopin to break through. It's been the Rangers division for the last three years with SP's Stephen Strasburg, Yu Darvish, and Ian Kennedy

[sink4ever]

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What prospects do the Pirates have and what are their potentials?

Taillon((RHP), Cole (LHP), Marte (CF), Bell (RF) are their top 4 prospects and are all A's

I believe Cole is a RHP. I'm doing a franchise with them and they also have quite a few solid 'B' pitchers (Allie, Cain, Heredia, Kingham). Plus there's C Tony Sanchez (B and not too far away), 1B Alex Dickerson (B), and CF Robbie Grossman (B).

[ckarlic]

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After having to restart my Yankees franchise due to the freezing issue, I am now 9-2. Before my restart, I was 7-4. I used sportscast manager to get me to April 15th and I played 3 games last night and won all 3. The Red Sox are hot on my tail only 1 game behind. Hoping to keep the streak going.

[MrPolo7]

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Ok guys I need your help...

Should I start a franchise with KC or Baltimore?

[Mercury53]

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Ok guys I need your help...

Should I start a franchise with KC or Baltimore?

I try to play with Royals, I really do, but their stadium just lacks the atmosphere that it has in real life. I would do Baltimore for the added challenge of being in the AL East.

Tonight Tonight: Felix Hernandez takes the hill verse Jered Weaver, as the first place Seattle Mariners battle second place Los Angeles.

[BenGerman]

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Ben's Phillies Franchise

Record:

16-16
2.0 games behind Miami Marlins
3rd place behind the Nationals and Marlins

Notes:

• I just got Ryan Howard back in the middle of May. It couldn't have come at a better time either, as my team was 27th in the league in terms of runs per game, 28th in HR's hit, and 21st in Batting Average.
• Polanco is hitting .339, with 2 HR's, and 8 RBI's. He started the year hitting mostly in the 6 hole, put has moved into the 2 hole.
• Pence has hit 5 HR's on the year, all solo.
• Mayberry has gotten off to a slow start, hitting .237. He does have 5 HR's however.
• Pierre is hitting .246, but has an OBP of .312
• Halladay has an ERA of 3.03, Lee 1.74, and Hamels 1.67
• Pablebon leads the league in saves with 10, but just blew his first save in the 31st game of the season.
• Worley was throwing a no-hitter against the Cubs until the 6th inning. He struck out 12, and threw 8 innings of shutout ball only to have his team lose 2-1.

[h2oPr00f]

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Mets update: I am 8-8, and all the W's were courtesy of the games i simmed.

I noticed my hitting issues propped up when i got my new TV. there seems some sort of "ghosting" in the game, that i can not seem to fix. and i believe that is what is screwing with my hitting timing. I am trying to stick with it, as the game is just too good.

Wright and Murph are off to TERRIBLE starts, both struggling to hit .200! Duda, Tejada, and Nieuwenhuis are carrying what little offense i have so far.

[MrPolo7]

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I decided to go with B-More...first off I decided to just create a test one, because this is my first franchise with 12...the only thing I've seen that worries me is, after simming a ways in, guys like Robinson Cano, Jeremy Hellickson, James Shields, on most of the teams in the league were on the trading block. Should I just not worry about it, or what are some "rules" you guys use for the CPU's block?