2012 Franchise Progress Thread

[weeeeeeez]

Firing up a Royals franchise.

[Unit303]

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Me and a friend are 7-6 on a Detroit franchise and we switch off each player in the game. We are actually struggling sometimes because we have to depend on each other. Cameras are on close batting and pitching views to mimic real life and obviously we need to up some batting sliders and play on veteran batting HOF pitching to be able to do decently. I don't understand why more Show guys do not customize their views to mimic real life.

[raggBAGG]

If it's just power you're looking for....
Blake isn't bad as he's just a replacement.
But if the O's are out of it...Mark Reynolds has some serious pop.

M.K.
Knight165

Yeah I did a "practice trade" where I brought Mark Reynolds in and I really enjoyed playing with him. Plus once Aramis came back it would give me a needed power right bat off the bench. I called up 3B prospect Green to platoon with Izturis for a few weeks to see how that pans out first but most likely I'll go with Reyonlds. Thanks!

[Vince]

Good lord Statlin's glove is awful

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[eF 5ive]

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Firing up a Royals franchise.

Damn royals just beat in the bottom of the 12th with francoeur laying down a bunt with the bases loaded. Fml.

[cooperstwnbound]

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Bout 20 games into my Nationals franchise, playing every game for the first time ever in the show. Currently 9-11 and trailing the NL-leading Dodgers in the 5th.

Picked up Johnny Damon and he has been one of the biggest surprises hitting leadoff for us, sitting at a solid .346 and a .374 OBP with 7 steals.

Harper started the year in the bigs and is off to a very hot start, hitting .369/.425/.615 with 4 HR and 9 RBI and also playing an awesome RF.

Morse is also hitting well with 6 HR and 11 RBI, however the old guard in DC of Ryan Zimmerman (.241/3/12) and Jayson Werth (.254 and 0 HR) have struggles out of the gate.

Rotation has been so-so and led by Jordan Zimmerman (2-0 with a 2.45 ERA). Strasburg has been knocked around and struggled with control in April (1-2, 5.61).

Marlins lead the NL east at 13-7. The Indians have been the biggest surprise story thus far, rolling to a 15-4 start. Jesus Montero is hitting a cool .497 with 5 HR and 14 RBI out in Seattle in the AL.

Will try to keep you guys updated every 10 games or so but I'm having a blast thus far.

[cooperstwnbound]

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Coming off a 3-game sweep of the Padres I forgot to add. Gio Gonzalez going against Kershaw tomorrow in a good Saturday evening matchup.

[JJohnsJR244]

Just won the World Series against the Braves with the Yankees in my franchise.

To be honest, I was very disappointed with the presentation. I was hoping for some improvement over 09/10 and 11, but Vasgersian and Karros/Campbell never once talked about the possibility of the Yankees winning the World Series during Game 5 (I was leading the WS 3-1).

Not a single word. Not even when Rivera was on the mound in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs, nothing. Just the usual "If he gets the save, the win would go to Michael Pineda" crap.

After winning the WS, all you get is a couple of the players running to the mound and celebrating for 5 seconds, then it cuts to the player of the game.

You don't even get to see the Commissioner's Trophy or who won the World Series MVP.

Don't get me wrong, I still love the game and nearly all aspects of it, but the presentation after winning the World Series is something they really need to work on...

I have been saying this for years... It's one of the very few gripes I have with the game. Maybe next year lol

[Clarke_311]

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Was able to acquire SS Billy Hamilton and RF Dominic Brown in two seperated trades. Put both of them in AAA for the rest of the season, might put one or both of them on the big league club next season.

[Marino]

Well I cant get a regular one started so I decided to go the fantasy draft route, and well, I love the team I put together.

LINEUP:
CF Austin Jackson
2B Jemile Weeks
SS Troy Tulowitzki (first pick)
DH Manny Ramirez
1B Freddie Freeman
3B Hanley Ramirez
RF Josh Reddick
C Matt Weiters
LF Gerardo Parra

BENCH:
C David Ross
2B Jerry Hairston Jr
3B Eric Chavez
RF Brian Bogusevic

ROTATION:
Ian Kennedy
Matt Latos
Jon Niese
Blake Beaven
Dallas Braden

BULLPEN:
LRP Michael Kirkman
MRP Javier Lopez
MRP David Hernandez
MRP Andrew Cashner
SU Kenley Jansen
SU Jonny Venters
CL Kevin Rogers (myself)

[WhiteMan22]

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Finally started up my Orioles franchise today. So I played the opening game against the Twins. Took a 5-3 lead into the 9th and of course Jim Johnson blows the save like in real life.

Game ended up going 18 innings until the Twins got hot and scored 3 runs in the top of 18th. Ending using all of my relievers for the game.

What a way to start a season!

[Bengals28]

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13-20 in my Nats 'Chise. Starting to get VERY frustrated with hitting.

[RGmoney]

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Early Cubs Update:

After starting the season dropping 2 of 3 to the visiting Nats, the Cubbies broke out the brooms and swept the visiting Brew Crew 4-0 (7-5, 6-2, 3-1, 2-1), to improve their record to 5-2. Believe I trailed in every game of that series early, but got things going in the middle-to-late innings. This puts them in 1st place (it's early... I know. ) in the NL Central with a 1-game lead over the 4-3 St. Louis Cardinals, who they will play next at their house.

Carlos Marmol is a perfect 4-for-4 in saves opportunities, which ties him with JJ Putz for the NL lead.

Out of the 5 wins, only M. Garza is in the win column when it comes to the starters. The bullpen has been outstanding early in the season notching 4 wins (Wood, Castillo, Mateo, Camp). The Chicago offense has just not been able to manufacture any early run-support for the starting staff. No patience early in the game. lol

B. Lahair leads the team in homeruns with 2. Soriano leads the team in doubles with 3, while T. Campana leads the team in triples with 2. Lahair and DeJesus lead the team in RBI with 5 each.

Cubs are 19th in the MLB in hitting with a .230 batting average (I. Stewart: .240, S. Castro: .222, A. Soriano: .217).

The team ERA at 3.00, ties them from 9th in the MLB with the SF Giants. Garza has the lowest among the starters with a 1.38 ERA. Closer C. Marmol has not allowed a single run in his 4 appearances. The Cubs pitching staff is 5th in the MLB with 55 strikeouts. Dempster leads the team with 13, Garza is 2nd with 12, and reliever L. Castillo is 3rd with 7.

Off to play my old division foe, the St. Louis Cardinals.

[JWaLL]

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13-20 in my Nats 'Chise. Starting to get VERY frustrated with hitting.

Yea me too. I only have Morse hitting over .300 and i just called Harper up 10 games ago and he is doing all right. but i have Zim at .260 Werth at .215

i have lost 7 of 10 after starting out 16-6

[DirkDiggler12]

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DODGERS FRANCHISE
END OF APRIL

18-5
RS-107
RA-78
TEAM BA-.270
TEAM SLG-.422
TEAM ERA-3.06

Dee Gordon- .323 17runs 3(2B) 1(3B) 1(HR) 9(RBI) 13(SB)
Mark Ellis- .237 9runs 3(2B) 3(HR) 21(RBI)
Matt Kemp- .226 8runs 5(2B) 1(3B) 3(HR) 13(RBI) 4(SB)
Andre Either- .338 20runs 7(2B) 4(HR) 10(RBI) 2(SB)
James Loney- .333 16runs 7(2B) 3(3B) 3(HR) 18(RBI)
Juan Rivera- .275 7runs 4(2B) 3(3B) 1(HR) 10(RBI)
Matt Treanor- .258 7runs 2(2B) 1(HR) 4(RBI)
Adam Kennedy- .297 4runs 2(2B) 1(HR) 3(RBI)
Jerry Hairston Jr- .318 6runs 1(2B) 4(RBI)
Tony Gwinn Jr- .238 4(2B) 2(RBI)