2012 Franchise Progress Thread

[Kentucky_Gentleman]

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Hit a walk-off homer with Adam LaRoche in the home opener against Cincinnati! Now 5-2 on the year.

[Dienerbird55]

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Opened up my first series of the season against the Rays with my "Budget Yankees". Ended up losing all 3, but they were all 1 run games. Lost on a suicide squeeze, an error on a play at the plate, and a bad 4th inning. SO far Russell Martin is my best hitter, but other than one solo homer, he's a singles hitter. Brandon Laird is my 3rd Baseman, and he can't catch a friggin break. I swear, every ball he hits is either right at someone, or the fielder makes an outstanding play.

[alias2191]

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Currently up to today's date with the mets. We're 41-32 and in first place. I've only made a couple minor moves to pick up mike Aviles Sean Rodriguez and wade Davis. My teams biggest surprise has been Daniel Murphy who leads the nl with a 345 avg. Too bad he's on the DL. Also wade Davis and Johan Santana are on the DL but since all of them or the 15 day list we should be able to keep our heads above water

[lek]

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Just wanted to thank everyone for posting their Franchises on this thread I love to read what others are doing. I wanted to contribute but am not sure if this is the correct thread so wanted to ask if I can post my franchise updates using 2011 and fictional rosters from the vault? I am on year two with the White Sox. Let me know if members are interested and if this is the correct location I will post. Thanks everyone.

[jknott10]

Just wanted to thank everyone for posting their Franchises on this thread I love to read what others are doing. I wanted to contribute but am not sure if this is the correct thread so wanted to ask if I can post my franchise updates using 2011 and fictional rosters from the vault? I am on year two with the White Sox. Let me know if members are interested and if this is the correct location I will post. Thanks everyone.

I don't see why you couldn't post here. You will be talking about the progression with your franchise, and that's what this thread is for. I say go for it


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[lek]

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Okay well I will start with a recap of 2011. If interesting I will add 2012 Sox preview.


2012 Chicago White Sox

Everything seemed to go wrong in 2011. Our rotation failed to meet expectations and our lineup under produced. By July 1st we were sitting eight games out of the wild card race and twelve behind the first place Royals. It was a difficult decision but we decided we would attempt to ship off some of our aging players and build organizational depth. Essentially what we were looking for was power arms and a combination of plate discipline and speed.

2011 Trades:

Chicago sends Florida 2B Kevin Terry, LF Kurt Sanders and RP Tim Harris. Chicago obtains SP Alex Lopez, CF Orlando Perez and RP Mario Garcia.

This was our biggest move of 2011 and was a difficult one to pull the trigger on. Terry is 28 and has the ability to be a top second baseman in this league. Our scouts rate him as A potential. Sanders is 28 and already a top producer capable of putting up +30 HR a year. Harris is a crafty left handed veteran out of the bullpen and was acquired to help Florida in their playoff push.
The key to the deal for us was Lopez. The hope is that he will develop into a lefty ace. Although not a hard thrower he has tremendous movement on the ball. Perez has speed and is an above average fielder that we hope will develop into our future leadoff hitter. Garcia is 28 and we believe will be a vital part of our bullpen for years to come.

(Looking back this is the kind of trade that costs GM’s their jobs. Sanders turned into a real star and now anchors the Florida lineup while Lopez has been nothing short of terrible for us. Luckily Garcia has exceeded expectations but we traded a star in Sanders for him).

Chicago sends Juan Mesa LHP and Cliff Riggs 1B, DH to Atlanta for Steve Pierce.

Once we decided we were out of it in 2011 this was an easy call. Mesa is reliable but 32 and the 31 year old Riggs was expendable. Both were useful down the stretch for Atlanta. Pierce is raw but he throws hard and we hope will develop into a two or at worst number three starter.

Chicago sends Pedro Mendez SP, Dave Rodgers RF and William Hickman 3B to Arizona for 3B Benny “the Hawk” Nakamura.

Benny is the type of player we look for. He has tremendous plate discipline is an above average fielder and hits from both sides of the plate. Mendez and Rodgers helped Arizona’s playoff push. Hickman was hard to give up. He is only 26 and has the ability to develop into a future producer. However, we reasoned that at best he can develop into a player of Nakamura’s ability.

[camel]

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I have thoroughly enjoyed the fictional rosters the past two years, so it's really neat to see you post this! Keep the updates coming!

[Blzer]

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Heh, well this was a heartbreaker of a loss.

[sportswizard1983]

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Here's the latest:

7/6 - Traded CF Adam Jones and Polanco to NYM for 3B David Wright/Traded Mike Gonzalez to NYM for Frank Francisco

At the All*Star break, I'm 66-19 with a team batting average of .307

Here are my main lineup's stats so far:

1. 2B Brian Roberts - .335 AVG/11 HR/34 RBI
.344 vs RHP and .296 vs LHP.

2. SS J.J. Hardy - .326 AVG/20 HR/60 RBI
.325 vs RHP and .333 vs LHP.

3. RF Nick Markakis - .281 AVG/9 HR/42 RBI
.314 vs RHP/.198 vs LHP

4. LF John Cena - .315 AVG/18 HR/54 RBI
.304 vs RHP/.354 vs LHP

5. C Matt Wieters - .336 AVG/9 HR/32 RBI
.365 vs RHP/.095 vs LHP

6. DH David Wright - .284 AVG/15 HR/38 RBI - 7 game hit streak
.254 vs RHP/.361 vs LHP

7. 3B Mark Reynolds - .265 AVG/24 HR/56 RBI - 3 game hit streak
.258 vs RHP/.280 vs LHP

8. 1B Travis Hafner - .269 AVG/15 HR/42 RBI
.272 vs RHP/.262 vs LHP

9. CF David Pyle(myself) - .404 AVG/30 HR/65 RBI - 5 game hit streak
.366 vs RHP/.495 vs LHP

Other notables:

Ronny Paulino - .336 AVG/2 HR/15 RBI
.386 vs RHP/.297 vs LHP

Robert Andino - .358 AVG/2 HR/15 RBI
.429 vs RHP/.329 vs LHP


My rotation:

1. Jason Hammel 9-1 4.04ERA 64SO

2. Josh Tomlin 9-1 3.98ERA 59SO

3. Dylan Bundy 4-0 5.10ERA 33SO

4. Wei Yin Chen 9-0 2.82ERA 51SO

5. Carlos Zambrano 9-4 3.25ERA 69SO

Robinson Tejeda 1-0 1.66ERA 28SO
Jim Johnson 34SV 0-2 3.21ERA 18SO

Pyle(myself) is leading the AL in batting average(.404), hits(138), runs(73), slug %(.763), ops(1.202), 2nd in HR(30-P. Fielder w/31), 2nd in SB(38-leader is Coco Crisp-43).


I'm also the top person in the MVP, Silver Slugger, Rookie of the Year and the Hank Aaron award categories so far this season. I'm also the top vote getter in AL CF with 835k votes as well as overall vote getter. The next top vote getter is Adrian Gonzalez with 666k votes.

My closer, Jim Johnson has 34 saves so far and is leading the AL. Johnson is also the top person in the Delivery Man of the Year Award so far.

Wei Yin Chen is leading the AL in walks allowed with 3 and Jason Hammel is in 2nd with 8. Chen is also leading the AL in WHIP with 1.05

Carlos Zambrano is tied for 1st in CG w/ 4.


My Orioles' team rankings are:

Batting Average - 1st(.307)
At-Bats - 1st(3216)
Runs - 2nd(467)
Hits - 1st(988)
Doubles - 4th(173)
Triples - T-6th(16)
HR - 1st(149)
RBI - 3rd(452)
SB - 1st(88)
Caught Stealing - 30th(37)
SB AVG - 24th(.704)
BB - 30th(57) - I'm too much of a free swinger to allow more walks. I think most of these are intentional walks
Strikeouts - 30th(831) - Again, too much of a free swinger
Slugging % - 1st(.510)
On Base % - 16th(.321)
Total Bases - 1st(1640)
Plate Appearances - 20th(3309)
GIDP - T-28th(73)
Assists - 1st(938)
Put Outs - 2nd(2386)
Errors - T-19th(51)
Fielding % - 13th(.985)
ERA - 16th(3.80)
CG - T-7th(8)
Shutouts - T-8th(6)
Saves - 1st(37)
Blown Saves - T-18th(13)
Hits Allowed - 29th(861)
Runs Allowed - 16th(357)
Earned Runs - T-18th(336)
HR Allowed - T-18th(93)
BB Allowed - 1st(76)
K - T-29th(524)
Win % - 1st(.776)


I'm 23-9 against my division to this point, 35-7 at home and 31-12 on the road.

The divisions look like this at this point:

AL East
ORIOLES 66-19
Red Sox 54-31 (12.0)
Blue Jays 47-38 (19.0)
Yankees 45-40 (21.0)
Rays 39-47 (27.5)

AL Central
Tigers 47-40
White Sox 39-46 (7.0)
Indians 38-47 (8.0)
Royals 35-50 (11.0)
Twins 33-52 (13.0)

AL West
Rangers 50-35
Athletics 41-44 (9.0)
Angels 39-47 (11.5)
Mariners 28-59 (23.0)

NL East
Phillies 52-35
Mets 48-38 (3.5)
Braves 39-47 (12.5)
Marlins 39-47 (12.5)
Nationals 36-49 (15.0)

NL Central
Cardinals 50-36
Reds 48-38 (2.0)
Astros 41-45 (9.0)
Brewers 39-46 (10.5)
Cubs 35-51 (15.0)
Pirates 33-52 (16.5)

NL West
Rockies 52-33
Giants 52-34 (0.5)
Diamondbacks 50-35 (2.0)
Padres 36-51 (17.0)
Dodgers 34-53 (19.0)

[lek]

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I have thoroughly enjoyed the fictional rosters the past two years, so it's really neat to see you post this! Keep the updates coming!

Thanks, I hope it makes for at least somewhat interesting reading. I love the rosters. I usually make small changes to appearance of players as I play teams. Kind of makes the league my own. They did amazing work on these rosters.

[Kratcha0914]

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I'd pump one up and in on John Cena.

[rymflaherty]

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I have about a week left in my season and it figures......It looks like I'm going to wind up second in the Wild Card race with my Red Sox.

I guess it's a testament to the game and how much I love it that it doesn't bother me too much......but it is a bit of a bummer knowing that actually should be a playoff spot. Maybe it'll be best if Cleveland passes me for that spot and I wind up 3rd. lol

I'm on pace for 91 wins, but New York, Detroit, LA and Texas are all set to make the playoffs and have all been very good.

[BenGerman]

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Bengerman's Phillies Franchise (Year Three)

Trade Deadline Update

Notes:

• After a scorching hot start, the Phillies have lost 13 of their last 20 games, and 7 of their last 10.
• The closest contender is Washington, who has quietly put together a very strong season. Atlanta is also hanging in there, and just took 3 out of the last 4 games in a series against the Phils.
• The Marlins (9.5 games back) have won 8 of there last 10, but its hard for me to believe they have the pitching to be any kind of threat.
• The Nats aquired: Phil Hughes, Jordan Zimmerman (traded to the Diamonbacks for Aaron Hill, Trevor Cahill in my first year), and Carlos Quentin.
• The Braves aquired: Aramis Ramirez, James McDonald, and dumped an oft injured Dan Uggla.
• The Phillies aquired: Alexi Ogando. I traded Texas a hot hitting Ian Stewart who has hit 48 HR's over the last two and a half years. He seems to be getting most of his PT in the outfield and in the DH role.
• The Phillies are: 6th in BA (.271), 5th in runs scored (514), 16th in HR's (112), and 27th in Stolen Bases (58).
• I called up Tyson Gillies (fastest player on my entire roster) and have been giving him some spot starts and pinch running him in hopes to give my team some speed. He hast no power, but is getting on base at a decent clip so far (.316 OBP).
• The Phillies are: 1st in K's (942) and 2nd in ERA (3.19).
• Right now, I have four starting pitchers with an ERA of below 4.00. Trevor May sits right above that with a 4.09 ERA.
• If it comes down to it, I wouldn't be scared to replace May with Ogando who certainly has the stuff to be a starter. He has been dominant in his relief role (2.06 ERA, .96 WHIP).
• Michael Young leads the NL in BA (.327), Morse in HR's (24) and RBI (74), Rollins in SB's (16).
• Worley leads starters in ERA (2.22), and WHIP (1.08).

[JJFurr29]

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In a new franchise I started.. With Miami I swear I can't get it right..
Don't know how to get money it's 2018 and teams have 700-800 million while we have 12 million, barely.. Loans are only temporary fixes.. We were around .500 for the first 4 years and the talent really started to show in AA AAA.. But then suddenly it went south with a 63-99 and a 59-103..
My current lineup in MLB is-

SS- Jose Reyes
CF- Emilio Bonifacio
3B- Hanley Ramirez
RF- Giancarlo Stanton
LF- LoMo
1B- Jason Heyward
2B- Omar Infante
C- John Buck

[LowerWolf]

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I cannot pitch with Venters.

Crazy game at Fenway. Fall behind 5-0 in the first two innings. McCann hits a three-run shot and Freeman a two-run blast to tie it at 5 in the 4th. Heyward puts me ahead with a solo shot in the fifth. Red Sox get two in the sixth, but McCann gets another two-run homer and Heyward another solo homer in the 7th to give me a 9-7 lead.

I bring Venters in in the 8th. Three hits - including an Ortiz homer - and three walks later, I'm behind 12-9. Wind up losing by that score.

Venters is now 1-1 with a 6.90 ERA on the season.