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**cooperstwnbound** · 07-23-2012, 07:22 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Also I'm playing the Marlins right now at their park, I took the opener and there's been 3 lead changes in the second game but I think I'm gonna drop this one.

Strasburg vs. Johnson in the rubber coming up.

Love this game.

**LowerWolf** · 07-23-2012, 11:41 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

I've completed July. Time for a major update:

<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="425"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="6"><span style="color:#FFF">MLB Standings - Updated: Aug 1, 2012</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL EAST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Yankees</td><td align="right">64</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right" class="active">-</td><td align="right">503</td><td align="right">391</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Red Sox</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right">42</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">494</td><td align="right">418</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rays</td><td align="right">47</td><td align="right">57</td><td align="right" class="active">17.5</td><td align="right">464</td><td align="right">469</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Blue Jays</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right" class="active">22.5</td><td align="right">428</td><td align="right">485</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Orioles</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right" class="active">33.5</td><td align="right">376</td><td align="right">524</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL CENTRAL</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tigers</td><td align="right">68</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right" class="active">-</td><td align="right">514</td><td align="right">419</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Indians</td><td align="right">54</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right" class="active">13</td><td align="right">404</td><td align="right">436</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Twins</td><td align="right">54</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right" class="active">13</td><td align="right">442</td><td align="right">416</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Royals</td><td align="right">44</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right" class="active">23</td><td align="right">383</td><td align="right">434</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>White Sox</td><td align="right">42</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right" class="active">25</td><td align="right">395</td><td align="right">507</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">AL WEST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Angels</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right">43</td><td align="right" class="active">-</td><td align="right">521</td><td align="right">415</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rangers</td><td align="right">56</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">423</td><td align="right">356</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mariners</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">55</td><td align="right" class="active">11</td><td align="right">448</td><td align="right">471</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Athletics</td><td align="right">48</td><td align="right">55</td><td align="right" class="active">12.5</td><td align="right">423</td><td align="right">456</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL EAST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Braves (me)</td><td align="right">60</td><td align="right">43</td><td align="right" class="active">-</td><td align="right">438</td><td align="right">402</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Phillies</td><td align="right">57</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">425</td><td align="right">379</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nationals</td><td align="right">56</td><td align="right">47</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">436</td><td align="right">390</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Marlins</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right" class="active">8.5</td><td align="right">404</td><td align="right">400</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mets</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right" class="active">8.5</td><td align="right">410</td><td align="right">423</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL CENTRAL</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cardinals</td><td align="right">57</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right" class="active">-</td><td align="right">420</td><td align="right">417</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pirates</td><td align="right">55</td><td align="right">48</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">408</td><td align="right">372</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brewers</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">399</td><td align="right">389</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Reds</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right" class="active">12.5</td><td align="right">367</td><td align="right">418</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Astros</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">64</td><td align="right" class="active">17</td><td align="right">344</td><td align="right">416</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Cubs</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">65</td><td align="right" class="active">19</td><td align="right">365</td><td align="right">466</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="45%">NL WEST</td><td align="right" width="11%">W</td><td align="right" width="11%">L</td><td align="right" width="11%">GB</td><td align="right" width="11%">RS</td><td align="right" width="11%">RA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Diamondbacks</td><td align="right">58</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right" class="active">-</td><td align="right">415</td><td align="right">366</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dodgers</td><td align="right">55</td><td align="right">50</td><td align="right" class="active">3.5</td><td align="right">382</td><td align="right">371</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Padres</td><td align="right">53</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right" class="active">5.5</td><td align="right">388</td><td align="right">418</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rockies</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">50</td><td align="right" class="active">5.5</td><td align="right">432</td><td align="right">419</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Giants</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right">54</td><td align="right" class="active">8.5</td><td align="right">358</td><td align="right">366</td></tr></table></body></html>

July trades:

July 3
Indians acquire: Scott Rolen
Reds acquire: Lonnie Chisenall

July 6
Indians acquire: Antoan Richardson
Orioles acquire: Jason Donald

July 8
Tigers acquire: Faustino de los Santos and Bartolo Colon
A's acquire: Jacob Turner

July 10
Rangers acquire: Carlos Lee
Astros acquire: Leonys Martin and Mitch Moreland

July 12
Rangers acquire: Alfonso Soriano
Cubs acquire: David Murphy

July 14
Red Sox acquire: Ichiro Suzuki
Mariners acquire: Lars Anderson

July 16
Marlins acquire: Brooks Conrad
Brewers acquire: Matt Dominguez and Brad Hand

Diamondbacks acquire: Todd Helton
Mets acquire: Paul Goldschmidt

July 18
Padres acquire: Wandy Rodriguez
Astros acquire: Jesus Guzman

July 22
Dodgers acquire: Rod Barajas
Pirates acquire: Tim Federowicz

July 24
Braves acquire: Jed Lowrie, Fernando Rodriquez and Kyle Weiland
Astors acquire: Tyler Pastornicky, Henderson Alvarez and Adam Russell

July 26
Yankees acquire: Tsuyoshi Nishioka
Twins acquire: Dellin Betances and Austin Romine

July 27
Tigers acquire: Jason Grilli
Pirates acquire: Andy Oliver

Padres acquire: AJ Pierzynski
White Sox acquire: Andrew Cashner and Nick Hundley

July 28
Marlins acquire: Guillermo Mota and Eli Whiteside
Giants acquire: Bryan Petersen and Wade LeBlanc

July 29
Indians acquire: Seth Smith
A's acquire: Carlos Carrasco

July 30
Indians acquire: Francisco Cordero
Blue Jays acquire: Joe Smith

July 31
Twins acquire: Aubrey Huff
Giants acquire: Dellin Betances

Dodgers acquire: Matt Thornton
White Sox acquire: Jerry Sands

Twins acquire: Marco Scutaro
Rockies acquire: Joe Benson

**Armor and Sword** · 07-24-2012, 06:34 AM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Lot's of trades in my franchise. Major update coming tonight. I am in August. The Marlins are in 2nd in the East but a full 10 games out of first. We are sitting 2 games out of the wild card with 4 teams tied for the spot ahead of us. We are currently in a 3 game set vs one of those teams in the Dodgers. Cole Hamels has struggled in his last 2 starts going 0-2 and giving up 10 runs in 11 innings!

Logan Morrison is still leading the NL in batting.

Statistical update coming very soon along with player movement recap.

**Timmy458** · 07-24-2012, 11:33 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Just got the game today and started a franchise with the Nationals. Played first game against the Cubs and won 8-1. Some of the notable highlights were Michael Morse hit 2 home runs 1 of them being a inside the park after the right fielder dived and missed so it rolled to the wall. Strasburg went 5.1 innings and had 7 K's, and Harper had a poor game only getting 1 hit.

**Majingir** · 07-25-2012, 01:59 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

It seems like all my arbitration or contract renewal guys never accept contracts. Even if the offer I make, has their interest bar at the max.

Don't understand how I lost arbitration when the player was asking for 11M and he posted ERA above 5.00 the season before!

Reasons like that are why I'm now 2M over budget so I can barely make moves.

How can you see how much cap space other teams have, cause seems like every deal I make, unless the other team loses salary, they won't want my guy. Even if I did some random deal like offering them Granderson for a F potential minor league guy

**sportswizard1983** · 07-25-2012, 04:55 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

At the end of the reg. season, I'm 124-38 with a team batting average of .309

Here are my main lineup's stats so far:

1. 2B Brian Roberts - .315 AVG/19 HR/69 RBI - game hit streak
.337 vs RHP and .222 vs LHP.
.321 Home/.309 Road

2. SS J.J. Hardy - .344 AVG/34 HR/109 RBI - game hit streak
.345 vs RHP and .339 vs LHP
.358 Home/.332 Road

3. RF Nick Markakis - .280 AVG/17 HR/85 RBI - 4 game hit streak
.302 vs RHP/.208 vs LHP
.255 Home/.306 Road

4. LF John Cena - .325 AVG/47 HR/111 RBI - 2 game hit streak
.314 vs RHP/.353 vs LHP
.324 Home/>327 Road

5. C Matt Wieters - .277 AVG/13 HR/52 RBI - 2 game hit streak
.292 vs RHP/.143 vs LHP
.279 Home/.277 Road

6. 3B David Wright - .314 AVG/28 HR/79 RBI - game hit streak
.306 vs RHP/.338 vs LHP
.335 Home/.295 Road

7. DH Chipper Jones - .298 AVG/15 HR/72 RBI - game hit streak
.285 vs RHP/.333 vs LHP
.327 Home/.266 Road

8. 1B Travis Hafner - .292 AVG/27 HR/92 RBI - game hit streak
.296 vs RHP/.285 vs LHP
.305 Home/.280 Road

9. CF David Pyle(myself) - .400 AVG/59 HR/143 RBI - 46 game hit streak
.393 vs RHP/.418 vs LHP
.408 Home/.392 Road

Other notables:

Robert Andino - .339 AVG/5 HR/29 RBI - 2 game hit streak
.329 vs RHP/.331 vs LHP
.374 Home/.308 Road

Nick Swisher - .266 AVG/25 HR/54 RBI - game hit streak
.287 vs RHP/.229 vs LHP
.271 Home/.261 Road

Ronny Paulino - .314 AVG/3 HR/23 RBI - game hit streak
.317 vs RHP/.315 vs LHP

Russell Martin - .246 AVG/8 HR/39 RBI - game hit streak
.245 vs RHP/.250 vs LHP
.232 Home/.259 Road

Chris Davis - .257 AVG/8 HR/23 RBI - game hit streak
.253 vs RHP/.267 vs LHP
.231 Home/.281 Road

My rotation:

1. Jason Hammel 17-5 3.94ERA 132SO .265 vs RHB/.284 vs LHB

2. Tsuyoshi Wada 5-2 4.05ERA 50SO .264 vs RHB/.252 vs LHB

3. Dylan Bundy 12-2 3.47ERA 90SO .250 vs RHB/.280 vs LHB

4. Wei Yin Chen 19-2 3.36ERA 109SO .271 vs RHB/.260 vs LHB

5. Carlos Zambrano 16-6 3.29ERA 140SO .268 vs RHB/.247 vs LHB

Vincente Padilla 7-2 3.10ERA 61SO .298 vs RHB/.193 vs LHB
Troy Patton 5-2 3.99ERA 24SO .184 vs RHB/.417 vs LHB
Robinson Tejeda 3SV 1-0 1.84ERA 50SO .157 vs RHB/.235 vs LHB
Jim Johnson 57SV 2-3 4.28ERA 36SO .293 vs RHB/.261 vs LHB

Pyle(myself) finished the season leading the AL in batting average(.400), hits(252), 2nd in RBI(143; Fielder-157), runs(142), slug %(.784), ops(1.215), HR(59), SB(62).

Pyle won AL Rookie of the Year, MVP, Silver Slugger, Hank Aaron Award, and Gold Glove for CF.

Johnson won AL Delivery Man of the Year.

Chen won AL Cy Young.

My Orioles' team rankings are:

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Final Team Statistics:

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League Leaders:

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<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_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C4C" colspan="6"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">MLB League Leaders - Updated: Oct 4, 2012</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="2" width="42%">Batting Average</td><td align="center" width="8%">AVG</td><td colspan="2" width="42%">Hits</td><td align="center" width="8%">H</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" rowspan="5" valign="top" width="10%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/mlb/BAL.png"></td><td>1. David Pyle</td><td align="center">.400</td><td align="center" rowspan="5" valign="top" width="10%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/mlb/BAL.png"></td><td>1. David Pyle</td><td align="center">252</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>2. J.J Hardy</td><td align="center">.345</td><td>2. Jacoby Ellsbury</td><td align="center">223</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>3. Miguel Cabrera</td><td align="center">.328</td><td>3. John Cena</td><td align="center">214</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>4. Jacoby Elsbury</td><td align="center">.326</td><td>4. Miguel Cabrera</td><td align="center">204</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>5. David Murphy</td><td align="center">.325</td><td>5. Adrian Gonzalez</td><td align="center">196</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="2" width="42%">Home Runs</td><td align="center" width="8%">HR</td><td colspan="2" width="42%">Doubles</td><td align="center" width="8%">2B</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" rowspan="5" valign="top" width="10%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/mlb/BAL.png"></td><td>1. David Pyle</td><td align="center">59</td><td align="center" rowspan="5" valign="top" width="10%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/mlb/BOS.png"></td><td>1. Jacoby Ellsbury</td><td align="center">54</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>2. Prince Fielder</td><td align="center">54</td><td>2. David Pyle</td><td align="center">47</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>3. Mike Napoli</td><td align="center">47</td><td>3. Josh Hamilton</td><td align="center">46</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>4. John Cena</td><td align="center">47</td><td>4. Ichiro</td><td align="center">46</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>5. Miguel Cabrera</td><td align="center">46</td><td>5. Nick Markakis</td><td align="center">43</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="2" width="42%">Wins</td><td align="center" width="8%">W</td><td colspan="2" width="42%">Saves</td><td align="center" width="8%">SV</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" rowspan="5" valign="top" width="10%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/mlb/BOS.png"></td><td>1. Josh Beckett</td><td align="center">21</td><td align="center" rowspan="5" valign="top" width="10%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/mlb/BAL.png"></td><td>1. Jim Johnson</td><td align="center">57</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>2. Wei-Yin Chen</td><td align="center">19</td><td>2. J.J. Putz</td><td align="center">55</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>3. Justin Verlander</td><td align="center">19</td><td>3. Jose Valverde</td><td align="center">49</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>4. Doug Fister</td><td align="center">18</td><td>4. Sergio Santos</td><td align="center">46</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>5. Jason Hammel</td><td align="center">17</td><td>5. Joakim Soria</td><td align="center">46</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="2" width="42%">Innings Pitched</td><td align="center" width="8%">IP</td><td colspan="2" width="42%">Strikeouts</td><td align="center" width="8%">K</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" rowspan="5" valign="top" width="10%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/mlb/DET.png"></td><td>1. Justin Verlander</td><td align="center">231.2</td><td align="center" rowspan="5" valign="top" width="10%"><img src="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/images/logos/mlb/DET.png"></td><td>1. Justin Verlander</td><td align="center">261</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>2. Josh Beckett</td><td align="center">230.0</td><td>2. Chris Sale</td><td align="center">232</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>3. Michael Pineda</td><td align="center">227.1</td><td>3. Josh Beckett</td><td align="center">225</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>4. Derek Holland</td><td align="center">227.0</td><td>4. Aaron Crow</td><td align="center">223</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>5. Carlos Zambrano</td><td align="center">226.1</td><td>5. Michael Pineda</td><td align="center">221</td></tr></table></body></html>

I was 57-15 against my division, 67-14 at home and 57-24 on the road.

The final division standings:

AL East
ORIOLES 124-38
*Red Sox 94-68 (30.0)
Blue Jays 87-75 (37.0)
Yankees 78-84 (46.0)
Rays 78-84 (46.0)

AL Central
Tigers 90-72
Indians 77-85 (13.0)
Royals 71-91 (19.0)
White Sox 69-93 (21.0)
Twins 68-94 (22.0)

AL West
Rangers 102-60
Athletics 74-88 (28.0)
Angels 71-91 (31.0)
Mariners 54-108 (48.0)

NL East
Phillies 97-65
Mets 85-77 (12.0)
Marlins 70-92 (27.0)
Braves 67-95 (30.0)
Nationals 66-96 (31.0)

NL Central
Cardinals 94-68
*Reds 93-69 (1.0)
Brewers 86-76 (8.0)
Pirates 79-83 (15.0)
Astros 75-87 (19.0)
Cubs 65-97 (29.0)

NL West
Giants 101-61
Diamondbacks 90-72 (11.0)
Rockies 80-82 (21.0)
Padres 76-86 (25.0)
Dodgers 69-93 (32.0)

*Wild Card

**lek** · 07-26-2012, 01:40 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Geez that has to be the best Os team of all time. Are you playing out the games? I am struggling to get to 500 although I suck at the game (even after playing god knows how many games), and more or less only pitch when I don't sim

**yanksrule3** · 07-26-2012, 02:43 PM

My friend simulated a season.he was rebuilding the royals and in like 2015 he weeny 140-22

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**Majingir** · 07-26-2012, 04:37 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Originally posted by sportswizard1983

4. LF John Cena - .325 AVG/47 HR/111 RBI - 2 game hit streak
.314 vs RHP/.353 vs LHP
.324 Home/>327 Road

lol. You should be 161-1 if Cena is on your team.

**Podevijn22** · 07-26-2012, 04:39 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Any improvements for this team?
P Halladay
C Mauer
1B Pujols
2B Cano
SS Reyes
3B Beltre
RF Bautista
CF Kenp
LF Braun
DH (Who should I buy?)

**lek** · 07-26-2012, 04:57 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Is it fun to play with that kind of team? For me I don't think there would be much of a point. Who's your number two Hamels? As to your question why not create a Babe Ruth or just add Fielder maybe Ortiz if you want a real Dh.

**payton425** · 07-26-2012, 07:35 PM

I said screw it with the issues I have with the game and roll with a no patch mlb the show...I have decided go play legend mode, timed hitting, meter pitching, analog fielding, default guess pitch. Found some nice 40 man rosters with equip, pitch and skill edits. Very impressed with them!

I play 14 game seasons and only 3 inning games with the mariners...well my first game I won in 6 innings 1-0...montero had an rbi double off the green monster for the only run of the game. Felix went the distance...enjoyed it!

**sportswizard1983** · 07-26-2012, 07:49 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Originally posted by lek

Geez that has to be the best Os team of all time. Are you playing out the games? I am struggling to get to 500 although I suck at the game (even after playing god knows how many games), and more or less only pitch when I don't sim

I played out every game except for like the last month. When I started simming the games in Sept, I was like 85-95 wins and 32 losses at the time.

Originally posted by Majingir

lol. You should be 161-1 if Cena is on your team.

Lol. Yeah, I probably should've been.

Originally posted by lek

Is it fun to play with that kind of team? For me I don't think there would be much of a point. Who's your number two Hamels? As to your question why not create a Babe Ruth or just add Fielder maybe Ortiz if you want a real Dh.

Yes, it is fun to play with that kind of team.

**DannyLeslie** · 07-26-2012, 08:40 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Ok guys im new here at OS but I thought I would tell ya a little about my franchise with Seattle. Note that force trades are NOT on, ignore budget is OFF as well so this franchise is legit 110%. Also I am not very far into the year, maybe 11 or 12 games in.

Record 10-2

Ive made plenty of moves in this franchise, the biggest had to be moving my 1st Baseman Justin Smoak and 3rd Baseman Kyle Seager to the Yankees to get back Michael Pineda. I also got Nick Swisher in that deal but Swisher is no longer with us. That was to solidify the rotation. Ichiro is also gone and the starting right fielder is now Torri Hunter who is batting .360 with 2 home runs, 7 rbi's and 0 strikeouts. Some more players I brought in were Cole Hamels, Josh Beckett, Madison Bumgarner (No longer with my team) The Mets starting Center Fielder I forgot his name haha. Alex Gonzolez is here as well. Now most of you will say oh I have force trade on but I dont. Seattle's Triple A and Double A teams are stacked with prospects who I have traded away in order to win.

Starting Pitching Rotation

1. Felix Hernandez 2-0 23 K's in 3 starts
2. Cole Hamels 1-0 8 K's in 2 starts
3. Josh Beckett 1-0 7 K's in 1 start
4. Michael Pineda 0-1 14 K's in 1 start
5. Danny Hultzen 1-0 9 K's in 1 start

One of my relievers (Tom Willhelmson) is 2-0 in his Middle Reliver role right now and another reliever (Geroge Sherrill) is 1-0. My rookie closer (Stephen Pryor) is 4 for 4 in save opprotunities and did some non save work when I was up 6-0 for one inning.

Starting Lineup

1. Dustin Ackley 2nd Baseman
2. Alex Gonzalez Shortstop
3. Jesus Montero Catcher
4. Mike Zunino 1st Baseman
5. Torri Hunter Right Fielder
6. Mark Reynolds 3rd Baseman
7. Kirk Nieuwenhuis Center Fielder
8. Aubry Huff Left Fielder
9. Carlos Pegero Designated Hitter

I think I have made a pretty good roster with Seattle. Winning games finally after years of struggle haha. I think I am a couple moves away from really taking this team to the next level.

Moves that are possible

Trade Alex Gonzalez
Trade Aubry Huff
Trade Torri Hunter for a young right fielder

If anyone has advice or comments id love to hear them!

**jaybird2585** · 07-26-2012, 10:38 PM

Re: 2012 Franchise Progress Thread

Just wondering if you guys could answer a few ?s for me. This is my first year w/ The Show and franchise mode is the only reason I play. Me being someone who likes to have the most realistic feel to the season as possible, i'm going to wait until the post trade deadline rosters come out, but still I hate how the CPU makes ridiculous trades. Just wanted to know what settings you guys have for your Franchise as far as the CPU roster control, if you control all 30 teams, forces trades, etc. I go with the Brewers, so I'll willingly tank this season but I want to avoid the outrageous trades without the hassle of having to resign all 50+ players for each team after each season. Any help?

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