2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

[BlueJays09]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

My franchise is going well, but I was wondering if anyone here is good at making banners. I am not that good with computer programs like Photoshop, etc. and I would like a banner with the Jays logo with a Canadian theme/background. If anyone is creative and has the skills/time to make one for me it would be greatly appreciated. You can message here, or on my dynasty thread (link in sig below), or PM me.

Thanks guys!

[BoomerHB52]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

Just a quick update on my Angels franchise (will provide more stats and updates later)

- I made two trades: 2B Howie Kendrick (he was stinking BIG TIME.. in 20 games = 10 errors, batting .080 with no HR and just 1 RBI) for Cardinals 2B prospect Kolten Wong (guess I got a steal there). Wong was placed inmediately in the MLB roster and is on the starting lineup.

- Also traded 3B Alberto Callaspo (also was growing on me.. 15 errors through 20 games) to the Phillies for 3B Michael Young.

Planning on trading lefty specialist Sean Burnett (22.50 ERA in 12.0 IP)

Edit: Just traded Sean Burnett to the Red Sox for Andrew Miller.

[stlducks]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

Just finished season one with the Braves, it ended in true heartbreaking fashion. I simmed the last week of the season and ended up losing the NL East to Washington by half a game, but snagged the wildcard which set up a game vs LA dodgers in the playoffs.

In the wildcard playoff game I was down 3-2 in the bottom of the 8th and Justin Upton hit a solo shot to tie it up. In the 9th Kimbrel gave up 2 hits. The third batter broke his bat on an inside pitch and the ball rolled down the line, no play anywhere so the bases were loaded. I struck out the next two batters to bring up Matt Kemp. Worked him to a full count and threw a fastball on the corner, which was in the zone, but with the variable strike zone umpire it was called a ball and I walked in the winning run. Still hurts

Heyward really broke out hitting .281 with 38 homers

That's awesome, I am sure you don't think it is and I feel bad for you that you lost, but thats just how great this game is. You play a whole season and it comes down to 1 pitch and the call just didn't go your way.

As a Braves fan I am sure you should be used to that in Wild Card games (Cardinal fan here)

[stlducks]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

[quote=BoomerHB52;2044996093]Just a quick update on my Angels franchise (will provide more stats and updates later)

- I made two trades: 2B Howie Kendrick (he was stinking BIG TIME.. in 20 games = 10 errors, batting .080 with no HR and just 1 RBI) for Cardinals 2B prospect Kolten Wong (guess I got a steal there). Wong was placed inmediately in the MLB roster and is on the starting lineup.

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Your trade with the Cards is interesting, I am sure in real life they would never do it but for video game purposes it makes sense both ways.

I am playing as the Cardinals in my first year, 32 games in I am 16-16 and sitting 3 games back of the Reds. I was 4 games in first before a terrible 3-10 stretch.
Beltran has 11 home runs and is hitting just over .300 so far as my leading hitter, Shelby Miller is 4-0 with a 2.1 ERA.

Roster moves: Released Boggs, brought up Martinez for bulllpen help. Sent Shane Robinson down to AAA and picked up Rick Ankiel on waivers, needed a guy I can put in for Holiday late in games for Defense and Ankiel is perfect for that. Also wanted to bring him back and try getting him a ring.

Best thing about the season is that the Cubs are already 13 games back

[JWaLL]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

Just finished season one with the Braves, it ended in true heartbreaking fashion. I simmed the last week of the season and ended up losing the NL East to Washington by half a game, but snagged the wildcard which set up a game vs LA dodgers in the playoffs.

may i ask how this is possible? If both teams play the same amount of games it should be a whole number

[stlducks]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

may i ask how this is possible? If both teams play the same amount of games it should be a whole number

My guess is the Nats had a rainout and didn't play it because they already won the division(if thats possible in this game?)

[BoomerHB52]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

[quote=stlducks;2044996168]

Just a quick update on my Angels franchise (will provide more stats and updates later)

- I made two trades: 2B Howie Kendrick (he was stinking BIG TIME.. in 20 games = 10 errors, batting .080 with no HR and just 1 RBI) for Cardinals 2B prospect Kolten Wong (guess I got a steal there). Wong was placed inmediately in the MLB roster and is on the starting lineup.

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Your trade with the Cards is interesting, I am sure in real life they would never do it but for video game purposes it makes sense both ways.

The Cardinals took like 5-6 days to think about it lol. It usually takes around one or 2 days so I guess it was really a tough choice for them! lol

[redsoxfan25]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

I loaded up my franchise today and it reverted back to April 25th. It sucks because I'm up to date, I was about to play today's game, May 8th against the Twins. I also follow the transactions thread and stay up to date with that (only doing players who get released, DFA'd or signed).

In a way it's good because I get Ortiz back lol but I'm still pretty ticked. At least I didn't lose the whole season. That happened to me in MLB 11, I was at the end of April and my franchise file, gone.

Anything like this happen to anyone?

[BoomerHB52]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

END OF THE MONTH STATS (APRIL):

First month of the season has ended. The Angels sit on top of the hill leading the AL West with a record of 21 - 6. It has been a very good month, as the Angels ranks in the top 5 in every offensive category right now, and the pitching in the top 10. Angels also have been busy, signing FA Brian Wilson and making 3 trades in the first month (traded Howie Kendrick to Cardinals for Kolten Wong; traded Alberto Callaspo to Phillies for Michael Young; traded LHP Sean Burnett to Red Sox for Andrew Miller). The MVP's of the team in the first month are Albert Pujols in offense and in pitching C.J. Wilson & Ryan Madson.

Here are the statistics of the players in the first month:
<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"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="15" bgcolor="#CE0F41">2013 Los Angeles Angels Stats - Hitting</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="23%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="5%">AB</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">2B</td><td align="right" width="5%">3B</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="6%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="5%">SB</td><td align="right" width="5%">CS</td><td align="right" width="7%">BA</td><td align="right" width="7%">OBP</td><td align="right" width="7%">SLG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mike Trout</td><td align="right">110</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.327</td><td align="right">.350</td><td align="right">.536</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Michael Young</td><td align="right">99</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.354</td><td align="right">.385</td><td align="right">.566</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Albert Pujols</td><td align="right">114</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">43</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.377</td><td align="right">.424</td><td align="right">.588</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Josh Hamilton</td><td align="right">100</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.300</td><td align="right">.352</td><td align="right">.480</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mark Trumbo</td><td align="right">111</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.270</td><td align="right">.325</td><td align="right">.468</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chris Iannetta</td><td align="right">77</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.354</td><td align="right">.430</td><td align="right">.571</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Erick Aybar</td><td align="right">103</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">.311</td><td align="right">.363</td><td align="right">.427</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kolten Wong</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.294</td><td align="right">.333</td><td align="right">.412</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Peter Bourjos</td><td align="right">79</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">.278</td><td align="right">.333</td><td align="right">.456</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="16" bgcolor="#CE0F41">2013 Los Angeles Angels Stats - Pitching</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="22%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="4%">GP</td><td align="right" width="4%">GS</td><td align="right" width="4%">W</td><td align="right" width="4%">L</td><td align="right" width="5%">SV</td><td align="right" width="5%">QS</td><td align="right" width="6%">HLD</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">ER</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="8%">WHIP</td><td align="right" width="6%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jered Weaver</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">41.0</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">1.29</td><td align="right">2.63</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>C.J. Wilson</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">43.0</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">1.00</td><td align="right">2.72</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Joe Blanton</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">33.2</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">1.43</td><td align="right">3.21</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jason Vargas</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">29.1</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1.42</td><td align="right">5.52</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tommy Hanson</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">35.2</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">0.95</td><td align="right">1.15</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jerome Williams</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">8.2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1.32</td><td align="right">4.15</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Scott Downs</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1.44</td><td align="right">3.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andrew Miller</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">13.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">1.15</td><td align="right">2.77</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kevin Jepsen</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">13.1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1.05</td><td align="right">0.65</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ernesto Frieri</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">11.2</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">1.29</td><td align="right">3.86</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brian Wilson </td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8.2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0.46</td><td align="right">2.08</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ryan Madson</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">12.2</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1.11</td><td align="right">2.84</td></tr></tbody></table>

Standings (May 1st)

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W

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L

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GB

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RS

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RA

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21

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6

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-

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156

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120

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17

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12

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5.0

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109

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114

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12

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16

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9.5

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104

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107

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11

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16

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10.0

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139

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134

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8

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19

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13.0

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83

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150

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[HozAndMoose]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

Reds beat A's in the 2013 WS. Didnt feel like going through all my stats and playoff crap after how my season ended.

[Octovon]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

Just finished my first season of my Jays' franchise with a 100-62 record. I simmed most of the last two months and the team went on a few decent win streaks, including a crazy 15-game win streak to end September. Encarnacion led the team with 52-homers and 159 RBI (I didn't notice this until the final game of the season and he came to bat), Bautista was close behind with 48 homers and just over 100 RBI. Bryce Harper led the NL with 49 homers and around 130 RBI. Jays will face the Cleveland Indians in the division series after beating Baltimore in the Wild Card elimination game.

I think I'll play through the playoffs and off-season to get a better handle on the contract aspect of the game before starting a new franchise. The past few days I've been tempted to play a new Jays franchise without using the DH and making use of more of the classic stadiums as part of an oldschool kind of theme to the franchise.

[HozAndMoose]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

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2014 - pittsburgh pirates - spring training update

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Will 2014 be the year? 21 straight years under .500. 2 new pitchers. The first position player since 2000 to go straight to the majors. Will he make an immediate impact? This team has the talent to go .500. But will they make it? Only one way to find out.

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[cystar]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

I'm trying to decide who to start a franchise with.
Rays
Royals
Athletics
Mets
Cubs
Giants

[TGov]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

I just finished up my first year with the Red Sox...
I played 1 game a series but occasionally played 2, I simmed the game inbetween...

2013 Stats:
Ellsbury - .326 AVG 13 HR 77 RBI 107 R 67 SB (151 Games, Leads Batting title)
Victorino - .295 AVG 11 HR 55 RBI 67 R 28 SB (split time during 2nd half, 123 Games)
Pedroia - .273 AVG 18 HR 81 RBI 81 R 11 SB (145 Games)
Ortiz - .253 AVG 24 HR 85 RBI 58 R (Was injured for all of April, 129 Games)
Napoli - .297 AVG 22 HR 60 RBI 45 R (Was injured for 2-3 months, 87 Games)
Saltalamacchia - .288 AVG 25 HR 73 RBI 74 R (126 Games)
Middlebrooks - .275 AVG 22 HR 64 RBI 67 R (139 Games)
Bradley Jr. - .244 AVG 3 HR 36 RBI 34 R 15 SB (Struggled in Majors, 96 Games)
Gomes - .312 AVG 15 HR 54 RBI 39 R (Started mid-season, 93 Games)
Nava - .278 AVG 7 HR 42 RBI 57 R (Split time all season, 110 Games)
Iglesias - .293 AVG 7 HR 37 RBI 51 R (Iggy forced Drew out-of-town, 108 Games)
Ross - .269 AVG 7 HR 22 RBI 17 R (47 Games)
Ciriaco - .282 AVG 2 HR 40 RBI 42 R 16 SB (I think the CPU loves this guy lol, 107 Games)
Carp - .263 AVG 6 HR 16 RBI 23 R (Up & Down all year, 52 Games)

Lester - 19-3 3.85 ERA 183 SO 212.2 IP 1.26 WHIP (Behind Buchholz in Cy Young voting)
Buchholz - 21-7 3.40 ERA 175 SO 225 IP 1.15 WHIP (Leads Cy Young voting)
Dempster - 11-11 4.45 ERA 133 SO 178 IP 1.36 WHIP
Doubront - 7-10 5.18 ERA 153 SO 154.2 IP 1.59 WHIP (Amazingly bumped up to an A potential)
Lackey - 12-9 3.83 ERA 98 SO 164.1 IP 1.37 WHIP
Hanrahan - 0-5 54 SV 2.39 ERA 73 SO 60.1 IP 1.06 WHIP (Leads Reliever Award voting)
Bailey - 3-3 20 HLD 4.20 ERA 59 SO 64.1 IP 1.23 WHIP
Uehara - 1-0 26 HLD 2.73 ERA 48 SO 59.1 IP 0.93 WHIP (Declined terribly but was money all year)
Tazawa - 8-5 14 HLD 4.90 ERA 60 SO 68 IP 1.16 WHIP (You'd like he started, had a tough season debut)
Breslow - 3-5 12 HLD 3.88 ERA 54 SO 60.1 IP 1.38 WHIP
Miller - 1-3 16 HLD 2.89 ERA 54 SO 56 IP 1.09 WHIP
Bard - 0-0 4.30 ERA 24 SO 23 IP 1.09 WHIP (Up & Down all year, stuck at the end)
Wilson - 0-1 4.96 ERA 11 SO 16.1 IP 1.53 WHIP (Tough debut, straighten out at the end)
Webster - 2-0 2.66 ERA 15 SO 20.1 IP 1.23 WHIP (5 Games, 3 Games Started)
Mortensen - 0-0 3.86 ERA 18 SO 16.1 IP 1.29 (Demoted to minors after April, pitched well in Sept.)

September Callups
Brentz - .360 AVG 2 HR 7 RBI 3 R in 10 Games
Holt - .222 AVG 0 HR 2 RBI 1 R in 11 Games
Lavarnway (got injured mid-Septemeber) - .417 AVG 0 HR 1 RBI 1 R in 4 Games (12 AB)
Kalish - 0/4 (.000 AVG) 0 HR 1 RBI 1 R
Hassan - .300 AVG 0 HR 2 RBI 1 R in 7 Games
Henry - .091 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI 1 R in 7 Games
Vazquez - 2/4(.500 AVG) 0 HR 0 RBI 0 R in 5 Games
De la Rosa - 1-0 3.38 ERA 17 SO 16 IP 1.44 WHIP (4 Games, 2 Games Started)
Wright - 0-0 16.20 ERA 2 SO 1.2 IP 2.40 WHIP (Pitched well in 2nd appearance, number don't show that)
Rosenthal (acquired from Cardinals) - 1-0 1.93 ERA 8 SO 9.1 IP 1.18 WHIP
Britton - 1-0 0.00 ERA 1 SO 1.1 IP 0.75 WHIP (2 Games)

Minor League Notes: (sorry no stats)

• Anthony Ranuado bumped up to an A potential after very well in AA and even better in AAA
• Henry Owens pitched dreadfully, he went down to a C potential
• Brandon Workman pitched admirably, he'll start in AAA in 2014
• Matt Barnes struggled in AA but after being promoted to AAA he pitched great!
• Ty Buttrey struggled through a long season between AA and A...
• Noe Ramirez pitched "eh" decent but bad at the end which brought him from a B potential to a devastating D!
• Brian Johnson had a great year, even made an appearance in AAA
• Pat Light pitch ok in AA
• Chris Hernandez split time in AAA and AA overall pitching decent
• Pedro Beato and Chris Carpenter had fantastic years in AAA
• Xander Bogaerts played nicely, I just expected more out of him...
• Maier, Sutton, Brentz and Hassan had fantastic years in AAA
• Vazquez, Marrero and Shaw has great years in AA
• Peter Hissey bumped up to a B potential

Last note, Prince Fielder leads the league with 54 HR, 161 RBI and has a .321 AVG, 5 points behind Jacoby Ellsbury (.326 AVG) HA! No Triple Crown for you Prince...

[stlducks]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

I'm trying to decide who to start a franchise with.
Rays
Royals
Athletics
Mets
Cubs
Giants

I really like the Mets or A's depending if you want AL or NL. Mets have a very tough division but I like the pieces they have to work with and you get Wright.