2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

[kmoser]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

I was thinking of adding some of the free agents still available.
Dallas Braden (or possibly even Kyle Lohse), one middle reliever and a set up guy/closer (K Rod?) plus maybe Grady Sizemore.

Yeah they would fit. I like sizemore and I think he could help.

[danzy678]

Started a franchise with the royals, ver fun so far! Won the first game 4-1 and lost the second game with Ervin Santana having a bad start losing that game 7-3. I will play the rubber game tomorrow and keep updating in this thread!

[DallasRocks]

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Wow just lost 4 in a row with my Halos after bumping hitting to all star and on the verge of losing a fifth in a row when in the 9th inning down 5-4 with 2 outs I pinch hit Vernon Wells and first pitch... Boom 2 run walk off. It felt great, I had been struggling adjusting to all star hitting and this Win gave me some confidence. I'm now 20-12 with a 4 game lead

[3fiddy]

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3 user Cardinals , tigers, and Redsox.

Redsox are kicking off their series against the Twins. Boston has a 29-3 record heading into the game. The twins are at .500 The 4 starters this series for Minnesota are Zach Greinke , Johnny Cueto , James McDonald , and Jason Hammel. He's prepared to be fooled lol. RedSox are starting Tim Lincecum and all the back ups today at home.

Jon jay .382 18 sb
Mike trout 379 10hr 23 sb
Albert Pujols 302 5 hrs
Mike olt 372 10 HR
Ian Desmond 387 6 HR
Erik aybar 211 1 HR
Kurt clutch 382 3 HR
Juan Pierre 280 7 sb
Carlos Gomez 4 HR 8 sb

Yasmani grandal 408 9 HR
Dan uggla 339 11 HR
Ryan Zimmerman 390 10 HR
Jason heyward 2o HR 457

The cardinals are frantically waiting their first game against the Chicago Cubs in Wrigley field !!! I havnt seen wrigley yet been saving it for this !!!

[dingleberryfinn]

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My Marlins season is a miserable 4-28.
I wonder should I pack it in & reboot the season.

[kmoser]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

My Marlins season is a miserable 4-28.
I wonder should I pack it in & reboot the season.

Or don't give up and go into complete rebuild mode.

[geisterhome]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

I was thinking of adding some of the free agents still available.
Dallas Braden (or possibly even Kyle Lohse), one middle reliever and a set up guy/closer (K Rod?) plus maybe Grady Sizemore.

Yeah they would fit. I like sizemore and I think he could help.

I ran a test and Lohse regressed to 80 by the end of the regular season. So by that time he will be most probably be worse than Braden, who as well has a probably 3 more good years left after that. So I guess Braden is the better choice with the current regression system in The Show. That's also why I don't consider Roy Oswald an option, he is 35 and will lose around 15 points over the season..
Bobby Jenks could be my middle reliever due to his age of 31.
K Rod as my set up man/closer. Brian Wilson would another option but would he be willing to be the set up guy on a team like the Marlins in real life?
Grade Sizemore is the best option for the Outfield as he is still kind of young and wont start regressing any time soon. For the infield I could sign Freddy Sanchez but his ratings will decline by around 15 points over the year since he is 35 or Ryan Theriot who will keep his ratings for the first year at least. That would only provide me with some bench depth however as those guys aren't/won't be much better than what the Marlins have already.

[kc2135]

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Or don't give up and go into complete rebuild mode.

agreed,tear it down

[jfinger2013]

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So pissed first game of the reg season with my new look cubs made a nice amount of trades to get younger and better at the same time Jeff smarzadija goes 5 scoreless innings and then gives up a one run Homer in the 6th. Cubs up 4-1. He threw 11 strikeouts also I play on allstar

I Bring in my middle relief guy for the 7th he gets 3 easy outs Set up guy in the 8th 3 easy outs.

Now its bottom of the ninth cubs have 9 hits to the Pirates 4 the score is still 4-1 Cubs
I traded closer Marmol to the Marlin's for their 26yr old closer Steve Chisk or something like dat because was younger better and more cap friendly. He only has a sinker changeup and a slider. I figured that might be a problem cus ima big fastball guy.
1st at bat is a base hit. 2nd at bat double 3rd at bat base hit n one run scores. The score is now 4-2 I'm like please enter let my closer blow dis. Next at bat a out. 5th at bat 3 pitch walkoff HOMERUN 3 men score and my Cubs lose in the 9th 5-4 So Weak. Just like the f***ing Cubs I was so heated. Loo anyone got a good trade I could make for a power bitter. I have a lot of good players but no one I can trust for 20homeruns. After that game I signed Jim Thome with the hope maybe he can fill that role

[kmoser]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

I ran a test and Lohse regressed to 80 by the end of the regular season. So by that time he will be most probably be worse than Braden, who as well has a probably 3 more good years left after that. So I guess Braden is the better choice with the current regression system in The Show. That's also why I don't consider Roy Oswald an option, he is 35 and will lose around 15 points over the season..
Bobby Jenks could be my middle reliever due to his age of 31.
K Rod as my set up man/closer. Brian Wilson would another option but would he be willing to be the set up guy on a team like the Marlins in real life?
Grade Sizemore is the best option for the Outfield as he is still kind of young and wont start regressing any time soon. For the infield I could sign Freddy Sanchez but his ratings will decline by around 15 points over the year since he is 35 or Ryan Theriot who will keep his ratings for the first year at least. That would only provide me with some bench depth however as those guys aren't/won't be much better than what the Marlins have already.

I am really starting to not like the progression/regression system. I think it takes too many points over the season. I believe the 15 point take away shouldn't start until the age of 37 or so.

[Threeebs]

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I am really starting to not like the progression/regression system. I think it takes too many points over the season. I believe the 15 point take away shouldn't start until the age of 37 or so.

This is something developers know is flawed and more than likely will be fixed in a patch.

[kmoser]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

This is something developers know is flawed and more than likely will be fixed in a patch.

Good, it needs to be fixed. This is the only "bug" that bothers me a lot.

[ktd1976]

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This is something developers know is flawed and more than likely will be fixed in a patch.

They have stated that the in-season progression/regression is NOT flawed, and is working as intended. The flaw lies in the progression/regression happening in Spring Training, which should be fixed in a title update.

The regression that happens during the season won't be patched.

[Threeebs]

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Good, it needs to be fixed. This is the only "bug" that bothers me a lot.

Yah, I read on the bug report site regarding this paticular issue that they believe they have found the problem as they were penalzing regression stage players in two areas, rather than just one. Pretty much hurting them double. That fully explains it to me...

[Threeebs]

Re: 2013 Franchise/Season Progress Thread

They have stated that the in-season progression/regression is NOT flawed, and is working as intended. The flaw lies in the progression/regression happening in Spring Training, which should be fixed in a title update.

The regression that happens during the season won't be patched.

You're absolutely right. I forgot to mention Spring Training. Thanks for clearing that up.