A Help Pick A Team Thread

[3fiddy]

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Looking to play a 162 game franchise with a team (no simming). Here is what I'm looking for: a team that has a good chance at making the playoffs, but is not the prohibitive favorite in their division. Either a nice stadium and/or good looking uniforms.

Here are teams I will not consider: Braves, Yankees, Rays, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Indians, Phillies, Cardinals.

Help?

Just speaking on part of the stadiums. The phillies stadium gets better every time I play there. Dull at first but the more you look around the more detail you find.

Plus
I seen an article yesterday ab how you can walk above the opposing teams bullpen and apparently Philly fans talk jive all day to the pitchers. Kinda neat

[TomahawkChop]

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Thanks for the replies. I think I've narrowed it down to the A's and Royals. Here's my thought process at the moment:

Royals: Pretty well balanced. Not dominant pitching, not dominant hitting, but both are good. Cool uniforms, great stadium. It's obviously going to be hard to compete against the Tigers, but I can definitely compete with the Indians, Twins, and White Sox. Hopefully I'd have a shot at the wild card.

A's: Very good pitching, pretty good hitting. Great uniforms. I don't hate the stadium, but it's not my favorite. I like the team, but I'm worried about getting beaten up by the Rangers and Angels.

Not sure who I'm going with yet.

[hawks223]

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Nationals are pretty fun to play with. Twins are my main team, and when I get sick of grinding with them I'll play a few games in my Nats chise an just steam roll everyone.

[Pesan915]

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Hey fellas, I need your help! I'm waiting for V2 rosters to drop and start my franchise. I'm planning on creating my RTTS player with same rating and either plug him at CF or 3B. This should be fun it will keep me more entertained and also I won't be creating a beast either, just same ratings as my RTTS player. So here are the team and positions that will fit me best with each teams.

AL
Angels (3B), Seattle (CF) Red Sox (CF) and move Ellsbury to RF or play (3B) and move Middlebrooks to 1B.

NL
Braves (3B), Marlins (CF)

Thanks for the help fellas.

[hawks223]

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Hey fellas, I need your help! I'm waiting for V2 rosters to drop and start my franchise. I'm planning on creating my RTTS player with same rating and either plug him at CF or 3B. This should be fun it will keep me more entertained and also I won't be creating a beast either, just same ratings as my RTTS player. So here are the team and positions that will fit me best with each teams.

AL
Angels (3B), Seattle (CF) Red Sox (CF) and move Ellsbury to RF or play (3B) and move Middlebrooks to 1B.

NL
Braves (3B), Marlins (CF)

Thanks for the help fellas.

Out of the teams you list, I'd take the Braves. They need a good young 3rd basemen, and are pretty much set everywhere else for a pretty long time.

[Pesan915]

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Out of the teams you list, I'd take the Braves. They need a good young 3rd basemen, and are pretty much set everywhere else for a pretty long time.

Yeah I wouldnt mind the Braves. Seattle is pretty nice too, they have good pitching prospects and on offense I can build the team around my player.

[geisterhome]

Thanks for the replies. I think I've narrowed it down to the A's and Royals. Here's my thought process at the moment:

Royals: Pretty well balanced. Not dominant pitching, not dominant hitting, but both are good. Cool uniforms, great stadium. It's obviously going to be hard to compete against the Tigers, but I can definitely compete with the Indians, Twins, and White Sox. Hopefully I'd have a shot at the wild card.

A's: Very good pitching, pretty good hitting. Great uniforms. I don't hate the stadium, but it's not my favorite. I like the team, but I'm worried about getting beaten up by the Rangers and Angels.

Not sure who I'm going with yet.

for me it was btwn the royals and Indians. in the end I went with the royals. as someone who was never following them in real life nor playing with them I'm still having a bit trouble to differentiate the francours, moustakas, gordons and hosmers on their roster but it'll for sure get better with time lol.

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[DoTheLongo]

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Go with the Jays if you are still deciding. You have talent throughout the team, good uniforms, and a DH which you can't with the Braves.

[geisterhome]

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What do you guys think abt the Orioles?

Seems not many are using them... I believe the could be fun in franchise mode, anything is possible for that franchise and they are playing in a competitive division.

[Royal Black]

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What do you guys think abt the Orioles?

Seems not many are using them... I believe the could be fun in franchise mode, anything is possible for that franchise and they are playing in a competitive division.

O's have good talent and AL east is interesting to play in. Gotta love Camden Yards too. I went with Texas. They have a solid squad all around and good prospects. Yu Darvish is fun to use and I do well with Beltre and Cruz. AJ and Berkman are doing well for me too.

[BoomerHB52]

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Arizona Diamondbacks! I ove their uni's, their stadium is quite nice, they're not amazing but could def be a contender! Hands down my pick!

The Diamondbacks have a very good and young rotation. You can have McCarthy, Kennedy, Miley, Corbin and Hudson in your rotation PLUS you can use Skkags (don't remember if its typed like this), Delgado and maybe Trevor Cahill as trading chips.

In the offense, Eaton is very good. Prado and Montero are both clutch hitters (well they have helped me in some games). Willie Bloomquist is like the perfect utiliy guy because he plays literally all positions except pitcher and catcher, and you have Cliff Pennington too.

I'm loving so far my franchise with the DBacks. Everyone is young and has great potential.

[geisterhome]

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for me it was btwn the royals and Indians. in the end I went with the royals. as someone who was never following them in real life nor playing with them I'm still having a bit trouble to differentiate the francours, moustakas, gordons and hosmers on their roster but it'll for sure get better with time lol.

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What I kind of dislike about my Royals franchise is the lack of real superstar players on the Royals roster. James Shields is good and Billy Butler is a good DH, but there is nobody really who is going to win the MVP, Batting/HR title or Cy Young any time soon. Well maybe Shields has a outsider chance... Anyways battles for such awards are always adding some element for me when I'm playing franchise mode. But nothing like that is going to happen with my Royals guys.

[Braves Fan]

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I'm telling you fantasy draft is the way to go if you are worried about making moves your real life counterpart won't make. If you do a fantasy draft you don't have to worry about it, all the players are jumbled up anyway. It also gives you the ability to build a roster from scratch.

[COMMISSIONERHBK9]

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hey guys i didnt see this thread but i am am infamous year end and year out dont know what to be in franchise. i have restarted so many times its crazy. i also want to do a full 162 game season. as long as i been playing baseball games,i have never been able to finish a whole season due to me either messing with rosters or messing with music. help me pick a team for franchise. so far i try dodgers,mets,yanks 2 times,braves and red sox. so it can be those teams lol. i would love to hear your opinion. i am doing franchise mode but i am only play one season.

[StrongIsland666]

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im a big believer in fantasy but didnt like the fact players r all over the place. Soo as a mets fan i decided to run with the Blue Jays.

Let me start off by saying man they got a great team(i got my reyes back) and his durability in this game is great lol u cant beat this lineup in 2 games i have like 5-6 hrs and with some trading on my pitching staff i got a legit contender...not gonna lie there stadium is growing on me i like the turf alot.
Check this team out n there cap room is a plus