MLB2K11 Franchise Progress

[BSUFAN]

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Started my new 2011 franchise playing ( 162 games ) the Cardinals, I traded Adam Wainwright because he's hurt and out for the season anyway to the Rangers for Nelson Cruz. Lost first game 2-1 but came back today with a 7-2 victory so I am 1-1 for the new season, u got to love baseball !!!!!

Note: Colby Rasmus out for 5 days heal injury

[ditchrider1]

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Usually play with my Tribe but I cant seem to do it again this year, its getting boring. I can stand the AL Central for one more year!

Started a 162 with the D-Backs and simmed right to opening day. Game one was a beauty. I was up 3-2 after the 7th inning and cruising along until Ian Kennedy ran out of gas and I barely got out of the 7th in tact. I bring in Juan Gutierrez who doesn't have a straight fastball, the Up then down motion on the stick, he only has a fastball that you move up and then swing around left on the stick. Well, seeing as how I was cruising with my starter I was used to the up down fastball and threw a wild pitch that hit Desmond Fowler in the back, man on no outs. Then next batter another wild pitch and man on second. Next a single gets runners on 1st and 3rd. So earlier in the game I noticed that Jose Gullien my LF who I picked up as a free agent was slower than molasses. I should have replaced him for defense and I figured...nah. Well sure as s**t next batter rips one down the left field line that I almost cut off but oh no, it rolls to the wall and both runs score by the time Guillen's tired bones get to it! Management error on my part. Anyhow that does me in and I lose 4-3 in a great game.

Game 2, I get hammered 9-0, I only managed 4 measly hits the whole game. Joe Saunders my SP was worthless. On the flip side Jason Hammel for the Rockies was un-hittable.

Game 3 was a great game, completely adverse to game 2. I was killing the ball. Daniel Hudson was lights out all game until of course he tries to field a bunt and hurts his finger(out 2-4 weeks)

I was up 10-2 in the 9th when I decided to bring in my closer JJ Putz to see what kind of stuff he has for my future save situations. Well, he was giving up hits left and right but being up by 8 I leave him in. Bases loaded up 10-3 he feeds Carlos Gonzales a fastball that ended up near the pine tress in right center of Coors Field, 10-7 now I start sweating! I go my pen and bring in David Hernandez who thank fully ends the game and I win 10-7.

I am now 1-2 and headed to Wrigley to face the Cubs. So far my offensive stars have been Miguel Montero, Russ Branyan and Steven Drew. Justin Upton had a bad series only getting 1 hit but he will pull out of it.

Lots of fun so far, I am digging a switch from playing with the Tribe and playing some National League ball for a change.

[jonmchugh007]

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Hey guys is thet e way that you can start a franchise so the CPU doesn't jack up with all of the lineups? It's really annoying. So is there a fix or do you have to control all 30 which is something I don't want to do. I just want to play and have the opening day rosters up.

[WilliamJAlvarez]

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Ironically MLB 2k11s franchise didn't have any franchise goals which makes the mode kind of disappointing.

[JBH3]

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I can not wait anymore...i have decided to start my franchise even that the patch is not out...I love baseball to much too wait.

I've never had to start a franchise over when a patch was released.

Ironically MLB 2k11s franchise didn't have any franchise goals which makes the mode kind of disappointing.

Really? I thought those goals were antiquated, and personally I don't really miss them.

ALL 30 Teams Franchise / Playing as Phillies:

Who would be the 1st Philadelphia Phillies Starting Pitcher to get a win in 2011? Roy Halladay? Cliff Lee? Roy Oswalt? Cole Hamels? Nope. Joe Blanton. Yes, that's right 5th starter Joe Blanton. Halladay went 9 innings giving up only 2 runs, but the Phillies lost in extra innings on Opening Day. Cliff Lee went 7 innings giving up 4 runs, and received a ND in a loss. The Phillies avoided a Houston sweep, by winning the game Oswalt started, and Oswalt did not surrender a run but he had to leave early through only 4.1 innings due to a groin strain; long-man Kyle Kendrick was credited with the win. Cole Hamels started against the Mets to open the season-series w/ the division rival, but received a ND as well. He also had some rough patches in his start, walking 3 (striking out 8), and allowing a baserunner in every inning from the 2nd to 7th; the Phillies won in extra innings - but R.A. Dickey struck out 13.

So it was Joe Blanton who got the first win by a Philadelphia starter. That would make a great trivia question had it been real. Blanton would otherwise cruise through 7 innings, falling into a litte trouble in the 8th w/ a 5-2 lead. He was pulled w/ lefty Daniel Murphy coming to the plate in favor for lefty JC Romero after the Mets narrowed the gap to 5-3, and had runners in scoring position. Romero would last through the bottom of the 8th with 7th hitter Carlos Ruiz leading off the inning, and 8th hitter Wilson Valdez getting the 2nd out of the inning. Romero would pitch in the 9th against lefty Ruben Tejeda, and get the situational out. It was now Jose Contreras' job to get his 2nd SV. He would strike out the pinch hitting Willie Harris, surrender a single w/ 2 outs to Jose Reyes, but get Angel Pagan to fly out to center. Phillies win 5-3 and improve to 3-2.

Blanton: 7.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 3BB, 5K - 2 GIDPs. Blanton's opponent, DJ Carrasco, was chased out after only 3.1 innings having surrendered 4 runs on 7 hits.

Placido Polanco was 2-5 w/ 2 RBI. John Mayberry got his first start of the year, and Ben Francisco moved over to CF due to Victorino being DTD w/ a wrist injury. Shane will give it a go in game 3 of the series which finds Halladay taking the bump against Mike Pelfrey in search of his 1st win for 2011.

[lots of luck]

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My Mets Franchis
My roster

Catcher
J.P. Arencibia
David Ross

Infield
Ike Davis
Danny Espinosa
Starlin Castro
David Wright
Emmanuel Burris
Ruben Tejada

Outfield
Mike Stanton
Colby Rasmus
Tyler Colvin
Daniel Nava
Allen Craig

Rotation
Johan Santana
Jaime Garcia
Mike Pelfrey
Brett Cecil
Jenry Meja

Bullpen
Neftali Feliz
Daniel Bard
Drew Storen
Craig Kimbrel
Tyler Clippard
Bobby Parnell
Francisco Rodriguez (Final day of spring training- torn elbow ligament 60 day DL)

Top Prospects not in MLB
Eddie Maldonado SP 24 yrs old AA 5* potential
Larry Wise RP 21 yrs old AA 5* potential
Robert Zimmerman SP 25 yrs old 5* potential
Willis Watkins RP 20 yrs old 5* potential
Willie Castillo 3B 21 yrs old 4* potential

I simmed a few games of spring training then made trades. I was able to get these guys because everyone had such a strong spring training ( I only lost 5 games).

1st Game vs Marlins
1st inning- Mike Stanton RBI double. 1-0 Mets.
2nd inning- Marlins load bases, Santana gets out of it
3rd inning- Stanton robbed of a HR by Logan Morrison
4th inning- Ike Davis RBI double, Santana RBI single 3-0 Mets
5th inning- Ike Davis- RBI double 4-0 Mets
5th inning- Runner on 3rd, Hanley batting. He hits a ball Ike makes a dive and stops it on 1 hop. Throws to Santana- no shot at Hanley, error on throw home. Later in the inning Starlin Castro attempts a diving catch, injures shoulder, out 10+ days. 4-1 Mets
Bottom of 9th- Neftali Feliz comes in. Gives up 2 hits, then a strikeout. Wild pitch, runners advance. Get 2nd out. G. Sanchez 2 run single. Daniel Bard comes in and gets save.

Johan Santana- 7 innings 3Ks, 1R, 9H. - Win
Drew Storen- 1 inning 1K, 0H
Feliz- .2 innings 1K, 2R, 3H
Daniel Bard- .1 inning, 1 Hit- Save

Josh Johnson- 5 innings, 4 R, 10H, 7K

Ike Davis-3 for 4- 2 Doubles, 2 RBIs

[The Bimmer]

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I havent played this game in some years, but like franchise mode. Currently 1-1 with the Rockies.

Franchise question:

On batter walk-ups do we always see last years stats on the overlays? I have noticed this in both my games so far. Its all good in that I can see what my players have done for the day, however...

[Watson]

So how about this for luck?

Opening Day, Hudson tears his rotator cuff. Out until late August.
Lopez goes out for the season with a torn elbow ligament on his first start.
Hanson sprains his knee and misses 3 weeks.
Lowe sprains his ankle.
Kawakami gets a stress fracture in his fingers?


That's all before May. Skip towards the end of May, I trade KK away because i need to free up money and Lowe/Hanson are back. Only they re-injure themselves on their first starts in June.

So this is my starting rotation.
Jurrjens
Minor
Beachy
MOYLAN
VENTERS

...and my pen
Medlen (cl)
O'Flaherty(su)
Kimbrel
Linebrink
Sherrill
Berry (a cpu minor)


Oh, and Uggla is out for 3 weeks.

[Watson]

On batter walk-ups do we always see last years stats on the overlays? I have noticed this in both my games so far. Its all good in that I can see what my players have done for the day, however...

You've only played 2 games, give it time

[JBH3]

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Franchise question:

On batter walk-ups do we always see last years stats on the overlays? I have noticed this in both my games so far. Its all good in that I can see what my players have done for the day, however...

Batter walk-ups will eventually show split stats, current year stats, career numbers, etc. It just shows what you'r seeing because it's the first few games of the season.

So how about this for luck?

Opening Day, Hudson tears his rotator cuff. Out until late August.
Lopez goes out for the season with a torn elbow ligament on his first start.
Hanson sprains his knee and misses 3 weeks.
Lowe sprains his ankle.
Kawakami gets a stress fracture in his fingers?


That's all before May. Skip towards the end of May, I trade KK away because i need to free up money and Lowe/Hanson are back. Only they re-injure themselves on their first starts in June.

So this is my starting rotation.
Jurrjens
Minor
Beachy
MOYLAN
VENTERS

...and my pen
Medlen (cl)
O'Flaherty(su)
Kimbrel
Linebrink
Sherrill
Berry (a cpu minor)


Oh, and Uggla is out for 3 weeks.

Ouch!

I'm all for playing w/ adversity, but I think I would just start over....

[Klew1987]

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What roster are you guys using? I was going to wait for D Trains roster, but it sounds like it could be a while before all the teams are complete.

[thesystemx12]

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lol im excited about franchise for this season. the stats seem to come out a bit better than years past

[Watson]

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Ouch!

I'm all for playing w/ adversity, but I think I would just start over....

Here comes the incredible part. I'm 34-20 and have a 5.5 game lead on the Phillies. I'm leading the NL in almost all batting catagories, but almost all of my games are save situations.

[loloben]

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So how about this for luck?

Opening Day, Hudson tears his rotator cuff. Out until late August.
Lopez goes out for the season with a torn elbow ligament on his first start.
Hanson sprains his knee and misses 3 weeks.
Lowe sprains his ankle.
Kawakami gets a stress fracture in his fingers?


That's all before May. Skip towards the end of May, I trade KK away because i need to free up money and Lowe/Hanson are back. Only they re-injure themselves on their first starts in June.

So this is my starting rotation.
Jurrjens
Minor
Beachy
MOYLAN
VENTERS

...and my pen
Medlen (cl)
O'Flaherty(su)
Kimbrel
Linebrink
Sherrill
Berry (a cpu minor)


Oh, and Uggla is out for 3 weeks.

This makes me want to turn my injury frenquency to 15 when I start my chise'

[ditchrider1]

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I love how this game punishes you for making mistakes and not executing just like in real baseball. Bad pitches, not getting runners home when they are in scoring posiiton, bad lineup management, etc. Very well done by 2K

I am now 5-6 in my DBacks franchise and am addicted. I have had to make some call ups due to injuries, one small trade and have found myself forced to play small ball to manufacture runs because of my hitters struggling as a team, except for Russ Branyan who is hitting above .500 and has 3 HR 9RBI and Stephen Drew who is around .350.

Overall great fun so far, really digging this game. Not once have I felt cheated in a loss. I can always isolate what management mistake or missed execution/s caused me to lose the game.

Nicely done 2K.