MLB2K11 Franchise Progress

[brent1816]

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so far just started playing the Franchise, what level of difficulty do most of you play on?

[philliesfan136]

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so far just started playing the Franchise, what level of difficulty do most of you play on?

Pro got too easy for me, so I've been playing on All-Star lately.
The games are usually challenging.

[brent1816]

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Nice! Yea I tried the All-Star it was pretty difficult. I just stick with the Pro.

[cubsfan203]

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I'm debating on whether or not to go ahead and do the Mike Adams trade in my Rangers franchise. I already checked to see if they would accept it and the bar was full (Wieland is a 64 and Erlin is a 67 in my rosters), but I'm only around 45 games into the season.

Mike Napoli continues to tear it up, hitting his 20th and 21st home runs against the Phillies. Unless he gets hurt again, I don't see him not getting close to 60 home runs.

[BlueJays09]

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i would take the adams deal. and i play on custom with MK's sliders and my games are great.

[jack1535]

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so far just started playing the Franchise, what level of difficulty do most of you play on?

I use Blazzen's, and they are hard! I'm getting better though, I'm able to get players on base but I just can't bring them around. I left at least 6 runners on in my past 4 games, including my game against the giants which I lost 3-1. I had runners 3rd and 2nd with 1 out in the bottom of the ninth and I couldn't bring them around.

[BlueJays09]

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waiting for rosters to update now after trade deadline before starting my Jays franchise...i have a few deals lined up for when i start:

- EE+prospect fro Ianetta
- Hill+Molina for Espinosa
- Carlson for Nick Massett
- McGowan/Francisco/prospect for SP (possibly sheilds)

will update my dynasty when the deals are made and chise is started!

[Hunkerdown]

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http://www.operationsports.com/jaa1980/dynasty/

Here is my dynasty blog for my Atlanta Braves franchise, im through September 4th, 2011: posted transactions made, drafted players, depth chart, team stats, and standings.

[philliesfan136]

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Started a Blue Jays 'chise.

Made plenty of moves, and ended up with a pretty good team that I'm looking forward to using:

Acquired 2B Jason Kipnis from the Indians for 2B Aaron Hill and 2/3 star RF.

Acquired IF Mike Aviles from Red Sox for IF John McDonald, 1/2 star 2B and 1/3 star P.

Acquired 1B/3B Chris Davis from Orioles for IF/OF Mark Teahen, 1/3 star P and 2/4 star RF.

Acquired RF Mike Stanton from Marlins for OF Rajai Davis, P Dustin McGowan, and 1/5 star LF.

Acquired P Daniel Hudson from Diamondbacks for P Brett Cecil, P Jesse Carlson, and 1/2 star P.

Acquired P Michael Pineda from Mariners for P Shawn Camp, P Carlos Villanueva, and 1/5 star LF.

Acquired P Bobby Parnell from Mets for P Trever Miller, P Brian Tallet, and 2/2 star P.

Acquired P Sergio Santos from White Sox for P Casey Janssen, P Scott Richmond, and 1/3 star P.

Acquired P Ryan Perry from Tigers for P Frank Francisco and P Robert Ray.

Acquired P Eric O'Flaherty and P Randall Delgado for P Jon Rauch, 2/3 star C and 1/3 star P.

Acquired C Chris Iannetta from Rockies for 3B/1B Edwin Encarnacion, C Ryan Budde, and 1/2 star SS.

I signed a bunch of players out of FA too, mostly to fill voids left in the minors from all the trades.

After all the moves my team looks like this:

Pitching Staff
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SP Ricky Romero
SP Brandon Morrow (trade?)
SP Michael Pineda
SP Daniel Hudson
SP Kyle Drabek

CL Sergio Santos
SU Bobby Parnell

MR Ryan Perry
MR Eric O'Flaherty
MR Jensen Lewis (FA)

LR Randall Delgado
LR Matt Chico (FA)

Lineup *
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SS Yunel Escobar (71 con., 47 pwr.)
2B Jason Kipnis (75 con., 55 pwr.)
CF Colby Rasmus (74 con., 81 pwr.)
3B Jose Bautista (80 con., 96 pwr,)
RF Mike Stanton (67 con., 91 pwr.)
1B Adam Lind (76 con., 87 pwr.)
LF Travis Snider (60 con., 70 pwr.)
C Chris Iannetta (51 con., 75 pwr.)

*vs RHP

This lineup has so much power!
The only problem is they can't hit lefties too well, which leaves Lind batting 7th I think in that lineup.

I'm can't wait until I hit that first bomb with Jose Bautista..

[philliesfan136]

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2/23 UPDATE:
The Blue Jays had a spot open on their 25-man roster, and were searching for an extra outfielder with the ability to play some center field. And so after two games in Spring Training, they got their man in 25-year old outfielder Tyler Colvin, who has experience at each outfield position. Toronto's management is finalizing a deal that would send a third base prospect (2/3 stars) and two pitching prospects (1/3 stars each) to Chicago for the young outfielder. He'll immediately be in the starting lineup, playing left field for the time being.

More to come..

[philliesfan136]

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3/31 UPDATE:

The 'Jays ended Spring Training at a 18-12 record. They took a huge blow when young shortstop Yunel Escobar landed on the DL. He'll be there to start the season and infielder Mike Aviles, who was acquired from Boston in Spring Training, will take over. Fellow infielder Jayson Nix was recalled from AAA Las Vegas and will assume the backup infield role. Veteran infielder Ramon Vazquez was signed and sent to AAA to take Nix's spot for the time being.

Here is the team's depth chart to start the season:

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#0F4871;">Toronto Blue Jays Depth Chart - 2011</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Chris Iannetta </b></li><li class="even">J.P. Arencibia</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Adam Lind</b></li><li class="even">Chris Davis</li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Jason Kipnis</b></li><li class="even">Jayson Nix</li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Jose Bautista</b></li><li class="even">Chris Davis</li><li class="odd">Jayson Nix</li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Yunel Escobar</b></li><li class="even">Jayson Nix</li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Tyler Colvin</b></li><li class="even">Travis Snider</li><li class="odd">Eric Thames</li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Colby Rasmus</b></li><li class="even">Tyler Colvin</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Mike Stanton</b></li><li class="even">Travis Snider</li><li class="odd">Eric Thames</li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Ricky Romero</b></li><li class="even">Brandon Morrow</li><li class="odd">Michael Pineda</li><li class="even">Daniel Hudson</li><li class="odd">Kyle Drabek</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Bobby Parnell (SU)</b></li><li class="even">Ryan Perry (MR)</li><li class="odd">Eric O Flaherty (MR)</li><li class="even">Jensen Lewis (MR)</li><li class="odd">Randall Delgado (LR)</li><li class="even">Matt Chico (LR)</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Sergio Santos (CL)</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Designated Hitter</li><li class="odd"><b>Travis Snider </b></li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Disabled List</li><li class="odd">Yunel Escobar (15-Day)</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>

More to come..

[tcnumba10]

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Nice updates philliesfan136! It's just like reading ESPN or MLB.com lol. Very interesting, will be starting my own Jays Franchise soon too.

Just curious, did the cpu offer you those trades or you were looking to deal? Also were there other note-fully/major transactions around the league?

[BlueJays09]

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also started with Jays Chise.

- Hill+ 3/4 star prospect for Espinosa
- Encarnacion/Molina for Ianetta/Escalona
- Carlson+2/3 star prospect for Massett
- McGowan/Francisco+2/3 star prospect for Jonathan Sanchez
- SIGNED Franklin to 2yr/801K deal (sent to AAA)
- Sent 2 AAA pitchers (3/4 star each around 68 overall) for Sean Marshall...needed a setup man

- These are moves to start spring training. During ST im going to try and move Rauch, Prospects for Closer, Snider/Thames for good LF, maybe Morrow+ for a better SP and try to add some guys for my Farm.

My Blog is below if you want to see full write ups, and summary for each deal made and the kind of prospects moved. More to come

[philliesfan136]

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Nice updates philliesfan136! It's just like reading ESPN or MLB.com lol. Very interesting, will be starting my own Jays Franchise soon too.

Just curious, did the cpu offer you those trades or you were looking to deal? Also were there other note-fully/major transactions around the league?

Thanks! Lol I try to make it as realistic as I can.

Nope, I went out and made those trades before Spring Training even happened and I was not offered any as I simmed ST.
I'll check later as I'm not playing 2K11 at the moment, but there usually isn't too many trades during ST.

[BlueJays09]

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I was offer 2 trades in ST. One was Cecil/Janseen/prospect for Laporta/Hanahan/prospect which i declined. The other was some terrible offer for Bautista from Orioles lol. ANYWAYS ...depth chart for my franchise (game 1 of season starting soon):

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#0F4871;">2011-12 Blue Jays! Depth Chart - 1</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Chris Ianetta</b></li><li class="even">JP Arencieba</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Adam Lind</b></li><li class="even">Jim Thome</li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Danny Espinosa</b></li><li class="even">Ben Zobrist</li><li class="odd">John McDonald</li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Brett Lawrie</b></li><li class="even">Wilson Betemit</li><li class="odd">Jose Bautista</li><li class="even">John McDonald</li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Yunel Escobar</b></li><li class="even">John McDonald</li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Jose Bautista</b></li><li class="even">Raja Davis</li><li class="odd">Ben Zobrist</li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Colby Rasmus</b></li><li class="even">Raja Davis</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Ben Zobrist</b></li><li class="even">Raja Davis</li><li class="odd">Jose Bautista</li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Ricky Romero</b></li><li class="even">Francisco Liriano</li><li class="odd">Jonathan Sanchez</li><li class="even">Carlos Villenueva</li><li class="odd">Brett Cecil</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Sean Marshall (SU)</b></li><li class="even">Nick Massett (MR)</li><li class="odd">Casey Janssen (MR)</li><li class="even">Trevor Miller (MR)</li><li class="odd">Shawn Camp (LR/MR)</li><li class="even">Jesse Litsch (LR)</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Neftali Feliz (CL)</b></li><li class="even">Sean Marshall (Backup)</li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Designated Hitter</li><li class="odd"><b>JP Arencieba</b></li><li class="even">Jim Thome</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>

* CHECK MY BLOG TO SEE ALL THE TRADES *