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FIFA, or EA FC, has garnered a huge loyal fan base throughout the years. While many purchase the game solely for the offline component, most of the player base consists of FUT players who play the game religiously. However, with FUT containing so many meticulous aspects, keeping up with it has become a full-time job.
From the extremely volatile market to the daily launched SBCs, there’s so much you need to keep track of; otherwise, you’ll become uncompetitive. This can make the game feel like a grind, rather than a playful experience. If you’re in the same boat, and your fingers are tired of scrolling through Twitter, Reddit, and FUTbin just to keep up, I’ve built something for you.
Say hello to FUTCast from Operation Sports, your one-stop shop for all things Ultimate Team. This is something that I really wished existed, so when no one else was creating it, I decided to do it myself. FUTCast is an all-in-one Ultimate resource built for the busy sports gamer. It’s something that makes sure you don’t have a million tabs open just to find the cheapest solution to the POTM SBC.
Instead, in less time than a division rivals match, it aims to deliver all the necessary information that a FUT player needs, right to their inbox. The goal is simple: I want to make EA FC Ultimate Team enjoyable again, just like it used to be. So, every Monday/Wednesday/Friday, expect a top-to-bottom recap of what’s happening in FUT, which will keep you competitive without burning your neurons.
The Newsletter will cover all bases, and here’s what you can expect to see in each issue:
Now, you might be thinking, Why should you listen to me? Well, you don’t have to. But trust me, if someone handed me the sauce to unlock my Ultimate Team potential back when I was grinding FIFA 14, I would’ve happily accepted it, because I was spending 12+ hours on that game.
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I hope you’re going to join me on this journey!
Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||||
Apr 13, 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Tampa Bay (1-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Boston (4-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 0 |
W: Josh Beckett (2-0) L: David Price (0-1) S: Andrew Bailey (3) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Jennings, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 |
Zobrist, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .115 |
Longoria, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
Upton, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
Pena, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
Scott, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
Joyce, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .320 |
Rodriguez, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 |
Molina, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .095 |
TOTALS | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .182 |
BATTING 2B: C. Pena (1), J. Molina (2) RBI: C. Pena (7) | |||||||
BASERUNNING SB: B. Upton (3) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
D. Price | 7.0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.15 |
K. Farnsworth | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Ellsbury, CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .194 |
Pedroia, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .345 |
Gonzalez, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .370 |
Ortiz, DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
Youkilis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
Crawford, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
Ross, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
Aviles, SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
Shoppach, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
TOTALS | 29 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .241 |
BATTING HR: D. Ortiz (5) RBI: D. Ortiz (6), A. Gonzalez (7) GIDP: A. Gonzalez, D. Ortiz |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
J. Beckett | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.13 |
A. Bailey | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
TOTALS | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox | |||||||||||||
Apr 13, 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Extras | R | H | E |
Tampa Bay (1-6) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
Boston (5-2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
W: Jesse Carlson (2-0) L: Fernando Rodney (0-1) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Zobrist, 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .161 |
Jennings, CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
Longoria, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
Pena, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .207 |
Joyce, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
Scott, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
Upton, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
Keppinger, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Vogt, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
Rodriguez, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .285 |
TOTALS | 37 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .270 |
BATTING HR: B. Zobrist (2), S. Rodriguez (3) RBI: E. Longoria (6), B. Zobrist (2), S. Rodriguez (4) GIDP: E. Longoria | |||||||
BASERUNNING CS: D. Jennings (1), S. Rodriguez (1) | |||||||
FIELDING E: J. Hellickson (1), S. Vogt 2 (2) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
J. Hellickson | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.98 |
J. Howell (BS, 2) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 |
F. Rodney | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.80 |
TOTALS | 9.2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Ellsbury, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
Pedroia, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
Gonzalez, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
Youkilis, 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .241 |
Ortiz, DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
Crawford, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
Sweeney, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 |
Saltalamacchia, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
Aviles, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
TOTALS | 40 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .325 |
BATTING 2B: A. Gonzalez, (1), J. Saltalamacchia (1), M. Aviles (1) RBI: D. Ortiz (7), Youkilis (2), J. Saltalamacchia (3) SAC: D. Pedroia GIDP: D. Ortiz, K. Youkilis | |||||||
BASERUNNING SB: J. Ellsbury (1) |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
C. Buchholz | 7.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.21 |
M. Melancon | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
J. Carlson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 |
TOTALS | 10.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||||
Apr 15, 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Tampa Bay (1-7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Boston (6-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
W: Matt Moore (1-0) L: Daniel Bard (1-1) S: Joel Peralta (2) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Zobrist, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .167 |
Fuld, CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
Longoria, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
Pena, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .187 |
Joyce, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .303 |
Scott, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
Upton, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .242 |
Molina, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 |
Rodriguez, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .367 |
TOTALS | 36 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .278 |
BATTING 2B: L. Scott (2), J. Molina (3), S. Fuld (1) RBI: E. Longoria (7(, C. Pena (8), B. Zobrist (3), J. Molina (2) SF: C. Pena | |||||||
BASERUNNING SB: B. Upton (4) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
M. Moore | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5.54 |
J. Peralta | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
TOTALS | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Ellsbury, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .225 |
Pedroia, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
Gonzalez, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .389 |
Ortiz, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
Youkils, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .212 |
Ross, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
McDonald, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
Aviles, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
Shoppach, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .462 |
TOTALS | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .187 |
BATTING HR: A. Gonzalez (3) RBI: A. Gonzalez 2 (8( |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
D. Bard | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.11 |
M. Melancon | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 |
F. Morales | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
M. Albers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
TOTALS | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||||
Apr 16, 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Tampa Bay (2-7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Boston (6-3) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | 11 | 14 | 0 |
W: Anthony Ranaudo (1-1) L: Jeff Niemann (0-2) S: Jesse Carlson (1) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Jennings, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 |
Fuld, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
Zobrist, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .175 |
Pena, 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .171 |
Scott, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .225 |
Keppinger, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .142 |
Upton, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
Brignac, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
Vogt, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
TOTALS | 32 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | .219 |
BATTING 2B: Vogt (2) HR: Upton (2) RBI: Upton (4), Brignac (), Vogt 2 (2) GIDP: Brignac | |||||||
BASERUNNING SB: Brignac (1) CS: Zobrist (2) | |||||||
FIELDING E: Vogt (3) |
Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Niemann | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12.27 |
McGee | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .415 |
Howell | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16.61 |
Badenhop | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 |
Davis | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.92 |
TOTALS | 8.0 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Ellsbury, CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .266 |
Sweeney, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .400 |
Gonzalez, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
Ortiz, DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
Crawford, LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
Pedroia, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 |
Youkils, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .189 |
Saltalamacchia, C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .318 |
Punto, SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .416 |
TOTALS | 37 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .378 |
BATTING 2B: Ellsbury 2 (2), Ortiz (1), Pedroia (3), Punto 2 (2) HR: Gonzalez (5), Saltalamacchia (1) RBI: Ellsbury 2 (3), Sweeney (1), Gonzalez 4 (12), Youkilis (3), Saltalamacchia 2 (5), Punto (1) HBP: Gonzalez SF: Youkilis |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Ranaudo | 6.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6.94 |
Carlson | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.07 |
Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||||
Apr 17, 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Texas (7-3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Boston (7-3) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
W: Koji Uehara (2-0) L: Mark Melancon (1-1) |
Scoring Summary | ||||
SCORING DETAILS | TEX | BOS | ||
BOS | 1 | Gonzalez homered to right. | 0 | 1 |
TEX | 2 | Young doubled to left. Beltre scores. | 1 | 1 |
TEX | 2 | Cruz doubled to center. Young scores. | 2 | 1 |
BOS | 2 | Saltalamacchia hit a sac-fly to right. Ortiz scores | 2 | 2 |
BOS | 2 | Aviles homered to left. Crawford scores. | 2 | 4 |
TEX | 6 | Young homered to center. Andrus scores. | 4 | 4 |
BOS | 6 | Ortiz homered to center. | 4 | 5 |
TEX | 8 | Hamilton chopped to second base for a single. Andrus scores. | 5 | 5 |
TEX | 9 | Napoli homered to right. | 6 | 5 |
TEX | 9 | Moreland homered to right. | 7 | 5 |
BOS | 9 | Crawford homered to center. | 7 | 6 |
Texas Rangers | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Kinsler, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
Andrus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
Hamilton CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .390 |
Beltre, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .382 |
Young, DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
Cruz, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .088 |
Murphy, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 |
Napoli, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .194 |
Moreland, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
TOTALS | 37 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .297 |
BATTING 2B: E. Andrus (5), M. Young (2), A. Beltre (3), N. Cruz (1) 3B: E. Andrus (2) HR: M. Young (1), M. Napoli (3), M. Moreland (1) RBI: J. Hamilton (7), M. Young 3 (3), N. Cruz (5), M. Napoli (7), M. Moreland (6) GIDP: J. Hamilton |
Texas Rangers | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
C. Lewis | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7.47 |
K. Uehara | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 |
TOTALS | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
Ellsbury, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
Pedroia, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
Gonzalez, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .386 |
Youkilis, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .171 |
Oritz, DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
Crawford, LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
Sweeney, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .345 |
Saltalamacchia, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
Aviles, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .290 |
TOTALS | 34 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .265 |
BATTING 2B: C. Crawford (1), D. Pedroia (4) HR: C. Crawford (3), A. Gonzalez (6), D. Ortiz (6), M. Aviles (1) RBI: C. Crawford (6), A. Gonzalez (13), D. Ortiz (8), J. Saltalamacchia (6), M. Aviles 2 (2) SF: J. Saltalamachhia |
Boston Red Sox | |||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
J. Lester | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3.43 |
M. Melancon | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4.70 |
TOTALS | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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