MLB2K11 Franchise Progress

[cardswin2006]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBH3

Well my decision was made for me last night regarding what franchise I should continue playing in. Once I had simmed from late April to June 25th, and along the way reset all 30 team's rosters due to the draft etc. I go to play a game in the current Red Sox/Phillies series and the dynamic player ratings had defaulted back to the original ratings for all 30 teams. I tried quitting and reloading the game, but that didn't work....so essentially the dynamics from having simmed about two months of games were gone. Bye bye all-30 teams franchise, hello Pirates franchise.....

This does happen in every franchise. I think it's put in there to keep the hot players from hitting 90 HRs and the cold players from hitting .150 for the year. Then again, it could just be a bug.

But I have this happen every year in my franchise. Don't worry, though, the streaks come back every so often.

The only time they don't happen is in the playoffs (kind of a bummer as you can't ride a 'hot bat' ala Buster Posey).

[zorroomega]

Tabata out 4-6 weeks with a calf from a sick run to dive catch. 1 Pirates post coming up soon. JBH sounds like you got the Pirates rollin'.

[cardswin2006]

Quote: Originally Posted by cardswin2006

I'm fairly confident of a repeat WS winner, but time will tell....

Famous last words.

Update on my Orioles Franchise (Year 3):

So I'm in the World Series against Cincinatti. Their lineup is sick. Well, their top 6 are anyway. You have to get down to the 7 spot before you come across a hitter with less than 25 HRs.

Game 1 against the NL Champion Reds was Paul Malholm vs. Aroldis Chapman.

Chapman's fastball should be illegal.

After working a long first inning and drawing 3 walks (capped with a Mark Reynolds 3 RBI double) I thought I was off to an easy game. Unfortunately, Malholm gave the 3 runs right back in the top of the 2nd.

It stayed 3-3 until the 8th inning when the Reds scored on a sac fly, giving them a 4-3 lead. In the ninth they added a solo HR.

I thought I was going to come back when I had 1st and 3rd with no one out against the Reds converted-starter-now-closer, Homer Bailey. Unfortunately, Josh Bell lined out to 2nd for the first out. Felix Pie followed that up by swinging at a curveball in the dirt for the K (2nd out) and Vladimir Guerrero was thrown out straying too far from 3rd to end the game.

I'm down 1-0 in the World Series, but I'm still holding out hope that my quoted post above doesn't become a legendary example of overconfidence.

[RogueHominid]

Quote: Originally Posted by cardswin2006

Famous last words. Update on my Orioles Franchise (Year 3): So I'm in the World Series against Cincinatti. Their lineup is sick. Well, their top 6 are anyway. You have to get down to the 7 spot before you come across a hitter with less than 25 HRs. Game 1 against the NL Champion Reds was Paul Malholm vs. Aroldis Chapman. Chapman's fastball should be illegal. After working a long first inning and drawing 3 walks (capped with a Mark Reynolds 3 RBI double) I thought I was off to an easy game. Unfortunately, Malholm gave the 3 runs right back in the top of the 2nd. It stayed 3-3 until the 8th inning when the Reds scored on a sac fly, giving them a 4-3 lead. In the ninth they added a solo HR. I thought I was going to come back when I had 1st and 3rd with no one out against the Reds converted-starter-now-closer, Homer Bailey. Unfortunately, Josh Bell lined out to 2nd for the first out. Felix Pie followed that up by swinging at a curveball in the dirt for the K (2nd out) and Vladimir Guerrero was thrown out straying too far from 3rd to end the game. I'm down 1-0 in the World Series, but I'm still holding out hope that my quoted post above doesn't become a legendary example of overconfidence.

Wow, what a game! CIN is a really interesting team. Votto and Bruce can hit even when they're on cold streaks. You get them and Philips or Rolen or Gomes on a hot streak and you're in for a long day.

Even though Chapman and Cueto have control issues, I have a really hard time with pitchers whose FB gets up into the high 90s/low 100s.

[Franchise408]

Quote: Originally Posted by cardswin2006

Good stuff. I wouldn't worry too much about the statistical abberations at this point. You're still early enough in the season that you can go on a month long cold streak with half of your lineup and be back in the pack in AVG. That's why they play 162 That being said, if you're still having those same issues later in the season, you may try adjusting your sliders to allow for less contact (smaller hitting window means fewer hits and fewer solid hits).

Thanks. Part of me is thinking that's what it might be. Because if I am going up against good pitching, I truly struggle to hit. It seems like when I just absolutely go off, it's when I'm going against the bottom of a team's rotation. For instance, I just played a game against the Rockies who were starting Ubaldo Jimenez, and I didn't get anything going until like the 9th inning. The win I got in that game was real fluky.

A lot of my manually played games have also come against teams that aren't doing so well in my franchise. Mostly, I'm playing division games, so I'm going up against teams like the Dodgers and the D'Backs who, in my franchise, are doing horrid.

That said, I do like where the overall difficulty setting is at, because I don't have a feeling that any game is a lock. I've blown some games, I've gotten shut down, I'm gotten outright dominated. So I don't feel like I need any huge adjustments quite yet.

I think a couple of my guys who are doing good right now are just on a tear, as well. Tejada, for instance, is on a hot streak so his contact rating is really high at the moment. So his .avg has gone up greatly. Torres and Burris I don't really have an explanation for, except maybe they aren't everyday starters, so they have less at bats going for them?

I'd definitely like to see if it balances out. Thanks for the reply tho, I was definitely looking to see someone else's take on my situation.

[zorroomega]

To bummed because of Tabata to post anyway need to make some line-up changes.

[shogunofharlem3]

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[zorroomega]

Quote: Originally Posted by shogunofharlem3

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Nice man. Can't wait to see what your big move is.