MLB The Show 24 Franchise Mode Discussion Thread

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July 5-7, 2024: COLORADO SPRINGS (37-52) @ FLAGSTAFF (38-53)
Stadium: AutoZone Park (Capacity: 13,406)

July 5: Hops 9, Snow Sox 3
July 6: Snow Sox 4, Hops 2
July 7: Snow Sox 3, Hops 1

Flagstaff, AZ (AP) - The Colorado Springs Snow Sox came into Flagstaff on a losing streak and ended that by taking two of three from the Hops in a battle of ML West bottom feeders.

The Hops would rally from an early deficit to defeat the Snow Sox 9-3 in the opener of the weekend series. Emmitt Hampton went 2 for 4 with a home run and drove in three to help pace the Hops to the win.

The Snow Sox got off to a quick start as Mike Rock homered in the first off of Alex Farmer. They would extend that lead to 2-0 in the fourth on a solo home run from Juan Primo.

Flagstaff would strike in the sixth as Emmitt Hampton singled home Robbie Westbrook to get the Hops on the scoreboard. Art Mason then hit a grand slam to put the Hops in front to stay, his 13th on the year. After the Snow Sox got one back in the top of the seventh, the Hops would score three more in the bottom half, capped off by an Emmitt Hampton two-run home run, his 12th on the year.

Bradley York would drive in another in the eighth with an RBI double.

Alex Farmer (12-3) picked up the win, tossing 6.2 innings and allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out seven. Brian Chin (3-8) was credited with the loss. He lasted just 5.1 innings and gave up five runs on five hits, while striking out four and walking one.

On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, the Snow Sox broke a five game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Hops. Jamie Case keyed the victory, going 2 for 3 with a home run and three runs driven in.

Robbie Westbrook got things going in the bottom of the first inning, smashing a solo home run to right-center that put the Hops up 1-0.

Juan Primo would tie it up in the fourth with a solo home run off of Juro Yamaguchi. Jamie Case would then end Yamaguchi's afternoon in the seventh as he hit a hanging curveball over the wall in left. That two-run home run put the Snow Sox up 3-1.

Art Mason would hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to cut the lead to 3-2, his 14th of the season.

But a big RBI single from Jamie Case in the top of the ninth that scored Todd Austin added a huge insurance run.

Julio Sanchez came on in the bottom of the ninth and walked Art Mason and gave up a single to Roberto Geronimo. But then worked his way out of trouble, striking out Bradley York and then getting Ryan Kelly to ground into a game ending 5-4-3 double play, one pitch after Kelly hammered a ball over the fence that was just a few feet foul.

Juro Yamaguchi (2-9) pitched well, but made two mistakes that cost him. He allowed three runs on five hits in six plus innings. He struck out eight and walked two.Humberto Aguilar (7-8) picked up the victory for the Snow Sox to snap their losing streak. He went 6.2 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, while striking out six.

On Sunday afternoon, the Snow Sox got a couple of big home runs to power past Flagstaff 3-1 to win the series. Jamie Case once again came through with a two-run home run that proved to be the game winner for Colorado Springs.

Case hit the two-run home run off of Russell Fluty in the fifth inning to put the Snow Sox up 2-0. Fluty was very good again but made a couple of mistakes and it cost him. He is coming off the first ever no-hitter in IBL history in his last start.

Robbie Westbrook would get the Hops on the board in the sixth with an RBI single.

Juan Primo hit a solo home run that ended Russell Fluty's day in the seventh. It was Primo's 12th of the season.

Colorado Springs got 5.1 innings of work from starter Wolf (4-6). He allowed one run on six hits and struck out six. The bullpen got the final 11 outs with Julio Sanchez once again picking up the save, his fifth, navigating through the ninth and getting David Benitez to strike out with a man on to end the ball game.

Flagstaff (38-53) will now head to Salt Lake (47-43) for a four game series beginning tomorrow evening before hosting St George (49-42) to end the first half of the season as the teams head into the All-Star break.

Around the League: Las Vegas' Brandon Roush continued his hot hitting going 2 for 3 with a walk-off solo home run (11) in the bottom of the 11th as the Nuggets defeated Mesa 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.

Fresno's Percy Sievers went 1 for 3 with a three-run home run as the Bears defeated Henderson 4-2 on Saturday. Lamont Vann worked a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his 26th save in 29 opportunities for Fresno.

Salt Lake's Adolfo Villarreal (7) and Robby Payne (13) hit hit two-run home runs to power the Chukars to a 4-1 victory over St George to move within a half game of first place in the ML West.

In an odd game, Glendale defeated Surprise 14-7 in a game that featured three innings where a team scored seven runs. The Desert Dogs scored seven in the first and eighth innings with Surprise putting up a seven spot in the fifth. Glendale's Clinton Lake went 3 for 5 with two home runs (14,15) and drove in six to help pace the Desert Dogs to the wild victory.

Scottsdale's Martin Perez homered twice (15,16) and drove in four as the Scorpions blanked Phoenix 14-0. Jaime Pacheco (12-4) pitched 8.1 shutout innings, scattering four hits as he struck out eight and walked three.

Fort Worth extended their lead in the ML East with a 5-4 victory over slumping Austin. Pablo Feliz went 2 for 4 with a double, home run (15) and three RBIs to pace the Kings to their tenth win in their last 12 games.

Zach Dossett's bases clearing three-run double in the top of the ninth keyed a five run Chandler rally as they slipped past Roswell 11-6 on Sunday afternoon. Dossett drove in four as the Chiefs increased their lead in the DL East to 13.5 games over Salt River.

Jamie Case and the Snow Sox added to the misery of the 2024 season in Flagstaff.

[MarkL1987]

Series losses to the Red Sox and Guardians have the Jays at 45-30 as we approach the midway point of the season. Also, the following roster moves have been made:

Signed pitcher Michael Lorenzen from free agency and added him to active roster
Pitcher Bowden Francis sent to Triple A.
Infielder Eduardo Escobar released

Over on my Royals save, year 1 has concluded with a record of 93-69, good enough for the second seed in the American League and a first round bye. KC will be facing the Yankees in the ALDS.

[kdutch98]

TIGERS (24-4) SWEEP ROYALS

TIGERS 4 ROYALS 1 APRIL 26, 2024

BOX SCORE

The Tigers took game one 4-1. Javier Baez (5) homered, and drove in three. Spencer Torkelson added an RBI. Tarik Skubal (6-0) allowed a run on three hits, in seven and a third innings. He struck out six.

TIGERS 8 ROYALS 5 APRIL 27, 2023

BOX SCORE

The Tigers took game two 8-5. Detroit led 8-1, before the Royals scored four in the 9th to make it close. Javier Baez hit a pair of doubles, and drove in three, Gio Urshela had a pair of RBI. Kenta Maeda (4-0) earned the win with seven one run innings.

TIGERS 4 ROYALS 3 APRIL 28, 2024

BOX SCORE

The Tigers had to come from behind to win game three. They trailed 3-1 in the bottom of the 8th, but scored three times in the inning, to take the game 4-3. Colt Keith had a pair of RBI in the win. Jack Flaherty pitched seven strong innings, but took a no-decision. Jason Foley earned the win in relief, his first of the season.


The Tigers remain home, hosting the St. Louis Cardinals (12-16) in a three game series.



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FOLLOW MY FRANCHISE

[LowerWolf]

Finally ready to get things rolling. Here's my Braves franchise for MLB 24:

SETTINGS
Hitting - Default HOF/Timing
Pitching - Default HOF/Classic
Fielding - Auto with Manual throwing
Game Style - Competitive
Injuries - Off (personal preference)
Budgets - On (after several years of playing with them off)
Trades - Have to use the trade block
Roster - Default post patch #3 (they update the default roster with each patch). Before starting, I did go in and add some guys like Felix Bautista, Sandy Alcantara and Clayton Kershaw to their respective teams' 40-man roster. Also added Jordan Montgomery and J.D. Martinez to their respective teams.

Our total budget is $269M with about $257M for player salaries. We currently have about $20M to spend.

LINEUP
1 - Ronald Acuna Jr., RF
2 - Ozzie Albies, 2B
3 - Austin Riley, 3B
4 - Matt Olson, 1B
5 - Marcell Ozuna, DH
6 - Michael Harris II, CF
7 - Sean Murphy, C
8 - Jared Kelenic, LF
9 - Orlando Arcia, SS

Pretty much the same as the RL Braves. No surprises.

BENCH
C - Travis D'Arnaud
IF - Luis Guillorme
OF - Adam Duvall
OF - Forrest Wall

Duvall will start in left against lefties.

ROTATION
1 - Spencer Strider (R)
2 - Max Fried (L)
3 - Chris Sale (L)
4 - Charlie Morton (R)
5 - Bryce Elder (R)

Decided to go with Elder as the fifth starter, but he'll be on a fairly short leash.

BULLPEN
CL - Raisel Iglesias (R)
SU - AJ Minter (L)
SU - Tyler Matzek (L)
MR - Jesse Chavez (R)
MR - Joe Jimenez (R)
MR - Aaron Bummer (L)
MR - Pierce Johnson (R)
LR - Reynaldo Lopez (R)

Listing Lopez as the long reliever, but we plan to use him in a variety of roles in the bullpen, and he may get a spot start here and there.

ON DECK AT GWINNETT
SP - Huascar Ynoa
SP - AJ Smith-Shawver
RP - Dylan Lee

BRAVES TOP PROSPECTS
1 - Hurston Waldrep, SP (AA)
2 - AJ Smith-Shawver, SP (AAA)
3 - Owen Murphy, SP (AA)
4 - Diego Benitez, SS (A)
5 - Drue Hackenberg, SP (AA)

Hired three new scouts. All three are rated in the 90s for pitching, since the Braves traditionally focus on building through pitching.

[MarkL1987]

Well, Cavan Biggio has played his final game of the 2024 season as the second baseman suffered a season ending ankle injury in Toronto's 4-3 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Weston Wilson has been called up to take over the roster spot.

[Itsma806]

2024 Oakland Athletics 04/19-04/21

Overall Record:8-14 (5th AL West/5.5 behind Texas)

Game Results:

Game 1
Guardians-2
Athletics-1

Game 2
Guardians-4
Athletics-1

Game 3
Guardians-3
Athletics-2

A's losing streak reaches seven with second straight sweep

The hot Guardians hosted the ice cold Athletics in a three game series to conclude the teams' final meetings of the 2024 season. Cleveland came into the series on an eight game winning streak and Oakland came in on their own streak, a four game losing streak. Both streaks would continue after the series as Cleveland swept Oakland in three games.

The Athletics have now lost seven games in a row and no help seems to be in sight. The offense cant get going and the pitching staff has crumbled when it mattered the most.

At this point, we would like to highlight some kind of bright spot for the team but really, there isnt any.

The A's will look to turn things around as they start a four game set in New York against the Yankees (9-13/4th AL East).

Athletics to bring back hometown favorite

The Athletics have made a out of character early season transaction. They have signed Matt Chapman to a two year, $13.4 million deal to bring a fan favorite back to Oakland in an attempt to generate some hype as the team fights to stay in California. Chapman will start in AAA to get his legs under him but will likely quickly be brought up to the MLB team with the struggling Ryan Noda (.160 AVG/.200 OBP) being the likely victim to be optioned.

[countryboy]

Cardinals Take Series against Red Sox

The Cardinals (19-28) took 2 games of a 3 game series against the Red Sox in St.Louis over the weekend. The Cardinals are still 8 games back of the Brewers/Cubs who are tied for the division lead.

After losing on Friday night thanks to a bullpen let down, the Cardinals won Saturday with an offensive explosion including Tyler O'Neill going 3 for 4 with 2 homeruns and 5 RBIs. Sunday pitching led the way as the offense sputtered out 3 runs, but the Cards staff allowed just a single run.

The Cardinals are back on it Monday with the Orioles coming to town for a 3 game series.

[Itsma806]

2024 Oakland Athletics 04/22-04/25

Overall Record:10-16 (5th AL West/7.0 behind Houston)

Game Results:

Game 1
Athletics-7
Yankees-2

Game 2
Yankees-1
Athletics-0

Game 3
Yankees-2
Athletics-0

Game 4
Athletics-6
Yankees-4

A's end losing streak as they split series with struggling Yankees

The Athletics losing streak reached seven before they ended it on Monday night against the Yankees. The A's won that game 7-2 behind homeruns by Ryan Noda, Brent Rooker and Seth Brown.

The middle two games of the series were duds for the Athletics as they failed to score in either game. That is especially disheartening because both Ross Stripling (6.0 IP/4 H/1 R/8 SO) and Hogan Harris (6.0 IP/5 H/2 R/7 SO) were great and just didnt get any run support. It wasnt even just the lack of runs but overall offensive inepitude as Oakland managed just three hits in each of the two losses.

Then came game three that would see the teams' aces matchup against one another. Gerrit Cole took the mound for the Yankees and Paul Blackburn for the A's. Neither were particularly dominate but both kept their teams in the game. Cole also left in the fifth inning after he felt some discomfort after a pitch.

The Sixth inning is where things got interesting. Going into that inning, the teams were tied up at a score of 2-2. Victor Gonzalez started the inning pitching for the Yankees after he finished the 5th up for Cole. Gonzalez went on to walk the first batter of the inning, Seth Brown. He then got Tyler Soderstrom to fly out before he allowed the bases to get loaded with a single by Miguel Andujar and another walk, for Jordan Diaz. Aledmys Diaz then hit a clutch 3-2 single into center field that scored both Brown and Andujar. Abraham Toro also added his own two rbi single later in the inning as the Pirates scored four and took the lead, 6-2.

Blackburn pitched through the sixth inning for the A's but did give up two more runs when Anthony Volpe hit his fourth homerun of the season, knocking in Giancarlo Stanton had singled earlier in the inning.

Neither team scored after the sixth inning as the Athletics took the 6-4 victory to split the series.

The A's will now finish off their road trip with three in Baltimore to face the AL East leading Orioles (18-6).