MLBtS ‘25 Franchise Team Thread

[jrp1918]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeffrey Smith

The problem I have with rebranding is that we lose all the throwback jerseys and only get a home and away jersey to create.

Damn that's disappointing. Maybe I'll just change the stadium.

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[Cyrus09]

After looking at some stadiums in 24 again I came to a decision for my team. I really love the D-Backs roster, but I dislike their stadium very much in the game. Especially the view from the pitcher is not very aesthetically pleasing to me and since that is what I will see the most(I am bad at pitching) I don't think I can take that.

The Cubs are a bit too stacked for me right now. I don't think there is much more room to improvement on my side.

And Boston? I just can't do it.

So I decided to adopt the Minnesota Twins as my team for 2025! Some of the reasons:

- they won the division 9 times in the last 25 years but made it out of the ALDS just once since then and that was in 02. Which leads to them having the worst postseason winning% in MLB(37,9%)
- the last World Series was before I was born
- with the Tigers making major moves now and the Royals getting better as well the division is just so interesting. The Guardians doing Guardians things anyway so you know they won't go away. A 4 team race for the division is just fun
- They have a perfect mix of key pieces (Correa, Lewis, Buxton) and needs on offense (DH, 2nd, corner OF)
- I really like the 1-2 punch of Lopez and Ryan as Starting Pitchers. Behind that there is at least a solid option with Ober and some talent. But they still could make a move for another starter, which is always a good setup

I know they work on budget limitations that won't be portrayed in the game correctly, so I will try to establish some house rules. And I will create the missing japanese players myself with the scouting data available, so I can go into the save right from the Early Access.

I am so hyped!

[DonkeyJote]

Target Field is one of my favorite stadiums in the game, so the Twins have that going for them too.

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[0blong00]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cyrus09

After looking at some stadiums in 24 again I came to a decision for my team. I really love the D-Backs roster, but I dislike their stadium very much in the game. Especially the view from the pitcher is not very aesthetically pleasing to me and since that is what I will see the most(I am bad at pitching) I don't think I can take that. The Cubs are a bit too stacked for me right now. I don't think there is much more room to improvement on my side. And Boston? I just can't do it. So I decided to adopt the Minnesota Twins as my team for 2025! Some of the reasons: - they won the division 9 times in the last 25 years but made it out of the ALDS just once since then and that was in 02. Which leads to them having the worst postseason winning% in MLB(37,9%) - the last World Series was before I was born - with the Tigers making major moves now and the Royals getting better as well the division is just so interesting. The Guardians doing Guardians things anyway so you know they won't go away. A 4 team race for the division is just fun - They have a perfect mix of key pieces (Correa, Lewis, Buxton) and needs on offense (DH, 2nd, corner OF) - I really like the 1-2 punch of Lopez and Ryan as Starting Pitchers. Behind that there is at least a solid option with Ober and some talent. But they still could make a move for another starter, which is always a good setup I know they work on budget limitations that won't be portrayed in the game correctly, so I will try to establish some house rules. And I will create the missing japanese players myself with the scouting data available, so I can go into the save right from the Early Access. I am so hyped!

Let us know what house rules you come up with. I have the feeling that turning off budgets and implementing some type of house rules are going to be necessary to keep things “realistic” with how crazy mlb free agency has gotten recently.

[Cyrus09]

Quote: Originally Posted by 0blong00

Let us know what house rules you come up with. I have the feeling that turning off budgets and implementing some type of house rules are going to be necessary to keep things “realistic” with how crazy mlb free agency has gotten recently.

I think opening up a thread about that closer to release would make sense, I would bet some here are already use some and would have a very good input on that.

[0blong00]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cyrus09

I think opening up a thread about that closer to release would make sense, I would bet some here are already use some and would have a very good input on that.

Great idea! There are for sure lots of great “house rules and work arounds” out there.

[Funkycorm]

I haven't decided if I am staying on 24 or moving to 25 yet. The jury is still out. It will be until after the franchise news comes out.

Either way, my plans will be the same.

I am going to do a 100 years of Guardians history simulation dynasty and maybe share in the baseball dynasties section (that part is still undecided) to see how much hardware I can accumulate in 100 years. They have won 2 world series titles in the last 104 years so we will see if we can beat that.

I may pick the best year out of it and play an individual season on a separate save file as well.

The plans are the same no matter which of the 2 iterations I use.

[DavisAC12]

I’m pleased to see how much people are engaging in this!

I’m a Mets fan but it’s always impossible for me to play any sports games as my favorite team lol

For that reason, I’m torn between the Angels and Rockies. I love the rebuild idea but that’s what I usually default too, there is a chance I take a team like the Blue Jays who are in a bit of flux at the moment.

Either way, I can’t wait to hear about all of your franchise journeys!


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