MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by ch46647

Just curious.. Do you folks prefer playing all 162 or do you have a pattern of playing X number of games and simming Y number of games?

I play every major league game for my team.

[KBLover]

May ended with the Marlins taking the expected lumps throughout the rest of the month.

They ended May at 14-13, and have started June in a less-than-pleasant manner, going 2-4 to start the month.

The result of this is the Marlins holding just a 1/2 game lead over the Nationals and just scuffling everywhere outside of the starting rotation.

The team is still listed at 5th in runs scored, but most of that is because of Yelich, Stanton, and Davis. Most of the rest of the lineup has been horrible to maybe average.

Poster children for this continue to be Matt Baldwin and Nori Aoki. One wonders just how much more rope these two will get to turn things around, especially Baldwin considering there's Marcell Ozuna waiting for another chance.

Jose Campos has also been very disappointing. "Fortunately" for him, so have Gregorius and Hechavarria.

The starting rotation is the bright spot with Jose Fernandez being ridiculously good, even by his standard. He's currently sporting a 1.45 ERA. Damian Boeve's second season has been better than the first so far, posting a strong 2.24 ERA.

The bullpen has been a bloody mess all year long. Hardly anyone can put together a string of good outings and only Cody Allen has a good ERA. Allen is sitting at a 1.32 ERA. Next lowest ERA after that is from the waiver wire pick up Leonel Campos at 3.64.


Injuries:
Carlos Santana will be out for some weeks. This likely allows Colin Moran to return, though David Sohn might be pushing for major league time with his exceptional power against LHP and decent bat vs RHP.

Also missing time is Aaron Sanchez. This injury was scary as it impacted his back during a plate appearance. It looked much worse and could have been much worse. As it is, he is out for 4-8 weeks with a herniated disc.

There's a number of pitchers who could take the spot, but scouts have recently liked the performance of Jacob Turner, and he'll likely get the chance to prove himself - or audition for other teams to come trade for him.


Draft Results:

The Amateur Draft also took place, and here's how the Marlins fared:

1st round - SP Robinson Mota - Age: 20
Mota is a power lefty that just wowed scouts with his velocity. He was hitting triple digits consistently and maintaining it through his outings. He doesn't pick up many strikeouts for some reason, but that could come with maturity and experience.

Compensation Round - SS Ricky Villa - 49/88 - Age: 19
Villa is a high-risk, high-reward prospect. He has a long way to go to reach his ceiling, but scouts have been high on his work ethic and raw athletic ability.

2nd round - CF Freddie Santiago - 70/87 - Age: 22
The "sure thing" out of this group, Santiago is very close to being at least a bench option in the outfield. He does need a bit of refinement, but he might be at the majors next year.

3rd round - SP Tommy Peterson - 52/74 - Age: 18
While not a "wow" prospect, he has some hope, and being just 18 gives him plenty of time to develop and perhaps surprise. Could be a power pitcher in the making, or perhaps he'll find control and be a good finesse type.

4th round - 3B Brian Ozuna - 42/76 - Age: 18
Another teenage prospect that's nothing special, but could turn into a decent player. Doesn't really demonstrate any strengths, so hard to say what he might become. He'll need to find some sort of niche or some way to stand out.

5th round - SP Sean Encarnacion - Age: 19
Sean seems oriented to control and location despite having plus velocity with possible upside from here, given his age. His pitches are very well developed for his age. Question is how fast will he learn how to use those pitches and how high will his ceiling reach going forward.

6th round - RP Dino Andino - Age: 24
Not much to say here (other than his name being fun to say). He does have decent development on his pitches, though he relies a lot on tricking hitters with his junk and hoping they chase. Location will be his downfall, not good in a soft-armed pitcher.

[iMunenoriKawasaki]

Series against Marlins


(forgot to do this first)


Matt Moore (0-1 6.14) Jarred Cosart (1-0 1.00) Rays Loose




Jake Odorizzi (0-0 0.00) Dan Haren (0-0 0.00)


Chris Archer (0-0 2.70) Jose Fernandez (1-0 1.00)

[iMunenoriKawasaki]

This game for the Rays was just plain ugly. The Marlins take game 2 by the horrendous score of 13-1. In this one, the Rays were also only limited to 5 hits, 3 of which coming from Steven Souza, who also got batted in by John Jaso for the Rays only run of the game. Jake Odorizzi went 5 innings allowing 4 Runs to cross, but the bullpen allowed 9 runs between them. On the Marlins side, they were lifted by a wonderful pitching performance by Dan Haren, going all 9 innings.




Rays Jake Odorizzi 0-1 7.20
Marlins Dan Haren 1-0 1.00

Rays Steven Souza Jr 3-4, R
Marlins Mike Morse 2-5, HR (1) 2B


Rays 1-4
Marlins 4-1

[jb12780]

Pitched a hell of a game with Luis Severino on Friday:

CG, 2 H, 9 K, 1 BB

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[jfinger2013]

This is my Cubs franchise we are currently 81-41 first in the division and a world series favorite our Roster currently looks like this

Sp Jon Lester 90ovr 14-3 2.22era 138so 1.00whip
Jake Arrieta 88ovr 9-7 2.16era 167so 1.01whip
Matt Moore 80ovr 5-9 4.48era 149so 1.56whip
Mike Foltynewicz 79ovr 11-8 3.74era 140so 1.32whip
Noah Syndergaard 79ovr 11-3 4.15era 114so 1.35whip

RP Pedro Strop 81ovr 4.23era
Neil Ramirez 77ovr 2.25era
Justin Grimm 76ovr 0.56era
Rafael Soriano 76ovr 4.91era
Jack Leathersich 71ovr 4.40era
Roberto Osuna 71ovr 3.21era
Zach Rosscup 71ovr 3.40era

CP Hector Rondon 82ovr 36saves 2.96era

C Miguel Mongrel 81ovr .286avg 12Hrs 51rbi
Kyle Schwarber 75ovr .368avg 0Hrs 3rbi

1B Anthony Rizzo. 333avg 17Hrs 60rbi

2B Addison Russell. 314avg 12Hrs 49rbi
Tommy lastella. 226avg 1Hr 18rbi
Jonathan Herrera .299avg 12rbi

3B Kris Bryant. .278avg 23Hrs 67rbi

SS Starlin Castro .279avg 7Hrs 52rbi

LF Corey Dickerson ..340avg 30Hrs 87rbi
Chris Coghlan ..225avg 3Hr 11rbi
Chris Denorfia. 339avg 2Hr 26rbi

CF Dexter Fowler .269avg 11Hr 33rbi

RF Jorge Soler. 263avg 14Hr 53rbi

ALL STARS: Jon Lester; Jake Arrieta; Justin Grimm ; Hector Rondon Anthony Rizal; Corey Dickerson






Allow Stars

[countryboy]

With a week left in July we have hit a rough stretch, as we have lost 4 straight knocking us to 3 1/2 behind the Buccos for first in the Central over 5 1/2 games behind the second wildcard spot.

While our bullpen has been pitching very well since the break, we lost Wacha to a head contusion and our starting pitching isn't holding up its end of the bargin.

I did make a move that I thought could possibly help our team, as we dealt Kolten Wong and Craig Gentry to the Twins for Oswaldo Arcia and a minor league closer prospect. I know you're probably wondering why I dealt Wong, but honestly he really doesn't have a spot on this team, and has spent most of the last two seasons in AAA, as we have Carpenter at 2B and Arenado at third. With us having a few hot prospects at second, a move of Wong was almost necessary. We got the LH bat with pop that we need and possibly our Left fielder of the future as I expect Holiday to retire after this year and even if he doesn't, we most likely will not resign him. In fact if we continue to fall further behind in the races, we may deal him to a contending team so he can play in the postseason one last time.

But we haven't given up hope just yet. Gotta keep digging and fighting. Right now, we just need a win.

[FSanchez12]

7 Games into year two, and I can tell already that defending the WS for my Pirates is going to be hard enough in my own division, let alone the entire league.

I've decided to attempt to play every game for the time being since I'm ahead of real life and into the next season of play. I've finally mastered hitting with Josh Harrison (which I thought was impossible at one time), which has helped him to a .400 average to kick off the lineup. Behind him however, I've been struggling with McCutchen and surprisingly Polanco. Polanco usually is guaranteed a 2 hit game when I play, he almost hit .500 in the playoffs last year, but now it's like I've completely forgotten how. With McCutchen, he's just really really good at hitting at-him balls.

The trouble is, despite starting 6-1, the Brewers (who added Pablo Sandoval in the offseason) have become unbeatable. We've yet to play them, but they're off to a strong 8-1 start, and it looks like this division is going to be a slugfest between the two of us this year. I hope Miller Park doesn't continue to be a house of horrors for me.