MLB 15 Franchise Progress Thread

[NDAlum]

I'm about 90 games into my season and I'm hanging on to 3rd in the NL Central with the Pirates. I think I'm 48-42/43 at this point. Having a blast with my squad and I play all my games.

I waited for the ASB to conduct all trades (30-team control) and a few notables I can think of off the top of my head:

Twins 1B Joe Mauer to the Indians for prospects
- Mauer was hitting .341 and the Twins had the worst record in baseball. In his first two games he hit 3 home runs for Cleveland.

Phillies SP Cole Hamels to the Red Sox for prospects (Henry Owens+)
- The Phils suck and Boston needed an improvement to the rotation badly. Hamels threw a CG SHO his 1st game.

There are more I'll post them later

[DJeterFan2]

I'm 31-14 in my Yankees up 1.5 games on the white-hot Orioles, winners of eight straight. I split the first two games of my series with Kansas City in the Bronx. For some reason I can't get Eric Kratz out, and it's really getting annoying. Looking to take the rubber game of the series later tonight.

http://www.dynastynation.operationsp...Fan2&sport=mlb

[charlieh78]

The Twins have finished April on a 3 game skid. Their longest such streak on the season. The team is 10-12, 2.5 games behind Cleveland. Here is a look at the team stats through April. Also included below are the current standings and a review of the box scores.

2015 Minnesota Twins April Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
Joe Mauer	85	15	27	2	0	2	14	8	11	1	0	.318	.375	.412
Torii Hunter	80	7	22	2	1	1	11	4	6	1	0	.275	.318	.363
Jordan Schafer	76	13	17	2	0	0	0	4	13	16	0	.224	.280	.250
Danny Santana	73	10	18	3	1	0	3	8	11	6	3	.247	.321	.315
Oswaldo Arcia	72	7	18	1	0	3	13	3	19	0	0	.250	.289	.389
Brian Dozier	68	8	14	0	1	4	13	10	14	0	0	.206	.308	.412
Trevor Plouffe	67	3	16	2	0	2	8	7	14	0	0	.239	.311	.358
Kennys Vargas	64	8	12	0	0	2	3	6	16	0	0	.187	.268	.281
Kurt Suzuki	55	1	16	3	0	0	7	6	10	0	0	.291	.355	.345
Eduardo Escobar	28	4	7	1	0	0	3	7	1	0	0	.250	.395	.286
Shane Robinson	25	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	.120	.241	.160
Eric Fryer	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	.150	.217	.150
Doug Bernier	16	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	.187	.235	.250
Eduardo Nunez (DL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

2015 Minnesota Twins April Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Casey Fien	10	0	2	1	1	0	3	12.0	7	2	0	1	6	0.67	1.50
Ryan Pressly	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	9.2	8	2	0	1	8	0.93	1.86
Tim Stauffer	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	8.2	11	7	1	4	6	1.73	7.27
Glen Perkins	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	8.2	3	0	0	2	8	0.58	0.00
Caleb Thielbar	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	10.2	4	0	0	2	11	0.56	0.00
Blaine Boyer	8	0	0	1	0	0	2	7.2	4	0	0	0	10	0.52	0.00
Brian Duensing	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	22	10	1	2	3	2.18	8.18
Phil Hughes	5	5	2	1	0	1	0	29.0	34	18	6	4	21	1.31	5.59
Ervin Santana	5	5	1	2	0	2	0	27.2	30	10	1	11	28	1.48	3.25
Ricky Nolasco	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	25.1	31	11	4	1	17	1.26	3.91
Tommy Milone	4	4	2	1	0	2	0	22.2	23	6	2	2	15	1.10	2.38
Mike Pelfrey	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	22.0	34	16	2	5	15	1.77	6.55

Standings

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MLB Standings - Updated: May 1, 2015
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Boston Red Sox	14	8	-	94	65
New York Yankees	13	9	1.0	69	74
Toronto Blue Jays	12	11	2.5	90	97
Baltimore Orioles	11	11	3.0	80	87
Tampa Bay Rays	7	15	7.0	89	81
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Cleveland Indians	12	9	-	82	96
Detroit Tigers	12	11	1.0	100	90
Kansas City Royals	11	12	2.0	100	97
MINNESOTA TWINS	10	12	2.5	78	95
Chicago White Sox	10	12	2.5	66	76
AL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Anaheim Angels	16	6	-	125	77
Texas Rangers	13	8	2.5	91	94
Seattle Mariners	11	11	5.0	108	102
Oakland Athletics	11	12	5.5	110	107
Houston Astros	5	17	11.0	71	106
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Texas Rangers	13	8	-	91	94
New York Yankees	13	9	-	69	74
Toronto Blue Jays	12	11	1.5	90	97
Detroit Tigers	12	11	1.5	100	90
Baltimore Orioles	11	11	2.0	80	87
Seattle Mariners	11	11	2.0	108	102
Oakland Athletics	11	12	2.5	110	107
Kansas City Royals	11	12	2.5	100	97
MINNESOTA TWINS	10	12	3.0	78	95
Chicago White Sox	10	12	3.0	66	76
Tampa Bay Rays	7	15	6.0	89	81
Houston Astros	5	17	8.0	71	106
NL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Mets	15	8	-	87	66
Atlanta Braves	12	10	2.5	91	79
Miami Marlins	10	12	4.5	65	79
Washington Nationals	10	13	5.0	82	69
Philadelphia Phillies	5	18	10.0	47	106
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Pittsburgh Pirates	14	8	-	101	75
St.Louis Cardinals	14	8	-	96	67
Chicago Cubs	12	10	2.0	81	85
Milwaukee Brewers	9	13	5.0	69	88
Cincinnati Reds	9	14	5.5	65	87
NL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
San Francisco Giants	16	7	-	103	66
San Diego Padres	13	10	3.0	91	86
Colorado Rockies	11	11	4.5	102	98
Los Angeles Dodgers	10	11	5.0	81	74
Arizona Diamondbacks	5	16	10.0	65	110
NL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Pittsburgh Pirates	14	8	-	101	75
St.Louis Cardinals	14	8	-	96	67
San Diego Padres	13	10	1.5	91	86
Atlanta Braves	12	10	2.0	91	79
Chicago Cubs	12	10	2.0	81	85
Colorado Rockies	11	11	3.0	102	98
Los Angeles Dodgers	10	11	3.5	81	74
Miami Marlins	10	12	4.0	65	79
Washington Nationals	10	13	4.5	82	69
Milwaukee Brewers	9	13	5.0	69	88
Cincinnati Reds	9	14	5.5	65	87
Arizona Diamondbacks	5	16	5.5	65	87
Philadelphia Phillies	5	18	9.5	47	106

April Box Scores

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Minnesota Twins April 2015 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Apr 6	at Detroit Tigers	Won, 7-6
Apr 8	at Detroit Tigers	Won, 5-2
Apr 9	at Detroit Tigers	Won, 4-3
Apr 10	at Chicago White Sox	Won, 3-1
Apr 11	at Chicago White Sox	Lost, 3-0
Apr 12	at Chicago White Sox	Won, 7-5
Apr 13	vs Kansas City Royals	Lost, 3-2
Apr 15	vs Kansas City Royals	Won, 8-4
Apr 16	vs Kansas City Royals	Lost, 7-3
Apr 17	vs Cleveland Indians	Lost, 3-2
Apr 18	vs Cleveland Indians	Won, 9-3
Apr 19	vs Cleveland Indians	Lost, 6-3
Apr 20	at Kansas City Royals	Lost, 6-1
Apr 21	at Kansas City Royals	Won, 2-1
Apr 22	at Kansas City Royals	Lost, 8-0
Apr 24	at Seattle Mariners	Lost, 7-0
Apr 25	at Seattle Mariners	Won, 6-4
Apr 26	at Seattle Mariners	Lost, 4-1
Apr 27	vs Detroit Tigers	Won, 5-0
Apr 28	vs Detroit Tigers	Lost, 12-5
Apr 29	vs Detroit Tigers	Lost, 3-2
Apr 30	vs Chicago White Sox	Lost, 4-3

[HozAndMoose]

End of May - 2016

May Schedule / Results

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Kansas City Royals May 2015 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
May 1	vs Minnesota Twins	Won, 5-3
May 2	vs Los Angeles Angels	Lost, 3-1
May 3	vs Los Angeles Angels	Won, 5-1
May 4	vs Los Angeles Angels	Won, 11-1
May 5	vs Los Angeles Angels	Won, 4-2
May 6	at Chicago White Sox (U)	Lost, 2-1
May 7	at Chicago White Sox	Won, 9-7
May 8	at Chicago White Sox	Won, 3-1
May 10	at Cleveland Indians	Won, 1-0
May 11	at Cleveland Indians	Won, 2-1
May 12	at Cleveland Indians	Lost, 7-6
May 13	vs New York Yankees (U)	Won, 2-0
May 14	vs New York Yankees	Lost, 4-1
May 15	vs New York Yankees	Won, 4-3
May 17	at Milwaukee Brewers	Won, 15-3
May 18	at Milwaukee Brewers	Won, 10-1
May 20	at Minnesota Twins	Won, 3-2
May 20	at Minnesota Twins (U)	Won, 5-3
May 21	at Minnesota Twins	Won, 6-2
May 23	vs Baltimore Orioles	Lost, 2-1
May 24	vs Baltimore Orioles	Lost, 2-0
May 25	vs Baltimore Orioles	Lost, 2-1
May 27	vs Tampa Bay Rays	Won, 1-0
May 28	vs Tampa Bay Rays (U)	Won, 4-1
May 29	vs Tampa Bay Rays	Won, 3-0
May 30	at Baltimore Orioles	Won, 3-2
May 31	at Baltimore Orioles	Lost, 7-1

Now that is the kind of month I was expecting. 19-8 to bring us to 31-20 and take a 2 game lead over Detroit for 1st place.

In April we hit .240, 193 hits, 18 HR and 84 RBI. May we hit .261, 240 hits, 24 HR and 108 RBI. Eric Hosmer, Jarrod Dyson and Mike Moustakas all had great months. Hosmer slumped a bit at the end but still hit .351 with 4 HR and 13 RBI. Dyson was pretty solid all month. He hit .333 with a .418 OBP in the lead off spot. Moustakas was terrible the first 14 games of the month. He hit .175 with 0 HR and 3 RBI. But he broke out in a 15-3 win over Milwaukee. In that game he was 3-5 with 2 HR and 9 RBI. That helped him hit .387 with 4 HR 15 RBI over the last 13 games of the month. Overall in May he hit .292 with 4 HR and 18 RBI. Gordon came down a bit. Hitting .302 now and still leads the team in runs, HR and RBI.

Pitching was already good. But it got even better. April - 3.15 ERA, 188 hits, 87 ER and169 K's. May - 2.25 ERA, 176 hits, 62 ER and 188 K's. Danny Duffy and Jason Vargas are dominating. Duffy is 7-1 with a 1.32 ERA in 10 games. Vargas is 6-2 with a 1.73 ERA and 9 of his 10 games have been quality starts. Kris Medlen is doing pretty good as well. 3-2 with a 3.00 ERA. Ventura and Volquez are struggling, But have seemed to be getting better. Ventura is 4-6 with a 4.20 ERA and Volquez is 4-4 with a 4.55 ERA.

In AAA, through 10 games Sean Manaea is 7-2 with a 1.39 ERA and 83 K's in 71 innings. Whit Merrifield is hitting .322 with 20 RBI and Hunter Dozier is hitting .296. For AA, Jackson Yates is hitting .363 with 5 HR and 21 RBI to go with 16 SB. Jesus Fernandez is hitting .301. But he just cant buy a hit with RISP hitting just .077 and only has 8 RBI. Foster Griffin is 4-0 with a 1.57 ERA. At 20 years old he looks like he could be a beast for years to come.

On April 16th, rookie Stephen Piscotty for St Louis was suspended 70 games for a failed PED test . He was hitting .333 at the time.

I completely forgot the scout players so the draft will be very interesting.

[Gronk4M13]

Somehow, someway, the Colorado Rockies are 24-22.

Here's a look at the DL:

RF Carlos Gonzalez: (.236, 9 HR, 23 RBI): inflamed hip; est. injury 2-3 weeks, DL time 8 days.

SS Daniel Descalso (.253, 4 RBI) pulled calf, est. injury 2-3 weeks, DL time 10 days

60 Day-

3B Nolan Arenado (.197, 2 HR, 8 RBI) torn ACL, 6+ months, 34 days DL time

SS Troy Tulowitzki (.270, 6 HR, 12 RBI) fractured shin, 1-2 months, 37 Days DL time

These injuries have given a lot of playing time to:

Rookie baseman Angelys Nina (21 hits, .236, 4 RBI)

Shortstop Omar Quintanilla (.364, 1 HR, 1 RBI in 3 games)

Rookie OF Kyle Parker (.400, 2 RBI in 7 games)

Wilin Rosario (.262, 3 HR, 14 RBI)

SS/2B Rafael Ynoa (.333, 2 RBI in 11 games)

OF Brandon Barnes (.286, 4 RBI in 15 games)

Ending a road series with the 22-24 Reds (Kendrick vs Iglesias) before starting one with the 21-27 Phillies.

The bullpen remains pretty anemic, especially Tommy Kahlne (8 ERA) Axford (0-1, 7.36 ERA, 2 saves) and Rex Brothers (0-2, 4.66 ERA, 3 saves)

Christian Friedrich, Aaron Poreda and Boone Logan have been bright spots in the BP. Logan is our latest closer.

Eddie Butler is one of our best SPs at 6-1 with a 3.99 ERA. De La Rosa is 2-1 with a 3.03 ERA. Kendrick is 2-5 with a 3.59 ERA. Lyles is 6-1 with a 2.62 ERA. Matzek is 3-6 with a 4.35 ERA.

[NothingTrivial]

A great 2015 season ended for the Chicago Cubs after being defeated 3-1 in the NLDS by the Dodgers. Here's some recaps for the year.

2015 Chicago Cubs Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
SS Starlin Castro	584	64	157	30	9	12	58	36	98	11	4	.269	.315	.413
1B Anthony Rizzo	628	81	158	33	2	31	108	58	166	2	1	.252	.316	.459
3B Kris Bryant	578	71	142	34	2	35	91	58	175	8	3	.246	.315	.493
RF Jorge Soler	534	49	130	23	6	21	77	41	148	6	2	.243	.299	.427
LF Ichiro Suzuki	410	45	102	18	7	1	25	26	67	7	3	.249	.302	.334
CF Arismendy Alcantara	428	65	124	18	9	19	54	37	105	30	5	.290	.348	.507
LF Chris Coghlan	310	35	85	19	1	9	32	35	61	4	1	.274	.355	.429
CF Dexter Fowler	368	56	89	16	2	10	39	46	106	13	3	.242	.328	.378
2B Addison Russell	322	46	91	22	3	12	34	34	86	11	4	.283	.356	.481
C Miguel Montero	287	27	57	8	2	2	26	30	64	0	0	.199	.275	.261
RF Matt Szczur	204	26	48	11	1	2	15	14	29	9	3	.235	.300	.328
2B Hak Ju Lee	209	21	41	13	1	3	17	13	63	11	5	.196	.247	.311
C David Ross	192	17	43	6	1	5	18	23	74	0	0	.224	.313	.344
C Kyle Schwarber	101	13	29	4	0	9	21	5	33	0	0	.287	.318	.594
2B Logan Watkins	94	15	26	3	1	3	7	9	23	9	0	.277	.349	.426
2B Jonathan Herrera	32	4	9	2	0	0	3	6	6	0	0	.281	.395	.344
3B Mike Olt	22	3	4	1	1	1	2	3	9	0	0	.182	.280	.455

2015 Chicago Cubs Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
SP Jon Lester	33	33	14	8	0	23	0	216.1	204	79	25	60	192	1.22	3.29
SP Jake Arrieta	23	23	11	4	0	15	0	140.0	111	55	12	55	122	1.19	3.54
SP Travis Wood	34	31	13	8	0	18	1	192.0	178	75	18	63	185	1.26	3.52
SP Jason Hammel	32	32	13	11	0	21	0	203.0	186	71	18	66	179	1.24	3.15
SP Kyle Hendricks	32	32	10	12	0	19	0	192.2	203	80	24	36	142	1.24	3.74
SP Edwin Jackson	29	10	6	5	0	6	1	101.0	117	47	11	37	92	1.52	4.19
SP Julio Urias	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	2	13	0.67	0.00
SP CJ Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.1	4	0	0	0	3	1.71	0.00
RP Neil Ramirez	67	0	10	3	0	0	8	87.1	70	27	7	32	110	1.17	2.78
RP Jake Diekman	64	0	1	0	0	0	12	60.1	59	40	7	36	69	1.57	5.97
RP Hector Rondon	52	0	3	3	0	0	23	45.2	34	17	5	19	45	1.16	3.35
RP Shae Simmons	45	0	4	2	1	0	3	45.2	38	13	5	31	44	1.51	2.56
RP Blake Parker	33	0	4	1	1	0	2	43.1	43	18	3	16	42	1.36	3.74
RP Armando Rivero	24	0	0	1	0	0	12	22.2	15	7	1	8	22	1.01	2.78
RP James Russell	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	7.2	9	5	1	4	10	1.70	5.87
CP Pedro Strop	62	0	0	1	57	0	0	57.1	37	10	2	28	61	1.13	1.57

2015 MLB Award Winners
Award	Player	Pos	Team
AL Most Valuable Player	Miguel Cabrera	1B	Detroit Tigers
NL Most Valuable Player	Clayton Kershaw	SP	Los Angeles Dodgers
AL Cy Young Award	Yu Darvish	SP	Texas Rangers
NL Cy Young Award	Clayton Kershaw	SP	Los Angeles Dodgers
AL Rolaids Relief Award	Cody Allen	CP	Cleveland Indians
NL Rolaids Relief Award	Trevor Rosenthal	CP	St Louis Cardinals
AL Rolaids Relief Award	Devon Travis	2B	Toronto Blue Jays
NL Rookie of the Year	Kris Bryant	3B	Chicago Cubs
AL Hank Aaron Award	Miguel Cabrera	1B	Detroit Tigers
NL Hank Aaron Award	Ryan Braun	RF	Milwaukee Brewers

2015 MLB Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winners
American League	Pos	National League
Matt Weiters	C	Christian Bethancourt
Chris Davis	1B	Ryan Zimmerman
Dustin Pedroia	2B	Brandon Phillips
Kyle Seager	3B	Chris Johnson
Elvis Andrus	SS	Andrelton Simmons
Kevin Pillar	OF	Christian Yelich
Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	Jon Jay
Nick Markakis	OF	Kevin Kiermaier
Chris Tillman	P	Matt Harvey

2015 MLB Silver Slugger Award Winners
American League	Pos	National League
Yan Gomes	C	Buster Posey
Miguel Cabrera	1B	Paul Goldschmidt
Ian Kinsler	2B	Kolten Wong
Manny Machado	3B	Anthony Rendon
Mike Aviles	SS	Jean Segura
Adam Jones	OF	Ryan Braun
Mike Trout	OF	Andrew McCutchen
Jose Bautista	OF	Bryce Harper

In the World Series we had the Cleveland Indians defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in 7 games.

[DaltonT4]

Normally I don't complain about trades in a franchise because I treat it as my own little fantasy world but this one was so puzzling that I decided to post it.

Dodgers trade: SP Clayton Kershaw

Rangers trade: 3B Adrian Beltre, 2B Rougned Odor, CF Delino Deshields Jr.


Dodgers are in first place at the time Kershaw is 4-1 with a 1.61 ERA, Rangers are 2nd in the AL West just two games back of the A's Beltre is only hitting .161 with 1 HR, Odor batting .200 with just 30 AB's and Delino only has 7 AB's and one hit. This trade happened on June 10th, not sure why the Dodgers would make this trade.

[Marino]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaltonT4

Normally I don't complain about trades in a franchise because I treat it as my own little fantasy world but this one was so puzzling that I decided to post it. Dodgers trade: SP Clayton Kershaw Rangers trade: 3B Adrian Beltre, 2B Rougned Odor, CF Delino Deshields Jr. Dodgers are in first place at the time Kershaw is 4-1 with a 1.61 ERA, Rangers are 2nd in the AL West just two games back of the A's Beltre is only hitting .161 with 1 HR, Odor batting .200 with just 30 AB's and Delino only has 7 AB's and one hit. This trade happened on June 10th, not sure why the Dodgers would make this trade.

Yeah the Dodgers would never make that trade lol.