MLB The Show 20: Fictional Franchise Progress Thread

[jrnlgrn]

May was a rough month here in Padres land. Defense continues to keep us in games. Leading the league in K's 607, ERA 2.34, Shutouts 9, Fielding % .993 and rank top 5 in HR allowed 59 and hits allowed 449. The bright spot on offense is this team loves to hit doubles as we lead the league with 121. We just need to not leave guys stranded once they get out there. We're a much better team than our 31-29 record suggests. Same issues as last year need to get everyone firing at the same time. The NL west is way to competitive to not be performing at the highest level consistently.

May Team Stats
(13-15)

Offense - .260 BA | 258 Hits | 22 HR | 102 RBI | 17 SB
Defense - 2.25 ERA | 165 Hits | 257 K's

Starting pitcher Kyle Johnson will miss a significant portion of the summer as he's gone for at least 2 months with a torn hamstring. Johnson also missed a large chunk of 2020 with a shoulder injury. This could signal the end of Johnsons career in San Diego as he's in the final year of his contract. If he gets healthy prior to the trade deadline the Padres could look to move him. Michael Money was called up to fill in for Johnson and will be aiming to stay up if all goes well. In Money's first start of the season he pitched 6 solid innings, giving up 4 hits, a run and posting 7 strike outs resulting in a no decision.

Key Individuals:
(SP) Kole Robertson | 5-1, 1.61 ERA, 125 K's through 12 games (1st in All-Star Voting)
(RP) Alexzander Starks | 3-1, 0.84 ERA, 28 K's in 43.0 innings pitched (1st in All-Star Voting)
(2B) Jackson Gorzelanny | .304 BA, 4 HR, 19 RBI and 5 stolen

MiLB Standouts:
(1B) Bo Sparks | .309 BA, 7 HR, 36 RBI, 4 SB, 0 Errors (1st in All-Star Voting)
(3B) Pedro Perdomo | .333 BA, 4 HR, 17 RBI
(SP) Joseph Mackowiak | 6-3, 2.37 ERA, 83 K's (3rd in All-Star Voting)

NL WEST
Rockies | 35-24
Dodgers | 33-28
Giants | 32-28
Padres | 31-29
D-Backs | 29-30

NL Awards
Pitcher of the Month | Brandon Watson | 6-0, 1.02 ERA , 52 K's
Player of the Month | Caleb Pressley | .350 BA, 9 HR, 22 RBI
Rookie of the Month | Russell Smith | .284, 4 HR, 13 RBI

MISC. Around the MLB

• The Phillies have the best record in the league 43-18 and the Yankees have the worst 21-41
• Mason Franklin (ATL), Paul Keys (COL) and Kasey Lumpkin (CIN) are tied for most HR's 18
• MLB Amatuer Draft is June 2nd. Picks 1-5 belong to the Orioles, Pirates, Royals, Rays and D-Backs. The Padres have the 20th pick.

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[JoshC1977]

My fictional Braves are plowing straight into the 2021 season after a tough 2020 season where we finished tied for last place in the NL East.

We had a terrific offseason as we had cleared a massive amount of budget space. The highlights include:

- We signed the one top tier SP on the market, Chip Wolf, to a 9 year pact at 31 million dollars annually. Chip will obviously anchor our rotation.
- Former Phillies starter Marty Melankon was signed to a 5 year deal worth 8.5 million annually.
- Former Oakland closer James Brandon was signed to a 5 year deal worth 11 million annually.
- We executed a trade with the Royals, acquiring SP Jose Rosales for RF Wong-Yong Lee and SP Kirby Pace.

The offense got some love too
- We signed stud 2B Bobby Lockett from the ChiSox to a 5 year 16.2 million dollar deal.
- We acquired C Christopher Templeton from the Reds for SP Troy Jameson.
- To help offset the loss of Wong-Yong Lee, we signed RF Junior Richard to a 3 year deal worth 3.5 million per season.

All things be considered, our team has been massively upgraded to complement a core lead by Paul Keys, NL MVP Mason Franklin, and speedy CF JC Ray.

The 2021 season is underway and we faced an incredibly good Mets team in a 4-game set, winning 3 of 4 games (all of which were low-scoring affairs). Top-to-bottom, the NL East is by far the best division in the game....so we will be in a dogfight. Our owner is not pleased with last season's performance and is demanding results. But, we feel our team is good enough to go all the way and we're going all-in to win this year!

[jrnlgrn]

One out from a no hitter for the 4th time in 2 seasons and second time this season. When are the RNG gods just going to let me get a no hitter.1595715315379.jpeg

Sent from a galaxy far far away.

[Funkycorm]

Quote: Originally Posted by Funkycorm

On to the season: We opened the year at home against the Giants and are now 1-2. We had a great walk off win in extra innings in the bottom of the 11th in game 2 but I have quickly discovered that the bullpen is a liability.

9 games in and the Dodgers are sitting at 4-5 and third in the NL West. It was a tough opening stretch as we played 6 games against the Giants going 2-4 in those games.

[the_kevstaaa]

The AL Wild Card game is in the books and it wasn't close. The Washington Eagles (93-69) jumped on the Columbus Bombers (88-74) early and never looked back. They hit a three-run homer in the 1st and a grand slam in the 2nd, before adding another two-run shot. It was 9-0 after two innings and that was it. The game ended 10-4 and Columbus never threatened.

W: Josh Reed (1-0, 1.17 ERA) 7.2IP, ER, 9 K
L: Cameron Hutchinson (0-1, 47.25 ERA) 1.1IP, 7 ER, 0 K

WSH: Chuck Souza: 2-5, HR (1), 3 RBI (3), 2 R (2)
WSH: Clayton Anderson: 2-5, HR (1), 4 RBI (4), 2 R (2)
CMB: Marco Mendoza: 2-4, RBI (1), R (1), 2B (1)

[Funkycorm]

Quote: Originally Posted by Funkycorm

9 games in and the Dodgers are sitting at 4-5 and third in the NL West. It was a tough opening stretch as we played 6 games against the Giants going 2-4 in those games.

The Dodgers have hit a hot streak. We went into St. Louis and swept the Cardinals in a 4 game series then came home and took 2 of 3 from the Nationals. We now sit at 10-6 and 1 game behind the Giants in the NL West in our quick manage series.

Though we did lose our closer for 2 weeks our bullpen has held up fair enough. Our offense has kept us hot.

[jrnlgrn]

*Knock on wood* Gonna ride this hot streak as long as I can. Also closer Train Lucas is on a good run of form as well.1595778019322.jpeg

Sent from a galaxy far far away.

[the_kevstaaa]

The Chicago Hitmen proved why they were so good in the regular season. They took a 2-0 lead after four innings before giving up a solo homer in the sixth. However, they followed that up by adding on two more runs in the bottom half and poured on more later to roll to a 9-1 victory in Game 1 over the Las Vegas Gamblers.

W: Marty Stark (1-0, 1.28 ERA) 7.0IP, ER, 10 K
L: Alec Johnson (0-1, 3.60 ERA) 5.0IP, 2 ER, 4 K

CHI: Casey Cain: 3-4, 2 HR (2), 2 RBI (2), 3 R (3), 2B (1)
CHI: Earl Phelps: 2-5, HR (1), 3 RBI (3), R (1)
LVG: Alexander: 2-4, HR (1), RBI (1), R (1)