That time of year again fellas. Let's share our Franchise and Season experiences and progress with each other. Have Fun!! 
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I started a franchise with Jays. I'm gonna play one and sim 5 so I'm always using a new pitcher when I play.
I only played one game tonight and it was great. Opening day against Cleveland. Won it 4-3 in 10 inning.
Bautista didn't get a hit the whole game then got a walk off HR in bottom of 10th.
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I do a co-op franchise with my little brother, playing everygame and we noticed that this year your players lose a ton of attribute points after simming spring training. Is it because we are the YANKEES and half their team are old men? Or is this happening to every team?
We tweaked it and put the numbers back up so that it's tolerable but it might be pretty annoying if we have to keep an eye on it after every game.
For example, Mariano River went from like a 94 down to 70+ after the spring.Comment
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Just started my rebuild franchise with the Marlins.. gonna be tough lolMLB: Atlanta Braves
NCAA: Tennessee Vols
NBA: Memphis Grizzlies
NFL: Tennessee TitansComment
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We had a big 2-1 to open the 2013 season at Yankee stadium.
Lester was excellent pitching 6.2 innings of 1 run ball only allowing 4 hits with 4 k's.
We actually had no RBI's in the game as I scored on a wild pitch and also scored on a throwing error on the catcher Cervelli.
Hanrahan had a clean 9th inning for his first save in a Red Sox Uniform.
Game 2 pits Ryan Dempster against Hiroki Kuroda. #RedSoxNation
**I play on All-Star for every part of the game (batting, pitching, and fielding). I use timing hitting with guess pitch on and with NO feedback. I choose to use the meter for pitching and the regular buttons for hitting. Gamertag is Mike10693. Add me and hit me up for an online game. More Franchise updates to come...Comment
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Cleveland Indians -
Spring Training started with a big win for the Tribe and ended with a thud from our lackluster pitching. Currently trying to make a few trades to bring some youth into the pitching rotation as well as cutting loose some questionable signings (IE - Jason Giambi).
The nice surprise was Chris Perez actually getting 9 Saves during the Spring. He is trying to earn a hefty pay day after this season.
Michael Brantly went off during the Spring with a .343 AVG and 4 HRs.
Some players that are in desperate times are Ben Francisco (.048 AVG) and Lou Marson (.167 AVG). Marson may be safe but Francisco is most likely gone.
Pitching Rotation Set
1 - Masterson
2 - Matsuzaka
3 - Myers
4 - McAllister
5 - Tomlin
Starting Lineup
1 - Bourn (CF)
2 - Brantley (LF)
3 - Swisher (1B)
4 - Santana (C)
5 - Kipnis (2B)
6 - Chisenhall (3B) *Hoping for a breakout season from him.
7 - Cabrera (SS)
8 - Reynolds (DH) *If he doesn't pick it up fast he could be gone.
9 - Stubbs (RF)
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Tryna figure out who I should ride with....
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
San Diego PadresComment
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Based on your name I'm guessing your a fan of one of the two Chicago teams?Comment
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Going to get another exhibition game in to tweak sliders (mainly pitch speed, as the others need larger sample sizes) regain comfort with the controls, and then it's time to start my Cubs franchise!!
Don't know if I want to do a "play one game a series" or a "play 1 sim 5" approach. Given the young guys in the Cubs revitalized system, I'd like to get deeper into the franchise than I have in years past (only got a couple seasons in, as I played almost every game).
Probably go with the play 1, sim 5 then actually.
You do what you want in your association, don't let others ruin the fun. Just because other people say it's cheap doesn't mean you have to let it affect your association, just have fun - Evan_OSComment
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Started a Cardinals season that`ll keep me busy until the OSFM rosters are out. Started the season with a series win in Arizona. Wainwright threw a hell of an Opening Day followed by a good start by Carpenter. Lynn did not fair so well and gave up 4 ER in the series finale and Arizona escaped a series sweep.
Moved onto San Fransisco, where Garcia threw a solid ball game and Freese picked up the offense, going 4 for 5 with a HR and 4 RBI. Cardinals win 8-2.
So Im 3-1 playing on All-Star difficulty and getting fairly solid contributions from everyone, except Alan Craig
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31-29 with the Mariners... Been playing about 2-3 games every month so I can progress faster (real franchise will start when OFSM rosters drop) so it's kinda a test run for me...
Using MLB 12 sliders with adjusted pitch speed and I'm loving it
King Felix vs CC against the Yanks... Hot start but now we've been cold lately and losing lots of easy ones.. Big game gotta start getting back on trackComment
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I just finished year 2 with the Rangers. Going through it pretty quick just to check things out until the full rosters come out.
a few "issues"
1) budgets
I won the World Series both seasons. At the end of season 1 my budget increased by 4% and at the end of season 2 it increased by 3%. That is way to low. That increase alone doesn't come anywhere close to covering annual increases in multi-year contracts or increases for players moving through arbitration. I've seen this happen in previous games and it usually leads to a lot of players sitting in FA at the beginning of spring training because nobody has any money. It also does not accurately reflect the revenue increase a team sees when winning the World Series two years in a row.
2) year two schedule is off by a week
not a major issue but the season starts a week later than it should. and there are a high amount of off days during spring training.
3) contracts players are willing to sign
after year one, i had Jurikson Profar and Mike Olt (Texas' two top offensive prospects) on my contract renew screen. Under what they want as a offer, both were in the 500k range for 3 seasons. I decided to offer them each $4 million/10 years just to see what would happen. They both accepted. I was never able to do this in previous games.
4) player progression is insane
ive seen players drop 20ish points in one season and seen players increase rapidly. Not sure at the moment if I like it but it definitely changes how you look at players. After season 1, I needed a DH and missed out on a few FA's (see my next comment) and I offered Carlos Beltran a 1 year/$1 million contract. He went from a 86 to a 71 by season end. Albert Pujols is currently sitting at a 72 (being a Rangers fan, I find this one hilarious). I also traded for Mike Leake as part of a minor deal and he went from being used primarily as a 6th starter/long relief (went 5-4 4.65 ERA in '13) to being the #2 guy behind Darvish (went 17-6 with a 2.72 ERA). One of my starters got hurt and i threw him in there to fill in and bam...ace material.
5) FA snubs
After year 1 I made the following offers that were snubbed
Michael Bourn 5 years/$40 million
he took 2 years/$13.5 million from the Twins
Nelson Cruz 4 years/$50 million
he took 3 years/$22.8 million from the Padres
how is that in any way realistic?
anyway just a few impressions so farComment
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Has anyone that has started a Franchise NOT waiting on the OS rosters? What sliders are realistic?
Started my Franchise with my Astros last night and lost 1-0 to the Rangers. Should I wait for a patch to get settled? I remember last year they had the scheduling patch when every game was played at the same time...and some people had to restart their franchises. This year I really want to play all 162 games and I want to start my chise right now!!Comment
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Started a 3 player fantasy draft last night. DH on to equal stats for everybody. I took the Cardinals. Great stadium. History. Pretty even park factor. We limiting to ab 3 trades. Through All star break.
Vs rhp
Jason kipnis 2b
Bryce Harper CF
Jay Bruce Rf
Giancarlo Stanton Lf
Freddie Freeman 1b
Mike Moustakas 3b
Brett Lawrie DH
Salvador Perez C
Manny machado SS. Ps he moved up to 81 Ovr @ SS.
bench
Starling Marte CF , Dayan viciedo 3b , Jean segura SS
Vs LHP
Brett Lawrie 3b
Dayan Vicedo 1b
Giancarlo Stanton DH
Jay Bruce Rf
Salvador Perez C
Bryce Harper Lf
Manny Machado SS
Jason kiPnis 2b
Starling Marte CF
Pitching
David Price L *
Jarrod Parker R
Felix Doubront L
Justin Masterson R
Trevor Cahill R
Tazawa , chris Perez * , Jim Johnson, chris archer. In bullpen. Can't remember all at this moment.
* acquired in 1 and only trade.
How can I arrange that lineup better ?? I'll update there rosters later today and input opening day results. Excited to get started !! Anyone else see Straburg and aroldis land on the same team?? They in my buddy division too lolI play MLB exclusively with my cousin. Usually looking for info on Franchises. We played minor league baseball as 9-10 YOs on the Zephyrs.Comment
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I'd do:
Lawrie 3b
Kipnis 2b
Stanton Rf
Bruce Dh
Harper Lf
Freeman 1b
Perez C
Machado Ss
Marte Cf
... Stanton is a better RF then Bruce.. But you can't have Bruce in LF so he must Dh. Marte is a defensive must for Cf and you'd have 3 GG caliber Of with Harper in Lf. Always play Freeman no matter the matchups.. This would be my lineup every game unless resting a player.Comment
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