2012 Franchise Progress Thread

[Darck]

Quote: Originally Posted by Proof21

Is your minor league season still going? I believe it expands once their season is over.

Ah, probably so. That makes sense. Thanks.

[fran33s]

I posted my progress and a bunch of
Pictures under dynasty hq. it would be much appreciated if you guys checked it out!

[enyc718]

I'm at the end of June in my Indians franchise. Just to refresh I only play against my division. But I will play outside the division here and there, all depending on the team and their records (incase any playoff implications).

So I have a 3 game set vs the Yankees and I'm 6 games ahead of the Royals for first place. The Yankees take the first two games. Not dominating wins but they got key hits when they needed them.

Final game of series, I thought I was in for a long rainy game when Eduardo Nunez gets on base in the first and then on the next four pitches he swipes 2nd AND 3rd base on me to set up a sac fly from Cano. 1-0 Yankees.

Derek Lowe was pretty effecient after that. Carlos Santana gave me the 2-1 lead with a homer to left center. Batter after that, Casey Kotchman, hits a bomb to right, right after a pitch that was called a strike when clearly it was a ball and i can't exaggerate that one enough, talk about variable umpire. 3-1 I'm up.

The Yankees rally to tie the game in the 7th. I come back in the 8th to take a 4-3 lead after I pinch hit for Travis Hafner with Jose Lopez to get the L vs R matchup. That would end up being the final score.

This win, more than others during the season felt well earned. The Yankees, much like in real life, present lefty versus righty and vice versa problems. so i had to use my bullpen wisely. The Yankees took 2 out of 3 and I am currently 5 games up on the Royals.

[enyc718]

Just wanted to post some stats from around the league from my Indians franchise.

Division Leaders
East - Yankees
Central - Indians
West - Rangers

East - Marlins
Central - Cardinals
West - Rockies

NL East is the tightest division. Phillies are in last place but only 6.5 games behind

Batting Average
AL - Longoria .354
NL - Braun .327

HRs
AL - Pujols 21
NL - Ethier 22

RBIs
AL - M. Cabrera 62
NL - Berkman 59

Wins
AL - Sabathia & Verlander 11
NL - R.A. Dickey 10

ERA
AL - Sabathia 1.72
NL - Zito 2.02


Stats as of June 28. I will try to post some team stats later.

[sink4ever]

Quick June Update to recap the draft and a big trade that went down.

2012 Draft

Pittsburgh Pirates Draft
Rd	Player	Age	Pos	B/T	Ht/Wt	Report
1	Edgar Herrera	21	SP	S/R	6-2, 206	C OVR, C STM, D VELO, D CTRL, F FLD, A POT
SUP	Mauro Garcia	21	3B	R/R	5-10, 209	F OVR, F CON, F PWR, F FLD, F SPD, B POT
2	Tate McDonough	19	1B	S/R	6-3, 183	D OVR, F CON, D PWR, F FLD, F SPD, D POT
3	Nick Harman	22	RF	R/R	6-3, 199	F OVR, F CON, F PWR, F FLD, F SPD, B POT
4	Chris Gill	18	CF (1B)	R/R	6-3, 181	F OVR, F CON, D PWR, F FLD, F SPD, C POT
5	Chuck Standridge	22	3B	R/R	5-11, 176	F OVR, F CON, F PWR, F FLD, F SPD, D POT

Notes: I'll probably change Herrera to Mark Appel. Garcia and Harman are both raw but have ceilings of Major League regulars. McDonough offers some intriguing "now" power at a young age, but he's a bit of a long-shot. Gill has a chance to contribute with the bat in CF, but he'll have to improve the rest of his game quite a bit. Standridge is filler.

Seattle Mariners Draft
Rd	Player	Age	Pos	B/T	Ht/Wt	Report
1	Alvaro Ramirez	20	SS (CF/RF)	S/R	5-11, 206	C OVR, D CON, D PWR, F FLD, D SPD, B POT
2	Garrett Gonzalez	20	SP	L/L	6-0, 188	D OVR, B STM, F VELO, F CTRL, F FLD, D POT
3	Mario Velazquez	20	1B	R/R	6-3, 186	D OVR, F CON, F PWR, D FLD, F SPD, B POT
4	Johnny Riddle	18	CF	R/R	6-3, 219	F OVR, F CON, F PWR, F FLD, F SPD, D POT
5	Ray Cabrera	20	LF	S/R	5-8, 205	F OVR, F CON, F PWR, F FLD, F SPD, D POT

Notes: Alvaro Ramirez, drafted #3 overall, offers an attractive combination of ceiling and polish. He could start in AA next season, and while his bat is almost MLB-ready, he needs to improve his defense. Gonzalez is a polished lefty, but already near his fairly low ceiling. Velazquez could be something someday, but he's got a long road ahead of him. Riddle and Cabrera will be lucky to make it to AAA.



Besides the draft, there was also a big four-team trade that went down in June. Talks began between the Pirates and Angels, as Pittsburgh saw Mark Trumbo as a possible long-term solution at 1B and a potential middle-of-the-order bat. Trumbo wasn't getting a ton of playing time in LAA (114 AB, .289, 2 HR, 18 RBI). However, the Pirates weren't offering much that fit into the Angels plans of making a playoff push in '12.

That's when the Padres entered the picture. The Angels had been looking at Chase Headley as an upgrade at 3B, believing his numbers (.237/.316/.303) to be mostly a byproduct of spacious Petco Park. Callaspo (.252/.322/.380) hadn't really cemented his place at 3B and Trumbo was a butcher in the field.

The Padres were quite interested in several players being offered by the Pirates, and talks progressed until a deal was nearly in place. Still, however, the Angels balked, not believing Headley to be enough to give up Trumbo.

Enter the Mariners. Seattle had its eye on Donavan Tate, seeing him as a possible long-term solution in CF. Tate had worn out his welcome in San Diego due to a number of issues, and even though his numbers weren't bad in AAA (.275/.381/.370), the Padres were fine with exchanging him for a younger outfielder with a high ceiling. The Mariners also agreed to send SP Jason Vargas to the Angels, who needed a solid starter to step in at the back of their rotation. Jerome Williams had been struggling and even though Vargas was only having an okay season (4-8, 4.72 ERA), he offered more upside.

The Pirates shipped off RF Jose Tabata (.284/.356/.351, 13 SB), 3B Josh Harrison (.316/.349/.408 in AAA), and prospect Luis Heredia. They also agreed to take on Bobby Abreu (85 AB, .271/.323/.353) from the Angels. The Padres shipped out Headley, Tate, a couple relievers, and dumped Jeremy Hermida on the Pirates.

Here's the full breakdown:

Pirates
Tabata, Harrison, Heredia to SD
PTBNL to LAA

Padres
Headley to LAA
Quackenbush, Hermida to PIT
Tate, Vincent to SEA

Angels
Trumbo, Abreu to PIT

Mariners
Pimentel to SD
Vargas to LAA

[sportswizard1983]

Here's a run down of my franchise up to this point:

I created two players to use in my lineup: myself and WWE wrestler John Cena(that may be weird to some but he's one of my faves and thought he may be a good player)

I've made quite a few trades so far... just to improve the ranking of each position or to get rid of players that were doing very poorly:

On 5/8 I traded C Ryan Peters to the Mets for P Jon Niese
5/9 - Traded C Taylor Teagarden to the Phillies for P Jose Contreras, C Vance Guerrero and LF John Mayberry

5/10-Traded P Darren O'Day and 3B K. Startup to CLE for 1B Travis Hafner, P Robinson Tejeda and P D. Diaz

5/11 - Traded Mayberry to MIA for P Carlos Zambrano and P Anibal Sanchez

6/10 - Traded 3B Josh Bell, P Anibal Sanchez and LF J. Yoshii to BOS for P Daniel Bard, Vincente Padilla and M. Rylander

6/20 - Traded Bard and LF Will Gray to CLE for P Mike Gonzalez and P Josh Tomlin

As of June 27, I'm 54-19 with a team batting average of .307. Here are my main lineup's stats so far:

1. 2B Brian Roberts - .331 AVG/9 HR/30 RBI
Roberts' AB/HR ratio is 26.556
He's hitting .343 vs RHP and .217 vs LHP.

2. SS J.J. Hardy - .335 AVG/18 HR/51 RBI
AB/HR ratio=12.944
.337 vs RHP and .320 vs LHP.

3. RF Nick Markakis - .275 AVG/8 HR/38 RBI - 2 game hit streak
AB/HR ratio= 38.250
.304 vs RHP/.195 vs LHP

4. LF John Cena - .312 AVG/17 HR/48 RBI
AB/HR ratio= 17.706
.293 vs RHP/.355 vs LHP

5. C Matt Wieters - .317 AVG/9 HR/26 RBI
AB/HR ratio=22.444
.341 vs RHP/.100 vs LHP

6. DH Placido Polanco - .245 AVG/1 HR/14 RBI
AB/HR ratio=188.000
.238 vs RHP/.253 vs LHP

7. 3B Mark Reynolds - .271 AVG/20 HR/48 RBI - 2 game hit streak
AB/HR ratio=13.650
.265 vs RHP/.283 vs LHP

8. 1B Travis Hafner - .258 AVG/13 HR/38 RBI - 4 game hit streak
AB/HR ratio=18.462
.265 vs RHP/.243 vs LHP

9. CF David Pyle(myself) - .414 AVG/27 HR/57 RBI - 45 game hit streak
AB/HR ratio=11.000
.380 vs RHP/.494 vs LHP


Pyle(myself) is leading the AL in batting average(.414), hits(123), runs(66), slug %(.781), ops(1.229), tied for first in doubles(24, with Michael Young), 2nd in HR(27-leader is P. Fielder w/ 28).

I'm also the top person in the MVP, Silver Slugger, Rookie of the Year and the Hank Aaron award categories so far this season. I'm also the top vote getter in AL CF with 747k votes as well as overall vote getter. The next top vote getter is Adrian Gonzalez with 605k votes.

My closer, Jim Johnson has 27 saves so far and is leading the AL. Johnson is also the top person in the Delivery Man of the Year Award so far.

Jason Hammel is leading the AL in walks allowed with 6.



My Orioles' team rankings are:

Batting Average - 1st(.307)
At-Bats - 1st(2780)
Runs - 2nd(405)
Hits - 1st(853)
Doubles - 4th(147)
Triples - Tied for 6th(14)
HR - 1st(133)
RBI - 3rd(392)
SB - 1st(76)
Caught Stealing - 30th(32)
SB AVG - 24th(.704)
BB - 30th(49) - I'm too much of a free swinger to allow more walks. I think most of these are intentional walks
Strikeouts - 30th(731) - Again, too much of a free swinger
Slugging % - 1st(.513)
On Base % - 16th(.320)
Total Bases - 1st(1427)
Plate Appearances - 21st(2862)
GIDP - 29th(62)
Assists - 1st(783)
Put Outs - 5th(2056)
Errors - Tied for 17th(43)
Fielding % - 15th(.985)
ERA - 21st(3.94)
CG - T-11th(6)
Shutouts - T-16th(4)
Saves - T-2nd(29)
Blown Saves - T-21st(12)
Hits Allowed - 30th(750)
Runs Allowed - T-21st(318)
Earned Runs - T-23rd(300)
HR Allowed - 22nd(82)
BB Allowed - 1st (67)
K - 29th(460)
Win % - 1st(.740)


I'm 23-9 against my division to this point, 30-7 at home and 24-12 on the road.

The divisions look like this at this point:

AL East
ORIOLES 54-19
Red Sox 45-29 (9.5)
Blue Jays 42-31 (12.0)
Yankees 41-33 (13.5)
Rays 31-43 (23.5)

AL Central
Tigers 39-36
Indians 35-38 (3.0)
Twins 31-43 (7.5)
White Sox 30-44 (8.5)
Royals 29-45 (9.5)

AL West
Rangers 42-32
Athletics 37-36 (4.5)
Angels 37-37 (5.0)
Mariners 27-48 (15.5)

NL East
Phillies 43-33
Mets 41-34 (1.5)
Braves 33-41 (9.0)
Nationals 32-42 (10.0)
Marlins 32-43 (10.5)

NL Central
Reds 44-30
Cardinals 44-31 (0.5)
Brewers 35-39 (9.0)
Astros 33-41 (11.0)
Cubs 33-42 (11.5)
Pirates 28-45 (15.5)

NL West
Giants 45-30
Rockies 44-29
Diamondbacks 44-29
Padres 31-44 (14.0)
Dodgers 30-45 (15.0)

[msuboy11]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportswizard1983

Here's a run down of my franchise up to this point: I created two players to use in my lineup: myself and WWE wrestler John Cena(that may be weird to some but he's one of my faves and thought he may be a good player) I've made quite a few trades so far... just to improve the ranking of each position or to get rid of players that were doing very poorly: On 5/8 I traded C Ryan Peters to the Mets for P Jon Niese 5/9 - Traded C Taylor Teagarden to the Phillies for P Jose Contreras, C Vance Guerrero and LF John Mayberry 5/10-Traded P Darren O'Day and 3B K. Startup to CLE for 1B Travis Hafner, P Robinson Tejeda and P D. Diaz 5/11 - Traded Mayberry to MIA for P Carlos Zambrano and P Anibal Sanchez 6/10 - Traded 3B Josh Bell, P Anibal Sanchez and LF J. Yoshii to BOS for P Daniel Bard, Vincente Padilla and M. Rylander 6/20 - Traded Bard and LF Will Gray to CLE for P Mike Gonzalez and P Josh Tomlin As of June 27, I'm 54-19 with a team batting average of .307. Here are my main lineup's stats so far: 1. 2B Brian Roberts - .331 AVG/9 HR/30 RBI Roberts' AB/HR ratio is 26.556 He's hitting .343 vs RHP and .217 vs LHP. 2. SS J.J. Hardy - .335 AVG/18 HR/51 RBI AB/HR ratio=12.944 .337 vs RHP and .320 vs LHP. 3. RF Nick Markakis - .275 AVG/8 HR/38 RBI - 2 game hit streak AB/HR ratio= 38.250 .304 vs RHP/.195 vs LHP 4. LF John Cena - .312 AVG/17 HR/48 RBI AB/HR ratio= 17.706 .293 vs RHP/.355 vs LHP 5. C Matt Wieters - .317 AVG/9 HR/26 RBI AB/HR ratio=22.444 .341 vs RHP/.100 vs LHP 6. DH Placido Polanco - .245 AVG/1 HR/14 RBI AB/HR ratio=188.000 .238 vs RHP/.253 vs LHP 7. 3B Mark Reynolds - .271 AVG/20 HR/48 RBI - 2 game hit streak AB/HR ratio=13.650 .265 vs RHP/.283 vs LHP 8. 1B Travis Hafner - .258 AVG/13 HR/38 RBI - 4 game hit streak AB/HR ratio=18.462 .265 vs RHP/.243 vs LHP 9. CF David Pyle(myself) - .414 AVG/27 HR/57 RBI - 45 game hit streak AB/HR ratio=11.000 .380 vs RHP/.494 vs LHP Pyle(myself) is leading the AL in batting average(.414), hits(123), runs(66), slug %(.781), ops(1.229), tied for first in doubles(24, with Michael Young), 2nd in HR(27-leader is P. Fielder w/ 28). I'm also the top person in the MVP, Silver Slugger, Rookie of the Year and the Hank Aaron award categories so far this season. I'm also the top vote getter in AL CF with 747k votes as well as overall vote getter. The next top vote getter is Adrian Gonzalez with 605k votes. My closer, Jim Johnson has 27 saves so far and is leading the AL. Johnson is also the top person in the Delivery Man of the Year Award so far. Jason Hammel is leading the AL in walks allowed with 6. My Orioles' team rankings are: Batting Average - 1st(.307) At-Bats - 1st(2780) Runs - 2nd(405) Hits - 1st(853) Doubles - 4th(147) Triples - Tied for 6th(14) HR - 1st(133) RBI - 3rd(392) SB - 1st(76) Caught Stealing - 30th(32) SB AVG - 24th(.704) BB - 30th(49) - I'm too much of a free swinger to allow more walks. I think most of these are intentional walks Strikeouts - 30th(731) - Again, too much of a free swinger Slugging % - 1st(.513) On Base % - 16th(.320) Total Bases - 1st(1427) Plate Appearances - 21st(2862) GIDP - 29th(62) Assists - 1st(783) Put Outs - 5th(2056) Errors - Tied for 17th(43) Fielding % - 15th(.985) ERA - 21st(3.94) CG - T-11th(6) Shutouts - T-16th(4) Saves - T-2nd(29) Blown Saves - T-21st(12) Hits Allowed - 30th(750) Runs Allowed - T-21st(318) Earned Runs - T-23rd(300) HR Allowed - 22nd(82) BB Allowed - 1st (67) K - 29th(460) Win % - 1st(.740) I'm 23-9 against my division to this point, 30-7 at home and 24-12 on the road. The divisions look like this at this point: AL East ORIOLES 54-19 Red Sox 45-29 (9.5) Blue Jays 42-31 (12.0) Yankees 41-33 (13.5) Rays 31-43 (23.5) AL Central Tigers 39-36 Indians 35-38 (3.0) Twins 31-43 (7.5) White Sox 30-44 (8.5) Royals 29-45 (9.5) AL West Rangers 42-32 Athletics 37-36 (4.5) Angels 37-37 (5.0) Mariners 27-48 (15.5) NL East Phillies 43-33 Mets 41-34 (1.5) Braves 33-41 (9.0) Nationals 32-42 (10.0) Marlins 32-43 (10.5) NL Central Reds 44-30 Cardinals 44-31 (0.5) Brewers 35-39 (9.0) Astros 33-41 (11.0) Cubs 33-42 (11.5) Pirates 28-45 (15.5) NL West Giants 45-30 Rockies 44-29 Diamondbacks 44-29 Padres 31-44 (14.0) Dodgers 30-45 (15.0)

What did you do with Adam Jones? Also what difficulty?

[sportswizard1983]

Quote: Originally Posted by msuboy11

What did you do with Adam Jones? Also what difficulty?

I had him up on the big league club to start, then I sent him to AAA because of some reason or other, don't remember why and difficulty is All star.

[JWaLL]

Well i have decided that this franchise sucks and i will just start over when Scott's rosters come out. Until then, ill just sim this one.

I can never finish a franchise in any game *sigh*

[msuboy11]

Quote: Originally Posted by JWaLL

Sorry for not updating in a while, havnt been playing my Nats franchise much. I just finished a home stand versus the diamondbacks and the phillies and well, it could have gone better. I am now 14-15 (playing every game) last place in the division I still can't hit to save my life, it is atrocious. I traded for Soriano, called up Rendon (sent Desmond down to AAA, move rend on to 2B and Lombo to SS) also made Jesus Flores my #1 catcher SOme notables: Laroche- .223/.270/.319 1HR 5 RBI Zimmerman- .260/.273/.458 5HR 13RBI Mike Morse- .289/.336/.454 4HR 9RBI Bryce Harper- .163/.171/.327 3HR 7RBI *In the Minors: Tyler Moore has been raking, he may get a call up Ian Desmond seems to be righting the ship and he could be back in the bigs by the end of the week Gerrit Cole continues to be on a hot streak, he could fill in as a long reliever or take over for the struggling Edwin Jackson (1-4 5.220 ERA) Zach Duke Will most likely be called up and Gorzelanny will be sent down, Duke is 5-0 with a 2.73 ERA, he will take over the long reliever role I now start a couple series on the road against the Pirates and the Reds. I am hoping to take 5/6 games

What did you trade to get Cole?