OOTP 14 Career Progress Thread - Page 6

Klew1986 · 07-06-2013, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by olivertheorem

As of Feb 28, this is my expected MLB roster for the 2016 Astros.

Starters
C Russell Martin (61/61) (1-year, 1.2m free agent)
1B Jonathan Singleton (66/71) (won RoY)
2B Jose Altuve (54/68)
3B Matt Dominguez (49/49)
SS Francisco Lindor (47/59) (no-hit, all-glove SS; acquired via trade w/ CLE for George Springer)
LF Austin Wates (74/74) (won GG)
CF Teoscar Hernandez (56/73) (minor-league promotion)
RF Ariel Ovando (40/66)

Bench
C Max Stassi (27/41) (minor-league promotion)
1B Cameron Seitzer (45/46)
2B Nolan Fontana (51/52) (can play 2B/SS)
3B Eric Sogard (26/26) (can play 2B/SS/3B)
LF Jacob Goebbert (21/21) (placeholder for younger talent)
CF Andrew Aplin (21/21) (minor-league promotion, defensive sub for Hernandez)

Rotation
SP Hyun-Jin Ryu (70/70)
SP Jake Odorizzi (63/63)
SP Alex White (60/60) (minor-league promotion)
SP Yovani Gallardo (54/54)
SP Dallas Keuchel (44/45)

Bullpen
RP Joey Taylor (66/74) (acquired in 2-for-2 trade w/ MIA)
RP Scott Elbert (65/65)
RP Paco Rodriguez (55/55)
RP Chris Perez (64/64)
RP Jason Stoffel (54/54)
RP Mitchell Lambson (61/61) (minor-league promotion)

Have any of your top draft picks (I assume you had some top of the order picks) turned out well yet?

Rastafreaky · 07-06-2013, 09:45 PM

In 2014 of my quickstart sim, the Astros are battling for the AL West (Wildcard at the least). Singleton is having a dominant rookie season and Jason Castro has become the #1 player on the top 100!

Klew1986 · 07-06-2013, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rastafreaky

In 2014 of my quickstart sim, the Astros are battling for the AL West (Wildcard at the least). Singleton is having a dominant rookie season and Jason Castro has become the #1 player on the top 100!

Wow. Did you start with default settings and such?

Rastafreaky · 07-06-2013, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klew1986

Wow. Did you start with default settings and such?

Yep, all default settings. They made some really bizarre trades in 2013 for a bunch of veterans (Clayton Richard is one I remember). Castro's 2014 line is 330/.417/.591 with 38 HR's. 7.3 WAR. Singleton is at 6.8 WAR.

olivertheorem · 07-06-2013, 10:08 PM

Here are my top 5 picks from each season and how they've done. Any ratings are 20-80 scale.

2013 (1st pick)
1st: SS J.P. Crawford - Currently in AA, still projects to make the bigs as a BA/doubles hitter and is only 20 years old.
2nd: RHP Cole Gillespie - Putting on the final polish in AAA and should be in the bigs to stay by 2017 at the latest.
3rd: 2B Willie Calhoun - Originally looked like a MLB second baseman, now he's in High-A serving as organizational filler. Won't make the bigs without a boost.
4th: SS Matt Vogel - Can also play second, and looked like an All-Star at SS originally. May still make the bigs as a bench guy, but he's gone down to High-R to work on his hitting after struggling at the levels his ratings said he should be able to handle.
5th: 1B Aubrey McCarty - His outlook has actually gone up, as his CON potential has gone from 35 to 45, and he may make the bigs in a year or two if his power comes. Currently at High-A.

2014 (first pick)
1st: LHP Gabin Camus - He looked like an ace in the making at first. He's in Short-A right now, and probably will max out at AA as a starter. May swap him to relief to see if his 94-96 mph fastball can take him to the bigs.
2nd: CF Jeff Larkin - He was a defensive stud who looked to have enough bat to stick. Now...not so sure. May make it as a defensive replacement/pinch runner, and is in Low-A.
3rd: RHP Brett Hanewich - Originally looked like a mid-rotation guy who wouldn't walk anyone. About to come back from a torn elbow ligament in Low-A, and he looks like he'll be a Quad-A guy at best.
4th: 3B Jed Lawrence - Was going to be the eventual replacement for Matt Dominguez. Now, he's still in Low-R and doesn't project to have the bat. Never picked up a 3B rating due to a 25 Turn DP rating. Organizational filler.
5th: RHP Ray Hilliard - Has always had great movement, and was a gamble that the stuff and control would come. Gamble's not paying off, and he's in Short-A trying to hold on.

2015 (first pick)
1st: RHP Eric Fox - Another guy who looked to be an ace, his ratings put him in High-A to start, where he promptly struck out 106 batters in 96.2 IP. Is in AAA along with Gillespie and trade acquisition Xavier Abadie putting on a final bit of polish before taking his spot in the big-league rotation. Projects at 70/60/60, with 80 stamina, a 95-97 fastball, and a 64% groundball rate.
2nd: CF Rob Winston - My best CF prospect, he's already an 80 CF and a 75 RF, and still looks to combine CF defense with a RF bat. Playing in AA while he works on his bat.
3rd: 2B Dave Wallace - Looked to be a solid 2B at first, now his potential looks like a bench IF. Started in Short-A, but struggled, and he's down in Low-R to try to get straight.
4th: SS Luis Castro - His bat was and is not quite good enough to hold down a MLB job, but I hold out hope that it'll develop since his defense should be good enough. Starting 2016 in High-R.
5th: CF Shawn Conley - Able to play all 3 OF spots with equal competence (50/55/50), his bat should end up good enough to be a backup in MLB. Currently in Low-A.

All in all, I can't argue. I've got some misses, some hits, and middling guys in between. None have made the bigs yet though, so anything can happen.

Carlos Correa hasn't made it either. He's been in AAA for two years now and hasn't developed a bit. Part of the reason I took Cleveland up on a trade for Francisco Lindor. Correa would have the better bat, but Lindor is the second coming of Ozzie Smith on defense.

megamanmatt · 07-16-2013, 10:36 PM

Nice to see this thread still breathing.

2031 playoffs. My Cubs made it in as the top Wild Card team with a 93-69 record. Was a heck of a season with injuries coming constantly and minor leaguers stepping up to fill gaps. Only got 101 games from my MVP 3rd Baseman and a measly 56 from my starting right fielder.

So we beat the Braves to get to the Division series where we beat the Dodgers, baseball's best team with a 100-62 record, in 4 games. So now it's on to the NLCS where the Cubs will be taking on their rival Reds for the NL Crown. They've beat us 12-7 through the season so we've got our work cut out for us.

Will the Cubs finally win another World Series?

.....it is the Cubs.

Cubs vs Reds in the NL and Rangers vs ROYALS?!?! in the AL.

Mecza · 09-07-2013, 05:13 PM

I just started a new fictional league (16 team, 2 sub leagues, no divisions) and it is 17 games in. However, 2 weeks after the inaugural draft my scout finds this international talent:

Not a bad find so early into the league. I'll probably wait a year or two before putting him in the minors.

Klew1986 · 09-08-2013, 10:44 AM

I have won 3 of the last 4 USBL championships in my fictional game. I am at the point where I might play one more season as Minneapolis GM and then take over another team. But at the same time, I don't want to leave this team, as I have grown attached to a few of the players. LOL

Mathies_dane · 09-09-2013, 10:50 AM

I always have multiple games going. My primary right now is one where I move through the minor leagues and then the majors in the end. I am currently at the AAA level having made the playoffs at each previous spot yet no championship to show for it.

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Nunyer · 09-09-2013, 11:44 AM

I started a new fictional league for v14. I wanted to get a good clean look at the revamped player creation system, so I have scouting completely off. Everything else is default. I'm running 28 teams in single league with two divisions. Division winners and two wildcards make the playoffs. I have two alternate games going from this baseline start, but the primary game has 50 years of simmed history. I took over the Phoenix Firebirds, who in those 50 years have never won a division or a championship and had a single playoff birth 25 years ago as a wildcard.

My idea was to do a rebuild, so I moved any veterans of value if I had younger guys who could likely hack it at the ML level. I was able to get out of a few contracts that I didn't think would end well down the road. Sacrificing some production today to avoid paying for declining years... The added financial flexibility allowed me to splurge on a free agent 2B from Canada who should be my leadoff hitter / base stealing threat for the next six years.

To my surprise, pretty much the entire team exceeded expectations over the first three months of season, taking the division lead. Looking at a potential 'win now' situation in early July, I started making some moves. Took on three relatively pricey veteran contracts while gutting my farm system of pretty much all of it's mid-level prospects. My minor league system went from 10th to 26th overall out of the 28 teams... Although part of that was due to promoting a bunch of guys to the 25 man and therefore losing their prospect status.

I'm currently in early August and still leading the division... but a recent 4-10 stretch has started to betray the young and not quite fully developed nature of my pitching staff. I hope I can win the division this year. I'm almost maxed out financially for next year... and that still only gives me a middle-of-the-pack payroll. Beyond end of the bench / last arm in the pen types of players, there is nothing down on the farm. I went 'all-in' awfully early when my intention was to rebuild... hope it doesn't blow up on me.

sterjs · 09-09-2013, 01:55 PM

Didn't know where to post this before, but this is the sickest statistic I've seen in OOTP so far (my first dynasty):

137:3 K:BB ratio!

Mecza · 09-09-2013, 11:37 PM

Just traded for this guy at the half way point of the season and a couple weeks before the trade deadline:

You're probably thinking "what's so special about this guy" right? Well, here is some context:

1.5 games back of a world series berth
My team has the worst starting pitcher ERA is the in the league, but mainly as a result of the backend of my rotation
Lozano, my previous #5, went 2-11 7.70 ERA in 76 IP; giving up 97 hits and 18 HR. He had to go.
So Nix is nothing special, but he could be a big relief in the backend of my roation. Lacks stuff, but will at least not kill me with walks or homers and I have the best defense in the league by a large margin. 2 average pitches with other stuff to go to.

I had to trade away a utility outfielder who was riding the bench on my team, but probably would have started on an average or so team. Also a fringe catching prospect had to go who has plus power potential, but not much else going for him. Nix was stuck in AAA and I know it is a risk to start him, but I REALLY want to fix the backend to reach the series. Plus, the deal removed a relatively large bench contract off my hands.

Magus978 · 09-10-2013, 02:33 PM

Entering the 2018 season with the New York Mets. Won the World Series in 2015 with a payroll in the low 30 mil range after spending 2013 and 2014 tearing apart the team and rebuilding through the draft & trade deals for young players. I have cleansed the farm system of organizational filler for the time being so that I could take full control of promotions/demotions in the minors as we have several top prospects who should be playing in higher classifications. (The AI will probably replenish the minor leagues with rejects on its own)

As it stands on January 1st, 2018, here is the current active roster for Tom Delgado's New York Mets, and their 2017 stats.

Starting Rotation
1. Zack Wheeler (18-10, 3.03)
2. Grayson Garvin (15-6, 2.60) (2016 NL Cy Young Award winner)
3. Dylan Bundy (16-10, 3.94)
4. R.A. Dickey (10-7, 3.18) (Yes, he's still around at 43 years old, and still really freaking good!)
5. Bill Slater (0-1, 8.38) (2014 2nd round draft pick, got first cup of coffee this past September)

Bullpen
Closer - Andrew Cashner (5-8, 3.54, 35 saves)
Setup - Shino Komura (3-4, 4.05, 1 save) (Came into league as international free agent in 2015)
Setup - Justin De Fratus (4-4, 2.72, 4 saves) (Posted a 0.89 ERA in 52 appearances in 2016)
Middle Relief - Flabio Ortega (2-4, 4.48, 1 save) (Converted into a full reliever after the 2015 season)
Middle Relief - Matt Nevarez (4-7, 3.23, 1 save)
Middle Relief - Josh Smoker (1-0, 2.23) (Has an interesting pornstache, otherwise a typical strikeout-heavy reliever)
Middle Relief - Jose Quinones (2-1, 8.41, 1 save) (2015 1st round draft pick as a starting pitcher, converted to reliever in 2017)

Position Players
C - Travis d'Arnaud (.236, 18 HR, 81 RBI)
C - Tomas Nido (.274, 20 HR, 51 RBI)
1B - Eric Hosmer (.290, 32 HR, 93 RBI)
2B - Jurickson Profar (.249, 11 HR, 64 RBI)
3B - Brett Lawrie (.297, 24 HR, 89 RBI)
SS - J.P. Crawford (.322, 4 HR, 47 RBI)
LF - Rob Forbes (.211, 19 HR, 49 RBI w/BAL)
LF - Jamie Jarmon (.284, 21 HR, 89 RBI)
CF - B.J. Boyd (.299, 10 HR, 54 RBI)
CF - Jesus Bernard (No MLB stats)
RF - Yasiel Puig (.286, 18 HR, 85 RBI)

Most of these acquisitions were made via trade. Nido was already in the system at the start of the game. Puig was rotting in the Dodgers minor leagues when I acquired his contract. In 2014, we made blockbuster deals for Felix Hernandez & Dexter Fowler, but moved them at the trade deadline in the same season as they were crippling our ability to improve in the long term.

History
2013: 67-95, 4th in NL East (43 GB)
2014: 83-79, 4th in NL East (15 GB)
2015: 92-70, World Champions (Payroll: $32,854,351)
2016: 102-60, Lost in NLCS to Dodgers
2017: 94-68, National League Champions, lost in World Series to Angels
2018: ???

A notable happening in my game was after the 2013 season, the Miami Marlins moved to San Antonio, becoming the Longhorns.

yougo1000 · 09-10-2013, 06:49 PM

I am trying a new way to manage teams by only building from waivers and the farm. I can't sign free agents or make trades but I can extend players

Pacoheadley · 09-12-2013, 03:10 PM

In my 5th year with the Minnesota Twins, just about to enter the postseason, and I have finally turned them into a good team. My records year by year:
2013: 62-100
2014: 73-89
2015: 76-86 (bad pyth. luck)
2016: 76-86 (good pyth. luck)
2017: 100-62

I'm led by my great pitching staff, including Michael Perez (good for a low 3 ERA), Liam Hendriks, D.J. Baxendale (mid 3 first 2 years, a 1.6 this year before being lost to injury), and my draft picks Brad Small, Michael Griffin, and Jesse Roth (17th round pick who reached majors at age 19, doing great now at 22).

My offense is solid, led by Miguel Sano, Joe Mauer (still Mauer), Avisail Garcia (traded Willingham when he was raking in 2013) Levi Michael, and my draft pick Gabe Thomas (2B). Byron Buxton became a hardcore bust for reasons unknown.

I still have a solid minor league system even after some call-ups this year, and I am hyped for the playoffs.

Because of a very low budget, I won't have hardly any free agent room next year, or room for extensions (young players hitting arbitration). However, I won't lose anyone except for my very good closer Darren O'Day (43 sv, 2.30 ERA in one season for me) and backup OF Gerardo Parra.
edit: I think I'll post my lineup and staff in a single post.

Pacoheadley · 09-12-2013, 03:45 PM

End of 2017 Regular Season Minnesota Twins. 100-62
Lineup
C: Joe Mauer (34): .301/.418/.398, 6 HR, above average D
1B: Chase Headley (33): .238/.325/.333, 5 HR, average D (signed to 5 yr 73 M free agency deal in 2015, my only big free agent signing. This is his first poor year)
2B: Gabe Thomas (24R, 97G): .278/.383/.407, 6 HR, slightly above average D, 2014 2nd Round Pick
3B: Miguel Sano (24): .275/.359/.516, 36 HR, average D
SS: Levi Michael (26, 110G): .290/.383/.445, 8 HR, average D
LF: Oswaldo Arcia (26, 122G, injured): .245/.311/.406, 12 HR, good D
CF: A.J. Pollock (29): .219/.290/.299, 4 HR, AWESOME D, +22.1, cheap FA
RF: Avisail Garcia (26): .279/.326/.456, 20 HR, average D, acquired in 2013 trade for Josh Willingham
DH: K.C. Hobson (27): .264/.313/.399, 9 HR, acquired in 2013/2014 offseason in Scott Diamond trade

Bench
C: A.J. Jimenez (27R, 49G): .212/.289/.288, 1 HR, great D, also in Diamond trade
IF: Leury Garcia (26, 123G): .280/.321/.377, 5 HR, very good D, offseason trade for Chris Herrman
OF: Max Keplar (24R, 49G): .276/.333/.390, 2 HR, excellent D. Current starter with Arcia injury.
OF: Gerardo Parra (30, 45G): .258/.291/.331, 0 HR, average D, traded prospects for im before 2015, gave me one good year. FA this year.

Rotation
Martin Perez (26): 15-9, 3.28 ERA, 219.1 IP, 32 GS. Aquired in Rule 5 Draft from Texas before 2014 after miserable AAA season. Won 2014 Cy Young.
D.J. Baxendale (26, injured): 8-2, 1.64 ERA, 87.2 IP, 13 GS. Career 3.41 ERA in 491 IP.
Jesse Roth (22): 18-4, 2.84 ERA, 180.1 IP, 26 GS. Back to back P of the M. Decent in 19 YO season, poor in 20 YO, got injured in AAA, spent all of 21 in AAA. 2013 17th Round Pick.
Liam Hendriks (28): 8-11, 3.55 ERA, 205.1 IP, 30 GS.
Brad Small (24): 11-10, 4.59 ERA, 192.0 IP, 33 GS. 2014 2nd overall pick
Michael Griffin (22R): 6-4, 3.55 ERA, 88.2 IP, 14 GS. 2015 7th overall pick

Bullpen
CL Darren O'Day (34): 10-3, 43 SV, 2.40 ERA, 78.2 IP. After poor year last year, signed to 1 year 1 million.
Eric Jokisch (28): 7-8, 56 GM, 8 GS, 3.43 ERA, 126.0 IP. Traded 2B Vincent Belnome for him in cost cutting measure. Belnome rocked this year, Jokisch did way better in bullpen. 2015 ROY for Cubs.
Tyler Robertson (29): 3-2, 3.21 ERA, 61.2 IP
Josh Roenicke (35): 4-2, 6.29 ERA, 48.2 IP. Not going to offer arbitration
Dueg-yeom Choe (33): 3-1, 3.76 ERA, 40.2 IP. International FA before 2014. Career 4.85 ERA, 3.99 FIP, .336 BABIP
Bruce Pugh (29): 1-0, 4.91 ERA, 40.1 IP.
Travis Barton (25R): 1-0, 3.86 ERA, 16.1 IP. 27th Round Pick in 2013 from college. Lefty specialist poor control.
Pablo Baca (21R): 0-3, 2.25 ERA, 12.0 IP. Sep Call Up, 2013 16th Round Pick as SP, named #11 prospect, bad injury made stamina fall to 4/10. Possible future starter, possibly not. Great ratings.
Nick Maronde (28, injured): 3-1, 2.23 ERA, 36.1 IP. Average FIP, low BABIP. Aquired in offseason trade of Chris Parmalee.

Pacoheadley · 09-12-2013, 05:27 PM

We lose to the 88-74 Texas Rangers in the 1st Round, 3 games to 1. We lost one game on a balk, and my pitching completely melted down in games 3 and 4. Disappointing.

YanksFan · 09-12-2013, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yougo1000

I am trying a new way to manage teams by only building from waivers and the farm. I can't sign free agents or make trades but I can extend players

Would really be interested to hear how this works out.

yougo1000 · 09-12-2013, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YanksFan

Would really be interested to hear how this works out.

First season I went 69-93 as the Cubs. It is tough as I have had some interesting trade offers.

philthepat · 09-12-2013, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pacoheadley

We lose to the 88-74 Texas Rangers in the 1st Round, 3 games to 1. We lost one game on a balk, and my pitching completely melted down in games 3 and 4. Disappointing.

Sorry to hear that. Appreciate the updates though, Im always interested in reading through peoples progress.

07-16-2013, 10:36 PM	#106
megamanmatt Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeville, Minnesota Posts: 2,416	Nice to see this thread still breathing. 2031 playoffs. My Cubs made it in as the top Wild Card team with a 93-69 record. Was a heck of a season with injuries coming constantly and minor leaguers stepping up to fill gaps. Only got 101 games from my MVP 3rd Baseman and a measly 56 from my starting right fielder. So we beat the Braves to get to the Division series where we beat the Dodgers, baseball's best team with a 100-62 record, in 4 games. So now it's on to the NLCS where the Cubs will be taking on their rival Reds for the NL Crown. They've beat us 12-7 through the season so we've got our work cut out for us. Will the Cubs finally win another World Series? .....it is the Cubs. Cubs vs Reds in the NL and Rangers vs ROYALS?!?! in the AL. __________________ "The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles, where there are no lakes; The Oilers moved to Tennessee where there is no oil; the Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don't allow music; The Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles and then back to Oakland, no one in Los Angeles seemed to notice." Note to self: Princess Kenny was really off-putting. Last edited by megamanmatt; 07-16-2013 at 10:42 PM.

09-09-2013, 10:50 AM	#109
Mathies_dane Bat Boy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Odense, Denmark Posts: 12	OOTP 14 Career Progress Thread I always have multiple games going. My primary right now is one where I move through the minor leagues and then the majors in the end. I am currently at the AAA level having made the playoffs at each previous spot yet no championship to show for it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

09-09-2013, 11:37 PM	#112
Mecza Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 268	Just traded for this guy at the half way point of the season and a couple weeks before the trade deadline: You're probably thinking "what's so special about this guy" right? Well, here is some context: 1.5 games back of a world series berth My team has the worst starting pitcher ERA is the in the league, but mainly as a result of the backend of my rotation Lozano, my previous #5, went 2-11 7.70 ERA in 76 IP; giving up 97 hits and 18 HR. He had to go. So Nix is nothing special, but he could be a big relief in the backend of my roation. Lacks stuff, but will at least not kill me with walks or homers and I have the best defense in the league by a large margin. 2 average pitches with other stuff to go to. I had to trade away a utility outfielder who was riding the bench on my team, but probably would have started on an average or so team. Also a fringe catching prospect had to go who has plus power potential, but not much else going for him. Nix was stuck in AAA and I know it is a risk to start him, but I REALLY want to fix the backend to reach the series. Plus, the deal removed a relatively large bench contract off my hands. Last edited by Mecza; 09-09-2013 at 11:40 PM.

09-10-2013, 02:33 PM	#113
Magus978 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Behind you. BOO! Posts: 1,894	Entering the 2018 season with the New York Mets. Won the World Series in 2015 with a payroll in the low 30 mil range after spending 2013 and 2014 tearing apart the team and rebuilding through the draft & trade deals for young players. I have cleansed the farm system of organizational filler for the time being so that I could take full control of promotions/demotions in the minors as we have several top prospects who should be playing in higher classifications. (The AI will probably replenish the minor leagues with rejects on its own) As it stands on January 1st, 2018, here is the current active roster for Tom Delgado's New York Mets, and their 2017 stats. Starting Rotation 1. Zack Wheeler (18-10, 3.03) 2. Grayson Garvin (15-6, 2.60) (2016 NL Cy Young Award winner) 3. Dylan Bundy (16-10, 3.94) 4. R.A. Dickey (10-7, 3.18) (Yes, he's still around at 43 years old, and still really freaking good!) 5. Bill Slater (0-1, 8.38) (2014 2nd round draft pick, got first cup of coffee this past September) Bullpen Closer - Andrew Cashner (5-8, 3.54, 35 saves) Setup - Shino Komura (3-4, 4.05, 1 save) (Came into league as international free agent in 2015) Setup - Justin De Fratus (4-4, 2.72, 4 saves) (Posted a 0.89 ERA in 52 appearances in 2016) Middle Relief - Flabio Ortega (2-4, 4.48, 1 save) (Converted into a full reliever after the 2015 season) Middle Relief - Matt Nevarez (4-7, 3.23, 1 save) Middle Relief - Josh Smoker (1-0, 2.23) (Has an interesting pornstache, otherwise a typical strikeout-heavy reliever) Middle Relief - Jose Quinones (2-1, 8.41, 1 save) (2015 1st round draft pick as a starting pitcher, converted to reliever in 2017) Position Players C - Travis d'Arnaud (.236, 18 HR, 81 RBI) C - Tomas Nido (.274, 20 HR, 51 RBI) 1B - Eric Hosmer (.290, 32 HR, 93 RBI) 2B - Jurickson Profar (.249, 11 HR, 64 RBI) 3B - Brett Lawrie (.297, 24 HR, 89 RBI) SS - J.P. Crawford (.322, 4 HR, 47 RBI) LF - Rob Forbes (.211, 19 HR, 49 RBI w/BAL) LF - Jamie Jarmon (.284, 21 HR, 89 RBI) CF - B.J. Boyd (.299, 10 HR, 54 RBI) CF - Jesus Bernard (No MLB stats) RF - Yasiel Puig (.286, 18 HR, 85 RBI) Most of these acquisitions were made via trade. Nido was already in the system at the start of the game. Puig was rotting in the Dodgers minor leagues when I acquired his contract. In 2014, we made blockbuster deals for Felix Hernandez & Dexter Fowler, but moved them at the trade deadline in the same season as they were crippling our ability to improve in the long term. History 2013: 67-95, 4th in NL East (43 GB) 2014: 83-79, 4th in NL East (15 GB) 2015: 92-70, World Champions (Payroll: $32,854,351) 2016: 102-60, Lost in NLCS to Dodgers 2017: 94-68, National League Champions, lost in World Series to Angels 2018: ??? A notable happening in my game was after the 2013 season, the Miami Marlins moved to San Antonio, becoming the Longhorns. __________________ Never forgive, never forget. http://twitch.tv/GanbaMagus

09-10-2013, 06:49 PM	#114
yougo1000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 652	I am trying a new way to manage teams by only building from waivers and the farm. I can't sign free agents or make trades but I can extend players __________________ Teams I like: Cubs Bears Bulls Hawks and Kansas JayHawks

07-06-2013, 09:45 PM	#102
Rastafreaky Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 104	In 2014 of my quickstart sim, the Astros are battling for the AL West (Wildcard at the least). Singleton is having a dominant rookie season and Jason Castro has become the #1 player on the top 100!

07-06-2013, 10:08 PM	#105
olivertheorem All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,919	Here are my top 5 picks from each season and how they've done. Any ratings are 20-80 scale. 2013 (1st pick) 1st: SS J.P. Crawford - Currently in AA, still projects to make the bigs as a BA/doubles hitter and is only 20 years old. 2nd: RHP Cole Gillespie - Putting on the final polish in AAA and should be in the bigs to stay by 2017 at the latest. 3rd: 2B Willie Calhoun - Originally looked like a MLB second baseman, now he's in High-A serving as organizational filler. Won't make the bigs without a boost. 4th: SS Matt Vogel - Can also play second, and looked like an All-Star at SS originally. May still make the bigs as a bench guy, but he's gone down to High-R to work on his hitting after struggling at the levels his ratings said he should be able to handle. 5th: 1B Aubrey McCarty - His outlook has actually gone up, as his CON potential has gone from 35 to 45, and he may make the bigs in a year or two if his power comes. Currently at High-A. 2014 (first pick) 1st: LHP Gabin Camus - He looked like an ace in the making at first. He's in Short-A right now, and probably will max out at AA as a starter. May swap him to relief to see if his 94-96 mph fastball can take him to the bigs. 2nd: CF Jeff Larkin - He was a defensive stud who looked to have enough bat to stick. Now...not so sure. May make it as a defensive replacement/pinch runner, and is in Low-A. 3rd: RHP Brett Hanewich - Originally looked like a mid-rotation guy who wouldn't walk anyone. About to come back from a torn elbow ligament in Low-A, and he looks like he'll be a Quad-A guy at best. 4th: 3B Jed Lawrence - Was going to be the eventual replacement for Matt Dominguez. Now, he's still in Low-R and doesn't project to have the bat. Never picked up a 3B rating due to a 25 Turn DP rating. Organizational filler. 5th: RHP Ray Hilliard - Has always had great movement, and was a gamble that the stuff and control would come. Gamble's not paying off, and he's in Short-A trying to hold on. 2015 (first pick) 1st: RHP Eric Fox - Another guy who looked to be an ace, his ratings put him in High-A to start, where he promptly struck out 106 batters in 96.2 IP. Is in AAA along with Gillespie and trade acquisition Xavier Abadie putting on a final bit of polish before taking his spot in the big-league rotation. Projects at 70/60/60, with 80 stamina, a 95-97 fastball, and a 64% groundball rate. 2nd: CF Rob Winston - My best CF prospect, he's already an 80 CF and a 75 RF, and still looks to combine CF defense with a RF bat. Playing in AA while he works on his bat. 3rd: 2B Dave Wallace - Looked to be a solid 2B at first, now his potential looks like a bench IF. Started in Short-A, but struggled, and he's down in Low-R to try to get straight. 4th: SS Luis Castro - His bat was and is not quite good enough to hold down a MLB job, but I hold out hope that it'll develop since his defense should be good enough. Starting 2016 in High-R. 5th: CF Shawn Conley - Able to play all 3 OF spots with equal competence (50/55/50), his bat should end up good enough to be a backup in MLB. Currently in Low-A. All in all, I can't argue. I've got some misses, some hits, and middling guys in between. None have made the bigs yet though, so anything can happen. Carlos Correa hasn't made it either. He's been in AAA for two years now and hasn't developed a bit. Part of the reason I took Cleveland up on a trade for Francisco Lindor. Correa would have the better bat, but Lindor is the second coming of Ozzie Smith on defense.

09-07-2013, 05:13 PM	#107
Mecza Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 268	I just started a new fictional league (16 team, 2 sub leagues, no divisions) and it is 17 games in. However, 2 weeks after the inaugural draft my scout finds this international talent: Not a bad find so early into the league. I'll probably wait a year or two before putting him in the minors.

09-08-2013, 10:44 AM	#108
Klew1986 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,727	I have won 3 of the last 4 USBL championships in my fictional game. I am at the point where I might play one more season as Minneapolis GM and then take over another team. But at the same time, I don't want to leave this team, as I have grown attached to a few of the players. LOL

09-09-2013, 11:44 AM	#110
Nunyer All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Baseball Ned Flanders stares into your soul... Posts: 594	I started a new fictional league for v14. I wanted to get a good clean look at the revamped player creation system, so I have scouting completely off. Everything else is default. I'm running 28 teams in single league with two divisions. Division winners and two wildcards make the playoffs. I have two alternate games going from this baseline start, but the primary game has 50 years of simmed history. I took over the Phoenix Firebirds, who in those 50 years have never won a division or a championship and had a single playoff birth 25 years ago as a wildcard. My idea was to do a rebuild, so I moved any veterans of value if I had younger guys who could likely hack it at the ML level. I was able to get out of a few contracts that I didn't think would end well down the road. Sacrificing some production today to avoid paying for declining years... The added financial flexibility allowed me to splurge on a free agent 2B from Canada who should be my leadoff hitter / base stealing threat for the next six years. To my surprise, pretty much the entire team exceeded expectations over the first three months of season, taking the division lead. Looking at a potential 'win now' situation in early July, I started making some moves. Took on three relatively pricey veteran contracts while gutting my farm system of pretty much all of it's mid-level prospects. My minor league system went from 10th to 26th overall out of the 28 teams... Although part of that was due to promoting a bunch of guys to the 25 man and therefore losing their prospect status. I'm currently in early August and still leading the division... but a recent 4-10 stretch has started to betray the young and not quite fully developed nature of my pitching staff. I hope I can win the division this year. I'm almost maxed out financially for next year... and that still only gives me a middle-of-the-pack payroll. Beyond end of the bench / last arm in the pen types of players, there is nothing down on the farm. I went 'all-in' awfully early when my intention was to rebuild... hope it doesn't blow up on me.

09-09-2013, 01:55 PM	#111
sterjs Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 39	Didn't know where to post this before, but this is the sickest statistic I've seen in OOTP so far (my first dynasty): 137:3 K:BB ratio!

09-12-2013, 03:10 PM	#115
Pacoheadley All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Kincheloe, MI Posts: 521	In my 5th year with the Minnesota Twins, just about to enter the postseason, and I have finally turned them into a good team. My records year by year: 2013: 62-100 2014: 73-89 2015: 76-86 (bad pyth. luck) 2016: 76-86 (good pyth. luck) 2017: 100-62 I'm led by my great pitching staff, including Michael Perez (good for a low 3 ERA), Liam Hendriks, D.J. Baxendale (mid 3 first 2 years, a 1.6 this year before being lost to injury), and my draft picks Brad Small, Michael Griffin, and Jesse Roth (17th round pick who reached majors at age 19, doing great now at 22). My offense is solid, led by Miguel Sano, Joe Mauer (still Mauer), Avisail Garcia (traded Willingham when he was raking in 2013) Levi Michael, and my draft pick Gabe Thomas (2B). Byron Buxton became a hardcore bust for reasons unknown. I still have a solid minor league system even after some call-ups this year, and I am hyped for the playoffs. Because of a very low budget, I won't have hardly any free agent room next year, or room for extensions (young players hitting arbitration). However, I won't lose anyone except for my very good closer Darren O'Day (43 sv, 2.30 ERA in one season for me) and backup OF Gerardo Parra. edit: I think I'll post my lineup and staff in a single post.

09-12-2013, 03:45 PM	#116
Pacoheadley All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Kincheloe, MI Posts: 521	End of 2017 Regular Season Minnesota Twins. 100-62 Lineup C: Joe Mauer (34): .301/.418/.398, 6 HR, above average D 1B: Chase Headley (33): .238/.325/.333, 5 HR, average D (signed to 5 yr 73 M free agency deal in 2015, my only big free agent signing. This is his first poor year) 2B: Gabe Thomas (24R, 97G): .278/.383/.407, 6 HR, slightly above average D, 2014 2nd Round Pick 3B: Miguel Sano (24): .275/.359/.516, 36 HR, average D SS: Levi Michael (26, 110G): .290/.383/.445, 8 HR, average D LF: Oswaldo Arcia (26, 122G, injured): .245/.311/.406, 12 HR, good D CF: A.J. Pollock (29): .219/.290/.299, 4 HR, AWESOME D, +22.1, cheap FA RF: Avisail Garcia (26): .279/.326/.456, 20 HR, average D, acquired in 2013 trade for Josh Willingham DH: K.C. Hobson (27): .264/.313/.399, 9 HR, acquired in 2013/2014 offseason in Scott Diamond trade Bench C: A.J. Jimenez (27R, 49G): .212/.289/.288, 1 HR, great D, also in Diamond trade IF: Leury Garcia (26, 123G): .280/.321/.377, 5 HR, very good D, offseason trade for Chris Herrman OF: Max Keplar (24R, 49G): .276/.333/.390, 2 HR, excellent D. Current starter with Arcia injury. OF: Gerardo Parra (30, 45G): .258/.291/.331, 0 HR, average D, traded prospects for im before 2015, gave me one good year. FA this year. Rotation Martin Perez (26): 15-9, 3.28 ERA, 219.1 IP, 32 GS. Aquired in Rule 5 Draft from Texas before 2014 after miserable AAA season. Won 2014 Cy Young. D.J. Baxendale (26, injured): 8-2, 1.64 ERA, 87.2 IP, 13 GS. Career 3.41 ERA in 491 IP. Jesse Roth (22): 18-4, 2.84 ERA, 180.1 IP, 26 GS. Back to back P of the M. Decent in 19 YO season, poor in 20 YO, got injured in AAA, spent all of 21 in AAA. 2013 17th Round Pick. Liam Hendriks (28): 8-11, 3.55 ERA, 205.1 IP, 30 GS. Brad Small (24): 11-10, 4.59 ERA, 192.0 IP, 33 GS. 2014 2nd overall pick Michael Griffin (22R): 6-4, 3.55 ERA, 88.2 IP, 14 GS. 2015 7th overall pick Bullpen CL Darren O'Day (34): 10-3, 43 SV, 2.40 ERA, 78.2 IP. After poor year last year, signed to 1 year 1 million. Eric Jokisch (28): 7-8, 56 GM, 8 GS, 3.43 ERA, 126.0 IP. Traded 2B Vincent Belnome for him in cost cutting measure. Belnome rocked this year, Jokisch did way better in bullpen. 2015 ROY for Cubs. Tyler Robertson (29): 3-2, 3.21 ERA, 61.2 IP Josh Roenicke (35): 4-2, 6.29 ERA, 48.2 IP. Not going to offer arbitration Dueg-yeom Choe (33): 3-1, 3.76 ERA, 40.2 IP. International FA before 2014. Career 4.85 ERA, 3.99 FIP, .336 BABIP Bruce Pugh (29): 1-0, 4.91 ERA, 40.1 IP. Travis Barton (25R): 1-0, 3.86 ERA, 16.1 IP. 27th Round Pick in 2013 from college. Lefty specialist poor control. Pablo Baca (21R): 0-3, 2.25 ERA, 12.0 IP. Sep Call Up, 2013 16th Round Pick as SP, named #11 prospect, bad injury made stamina fall to 4/10. Possible future starter, possibly not. Great ratings. Nick Maronde (28, injured): 3-1, 2.23 ERA, 36.1 IP. Average FIP, low BABIP. Aquired in offseason trade of Chris Parmalee.

09-12-2013, 05:27 PM	#117
Pacoheadley All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Kincheloe, MI Posts: 521	We lose to the 88-74 Texas Rangers in the 1st Round, 3 games to 1. We lost one game on a balk, and my pitching completely melted down in games 3 and 4. Disappointing.