The Franchise Progress Thread

md5423 · 06-26-2011, 02:14 AM

This thread is for users who do not have time to write full dynasty reports but like to write and tell others about their current OOTP career. Please feel free to write and update as much as you want about your teams because I love reading about how other careers are going!

Follow my dynasty: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...esh-start.html
I will start, I created a fictional league (similar to MLB format) which started in 1970, simmed until 1986 and erased all the league history. After that, I started simming from 1986 until present day-2011 to build up a 25 year history for the league. It has literally taken me 3 days(and 3 new games) to get the league how I want it. But it is finally perfected! I am about to take over the worst team in the game (by far), the Portland Generals.

In the league's 25 year history, the Generals have only made the playoffs 1 time, in 1995. In the 25 years, the team has finished above .500 two times ('95, '97).
I also have the 27th ranked farm system in the game, and I also have the lowest budget...

P.S. I am playing with scouting on, but all the ratings will not be displayed, the only thing i can see is scouting reports and stats-only.
This is going to be a huge challenge but I'm sure it will be fun!

md5423 · 06-28-2011, 02:21 AM

I went 61-101 in my first year, not good! I spent the whole time I played yesterday setting up minor leagues, looking at free agents, and that kind of stuff, all in the off-season. I just started my second season and I am 7-5 so far! Pretty good! Unfortunately, one of my starters is already out for the season and my new LF signing has been injured twice already, once in ST and now out for 1-2 weeks.

acclaim99 · 06-28-2011, 03:21 AM

MLB Quickstart
51-34 so far, 1st place, do each game 1-pitch

Top players:
Cole Hamels 17 GS, 12-0, 1.36 era (6-0, 0.67 era at home)
Roy Halladay 18 GS, 11-3, 3.44 era
Cliff Lee 18 GS, 7-7, 3.13 era
Ryan Madson 3-2, 24 SV, 2.57 era

Ryan Howard 26 HR, 72 RBI, 59 R, .284
Chase Utley 19 HR, 61 RBI, 66 R, .311
Jimmy Rollins 13 HR, 38 RBI, 62 R, 19 SB, .293

Polanco leads the team in hits with 106 batting .305

I haven't made any major trades... packaged Joe Blanton, prospect, 3rd/4th round pick to Toronto for Kyle Drabek

shawa666 · 06-28-2011, 04:22 AM

My usual canadian league alongside the MLB.

Started the game in 1919. 6 team league, top two fight it out in the playoffs. Made it 3 years, never won the Devonshire Cup (GG in 1919), overall record .544

jmm8356 · 06-28-2011, 06:15 AM

12 team, solo, fictional, one level of minors... and I decided to jump into the league on Day One...

so I did the inaugural draft of 50 rounds... and I've played out two spring games so far... 1-1

This was much easier when I didn't have other mouths to feed...

md5423 · 06-28-2011, 09:24 AM

A couple of weeks away from the all-star break. Trailing by 4 games and my record is 32-31

megamanmatt · 06-28-2011, 10:00 AM

current MLB structure, fictional players and teams although some teams are actually teams in reality. playing out every game.

So I took control of the Diamondback who have had only 2 winning seasons in the last 9 years. We're currently 22 games into the season and we sit at 10-12 3.5 games out of first.

My offense is terrible, ranking 15th or 16th out of 16 teams in almost all categories except steals where we sit at 6th.

My pitching however is fantastic, ranking near the top in almost all categories except my bullpen's ERA of 4.00 which is good for 10th, my bullpen couldn't go an inning without surrounding a run for the first week or so but it's since improved.

My biggest surprises ATM though are Mr. Frank Butler, a starter with a career ERA of 4.79 who has so far gone 0-1 with 1.88 ERA in 24 IP in his 4 starts. His main problem is control though, right now he has a .67 K/BB rate with 14 ks to his 21 walks. Also my minor league system is rolling over everyone ATM with my AAA team sitting at 14-1 and my AA team sitting at 15-5, so I've got some talent coming.

md5423 · 06-28-2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by megamanmatt

current MLB structure, fictional players and teams although some teams are actually teams in reality. playing out every game.

So I took control of the Diamondback who have had only 2 winning seasons in the last 9 years. We're currently 22 games into the season and we sit at 10-12 3.5 games out of first.

My offense is terrible, ranking 15th or 16th out of 16 teams in almost all categories except steals where we sit at 6th.

My pitching however is fantastic, ranking near the top in almost all categories except my bullpen's ERA of 4.00 which is good for 10th, my bullpen couldn't go an inning without surrounding a run for the first week or so but it's since improved.

My biggest surprises ATM though are Mr. Frank Butler, a starter with a career ERA of 4.79 who has so far gone 0-1 with 1.88 ERA in 24 IP in his 4 starts. His main problem is control though, right now he has a .67 K/BB rate with 14 ks to his 21 walks. Also my minor league system is rolling over everyone ATM with my AAA team sitting at 14-1 and my AA team sitting at 15-5, so I've got some talent coming.

Wow, your minor league teams are great! Usually my minor league teams suck. This year though my triple A team is 29-29 so I can't complain.

megamanmatt · 06-28-2011, 10:27 AM

It was fairly lucky. Most of my top prospects are all still AA or lower too. My AAA team is just playing freakishly well for some reason. I do have a lot of marginal MLB players which probably helps my AAA some. It was really hard deciding who to keep on the big club at the end of ST since there were so many guys who were playing roughly the same.

We need to lower our walks too. We're currently 15th out of 16 in that category, but we're also first is Ks so I think it kind of evens out...

megamanmatt · 06-29-2011, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by megamanmatt

It was fairly lucky. Most of my top prospects are all still AA or lower too. My AAA team is just playing freakishly well for some reason. I do have a lot of marginal MLB players which probably helps my AAA some. It was really hard deciding who to keep on the big club at the end of ST since there were so many guys who were playing roughly the same.

We need to lower our walks too. We're currently 15th out of 16 in that category, but we're also first is Ks so I think it kind of evens out...

Well almost a week later and we're 12-14. My offense continues to take it on the chin and my pitching continues to dominate.

I've had 5 games so far where my offense has been able to tie the game and then it went into some long extra innings. We've had a 13 inning game and a 16 inning one which is currently the longest game of the year for my team.

Stirner · 06-29-2011, 12:45 AM

I have a starter on my fictional team that has a 1.91 ERA and seventy strike outs in 60 innings of work. His record is 1-4...

The funny part? My offense scores runs whenever someone else is on the mound.

GrantDawg · 06-29-2011, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by megamanmatt

Well almost a week later and we're 12-14. My offense continues to take it on the chin and my pitching continues to dominate.

I've had 5 games so far where my offense has been able to tie the game and then it went into some long extra innings. We've had a 13 inning game and a 16 inning one which is currently the longest game of the year for my team.

Are you the Gm of the real-life Braves?

megamanmatt · 06-29-2011, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Are you the Gm of the real-life Braves?

lol. Well this is the list of my games by inning. 16,15,13,12,10. The 15 inning game was the day following the 12 inning one. I had almost no bullpen for the 3 and 4th games of that series.

scott1964 · 06-29-2011, 01:37 AM

Started in 1871 (Philadelphia Athletics) with reserve roster, now in 1890. Doing the historical what if route.

damientheomen3 · 06-29-2011, 02:43 AM

2 leagues going with 12 so far.

In the first, I created a standard 16 team league with full minors and all that. First year, we went 84-78 and finished 2nd in our division, so no playoffs (although I changed the playoffs the next offseason to be top 2 teams per division since I prefer a larger playoff set). Next year we go 96-66, winning our division by like 12 games, but lost in 6 in the conference championship. Year after, we went 96-66 again, although winning the division was tougher this time around. We were in second almost all year and I think we ended up winning the division by 2 games. We went behind 3-1 in the initial series but wound up winning in 7, and then after that had a pretty easy run to the championship.

The other league I'm in has about 20 years into it already, mainly because it's what I call a spectator league (a league that I 'watch', from a fan's point of view). I edited the world.dat file a bit, to give Poland an excellent baseball program (nationalism FTW!) and China an average baseball program, and then I created a league with 30 nations, and each team could only have players from their own nation. Since the league was set in Greenland (which doesn't have a team) and foreigner percentage is set to 100, the player distribution is even, rather than favoring one nation. 16 out of the 30 teams in the league make the playoffs each year, so it's always a crapshoot once you get to that stage. Poland is the only team in the league to make the playoffs all 19 years (Japan has 18 playoff berths and Australia has 16), and also have the most championships with 4 (Japan has none in 5 tries). The league hits leader is a created guy who bears my name and plays for Poland. He is now 41, but is still going strong, coming off a .295 season. In his career, he has 3,300 hits, 350 HRs, 1,100 steals, 7 gold gloves at shortstop, and a career BA around .333. Teaming up with him (joined the team like 3 years after my guy but still) was another guy whose name I can't remember, who has had a 2,500 hit, 450 HR career so far, although his last season he hit around .275 with like 15 homers, so it's looking a bit bleak for him as far as 500 homers is concerned.

I love that league though. Since it's a 5 round draft, and teams can only pick from their nations, it's cool to look at all of the draft eligible prospects to see which team is getting great guys for the future and which teams aren't really strengthening the farm for the year. One year Poland got the guy I mentioned in the previous paragraph (not the guy named after me, but the other guy) as well as the staff's ace both in the same draft! Then, for the next 3 years, I think they only had 1 non 1 star potential guy.

I also set development speed to 1.200 so the young prospects can reach the bigs pretty quickly.

md5423 · 06-29-2011, 03:17 AM

The trade deadline has just passed and things are starting to fall apart here. My record is 51-60 and I am now sitting in 3rd place, and could very easily fall to the bottom of my division (5 teams) if my team does not start playing better. I just traded my current 3B who was having a very bad season and I brought up my young 3B prospect Jim Cassidy (see my show off your top prospects thread) who was tearing it up in Triple-A

Xavier12 · 06-29-2011, 04:23 AM

Watching every game in my 24 team 1983 fictional season. I'm 6-9. I'm hitting the ball well but can't pitch for my life. My starters are last in the league in ERA and runs allowed.

md5423 · 06-29-2011, 05:27 AM

Just over 30 games left in the season, I am 63-67. My RF Ruben Sandoval has been a nice surprise this season with 35 HR, 85 RBI, and hitting .301 avg so far. Unfortunately, he just got injured and will be out for the rest of the season

He really had a chance for MVP, but surely this injury takes him out of the running

md5423 · 06-29-2011, 12:12 PM

I finished the season with a record of 76-86, it could have been better but my team played terribly in September. Even though my RF Ruben Sandoval missed 45 games, he still lead the Coastal League in Homeruns!!! He finished the season with 35 homers and I think if he did not miss all those games he would have had a legitimate chance to hit 50 homers. This season for him was a huge step up from last season. He only hit 24 homers last year with a .199 average, but he bumped his average up to .299 average. If he has another monster season next year it's gonna be awfully hard NOT to sign him to the 5 year, $85 million dollar contract extension he wants! Luckily he still has 1 (possibly 2) years left in arbitration for me to decide whether or not he can keep it up.

My pitching was not to good this year, but the two bright spots were 23 year old Keith Middleton (12-13, 3.67 ERA) and 24 year old rookie Jack Carter (6-6, 2.97 ERA). My closer wasn't too bad either, posting a 3.29 ERA with 35 saves.

However, my past-two first round picks both struggled this year

They are both still very young and I am sure they will bounce back.

Keep on posting, guys!

megamanmatt · 06-29-2011, 12:24 PM

Well it's not 5/13 and things went from ok to crap real quick.

We're in the midst of a 6 game losing streak, we've fallen back by 6 games, and my entire pitching staff has decided giving up home runs is a solid game strategy.

My AAA team is still kicking butt though. 25-7. I'm thinking I should just release everyone and bring my AAA team up.

06-26-2011, 02:14 AM	#1
md5423 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 556	Game Progress Thread This thread is for users who do not have time to write full dynasty reports but like to write and tell others about their current OOTP career. Please feel free to write and update as much as you want about your teams because I love reading about how other careers are going! Follow my dynasty: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...esh-start.html I will start, I created a fictional league (similar to MLB format) which started in 1970, simmed until 1986 and erased all the league history. After that, I started simming from 1986 until present day-2011 to build up a 25 year history for the league. It has literally taken me 3 days(and 3 new games) to get the league how I want it. But it is finally perfected! I am about to take over the worst team in the game (by far), the Portland Generals. In the league's 25 year history, the Generals have only made the playoffs 1 time, in 1995. In the 25 years, the team has finished above .500 two times ('95, '97). I also have the 27th ranked farm system in the game, and I also have the lowest budget... P.S. I am playing with scouting on, but all the ratings will not be displayed, the only thing i can see is scouting reports and stats-only. This is going to be a huge challenge but I'm sure it will be fun! Last edited by md5423; 01-04-2012 at 04:08 AM.

06-28-2011, 06:15 AM	#5
jmm8356 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lafayette IN (by way of Tonawanda NY) Posts: 1,673	12 team, solo, fictional, one level of minors... and I decided to jump into the league on Day One... so I did the inaugural draft of 50 rounds... and I've played out two spring games so far... 1-1 This was much easier when I didn't have other mouths to feed... __________________ Jeremy from Tonawanda --- Go Cubbies! --- Unofficial Theta Tester(tm) "Oh, we got both kinds. We got country and western!" From OOTP 6: Designated for Assignment FAQ (Includes both problems and solutions! Ooooo! )

06-28-2011, 10:00 AM	#7
megamanmatt Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeville, Minnesota Posts: 2,416	current MLB structure, fictional players and teams although some teams are actually teams in reality. playing out every game. So I took control of the Diamondback who have had only 2 winning seasons in the last 9 years. We're currently 22 games into the season and we sit at 10-12 3.5 games out of first. My offense is terrible, ranking 15th or 16th out of 16 teams in almost all categories except steals where we sit at 6th. My pitching however is fantastic, ranking near the top in almost all categories except my bullpen's ERA of 4.00 which is good for 10th, my bullpen couldn't go an inning without surrounding a run for the first week or so but it's since improved. My biggest surprises ATM though are Mr. Frank Butler, a starter with a career ERA of 4.79 who has so far gone 0-1 with 1.88 ERA in 24 IP in his 4 starts. His main problem is control though, right now he has a .67 K/BB rate with 14 ks to his 21 walks. Also my minor league system is rolling over everyone ATM with my AAA team sitting at 14-1 and my AA team sitting at 15-5, so I've got some talent coming. __________________ "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.

06-28-2011, 10:27 AM	#9
megamanmatt Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeville, Minnesota Posts: 2,416	It was fairly lucky. Most of my top prospects are all still AA or lower too. My AAA team is just playing freakishly well for some reason. I do have a lot of marginal MLB players which probably helps my AAA some. It was really hard deciding who to keep on the big club at the end of ST since there were so many guys who were playing roughly the same. We need to lower our walks too. We're currently 15th out of 16 in that category, but we're also first is Ks so I think it kind of evens out... __________________ "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.

06-29-2011, 12:45 AM	#11
Stirner Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 45	I have a starter on my fictional team that has a 1.91 ERA and seventy strike outs in 60 innings of work. His record is 1-4... The funny part? My offense scores runs whenever someone else is on the mound. __________________ "If man puts his honor first in relying upon himself, knowing himself and applying himself, this in self-reliance, self-assertion, and freedom, he then strives to rid himself of the ignorance which makes a strange impenetrable object a barrier and a hindrance to his self-knowledge."

06-28-2011, 02:21 AM	#2
md5423 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 556	I went 61-101 in my first year, not good! I spent the whole time I played yesterday setting up minor leagues, looking at free agents, and that kind of stuff, all in the off-season. I just started my second season and I am 7-5 so far! Pretty good! Unfortunately, one of my starters is already out for the season and my new LF signing has been injured twice already, once in ST and now out for 1-2 weeks.

06-28-2011, 03:21 AM	#3
acclaim99 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 486	MLB Quickstart 51-34 so far, 1st place, do each game 1-pitch Top players: Cole Hamels 17 GS, 12-0, 1.36 era (6-0, 0.67 era at home) Roy Halladay 18 GS, 11-3, 3.44 era Cliff Lee 18 GS, 7-7, 3.13 era Ryan Madson 3-2, 24 SV, 2.57 era Ryan Howard 26 HR, 72 RBI, 59 R, .284 Chase Utley 19 HR, 61 RBI, 66 R, .311 Jimmy Rollins 13 HR, 38 RBI, 62 R, 19 SB, .293 Polanco leads the team in hits with 106 batting .305 I haven't made any major trades... packaged Joe Blanton, prospect, 3rd/4th round pick to Toronto for Kyle Drabek

06-28-2011, 04:22 AM	#4
shawa666 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 601 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	My usual canadian league alongside the MLB. Started the game in 1919. 6 team league, top two fight it out in the playoffs. Made it 3 years, never won the Devonshire Cup (GG in 1919), overall record .544

06-28-2011, 09:24 AM	#6
md5423 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 556	A couple of weeks away from the all-star break. Trailing by 4 games and my record is 32-31

06-29-2011, 01:37 AM	#14
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,622	Started in 1871 (Philadelphia Athletics) with reserve roster, now in 1890. Doing the historical what if route. __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

06-29-2011, 03:17 AM	#16
md5423 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 556	The trade deadline has just passed and things are starting to fall apart here. My record is 51-60 and I am now sitting in 3rd place, and could very easily fall to the bottom of my division (5 teams) if my team does not start playing better. I just traded my current 3B who was having a very bad season and I brought up my young 3B prospect Jim Cassidy (see my show off your top prospects thread) who was tearing it up in Triple-A

06-29-2011, 04:23 AM	#17
Xavier12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 94	Watching every game in my 24 team 1983 fictional season. I'm 6-9. I'm hitting the ball well but can't pitch for my life. My starters are last in the league in ERA and runs allowed.

06-29-2011, 05:27 AM	#18
md5423 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 556	Just over 30 games left in the season, I am 63-67. My RF Ruben Sandoval has been a nice surprise this season with 35 HR, 85 RBI, and hitting .301 avg so far. Unfortunately, he just got injured and will be out for the rest of the season He really had a chance for MVP, but surely this injury takes him out of the running

06-29-2011, 12:12 PM	#19
md5423 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 556	I finished the season with a record of 76-86, it could have been better but my team played terribly in September. Even though my RF Ruben Sandoval missed 45 games, he still lead the Coastal League in Homeruns!!! He finished the season with 35 homers and I think if he did not miss all those games he would have had a legitimate chance to hit 50 homers. This season for him was a huge step up from last season. He only hit 24 homers last year with a .199 average, but he bumped his average up to .299 average. If he has another monster season next year it's gonna be awfully hard NOT to sign him to the 5 year, $85 million dollar contract extension he wants! Luckily he still has 1 (possibly 2) years left in arbitration for me to decide whether or not he can keep it up. My pitching was not to good this year, but the two bright spots were 23 year old Keith Middleton (12-13, 3.67 ERA) and 24 year old rookie Jack Carter (6-6, 2.97 ERA). My closer wasn't too bad either, posting a 3.29 ERA with 35 saves. However, my past-two first round picks both struggled this year They are both still very young and I am sure they will bounce back. Keep on posting, guys!

06-29-2011, 12:24 PM	#20
megamanmatt Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeville, Minnesota Posts: 2,416	Well it's not 5/13 and things went from ok to crap real quick. We're in the midst of a 6 game losing streak, we've fallen back by 6 games, and my entire pitching staff has decided giving up home runs is a solid game strategy. My AAA team is still kicking butt though. 25-7. I'm thinking I should just release everyone and bring my AAA team up. __________________ "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.