Alright TNK, here's to another year of me using your sliders. I do not post much as I make adjustments (very few if any) as I play my Franchise. I appreciate your work and I just wanted to let you know. I will follow as normal your progress and if anything pops up that I deem necessary to share, I'll post it to see what you think.
Alright TNK, here's to another year of me using your sliders. I do not post much as I make adjustments (very few if any) as I play my Franchise. I appreciate your work and I just wanted to let you know. I will follow as normal your progress and if anything pops up that I deem necessary to share, I'll post it to see what you think.
Here's to a great year of video game baseball.
Thanks Mike! Keep me posted on how it's going and if you notice anything that you think needs adjusting, let me know
Boston Red Sox @ Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Matchup – Garrett Whitlock vs Mitch Keller
The Red Sox got off to a fast start in the top of the 1st as Mitch Keller left a slider up in the zone to Rafael Devers who launched it into the RF bleachers for a solo HR giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. The Pirates loaded the bases with 1 out against Garrett Whitlock in the bottom of the 1st and Ji-Man Choi tied the game with a sac fly to CF before Whitlock struck out Ke'Bryan Hayes to get out of the inning with no further damage and we were tied 1-1 after 1 inning. Keller and Whitlock both settled in after a rocky 1st inning and both pitchers had registered 4 Ks through 3 innings of work on the mound and we would move to the 4th inning with the score tied 1-1. The Red Sox were threatening in the top of the 4th after Keller issued walks to Duvall and Arroyo putting two men on base with 2 outs and Reese McGuire would line a ball into CF for a RBI single giving Boston a 2-1 lead. Pittsburgh answered in the bottom of the 4th as Carlos Santana drew a lead off walk and moved into scoring position where Jack Suwinski would drive him in with a big two out RBI single up the middle tying the game up 2-2. Keller made quick work of the Red Sox in the top of the 5th and Whitlock would get Brian Reynolds to ground into an inning ending 6-4-3 double play in the bottom of the 5th sending the game to the 6th inning with the score tied 2-2. Carlos Santana singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 6th and Alex Cora would go to lefty Richard Bleier out of the pen and Bleier would get Choi to pop up for the 2nd out before freezing Hayes with a backdoor cutter for a big K to send the game to the 7th inning tied at 2-2. Duane Underwood took over on the mound for Pittsburgh and pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 7th while Suwinski reached base to lead off the bottom of the 7th and Chris Martin would come on to replace Bleier on the mound with a man on and nobody out. Martin did a great job as he came in and retired Castro on strikes and Hedges on a fly out before striking out Cruz looking at a fastball on the corner to end the 7th inning and we would go to the 8th inning still tied at 2-2. Jarlin Garcia came on to pitch the top of the 8th for Pittsburgh and Rafael Devers short hopped the wall in right-center for a 1 out double. Garcia would escape the jam as Justin Turner flew out to McCutchen in shallow RF and Masataka Yoshida popped out to Hayes in foul ground as the Red Sox strand the go ahead run in scoring position and the score remains tied 2-2. Martin returned to the mound for the bottom of the 8th and retired Reynold & McCutchen before striking out Santana on a nasty slider to retire the side in order and send the game to the 9th inning with the score tied 2-2. Yohan Ramirez came on to pitch the top of the 9th for the Pirates issued a 1 out walk to Triston Casas but got Arroyo to fly out for the 2nd out and struck out McGuire to end the top of the 9th. The Pirates came up to bat in the bottom of the 9th with a chance to walk off against John Schreiber who came on to pitch for Boston. Ji-Man Choi reached to lead off the bottom of the 9th when he grounded to Arroyo at second base and Arroyo booted what should have been a routine out to put the potential winning run on base with nobody out. Ke'Bryan Hayes attempted to bunt Choi into scoring position but popped up the bunt to Casas for the 1st out. Jack Suwinski worked to a full count and punched a ground ball through the hole into LF as Choi moves into scoring position and the Pirates had two men on with 1 out. Schreiber would bear down and escape the jam as he struck out Rodolfo Castro and Austin Hedges popped up to Casas as the Pirates fail to score and the game would head to extra innings tied 2-2. The Red Sox began the top of the 10th with McGuire on second base as the extra innings runner against Jose Hernandez who was on to pitch for Pittsburgh. Kike Hernandez started the inning with a liner in the gap for a RBI double to give Boston a 3-2 lead. Kike tagged and advanced to 3rd base on a deep fly ball to RF by Verdugo and Rafael Devers followed by going the opposite way in the gap for a RBI double to make it 4-2. Robert Stephenson replaced Hernandez on the mound for Pittsburgh and Justin Turner dropped a single into CF setting up runners at the corners with 1 out for Masataka Yoshida who turned on a hanging breaking ball from Stephenson and hammered it off the wall in RF for a RBI double extending the lead to 5-2. Stephenson got a huge K of Duvall for the 2nd out before intentionally walking Casas to load the bases for Arroyo who flew out to Suwinski in CF and the Pirates would come to bat trailing by 3 runs with Kenley Jansen coming on to pitch the bottom of the 10th and try to close it out for the Boston. Jansen retired Cruz on a fly ball to Yoshida in LF and struck out Reynolds for two quick outs and the Pirates were down to their final out when Andrew McCutchen singled to CF scoring Hedges who was on second base as the extra innings runner and suddenly it was 5-3 and the Pirates would bring Carlos Santana to the plate representing the tying run. Jansen would get Santana to ground out to Arroyo at second base for the final out to record the save as the Red Sox hang on to win 5-3 in 10 innings
Red Sox at Pirates |
Mar 26, 2023
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9
Extras
R
H
E
Boston (N/A)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
8
1
Pittsburgh (N/A)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
8
0
W: John Schreiber L: Jose Hernandez S: Kenley Jansen
Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS
BOS
PIT
BOS
1
Rafael Devers solo HR to RF
1
0
PIT
1
Ji-Man Choi sac fly to CF (Cruz scores)
1
1
BOS
4
Reese McGuire singled to CF (Duvall scores)
2
1
PIT
4
Jack Suwinski singled to CF (Santana scores)
2
2
BOS
10
Kike Hernandez doubled to LF (McGuire scores)
3
2
BOS
10
Rafael Devers doubled to LF (Hernandez scores)
4
2
BOS
10
Masataka Yoshida doubled to RF (Devers scores)
5
2
PIT
10
Andrew McCutchen singled to CF (Hedges scores)
5
3
Boston Red Sox
HITTERS
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
HR
AVG
Verdugo, RF
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Devers, 3B
5
2
3
2
0
0
1
Turner, DH
5
0
1
0
0
2
0
Yoshida, LF
5
0
1
1
0
1
0
Duvall, CF
4
1
0
0
1
3
0
Casas, 1B
3
0
0
0
2
2
0
Arroyo, 2B
4
0
1
0
1
0
0
McGuire, C
4
1
1
1
0
2
0
Hernandez, SS
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
TEAM TOTALS
38
5
8
5
4
10
1
BATTING: 2B: Devers 2, Hernandez, Yoshida HR: Devers RBI: Devers 2, McGuire, Hernandez, Yoshida HBP: Verdugo
Playing a game right now (Boston @ Kansas City) with a couple minor adjustments to the sliders
If all goes well, I will update the sliders in post #1 of the thread and post an updated set (version 2) to the slider vault
So far, the sliders have played very well and I don't think any major changes are needed....just a few subtle little tweaks and validating with a few games played is all I think we need right now. My goal is to have the set considered "ready for franchise play" by Opening Day on Thursday or worst case Friday so that people can start their franchises this weekend if they wish
Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals Pitching Matchup – Corey Kluber vs Jordan Lyles
The Red Sox got on the board in the top of the 1st when Rafael Devers got a slider up and over the plate from Jordan Lyles and crushed it 405 feet to RF for a solo HR giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. Corey Kluber got off to a good start on the mound retiring the side in order in the bottom of the 1st but Vinnie Pasquantino and Hunter Dozier each hit ground balls that found a hole for singles to start the bottom of the 2nd and put two men on with nobody out for the Royals. Edward Olivares came up with runners on the corners and 1 out and would pick up the RBI with a sac fly to Verdugo in RF as his throw home was offline allowing Pasquantino to tag and score tying the game 1-1. Kansas City took the lead in the bottom of the 3rd inning on 3 straight hits with Salvador Perez driving in Bobby Witt Jr on a RBI single through the left side to give the Royals a 2-1 lead. Kluber would get out of the inning with no further damage as he got Pasquantino to ground into an inning ending 4-6-3 double play to send the game to the 4th inning with Kansas City leading 2-1. Lyles was keeping the Red Sox hitters off balance while Kluber struck out Olivares looking to end the 4th inning and Melendez swinging at a cutter down and in to end the 5th and strand a runner in scoring position and we would go to the 6th inning with Kansas City leading 2-1. Lyles retired Devers, Turner and Yoshida in order in the top of the 6th while the Royals got singles from Pasquantino and Isbel to put two men on with 2 outs in the bottom of the 6th. Alex Cora stuck with Kluber to face Olivares after a visit to the mound and Kluber would finish his outing by striking out Olivares on a nasty breaking ball to end the threat and send the game to the 7th inning with the Royals leading 2-1. Adam Duvall lined out to Witt at SS leading off the top of the 7th making it 11 straight Red Sox batters that Lyles had retired before leaving a fastball up in the zone to Triston Casas who launched a 422 foot blast to CF for a solo HR to tie the game at 2-2. The wheels completely fell off for Lyles following the Casas HR as Christian Arroyo lined a single to LF and Lyles would hang a first pitch curveball that Reese McGuire crushed 409 feet into the Royals bullpen in RF giving Boston a 4-2 lead. Amir Garrett would take over for Lyles on the mound and the Red Sox added to their lead as Kike Hernandez singled and came in to score on a RBI double by Devers with 2 outs making it 5-2. Garrett would get Justin Turner to ground out ending the inning but not before the Red Sox strike for 4 runs to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 5-2 lead. Tanner Houck took over on the mound for Boston and gave up a lead off double in the gap to Michael Massey. Houck came back to retire Nate Eaton and got Bobby Witt to ground to Devers at 3rd base but he sailed his throw over the head of Casas at 1st base allowing Massey to score making it 5-3 and bringing the tying run to the plate for Kansas City. MJ Melendez was up next and ripped a ball on the ground past Casas and into RF for a RBI single to make it a one run game 5-4. Cora made a mound visit and stuck with Houck who was getting ground balls with his pitches and the move paid off as Salvador Perez hit the ball hard on the ground to the right side where Casas made an excellent pick at first base to start a huge 3-6-3 inning ending double play to send the game to the 8th inning with Boston leading 5-4. Garrett issued a 1 out walk to Duvall in the top of the 8th and Casas would drive a ball deep to CF short hopping the wall for a RBI double as Duvall scored all the way from first base to extend the Red Sox lead to 6-4. Josh Staumont replaced Garrett on the mound and got out of the inning with no further damage. John Schreiber took over for Houck and pitched a dominant bottom of the 8th as he retired the side in order and blew a 96 mph fastball past Kyle Isbel for a K to send the game to the 9th inning with Boston holding a 6-4 lead. Former Red Sox pitched Josh Taylor came on to pitch the top of the 9th for Kansas City and would get Devers to ground into an inning ending 4-6-3 double play to send the game to the bottom of the 9th. The Royals came up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 6-4 with Olivares, Massey and Eaton due up against Kenley Jansen who was on to try and close it out for Boston. Jansen got Olivares to ground out to Devers for the 1st out and Massey would hit a ground ball past the dive of Arroyo into RF for a single to bring the tying run to the plate for Kansas City with 1 out. Nate Eaton would fly out to Duvall in shallow CF and the Royals were down to their final out with Bobby Witt coming up. Jansen would get ahead in the count with two quick strikes and ran a two seam fastball up and in at 94 mph that locked up Witt who went down looking for strike 3 as Jansen slams the door to record the save and the Red Sox win 6-4
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals
Mar 27, 2023
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4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Boston (N/A)
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
6
12
1
Kansas City (N/A)
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
4
12
0
W: Corey Kluber L: Jordan Lyles S: Kenley Jansen
Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS
BOS
KAN
BOS
1
Rafael Devers solo HR to RF
1
0
KAN
2
Edward Olivares sac fly to RF (Pasquantino scores)
1
1
KAN
3
Salvador Perez singled to LF (Eaton scores)
1
2
BOS
7
Triston Casas solo HR to CF
2
2
BOS
7
Reese McGuire 2-run HR to RF (Arroyo scores)
4
2
BOS
7
Rafael Devers doubled to CF (Hernandez scores)
5
2
KAN
7
Bobby Witt reached on throwing error by Devers (Massey scores)
Post #1 of the thread has been updated with v2 of the sliders
The sliders have also been uploaded to the vault as "TNK 2023 Sliders v2"
Key changes to the sliders are:
Human Contact - raise to 7
Human Power - raise to 6
Human Timing - raise to 7
CPU Power - raise to 5
Human Starter Stamina - raise to 8
CPU Starter Stamina - raise to 8
Fastball Pitch Speed - raise to 6
Offspeed Pitch Speed - raise to 6
03-26-2023, 03:33 PM
