MLB The Show 24 Franchise Mode Discussion Thread

[FluffyTonka]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcar0725

It's not uncommon for my month of April to be starting and restarting a few franchises before I actually settle in on one.

ahh i know. I was so keen for the rockies, and had to play like 7 games before their first home game. ah well. I'm a Bosox fan so the passion is here for this franchise, and the division is tough, which i love.

[FluffyTonka]

Boston Red Sox 2024 Season

After a long (simulated) Spring Training The Bosox are ready to hit the road to open up the season. Major changes came through front office for the Bosox, where the idea was to free up cash, but also remain competitive. And if the opening 5 games are any indicator, we might be on track.

Offseason changes were plenty. With lots to look forward to and lots of cash free'd up.

3B Rafael Devers traded to Colorado Rockies for 3B Ryan McMahon and Kyle Freeland.

Closer Kenley Jansen traded to Kansas City for RHP Carlos Hernandez

2B Prospect Nick York traded to Arizona for speedy CF Jake McCarthy

25 year old C-rated Pitching prospect traded to Dodgers for Kike Hernandez.

Thinking we could get by with a platoon on SS using CF Cedanne Rafaela and Vaughn Grissom, after a long spring training of tinkering with the lineup the Bosox pulled the trigger on one final trade.

On the eve of the season opening in Seattle Boston moved Trevor Story to 3B and shipped him off to the Yankees for 25 year old righthander Oswaldo Cabrera. This was only the 9th ever trade between to the two bitter rivals.

[FluffyTonka]

2024 Red Sox Opening Day Lineup

Batting
1. J Duran - LF
2. O. Cabrera - SS
3. M. Yoshida - DH
4. R. McMahon - 3B
5. T. O'Neil - RF
6. T. Casas - 1B
7. K. Hernandez - 2B
8. R. McGuire - C
9. C. Rafaela - CF

Pinch Runner
J. McCarthy

Starter
RHP N. Pivetta

SU
RHP C. Hernandez
LHP J Rodriguez

Closer
Liam Hendriks

The Bosox took the series against Seattle 3-1, with a 2.45 BA and 1.99 ERA. All games were close grinding affairs with two going into extra innings. In what could be two potential teams fighting for the final wildcard spot, Boston's ability to get to the Seattle Bullpen proved to be the difference in the series.

Ryan McMahon has wasted no time fitting into his new club mashing 3HR and batting .393

Oswaldo Cabrera (batting .273) made several excellent defensive plays and looks to be forming a fantastic infield combo with veteran Kike Hernandez.

On a short turnaround Boston fronted up to Oakland for the twilight game and opening game of a 3-game series, and squeaked out a narrow 3-1 win. Scoreless through the first 7 innings, Boston once again got going and breached the Oakland bullpen when Ryan McMahon clubbed his 4th homerun of the new season after Oswaldo Cabrera was walked.

Tristan Casas added an insurance solo shot in the top of the 9th before Liam Hendriks closed the game out depsite getting into a jam allowing a hit and a walk. Hendriks leads the league with his 4th save on the season.

Game 2 in Oakland is at 6:40pm tomorrow with RHP Kutter Crawford taking on RHP Luis Medina.

[WillieB1214]

Braves Put Together Impressive Sweep of the Twins On the Road

August 26-28, 2024

In a series of two of the league's best teams, the Atlanta Braves come out on top in a trip to Minnesota.

Atlanta's offense got off to a slow start in game one, as Pablo Lopez was outdueling Chris Sale as the Twins led 1-0 heading into the seventh inning before Sean Murphy picked up an RBI double to score Jarred Kelenic. In the eighth, the Braves scored three runs thanks to a Ronald Acuna solo homer and two-run shot from Marcell Ozuna. The Braves would build a 7-1 lead in the ninth after scoring three more runs thanks to RBI hits from Matt Olson and Ozzie Albies. Sale completed six innings, striking out eight and allowing one run while Aaron Bummer, Reynaldo Lopez, and Dylan Lee all help the Twins scoreless.

Game two again saw a late come from behind win, as a Jarred Kelenic two-run homer in the second inning was all of the Braves scoring through seven innings. Charlie Morton was good, allowing two runs across 6.1 innings before Tyler Matzek gave up a homer to Max Kepler. Down 3-2, the Braves rallied for three runs in the top of the eighth thanks to RBI singles from Marcell Ozuna, Adam Duvall, and Sean Murphy. Raisel Iglesias would close the door in the ninth in a 5-3 win.

The third game featured three solo homers from Michael Harris, Austin Riley, and Olson while Bryce Elder dazzled with a complete game shutout in a 3-0 win for Atlanta.

Acuna's homer in the opener puts him at 35 homers and 47 stolen bases. Riley's homer in the third game puts him 48, three over Olson as the best in baseball. He has an outside chance at 60 homers if he can catch fire again. Acuna is also pacing all of baseball in WAR, while Riley has maintained his status as the MVP favorite in the NL in a superstar level season.

With six straight wins, Atlanta is now at 95-40 and will now stay on the road to play the struggling Philadelphia Phillies, who are at 58-75.

[MarkL1987]

For the second straight year, the Blue Jays have lost a player to a season ending injury. Last year, it was Biggio who missed the entire second half and postseason with an ankle injury. This year, it was Vlad Jr's turn as he suffered a torn ACL in the third game of Toronto's four game series against the Yankees in New York, a game that the Jays lost 5-4. Due to this, the Jays were forced to make a move via the trade market. Outfielder Daulton Varsho and minor league first baseman Spencer Horwitz were moved to the Cleveland Guardians for Josh Naylor. Naylor immediately slots into the lineup at first, while Mickey Moniak now moves from bench bat to every day outfielder. The final game of Toronto's set with New York saw Naylor go 1 for 4 in his Jays debut, but the Yankees won 4-3 in 10 innings on a walk off sac fly. Toronto's lead in the division now down to one game after going just 3-5 on their eight game trek through Tampa and New York. Fortunately for Toronto, their next series is against the 22-43 Washington nationals, which the Jays will be at home for.

Gameplay note: The Naylor trade was one that I obviously would've preferred to wait until the deadline for, but the injury to Vlad effectively forced that process to be sped up.

[kdutch98]

TIGERS SPLIT SERIES WITH RED SOX

TIGERS 4 RED SOX 1 MAY 30, 2024

BOX SCORE

Jose Agua (8) homered and drove in four, leading the Tigers to a 4-1 win over the Red Sox. Tarik Skubal (11-0) allowed one run in six and two thirds innings, to pick up the win. Kyle Dutcher went 2-3 to tie Joe Dimaggio's MLB Hit Streak record at 56.

TIGERS 6 RED SOX 4 MAY 31, 2024

BOX SCORE

Javier Baez (11) homered, and drove in two, leading the Tigers to a 6-4 win over the Red Sox. Jose Agua added a pair of RBI. Kenta Maeda (7-2) picked up the win with five and two thirds innings allowing four runs. Kyle Dutcher went 3-5, breaking the Hitting streak record. Dutcher has hit in 57 straight games.

RED SOX 5 TIGERS 4 JUNE 1, 2024

BOX SCORE

The Red Sox scored twice in the bottom of the eighth, to beat the Tigers 5-4. Detroit got home runs from Riley Greene (9), and Kyle Dutcher (22). Greene had a pair of RBI. Dutcher extended his MLB record hitting streak to 58 games. Beau Brieske (2-1) took the loss in relief.

RED SOX 5 TIGERS 3 JUNE 2, 2024

BOX SCORE

The Tigers lost consecutive games for the first time all season, dropping the series finale 5-3 to the Red Sox. Andy Ibanez (4) homered and drove in two in the loss. Matt Manning (7-2) took the loss. Kyle Dutcher went 1-4 to extend his record hitting streak to 59 games.



The Tigers now travel to Texas, for a three game series against the Rangers (32-27). The Rangers are currently third in the A.L. West, 2.5 games behind the Astros.

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2024 MLB STANDINGS

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[DarthRambo]

☆McLain off to RED hot start. Lead charge in runber match to take the series in Seattle☆

Game one: Reds (7 11 0) @ Mariners (2 7 0)

W- F. Montas (2-1) 6ip 4h 0er 1bb 7k
L- G. Kirby (1-2) 4.2ip 6h 3er 1bb 2k
HRs- Jeimer Candelario (4); Mitch Haniger (2)


Game two: Reds (3 10 0) @ Mariners (13 13 0)

W- L. Gilbert (2-0) 6ip 4h 2er 3bb 4k
L- N. Martinez (1-1) 3ip 5h 3erc2bb 1k
HRs- TJ Friedl (5), Matt McLain (5); J.P. Crawford (2), Julio Rodríguez (5)

Game three: Reds (10 10 1) @ Mariners (5 9 1)

W- E. Pagán (1-0) SP N. Lodolo 3.1ip 6h 5er 1bb 5k
L- E. Hancock (0-2) SP B. Miller 5ip 5h 3r 2er 0bb 6k
HRs- Matt McLain (6, 7, 8); Ty France (3)


~~Injury news~~

- nothing major other than day to days. McLain missed one game due to a minor injury.

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Up next: Reds (11-8, 3rd NLC, 3gb) vs Angels (8-11, 5th ALW, 4.5gb)

Game one: Andrew Abott (2-1, 2.50era 15k) vs Zach Plesac (0-2, 7.15era 5k)

Game two: Hunter Greene (2-2, 2.95era 26k) vs Reid Detmers (1-2, 5.00era 14k)

Game three: Frankie Montas (2-1, 0.39era 19k) vs Patrick Sandoval (0-2, 6.33era 12k)



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[countryboy]

Cardinals split 2 game series with Royals

The Cardinals (51-43) split their two game series with the Royals to begin the final week before the all star break. The Cardinals though, now are in sole possession of first place by a game of the NL Central as the Brewers continue to struggle.

The Cardinals and Royals had a roller coaster game on Tuesday as the Royals jumped out 2-0 in the 2nd, but then the Cardinals tied it in the bottom of the 3rd on a Nolan Arenado solo homerun. The Royals would knock Miles Mikolas out in the 6th after putting up 2 more runs on back to back to back doubles, making it 4-2. In the bottom half of the inning, the Cardinals would tie it again when Contreras doubled home Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado. The Cardinals would take a 5-4 lead in the 8th when Harrison Bader singled home Nolan Gorman. But Ryan Helsley would blow the save in the 9th to again tie the game, this time at 5. After a scoreless 10th and 11th inning, the Royals would score 4 runs in the 12th off of Gallegos to take a 9-5 lead, which would be the final score.

On Wednesday, it was less dramatic. Matthew Liberatore thru 7 scoreless innings and then Jordan Hicks worked a perfect 8th and Helsley a perfect 9th as the Cards would roll to a 3-0 finish. All 3 runs were scored in the 5th when Brendan Donovan would deliver a 2 out bases loaded double that pushed across 3 runs.

The Cardinals are off on Thursday as they await the Cubs to arrive in town for a 3 game weekend series to close out the first half of the season.