xanadu71 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Hi everybody. First, i want to say that i'm french so don't blame my english There's a long time that i want to make a dynasty but not with a team which was already world champion. So i decided to take the Tampa Bay Devil Rays because it's a young team but not a very good team (sorry for the true fans) :wink: I'll try to make a report after each series. Settings Ea Patch 2 KSM version 2.5 [ESPN] Pared's Sliders on All-Star Ultimate roster V2.0 And a bunch of graphic mods by the gurus of mvpmods Ready ? Let's go ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac51 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Wish you the very best of luck: Maybe your skills will decide how the Rays will compete in you Season Which Level you play ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted May 17, 2005 Author Share Posted May 17, 2005 Preseason After a not so bad Spring Training with 14 wins for 16 losses (better than the Marlins), the front-office decided to add 2 players : DeeJay Roberts : an unknown youngster hurler (19 y-o) for 2 years and $2 M. He's very promising. Brian Boehringer : a 35 y-o pitcher to pack the bench for 4 years and $1.70 M (Front-office had pity of him). So here's the Roster before the Start of the 2005 Season : Batting order LF Alex Sanchez 2B Julio Lugo RF Aubrey Huff CF Rocco Baldelli DH Josh Phelps 3B Jorge Cantu SS BJ Upton 1B Travis Lee C Toby Hall Pitching Rotation SP Dewon Brazelton SP Scott Kazmir SP DeeJay Roberts SP Rob Bell SP Casey Fossum Bullpen LRP Mark Hendrickson LRP Hideo Nomo LRP Jon Switzer MRP Danys Baez MRP Travis Harper SU Brian Boehringer CP Lance Carter Bench C Charles Johnson 2B Nick Green LF Carl Crawford CF Chris Singleton Next : Home Opening Serie against Toronto Blue Jays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutts55 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Carl Crawford should be starting in LF. He's a rising star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCenker Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Agreed on Carl Crawford. Not only is he a rising star, but he is lightning quick and will probably be contending for the steal leader year after year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gudraves Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Yea, stick Aubrey at DH and either put Carl or Alex in RF, dont know which one has the stronger arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted May 17, 2005 Author Share Posted May 17, 2005 Report 4/4 - 4/6 : 3 games serie vs. Toronto blue Jays Gm 1 Box R H E TOR 9 12 0 TB 0 5 2 WP : Halladay LP : Brazelton (0-1) Not many things to say, only that Halladay threw a gem with 5 hits and 17 strikeouts in a complete game. Whaouu ! The Devil Rays didn't show nothing. A game to forget. Gm 2 Box R H E TOR 1 12 0 TB 2 5 1 WP : Kazmir (1-0) LP : Lilly Sv : Carter (1) The Devil Rays carried out quickly with a one-run lead in the 1st and added a second run in the 6th. But in the 8th Toronto scored a run. It was the time for Carter to come to secure the win and his 1st save of the season. Notables : Travis Harper reached 200 Ks for Tampa Bay and in his career Gm 3 Box R H E TOR 3 9 1 TB 5 10 0 WP : Roberts (1-0) LP : Towers Sv : Carter (2) With a 3-run homer, Huff gave a 4-0 lead in the 2nd. And once again the fans were afraid when Toronto came back at 1 run in the 6th. But one inning later, Tampa Bay added an additionnal run. Carter appeared in the 9th and collected his second straight save. Travis Lee had a good night, not for his hits (0) but for an unassisted double-play and his 3000th career at-bat. Next : 3 games serie vs. Oakland Athletic's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted May 17, 2005 Author Share Posted May 17, 2005 To Sac51 : Thank you for your support. I play on All-Star level. To Gudraves, DaveCenker ans nutts55 : Concerning Crawford, It's just the start of the season and i want to see the players that the CPU chose. But i think that coach Piniella think much of him but it's not easy with Baldelli in CF and Huff in RF. The season is long and things can change. Maybe... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCenker Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 With Crawford's speed and average, I think it is very difficult to keep him out of the lineup. I would pull Sanchez out of left field and leave Baldelli and Huff in CF and RF, respectively. If you really would like Sanchez in your lineup, you could always split time in the DH position between Phelps and Sanchez. Try one game with Crawford in the lineup. If he gets on base, he's almost sure to be in scoring position after the next few pitches (his steal success rate is incredible). With the proper power hitters behind him, this is a really good way to score those needed runs. As an aside, since I live in Central Florida, I am in the Tampa Bay broadcasting area. I heard the other day on a sports radio show that the Devil Rays are actually one of the leading teams in the AL in hits. The problem is with their young and inexperienced pitching staff. If they could just get a few solid starters into their rotation, I think they really could be a team to be reckoned with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 Report 4/8 - 4/10 : 3 games serie vs. Oakland Athletic's (2-1) Gm 1 Box R H E OAK 9 11 0 TB 2 4 0 WP : Meyer LP : Bell (0-1) The Devil Rays were quickly overflowed by the A's. Durazzo homered a 3-run HR in the 3rd to carry the score to 0-5. The hope returned in the 3th inning with 2 runs scored but one inning later A's added 4 additional runs for 2-9 lead. The score didn't change anymore until the end. It should be noted that Crawford appeared in the last inning for 1 hit and 1 stolen base. Changes are in the air ? Gm 2 Box R H E OAK 4 12 0 TB 7 6 3 WP : Fossum (1-0) LP : Saarloos Sv : Carter (3) After the loss, Piniella decided to reorganize the lineup. Lee, with 0 hit in 11 AB came back on the bench. Huff took the 1B, Baldelli the RF and Crawford in centerfield and like lead-off hitter. What a game and what a 1st inning ! Crawford hitted a double and scored a run 2 batters later : 1-0. Cantu at the plate, bases loaded, Saarloos pitches and... BADABOUM ! GRAND SLAM ! The Devil Rays leaded by 5 to nothing and forced Oakland's manager to change his pitcher. but the A's didn't say their last words. In the 4th inning Sanchez just robbed a homer whereas the bases were loaded. In the 7th A's were carried out by one run. Kendall at the plate, pitch and... BANG ! IN THE AIR ! but... JUST FOUL ! One yard of the left pole. Huff decided to take the game for his count and blasted a 2-run HR to kill the game. Carter finished the job and picked up his 3rd straight save. Notables : Aubrey Huff reached the mark of 100 HR and passed Fred McGriff as TB Homerun Leader. Gm 3 Box R H E OAK 9 16 0 TB 2 5 2 WP : Zito LP : Brazelton (0-2) It was the same game as the day before but for Oakland this time. Crosby shocked fans with a Grand Slam in the 1st. Piniella pulled out Brazelton for Nomo. First Pitch : Ball. Second Pitch : Hit the batter and... EJECTED ! What a shame ! Hendrickson came and did the job but enough for a win. Cantu scored his 2nd HR of the season but it was a festival of hits for A's. Stats Standings W L GB Yankees 4 2 -- Devil Rays 3 3 1 Red Sox 3 3 1 Blue Jays 2 4 2 Orioles 2 4 2 Hitting AB H HR RBI AVG Cantu 21 8 3 7 .381 Crawford 9 3 0 0 .333 Phelps 21 5 0 1 .238 Lugo 19 3 0 1 .211 Sanchez 20 4 1 3 .200 Upton 20 4 0 1 .200 Huff 22 4 2 4 .182 Baldelli 19 2 0 1 .105 Hall 18 1 0 0 .056 Singleton 1 0 0 0 .000 Lee 11 0 0 0 .000 Green 1 0 0 0 .000 Cantu is 6th in HR Pitching IP W L SO BB ERA Brazelton 7.0 0 2 5 1 14.14 Kazmir 6.0 1 0 2 0 0.00 Roberts 5.1 1 0 3 0 5.06 Bell 5.1 0 1 3 1 8.44 Fossum 5.2 1 0 2 0 4.77 Relief IP W L SO BB ERA Hendrickson 8.0 0 0 4 0 0.00 Nomo 4.0 0 0 2 0 6.78 Switzer 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.00 Baez 0.2 0 0 0 0 27.00 Harper 7.1 0 0 6 0 4.91 Boehringer 1.0 0 0 0 0 18.00 Carter 3.0 0 0 1 0 0.00 (3 saves) Carter is 1st in SV Next : 3 games serie vs. Baltimore Orioles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted May 23, 2005 Author Share Posted May 23, 2005 Report 4/12 - 4/14 : 3 games serie vs. Baltimore Orioles (2-4) Gm 1 Box R H E BAL 12 19 1 TB 9 15 1 WP : Kline LP : Harper (0-1) Sv : Ryan In the top of the 5th, Baltimore carried out by 3 runs (2-5). Tampa Bay just wake up in the bottom of the same inning to crush the Birds with 7 straights runs and reclaimed the lead (9-5). It was without counting on Tejada who blasted a Grand Slam to tie the game at 9-9. And in the top of the 9th, an another 3-run homer gave the win to the Birds. Ryan saved the game with 1 hit and 3 consecutive strikeouts. Gm 2 Box R H E BAL 6 15 0 TB 7 11 0 WP : Roberts (2-0) LP : Maine Sv : Carter (4) In the 1st, Crawford struck the ball to go in 1st base. He stole the second immediately so Lugo could score a RBI (1-0). In the 2nd, Cantu doubled before Sanchez scored the RBI (2-0). But once again, Tejada tied the game with a 2-run homer in the 3rd (2-2). That irritated the Devil Rays in the 4th, Cantu and Lugo for his 2nd RBI carried the score to 4-2 before Huff blasted his 3rd HR of the season for 7-2 lead. And once again, Tampa Bay played with fire. 2 homeruns by Lopez and Mora reduced the score at 7-5. In the 9th, with Lopez in 2nd base and Tejada in 1st, Mora found a long, long ball in the left field, Crawford caught the ball, Lopez scored (7-6). Tejada always ran and Crawford threw the ball at home and Hall just eliminated Tejada before he scored. It was the 3rd out. Hall saved Carter for his 4th save. Gm 3 Box R H E BAL 9 15 0 TB 0 1 0 WP : Ponson LP : Bell (0-2) It was almost a perfect day for Ponson but 1BB and 1 hit by Crawford didn't give him a Perfect Game. But it was a remarkable one-hitter for the pitcher : 9.0IP 1H 0R 0ER 1BB 12K 0HR. This game was the end of Cantu's 8-game hitting streak since the start of the season. Stats Standings W L GB Red Sox 5 4 -- Yankees 5 4 -- Devil Rays 4 5 1 Orioles 4 5 1 Blue Jays 3 7 2.5 Hitting AB H HR RBI AVG Cantu 32 12 3 10 .375 Lugo 29 10 0 3 .345 Phelps 33 8 0 2 .242 Crawford 21 5 0 0 .238 Sanchez 30 7 1 5 .233 Hall 27 5 0 2 .185 Upton 31 5 0 2 .161 Baldelli 31 5 0 2 .161 Huff 33 5 3 8 .152 Singleton 2 0 0 0 .000 Lee 11 0 0 0 .000 Johnson 1 0 0 0 .000 Green 2 0 0 0 .000 Crawford is 3rd in SB with 4 Pitching IP W L SO BB ERA Brazelton 7.0 0 2 5 1 14.14 Kazmir 12.0 1 0 4 2 3.75 Roberts 11.1 2 0 4 0 6.35 Bell 10.1 0 2 6 1 9.58 Fossum 5.2 1 0 2 0 4.77 Relief IP W L SO BB ERA Hendrickson 11.0 0 0 4 0 0.00 Nomo 5.0 0 0 3 1 9.00 Switzer 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.00 Baez 0.2 0 0 0 0 27.00 Harper 11.2 0 1 6 0 5.40 Boehringer 1.2 0 0 1 0 27.00 Carter 3.0 0 0 1 0 0.00 (4 saves) Carter ties the 1st place with Looper (Mets) in SV with 4 Next : 3 games @ Boston Red Sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steroid Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Hey nice dynasty. Im still trying to find out which team I want to be. I want to make sure the team has a stadium mod and jersey's. I was leaning toward Cleveland, Seattle, TB, Detroit and Arizona. I dont really like the dirt strip from the pitchers mound to home for Detroit and Arizona. So those are eliminated for now, unless someone fixes the BOB mod that was released earlier. Detroit might be the way to go, but we will see. I want to do one that no one else is doing. Hope you get those wins coming fast. I play on pro because I cant get strikeouts as much on the harder levels because the hitters are way to smart. They hit everything. Anyway, shoot for the wild card and knock of the 2 giants in that division. BOSOX and Yanks. I hate both, so GO D RAYS! ! ! ! ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 Report 4/15 - 4/17 : 3 game series @ Boston Red Sox (5-4) Gm 1 Box R H E TB 2 4 0 BOS 4 5 0 WP : Wakefield LP : Fossum (1-1) Sv : Foulke In the 3rd, Varitek crushed a solo shot above the Green Monster to take the lead. But Cantu gave some hope for The Rays with an RBI to tie the game in the 7th. But it wasn't enough, in the 8th, Nixon hitted an RBI Double before Varitek, still him, dispatched his 2nd HR of the night with 2 runs. Huff waited for the 9th inning to add a solo shot but the game was already lost. Gm 2 Box R H E TB 3 8 2 BOS 13 14 1 WP : Schilling LP : Brazelton (0-3) Things started very badly for Brazelton, once again. He gave up 2 HRs and 5 ER in the 1st. Phelps inaugurated his 1st HR of the season with 2 runs above the Green Monster to come back a little (2-5). Brazelton left the game after 2 1/3 innings and Nomo replaced him but gave 4 RBIs including a 2-run-HR by Varitek (2-9). Hendrickson replaced him immediatly. Ortiz and Ramirez added 2 HRs and 6 RBIs to crush definitely Tampa Bay. The game was a disaster with 5 HRs and 15 K's against the Rays. Notables : The front-office decided to place Nomo in a trading block because of his poor performance and his high salary ($6 900 000 for 1 year). Gm 3 Box R H E TB 7 12 0 BOS 6 8 0 WP : Hendrickson (1-0) LP : Foulke Sv : Carter (5) Tampa Bay was to react quickly after 3 consecutives losses. But Kazmir started badly in the 1st including 3-run-HR by Millar to make him pay to have hitted Renteria (0-4). The Devil Rays didn't demoralize with Sanchez (3 RBIs), Hall (2 RBIs) and Lugo (1 RBI) and came back in the game (6-4). David Wells was obliged to leave but Nixon tied the game with a 2 runs shot (6-6). In the 9th, Huff faced Foulke and crushed a long shot in the right field but the ball just passed to the right pole in foul territory. A shiver traversed the spectators. But it only had not left given because Huff blasted a good solo-HR immediatly in the right field (7-6). Carter came and saved the game with a 1-2-3 inning. Stats Standings W L GB Red Sox 7 5 -- Yankees 7 5 -- Devil Rays 5 7 2 Orioles 5 7 2 Blue Jays 4 9 4 A problem occurs with my stats but you'll find them after the next report. Huff is 5th in HRs with 5. Crawford is 2nd in SB with 6. Hendrickson ties 1st place in ERA with 0.00 but with the most innings pitched (15.0). Carter ties 1st place in Sv with Gagne (Dodgers) and Looper (Mets) with 5. Next : 2 games @ New York Yankees and 2 games vs. Texas Rangers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Here's a word of advice... don't let Phelps carry a bat to the plate against a righty! He's useless. I do have to give you credit though. Picking the D-Rays for a dynasty takes guts. Best of luck to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 To Steroid : Thank you for your comments. Detroit was one of the team i want to take but they have already won at least one championship. I wanted to take a more challenging team. If i was you i'll take Seattle (not a so good team : Ichiro hits a lot but poor in RBIs and HRs) or Arizona. To Cartersyard : Thanx you for your support and your advice. Currently he plays 1B but i think of Travis Lee to replace him who is on the bench and appears sometimes like a pinch hitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expos4Ever Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Can't you trade for a 1B with one of your OF(hint, hint: Sanchez and Phelps might get you something) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steroid Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 xanadu to late bro, I chose a gutted out Florida Marlins to start my owner mode you can check out the roster in my thread if you like. Be wary though, you may die of laughter........ 8O :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted June 5, 2005 Author Share Posted June 5, 2005 Report 4/18 - 4/21 : 2 game series @ New York Yankees (7-5) Gm 1 Box R H E TB 4 11 1 NYY 6 9 0 WP : Mussina LP : Roberts (2-1) Sv : Rivera A Stolen Base, a Triple with 2 RBIs, a Double by Crawford weren't enough to beat The Bronx Bombers. Williams, Sheffield and Jeter crushed TB's pitchers with a HR each. Torre was ejected but Rivera saved the game with a 1-2-3 inning. Gm 2 Box R H E TB 0 2 0 NYY 6 14 0 WP : Brown LP : Bell (0-3) All was played on the 1st with 7 hits and 4 RBIs for the Yankees. Kevin Brown posted a remarkable 2-hitters in a complete game with 2BB and 9K's. 2 Games vs. Texas Rangers (10-5) Gm 1 Box R H E TEX 7 18 0 TB 0 6 0 WP : Drese LP : Fossum (1-2) 6 HRs including 2 by Blalock and a Complete Game with 6H 1BB 8K by Drese were largely enough to blanking The Devil Rays for the second consecutive day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted June 5, 2005 Author Share Posted June 5, 2005 After these 3 losses, i've decided to changed some things. First, I've made some test with Jistic sliders v3 and it seems that they're more suitable for me (too many HRs for my opponent). Second, i've changed my style because it's very hard for me to make a comment for each i play. I will be more 'statistical' for each game and some comments.I prefer change like that instead of giving up my dynasty. Stay tuned. To be continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanadu71 Posted June 6, 2005 Author Share Posted June 6, 2005 Gm 2 Box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E TEX 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 18 0 TB 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 WP : Rogers LP : Hendrickson (1-1) Sv : Cordero Brazelton is out for 23 days with a fractured toe. Devil Rays Notables Hitting: Phelps: 2 2B, RBI Huff: RBI Crawford: SB Sanchez: 3 for 5 Pitching: Brazelton: 1IP 3H 1ER 0BB 0SO Nomo: 3.1IP 4H 1ER 1BB 0SO Hendrickson: 2.2IP 8H 3ER 0BB 0SO Harper: 2IP 3H 0ER 0BB 0SO Texas Rangers Notables Hitting: Barajas: 2B, RBI, SH Nix: 4 for 5, 2B, RBI Mench: HR, RBI Blalock: 3 for 4, 2 RBIs, SF Hidalgo: 3 for 5 Pitching: Rogers: 7IP 9H 2ER 1BB 8SO Koch: 1IP 0H 0ER 0BB 3SO Cordero: 1IP 2H 0ER 0BB 2SO Stats Standings W L GB Red Sox 11 5 -- Yankees 11 5 -- Orioles 7 9 4 Devil Rays 5 11 6 Blue Jays 4 13 7.5 Hitting AB H HR RBI AVG Cantu 58 19 3 12 .328 Sanchez 53 9 2 8 .283 Phelps 51 13 1 5 .255 Crawford 49 12 0 3 .245 Lugo 56 13 0 4 .232 Huff 62 13 5 12 .210 Green 5 1 0 0 .200 Baldelli 58 11 0 2 .190 Hall 44 8 0 4 .182 Upton 51 9 0 2 .176 Singleton 6 1 0 0 .167 Lee 19 1 0 0 .053 Johnson 8 0 0 0 .000 Crawford leads Stolen Base with 9 Pitching IP W L SO BB ERA Brazelton 10.2 0 3 5 1 13.50 Kazmir 17.1 1 0 5 2 5.71 Roberts 15.1 2 1 7 2 6.46 Bell 14.1 0 3 10 1 10.67 Fossum 15.2 1 2 5 2 6.32 Relief IP W L SO BB ERA Hendrickson 21.2 1 1 6 0 1.25 Nomo 10.0 0 0 3 2 7.20 Switzer 4.2 0 0 2 0 1.93 Baez 0.2 0 0 0 0 27.00 Harper 15.2 0 1 7 0 6.32 Boehringer 9.0 0 0 6 0 8.00 Carter 5.0 0 0 3 0 1.80 (5 saves) Carter ties the 3rd place with Graves (Reds), Looper (Mets), Kolb (Braves) in SV with 5 Hendrickson is 2nd in ERA with 1.25 Next : 3 games serie vs. Boston Red Sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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