MVP 2005: A Washington Nationals Dynasty

[ColtonWillems]

I will stay as true as possible to the real Nationals and there 25 man roster as I can in this game, but when September call-ups begin (in real life not the game), I will keep whatever 25 I want  

I'll probably get a couple of games in every day unless I really can't. This thread is also mod-friendly because it will stay in the off-topic section  

First off, I did a fantasy staff draft, and Joe Torre is the new head coach of the Nationals!!!
Lineup:
LF Alfonso Soriano
SS Felipe Lopez
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Nick Johnson
RF Austin Kearns
CF Ryan Church
2B Marlon Anderson
C Brian Schneider
Rotation
Ramon Ortiz
Pedro Astacio
Tony Armas JR
Billy Traber
(Will be working a four man rotation until I know who fills in for Livan)
Closer: Chad Cordero

I will play every game that is started by Billy Traber, because he is my favorite out of all of the starters. All of the other games I will be managing. First game on the way!

[ColtonWillems]

Washington Nationals (0-0) @ Philadelphia Philles (0-0)

Game Summary: Tony Armas JR had a stellar pitching performance going into the sixth inning, but blew up giving up 6 runs. The Nationals could not mount a comeback from the six run defecit, and lost 8-1.

Box Score:
Alfonso Soriano: 2/5 1K .400
Felipe Lopez: 0/3 1 BB 3Ks .000
Ryan Zimmerman: 0/3 1 BB .000
Nick Johnson: 0/4 .000
Austin Kearns: 0/3 1 BB .000
Ryan Church 1/3 1 BB .333
Marlon Anderson: 2/3 .667
Brian Schneider: 0/2 1R 2 BB 1 K .000

2B: Soriano (1)
SH: Armas (1)

Baserunning:
SB: Alfonso Soriano (1)
CS: Marlon Anderson (1)

Pitching:
Tony Armas JR (L, 0-1) 6 IP 8H 6R 6ER 6BB 2Ks 1 HR 9.00
John Rauch 1.2 IP 1H 2R 2ER 1K 1HR 10.80
Travis Hughes 0.1 IP  0.00

Philles:
Rollins 1/3 2R 3 RBIs 2 BBs .333
Utley 3/5 1R 4 RBIs 1 K .600
Rowand 0/4 .000
Burrel 0/3 1 BB .000
Howard 1/4 1R 1K .250
Lieberthal 2/3 1R 1BB 1K .667
Dellucci 2/4 1R 1 RBI .500
Gonzalez 0/2 1R 2 BBs .000

HR Rollins (1), Utley(GS) (1)
RBI: Rollins 3(3) Utley 4(4) Dellucci 1(1)

Pitching:
R. Wolf (W, 1-0) 6.2IP 2H 4BB 4Ks 0.00
T. Worrell 2.1IP 3H 1R 0ER 3BBs 3Ks 0.00

Player of the game, Chase Utley:

Utley blasted a Grand Slam in the sixth inning off Tony Armas JR, which cleared the way for the Philles to take the win.

[2k6nats]

lol

What year are you in your dynasty?

[2k6nats]

And what difficulty setting are you on?

[ColtonWillems]

Washington Nationals (0-1) @ Philadelphia Philles (1-0)
Win, 4-2
Game Summary: It was deadlocked at a 2-2 score in the top of the 8th, until Ryan Church hit his first HR of the year, a two run shot, to put the Nats up 2. Wagner pitched a scoreless eighth, and cordero shot them down in the ninth.

Box Score:
Soriano 1/5 1R .300
Lopez 1/4 1R 1BB 1K .143
Zimmerman 2/4 1RBI .286
Johnson 1/2 1R 1RBI 1BB .167
Kearns: 0/2 2BBs 1K .000
Church 1/3 1R 2RBIs .333
Anderson 1/4 1K .429
Schneider 0/3 1K .000

HR: Church 1(1)
RBI: Zimmerman 1(1) Johnson 1(1) Church 2(2)
SF: Johsnon (1)
SB: Soriano (2)
CS: Lopez (1)

Pitching:
Astacio 5IP 9H 2R 2ER 4Ks 3.60
Rauch (W 1-0) 2IP 1H 1K 4.91
Wagner 1IP 1H 0.00
Corder (S,1) 1IP 1H 2Ks 0.00

Philles:
Rollins 1/3 1R 1RBI 1K .333
Utley 2/4 1K .556
Rowand 3/4 RBI .375
Burrle 1/4 .143\
Howard 1/4 .250
Lieberthal 0/4 2Ks .286
Dellucci 2/4 1R 1K .500
Gonzalez 1/4 1K .167

2B: Dellucci (1)
RBI: Rollins (4), Rowand (1)

Pitching:
Lieber 7IP 4H 2R 2ER 4BBs 5Ks 2.57
Worrell (L,0-1) 2IP 3H 2R 2ER 1K 1HR 4.15

Player of the game: Ryan Church is the obvious choice here, with his clutch hitting in the top of the eighth with a 2 run home run to put the nationals up by 2 runs, and stay there for the win.

[ColtonWillems]

lol

What year are you in your dynasty?

2005

[UMDNats]

A few questions:

What did you do with Patterson, Lawrence, Guillen, Ayala, etc?
I traded Guillen for some AA prospects, and have Patterson as my ace in the bigs along with Lawrence and Ayala in AAA.


And dude, I have the same lineup as you (but with Vidro instead of Anderson until he gets hurt like he always does). Same order and everything.

[ColtonWillems]

And what difficulty setting are you on?

All-Star, but I just want to get used to it and then after April i will switch to MVP.

[ColtonWillems]

A few questions:

What did you do with Patterson, Lawrence, Guillen, Ayala, etc?
I traded Guillen for some AA prospects, and have Patterson as my ace in the bigs along with Lawrence and Ayala in AAA.

I have everyone else in the minors, since I am staying true to the 25 man roster.

[2k6nats]

Oh geez, I always played on the Pro setting.  And I thought I was good

[UMDNats]

A few questions:

What did you do with Patterson, Lawrence, Guillen, Ayala, etc?
I traded Guillen for some AA prospects, and have Patterson as my ace in the bigs along with Lawrence and Ayala in AAA.

I have everyone else in the minors, since I am staying true to the 25 man roster.

I'm trying to, but I need Patterson to anchor my rotation. I don't get a whole lot of injuries, so it isn't too bad for me. I wish there were more and I plan on adjusting my injury sliders to make some more so that I can call up O'Connor, Hill, Broadway/Casto.

[ColtonWillems]

Washington Nationals (1-1) @ Philadelphia Philles (1-1)
Loss, 4-1

Game Notes: This is the second game in the series where the Nationals could not come up with any offense whatsoever. There lone bright spot was a HR by Austin Kearns in the top of the ninth, although making things interesting, had no effect on the outcome of the game
Box Score:
Soriano 2/3 .385
Lopez 0/2 .111
Zimmerman 1/4 .273
Johnson 2/3 .333
Kearns 1/3 1R 1RBI 1BB .125
Church 1/3 .333
Anderson 2/4 .455
Schneider 0/4

2B: Zimmerman (1) Johnson (1)
HR: Kearns (1)
RBI Kearns (1)
SH: Soriano (1) Lopez 2(2) Johnson (1) Church (1) Ward (1)
CS: Soriano (1)

Pitching:
Ortiz (L0-1) 5.1IP 7H 2R 2ER 5Ks 3.38
Schroder 1.2IP 2H 2R 2ER 1 HR 10.80
Hughes 1IP 0.00

Philles:
Rollins 1/3 1R 2RBI 1K .333
Utley 0/3 1K .417
Rowand 1/4 1K .333
Burrell 2/3 1R .300
Howard 0/3 2Ks .182
Lieberthal 1/4 .273
Dellucci 1/2 1R 1RBI .500
Gonzalez 3/3 1R .444

2B: Lieberthal (1)
HR: Rollins (2)
RBI Rollins 2(6), Dellucci (2), Myers (1)
SF: Dellucci (1)
SH Rollins (1) Utley (1) Burrell (1) Howard (1) Myers 2(2)

Pitching:
Myers (w, 1-0)  8.1IP 7H 1BB 0.00
Fultz 0IP 1H 1R 1ER 1HR INF
Gordon .2IP 1H

Player of the Game: Bret Myers, this guy put on a pitching clinic through the game, although he didn't strike anyone out, he didn't need to.

[ColtonWillems]

This next game I will be playing because Traber is starting. I'm also going to take a break for a little bit and have some dinner. Thanks for all the replies so far  

[Nat of the Living Dead]

When I play my MVP season, Vidro does better than Anderson.  I've played a full season with Vidro and he only got hurt once and that was for five games.  He also has the capability to hit a few out of the park as well.

Anderson has been juggled on my roster between the bench, OF, and AAA.

[UMDNats]

I played another game, lost in 10 innings to the Phillies. Kearns hit a solo HR in the 2nd and then a phillies 1b (subbing for the injured Ryan Howard) hit a HR to tie it. Ryan Wagner came in for me in the 9th and was at 2 out before the same 1B hit a walk-off.

[ColtonWillems]

Washington Nationals (1-2) @ Florida Marlins (?) lol sorry i forgot
W, 7-5

Game Summary: The potential of the nats lineup came into its own tonight, showing the fans what they can do by putting up 7 runs on 12 hits.
Box Score:
Soriano 1/5 .333
Lopez 1/5 .143
Zimmerman 1/4 1R 1RBI 1BB 1K .267
Johnson 3/5 2R .429
Kearns 3/3 2R 1BB .364
Church 1/3 1R 1RBI .333
Schneider 1/2 1R 2RBIs .091
Anderson 0/2 1RBI .385
Traber 0/2 .000
Wiki Gonzalez (no harper) 0/1 1BB 1K .000
Escobar 0/1 1K .000
Ward 1/1 2RBIs 1.000

HR: Zimmerman (1), Schneider, yes Schneider (1)
RBI Zimmerman (2) Church (3) Schneider 2(2) Anderson (1) Ward 2(2)
SF: Church (1) Anderson (1)
SB: Johnson (1), Anderson (1), Zimmerman (1), Soriano 2(4), Church (1) Kearns(1)
CS: Johnson (1)

Pitching:
Traber 5IP 13H 5R 5ER 1K 9.00
Schroder 1IP 6.75
Rivera (w 1-0) 1IP 0.00
Wagner 1IP 1H 0.00
Cordero (S,2) 1IP 2H 1K 0.00

Marlins: (This lineup is not very close to the actual because most of the marlins players are either not in the game or in the minors)
Delgado 1/5 .375
Helms 2/5 .353
Cabrera 2/5 .333
Olivo 1/5 1R 1RBI 2.67
Sanchez (fake player) 2/4 1R 1RBI .200
Encarnacion 2/4 1R 1K .250
Ramiraz 4/4 1R 2RBI .333
Aguila 1/2 1RBI .333
Wayne 1/2 1R
Willingham 0/2 .333
Beltre (fake) 0/1 .000
Snyder 0/1 K .000

2B: Sanchez (1), Encarnacion 2(3), Ramirez (1)
3B: Olivo (1), Ramirez (1)
RBI: Olivo (1) Sanchez (2) Ramirez 2 (2) Aguila (2)

Pitching:
Wayne 6IP 4H 4R 4ER 2BB 2HR 6.00
Bentz 1IP 1H 2Ks 1.50
Borowski(L 1-1) 2IP 6H 3R 3ER 1BB 1K 5.40

Player of the game: Daryle Ward. His clutch pinch hitting 2 run single put the nationals up by 2 in the top of the eighth and they stayed there to win the ballgame.

[ColtonWillems]

That might be my last of the night I don't know. Off to watch gameday GO NATS!

[2k6nats]

SAFE AT HOME!

[2k6nats]

Wrong thread, lol.

[2k6nats]

Knock yourself out, I'm really doing it for myself so the games actually mean something and I don't get bored

Lol, same here.

[ColtonWillems]

Washington Nationals (2-2) @ Florida Marlins (?)<sorry about that
L 4-2
Game Summary: The nats were cruising going into the sixth inning up two runs, but Tony Armas again let loose in the six allowing the marlins to tie the game, and Rauch gave up the eventual go ahead runs to have the Marlins win 4-2
Box Score:
Soriano 1/4 1R 1K .318
Lopez 2/3 1R 1RBi 1BB 1K .235
Zimmerman 1/4 1K .263
Johnson 0/3 1RBI 1BB .353
Kearns 0/4 1K .267
Church 1/3 1BB .333
Anderson 1/4 2Ks .353
Schneider 0/4 1K .067 (time for a benching)
Armas 2BBs .00
Ward 1/1 1.000
Rauch 0/1 .000

3B: Soriano (1)
RBI Lopez (1) Johnson (2)
SB Lopez (1)

Pitching:
Armas 6IP 2H 2R 2ER 3Ks 6.00
Rauch (L 1-1) 2IP 4H 2R 2ER 1K 6.35

Marlins:
Delgado 2/4 1R .400
Cabrera 2/4 2RBI .364
Olivo 1/4 1K .263
Sanchez 0/4 K .158
Encarnacion 2/3 .316
Ramirez 0/3 K .278
Ramos 1/3 1R .333
Ponson 0/1 .000
Helms 1/3 R 2RBIs .350
German 0/1 K .000
Willingham 1/1 R .500

2B: Cabrera (1)
3B Helms (1)
RBI Cabrera 2(5) Helms 2 (3)

Pitching:
Ponson (fake) 4.1IP 6H 2R 2ER 5BBs 4Ks 4.15
German 2IP H 2Ks 0.00
Kent (w, 1-0) 1.2 IP 1K 3.38
Riedling (S,1) 1IP 0.00

Player of the game: Miguel Cabrera, this man had the best game of any player on the field today, and carried his team to victory by putting them ahead in the 8th inning.

[ColtonWillems]

Done for today, expect more tomorrow  

[2k6nats]

Thats weird, Armas got walked twice  

[ColtonWillems]

I don't think I can get to any today because I will be going to the met game and I'm not sure what I'll be doing after that. Sorry  

[2k6nats]

Have you given up on the reports?