MLB 15 The Show: Diamond Dynasty Stock Watch (5-25-15)
Submitted on: 05/25/2015 by
Chase Becotte
Players On The Rise
Bryce Harper has become everything everyone projected he would be this season, and with that came Diamond tier status in Diamond Dynasty this week. I am not shocked it happened, but I am a little shocked it happened already. He deserves the rating, but he's been getting ratings boosts almost every week so I was not sure if he would get another big one so soon -- but he did. With his upgrade, Harper's no longer needed for the Nationals Collection anymore.
Other big winners this week come from the Braves as Shelby Miller and Freddie Freeman both went Gold. A couple other players who seemed a bit overdue for ratings boost also got an uptick this week in Todd Frazier, Ryan Braun, Freddy Galvis, Brandon Crawford and Lucas Duda.
The biggest winner this week was Vidal Nuno who was a plus-seven week over week in Overall rating. And the final note is Dee Gordon going up plus-three means he's no longer needed for the Marlins Collection. Therefore, the Marlins are now one of the easier Collections to finish.
Tier Changes
- Ubaldo Jimenez went from Bronze to Silver
- Miguel Gonzalez went from Bronze to Silver
- Nate Karns went from Common to Bronze
- Brandon Guyer went from Common to Bronze
- Russell Martin went from Silver to Gold
- Jason Kipnis went from Silver to Gold
- J.D. Martinez went from Bronze to Silver
- Kendrys Morales went from Bronze to Silver
- Carson Smith went from Bronze to Silver
- Logan Morrison went from Common to Bronze
- Freddie Freeman went from Silver to Gold
- Shelby Miller went from Silver to Gold
- Bryce Harper went from Gold to Diamond
- Lucas Duda went from Bronze to Silver
- Todd Frazier went from Silver to Gold
- Ryan Braun went from Silver to Gold
- Michael Blazek went from Common to Bronze
- Matt Carpenter went from Silver to Gold
- Kevin Siegrist went from Bronze to Silver
- Jhonny Peralta went from Bronze to Silver
- Vidal Nuno went from Common to Bronze
- Yasmani Grandal went from Bronze to Silver
Full List Of Changes
Ubaldo Jimenez +5 boost in Overall rating (81 Overall)
Miguel Gonzalez +3 (79)
Jimmy Paredes +5 (75) -- +11 Con vs. R / +12 Con vs. L / +7 Pwr vs. R
David DeJesus +3 (73)
Logan Forsythe +4 (73)
Nate Karns +4 (70)
Brandon Guyer +5 (69)
Russell Martin +3 (86) -- +15 Con vs. L / +6 Pwr vs. L
Avisail Garcia +2 (75)
Jason Kipnis +3 (87) -- +6 Con vs. R / +10 Pwr vs. R
Jose Iglesias +4 (82) -- +16 Spd / +29 Stl
J.D. Martinez +4 (79)
Anthony Gose +3 (73)
Kendrys Morales +4 (80) -- +7 Con vs. L / +7 Pwr vs. R
Mike Moustakas +2 (80) -- +8 Con vs. R / +11 Con vs. L
Aaron Brooks +5 (68)
Johnny Giavotella +5 (66)
Nelson Cruz +2 (90) -- +3 Pwr vs. R / +3 Pwr vs. L
Carson Smith +6 (80)
Logan Morrison +3 (70)
Prince Fielder +2 (84) -- +6 Con vs. R / +8 Pwr vs. L
Freddie Freeman +3 (87) -- +6 Con vs. L / +9 Pwr vs. L
Shelby Miller +4 (87) -- +7 Sta / BB/9 +6
Cody Martin +5 (74)
Dee Gordon +3 (89) -- +10 Con vs. R / +10 Con vs. L / +15 Vision
Bryce Harper +4 (94) -- +6 Con vs. L / +12 Power vs. L
Yunel Escobar +2 (77) -- +9 Con vs. R / +6 Con vs. L
Michael A. Taylor +1 (67)
Lucas Duda +3 (79) -- +18 Con vs. L / -5 Pwr vs. R
Wiler Flores +2 (71)
Ryan Howard +2 (77) -- +16 Pwr vs. R / -11 Pwr vs. L
Freddy Galvis +4 (77) -- +10 Con vs. R / +19 Con vs. L
Odubel Herrera +4 (72)
Jason Hammel +4 (82)
Todd Frazier +3 (87) -- -11 Con vs. R / +13 Pwr vs. R / +9 Pwr vs. L
Ryan Braun +1 (85) -- -8 Con vs. L / +15 Pwr vs. R / -10 Pwr vs. L
Michael Blazek +6 (70)
Matt Carpenter +2 (86) -- +8 Pwr vs. R / +7 Pwr vs. L
Kevin Siegrist +4 (80)
Jhonny Peralta +3 (79) -- +12 Pwr vs. R / +14 Pwr vs. L
A.J. Pollock +2 (81) -- +12 Pwr vs. L
Rubby De La Rosa +6 (77)
Brad Ziegler +1 (76)
Chase Anderson +5 (76)
Vidal Nuno +7 (72)
Yasmani Grandal +4 (80) -- +9 Con vs. R / +8 Con vs. L / +6 Pwr vs. R
Brandon Crawford +4 (83) -- +9 Con vs. L / +10 Pwr vs. R / +13 Pwr vs. L
Players On The Decline
The Padres took it on the chin this week as four players were downgraded. Kimbrel was a minus-two, and he's now needed for the Padres Collection. Matt Kemp dipped to a Silver, and Wil Myers and Yangervis Solarte also dipped.
Chris Davis, Edwin Encarnacion, Anibal Sanchez, Alex Gordon and Ian Desmond all dipped from Gold to Silver as well. Most of those make sense to me, but Encarnacion's is a little surprising as he's still hitting home runs, and Gordon has not had a bad season.
The Mariners also stick out here as Cano and Seager -- two of their best players -- also were downgraded. However, that loss is at least offset a bit by Nelson Cruz getting a boost.
Tier Changes
- Chris Davis went from Gold to Silver
- Edwin Encarnacion went from Gold to Silver
- Anibal Sanchez went from Gold to Silver
- Alex Gordon went from Gold to Silver
- Taijuan Walker went from Silver to Bronze
- Josh Hamilton went from Silver to Bronze
- Pedro Ciriaco went from Bronze to Common
- Ian Desmond went from Gold to Silver
- Yimi Garcia went from Silver to Bronze
- Matt Kemp went from Gold to Silver
Full List Of Changes
Chris Davis -1 (84)
Chris Tillman -3 (78)
Edwin Encarnacion -2 (84)
Jeff Samardzija -1 (83)
Anibal Sanchez -1 (84)
Alex Gordon -1 (84)
Mark Canha -2 (71)
Robinson Cano -2 (93)
Kyle Seager -2 (85) -- -8 Pwr vs. R
Taijuan Walker -4 (77)
Josh Hamilton -7 (74)
Andrelton Simmons -1 (87)
Pedro Ciriaco -6 (65)
Eric Stults -5 (69)
Mat Latos -3 (79)
Christian Yelich -3 (78)
Ian Desmond -2 (84) -- -4 Con vs. R / -4 Con vs. L / -5 Pwr vs. R
Travis Wood -6 (71)
Billy Hamilton -2 (79)
Jay Bruce -3 (78)
Addison Reed -1 (71)
Enrique Burgos -2 (63)
Troy Tulowitzki -3 (93)
Yimi Garcia -2 (77)
Craig Kimbrel -2 (94)
Matt Kemp -3 (82) -- -5 Con vs. R / -6 Con vs. L / -5 Pwr vs. L
Wil Myers -2 (80)
Yangervis Solarte -5 (70)
Market Changes
(Note: Everything in this section is based on rough estimates and approximations. The data is taken from last Wednesday and then put against changes on Monday morning after the roster update. The values are then rounded to account for general fluctuations that are common on the market. In other words, this will not be exact.)
No need to worry about the disclaimer above this week. Once again the developers released some packs this weekend that basically pushed most Diamond-level players to cheaper levels (along with most Golds) but did inflate some Silvers as a couple Collections became easier to finish over the weekend.
Players To Watch
I will also now hold predictions until the weekend so they can potentially be more accurate, but I can at least recap hits and misses from my predictions.
-From the High Probability section I went: (6/12)
I felt most confident in Braun and Kipnis getting boosted and they did. The market for sure thought A.J. Burnett would get a boost, but I should have went with my gut and held him out of the "high" list as a veteran like that just won't be boosted very often.
-From the Moderate Probability section I went: (5/11)
I'm not shocked Harper and Cruz got boosts, it just felt like I should put them in this category rather than "high" as they had already received a couple upgrades. I am moderately surprised I whiffed on all my reliever selections, but that shows it's hard to know when they're worthy of being boosted.
-From the Low Probability section I went: (2/7)
Picking any correctly in this section is sort of a bonus. Two veterans got the love this week in Ryan Howard and Kendrys Morales.
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