MLB 15 The Show: Diamond Dynasty Stock Watch (6-1-15)
Submitted on: 06/01/2015 by
Chase Becotte
Players On The Rise
The Giants were the big winners this week as their hitting spree in real life carried over to Brandon Belt, Nori Aoki and Joe Panik all getting solid upgrades. The Cardinals did not do too badly either as Kolten Wong and Michael Wacha both went Gold this week.
Alex Rodriguez going Gold this week is rather wild, but Prince Fielder getting the same treatment was more expected. Justin Upton was the highest-rated player to be boosted this week as he became a 90 overall -- Carlos Gomez dipped to a 90 this week as well but that's in the next section.
The biggest individual winner on the week was Delino DeShields Jr. who received a plus-10 in Overall rating.
Tier Changes
(All thanks go to Daddy Leagues for these numbers! They've been so on the ball the last couple weeks I no longer have to sync up before and after roster update video clips to do all the changes myself.)
- Jimmy Paredes went from Bronze to Silver
- Alex Rodriguez went from Silver to Gold
- Munenori Kawasaki went from Common to Bronze
- Prince Fielder went from Silver to Gold
- Josh Hamilton went from Bronze to Silver
- Delino DeShields Jr. went from Common to Bronze
- Pedro Ciriaco went from Common to Bronze
- Jacob deGrom went from Silver to Gold
- Daniel Murphy went from Bronze to Silver
- Michael Wacha went from Silver to Gold
- Kolten Wong went from Silver to Gold
- Andre Ethier went from Bronze to Silver
- Alberto Callaspo went from Common to Bronze
- Brandon Belt went from Bronze to Silver
- Joe Panik went from Bronze to Silver
Full List Of Changes
Jimmy Paredes +3 boost in Overall rating (78 Overall)
Travis Snider +1 (70)
Alex Rodriguez +4 (85) -- +9 Pwr vs. R / +13 Pwr vs. L
Brett Gardner +3 (83) -- +6 Con vs. R
Munenori Kawasaki +1 (69)
Jake Odorizzi +1 (84)
Trevor Plouffe +3 (77) -- +6 Pwr vs. R / +12 Pwr vs. L
Seth Smith +1 (68)
Prince Fielder +3 (87) -- +10 Pwr vs. R / +5 Pwr vs. L
Josh Hamilton +7 (81)
Shawn Tolleson +1 (77)
Delino DeShields Jr. +10 (76) -- +15 Con vs. R / +27 Con vs. L / +12 Stl
Nick Martinez +2 (73)
Stephen Vogt +4 (84) -- +5 Con vs. R / +5 Con vs. L / +5 Pwr vs. R / +10 Pwr vs. L
Angel Castro +3 (67)
George Springer +1 (81)
Cameron Maybin +3 (75)
Pedro Ciraco +6 (71)
Brad Hand +4 (73)
Drew Storen +4 (84)
Tanner Roark +4 (84)
Sammy Solis +4 (68)
Jacob deGrom +4 (86)
Daniel Murphy +4 (80)
Dexter Fowler +2 (81) -- +6 Pwr vs. R / +8 Pwr vs. L
Ryan Braun +1 (86) -- +7 Pwr vs. R
A.J. Burnett +3 (83)
Michael Wacha +3 (86)
Kolten Wong +3 (86) -- +19 Con vs. R / -10 Con vs. L / +10 Pwr vs. R / -8 Pwr vs. L
Nolan Arenado +2 (87) -- +12 Pwr vs. R
D.J. LeMahieu +2 (75) -- +10 Con vs. R / +8 Con vs. L
Yohan Flande +4 (65)
Andre Ethier +4 (79) -- +5 Con vs. R / +9 Con vs. L / +14 Pwr vs. R
Mike Bolsinger +10 (75)
Eric Stults +5 (74)
Alberto Callaspo +2 (70)
Justin Upton +2 (90) -- +6 Pwr vs. R
Nori Aoki +1 (80) -- +9 Con vs. R
Brandon Belt +4 (80) -- +10 Con vs. R / +10 Pwr vs. R
Tim Lincecum +1 (79)
Joe Panik +4 (78) -- +25 Con vs. L
Players On The Decline
Robinson Cano has taken a beating the last couple weeks. He lost two points in Overall rating last week and then five more this week. So he's no longer a Diamond and you now need him for the Mariners Collection as he's down to an 88 Overall.
On a team level, Boston and Oakland took some shots. David Ortiz dropped four points to an 82 Overall, which means he's a Silver now. In addition, Hanley Ramirez got a minus-one this week in Overall rating. For Oakland, Ben Zobrist got a position change to left field (previously he was at second base), which means he lost five points in Overall rating and became a Silver. And then Tyler Clippard received a minus-two and became a Silver.
Carlos Gomez is another big name that went down this week, but only one point, and he did receive a power boost from the right side to go with some negatives. Also poor Scooter Gennett lost 11 points in Overall rating this week as he was recently sent to Triple-A. This is only major in that he was one of the best and cheapest options at second base to platoon against righties.
Lastly, Doug Fister went from Gold to Silver this week.
Tier Changes
- David Ortiz went from Gold to Silver
- Steven Wright went from Bronze to Common
- Logan Forsythe went from Bronze to Common
- Robinson Cano went from Diamond to Gold
- Tyler Clippard went from Gold to Silver
- Ben Zobrist went from Gold to Silver
- Doug Fister went from Gold to Silver
- Taylor Jordan went from Bronze to Common
- Brian Schlitter went from Bronze to Common
- Scooter Gennett went from Silver to Bronze
- Vance Worley went from Bronze to Common
- Vidal Nuno went from Bronze to Common
- Matt Duffy went from Bronze to Common
Full List Of Changes
Delmon Young -1 (71)
Jason Garcia -1 (62)
Hanley Ramirez - 1 (89) -- -6 Con vs. R
David Ortiz -4 (82) -- -6 Con vs. R / -6 Con vs. L / -3 Pwr vs. R / -8 Pwr vs. L
Rusney Castillo -1 (76)
Steven Wright -5 (65)
Jose Bautista -2 (87) -- -11 Con vs. R / -4 Con vs. L
Logan Forsythe -5 (68) -- Position changed from 2B to 1B, which dings the ratings
Shaun Marcum -1 (79)
Yohan Pino -1 (62)
Nick Tropeano -1 (67)
Robinson Cano -5 (88) -- -12 Con vs. R / -13 Con vs. L / -7 Pwr vs. R
Roenis Elias -1 (71)
Tyler Clippard -2 (83)
Ben Zobrist -5 (81)
Arnold Leon -4 (63)
R.J. Alvarez -2 (61)
Andre Rienzo -4 (59)
Doug Fister -2 (84)
Taylor Jordan -4 (68)
Rafael Montero -1 (70)
Ruben Tejada -2 (66)
Brian Schlitter -1 (68)
Jason Marquis -1 (65)
Carlos Gomez -1 (90) -- -14 Con vs. L / +8 Pwr vs. R / -4 Pwr vs. L
Scooter Gennett -11 (71) -- -25 Con vs. R / -27 Con vs. L
Vance Worley -6 (68)
Radhames Liz -1 (63)
Randal Grichuk -2 (61)
Vidal Nuno -5 (67)
Tyler Matzek -1 (75)
Chris Rusin -5 (62)
Kevin Quackenbush -1 (72)
Market Changes
There were no new packs this weekend, which was the first time in a couple weeks that was the case. Therefore prices almost across the board went up, and it was a seller's market. I would presume there will be some sort of "May's Top Performers" pack on Friday, so my general feeling is sell a lot of what you want before that day.
If such a pack were to come out, 50 potential names that could be on that list would include:
- Bryce Harper
- Jason Kipnis
- Paul Goldschmidt
- Ryan Bryan
- Prince Fielder
- Justin Upton
- Josh Donaldson
- Todd Frazier
- Brandon Belt
- A.J. Pollock
- Torii Hunter
- Kris Bryant
- Brandon Crawford
- Kolten Wong
- Brian Dozier
- Andrew McCutchen
- Anthony Rizzo
- Delino DeShields Jr.
- Nelson Cruz
- Shin-soo Choo
- Dee Gordon
- Evan Gattis
- Michael Brantley
- Billy Burns
- Jhonny Peralta
- Max Scherzer
- Drew Storen
- Felix Hernandez
- Shelby Miller
- Jacob deGrom
- Corey Kluber
- Ryan Vogelsong
- Sonny Gray
- Cole Hamels
- Zack Greinke
- Chris Sale
- A.J. Burnett
- Dallas Keuchel
- Madison Bumgarner
- Mike Bolsinger
- Dellin Betances
- Jesse Chavez
- Erasmo Ramirez
- Huston Street
- Aaron Harang
- Alex Wilson
- Jason Hammel
- Michael Wacha
- Shawn Tolleson
- John Lackey
Ratings Boost Prediction Results
Let's see how I did on my predictions this week (and as always come back over the weekend for next week's predictions):
-From the High Probability section I went: (5/9)
I felt very confident Justin Upton and Prince Fielder would get boosts and they did. Big names like Josh Donaldson and Paul Goldschmidt are already highly rated and so they stayed put.
-From the Moderate Probability section I went: (5/9)
I'm happy that Nick Martinez finally got a boost, even if it only was a plus-two overall. Burnett, Wacha and deGrom all got boosted and many feel that was overdue at this point. I got burned a bit once again by thinking highly rated players would get boosts here in Gray and Kluber.
-From the Low Probability section I went: (5/10)
As always, picking any correctly in this section is sort of a bonus. I'm most surprised Jake Odorizzi got a boost as I feel like he's really been flying under the radar. I'm not as shocked Arenado and DeShields got upgrades. I put Wong here because I didn't think he would get upgraded quite so soon, but he did in fact go Gold.
New Players
I've had requests to include the newest players in the article so I will add it. There are 10 new players in Diamond Dynasty this week that will impact Collections:
- Rey Navarro (BAL)
- Eduardo Rodriguez (BOS)
- Jacob Lindgren (NYY)
- Enny Romero (TB)
- Dixon Machado (DET)
- Adonis Garcia (ATL)
- Darrell Ceciliani (NYM)
- David Goforth (MIL)
- Austin Barnes (LAD)
- Brett Bochy (SF)
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