MLB 15 The Show: Diamond Dynasty Stock Watch (6-29-15)
Submitted on: 06/29/2015 by
Chase Becotte
Players On The Rise
It was a battle between Albert Pujols and Max Scherzer in terms of who was more rewarding of the big boost this week. Both came out looking good as Scherzer becomes a 97 overall while Pujols gets a plus-three boost and some overdue power increases.
Brett Gardner is another big winner this week as his ratings have fluctuated all year. He's mostly been on the upswing, but a position change had knocked his overall rating down until he got a plus-three boost this week and became a Gold. Jason Hammel also joins Gardner as a Silver that's now turned to Gold.
The biggest boost this week was given to Chaz Roe, who received a mammoth plus-13 boost 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.)
- Steve Geltz went from Common to Bronze
- Logan Forsythe went from Common to Bronze
- Chaz Roe went from Common to Bronze
- Brett Gardner went from Silver to Gold
- Steven Wright went from Common to Bronze
- Luis Valbuena went from Bronze to Silver
- Josh Phegley went from Common to Bronze
- Maikel Franco went from Bronze to Silver
- Jason Hammel went from Silver to Gold
- J.J. Hoover went from Bronze to Silver
- Kristopher Negron went from Common to Bronze
- Justin Turner went from Bronze to Silver
- Andrew Chafin went from Common to Bronze
Full List Of Changes
Steve Geltz +11 boost in Overall rating (76 Overall)
Logan Forsythe +3 (71)
Jake Elmore +1 (65)
Enny Romero +4 (59)
Chaz Roe +13 (69)
Brett Gardner +3 (86) -- -7 Con vs. L / +12 Pwr vs. R / +12 Pwr vs. L
Chris B. Young +3 (77)
Todd Redmond +7 (77)
Roberto Osuna +7 (77)
Mookie Betts +3 (82) -- +12 Con vs. R / -13 Con vs. L / +11 Pwr vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. L
Steven Wright +5 (70)
Daniel Nava +1 (68)
J.D. Martinez +2 (81) -- +6 Con vs. R / -4 Con vs. L / +9 Pwr vs. R
Dallas Keuchel +3 (89)
Will Harris +2 (80)
Luis Valbuena +2 (79) -- -7 Con vs. R / -14 Con vs. L / +12 Pwr vs. R / +30 Pwr vs. L
Albert Pujols +3 (89) -- +4 Pwr vs. R / +8 Pwr vs. L
Delino DeShields Jr. +4 (76)
Anthony Ranaudo +5 (68)
Billy Burns +2 (76) -- +3 Con vs. R / +11 Con vs. L
Josh Phegley +9 (75) -- +18 Con vs. R / +19 Con vs. L / +16 Pwr vs. R / +16 Pwr vs. L
Mark Canha +2 (73)
Arnold Leon +4 (67)
Max Scherzer +3 (97)
Jason Grilli +2 (81)
Maikel Franco +4 (81) -- +6 Con vs. L / +2 Pwr vs. R / +7 Pwr vs. L
Trevor Rosenthal +2 (88)
Randal Grichuk +6 (75) -- +4 Pwr vs. R / +10 Pwr vs. L
Jason Hammel +2 (86)
J.J. Hoover +4 (78)
Kristopher Negron +6 (69)
Justin Turner +3 (80) -- -9 Con vs. L / +19 Pwr vs. R
Andrew Chafin +11 (70)
Brandon Maurer +4 (74)
Players On The Decline
After a massive upgrade push early in the year, Michael Pineda came crashing back down a bit this week as he was given a minus-two decrease in overall this week, becoming a Silver. Jonathan Lucroy was the other major Gold who went Silver this week -- been a tough year for catchers in Diamond Dynasty.
A couple "professional" hitters (see: known more for bat than glove) also took some hits this week as Billy Butler and Michael Cuddyer got their ratings dinged.
Beyond that, a lot of the biggest changes happened to guys like Nathan Eovaldi and Justin Masteron because they were position swapped from starters to relievers -- auto-downgrades/upgrades occur based on position changes.
Tier Changes
- J.J. Hardy went from Silver to Bronze
- Chaz Roe went from Common to Bronze
- Michael Pineda went from Gold to Silver
- Justin Masterson went from Silver to Bronze
- Jon Niese went from Silver to Bronze
- Jared Cosart went from Silver to Bronze
- Brad Hand went from Bronze to Common
- Jonathan Lucroy went from Gold to Silver
- Angel Pagan went from Silver to Bronze
Full List Of Changes
J.J. Hardy -3 (77) -- -11 Con vs. L / -10 Pwr vs. R / -11 Pwr vs. L
Michael Pineda -2 (83)
Nathan Eovaldi -4 (72)
Bryan Mitchell -6 (60)
Brett Cecil -2 (73)
Justin Masterson -5 (73)
Jackie Bradley Jr. -3 (62)
Danny Santana -4 (70)
Yan Gomes -2 (82) -- -6 Con vs. R / -4 Con vs. L / -4 Pwr vs. L
David Robertson -1 (87)
Colby Rasmus -5 (70)
Billy Butler -6 (71) -- -9 Con vs. R / -9 Con vs. L / -6 Pwr vs. R / -11 Pwr vs. L
Michael Cuddyer -4 (80) -- -16 Con vs. R / -3 Con vs. L / -4 Pwr vs. R / -10 Pwr vs. L
Jon Niese -6 (73)
Chris Johnson -2 (74)
Jared Cosart -5 (74)
Tom Koehler -4 (72)
Brad Hand -2 (67)
Neil Walker -3 (79) -- -6 Con vs. R / -9 Con vs. L / -6 Pwr vs. L
Chris Denorfia -1 (71)
Jonathan Lucroy -3 (84) -- -11 Con vs. R / -9 Con vs. L / -2 Pwr vs. R / -6 Pwr vs. L
Angel Pagan -2 (76) -- -7 Con vs. R / +4 Con vs. R / -5 Pwr vs. R / -9 Pwr vs. L
Market Changes
There were two new packs over the weekend called the Silver Loaded and Small Ball Packs. It dropped prices in general, but it really impacted the Silver card market; it more or less made most Silver cards as cheap as they've been all year.
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: (3/4)
I tried to be as conservative as possible this week but still missed on one of my four "locks" in Chris Sale. It's surprising he still has not received a boost, but my other three choices all came through.
-From the Moderate Probability section I went: (4/7)
I'm happy with the results here as I should have figured Correa would not get a boost yet, and I forgot Shreve got a major boost last week. Otherwise the only miss was Kenley Jansen, which is fine because relievers are hard to predict.
-From the Low Probability section I went: (1/6)
Even with this being the low probability section, I really thought I would do better here this week. The only right call I made involved Maikel Franco. In particular, I'm a little shocked Taijuan Walker didn't get at least a minimal upgrade this week.
New Players
There are 16 new players in Diamond Dynasty this week that will impact Collections (including Alex Meyer and Kyle Schwarber! But the Lance McCullers watch is still on as he still has not been added to the game):
- Danny Burawa (NYY)
- Diego Moreno (NYY)
- Nick Rumbelow (NYY)
- Deven Marrero (BOS)
- Alex Meyer (MIN)
- Kyle Kubitza (LAA)
- Franklin Gutierrez (SEA)
- Steven Matz (NYM)
- Matt Wisler (ATL)
- Justin Nicolino (MIA)
- Adam Morgan (PHI)
- Seth Rosin (PHI)
- Chris Volstad (PIT)
- Kyle Schwarber (CHC)
- Brett Wallace (SD)
- Marcos Mateo (SD)
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