MLB 15 The Show: Diamond Dynasty Stock Watch (8-31-15)
Submitted on: 08/31/2015 by
Chase Becotte
Players On The Rise
The youth movement got some nice upgrades this week. Miguel Sano, Rusney Castillo and Francisco Lindor all went from Bronze to Silver -- Kyle Schwarber got a boost as well but remained a Bronze. A couple pitchers reclaimed some of their former luster with Kris Medlen and Justin Verlander getting boosts.
Mike Fiers got his no-hitter ratings bump one week later, much like Iwakuma had gotten following his no-hitter (presumably Arrieta gets one next week as well). In terms of established stars, Cespedes built on his Gold status and Greinke built on his Diamond status.
Tier Changes
(All thanks go to Daddy Leagues for these numbers! They're so on the ball I no longer have to sync up before and after roster update video clips to do all the changes myself.)
- Mychal Givens went from Common to Bronze
- Rusney Castillo went from Bronze to Silver
- Miguel Sano went from Bronze to Silver
- Francisco Lindor went from Bronze to Silver
- Justin Verlander went from Bronze to Silver
- Mike Fiers went from Bronze to Silver
- Tanner Roark went from Bronze to Silver
- Kyle Lohse went from Bronze to Silver
Full List Of Changes
Liam Hendriks +6 boost in Overall rating (76 Overall)
Chris Capuano +5 (75)
Steve Pearce +1 (73)
Mychal Givens +9 (70)
Junichi Tazawa +2 (84)
Rusney Castillo +2 (78) -- +8 Con vs. L
Kris Medlen +4 (83)
Miguel Sano +4 (81) -- +18 Con vs. R / +4 Con vs. L / +19 Pwr vs. R / +4 Pwr vs. L
Francisco Lindor +5 (81) -- +10 Con vs. R / +23 Con vs. L / +7 Pwr vs. R
Justin Verlander +5 (82)
Mike Fiers +5 (80)
Tom Wilhelmsen +1 (75)
Yoenis Cespedes +1 (86) -- +4 Con vs. R / +9 Pwr vs. R / +3 Pwr vs. L
Kelly Johnson +2 (77)
Tanner Roark +5 (79)
Arodys Vizcaino +7 (77)
Chris Narveson +7 (59)
Tyler Lyons +4 (73)
Kyle Schwarber +1 (77)
Kyle Lohse +6 (79)
Zack Greinke +1 (95)
Zack Godley +5 (65)
Players On The Decline
Hanley Ramirez is the big loser this week as he went from Gold to Silver and lost a lot of his appeal even against left-handed pitching. This also probably lowers his price on the marketplace, which was another reason he was retaining a lot of value.
Max Scherzer was the biggest name to get a downgrade this week as he’s been scuffling. Daniel Murphy received a big downgrade, but it was via a position change rather than a ratings dip -- it just stands out as Murphy is hitting the ball well as of late. Overall though, it was a relatively quiet week on this front.
Tier Changes
- Hanley Ramirez went from Gold to Silver
- Jeremy Guthrie went from Bronze to Common
- Nick Martinez went from Bronze to Common
- Daniel Murphy went from Silver to Bronze
- Erik Cordier went from Bronze to Common
- Chris Coghlan went from Bronze to Common
- Juan Nicasio went from Bronze to Common
Full List Of Changes
Ryan Flaherty -4 (64)
Hanley Ramirez -5 (82) -- -7 Con vs. R / -14 Con vs. L / -5 Pwr vs. R
Jeremy Guthrie -6 (63)
Trevor May -4 (73)
Scott Feldman -4 (71)
Nick Feldman -4 (65)
Carson Smith -1 (81)
Vidal Nuno -4 (72)
David Rollins -1 (60)
Edward Mujica -2 (73)
Daniel Murphy -7 (72)
Max Scherzer -1 (94)
Jeanmar Gomez -4 (69)
Erik Cordier -4 (67)
Andre Rienzo -4 (59)
Aramis Ramirez -2 (79)
Sean Rodriguez -1 (65)
Chris Coghlan -4 (68)
Juan Nicasio -4 (67)
Randall Delgado -7 (69)
Market Changes
The Shut It Down pack released over the weekend.
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: (1/2)
I hit on Lindor but missed on Arrieta. Though I feel pretty good I put Arrieta here even before the no-hitter so you’re welcome Jake Arrieta.
-From the Moderate Probability section I went: (2/5)
I hit on Miguel Sano and Mike Fiers. I’m sort of to the point where I just assume the developers think guys like Bumgarner are what they are at this point and shouldn’t be raised or lowered. And I’m fine with that, but I have to stop predicting certain guys like that will go up in ratings.
-From the Low Probability section I went: (0/2)
Both picks here were speculative in Bryant and Nola. Bryant had a walk-off home run recently but he’s been steady more than anything. Nola is probably a little too green to get a boost on a bad Phillies team.
New Players
There are 12 new players in Diamond Dynasty this week that will impact Collections:
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Paul Janish (BAL)
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Tyler Duffey (MIN)
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Logan Kensing (SEA)
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Trea Turner (WSH)
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Darnell Sweeney (PHI)
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Jerad Eickhoff (PHI)
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Collin Balester (CIN)
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Ryan LaMarre (CIN)
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Matt Reynolds (ARI)
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Jhoulys Chacin (ARI)
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Dustin Garneau (COL)
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Simon Castro (COL)
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