MLB 15 The Show: Diamond Dynasty Ratings Boost Predictions (9/6/15)

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Submitted on: 09/06/2015 by Chase Becotte

Another week is wrapping up in Diamond Dynasty. This week went by the books as we got the August Topps 50 pack on Friday. With that in mind, it's time to look ahead once again and try to predict who might be getting a ratings boost on Monday morning.

I'll be breaking the predictions into tiers based on my own confidence level.

Ratings Boost Probability: High

-Jake Arrieta - All Arrieta did after throwing a no hitter was go out and throw eight shutout innings in his next start. He feels like a lock to get a boost. (For the record, after watching the replay of the no-no, the Dodgers’ official scorer seemed to give Arrieta one relatively generous call somewhat early in the game by calling a could-be hit an error on Starlin Castro.)

-Jackie Bradley Jr. - Wow, what a month (and really, second half) for Bradley. He’s got six home runs and an average over .400 the last month of the season. On the year, he’s got an OPS of .959. He’s put it together.

Ratings Boost Probability: Medium

-Nolan Arenado - Coming into Sunday’s games, he’s hit a home run in six straight games. Beyond that, what a monster year he’s having overall. The last month alone he has 10 home runs and is hitting about .350. He’s also carrying an OPS over .900 on the season.

-Lorenzo Cain/Yordano Ventura - A couple Royals here both are deserving of a boost. Ventura has put a full month of brilliant starts together while Cain just continues to deliver. Ventura was a mess at the start of the season, but the last month he has 43 strikeouts in 32 innings pitched to go with a 1.13 ERA and 1.03 WHIP. Cain is hitting .350 the last month and is showing some power, but it is his overall consistency carrying him here.

Ratings Boost Probability: Low

-J.A. Happ - It’s weird to say, but Happ’s been an even better trade-deadline pitcher than David Price. In Happ’s last month of starts (30 innings pitched), he’s got 26 strikeouts to go with a 0.60 ERA and 0.87 WHIP. Insanity.

-Kenley Jansen - I’m a huge Jansen fanboy, but still, his last month has been especially silly. He always strikes out over a batter an inning, and once more he’s put up a month where all his stats are -- say the tired writing cliché with me -- video game good.

-Derek Holland - Holland has returned from the disabled list, and all he’s done since that point is be a really fantastic starter. In his 29 innings pitched, he’s got a 2.15 ERA and a WHIP well under one.

-Kris Bryant - Kris Bryant is having a really fantastic month, but much like Lorenzo Cain, he makes this list because he’s just been really consistent. He gets bonus points for being a rookie that is playing better down the stretch.

-Stephen Piscotty - Oh look, it’s a young Cardinals player being really good at baseball. The Cardinals are pure evil.

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# 1 redsox4evur @ 09/06/15 06:40 PM

Agree completely with the assessment of the Cardinals. Also I honestly think that Jackie Bradley Jr. has learned, cough cough from David Ortiz.

# 2 TheBallGuru @ 09/06/15 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by redsox4evur


	Agree completely with the assessment of the Cardinals. Also I honestly think that Jackie Bradley Jr. has learned, cough cough from David Ortiz.

Man no offense to you but I hate the viewpoint that a guy has one good month and he's juicing...he adjusted his swing and is taking a different approach. Plus it's one month not like he's guaranteed to keep up at even a less pace. Look at Travis Shaw a 4A player puts it together for a month then is slowly coming back to reality. Look at Daniel Nava put it together for a year then the league figured him out and back to AAA. Guys can get locked in for a month. I get you're slightly joking but man I HATE that viewpoint lol.

# 3 theu715 @ 09/06/15 10:28 PM

If Kiermaier doesn't get bumped this week after hitting around .400 with multiple HR's in a week and the highlight catch of the year it's a travesty, a sham, and a mockery. It's a traveshamockery!

# 4 redsox4evur @ 09/06/15 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBallGuru


	Man no offense to you but I hate the viewpoint that a guy has one good month and he's juicing...he adjusted his swing and is taking a different approach. Plus it's one month not like he's guaranteed to keep up at even a less pace. Look at Travis Shaw a 4A player puts it together for a month then is slowly coming back to reality. Look at Daniel Nava put it together for a year then the league figured him out and back to AAA. Guys can get locked in for a month. I get you're slightly joking but man I HATE that viewpoint lol.

Come one man it was a joke...

# 5 Ruffy @ 09/06/15 10:48 PM

Carlos Gonzalez is smashing the ball out of the park...I expect a boost for him.

# 6 RevisIsland24 @ 09/06/15 11:18 PM

Michael Conforto has been killing it.

# 7 Mac1176 @ 09/06/15 11:41 PM

Yea Bradley prolly learned, cough cough from Big Fatti. Take PEDS & b granted immunity for your testimony. Boston Cheating Strong year round. Cardinals evil, wtf? 11 world series crowns & we know how to develop talent. That's why the entire MLB "tryin" 2 do what we do. Jus be happy Curse of Bambino broke & go listen to NKTOB & watch Mark " I don't do steroids" Wahlberg movies.

# 8 TheBallGuru @ 09/06/15 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mac1176


	Yea Bradley prolly learned, cough cough from Big Fatti. Take PEDS & b granted immunity for your testimony. Boston Cheating Strong year round. Cardinals evil, wtf? 11 world series crowns & we know how to develop talent. That's why the entire MLB "tryin" 2 do what we do. Jus be happy Curse of Bambino broke & go listen to NKTOB & watch Mark " I don't do steroids" Wahlberg movies.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...iled-miserably

http://mweb.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...s-hacking-case

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4816607

Uhhh....this is embarrassing for you after that post, huh?

# 9 Mac1176 @ 09/07/15 12:23 AM

So embarrassing. Doin what everyone else is doing. Wow u got me their bud

# 10 Mac1176 @ 09/07/15 12:26 AM

I never like McGwire as a Cardnial. Everybody knew he was roided out from his A's days. So ur post means what again. Cards never won with Strikeout or long ball Mac. He was a carnival show

# 11 TheBallGuru @ 09/07/15 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mac1176


	So embarrassing. Doin what everyone else is doing. Wow u got me their bud

Haha so it's not cheating if everyone does it but it's against the rules, and you're the only team that got caught.

But you're not cheaters, LOL

Ok good logic, See ya!

# 12 Mac1176 @ 09/07/15 01:21 AM

Apparently u can't read Bcuz I never said we aren't cheaters. Every team is cheating or bending the rules. Ur teams so trash nobody cares if u guys cheat. & what has the end result been in the "hacking" scandal? That's right nothin. GTFOH boy!

# 13 TheBallGuru @ 09/07/15 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mac1176


	Apparently u can't read Bcuz I never said we aren't cheaters. Every team is cheating or bending the rules. Ur teams so trash nobody cares if u guys cheat. & what has the end result been in the "hacking" scandal? That's right nothin. GTFOH boy!

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# 14 ChaseB @ 09/07/15 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mac1176


	Yea Bradley prolly learned, cough cough from Big Fatti. Take PEDS & b granted immunity for your testimony. Boston Cheating Strong year round. Cardinals evil, wtf? 11 world series crowns & we know how to develop talent. That's why the entire MLB "tryin" 2 do what we do. Jus be happy Curse of Bambino broke & go listen to NKTOB & watch Mark " I don't do steroids" Wahlberg movies.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac1176


	Apparently u can't read Bcuz I never said we aren't cheaters. Every team is cheating or bending the rules. Ur teams so trash nobody cares if u guys cheat. & what has the end result been in the "hacking" scandal? That's right nothin. GTFOH boy!

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Originally Posted by A Mudd


	This is exactly what Becotte wanted, his articles are so bad and his predictions are so awful and lazy he goes to extremes such as bashing the Cardinals organization just to get comments. OperationSports has really started to go downhill fast, and it's descend has started with writers like Chase B.

Holy crap fellas:

First off, the Cardinals being "evil" was a joke. It's meant as a compliment because all the Cardinals do is call up young players who end up playing well. I have nothing but respect for that organization's ability to develop talent. It's just not "fair" -- because they're not my favorite team -- they're so good at it was the point of the "evil" remark.

Plus, @BestFansStLouis has given me hours of joy, I can't hate Cardinals fans for that Twitter feed alone.

But either way, thanks for the compliments Mudd. It's good to know I'm so bad at something that I'm helping to ruin it by going to excessive extremes like saying an organization is "evil" in one line in a predictions story where I'm saying a Cardinals player should be upgraded.

# 15 ChaseB @ 09/07/15 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by theu715


	If Kiermaier doesn't get bumped this week after hitting around .400 with multiple HR's in a week and the highlight catch of the year it's a travesty, a sham, and a mockery. It's a traveshamockery!

The traveshamockery continues!

# 16 ChaseB @ 09/07/15 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBallGuru


	My "teams are trash". LMAO you do realize Boston has more championships by far then any other city since 2000. My teams just won the Super Bowl, won a World Series in 2013 more recent then the Cardinals, when the whooped the Cardnials for the second time in 10 years in the World Series. Shall I keep going, you're embarrassing yourself with your lack of knowledge. Then making fun of a city for cheating, and then saying "I never said my team doesn't cheat, everyone does" is great logic LOL.

Everyone in here needs to chillllll with the my team is better than yours stuff. I don't want people to get banned.

# 17 redsox4evur @ 09/07/15 03:39 PM

OK so Votto got updated to Diamond, as we all know. So I still have Votto from completing the Reds collection. Do I get the achievement for getting a diamond even though I already had Votto as a gold?

# 18 ChaseB @ 09/07/15 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by redsox4evur


	OK so Votto got updated to Diamond, as we all know. So I still have Votto from completing the Reds collection. Do I get the achievement for getting a diamond even though I already had Votto as a gold?

My guess is no because the Trophy is triggered by pulling the card or having it pop up at the end of a game.

# 19 redsox4evur @ 09/07/15 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaseB


	My guess is no because the Trophy is triggered by pulling the card or having it pop up at the end of a game.

Alright just wondering. I think I may already have it, I think I got a pair of diamond batting gloves when I was doing the CCs.

# 20 iMunenoriKawasaki @ 09/11/15 08:09 PM

Why ya hatin on my Cardinals?

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