MLB 15 The Show: Diamond Dynasty Stock Watch (9-14-15)
Submitted on: 09/14/2015 by
Chase Becotte
Players On The Rise
It’s a busy week in Diamond Dynasty as 30-plus players were added via September call-ups. On the ratings front, the biggest winner is Yoenis Cespedes. He jumps four points this week and is now a 90 overall. The other player to join the 90-plus club this week is Nolan Arenado, as he jumped three points to 90 overall. The only other Gold players to receive boosts were Chris Davis and Ryan Braun.
On the Silver front, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Derek Holland received nice boosts to join that club (Bradley has received a major boost two straight weeks now). However, J.A. Happ got the biggest boost into the Silver tier as he’s a plus-seven week over week. Jeurys Familia also solidified his Silver status and became an 84 overall. In addition, it was a good week for the Seager family as Corey Seager was added to the game, and Kyle Seager got a plus-two boost to 84 overall.
Some other big Silver names that received boosts were Matt Kemp, Jaime Garcia, Yordano Ventura, Justin Upton and Kris Bryant.
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.)
- Alex Colome went from Common to Bronze
- Jackie Bradley Jr. went from Bronze to Silver
- Kevin Jepsen went from Bronze to Silver
- Eduardo Escobar went from Common to Bronze
- Gordon Beckham went from Common to Bronze
- Derek Holland went from Bronze to Silver
- Mark Canha went from Common to Bronze
- Daniel Murphy went from Bronze to Silver
- J.A. Happ went from Bronze to Silver
Full List Of Changes
Ryan Flaherty +4 boost in Overall rating (68 Overall)
Chris Davis +1 (87) -- +2 Pwr vs. R / +4 Pwr vs. L
Alex Colome +12 (77)
Jackie Bradley Jr. +8 (78) -- +6 Con vs. R / +12 Con vs. L / +12 Pwr vs. R / +12 Pwr vs. L
Joe Kelly +3 (77)
Yordano Ventura +3 (81)
Kevin Jepsen +3 (79)
Eduardo Escobar +4 (70)
Josh Tomlin +4 (76)
Gordon Beckham +3 (71)
Derek Holland +3 (78)
Mark Canha +5 (73) -- +3 Con vs. R / +19 Con vs. L / +13 Pwr vs. L
Kyle Seager +2 (84) -- +7 Con vs. L / +4 Pwr vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. L
Yoenis Cespedes +4 (90) -- +3 Con vs. R / +5 Con vs. L / +6 Pwr vs. R / +7 Pwr vs. L
Jeurys Familia +3 (84)
Daniel Murphy +7 (79)
Christian Yelich +2 (81)
Marcell Ozuna +2 (75)
Aaron Altherr +1 (60)
Jaime Garcia +4 (83)
J.A. Happ +7 (79)
Joe Blanton +5 (74)
Kris Bryant +1 (84) -- +5 Con vs. R / +10 Pwr vs. R / -7 Pwr vs. L
Ryan Braun +1 (87) -- +3 Con vs. R / +12 Con vs. L / -15 Pwr vs. R / +7 Pwr vs. L
Hernan Perez +4 (61)
Justin Upton +1 (82) -- +7 Pwr vs. R / -2 Pwr vs. L
Matt Kemp +3 (81) -- +7 Pwr vs. R / +3 Pwr vs. L
Nolan Arenado +3 (90) -- +5 Con vs. R / -2 Con vs. L / +8 Pwr vs. R
Players On The Decline
It was a light but impactful week on the declines front. Paul Goldschmidt was taken down one point to a 97 overall. Johnny Cueto is no longer a 90-rated player as he went down three points to an 87 overall. Adrian Gonzalez also received a rather large downgrade this week as he falls three points to an 86 overall.
When it comes to Silvers, the Nationals took it worst as Gio Gonzalez, Joe Ross and Drew Storen were all downgraded. The other Silver player impacted was Jeff Samardzija as he dropped two points to 81 overall.
Tier Changes
- Joe Ross went from Silver to Bronze
- Bud Norris went from Bronze to Common
Full List Of Changes
Johnny Cueto -3 (87)
Jeff Samardzija -2 (81)
Jake Marisnick -1 (67)
Gio Gonzalez -2 (82)
Drew Storen -3 (81)
Joe Ross -4 (74)
Derek Dietrich -3 (65)
Nick Swisher -1 (71)
Brandon Moss -1 (75)
Charlie Morton -4 (71)
Elian Herrera -4 (62)
Domingo Santana -2 (58)
Brennan Boesch -1 (66)
Jason Bourgeois -2 (63)
Adrian Gonzalez -3 (86) -- -19 Con vs. R / +7 Con vs. L / -3 Pwr vs. R / +3 Pwr vs. L
Paul Goldschmidt -1 (97) -- -7 Con vs. R
Ender Inciarte -1 (70)
Jeff Gyorko -3 (69)
Bud Norris -4 (68)
Market Changes
The Heavenly Hands pack was 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: (2/2)
I nailed both Cespedes and Happ.
-From the Moderate Probability section I went: (2/3)
I hit on Kyle Seager and Nolan Arenado and missed on Mookie Betts
-From the Low Probability section I went: (1/3)
I hit on Mark Canha but missed on the heavy hitters, Madison Bumgarner and David Ortiz
(A final note here: six players from my predictions a week ago showed up this week, so I was just a bit early on a whole bunch of players.)
New Players
There are 37 new players in Diamond Dynasty this week that will impact Collections (including Corey Seager!):
- Domingo German (NYY)
- Andrew Bailey (NYY)
- Rico Noel (NYY)
- James Pazos (NYY)
- Dariel Alvarez (BAL)
- Steve Johnson (BAL)
- Miguel Almonte (KC)
- Scott Alexander (KC)
- Giovanni Soto (CLE)
- Michael Martinez (CLE)
- Rob Brantly (CWS)
- Guido Knudson (DET)
- Jeff Bandy (LAA)
- John Hicks (SEA)
- Carson Blair (OAK)
- Scott McGough (MIA)
- Hector Olivera (ATL)
- Brian Bogusevic (PHI)
- Alec Asher (PHI)
- Nefi Ogando (PHI)
- Elias Diaz (PIT)
- C.J. Edwards (CHC)
- Nevin Ashley (MIL)
- Ariel Pena (MIL)
- Ramon Cabrera (CIN)
- Corey Seager (LAD)
- Cory Gearrin (SF)
- Cody Hall (SF)
- Nick Noonan (SF)
- Mike Broadway (SF)
- Peter O’Brien (ARI)
- Brandon Drury (ARI)
- Socrates Brito (ARI)
- Silvino Bracho (ARI)
- Colin Rea (SD)
- Rocky Gale (SD)
- Jason Gurka (COL)
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