Official MLB 17 : Road to the Show Thread

[Trent Booty]

Finished 2019 and lost over 90 games, so no playoffs.

I hit .310, which was 4th in the NL. I also had 31 HRs which was 9th, and 92 RBIs, a career high, which was 11th in the NL. My .384 OBP was 10th and my .562 slugging was 4th, and my .946 OPS was also 4th. My WAR was 4.9 so I had a little decline from my second season, but that could have to do with my team being a lot worse than last year.

The Dodgers won 111 games after they got Bryce Harper (ugh), which means they have an outfield of Brantley-Blackmon-Pederson with Puig and Pederson coming off the bench. Unbelievable. I feel as if I need to go to the AL when I can become a free agent lol.

Through three MLB seasons I have 415 hits, a .304 batting average and 80 HRs with 231 RBIs and I'm only about to start my 4th year as a 21-year-old.

Our lineup is actually okay this year as players have developed and Arenado/Me/Story are one of the best 3/4/5's in baseball. Also our outfield of Dahl/Tapia/Patterson is nice and speedy at the top/bottom of the lineup and Tony Wolters is good at getting on base and is actually one of the more valuable catchers in the league. To round it up, Forrest Wall has done nicely replacing DJ at 2nd base and in the 2 spot in the lineup.

Our rotation is Jon Gray, Jeff Hoffman, Kyle Freeland, Tyler Anderson, and Antonio Senzatela and all are in between 85-83 OVR. Anderson had an ERA under 3 last year and I hope the rest can put up similar numbers in 2020.

[Trent Booty]

So in the middle of 2020, Colorado randomly sends me, a 21 year old superstar hitting over .300 back down to AAA for no reason. So I decided to sim until the end of my contract, which is over in 2021, which I am currently in the process of simulating right now. I will proved an update as far as where i sign, my career stats up to that point, etc.

Edit: They did it again in 2021!?!?!? **** this team lol

Edit 2: Okay I forgot that I have two arbitration years left so I am g0ing to sim 2022 and 2023 now to get to free agency. I'll basically update at the start of 2025 after one year with my new team (hint: look at my avatar lol)....

[tarheelguy4736]

I first started this RTTS player back in MLB '14 and have been carrying him over ever since (I usually get through a whole season between each The Show iteration). However, this year I have progressed more by playing a series and then simming a series because I wanted to get to free agency and actually chose the team I want to be with.

I am a CF that was drafted by the White Sox in the first round back in 2014. I played the majority of 2014 in AA and AAA, getting called up in August to finish the season with the White Sox. I made the MLB team after spring training and became the starting CF at that time in 2015. I continued to play for them the next 5 seasons. We would win 3 World Series (I was MVP for two of them) and I would win AL MVP 4 out of the 6 seasons I was with the White Sox. I can't remember my actual stat line as of right now (since im at work - ill update it at a later point).

After the 2019 season, it became an arbitration year for me, so the White Sox offered a one year deal for about $13 million. I countered with $14 million (just to see what would happen) and they accepted. However, I was traded to the Padres after two weeks in to the 2020 season. This happened as a result of my agent asking if I wanted to play elsewhere and I responded by saying sure but if it doesn't happen then its ok. So for 2020, I spent the remaining season as the CF for the Padres. I ended up winning the NL MVP and we finished 1st in the NL West but would lose in the NLCS.

After the 2020 season, I was finally able to be a free agent. I had several teams offer a contract to me: Pirates, Mariners, Padres, Rockies, Marlins, and Royals. However, there were only two teams I wanted to play for: the Braves or the Red Sox. I finally got a contract offer from the Red Sox during the final weeks of free agency, so I decided to sign with them. They initially wanted an 8 year deal worth I think $240 million. I didnt want to stay that long in case I wanted to play elsewhere, so I countered with a 3 year deal worth $90 million. We both finally settled at 6 years $181 million.

So for 2021 (currently 25 years old), I am the CF for the Red Sox and we are currently 10-1. I do enjoy hitting at Fenway, as having the Green Monster is great for hitting, and also the short left field line is a bonus for HR's. Plus the ball park is amazing to play in. I may just finish out my career in Boston.

[NighthawkMG]

Played about a couple more games with my center fielder today, though I got moved to second base for like two or three series before getting put back to CF which I was happy about because I got tired of playing the infield because of my main player who is a second baseman.

Slowly starting to dominate AA like I am used to, been mashing the past couple of games. Last game of the night, hit a opposite field three run laser shot for a walk off win in a 4-4 game.

G: 43
H/AB: 56 (1st) / 178 (4th)
AVG/OBP/SLUG%: .315 (1st) / .369 (7th) / .590 (1st)
HR: 11 (1st)
RBI: 33 (1st)
Runs: 26 (1st)
SB/CS: 14 (1st) /2
BB/SO: 12/14

Though I am playing well the team continues to struggle as we are dead last in the EL East at 17-30 and 9 games behind.

[tdogg097]

The GM logic is horrific! I'm a SP with a 90 OVR, 95 ADJ OVR. Number #2 on the staff and the Astros DFA me before the start of the playoffs. This was after they sent me down to the minors halfway thru the season. I finished the season 9-14 with a 3.54 ERA. ERA was good, W-L was not good but still. This is almost a dealbreaker for this game. No GM is his right mind with DFA a 24 yr old pitcher that was the 2nd highest rated SP on his roster.

[Mbunn1993]

Quote: Originally Posted by tdogg097

The GM logic is horrific! I'm a SP with a 90 OVR, 95 ADJ OVR. Number #2 on the staff and the Astros DFA me before the start of the playoffs. This was after they sent me down to the minors halfway thru the season. I finished the season 9-14 with a 3.54 ERA. ERA was good, W-L was not good but still. This is almost a dealbreaker for this game. No GM is his right mind with DFA a 24 yr old pitcher that was the 2nd highest rated SP on his roster.

Shouldn't happen , but in this situation I'd make up a storyline. Like something you did or a bad relationship with your owners or something

[Trent Booty]

I'm a opening day 2025. I am the starting 1B for the Seattle Mariners, on the 2nd year of a 8 year deal. In year one we won the wildcard game but lost in the divisional round 3-1 to the A's.

Here is my carrer stats so far along with career high in parenthesis (8 years):
.290 AVG (.318)
.368 OBP (.391)
.524 SLG (.591)
.893 OPS (.982)
210 HR (45)
601 RBI (134)
1027 H (183)
539 R (112)
175 2B (36)
12 3B (3)
26 SB (5)
.993 FIELD % (.998)
27.3 WAR (6.6)

[NighthawkMG]

Well it's that time finally. Getting rid of the AA uniform and putting on the Pinstripes. 70 games into the AA season, glad to be getting out of Trenton even though we were putting it together finally. Finished 33-37 in my AA career, which had us in 4th in the EL Eastern, 6.5 games out of first place.

GP: 61
H/AB: 70 (1st) / 248 (9th)
AVG/OBP/SLUG%: .315 (1st) / .375 (4th) / .601 (1st)
2B/3B/HR: 17 (4th) / 6 (1st) / 14 (1st)
RBI/R: 52 (1st) / 36 (2nd)
BB/SO: 21 (T-38th) / 18
SB/CS: 17 (2nd) / 4
FLD%: .982

But now it's for The Show. Coming into a good situation with the Yankees sitting at 42-28 but still six games out of first in the AL East with the Jays sitting at 48-22.