Rebuild Of A Rebuild? - edeadstroke's Blog

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Rebuild Of A Rebuild?

Posted on February 18, 2019 at 11:35 PM.

So with only 4 games left in Spring Training, Reds management got fed up with the glitches it was experiencing during game play. It is a shame, yes MLB 18 is graphically better than MLB 17, but I feel 17 is a better game-play. So I wiped my PS4 clear of everything 18. I was just going to resume one of my old 17 franchises but enjoy posting here about the goings on in my game. So I rebuilt a new MLB 17 Cincinnati Reds Fantasy Franchise, it is nearly the same as the MLB 18 version, same back story to how the rebuild got started. Unfortunately we did not have the option of tearing Aaron Boone away from the Yankees.

So our manager / coaching staff took a new look:

Manager: Rocco Baldelli (previously a 1st Base Coach with Tampa Bay and IRL the new Twins manager)

Hitting Coach: Turner Ward,
Pitching Coach: Derek Johnson
1st Base Coach: Freddie Benavides
3rd Base Coach: Billy Hatcher
Farmer Director: John Farrell

Our team pretty much stayed the same, but because a few once Reds are available in MLB 17, a few roster changes did take place.

Our everday 8:

C - Devin Mesoraco
1B - Joey Votto
2B - Scooter Gennett
SS - Zack Cozart
3B - Travis Shaw
LF - Andrew Benintendi (still qualifies as a rookie)
CF - Billy Hamilton
RF - Jay Bruce

The Bench:

C - Tucker Barnhart
2B - Jose Peraza
SS - Pat Valaika (former Reds Chris Valaika's brother)
LF - Adam Duvall
CF - Drew Stubbs

Starting Rotation:

SP - Matt Belisle (once a starter, then a reliever, now a starter again)
SP - Anthony DeSclafani
SP - Shohei Ohtani (Reds got to sign him a year earlier than before)
SP - Sonny Gray (still got my Sonny G)
SP - Mike Leake

The Bullpen:

LRP - Homer Bailey (also will spot start here and there, maybe over there too)
LRP - Brandon Finnegan
LRP - Bronson Arroyo
MRP - J.J. Hoover
MRP - Michael Lorenzen (and YES, management will be playing Lorenzen in the field, maybe the same time as Shohei)
SU - Tony Cingrani (will be used as my Left handed closer as well)
CP - Jonathan Broxton

I much prefer this team as it allows me to keep my prospect / rookies intact.