Seattle Mariners Fantasy Draft Franchise (MLB The Show)

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First off, thanks for checking out my MLB The Show Seattle Mariners Fantasy Draft Franchise. The entire reason of doing this franchise is to get away from real life expectations which can often be restricting in the video game world. I have created several franchises this year on MLB The Show 17 using the real life rosters and have ended up getting bored with every one of them because I tend to try to keep things as realistic as possible when using real life rosters in sports video games which ultimately leads to me being stressed out and eventually giving up on said franchise. I had this very same problem a few years back before MLB The Show introduced carry over saves and I ended up creating a Minnesota Twins Fantasy Draft Franchise and played two full seasons, having played every game in both seasons. My goal for this fantasy draft franchise is to get away from real world expectations and to simply enjoy myself like I did with my Minnesota Twins Fantasy Draft Franchise a few years back.

Fantasy Draft Ground Rules

-Will personally make every selection
-Will draft at least one superstar caliber position player and pitcher to lead the team
-Will attempt to limit myself on the number of A Potential Players I select (both major league level and prospect level) to keep at least some level of realism to this

Franchise Setup and Options

Roster Being Used: OSFM Hybrid v1, just the roster I found myself liking the most
Batting & Baserunning Difficulty: Veteran
Pitching Difficulty: All-Star
Fielding Difficulty: Veteran
GM Contracts: Off, want to be able to build the team my way without the worry of potentially getting fired
Fantasy Draft: On, of course
Allow Legend Free Agents: Off
CPU Roster Control: Off, will let the CPU make their own roster decisions unlike in my other real life roster franchises
CPU: On, again will let the CPU make their own roster decisions
Ignore Budgets: Off, still need some realism to all this
Force Trades: Off
Designated Hitter: On, always been a fan of American League and the DH, so, pretending MLB passed a rule to use DH in both leagues
For the sake of time I am starting at the start of the regular season and am skipping over 2017 Spring Training.
I will play every game and provide team updates following each series every season and league updates every two weeks of the season every season.
I will provide my Opening Day MLB, Triple-A, and Double-A rosters.
I will provide a start of regular season power ranking for each MLB team every season.
I will provide updates regarding every trade I make and all major trades the CPU makes.
I will provide a draft recap update every season.
I will provide a season recap and playoff series recaps (should I make the playoffs) every season.
I will provide offseason free agency updates each and every offseason.
Lastly, I intend to carry this franchise over into future MLB The Show video games.

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Fantasy Draft Round 1 Results

1) CLE-SP Clayton Kershaw, Age 29, 99OVR
2)MIL-CP Kenley Jansen, Age 29, 99OVR
3)LAD-C Buster Posey, Age 30, 99OV
4)STL-3B Josh Donaldson, Age 31, 99OVR
5)OAK-3B Nolan Arendo, Age 25, 99OVR
6)COL-CF Mike Trout, Age 25, 98OVR
7)SD-SP Chris Sale, Age 29, 97OVR
8)WSH-CP Zach Britton, Age 29, 97OVR
9)PHI-3B Manny Machado, Age 24, 97OVR
10)MIN-2B Jose Atluve, Age 26, 97OVR
11)TEX-SP Madison Bumgarner, Age 27, 96OVR
12)NYM-SP Noah Syndergaard, Age 24, 96OVR
13)DET-SP Max Scherzer, Age 31, 96OVR
14)HOU-CP Mark Melancon, Age 32, 96OVR
15)SF-1B Paul Goldschmidt, Age 29, 96OVR
16)BOS-1B Miguel Cabrera, Age 33, 97OVR
17)CHC-SS Francisco Lindor, Age 23, 95OVR
18)KC-SP Jake Arrieta, Age 31, 94OVR
19)CIN-SP Jacob deGrom, Age 28, 94OVR
20)PIT-SP Stephen Strasburg, Age 28, 94OVR
21)ARI-SP Corey Kluber, Age 30, 94OVR
22)BAL-3B Kris Bryant, Age 25, 94OVR
23)NYY-CP Aroldis Chapman, Age 29, 94OVR
24)TB SP Johnny Cueto, Age 31, 93OVR
25)MIA-SP Kyle Hendricks, Age 27, 93OVR
26)TOR-RF Mookie Betts, Age 24, 93OVR
27)CWS-LF Yoenis Cespedes, Age 31, 93OVR
28)LAA-CF Starling Marte, Age 28, 93OVR
29)SEA-
30)ATL-2B Robinson Cano, Age 34, 95OVR

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Seattle Mariners' Fantasy Draft Results

Round1, Pick 29-LF Ryan Braun, Age 33, 93OVR, A Potential

This pick came after some debate within the organization. Choice was between 2B Robinson Cano, 1B Joey Votto, 1B Freddie Freeman, C Jonathan Lucroy, SP David Price, RF Bryce Harper, and LF Ryan Braun. Team felt is wanted Braun's bat as vocal point of its offense.

Round 2, Pick 2-RF Carlos Gonzalez, Age 31, 90OVR, A Potential

Ultimately came down to RF Harper and RF Gonzalez. Team opted for the veteran Gonzalez.

Round 3, Pick 29-CF Lorenzo Cain, Age 30, 85OVR, B Potential

Team opted to go and complete what could be the best outfield trio in all of MLB. CF Jackie Bradley Jr. and CF George Springer was also in play with this pick, but, team ultimately settled on CF Cain.

Round 4, Pick 2-SP Cole Hamels, Age 33, 87OVR, B Potential

Team finally lands its Ace here in the 4th round in stud lefty Cole Hamels.

Round 5, Pick 29-SP Gio Gonzalez, Age 31, 83OVR, B Potential

Team opts to pair Hamels with fellow lefty Gonzalez to form a lefty 1-2 punch at the top of their starting rotation.

Round 6, Pick 2-C Matt Wieters, Age 29, 82OVR, B Potential

Team lands its starting C in 6th round.

Round 7, Pick 29-1B Hanley Ramirez, Age 33, 82OVR

Team lands its starting 1B in 7th round.

Round 8, Pick 2-3B David Wright, Age 34, 81OVR, B Potential

Team lands its starting 3B in 8th round.

Round 9, Pick 29-SP JA Happ, Age 34, 82OVR

Team goes SP again and it is once again a lefty in Happ.

Round 10, Pick 2-CP Francisco Rodriguez, Age 35, 81OVR, B Potential

Team lands its CP in 10th round.

Round 11, Pick 29-SP Scott Kazmir, Age 33, 80OVR, B Potential

Team goes SP again here in the 10th round and once again its a lefty in Kazmir.

Round 12, Pick 2-SP Charlie Morton, Age 33, 80OVR, C Potential

Team completes its Major League starting rotation with Morton and finally its a righty.

Round 13, Pick 29-RP Will Smith, Age 27, 83OVR, B Potential

Round 14, Pick 2-RP Kyle Barraclough, Age 26, 83OVR, B Potential

Round 15, Pick 29-SP Taijuan Walker, Age 24, 78OVR, B Potential

Round 16, Pick 2-RP Brad Hand, Age 27, 78OVR, B Potential

Round 17, Pick 29-2B Ketel Marte, Age 23, 76OVR, B Potential

Team lands its starting 2B here in the 17th round.

Round 18, Pick 2-SS J.J. Hardy, Age 34, 78OVR, C Potential

Team lands its starting SS here in the 18th round.

Round 19, Pick 29-RP Joaquin Benoit, Age 39, 81OVR, B Potential

Round 20, Pick 2-RP Brad Ziegler, Age 37, 81OVR, B Potential

Round 21, Pick 29-SP Jose De Leon, Age 24, 73OVR, A Potential

Round 22, Pick 2-1B/DH Victor Martinez, Age 38, 79OVR, B Potential

Team nabs its starting DH in 22nd round.

Round 23, Pick 29-SP Reynaldo Lopez, Age 23, 72OVR, B Potential

Round 24, Pick 2-SP Lucas Giolito, Age 22, 71OVR, A Potential

Round 25, Pick 29-C Jorge Alfaro, Age 23, 69OVR, B Potential

Could he possibly be Wieters' replacement at some point in time?

Round 26, Pick 2-CF Raimel Tapia, Age 23, 68OVR, B Potential

Could he possibly be Cain's replacement at some point in time?

Round 27, Pick 29-RP Brian Flynn, Age 26, 72OVR, C Potential

Round 28, Pick 2-2B Greg Garcia, Age 27, 70OVR, C Potential

Round 29, Pick 29-SS Ronald Torreyes, Age 24, 70OVR, C Potential

Round 30, Pick 2-1B Chris Parmelee, Age 28, 70OVR, B Potential

Round 31, Pick 29-SP Luis Perdomo, Age 23, 70OVR, C Potential

Round 32, Pick 2-RP Joe Kelly, Age 28, 70OVR, C Potential

Round 33, Pick 29-C Chris Gimenez, Age 34, 70OVR, D Potential

Round 34, Pick 2-LF Adam Frazier, Age 25, 66OVR, C Potential

Round 35, Pick 29-RF Ichiro Suzuki, Age 43, 75OVR, A Potential

*Feel good story alert* Ichiro returns home to finish his career as a Mariner and hopefully as a World Series champion.

Round 36, Pick 2-3B Matt Davidson, Age 26, 68OVR, C Potential

Round 37, Pick 29-RP Buddy Baumann, Age 29, 69OVR, D Potential

Round 38, Pick 2-RP Josh Ravin, Age 29, 69OVR, D Potential

Round 39, Pick 29-RP Chris Smith, Age 28, 68OVR, D Potential

Round 40, Pick 2-RP Brad Boxberger, Age 28, 68OVR, C Potential

Round 41, Pick 29-SP Brad Peacock, Age 29, 69OVR, C Potential

Round 42, Pick 2-SP A.J. Griffin, Age 29, 69OVR, C Potential

Round 43, Pick 29-3B Tommy La Stella, Age 28, 68OVR, C Potential

Round 44, Pick 2-C Josmil Pinto, Age 28, 69OVR, C Potential

Round 45, Pick 29-C Hector Sanchez, Age 27, 68OVR, C Potential

Round 46, Pick 2-1B Tyler White, Age 26, 64OVR, C Potential

Round 47, Pick 29-RF Patrick Kivlehan, Age 27, 67OVR, C Potential

Rond 48, Pick 2-CF Jared Hoying, Age 27, 66OVR, C Potential

Round 49, Pick 29-RP Pat Venditte, Age 31, 68OVR, D Potential

Round 50, Pick 2-RP Steve Geltz, Age 28, 68OVR, D Potential

Round 51, Pick 29-LF Destin Hood, Age 26, 66OVR, C Potential

Round 52, Pick 2-SS Jake Elmore, Age 29, 66OVR, D Potential

Round 53, Pick 29-SS Ivan DeJesus Jr., Age 29, 65OVR, D Potential

Round 54, Pick 2-SP Alex Meyer, Age 27, 67OVR, C Potential

Round 55, Pick 29-C Austin Romine, Age 28, 66OVR, C Potential

Round 56, Pick 2-Andrew Romine, Age 31, 64OVR, D Potential

Round 57, Pick 29-RP Leonel Campos, Age 29, 65OVR, D Potential

Round 58, Pick 2-2B Christian Colon, Age 27, 65OVR, C Potential

Round 59, Pick 29-CF Darrell Cecilliani, Age 26, 63OVR, D Potential

Round 60, Pick 2-RF Steve Selsky, Age 27, 62OVR, D Potential

Round 61, Pick 29-LF Cody Asche, Age 26, 63OVR, C Potential

Round 62, Pick 2-SP Brett Oberholter, Age 27, 67OVR, D Potential

Round 63, Pick 29-SP T.J. House, Age 27, 65OVR, D Potential

Round 64, Pick 2-RP Dayan Diaz, Age 28, 63OVR, C Potential

Round 65, Pick 29-2B Jose Pirela, Age 27, 60OVR, C Potential

Round 66, Pick 2-3B, Rafael Ynoa, Age 29, 57OVR, D Potential

Round 67, Pick 29-RP Ashur Tolliver, Age 29, 62OVR, D Potential

Round 68, Pick 2-SP John Lamb, Age 26, 64OVR, C Potential

Round 69, Pick 29-SP Branden Shipley, Age 25, 64OVR, C Potential

Round 70, Pick 2-C Hank Conger, Age 29, 60OVR, D Potential

Round 71, Pick 29-1B Ben Paulsen, Age 29, 61OVR, D Potential

Round 72, Pick 2-2B Donovan Solano, Age 29, 60OVR, D Potential

Round 73, Pick 29-RF Jeff Decker, Age 27, 57OVR, D Potential

Round 74, Pick 2-CF Hernan Iribarren, Age 32, 53OVR, D Potential

Round 75, Pick 29-LF J.B. Shuck, Age 29, 60OVR, D Potential

Round 76, Pick 2-SS Reid Brignac, Age 31, 60OVR, D Potential

Round 77, Pick 29-2B Johnny Giavotella, Age 29, 58OVR, D Potential

Round 78, Pick 2-2B Michael Martinez, Age 34, 60OVR, D Potential

Round 79, Pick 29-SS Gregorio Petit, Age 32, 61OVR, D Potential

Round 80, Pick 2-C Erik Kratz, Age 36, 60OVR, D Potential

Round 81, Pick 29-1B Don Kelly, Age 37, 61OVR, C Potential

Round 82, Pick 2-2B Emmanuel Burriss, Age 32, 55OVR, D Potential

Round 83, Pick 29-1B Chris Colabello, Age 33, 60OVR, D Potential

Round 84, Pick 2-RP Dalier Hinojosa, Age 31, 59OVR, D Potential

Round 85, Pick 29-RP Josh Smith, Age 29, 57OVR, D Potential

Round 86, Pick 2-RP Matt Purse, Age 26, 52OVR, C Potential

Round 87, Pick 29-RP David Goforth, Age 28, 52OVR, C Potential

Round 88, Pick 2-SP Chris Capuano, Age 38, 71OVR, B Potential

Round 89, Pick 29-SP Ryan Vogelsong, Age 39, 71OVR, D Potential

Round 90, Pick 2-RP Colby Lewis, Age 37, 70OVR, B Potential

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Mariners' Farm System Report 2017 Edition

1)SP Jose De Leon, Age 24, 73OVR, A Potential (#3 overall prospect in all of baseball)

2)SP Lucas Giolito, Age 22, 71OVR, A Potential (#13 overall prospect in all of baseball)

3)SP Reynaldo Lopez, Age 23, 72OVR, B Potential (#31 overall prospect in all of baseball)

4)C Jorge Alfaro, Age 23, 69OVR, B Potential

5)CF Raimel Tapia, Age 23, 68OVR, B Potential

All five will start the season as starters at the Triple-A level.

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Mariners' Opening Day MLB, Triple-A, and Double-A Rosters

Seattle Mariners Depth Chart - 2017

• Catcher
• Matt Wieters (82)
• Chris Gimenez (70)

• First Base
• Hanley Ramirez (82)
• Victor Martinez (79)

• Second Base
• Ketel Marte (76)
• Greg Garcia (70)

• Third Base
• David Wright (81)

• Shortstop
• J.J. Hardy (78)

• Left Field
• Ryan Braun (93)

• Center Field
• Lorenzo Cain (85)

• Right Field
• Carlos Gonzalez (90)
• Ichiro Suzuki (75)

• Starting Pitcher
• Cole Hamels (87)
• Gio Gonzalez (83)
• J.A. Happ (82)
• Charlie Morton (80)
• Scott Kazmir (80)

• Relief Pitcher
• Brian Flynn (72)
• Joe Kelly (70)
• Brad Ziegler (81)
• Joaquin Benoit (81)
• Brad Hand (78)
• Kyle Barraclough (83)

• Closer
• Francisco Rodriguez (81)
• Will Smith (83)

• Designated Hitter
• Victor Martinez (79)

Tacoma Rainiers Depth Chart - 2017

• Catcher
• Jorge Alfaro (69)
• Josmil Pinto (69)
• Hector Sanchez (68)

• First Base
• Chris Parmelee (70)

• Second Base
• Christian Colon (65)

• Third Base
• Tommy La Stella (68)
• Matt Davidson (68)

• Shortstop
• Ronald Torreyes (70)

• Left Field
• Adam Frazier (66)

• Center Field
• Raimel Tapia (68)
• Jared Hoying (66)

• Right Field
• Patrick Kivlehan (67)

• Starting Pitcher
• Taijuan Walker (78)
• Jose De Leon (73)
• Reynaldo Lopez (72)
• Lucas Giolito (71)
• Luis Perdomo (70)

• Relief Pitcher
• Leonel Campos (65)
• Chris Smith (69)
• Colby Lewis (70)
• Brad Boxberger (69)
• Steve Geltz (68)
• Josh Ravin (69)

• Closer
• Pat Venditte (68)

• Designated Hitter
• Matt Davidson (68)

Arkansas Travelers Depth Chart - 2017

• Catcher
• Austin Romine (66)
• Hank Conger (60)

• First Base
• Tyler White (64)
• Ben Paulsen (61)

• Second Base
• Michael Martinez (60)

• Third Base
• Andrew Romine (64)

• Shortstop
• Jake Elmore (66)
• Ivan DeJesus Jr. (65)

• Left Field
• Destin Hood (66)
• Cody Asche (63)

• Center Field
• Darrell Ceciliani (63)

• Right Field
• Steve Selsky (62)

• Starting Pitcher
• Chris Capuano (72)
• Ryan Vogelsong (71)
• A.J. Griffin (69)
• Brad Peacock (69)
• Alex Meyer (67)
• Brett Oberholtzer (67)

• Relief Pitcher
• Dalier Hinojosa (59)
• Brett Oberholtzer (67)
• Dayan Diaz (63)
• Josh Smith (57)
• Matt Purke (52)
• David Goforth (52)

• Closer
• Buddy Baumann (69)
• Ashur Tolliver (62)

• Designated Hitter
• Cody Asche (63)

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Start of 2017 Regular Season MLB Power Rankings

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1)Cardinals
2)Brewers
3)Rangers (Division Rival)
4)Indians
5)Athletics (Division Rival)
6)Mariners
7)Red Sox
8)Twins
9)Phillies
10)Rays
11)Padres
12)Braves
13)Dodgers
14)Rockies
15)Royal
16)Mets
17)Cubs
18)Tigers
19)Giants
20)Reds
21)Angels (Division Rival)
22)Blue Jays
23)Marlins
24)Nationals
25)Yankees
26)White Sox
27)Diamondback
28)Pirates
29)Orioles
30)Astros (Divison Rival)

Mariners' 2017 Start of MLB Regular Season Rankings

Speed-24th
Contact-4th
Power-24th
Pitching-16th
Defense-18th
Overall-6th

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Mariners' 2017 Regular Season Schedule

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Opening Day Four Game Series At HOU Recap