MLB The Show 17 - Hunt for Red October - A Cincinnati Reds Franchise

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I will be doing a Fantasy Draft franchise and try to build it from there. I chose the Reds because I want to use their old stadium in the franchise and because after looking at other names of peoples franchise posts I thought of Hunt for Red October and thought it would be cool.

I will be using OSFM 3.2 update 2 for the roster I will sim spring training and play every game in the franchise.

As far as updates go I'm not sure how they will go at this point.

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Draft Order will go as follows

1 KC
2 MIA
3 MIN
4 ARI
5 CIN
6 DET
7 CLE
8 WSH
9 SD
10 OAK
11 PHI
12 LAA
13 COL
14 MIL
15 LAD
16 NYY
17 TOR
18 HOU
19 PIT
20 SF
21 BAL
22 BOS
23 STL
24 CHC
25 TB
26 CWS
27 NYM
28 SEA
29 TEX
30 ATL

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Team Names: Cincinnati Reds (1959–present), Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1958)
Cincinnati Reds (1890–1953) ,Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889)
Seasons: 127 (1890 to current)
Record: 10457-10211, .506 W-L%
World Series titles: 5 1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, 1990
NL Pennants: 9 1919, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976 ,1990
NL Central Division titles: 3 1995,2010,2012
NL West Division titles: 7*1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1990
Wild card berths: 1*2013
Winningest Manager: Sparky Anderson, 863-586, .596 W-L%

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GM Steve Ettlin Jr. just finished up with his Draft for the upcoming 2017 season. His strategy for this draft was to try and draft young players who are controllable for multiple years and draft prospects for the future or for trades.
Here is how the draft went

RD 1 - RF - Giancarlo Stanton (27)
RD 2 - SP - Luis Severino (23)
RD 3 - C - Wilson Contreras (24)
RD 4 - CF - Ender Inciarte (26)
RD 5 - SP - John Gray (25)
RD 6 - CP Edwin Diaz (23)
RD 7 - RP - Andrew Miller (31)
RD 8 - RP Dellin Betances (29)
RD 9 - RP Carson Smith (27)
RD 10 - 3B - Maikel Franco (24)
RD 11 - 1B - Josh Bell (24)
RD 12 - SS - Dansby Swanson (23)
RD 13 - 2B - Ozzie Albies (20)
RD 14 - LF - Clint Frazier (22)
RD 15 - SP - Tyler Anderson (27)
RD 16 - SP - Juilo Urias (20)
RD 17 - RP - Hansel Robles (26)
RD 18 - SP - Shohei Otani (22)
RD 19 - SP - Jeff Hoffman (24)
RD 20 - C - Jason Castro (29)
RD 21 - SS - Gleyber Torres (20)
RD 22 - SP - Lucas Giolito (22)
RD 23 - SP - Brendan Rodgers (20)
RD 24 - SP - Francis Martes (20)
RD 25 - SP - Reynaldo Lopez (23)

This is how the first 25 rounded out.

Other Notables that will most likely be on the 25 man roster are : Mile Aviles, Oswaldo Arcia, Adam Rosales, Eric Young Jr., Luke Gregerson, Brandon Maurer

Other Notable Rookies that were Drafted after the 25th Round are : Anthony Banda, Kolby Allard, Hunter Greene, Eloy Jimenez, Ronald Acuna, Austin Meadows,

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Here are the Cincinnati Reds top prospects the # is were they rank in the Top 50

Cincinnati Reds Top Prospects
#	PITCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
12	Jeff Hoffman	SP	R/R	24	6'5"	225
13	Lucas Giolito	SP	R/R	22	6'6"	255
19	Shohei Otani	SP	L/R	22	6'3"	205
33	Francis Martes	SP	R/R	20	6'1"	225
34	Anthony Banda	SP	L/L	23	6'2"	190
35	Koby Allard	SP	L/L	19	6'1"	180
#	INFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
4	Ozzie Albies	2B	S/R	20	5'9"	160
14	Gleyber Torres	SS	R/R	20	6'1"	175
20	Brendan Rodgers	SS	R/R	20	6'0"	180
#	OUTFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
16	Clint Frazier	LF	R/R	22	6'1"	190
27	Ronald Acuna	CF	R/R	19	6'0"	180
32	Austin Meadows	CF	L/L	21	6'3"	200
36	Eloy Jimenez	LF	R/R	20	6'4"	205

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Spring Training 2017

With most of the roster set for the regular season the Manager Bryan Price will only have one battle and that is to determine who will be 5th in the Starting rotation. The candidates for that spot are Shohei Otani and Jeff Hoffman who are both rookies. They both will have every opportunity to win the spot and will be placed in the 4th and 5th spots in the rotation for Spring Training.

The rest of Bryan Price's coaches will be as follows
HC Don Long with 1 year left on his contract
PC Mack Jenkins with 4 years left on his contract same as Bryan Price
1st BC Freddie Benavides with 2 years left on his contract
3rd BC Billy Hatcher with 2 years left on his contract
FD Jason Ortega with 4 years left on his contract

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Spring Training 2017 Update

The Reds managed to go 14-16 in spring training. That was good enough for 8th place in the Cactus league. They started spring off hot going 14-8 before cooling off and losing 8 straight to end Cactus league play.

As for the battle for the 5th spot it was a blow out for Jeff Hoffman who pitched 24.2 innings with a 2.19 ERA. Shohei Otani had a 4.97 ERA in 25.1 innings. So Otani will be sent to Triple A Louisville to work on things.

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Cincinnati Reds Depth Chart - 2017

• Catcher
• Wilson Contreras
• Jason Castro

• First Base
• Josh Bell
• Adam Rosales

• Second Base
• Ozzie Albies
• Mike Aviles
• Adam Rosales
• Eric Young Jr.

• Third Base
• Maikel Franco
• Mike Aviles
• Adam Rosales

• Shortstop
• Dansby Swanson
• Adam Rosales
• Mike Aviles

• Left Field
• Clint Frazier
• Eric Young Jr.
• Oswaldo Arcia
• Mike Aviles

• Center Field
• Ender Inciarte
• Eric Young Jr.

• Right Field
• Giancarlo Stanton
• Oswaldo Arcia
• Eric Young Jr.
• Mike Aviles

• Starting Pitcher
• Luis Severino
• Jon Gray
• Chase Anderson
• Jeff Hoffman
• Juilo Urias

• Relief Pitcher
• Brandon Maurer
• Carson Smith
• Hansel Robles
• Luke Gregerson
• Andrew Miller
• Dellin Betances

• Closer
• Edwin Diaz