Official MLB The Show 16 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[Frostball]

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Well I get on for my first game today and what happens when I start the first game......

Noah Syndergaard was injured (Strained finger) during today's pre game....

ughhhhhhhhhh really a strained finger lol

[J_smith2190]

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First series lost...against the 6-11 mets!! Hamels pitched a gem going 9 innings, allowing 3 hits (b2b solo hr in the 2nd) and striking out 13. Alex Meyer came on in relief for the 10th and gave up a 2 run single to Craig gentry to lose the game. Sitting at 17-5 after a day off, next up Pittsburg. Richards, Peavy and Danks go up against Chris Heston, Loshe, and deGrom's 6-17 Pirates.

After these 2 games I'll post my monthly stat lines for the MLB, update on Minor Leaguers of the month as well.

[KBLover]

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Rockies are playing horribly. They actually won a game to go to...5-11.

They aren't taking walks at all, striking out too much, and it's been HR or bust.

Something will have to give if this doesn't show signs of turning around. The starting pitching has been horrible and most of the hitters are inconsistent. Even Harper is struggling a bit, though showing signs of improving.

Spoiler

I might have to tweak my slider set a bit, not because I'm losing, but it's based on my 2021 carryover, and the ratings are probably VERY different and that's might be part of what I'm seeing.

I've aligned them closer to Armor's, especially on the CPU side...and Ventura gave up 5 runs so I'm not making it easier lol

[J_smith2190]

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Rockies are playing horribly. They actually won a game to go to...5-11.

They aren't taking walks at all, striking out too much, and it's been HR or bust.

Something will have to give if this doesn't show signs of turning around. The starting pitching has been horrible and most of the hitters are inconsistent. Even Harper is struggling a bit, though showing signs of improving.

Spoiler

I might have to tweak my slider set a bit, not because I'm losing, but it's based on my 2021 carryover, and the ratings are probably VERY different and that's might be part of what I'm seeing.

I've aligned them closer to Armor's, especially on the CPU side...and Ventura gave up 5 runs so I'm not making it easier lol

I feel your pain on the walks. I bet I don't have 15 for the season with my whole team! I've got guys with OBP less than there avg's haha. That's due to a tendency to be over aggressive and try to stretch out doubles

[Frostball]

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So Syndergaard is hurt, McCullers gets his start moved up and all he does is pitch a 2 run complete game while being back by 6 Home runs 2 by Correa 1 by Bird, Buxton, Yelich, and A.J. Ellis. Buxton and Yelich's Homeruns were back to back to lead off my half of the inning.

[J_smith2190]

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Won the first one with a 5 run 8th to win by 2 and keep Richards out of the L column. 2-2 bottom of the third at the moment. Game & monthly update to follow

[KBLover]

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I feel your pain on the walks. I bet I don't have 15 for the season with my whole team! I've got guys with OBP less than there avg's haha. That's due to a tendency to be over aggressive and try to stretch out doubles

LOL - auto baserunner does that for me just fine

Harper has like 12 walks to lead the team. I think these pitchers are just pounding the zone on me.

[Frostball]

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LOL - auto baserunner does that for me just fine

Harper has like 12 walks to lead the team. I think these pitchers are just pounding the zone on me.

I have 12 walks for my team in 6 games, I would say that is more than I usually have as im not very patient at the plate. I see a ball in the zone and I hit it

[J_smith2190]

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So far I'm up 2-0 in this Pittsburg series, but I will just address the end of month report:
BIG RED MACHINE

Team Record: 19-5

Divison Leaders:
ALE: Rays 13-11 ALC: Indians 18-5 ALW: Angels 16-8

NLE: Braves 15-9 NLC: Reds 19-5 NLW:Giants 18-7

Starters:
Sonny Gray (R) 4-1 / 37.1 IP / 55K-1BB / 2.89 ERA / .70 WHIP / 5GS / 4QS

Cole Hamels (L) 2-1 / 39 IP / 45K-2BB / 1.62 ERA / .74 WHIP / 5GS / 5 QS

Garrett Richards (R) 4-0 / 32 IP / 45K-5BB / 1.97 ERA / .069 WHIP / 5GS / 4 QS

Jake Peavy (R) 3-0 / 34 IP / 36K-0BB / 2.12 ERA / .65 WHIP / 5GS / 4 QS

John Danks (L) 2-0 / 19.1 IP / 19K-3BB / 3.26 ERA / 1.24 WHIP / 4GS / 2QS

Bullpen:
LRP:Jose Alvarez (L) 2-0 / 5.2 IP / 3K-0BB / 9.53 ERA / 1.59 WHIP / 3 G /

MRP:Alex Meyer (R) 0-2 / 5 IP / 3K-3BB / 14.40 ERA / 2.60 WHIP / 6 G /

MRP:Trevor May (R) 1-0 / 10 IP / 9K-1BB / 0.00 ERA / .70 WHIP / 8 G / 2 H

MRP:Michael Tonkin (R) 0-1 / 3.1 IP / 4K-2BB / 13.50 ERA / 2.10 WHIP / 5 G / 1 H

SU:Trevor Gott (R) 0-0 / 11.1 IP / 15K-1BB / 3.18 ERA / .88 WHIP / 11 G / 8 H

SU:Zach Duke (L) 1-0 / 6.2 IP / 9K-2BB / 6.75 ERA / 1.80 WHIP / 9G / 2H / 1 BSV

CP:Santiago Casilla (R) 0-0 / 11.2 IP / 22K-1B / 0.00 ERA / .34 WHIP / 12 G / 11 SV

LINEUP (Verse R I platoon Bird, Jones and Utley on L):

CF James Jones (L) : 21GM 80AB 20R 27H 1HR 10RBI 27SB .338AVG .357OBP .475SLG 2BB 10SO -(2b) 4 (3b)

RF Brandon Guyer (R) : 21GM 84AB 14R 31H -HR 20RBI 16SB .369AVG .371OBP .417SLG 1BB 12SO 4(2b) - (3b)

3B:Todd Frazier (R) : 23GM 98AB 10R 26H 3HR 8RBI 2SB .265AVG .280OBP .388SLG 2BB 12SO 3(2b) -(3b)

1B:Greg Bird (L) : 17GM 61AB 21R 27H 9HR 21RBI -SB .443AVG .469OPB .984SLG 3BB 10SO 6(2b) -(3b)

LF:Khris Davis (R) : 22GM 84AB 9R 25H 6HR 17RBI -SB .298AVG .314OPB .536SLG 1BB 19SO 2(2b) -(3b)

SS:Trevor Story (R) : 21GM 77AB 12R 19H 4HR 9RBI 1SB .247AVG .266OPB .481SLG 2BB 18SO 2(2b) 2(3b)

2B:Chase Utley (L) : 20GM 67AB 5R 24H 1HR 10RBI -SB .358AVG .377OPB .448SLG 2BB 2SO 3(2b) -(3b)

C:Nick Hundley (R) : 18GM 64AB 9R 20H -HR 1RBI 2SB .313AVG .333OPB .359SLG 1BB 9SO 3(2b) -(3b)

BENCH:
GM/At-Bat/Run/Hits/HR/RBI/SB/AVG/ OBP/SLG/BB/SO/2b/3b
C:Chris Stewart (R) : 7GM 20AB 3R 8H -HR 5RBI 1SB .400AVG .455OBP .500SLG 1BB -SO 2(2b) -(3b)

IF:Kelby Tomlinson (R) : 10GM 30AB 2R 10H -HR 1RBI -SB .333AVG .333OBP .367SLG -BB 10SO 1(2b) -(3b)

OF: Drew Stubbs (R) : 12GM 37AB 3R 9H -HR 5RBI 2SB .243AVG .263OBP .351SLG 1BB 10SO 4(2b) -(3b)

UTL:Kelly Johnson (L) : 16GM 44AB 8R 12H 3HR 9RBI -SB .273AVG .273OBP .500SLG -BB 9SO 1(2b) -(3b)

UTL:Ryan Raburn (R) : 13GM 39AB 5R 13H -HR 4RBI -SB .333AVG .341OBP .359SLG 1BB 7SO 1 -(3b)


Organizational Updates:
AAA:
SP Daniel Winkler ERA 3.12 28k/ 26.0IP
2B: Matt Williams .348 10rbis 69 At-Bats

Prospect Watch:
SP:Henry Owens (L) 2-1 / 35 IP / 30 K / 2.06 ERA (AAA) B Potential 74 Overall

SP: Jake Thompson (R) 2-2 / 29.1 IP / 27 K / 5.83 ERA (AAA) B Potential 70 Overall

SP:Clay Holmes (R) 0-2 / 17.2 IP / 12 K / 5.09 ERA (AA) B Potential 50 Overall

RP:Aaron Crow (R) 2-0 / 16.1 IP / 11 K / .55 ERA (AAA) B Potential 68 Overall

CF:Brett Phillips (L) 89 AB / 2 HR / 6 RBI / .191 AVG (AAA) B Potential 67 Overall

3B:Kaleb Cowart (S) 75 AB / 2 HR / 10 RBI / .320 AVG (AAA) C Potential 68 Overall

Awards Races Reds Lead:
Cy Young: Richards
Reliever Of Year: Casilla
Rookie Of Year: Story
Silver Slugger OF: Davis

----Hope this was semi interesting. Feel free to copy-n-paste(steal it) lol Let me know what you think about the monthly update, what to keep or change---

[J_smith2190]

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LOL - auto baserunner does that for me just fine

Harper has like 12 walks to lead the team. I think these pitchers are just pounding the zone on me.

I was correct...over a month I have 14 BB with my starting regulars! Sad haha

[J_smith2190]

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In regards to my monthly update. Left an extra 1 on story's rbis. I'll correct it.

[KBLover]

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Another injury strikes as pitcher Brandon Finnegan will miss 3-4 weeks with a finger contusion.

With Blake Snell, the most likely candidate for the rotation also nursing an injury and Luis Severino having been worked out of the pen so he's not rested enough to start, the team had to reach into AAA and pull up a prospect.

Julio Urias was thought to be the one, but the team will wait on the 19-year-old and go for Tyler Glasnow. He will make the next start for the Rockies.

Like most of the Rockies' starters, Finnegan has struggled, but the injury is rough as Finnegan was probably the most rounded of the pitchers.

[KBLover]

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Unbelievable.

Now Tyler Glasnow suffered a hip injury in the first inning. Severino will have to be pressed into service and see what he can give.

Is there a trainer in the game, because I need to fire him....

[Frostball]

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Unbelievable.

Now Tyler Glasnow suffered a hip injury in the first inning. Severino will have to be pressed into service and see what he can give.

Is there a trainer in the game, because I need to fire him....

Damn that is bad luck there

[statdude]

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I finally decided to take a crack at a fantasy draft with OSFM v1.5. I did the massive job of also doing a 30 Team Control Franchise, so I had to draft for all 30 teams. I did about 20 rounds for all the teams and then let the computer pick the prospects because I didn't want to stack my team with stud prospects. Not only that, I also put all of the manual injuries in, so if a team selected an injured player, he would be on the DL to start the year. Also, when I draft, I think it's too easy to pick players that you want, so I limit myself to whatever the CPU tells me to do (i.e., press Square).

SP Jose Fernandez
SP Jason Hammel
SP Raisel Iglesias
SP Jeremy Hellickson
SP Trevor Bauer

LR Jesse Chavez
MR Joe Thatcher
MR Cesear Jimenez
MR Fernando Abad
SU Joe Smith
CL Arodys Vizacaino

C Blake Swihart
1B Hanley Ramirez
2B Joe Panik
3B Maikel Franco
SS Brandon Crawford
LF Coco Crisp
CF Kevin Kiermaier
RF Kole Calhoun

C J.R. Murphy
2B Nick Ahmed
SS Chris Owings
LF Dayan Vicedo
CF Brandon Barnes

All in all, looks like I have my work cut out for me. Hopefully my Defense carries our team and we luck into a couple wins for me. I'm just hoping our pitching doesn't blow up because I'm not sure how many runs we're going to score.