Official MLB The Show 16 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[Armor and Sword]

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I held my Marlins Fantasy single team franchise draft.

It was getting really late so I did 40 rounds myself and simmed the rest. No way I could draft every single player for my 90 man roster.....my eyes were bleeding.

But doing that did not allow me to review the round and pick. So when I post my franchise here it will just show my 40 man roster.

Needless to say I had the 18th overall pick and to my delight Giancarlo Stanton fell to me. So he get's to be the corner piece again for the Miami Marlins along with Starling Marte and Francisco Lindor. My pitching is solid, actually very solid. But no true legit staff ace. But a collection of young A and B pitchers. I took some fantastic prospects (I used the 150 prospect roster in the vault which is actually a very solid roster if your looking to start now before OSFM).



Miami Marlins 18th Overall Pick

C - Robinson Chirinos - Good defensive C with some 18-20 HR potential
1B - Greg Bird - A nice 1B with upside
2B - Brock Holt (1B,3B,SS,OF) - A valuable "Johnny on the Spot" player
3B - Joey Gallo (LF,CF) - This kid is an "A" potential stud
SS - Francisco Lindor - I love Lindor and he will be a fixture
LF - Starling Marte (CF,RF) - 5 tool stud
CF - Delino DeShields Jr - Great speed, defense. I just need him to hit
RF - Giancarlo Stanton - Franchise player

Bench

C - J.T Realmuto - a very good platoon C (will play vs Lefties)
2B/3B/LF, RF - Steve Lombardozzi - A savvay ultity vet
3B/1B - David Freese - In case the Gallo struggles we have a vet to fill in
CF - Byron Buxton (LF,RF) - Oh yes a juicy upside prospect as well
DH - Ichiro Suzuki (LF,CF) - One more year...one more year....one more year

Rotation

SP -Michael Wacha - Health is a concern, but his stuff is not
SP -Shelby Miller - an innings horse when healthy
SP -Aaron Nola - love his potential
SP -Steven Matz - another young buck
SP -Jason Hammel - solid if unspectacular with upside to surprise

Bullpen

LRP - Harold Reeder
MRP - Jason Motte
MRP - Daniel Hudson
MRP - Blake Treinen
SU - Fernando Rodney - a vet just in case
SU - Kevin Siegrist - nasty
CP - Dellin Betances - Slam the door closer

Rest of 40 Man

SP - Jason Vargas - injury depth at SP
SP - Aaron Blair
SP - Martin Acosta
1B - Jon Singleton - Could be useful
RP - Joe Blanton
CF - Larry Lemon
RP - Bruce Rondon
SS - Kurt Wells
SS - Deven Marrero
C - Steve Baron
C - I. Murakami
LF - Jimmy Lundy


I have two rosters spots open so looking for a couple of free agents or a trade for a lefty RP or two.

[azstdogg]

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I'm carrying over my '15 D-backs fantasy draft team (if you prefer this thread to just be '16 drafts, let me know).

SP
Zack Greinke
Shelby Miller
Noah Syndergaard
Chris Heston
Eduardo Rodriguez

Lineup
C Alex Avila
1B Pedro Alvarez
2B DJ LeMahieu
SS Jose Iglesias
3B Joey Gallo
LF Brady Matthews
CF Joc Pederson
RF Curtis Granderson

Bench
Wil Myers (OF)
Ryan Brett (2B)
Martin Maldonado (C)
Oswaldo Arcia (OF)

Relievers
Chris Young
Dan Jennings
Yoervis Medina
Miguel Castro
Wesley Wright
Dellin Betances
Ernesto Frieri
Ken Giles

Strategy was to start with an ace and go young for everything else. I played all of Greinke's 2015 starts (simming the rest) and I'm in the off-season coming off a WS win (likely because I had the difficulty too low). I'm thinking about going after FA Matt Wieters for C and trading Greinke/Alvarez for Goldschmidt.

My plan for 2016 is to play all of my 2015 #1 draft pick's plays. I picked up A potential 56 OVR LF Terrence Hughes with the #1 pick. He'll be leading off in AA.

[redsox-rick]

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I've just kicked off my fantasy draft using the SCEA rosters as Baltimore.
My first pick (#11) was Manny Machado

I'm going to go a different route to what i normally do which is go after youth almost exclusively whilst taking an initial hit to the quality by taking the morale system into account.
I'm not going to draft 2 pitchers that expect to be an "Ace" and build my team around whether i will be able to accommodate the players also if players from the west coast actively want to be close to home, i'm going to being a little colder on them too.
I have a perfect example right now in round 2 with Strasburg ideally wanting to be closer to California.

[Gary Armida]

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I drafted on Wednesday so I don't remember rounds, but I had the 15th pick and drafted all 90. I used the SCEA roster. I'm missing 2 relievers--can't remember right now, at work.

My Tampa Bay Rays:
1B: Mike Napoli
2B: Marwin Gonzalez
3B: Miguel Sano
SS: Carlos Correa (pick 1)
LF: Corey Dickerson
CF: Mookie Betts (pick 2)
RF: Curtis Granderson
C: Blake Swihart
DH: Kyle Shwarber

Bench:
Josh Phegley
Marlon Byrd
Aaron Hicks
Wilmer Flores

Rotation:
1. Carlos Carrasco
2. Carlos Rodon
3.Mike Fiers
4. Stephen Matz
5. RA Dickey

Bullpen:
CP: Dellin Betances
Brad Ziegler
Tony Cingrani
Randy Choate
Bartolo Colon (So unhappy with being the long man)

[redsox-rick]

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I ended up simulating the rest of the draft after the 30th pick because otherwise i would have been comparing prospects for the next month.

This is probably the happiest i have been with a team going through fantasy draft not because it is stacked but simply because it is by far and away the best fit to how i like to play. Some picks were made such as Ichiro that could have been better but gotta get him to #3000.

Baltimore Orioles 11th Overall Pick

C - A.J Pierzynski (DH) - Solid guy with potential decent OBP
1B - Ben Paulsen (LF) - Reliable contact guy
2B - Brock Holt (1B,3B,SS,OF) - Ever improving guy that can play anywhere
3B - Manny Machado (3B) - Franchise player
SS - Francisco Lindor - Left side of the infield is set for years
LF - Michael Conforto (OF) - Young guy, B potential
CF - Kevin Pillar (OF) - Great fielding CF'er
RF - Miguel Sano (LF, 3B) - Perfect compliment to Machado, fielding may lack
DH - Victor Martinez (1B) - Solid vet who can hit for power

Bench

C - Blake Swihart - B potential, possible platoon
SS - Christian Colon (2B, 3B) - Solid late innings and off day guy
RF - Avisail Garcia (OF) - Good arm, will probably platoon initially
DH - Ichiro Suzuki (OF) - He will get #3000

Rotation

SP - Patrick Corbin - Health is a concern, but his stuff is not
SP - Raisel Iglesias - an innings horse when healthy
SP - Carlos Rodon - love his potential
SP - Trevor Bauer - another young buck
SP - Jon Gray - solid if unspectacular with upside to surprise

Bullpen

LRP - Robbie Erlin - Potential #5 pending performance
MRP - Tyler Clippard - Great for 7th/8th inning
MRP - Dominic Leone - Young, good upside
MRP - Brandon Maurer - Solid young guy
SU - Fernando Rodney - Vet who could be valuable
SU - Kevin Siegrist - Great Setup guy
CP - Dellin Betances - Potentially leagues best

[Armor and Sword]

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I ended up simulating the rest of the draft after the 30th pick because otherwise i would have been comparing prospects for the next month.

This is probably the happiest i have been with a team going through fantasy draft not because it is stacked but simply because it is by far and away the best fit to how i like to play. Some picks were made such as Ichiro that could have been better but gotta get him to #3000.

Baltimore Orioles 11th Overall Pick

C - A.J Pierzynski (DH) - Solid guy with potential decent OBP
1B - Ben Paulsen (LF) - Reliable contact guy
2B - Brock Holt (1B,3B,SS,OF) - Ever improving guy that can play anywhere
3B - Manny Machado (3B) - Franchise player
SS - Francisco Lindor - Left side of the infield is set for years
LF - Michael Conforto (OF) - Young guy, B potential
CF - Kevin Pillar (OF) - Great fielding CF'er
RF - Miguel Sano (LF, 3B) - Perfect compliment to Machado, fielding may lack

Bench

C - Blake Swihart - B potential, possible platoon
SS - Christian Colon (2B, 3B) - Solid late innings and off day guy
RF - Avisail Garcia (OF) - Good arm, will probably platoon initially
DH - Ichiro Suzuki (OF) - He will get #3000

Rotation

SP - Patrick Corbin - Health is a concern, but his stuff is not
SP - Raisel Iglesias - an innings horse when healthy
SP - Carlos Rodon - love his potential
SP - Trevor Bauer - another young buck
SP - Jon Gray - solid if unspectacular with upside to surprise

Bullpen

LRP - Robbie Erlin - Potential #5 pending performance
MRP - Tyler Clippard - Great for 7th/8th inning
MRP - Dominic Leone - Young, good upside
MRP - Brandon Maurer - Solid young guy
SU - Fernando Rodney - Vet who could be valuable
SU - Kevin Siegrist - Great Setup guy
CP - Dellin Betances - Potentially leagues best

We drafted very similar teams! Well done.

[VinnyVegas28]

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Anyone gonna do a Fantasy draft with all time legends teams? Every team will be a dog fight. Very competitive. Now that Dr Sublime has ported over his legends..time to put the roster together.

[milldaddy35]

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Thoughts on my team?

[Armor and Sword]

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Anyone gonna do a Fantasy draft with all time legends teams? Every team will be a dog fight. Very competitive. Now that Dr Sublime has ported over his legends..time to put the roster together.

That would be a great one season type of league. Just draft a team...play a short season (I think 40 games you can do or whatever it is before the 81 game option).

Do it again and again.

[Armor and Sword]

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New York Mets, Pick 22

C-Kyle Schwarber (6th, 77) - Big Bopper
1B- Lucas Duda (14th, 75) - Another Big Bopper
2B-Scooter Gennett (10th, 77) - I have like 15 DD cards of this guy LOL
3B- Nick Castelanos (12th,77)
SS- Jose Iglesias (4th, 83)
LF - Jackie Bradley Jr (9th, 78)
CF- Byron Buxton (16th, 73) - Great young prospect or a bust? We will both find out
RF- Giancarlo Stanton (1st, 93) - My cornerstone piece as well

Bench
2B Chase Utley (19th, 77), C Andrew Susac (21st, 71), Abraham Almonte (24th, 70), Darin Ruf (25th, 69)

Pitchers

SP- Noah Syndergaard (2nd, 89) - I love Thor and think he is the best of that trio!
SP-Patrick Corbin (3rd, 85) - Good stuff, health is a concern
SP-Shelby Miller (5th, 82) - I have him too
SP- Jason Hammel (11th, 77) - I have him too
SP- Jarred Cosart (15th, 76

BP - Carlos Torres (22nd, 72)
BP - Brad Ziegler (20th, 77)
Bp - Yoervis Medina (18th, 74)
BP - Neal Cotts (17th, 75)
BP - Jermey Jeffress (13th, 78)
LR - Robbie Erlin (23rd, 74)
SU - Hunter Strickland (8th, 84)
CL 0Dellin Betacens (7th, 90) - Stud

15 Other players on the 40 man (In order of drafted, 26-40):
C Austin Barnes (69)
SP Kyle Kendricks (71) - Kendricks can give you some high quality innings
1B Chris Johnson (70)
RP Neftali Feliz (69)
2B Dilson Herrera (69)
SP Frankie Montas (69)
3B Jake Lamb (68)
RF Domingo Santana (71)
SP Joe Wieland (69)
RP Brandon Gomes (70)
SS Shawn O'Malley (66)
2B Godron Beckham (70)
C Tony Sanchez (68)
3B Casey McGehee (67) - Good ol Casey...just got cut IRL.
CP Joe Nathen (77)

Overall B-

You have some big sticks, a solid staff with one Cy Young type in Thor. You should contend if your young OF can outplay their ADP

[Microsoft_Works]

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I'm trying to plan an upcoming experimental fantasy draft. I want to do a Colorado franchise and draft a 1B and 3B with power, all somewhat speedy and defensive OF and not sure about the middle infield yet. Then I think I'm going to stock up on three RPs in the 7-8-9 rounds. Ideally my starting pitchers would be like Aaron Sanchez, Nola, Shelby Miller. Somewhere in that middle to low 80 range for the first half of the rotation.

I think it would be interesting to see if I could have enough offense to get a lead and a dominant bullpen to shut things down after 5 innings or so.

[jb12780]

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30th pick


Rotation:

Dallas Keuchel
John Lackey
Aaron Nola
Steven Matz
Jason Hammel

Pen:
Andrew Miller
Betances
Herrera
Drew Pomeranz
Chris Heston
Tyler Thornburg
Jose Alvarez

Catchers:
d'Arnaud
Carlos Corporan

1st:
Greg Bird
Mark Reynolds

2B:
Johnny Giavotella

SS:
Carlos Correa
Wilmer Flores

3B:

Matt Duffy

LF:
Jake Marisnick
Eric Young Jr.

CF:
Charlie Blackmon
Cameron Maybin

RF:
Jorge Soler

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[pittsburgher86]

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I just did a fantasy draft last night. Had a lot of fun doing it. A few players were players I traded for post draft (will indicate those players).

Rotation
1. Noah Syndergaard (2nd Round)
2. Marcus Stroman (Trade)
3. Shelby Miller
4. Carlos Rodon
5. Matt Wisler

Bullpen
LRP - Rafael Montero
MRP - Kevin Siegrist
MRP - Arodys Vizcaino
MRP - Keone Kela
SU - Justin Wilson (Trade)
SU - Pedro Baez (Trade)
CL - Dellin Betances

Starting Lineup
C - Salvador Perez
1B - Jose Abreu (Trade)
2B - Joe Panik (Trade)
3B - Nolan Arenado (1st Round)
SS - Corey Seager (3rd Round I think)
LF - Billy Burns
CF - Juan Lagares (Trade)
RF - Byron Buxton
DH - Kyle Schwarber

Bench
C - Gary Sanchez
1B - Mark Canha [3B/LF]
2B - Jose Peraza [SS/CF]
2B - Brock Holt [1B/3B/SS/LF/CF/RF]

Making trades to improve the fantasy team is probably kind of cheap, but the trades felt fair.

[MOJOMORRO]

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Hey guys, just ran a fantasy draft with the Diamondbacks. Any feedback on my team? I put the DH on for everywhere because why not.

Pick 18

Rotation:
Jacob DeGrom (Round 1) (Star Cy-Young quality guy)
Lance McCullers (Round 4) (Young gun and rising star nearing elite level)
Carlos Rodon (Round 8) (Rising Star)
Zach Wheeler (Round 13) (Very quality pitcher)
CC Sabathia (Round 21) (Took a chance on him late. Isn't a bad pitcher and there are minor league options in case he doesn't pan out)

Bullpen:
Drew Storen (Round 7) (Good closer)
Nate Jones (Round 9) (Hard throwing righty)
Kevin Siegrist (Round 14) (Hard throwing lefty)
Luis Avilan (Round 16) (Quality guy capable of replacing the top two in case of injury or struggles)
Yoervis Medina (Round 18) (Solid option)
Randall Delgado (Round 23) (Can throw 2 or 3 innings if I need him to)
Trevor Cahill (Round 24) (Spot starter in case and can give me 3+ innings)

Lineup:
Starling Marte (Round 2) (Stud 5 tool guy)
Jose Abreu (Round 3) (Great bad, above average fielder as well)
Alcides Escobar (Round 5) (Fast contact guy who can field)
Josh Harrison (Round 6) (Good contact infielder who can play 3rd as well)
Kyle Schwarber (Round 10) (Catcher for us, brings power and decent defense)
Joey Gallo (Round 11) (Above average power, loads of potential)
Kike Hernandez (Round 12) (Fast and contact outfielder who can also play like everywhere else)
Rusney Castillo (Round 15) (Good Hitter and has a cannon)

Bench:
Danny Santana (Round 17) (Can play infield and outfield, great contact hitter)
Ichiro Suzuki (Round 20) (Great defensive option and gives me a 4th outfielder who can play for a year)
Christian Colon (Round 25) (Can play infield, good hitter and good defense)
AJ Pierzynski (Round 27) (DH and backup catcher, will be a good 1 year option and was a good value pick)
Arismandy Alancantra (Round 29) (Plays everywhere)

Minor Leaguers:
Henry Owens (Round 19)
Luis Trejo (Round 22) (Top 50 Prospect, Catcher)
Justin Nicolino (Round 26)
Neftali Feliz (Round 30) (Bullpen Depth)
Jon Singleton (Round 27)

Do I also post updates as I progress through the season or is this draft only?

[Don Jon]

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Yes I also have an addiction with fantasy drafts. Whether it's madden, nhl, or mlb. I often spend 30 min to an hour drafting, just to not play a single game. Lol