MLB The Show 17 Franchise Discussion Thread

[Trent Booty]

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Of the top 10, Wright, Anderson, Gohara, Wentz, and Friend never made appreciable impacts in the bigs, and Maitan took until the beginning of the 2024 season to crack the MLB lineup.

Rio Ruiz flamed out big time.

A surprise for me was Demeritte, who became a lefty killer and made the big league club in year 6, I think. In year 7, he had a torrid run in the playoffs, hitting .400 with 3 HR in limited ABs vs. lefty starters. He had a 2 run HR in the clinching game of the WS that gave me a lead i never relinquished.

Freeman has been the most consistent and dominant hitter I've ever used in The Show. He's a HOFer for sure in this franchise.

What's Alex Jackson up to? I've been tracking him in my franchise and as of opening day 2021 HRs in AAA with Atlanta but he could potentially get called up this year. Just wondering as he's a former M's first round pick

[RogueHominid]

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What's Alex Jackson up to? I've been tracking him in my franchise and as of opening day 2021 HRs in AAA with Atlanta but he could potentially get called up this year. Just wondering as he's a former M's first round pick

He's in the league with MIA right now. He's got a 76 OVR at 28 years of age, but he's not played at all in the bigs. He never developed his power potential, though he has a great arm.

I wound up moving on from him after a few years of unspectacular performance in the minors. I signed Carratini after a couple of years and he played 3 really good seasons for me before I broke the bank for Wilson Contreras for the championship push.

It's pretty neat to see how the development curves work in this game. I've scoured the league and seen some really cool stuff. Lots of guys need MLB at-bats at certain points to really hit their progression peak and he just never got those.

[NDAlum]

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Speaking of immersion...

Does anybody else go edit the rosters of other teams in your AL/NL and make the generated players look non-funky? They've made the player models MUCH better with regards to hair and overall look, but their equipment can be an eye sore. I'll just go in and give them some decent brand name stuff and fix the constant one-sleeve looks and eliminate crazy color schemes. I'll also take a look at their batting stance/pitching motion. If they are super generic I'll give them something else.

It makes the game feel more authentic and they seem less like generated players.

[kenp86]

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Speaking of immersion...

Does anybody else go edit the rosters of other teams in your AL/NL and make the generated players look non-funky? They've made the player models MUCH better with regards to hair and overall look, but their equipment can be an eye sore. I'll just go in and give them some decent brand name stuff and fix the constant one-sleeve looks and eliminate crazy color schemes. I'll also take a look at their batting stance/pitching motion. If they are super generic I'll give them something else.

It makes the game feel more authentic and they seem less like generated players.

I like to keep everything that the draftees come with. Its random (other than the one sleeves) and i like that. If i edited everything like u said, i start going with same equipment on most of the guys then they all start to look tge same. Only thing id actually change is the generic bats. For some reason, if i see them, it really gets at me lol

[NDAlum]

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I like to keep everything that the draftees come with. Its random (other than the one sleeves) and i like that. If i edited everything like u said, i start going with same equipment on most of the guys then they all start to look tge same. Only thing id actually change is the generic bats. For some reason, if i see them, it really gets at me lol

I just try to get rid of generic stuff and the cleats are a huge eye sore to me. I play the Marlins often as the Braves and the bright orange/turquoise high top generic cleats on a dude with high socks just looks hideous lol.

There are so many different brands I just pick random stuff so I feel pretty good about them having their own unique look still.

[kenp86]

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I just try to get rid of generic stuff and the cleats are a huge eye sore to me. I play the Marlins often as the Braves and the bright orange/turquoise high top generic cleats on a dude with high socks just looks hideous lol.

There are so many different brands I just pick random stuff so I feel pretty good about them having their own unique look still.

The bright shoes dont bother honestly. But the eye sore in center does lol

[kenp86]

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Question. Do the newest osfm rosters have the 2017 draft picks?

[Trent Booty]

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Speaking of immersion...

Does anybody else go edit the rosters of other teams in your AL/NL and make the generated players look non-funky? They've made the player models MUCH better with regards to hair and overall look, but their equipment can be an eye sore. I'll just go in and give them some decent brand name stuff and fix the constant one-sleeve looks and eliminate crazy color schemes. I'll also take a look at their batting stance/pitching motion. If they are super generic I'll give them something else.

It makes the game feel more authentic and they seem less like generated players.

I definitely look through each team every opening day and look at generated players, and edit most of the weirder looking ones, or edit the names of the ones who have names like Bob Smith but are from the Dominican Republic lol.

[THE JENNERALS]

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I started a Padres franchise tonight with the hopes of building a team in the future that can contend around the young core guys we have.

First game of the season we're up against the Dodgers and Kershaw is pitching. He ends up going 8 innings of 2 run ball on 107 pitches. He did allow quite a few hits (mostly to lefties surprisingly) but otherwise he was his usual self. Justin Turner had 3 homers in the game, 2 of which came off of Trevor Cahill. Seager and Bellinger also added homeruns as the Dodgers won game 1 of the series 8-2.

Game 2 however was a completely different ball game. Rich Hill on the mound for the Dodgers and he got absolutely crushed by my Padres. 6 runs on 7 hits including a grandslam to dead center by Hunter Renfroe on a 3-0 count. Schimpt added a 2 run shot two innings later aswell. As for my pitching, Robbie Erlin went 6 2/3 innings allowing just four hits and no runs as Brad Hand and Kevin Quakenbush came in and shut them down to combine for a shutout and an 8-0 win in game 2.

This by far has been my most fun franchise and I'm only two games in.

[Hayman19]

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I definitely look through each team every opening day and look at generated players, and edit most of the weirder looking ones, or edit the names of the ones who have names like Bob Smith but are from the Dominican Republic lol.

Yeah I do that as well, also for my generated draft picks. This year is ALOT better but still get some funky names/equipment. And beards, every drafted closer in my franchise from the past 2 seasons all have Keuchel-esque beards.

[dpmx21]

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2028 HoF class

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[BigOscar]

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2028 HoF class

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Surprised Boggaerts got in with those stats. Trout and Kershaw though...

[NDAlum]

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I'm jealous of those Trout numbers. He and Harper are both declining pretty quickly in my franchise. I think both are about to hit 400 HR's.

It's been frustrating with Harper as he's now a career .300 hitter and is consistently putting up solid numbers but his ratings decline quickly. He's only 31 years old as well. I don't know if he's going to make it to 500 HR which sucks.

Trout has had a couple years cut short due to injury so I can see if that's why he's decline. Harper missed a few months in 2017 but it's 2024 and he's been pretty healthy since then.

Then there's a guy like Rizzo who remains a mid 90s player and he's 34 years old.

I do like how it varies though.

[gp005]

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Surprised Boggaerts got in with those stats. Trout and Kershaw though...

i checked some SS hall of famers and to me its pretty consistent with who's in now.. HR's definately stand out, not the most.. however, its top 5

[Itsma806]

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MIAMI MARLINS START OF SEPTEMBER 2018



RECORD: 75-59

SERIES RESULTS
7/30/18-08/31/18

1. @ ATL 2-1
2.@ STL 1-2
3.VS. ATL 2-2
4.VS SD. 2-1
5.VS. HOU 2-0
6.@ LAD 1-3
7.@ TEX 0-3
8.VS. WSH 3-0
9. VS. ATL 1-2
10.@ CIN 2-0 (1 GAME LEFT IN SEPT.)


STANDINGS

Spoiler

AL EAST
1.Toronto Blue Jays: 75-61
2.Baltimote Orioles: 72-64
3.Boston Red Sox: 70-66
4.New York Yankees: 69-68
5.Tampa Bay Rays: 65-71

AL CENTRAL
1.Cleveland Indians: 81-54
2.Kansas City Royals: 70-65
3.Detroit Tigers: 69-66
4.Chicago White Sox: 58-77
5.Minnesota Twins: 48-86

AL WEST
1.Los Angeles Angels: 81-55
2.Houston Astros: 74-62
3.Texas Rangers: 67-69
4.Seattle Mariners: 65-70
5.Oakland Athletics: 60-76

NL EAST
1.Miami Marlins: 75-59
2.New York Mets: 73-62
3.Washington Nationals: 71-65
4.Atlanta Braves: 60-75
5.Philadelphia Phillies: 58-77

NL CENTRAL
1.Chicago Cubs: 80-56
2.St Louis Cardinals: 77-58
3.Cincinnati Reds: 64-71
4.Milwaukee Brewers: 62-74
5.Pittsburgh Pirates: 54-81


NL WEST
1.San Francisco Giants: 86-50
2.Los Angeles Dodgers: 80-56
3.Colorado Rockies: 63-72
4.Arizona Diamondbacks: 63-72
5.San Diego Padres: 43-95

Overview

During this month we lost the lead in the division the the Nationals. It only lasted about a week ago, until the Nats went on their own losing streak. But it was nerve racking and although they have trailed off a bit the Giants are right on our tails. The worst part is our division is unlikely to get a wildcard spot so it's either win or stay home. September will be huge for us.

AUGUST Players of the month
AL

PITCHER
Jose Quimtana SP 84 CHW:
5-0/2.93 ERA/35 SO

BATTER
Khris Davis LF 83 OVR OAK:
.352 AVG/11 HR/29 RBI

ROOKIE
Matt Chapman 3B 77 OVR OAK:
.315 AVG/7 HR/19 RBI

NL

PITCHER
Johnny Cueto SP 94 OVR SF:
5-0/1.18 ERA/36 SO

BATTER
Mickey Moniak CF 74 OVR PHI:
.395 AVG/5 HR/21 RBI

ROOKIE
Same as above.

Team Rankings
Batting Average:1ST (.271)
Runs: 3RD (593)
Hits: 2ND (1254)
Doubles: 13TH (223)
Triples: 13TH: (26)
Homeruns: 4TH (180)
Stolen Bases: 13TH (75)
Walks: 30TH (330)
Strike outs: 4TH (993)
ERA: 9TH (3.47)
Hits allowed: 8TH (1131)
Runs allowed: 7TH (492)
HR allowed: 5TH (130)
Walks: 1ST (263)
Strike Outs: 12TH (1097)

Batting
1.Dee Gordon 2B 90 OVR
.310/2 HR/16 RBI/ 24 SB

Continues to be solid at the top of the lineup. Didn't have a single RBI in August but that's not really his mission as a leadoff hitter.

2. Jonathan Villar CF 89 OVR
.234 AVG11 HR/55 RBI/ 34 SB

Despite his average I love having him on our team. I think next year when he is on our team for a full season his average will increase dramatically.

3.Giancarlo Stanton RF 95 OVR
.298 AVG/34 HR/93 RBI

Closing in on 100 RBI and is second in MVP voting just behind ole Kang.

4.Jung Ho Kang SS 84 OVR
.297 AVG/48 HR/103 RBI

His HR numbers have slowed down but He should still easily get 50 and still leads the league in MVP voting HR, AND RBI.

5.Justin Bour 1B 82 OVR
.263 AVG/19 HR/46 RBI

Still a solid bat in the middle of our lineup. HE knocked in 16 batters in August and seemed to come up big when the guys ahead of him couldn't.

6. Rajai Davis LF 76 OVR
.290 AVG/10 HR/40 RBI/19 SB

Talk about a solid month for a player. David went from.near .250 to near .300. He also contributed with stolen bases and knocking in 13 RBI

7. Derek Dietrich 3B 78 OVR
.287 avg/10 HR/46 RBI

A month where he saw his average drip significantly, it is still rather impressive.

8.JT Realmuto C 80 OVR
.280 AVG/10 HR/48 RBI/3 SB

Still pretty good brining up the rear of our batting order. I still am not very confident hitting with him in bug situations though.

Bench Players
Curtis Granderson 74 ovr .240/7/17/129 AB/39 G
Yunel Escobar 72 ovr .266/3/20/316 AB/106 G
Phil Gosselin 75 ovr .309/7/37/324 AB/109 G
Lucas Duda 78 ovr .222/8/19/158 AB/ 56 G
Ramon Cabrera 71 ovr .202/2/10/94 AB/39 G

Pitching

Chris Sale 98 ovr
16-7/195.0 IP/219 SO/2.45 ERA
Getting better as the season moves along. Hopefully he will get a shot to show what he can do in October.

Ivan Nova 82 OVR
6-9/147.2 IP/136 SO/3.78 ERA

Best month for Nova this season. Now for him to continue that through to the end.

Wei-Yin Chen 82 OVR
9-6/178.2 IP/120 SO/3.22ERA

I still stand by Chen he seems to get the worst run support of any of our pitchers. SAME he had a game where he allowed only I believe two hits and no runs to the Nats but Strasburg allowed only one hit to us which was luckily a home run.

Edison Volquez 79 OVR
15-5/170.1 IP/146 SO/3.34 ERA

The veteran continues to deal I too hope he can bring this momentum into the back stretch of the season

Dan Straily 79 OVR
9-7/150.1 IP/125 SO/4.37ERA

I love Straily and his numbers aren't terrible. However, this may be his last year with the team as a full time starter.



Prospect updates
Braxton Garrett SP 71 OVR AAA
10-9/168.0 IP/110 SO/2.79 ERA

Chang Ho Nam 2B 62 OVR AA
.199 AVG/5 HR/31 RBI/10 SB

Eric Sierra SP 69 ovr AA
6-10/ 145.2 ip/116 SO/3.65 era

Doyle Cloud SP 67 ovr SP AA
4-4/69.1 IP/51 SO/2.73ERA










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