Official MLB The Show 17 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

**RJ1992** · 05-30-2017, 10:36 AM

Re: Official MLB The Show 17 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

It is a new era for both the MLB and the Miami Marlins. MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred, has just announced that MLB will be holding its first ever fantasy draft with every current major and minor league player plus certain International players being up for grabs. It is also a new day for the Miami Marlins has former owner, Jeffrey Loria, has sold the team to Derek Jeter. With the change of ownership in the Marlins' organization comes a change in front office. Michael Hill will stay on as Marlins' President of Baseball Operations, but, Robert Osmond has been hired to be the Marlins' new General Manager and to help lead the team through the first ever MLB fantasy draft.

*For this fantasy draft I am using the OSFM V2.75 roster and am skipping Spring Training*

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#0F4871;">Miami Marlins-Opening Day Depth Chart - 2017</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Wilson Ramos</b></li><li class="even">Miguel Montero</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Anthony Rizzo</b></li><li class="even">Derek Dietrich</li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Dee Gordon</b></li><li class="even">Phil Gosselin</li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Jake Lamb</b></li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Trea Turner</b></li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Jason Werth</b></li><li class="even">Robbie Grossman</li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Rajai Davis</b></li><li class="even">Coco Crisp</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Curtis Grandson</b></li><li class="even">Seth Smith</li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Hyun-Jin Ryu</b></li><li class="even">Luis Severino</li><li class="odd">Matt Moore</li><li class="even">Blake Snell</li><li class="odd">Sean Manaea</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Juan Nicasio</b></li><li class="even">Peter Moylan</li><li class="odd">Mike Minor</li><li class="even">Andrew Miller</li><li class="odd">Dellin Betances</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Santiago Casilla</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Designated Hitter</li><li class="odd"><b>Derek Dietrich</b></li><li class="even">Seth Smith</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#0F4871;">Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp -Opening Day Depth Chart - 2017</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Tomas Tells</b></li><li class="even">Jeff Mathis </li><li class="odd">Tuffy Gosewisch</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Ji-Man Choi</b></li><li class="even">Don Kelly</li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Hanser Alberto</b></li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Michael Martinez</b></li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Miguel Rojas</b></li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Junior Lake</b></li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Gorkys Hernandez</b></li><li class="even">Jake Smolinski</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Jeff Decker</b></li><li class="even">Shane Robinson</li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Lucas Giolito</b></li><li class="even">Matt Boyd</li><li class="odd">Tim Adleman </li><li class="even">Michael Roth</li><li class="odd">Matt Wright</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Logan Verrett</b></li><li class="even">Keith Hassler</li><li class="odd">Josh Smoker</li><li class="even">AJ Achter </li><li class="odd">Ashur Tolliver </li><li class="even">Pat Venditte</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Josh Osich</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Designated Hitter</li><li class="odd"><b>Jake Smolinski</b></li><li class="even">Don Kelly</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#0F4871;">New Orleans Baby Cakes-Opening Day Depth Chart - 2017</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>AJ Ellis</b></li><li class="even">Ryan Hanigan</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Wil Middlebrooks</b></li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Carlos Sanchez</b></li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Rio Ruiz</b></li><li class="even">Kaleb Cowart </li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Jorge Polanco </b></li><li class="even">Ronald Torreyes</li><li class="odd">Munenori Kawasaki </li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Preston Tucker</b></li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Mallex Smith</b></li><li class="even">Brian Goodwin</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Oswaldo Arcia </b></li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Vance Worley</b></li><li class="even">Tyler Glasnow</li><li class="odd">Chris Capuano</li><li class="even">Ryan Vogelsong</li><li class="odd">Rafael Montero</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Adam Morgan</b></li><li class="even">Carlos Frias </li><li class="odd">Colby Lewis</li><li class="even">Jeanmar Gomez</li><li class="odd">Kyle Lobstein</li><li class="even">Jake Petricka</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Koda Glover</b></li><li class="even">TJ McFarland</li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Designated Hitter</li><li class="odd"><b>Kaleb Cowart </b></li><li class="even">Ronald Torreyes</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>

Thoughts?

**KomicJ** · 06-01-2017, 03:11 PM

Re: Official MLB The Show 17 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

Question for you guys...

Long story short, I'm starting my draft over, as I realized how much I don't want to play in the American League. It also felt cheap to trade two players taken in the later rounds for guys taken in the first 10 rounds. So the plan is to go with the Cubs, and live with what I drafted for at the very least the first half of the season (if not the entire 1st year).

I'm in the 13th round right now, and aside from my closer, it's time to build my bullpen. What are you guys looking for mostly in terms of attributes ? Is clutch really that important, or should I mainly focus on H/9, HR/9 ? What about control, where do you put that in the equation ?

There are a lot of good relievers available, but I'm afraid I'll only be able to pick one of the following:

68 H/9 | 80 K/9 | 52 HR/9 | 93 CTR | 86 CLT | Glen Perkins
77 H/9 | 82 K/9 | 41 HR/9 | 84 CTR | 88 CLT | Yimi Garcia
76 H/9 | 74 K/9 | 83 HR/9 | 63 CTR | 73 CLT | Ryan Cook
96 H/9 | 89 K/9 | 56 HR/9 | 54 CTR | 75 CLT | Carl Edwards Jr.
72 H/9 | 89 K/9 | 61 HR/9 | 69 CTR | 72 CLT | Keone Kela
75 H/9 | 83 K/9 | 70 HR/9 | 59 CTR | 71 CLT | Steve Cishek

I typically go with Keone Kela, as he's someone I grew familiar playing with these past two years...but I'm struggling to make the right choice here.

Any input ?

**NDAlum** · 06-01-2017, 08:35 PM

Re: Official MLB The Show 17 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

Is that a typo on Carl Edwards Jr. (96 H/9)? If that's legit then go with him

**NDAlum** · 06-01-2017, 08:56 PM

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Well I'm officially joining the fantasy draft franchise discussion...

I decided to take the Atlanta Braves and I was given the #5 pick. I was giving myself 6 picks to make (3 positional guys and 3 pitchers) and can only take 3 A POT guys. The 7th pick I made and I took prospect Michael Kopech because I'm a fan of him.

1st Round: RF Bryce Harper
2nd Round: SP Gerrit Cole
3rd Round: SS Carlos Correa (no idea how he was here)

*I only allow 3 A POT players that I draft, so I had to go B guys for the next 3 picks.

4th Round: SP Carlos Martinez
5th Round: LF Michael Conforto
6th Round: SP Michael Wacha
7th Round: SP Michael Kopech as my A prospect guarantee

Then the CPU drafted the rest of the team for me...and here's the lineup that resulted:

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#0F4063;">Atlanta Braves Depth Chart - 2017</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Blake Swihart</b></li><li class="even">Carlos Perez</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Chris Carter</b></li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Brad Miller</b></li><li class="even">Brock Holt</li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Joey Gallo</b></li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Carlos Correa</b></li><li class="even">J.J. Hardy</li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Michael Conforto</b></li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Scott Schebler</b></li><li class="even">Jake Marisnick</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Bryce Harper</b></li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Gerrit Cole</b></li><li class="even">Carlos Martinez</li><li class="odd">Michael Wacha</li><li class="even">Alex Reyes</li><li class="odd">Hector Santiago</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Ariel Miranda</b></li><li class="even">Matt Reynolds</li><li class="odd">Bobby LaFromboise</li><li class="even">Akeel Morris</li><li class="odd">Ernesto Frieri</li><li class="even">J.P. Howell</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Hector Rondon</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"></div></div></div></body></html>

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The key prospects that I have:

CF Austin Meadows - A POT
SP Michael Kopech - A POT
1B Matt Thaiss - B POT
CF Anthony Alford - B POT
SS Isan Diaz - B POT
SP Alec Hansen - B POT
RP Tanner Scott - B POT
SP Taylor Hearn - B POT

Really not much depth with the farm system. It's great to have two Top 50 guys (Meadows/Kopech) but outside of them it's very very thin. Thaiss looks to be an impact bat and Alford has a chance to be a player. Outside of those four I don't know if anybody ever makes an impact.

Check out the link below to see the complete Top 10 players from all 30 teams to see how some teams ended up. Keep in mind this is the player ratings after about 60 games because I just didn't think to do this immediately after the draft.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

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60-game quick update
Record: 36-24, 1st in NL East with a 2.5 game lead over the Nationals and 7.0 gm lead over the last place Marlins
Team BA: .273 (1st)
Slugging: .469 (1st)
OBP: .341 (3rd)
Fielding: .989 (14th)
ERA: 3.73 (8th)

Quick lineup stats:
2B Brad Miller: .295/.337/.557 13 HR 26 RBI 3 SB
LF Michael Conforto: .273/.332/.498 12 HR 35 RBI
RF Bryce Harper: .361/.440/.740 19 HR 44 RBI 8 SB
SS Carlos Correa: .294/.377/.449 7 HR 27 RBI 4 SB
3B Joey Gallo: .284/.362/.495 10 HR 36 RBI
CF Scott Schebler: .272/.339/.456 7 HR 24 RBI
1B Chris Carter: .190/.275/.429 15 HR 38 RBI
C Carlos Perez: .323/.373/.468 2 HR 6 RBI

CF Jake Marisnick: .281/.324/.396 3 HR 15 RBI 8 SB
2B Brock Holt: .310/.424/.500 2 HR 16 RBI 2 SB
SS J.J. Hardy: .253/.287/.360 2 HR 8 RBI
C Blake Swihart: .256/.320/.350 2 HR 14 RBI (out 1-2 months with finger injury)

Marisnick/Holt platoon and start vs LHP

Rotation:
Cole: 5-3, 3.12 ERA 1.35 WHIP, 67K in 78.0 IP
Martinez: 6-2, 4.74 ERA 1.35 WHIP, 70 K in 68.1 IP
Wacha: 5-4, 3.04 ERA 1.30 WHIP, 56 K in 74.0 IP
Reyes: 4-3, 4.43 ERA 1.48 WHIP, 82 K in 63.0 IP
Odrisamer Despaigne: 3-2, 3.02 ERA 1.25 WHIP, 24 K in 44.2 IP
*Hector Santiago went down early after only a few starts*

Notable pen guys:
Ernesto Frieri: 24.1 IP 20 K and a 1.85 ERA 1.03 WHIP (back to glory days I guess)
Hector Rondon: 0.61 ERA 0.89 WHIP in 14.2 IP and 14 K with 12 saves

Summary
I've been having a blast playing with these guys. I am utilizing the Play 1 Sim 5 method so I rotate through each guy in the rotation. Bryce Harper is having the most unreal season I've ever experienced. There are still 100 games left so he could fall off hard but I'm thinking he runs away with MVP over the remainder of the season. I've had a relatively healthy team with only my starting catcher and #5 starter go down with injuries. I know somebody will go down soon and I just hope it's not a starter as I have no depth there. I can manage to lose somebody in the lineup not named Harper/Correa.

**KomicJ** · 06-01-2017, 10:01 PM

Re: Official MLB The Show 17 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

Originally posted by NDAlum

Is that a typo on Carl Edwards Jr. (96 H/9)? If that's legit then go with him

No typo. So you're saying I should focus more on H/9 more so than anything else ?

**NDAlum** · 06-01-2017, 10:54 PM

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That H/9 K/9 and clutch all sound great to me. It's such a staggering difference between the rest for H/9 that I'd take him based on that.

**KomicJ** · 06-01-2017, 11:14 PM

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Originally posted by NDAlum

That H/9 K/9 and clutch all sound great to me. It's such a staggering difference between the rest for H/9 that I'd take him based on that.

Thanks for your input !
...you're really making me rethink my draft approach now.

**statdude** · 06-02-2017, 01:36 PM

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Decided to finally start my fantasy draft franchise for the year. I was lucky enough to get the #2 overall pick and selected Mike Trout to be the face of the Pittsburgh Pirates. I though my draft went pretty well while also not taking advantage of the computer drafting ability.

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#000000;">Pittsburgh Pirates Depth Chart - 2017</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Francisco Cervelli</b></li><li class="even">Jesus Sucre</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Mitch Moreland</b></li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Kolten Wong</b></li><li class="even">T.J. Rivera</li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Jose Ramirez</b></li><li class="even">Rob Segiden</li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Orlando Arcia</b></li><li class="even">Luis Sardiñas</li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Gregory Polanco</b></li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Mike Trout</b></li><li class="even">Travis Jankowski</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Ben Zobrist</b></li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Carlos Martinez</b></li><li class="even">Chris Archer</li><li class="odd">John Lackey</li><li class="even">Drew Pomeranz</li><li class="odd">Matt Moore</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Raisel Iglesias</b></li><li class="even">Kevin Siegrist</li><li class="odd">Justin Grimm</li><li class="even">Oliver Perez</li><li class="odd">Seth Maness</li><li class="even">Paco Rodriguez</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Andrew Miller</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"></div></div></div></body></html>

**J_smith2190** · 06-02-2017, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by statdude

Decided to finally start my fantasy draft franchise for the year. I was lucky enough to get the #2 overall pick and selected Mike Trout to be the face of the Pittsburgh Pirates. I though my draft went pretty well while also not taking advantage of the computer drafting ability.

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#000000;">Pittsburgh Pirates Depth Chart - 2017</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Francisco Cervelli</b></li><li class="even">Jesus Sucre</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Mitch Moreland</b></li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Kolten Wong</b></li><li class="even">T.J. Rivera</li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Jose Ramirez</b></li><li class="even">Rob Segiden</li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Orlando Arcia</b></li><li class="even">Luis Sardiñas</li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Gregory Polanco</b></li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Mike Trout</b></li><li class="even">Travis Jankowski</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Ben Zobrist</b></li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Carlos Martinez</b></li><li class="even">Chris Archer</li><li class="odd">John Lackey</li><li class="even">Drew Pomeranz</li><li class="odd">Matt Moore</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Raisel Iglesias</b></li><li class="even">Kevin Siegrist</li><li class="odd">Justin Grimm</li><li class="even">Oliver Perez</li><li class="odd">Seth Maness</li><li class="even">Paco Rodriguez</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Andrew Miller</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"></div></div></div></body></html>

Good looking team. Pirates are always fun - especially since the bucco blasts keeps track of your home team HR's

**mlblover15** · 06-04-2017, 09:28 PM

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After starting several different franchises i think i have finally found my calling. I am back with my Marlins. This team has a chance as going for several years. i have one player over the age of 30. i had the 24th overall pick in the first round... so here is my team.

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/depth_chart.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><div id="depthchart"><div class="teamheader" style="background:#0F4871;">Miami Marlins Depth Chart - 2017</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Gary Sanchez</b></li><li class="even">Andrew Knapp</li><li class="odd">Jose Trevino</li><li class="even">Francisco Pena</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Greg Bird</b></li><li class="even">Jefry Marte</li><li class="odd">Ronald Guzman</li><li class="even">Brock Stassi</li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Rougned Odor</b></li><li class="even">Alexi Amarista</li><li class="odd">Rob Refsnyder</li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Alex Bregman</b></li><li class="even">Matt Chapman</li><li class="odd">Matt Davidson</li><li class="even">Kaleb Cowart</li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Addison Russell</b></li><li class="even">Jace Peterson</li><li class="odd">Ronald Torreyes</li><li class="even">Dixon Machado</li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Cody Bellinger</b></li><li class="even">Lourdes Gurriel Jr. </li><li class="odd">Kyle Wren</li><li class="even">Granden Goetzman</li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Keon Broxton</b></li><li class="even">Austin Meadows</li><li class="odd">Arismendy Alcantara</li><li class="even">Wynton Benard</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Ben Gamel</b></li><li class="even">Hunter Renfroe</li><li class="odd">Travis Taijeron</li><li class="even">Ryan Strausborger</li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Luis Severino</b></li><li class="even">Tyler Anderson</li><li class="odd">Alex Reyes</li><li class="even">Taijuan Walker</li><li class="odd">Vince Velasquez</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Hansel Robles</b></li><li class="even">Andrew Chafin</li><li class="odd">Tim Collins</li><li class="even">Gregg Nappo (R)</li><li class="odd">Yaisel Sierra (R)</li><li class="even">Trevor Hildenberger (R)</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Roberto Osuna</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"></div></div></div></body></html>

**UTAllTheWay** · 06-05-2017, 05:14 PM

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Decided to start a fantasy draft franchise and it is the most fun I have had in a while. As the Astros, this is the team I ended up with:

C - Yadier Molina - Carlos Ruiz
1B - Anthony Rizzo - Mike Napoli
2B - Jhonny Peralta - Ketel Marte
3B - Travis Shaw
SS- Trevor Story
LF - David Dahl
CF - Jake Marisnick - Jon Jay
RF- Giancarlo Stanton - Hunter Renfroe

Rotation:
Steven Matz
Carlos Martinez
Julio Teheran
Lance Lynn
Clayton Richard

Bullpen:
Mike Minor
Brian Ellington
Ryan Madson
Joaquin Benoit
Jeremy Jeffress
Koda Glover
Andrew Miller

I'm pretty satisfied with this team. After the first three games I am 2-1 and like i said it's the most fun I've had in a while.

**NDAlum** · 06-05-2017, 06:54 PM

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I'm sitting in 1st place with my Braves and as I mentioned I couldn't stand to lose Bryce Harper...well he went down with a torn hamstring. He's out 2-3 months so I'm hoping I get him back before the playoffs.

I'm 4 games up I believe and every team in the NL East is .500 or better so it's going to be a battle. I think I'm about 110 games into the season at this point as I just started August.

I completed a trade for some bullpen help. I snagged RP Trevor Rosenthal who is in the last year of his contract with the Reds. I gave them a low B (SS Carlos Rodon) and a high C (SP AJ Puckett). Rosenthal was having a mediocre season but I liked his potential (which actually had the red down arrow but was still a B).

I will have a more in depth update soon. Having a blast but want Harper to get back ASAP.

**UTAllTheWay** · 06-06-2017, 04:55 PM

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Just finished an insane game. Carlos Martinez got his second start and to say he struggled would be an understatement. He gave up 8 runs in 6 innings. I had to stay with him for that long because I didn't want to completely destroy my bullpen. When he left, we were down 8-2. In the 7th inning, we EXPLODED for 6 runs to tie it up 8-8.

I thought that momentum would carry over to the 8th and 9th inning, but it didn't. The Royals scored a run in the 9th inning to win 9-8. Tough loss.

After 7 games we are 4-3, our offense can be absolutely deadly at times, but we definitely aren't perfect. Jhonny Peralta is hitting .568. He hit for the cycle one game, my first one ever on The Show.

David Dahl is hitting extremely well and Trevor Story has been outstanding for me.

The craziest one, though, is Anthony Rizzo. In 7 games, he has 5 hits... and ALL of them are home runs. The only place he gets base hits is over the fence lol

**NDAlum** · 06-08-2017, 05:37 AM

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I made the playoffs as I finished 92-70 to win the NL East with the Braves. I had 4 guys hit 30+ HR and nobody get 100 RBI. It was an all-around team effort with the offense. I was last in SB's as I have zero team speed.

Game 1 of the playoffs I host the Phillies who have a sick lineup (Bogaerts, Dozier, Donaldson, Fowler, Zobrist, M Reynolds) and holy heck it was a freaking slug fest. They go up 2-0 in the 1st off my Ace Gerrit Cole and then I smack around Wainwright in the bottom of the 2nd putting up a 6 spot with 0 HR's. They get another 2 to make it 6-4. I end up pushing the lead to 9-4 and then they came back to load the bases down 9-8 in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and a full count...Hector Rondon gets a man looking...1-0 Braves.

They were hitting lasers off everybody. Fortunately my offense was as equally as impressive.

Game 2 is going to be fun as Carlos Martinez goes against Tijuan Walker.

**NDAlum** · 06-10-2017, 09:09 AM

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Well I had a glitch occur in Game 3 vs the Phillies as I was up 2-0 in the series.

Top of 1 I was hitting and their pitcher wouldn't throw the ball. I said "eh I'll just go ahead and sim half an inning. Maybe this will clear it up." Well bottom of 1 the Phillies won't even swing at the ball. So in essence I could've had a 27K perfect game if I wanted...but I would've had to sim all my hitting.

So I just decided to sim the game. Ended up losing 5-4. I don't auto save and didn't save after game 2 and I didn't want to lose that Carlos Martinez gem.

Game 4 I come out and blow them away. My offense in the series was completely ridiculous and it had me thinking that I was on the wrong skill level.

I then start the NLCS with the Dodgers. Having the best record in the NL I had HFA. I go up 2-0 quick and feel like I'm on easy mode again. Well the Dodgers turn it on in the 5th and I wind up losing the game 7-3 I believe.

Game 2 rolls around and I get whooped again.

Game 3 rolls around and I had a solid lead only to lose it and lose again.

So now I'm down 3-0...I think the sliders are juuuuuuuust fine lol

Game 4 goes down this afternoon and hopefully I'm able to make it a series again. I'm not ready for this season to be over!

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