Official MLB The Show 17 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[BA2929]

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

Anyone here that did a Fantasy Draft have any real issues with how the CPU has drafted in your 'chise?


I've been holding off doing one because of it, but I wanted to hear first hand how some of you feel about it before I go through all the effort to fire one up myself. If it's not that big of a deal then I'd rather do a fantasy league than a regular one.

[J_smith2190]

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

Anyone here that did a Fantasy Draft have any real issues with how the CPU has drafted in your 'chise?


I've been holding off doing one because of it, but I wanted to hear first hand how some of you feel about it before I go through all the effort to fire one up myself. If it's not that big of a deal then I'd rather do a fantasy league than a regular one.

You've still got the pitcher problem of last year. Other than that, no major issues. In fact, I have noticed a lot less teams have the 20 man rotation than in last years game. Trades seem pretty frequent / reasonable and of course the rosters correct the self to a normal 25 man by the second season

[mlblover15]

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

I still have yet to find a draft team this year I have been proud enough to call my own... I have drafted countless teams using all my various methods and yet none of them seem to be something I want to play with.

Tried using my favorite team, other teams I like. Something just feels off about this game this year, I just don't feel connect with this year's game as I did last year.

maybe one day... sure hope I didn't waste $100 on his game

[SmooveMove]

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

I still have yet to find a draft team this year I have been proud enough to call my own... I have drafted countless teams using all my various methods and yet none of them seem to be something I want to play with.

Tried using my favorite team, other teams I like. Something just feels off about this game this year, I just don't feel connect with this year's game as I did last year.

maybe one day... sure hope I didn't waste $100 on his game

That's weird you mention that, I thought it was just me. I wasn't feeling a connection with this game at first. I tried drafting from every position possible but couldn't really get a team I actually wanted to play with. It seemed that after a certain point there was no one I wanted to draft.

I eventually realized I was WAY overthinking it. I ended up abandoning the team I had been planning out and just went into a fantasy draft and took the players I wanted to play with, forget about age or potential from whatever pick I got. If there's someone I've been wanting to use then take em', and I've been having a ton of fun with my team.

[J_smith2190]

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

May 1st

April has come and gone! The Yankees are in second place in the AL East, as well as the American League Wild Card. The season is young, but there are already some trends building that have some among the Yankee faithful concerned.

The Yankees pitching staff has been either feast or famine. Marcus Stroman & Steven Matz are pitching like Cy Young candidates, & Iwakuma is performing well in the 3rd slot in the rotation. Tyler Wilson has been sent down to AAA after a disastrous April, and Matt Cain has had his share of ups and downs.

In the bullpen, Alex Wood & Trevor Gott were both roughed up a bit in the first month of the season. Expect to see the two of them improve as the season goes on, as both pitchers are too talented to post such poor results. Yasiel Sierra has been flat out dominating out of the bullpen.

The Yankees lineup has done its fair share to win games for the team, as the outfield may very well be the most productive in the major leagues. A cause for concern at the moment is the young short stop Tim Anderson. Anderson is batting 4 points lower than his body weight (it should be noted Anderson weighs 185lbs). Youth & a 6 year commitment will keep Anderson in the lineup for the time being, but expect him to be hitting towards the bottom of the order. Jason Castro has embraced the shift, and continues to rack up bunt singles against it. "If you're gonna give up the left side of the field, I'm gonna take it" said Castro.

Heres a look at the Yankees stats through the month of April:

<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="15"><span style="color:#ADAFB2">2017 Yankees - May 1st - Stats - Hitting</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="23%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="5%">AB</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">2B</td><td align="right" width="5%">3B</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="6%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="5%">SB</td><td align="right" width="5%">CS</td><td align="right" width="7%">BA</td><td align="right" width="7%">OBP</td><td align="right" width="7%">SLG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>2B Joe Panik (L)</td><td align="right">95</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.337</td><td align="right">.370</td><td align="right">.432</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>SS Tim Anderson (R)</td><td align="right">94</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">27</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">.181</td><td align="right">.245</td><td align="right">.255</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>LF Michael Brantley (L)</td><td align="right">103</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.340</td><td align="right">.391</td><td align="right">.524</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>CF Mike Trout (R)</td><td align="right">96</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.365</td><td align="right">.455</td><td align="right">.656</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>RF Michael Saunders (L)</td><td align="right">91</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.231</td><td align="right">.297</td><td align="right">.363</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>DH Josh Willingham (R)</td><td align="right">89</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.292</td><td align="right">.340</td><td align="right">.573</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C Jason Castro (L)</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.319</td><td align="right">.359</td><td align="right">.375</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>1B Tyler Moore (R)</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.296</td><td align="right">.329</td><td align="right">.408</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>3B Adam Rosales (R)</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.292</td><td align="right">.373</td><td align="right">.486</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>-----------BENCH-------</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C Austin Barnes (R)</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.111</td><td align="right">.150</td><td align="right">.111</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>2B Phil Gosselin (R)</td><td align="right">48</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.271</td><td align="right">.300</td><td align="right">.354</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>3B David Freese (R)</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.231</td><td align="right">.286</td><td align="right">.769</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>CF Dustin Ackley (L)</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.000</td><td align="right">.000</td><td align="right">.000</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="16"><span style="color:#ADAFB2">2017 Yankees - May 1st - Stats - Pitching</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="22%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="4%">GP</td><td align="right" width="4%">GS</td><td align="right" width="4%">W</td><td align="right" width="4%">L</td><td align="right" width="5%">SV</td><td align="right" width="5%">QS</td><td align="right" width="6%">HLD</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">ER</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="8%">WHIP</td><td align="right" width="6%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SP Marcus Stroman (R)</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">34.0</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">1.09</td><td align="right">1.85</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>SP Steven Matz (L)</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">36.1</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">0.96</td><td align="right">1.24</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SP Hisashi Iwakuma (R)</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">33.0</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">1.24</td><td align="right">3.55</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>SP Tyler Wilson (R)</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">20.1</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">1.92</td><td align="right">8.85</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SP Matt Cain (R)</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">22.0</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">1.23</td><td align="right">5.32</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>----BULLPEN-----</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>LRP Yasiel Sierra (R)</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">18.0</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0.78</td><td align="right">1.50</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>MRP Bryan Morris (R)</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0.88</td><td align="right">1.13</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>MRP Matt Strahm (L)</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">11.1</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">1.94</td><td align="right">4.76</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>MRP Derek Law (R)</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8.1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0.60</td><td align="right">2.16</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SU Trevor Gott (R)</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">15.1</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">1.57</td><td align="right">6.46</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>SU Alex Wood (L)</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9.1</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1.71</td><td align="right">5.79</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>CP Raisel Iglesias (R)</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5.1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0.56</td><td align="right">1.69</td></tr></table></body></html>

Standings

AL East Rays 19-7
AL Central Royals 13-11
AL West Mariners 17-9
AL Wildcard 1 Astros 15-11
AL Wildcard 2 Yankees 14-10

NL East Phillies 14-10
NL Central Brewers 16-10
NL West Padres 17-10
NL Wildcard 1 Cubs 14-10
NL Wildcard 2 Mets 14-11

Yankees News

If the Yankees expect to win the division, they are going to have to play better against the Rays. So far this season, the Yankees own a 2-4 record against the Rays.

Veteran Chris Capuano (L) was recalled from AAA in order to take the struggling Tyler Wilson's spot in the Yankees rotation. The Yankees will be looking for more consistency out of the bottom of the rotation going forward.

Yankees top prospect 1B Cody Bellinger is out 1-2 months with a fractured wrist. This is bad news for both the Yanks & Bellinger, as Bellinger was batting .275 with 3 HR & 12 RBI's on the season, and looking like he might force a call-up to the big leagues. While slowing his progression to the Majors, the Yankees will take their time with Bellinger, and allow him to develop as much as possible before inserting him into the big league lineup.

First Series of May

The Yankees (14-10) take on the Blue Jays (11-14) in a 3 game series at home, before heading out on the road for 5 games against the Cubs & Reds. Heres the pitching matchups for the upcoming series, and the Blue Jays lineups.

GM 1: Matt Cain (2-2 5.32) v Kyle Hendricks (0-3 4.74)
GM 2: Marcus Stroman (4-0 1.85) v Alex Reyes (1-1 5.29)
GM 3: Steven Matz (2-0 1.24) v Doug Fister (0-0 5.64)

Blue Jay's Lineup
2B Cesar Hernandez (S) - .180/0hr/4rbi
LF Andrew Benintendi (L) - .301/3hr/15bri
3B Todd Frazier (R) - .263/5hr/15rbi
1B Hanley Ramirez (R)- .292/5hr/20rbi
C Buster Posey (R)- .267/1hr/7rbi
RF Domonic Brown (L) - .171/0hr/3rbi
DH Cheslor Cuthbert (R) - .165/2hr/4rbi
SS Tyler Saladino (R) - .247/1hr/6rbi
CF Byron Buxton (R) - .190/0hr/5rbi
Bench
C Jett Bandy (R) - .286/0hr/0rbi
2B Tony Renda (R) - .000/0hr/0rbi
SS J.P. Crawford (L) - .174/0hr/1rbi
LF Joey Rickard (R) - .567/1hr/3rbi

[mlblover15]

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

That's weird you mention that, I thought it was just me. I wasn't feeling a connection with this game at first. I tried drafting from every position possible but couldn't really get a team I actually wanted to play with. It seemed that after a certain point there was no one I wanted to draft.

I eventually realized I was WAY overthinking it. I ended up abandoning the team I had been planning out and just went into a fantasy draft and took the players I wanted to play with, forget about age or potential from whatever pick I got. If there's someone I've been wanting to use then take em', and I've been having a ton of fun with my team.

I just ran an experiment.

I normally manually draft all 90 rounds to avoid the dreaded old man team you will always seem to get in past games.

This seems to not work for me now due to not really getting players I want to play with our whatever in 17.

I have stepped away from the controls and decided to let the CPU take control of my drafts.

I first started with my favorite team the Oakland A's.

here is the line up I have

LF Nate Mclouth
CF Adam Jones
3B Justin Turner
1B Pedro Alverez
RF Josh Reddick
DH Javier Baez
2B Cory Spangenberg
C Tucker Barnhart
SS Adeiny Hechavarria

Bench

LF Colby Rasmus
C Jett Bandy
1B Chris Marrero

Starting Rotation

Cory Kluber
Rick Porcello
Drew Smyly
Nate Karns
Daniel Mengden

Bullpen

L Jeff Beliveau
R Alex Wilson
L Alex Crockett
L Brian Flynn
R J.J. Hoover
R Luke Gregerson
R Mike Morin
R Alex Colome

now for the second team, I drafted the Miami Marlins

CF David Dahl
1B Eric Thames
SS Xander Bogaerts
3B Jake Lamb
C J.T. Realmuto
LF Melky Cabrera
RF Vladimir Balentien
2B Ketel Marte


Bench

2B Yoan Moncada
C Martin Maldonado
3B Matt Dominguez
CF Micheal Taylor
LF Travis Janowski


Pitching Rotation

Chris sale
Zack Greinke
Kenta Maeda
John Lackey
Francisco Liriano

Bullpen

Neil Wagner
Michael Feliz
Joe Jimenez
Chaz Roe
Kyle Barraclough
Olliver Perez
Edwin Diaz


Now for team three Arizona

2B Dee Gordon
SS Matt Duffy
RF Giancarlo Stanton
1B Adrian Gonzalez
3B Pablo Sandoval
LF Yasmany Tomas
C Brian McCann
CF Austin Jackson

Bench

CF Aaron Hicks
C Curt Casali
1B Joe Mauer
SS Nick Ahmed

Starting Rotation

Stephe Strasburg
Alex Cobb
Tanner Roark
Gavin Floyd
Shelby Miller

Bullpen

Adam Kolarek
Felipe Rivero
Luke Hochevar
Erasmo Ramirez
Severino Gonzalez
Sergio Romo
Jeremy Jeffress
Cam Bedrosian



now last but not least... the San Diego Padres



2B D.J. LeMahieu
RF Hunter pence
CF Franklin Gutierrez
C Yasmani Grandal
LF Gregory Polanco
1B Mitch Moreland
SS Zack Cozart
3B Case Headley

Bench

C Rob Brantley
2B Andres Blanco
SS Tim Beckham

Starting Rotation

Jake Arrieta
Rich Hill
Ian Kennedy
Patrick Corbin
Tyler Chatwood

Bullpen

David Hernandez
Cesar Valdez
Kevin Siegrist
Adam Warren
Tony Sipp
Buddy Boshers
Carter Capps
Jake Diekman
Cody Allen

now I know what team I am LEANING toward... but is there one team you would or think I should play as over another?

[J_smith2190]

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

now I know what team I am LEANING toward... but is there one team you would or think I should play as over another?

The marlins team looks promising, as does the Dbacks. Both have awesome throwback units. Only bqd thing about the marlins to me is the stadium...you can always play in the retro stadium though.

[SmooveMove]

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

I think you're leaning towards a team you should pick that one. That Arizona team does look like the strongest one out of all of them though.

[mlblover15]

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

Yes, it looks as though the diamondbacks are the draft winners if you will. I will hopefully get this underway this weekend when I am off.

Hopefully, this will work and I can FINALLY get this game going...

updates to come

[BA2929]

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

Drafted a team last night. Decided to go with the San Diego Padres, as I'm a fan of an AL team (Royals, obviously) and wanted to head to different parks more often. I also have DH turned ON for everyone. I hate seeing pitchers hit.

I think I was the 3rd pick, but I could have been the 5th.


Opening day lineup against RHP:

CF: Ben Revere
SS: Xander Bogaerts
3rd: Carlos Correa
1st: Chris Davis
DH: Kendrys Morales
C: Yan Gomes
LF: David Dahl
2nd: Jose Peraza
RF: Byron Buxton

(slightly different against LHP, as I have Ichiro in there instead of Buxton and have shifted a few guys around at the tail end of the lineup)

Bench:

Ichiro (!!)
Drew Butera
Marwin Gonzalez

(Going with a short bench early on in the season to see how it turns out)

Rotation:

Chris Sale
Carlos Martinez
Ervin Santana
Julio Urias
Tyler Glasnow

(I also have a number of solid to great SP prospects and a few decent vets in AAA in case I need to make a move)

Bullpen:

Andrew Miller - Closer
Addison Reed
Jake McGee
Luke Hochevar
Fernando Rodney (ha)
Mike Montgomery
Tom Wilhelmsen
Matt Belisle


Won my first game 7-2 against Chris Archer and the Dodgers on the back of a Chris Davis 3 run blast in the 8th inning. Was tied 2-2 going into that frame, but the Dodgers bullpen really blew it. Sale gave up 2 runs and struck out 6, but only one run was earned thanks to David Dahl bricking an easy fly ball off the bat of Puig and him rounding the bases to score.

Actually really like this team, but my position player depth isn't tremendous in the minors. If I have an injury to someone I'll probably have to use some of my pitching prospects to make a deal. I have enough down there to deal with a 10 day DL stint, but I'd probably want to upgrade if someone is out for an extended period of time.

I'm also thinking about dealing one of my B-rated pitching prospects for Whit Merrifield to give my team some more speed/position depth on the bench, but I don't want to pull the trigger so early on in the season.

[WarEagle1212]

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

Knowing the CPU will not draft any RP until the 9th round, do most of you end up with Andrew Miller? If not, why not?

[Armor and Sword]

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

Has anyone been able to do a 30 team control draft with no freezing?

I want to do a 30 team control and draft every teams 25 man roster (with my own set of house rules to pick best available regardless of position in the first 10 rounds, then fill out the remaining 15 based on need first then BPA) then do auto picking for the other 29 teams after I have their 25 man roster in place.

I just don't want to invest the time if the game will freeze up.

Feedback is greatly appreciated.

[thawkprime 21]

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

Knowing the CPU will not draft any RP until the 9th round, do most of you end up with Andrew Miller? If not, why not?

I use to always end up with miller and betances as well as another top rp by drafting them in rounds 7 8 and 9. I have since changed miller and betances to CP for a fantasy draft roster.

[chilidogbeefcake]

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

Drafted last night and ended up with a good team IMO (I'm at work and forgot some of the players I ended up with)

ROTATION
Tanaka
Archer
Paxton
Happ
Chatwood

PEN
Jim Johnson
Felipe Rivero
Forgot the rest lol

C Wilson contreras
1b cj cron
2b Brandon drury
Ss lindor
3b schimpf
Lf piscotty
Cf inciarte
Rf Duvall
Dh tommy Joseph

Bench
Seth smith
La stella
Elias Diaz

I'll update when I get home and see. I forgot my pen mostly and chatwood is actually my 6th starter, cant remember who is

[WarEagle1212]

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

I use to always end up with miller and betances as well as another top rp by drafting them in rounds 7 8 and 9. I have since changed miller and betances to CP for a fantasy draft roster.

That's not a bad idea. I may do that and re-draft. I drafted last night and played one game. Randomly selected a team and landed on the Royals. With a big ballpark I wanted to go pitching heavy, especially relief. I drafted Miller, Betances, Nate Jones, and K-rod in 6-9 rounds. And had Syndergaard as my ace. My offense consisted of alot of speed guys with Marte as my headliner.

I played the Twins in the opener and opened up a 4-0 lead thru 6. Then the Twins hit 2 HRs off Syndergaard in the 7th to make it 4-3. Nate Jones allowed 2 hits in the 8th to put runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out. I brought in Miller, who promptly hit the first batter to load the bases, but then got a K and popout to end the threat. K-rod breezed thru the 9th for the save. So my relief worked out pretty much like I drew it up.

All that said, I like the idea of making Miller and Betances closers and re-drafting. Will try that tonight and see how it looks. Miller is the #1 guy I want, and I'll probably draft 2 closers early so I can use him like the Indians do. This is the first year I've done a fantasy draft franchise but it seems intriguing so far.