Official MLB The Show 18 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[J_smith2190]

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Yep. And this sucks IMO. I do a fantasy draft in season mode every year and play all 162+ games. This year with only franchise mode available, the AI selects young guys before some of the best players...like guys in the 70s (rating) in the second round on. This makes it so my team will be stacked since I’m only playing one season. I guess I could not select the best players to make it even or just rely on dynamic difficulty. But man this sucks to not have a single season option.

Not really sure what this has to do with fantasy draft franchise progress?

[MrGrease]

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Not really sure what this has to do with fantasy draft franchise progress?

I replied to a post in this thread. It was about the fantasy draft in MLB The Show 18. Not really sure what you don’t understand about it?

“In here it is all about draft reports/results, team news, franchise storylines, season progress, draft tips and just talking fantasy draft baseball on MLB The Show 18!”

[Frostball]

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Nice team Jsmith but quick question every time I go to do a fantasy draft it does not show the team drafting until they pick did you have this problem or has anybody else?

[J_smith2190]

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Nice team Jsmith but quick question every time I go to do a fantasy draft it does not show the team drafting until they pick did you have this problem or has anybody else?

Where you draft will be indicated by the # being blue in color

[Frostball]

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Where you draft will be indicated by the # being blue in color

I see it now thanks

[rush02721]

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I used to have a ton of fun with my dad in the WS sega gen series. I’d like to do it again but the whole RP thing puts me off bigtime. For those of you who do a draft and play what is your workaround?

[J_smith2190]

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I used to have a ton of fun with my dad in the WS sega gen series. I’d like to do it again but the whole RP thing puts me off bigtime. For those of you who do a draft and play what is your workaround?

Two options:

1 - 30 team control (which I don’t have the time / patience for)

2 - suck it up and wait it out until the second year of the franchise. Also, as the season progresses, it usually corrects itself somewhat due to injuries / trades.

Definitely the most irritating thing about the game imo, but nothing can keep my from my franchise.

[zukes]

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I used to have a ton of fun with my dad in the WS sega gen series. I’d like to do it again but the whole RP thing puts me off bigtime. For those of you who do a draft and play what is your workaround?

I do 30 team control when I do a fantasy draft. It’s great as you can make all the teams relatively even and have different strengths on teams/build teams suited to their parks.

[J_smith2190]

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Slow year for the franchises so far 😔

[J_smith2190]

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First Series

The Mets took 2 out of 3 against Mike Trout's Cardinals. An 8-0 and 9-1 victory were separated by a 4-1 loss. The Cards are looking like they may be in trouble this year, as the pitching staff is young and inexperienced, and Trout doesn't have much in the sense of a supporting cast.

Next Up

The Mets (2-1) finish up the home-stand by hosting the Phillies (1-2) for 3 games.

Matchups

Josh Tomlin (R) (0-0) vs Jordan Zimmerman (R) (0-0)
Zack Godley (R) (0-0) vs Martin Perez (L) (0-0)
Jon Lester (L) (1-0 0.00) vs Stephen Strausburg (R) (0-0 4.50)

Phillies Lineup
CF Austin Jackson (R)
2B Starlin Castro (R)
LF David Peralta (L)
1B Hanley Ramirez (R)
RF Nicholas Castellanos (R)
3B Rafael Devers (L)
C Kevan Smith (R)
SS Amed Rosario (R)

Phillies Bench
C Chris Gimenez (R)
1B Colby Delgado (R) *Rookie*
SS Nolan Fontana (L)

Keys To The Series

The Mets bullpen figures to be the key to the series, as Tomlin and Godley are slated to start the first two games of the series, before the key matchup of Lester vs Strausburg. This should be a tough task, as the Phils boast a fairly balanced lineup. The young third baseman Rafael Devers figures to be a player to watch, as he's batting .333 with a hr and 2 rbi on the season.

Notes: Josh Donaldson looks to have left spring training on a tear, as he is currently batting .385 with 2 hr and 4 rbi. The rookie short stop and hometown kid, Frankie Little is batting .429 over two games, with 3 stolen bases.

[1908_Cubs]

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I'm really enjoying the re-draft this year. There's a lot less predictability in the draft (granted, you still get things like the round 9 run on RP's), but I've seen some pretty different drafts. In the past, I was able to pin point exactly how far down the draft I could be and still get PLAYER X to essentially get the "perfect draft". This year, playing around with how the computer drafts, I've seen Harper slide to the 11th pick or be picked in the top-2, I recently snagged Altuve in the 8 spot, and I've seen Mookie Betts hang around until the top of the 2nd round. The later rounds are a little less volatile, but I can see some different results this year and I enjoy that.

I also really enjoy that the CPU seems to prioritize the younger players, too. In the past, I could walk away with a top-10 prospects list that would have looked eerily similar to the Baseball America's top-10 MLB prospects, for just one team. I'd be able to trade a handful of young prospects for a stud RP/C/SS or whatever that I neglected in the draft. Can't do that any more.

[Microsoft_Works]

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Hopefully this counts. Just finished doing 35 rounds of manual drafting in my 30 team control franchise. A lot of the teams have a certain theme, either by nationality, state, or US region. Plus kept some teams similar with most of their star players, so the league isn't completely unknown.

I plan on mostly controlling the Texas/DR team. This is what the team looks like, and the top half of the league.

Lineup
CF Starling Marte
SS Jean Segura
3B Jose Ramirez
C Gary Sanchez
DH Miguel Sano
RF Domingo Santana
LF Marcell Ozuna
1B Carlos Santana
2B Jonathan Villar

Bench
C Francisco Meija
CF Manuel Margot
RF Nomar Mazara
3B Rafael Devers
3B Maikel Franco

Rotation
Luis Severino
Carlos Martinez
Johnny Cueto
Danny Salazar
Luis Castillo

1. Texas - Dominican Republic players
2. LA Dodgers - Kershaw, Turner, Bellinger, Yelich, Seager, LeMahieu
3. Washington - Scherzer, Harper, Rendon, Strasburg, Turner, Billy Hamilton
4. Houston - Venezuela players
5. San Francisco - Jansen, Bogaerts, Schoop, Simmons, Didi + Bumgarner, Freeman, Gerrit Cole (Dutch + California blend)
6. Atlanta - Southern states - Posey, Kluber, Dozier, J Upton, Alex Wood, Smoak, Buxton, Tim Beckham
7. Boston - New England states - Goldschmidt, Betts, Price, Springer, Bregman, Porcello, Pomeranz, Mancini
8. Cleveland - Cuba hitters + Japan pitchers
9. NY Yankees - Arenado, JD Martinez, Archer, Blackmon, Brandon Crawford, Stroman, Sonny Gray
10. Tampa Bay - Florida players - Andrew Miller, Donaldson, Wade Davis, deGrom, McCutchen, Kiermaier, Daniel Murphy, Lucroy, Howie Kendrick

11. LA Angels - Trout, Stanton, Britton, Garrett Richards, Braun, Pedroia, Mike Leake, Kevin Gausman (Angel mainstays + CA players)
12. Kansas City - old core back together - Greinke, Cain, Merrifield, Moustakas, Hosmer, Duffy, Wil Myers, Gordon, Alcides Escobar
13. Oakland - Mexico/California - Osuna, Judge, Kinsler, Khris Davis, Matt Chapman, Pillar, Estrada, J Garcia, Urias
14. Chicago Cubs - Bryant, Rizzo, Hendricks, Samardzija, Duvall, Zobrist, Roark, Tim Anderson, Happ, Heyward
15. St. Louis - Oklahoma/Arkansas/Alabama blend + Cardinal regulars. Kimbrel, Keuchel, Jon Gray, Realmuto, Pham, Pence, Wacha, Girchuk, Carpenter, Fowler, Wainwright, Piscotty, Wong, Freese, Matt Adams, Matt Holliday

And also the Twins who didn't make the top 15.

20. Minnesota - Puerto Rico flavored. Lindor, Correa, Molina, Baez, Berrios, Jose De Leon

[xCULLO]

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Alright everyone, I will be doing my Fantasy Draft this year with the Seattle Mariners. Gunna use this franchise to test sliders and get a feel for all the new features in Franchise that allow you to speed up the process.

Here is my team:

LINEUP:
1. Cesar Hernandez, 2B
2. Trea Turner, SS
3. Cody Bellinger, 1B
4. Justin Smoak, DH
5. Josh Harrison, RF
6. Jake Lamb/Wilmer Flores, 3B Platoon
7. J.T. Realmuto, C
8. Kevin Pillar, CF
9. Aaron Hicks, RF

BENCH:
Kike Hernandez, U
Martin Maldonado, C
Kelby Tomlinson, U
FLORES/LAMB

ROTATION:
1. Chris Archer, R
2. Robbie Ray, L
3. Felix Hernandez, R
4. Wei-Yin Chen, L
5. Michael Pineda, R

BULLPEN:
LHP: Luis Perdomo, R
MRP: Scott Alexander, L
MRP: Justin Grimm, R
MRP: Adrodys Vizcaino, R
MRP: Hector Neris, R
SU: Andrew Miller, L
CP: Hunter Strickland, R

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK!!

[J_smith2190]

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Alright everyone, I will be doing my Fantasy Draft this year with the Seattle Mariners. Gunna use this franchise to test sliders and get a feel for all the new features in Franchise that allow you to speed up the process.

Here is my team:

LINEUP:
1. Cesar Hernandez, 2B
2. Trea Turner, SS
3. Cody Bellinger, 1B
4. Justin Smoak, DH
5. Josh Harrison, RF
6. Jake Lamb/Wilmer Flores, 3B Platoon
7. J.T. Realmuto, C
8. Kevin Pillar, CF
9. Aaron Hicks, RF

BENCH:
Kike Hernandez, U
Martin Maldonado, C
Kelby Tomlinson, U
FLORES/LAMB

ROTATION:
1. Chris Archer, R
2. Robbie Ray, L
3. Felix Hernandez, R
4. Wei-Yin Chen, L
5. Michael Pineda, R

BULLPEN:
LHP: Luis Perdomo, R
MRP: Scott Alexander, L
MRP: Justin Grimm, R
MRP: Adrodys Vizcaino, R
MRP: Hector Neris, R
SU: Andrew Miller, L
CP: Hunter Strickland, R

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK!!

I like it - good core with young bellinger/turner. Outfield defense should be pretty strong although light on the bats. Hopefully you’ve got some prospects in the wings for some of your pitchers / outfielders though

[Frostball]

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Ok so finally had some time to do a Draft. I'm using the Washington Nationals only so I can play as the Expos. Not sure this one will stick. This one might be a practice one as I wait for OSFM rosters to drop but here it is anyways

2B Cesar Hernandez
CF Jackie Bradley Jr.
LF Adam Jones
1B Anthony Rizzo
3B Matt Chapman
RF Hunter Renfroe
C Tucker Barnhart
SS Adeiny Hechavarria

C A.J. Ellis
1B Danny Valencia
2B Yangervis Solarte
SS Chris Owings
LF Jose Pirela

SP Noah Syndergaard
SP Jimmy Nelson
SP Felix Hernandez
SP Anthony DeSclafani
SP Zach Davies

RP Luis Perdomo
RP Jake McGee
RP Joe Smith
RP Joalin Soria
RP Josh Hader
RP Andrew Miller
CP Corey Knebel