Official MLB The Show 18 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[volsman]

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I enjoy reading them. Also if they give you more immersion in your franchise keep it up!

[volsman]

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How do budgets work in fantasy draft? Is your budget for year 2 based on year 1? I’m thinking of adding a couple of high priced guys late in the draft to to increase payroll.

Anybody have an idea about my above question?

[J_smith2190]

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Anybody have an idea about my above question?

I may have an answer but first I’d ask are you seeing an issue with signing players (when you haven’t signed the entire roster yet - say you have 50 available spots)?

If so, you need to sign every and all MInor league FA that are on your team (cheap as possible). Whoever you do not want to tender a contract to, go into your roster and release them (so long as you don’t owe them money). In years past this has assisted in free agency due to the cpu no longer accounting for these players salaries in your budget.

On a side note, I have not ran a sim this year so I am just talking on previous experience. I usually end up drafting a few older guys on expiring deals (see my “key minors guys”), to assist with realism, as well as the budget going forward.

Also, if you’re playing a lot of your games - you can use your earned Stubbs to augment your budget.

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Last but not least...3rd inning - get two runners on and bunt them into scoring position. Scott Kingery hits a weak sinking liner to Phillies right fielder Domingo Santana - who dives for the ball and just misses it. It rolls all the way to the corner, and Kingery is able to pull of the inside the park home run!!!!

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Sorry had to add that in, but I can’t remember EVER having a legit inside the Parker that wasn’t due to an error in all my years of playing the show.

[volsman]

Re: Official MLB The Show 18 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

I may have an answer but first I’d ask are you seeing an issue with signing players (when you haven’t signed the entire roster yet - say you have 50 available spots)?

If so, you need to sign every and all MInor league FA that are on your team (cheap as possible). Whoever you do not want to tender a contract to, go into your roster and release them (so long as you don’t owe them money). In years past this has assisted in free agency due to the cpu no longer accounting for these players salaries in your budget.

On a side note, I have not ran a sim this year so I am just talking on previous experience. I usually end up drafting a few older guys on expiring deals (see my “key minors guys”), to assist with realism, as well as the budget going forward.

Also, if you’re playing a lot of your games - you can use your earned Stubbs to augment your budget.

*****

Last but not least...3rd inning - get two runners on and bunt them into scoring position. Scott Kingery hits a weak sinking liner to Phillies right fielder Domingo Santana - who dives for the ball and just misses it. It rolls all the way to the corner, and Kingery is able to pull of the inside the park home run!!!!

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Sorry had to add that in, but I can’t remember EVER having a legit inside the Parker that wasn’t due to an error in all my years of playing the show.

I don’t want to clog this great thread up with questions so I will ask in another thread. Thanks for your ideas I will try these things

[Frostball]

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Well we dropped the series 1-2 to open the season....

Things started out strange and continued to get stranger. In game one, Cole Hamels strained his oblique in the third inning. Kris medlen came on in relief and earned the win.

The next two games - both Stroman and Pomeranz were destroyed by the cardinals and the long ball.

The biggest problem on offense is an inability to drive in runners in scoring position. Case in point, bases loaded no outs in game three (final score 9-3) and the score is 5-0. Donaldson, Votto, & Cutch all go down without pushing a single runner across the plate.

Here’s to hoping for some better performances!!

Next up: the Mets host the Phillies for three games. Here’s the matchups on the mound

Game 1: Brandon McCarthy (R) vs Wei-Yin Chen (L)
Game 2: Zach Godley (R) vs Steven Matz (L)
Game 3: Jon Lester (L) vs Jacob deGrom (R)

Phillies Lineup:
2B Eduardo Nunez (R)
CF Gregor Blanco (L)
LF Michael Brantley (L)
RF Domingo Santana (R)
C Wilson Contreras (R)
1B Lucas Duda (L)
3B Matt Dominguez (R)
SS Wilmer Difo (S)

** should I keep adding these series by series update & outlooks / rosters for the opposing teams? Or would you guys prefer not to have that added? I just find it a little more interesting that way. Let me know

I like seeing the series updates as well. I want to post mine as well as I get going

[J_smith2190]

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Agreed. Honestly it almost forces you (atleast for me) to continue on with the franchise. You don’t wanna put a bunch of stuff up on here and then just delete and start over lol. Man this team is fun to play with though. Anyone that HASNT drafted and is planning on it - I STRONGLY suggest drafting Kingery - he is a monster for me, plus that crazy contract he has.

[Frostball]

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Agreed. Honestly it almost forces you (atleast for me) to continue on with the franchise. You don’t wanna put a bunch of stuff up on here and then just delete and start over lol. Man this team is fun to play with though. Anyone that HASNT drafted and is planning on it - I STRONGLY suggest drafting Kingery - he is a monster for me, plus that crazy contract he has.

Now your making me want to redraft to get him lol

[J_smith2190]

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Mets sweep the Phillies : 4-2 on the season

The Mets bats came alive outscoring the Phillies 23-8 over three games. It all started during the first game of the series when Scott Kingery took advantage of some bad luck and hit a 3 run inside the park homer. Ultimately the bullpen faultered and allowed the Phillies to close the gap, but brad brach shut the door for his first save of the season. The next two games were pure displays of offense, as the Mets won 10-1 & 6-1 respectively. Josh Donaldson hit 4 homeruns and one double in the series, to go along with 7 rbis.

Next up, the Mets (4-2) travel to the nations capital to face off against Washington (2-4).

Pitching Matchups
Game 1: Marcus Stroman (0-1 6.00) vs James Paxton (0-0 7.20)
Game 2: Drew Pomeranz (0-1 15.00) vs Jake Arrieta (0-1 0.00)
Game 3: Brandon McCarthy (1-0 3.86) vs Hisashi Iwakuma (0-1 9.00)

Nats Lineup
CF Odubel Herrera (L)
2B Joe Panik (L)
LF Rhys Hoskins (R)
1B Brandon Moss (L)
RF Eloy Jimenez (R)
C Francisco Mejia (S)
SS Freddy Galvis (S)
3B Chris Johnson (R)


** just an FYI in regards to Scott Kingery, I edited him from OS roster and upped only his speed (to an 83), as well as his potential (to an 85). Everything else is what came with OS V. 1

[SethMurphy]

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Did a new draft with the drop of OSFM rosters. I liked this draft overall much better than the first one I did. Was able to grab good prospects and still have a very competitive major league team to start with.

Traded from my SP depth to get Mookie Betts (replacing Kole Calhoun at RF), traded Trey Mancini for Khris Davis at LF and traded Francisco Cervelli for Manny Pina at C (mainly just to cut his salary). The guys listed on my disabled list on here are my top-8 prospects

<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;">2018 Arizona Diamondbacks Depth Chart - </div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>John Ryan Murphy</b></li><li class="even">Manny Pina</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Carlos Santana</b></li><li class="even">Sean Rodriguez</li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Scott Kingery</b></li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Rafael Devers</b></li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Yangervis Solarte</b></li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Khris Davis</b></li><li class="even">Derek Dietrich</li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Starling Marte</b></li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Mookie Betts</b></li><li class="even">Hernan Perez</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">Jose Quintana</li><li class="odd">Jeff Samardzija</li><li class="even">JA Happ</li><li class="odd">Josh Tomlin</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Kris Medlen LR</b></li><li class="even">Anthony Swarzak MR</li><li class="odd">Josh Hader MR</li><li class="even">Zach McAllister MR</li><li class="odd">Tommy Kahnle SU</li><li class="even">Jonny Venters SU</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Greg Holland</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Disabled List</li><li class="odd">Willy Adames SS</li><li class="even">Brendan McKay 1B</li><li class="odd">Jordan Luplow 2B</li><li class="even">Monte Harrison CF</li><li class="odd">Stephen Gonsalves SP</li><li class="even">Justus Sheffield SP</li><li class="odd">Chance Adams SP</li><li class="even">Walker Buehler SP</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>

[Frostball]

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Mets sweep the Phillies : 4-2 on the season

The Mets bats came alive outscoring the Phillies 23-8 over three games. It all started during the first game of the series when Scott Kingery took advantage of some bad luck and hit a 3 run inside the park homer. Ultimately the bullpen faultered and allowed the Phillies to close the gap, but brad brach shut the door for his first save of the season. The next two games were pure displays of offense, as the Mets won 10-1 & 6-1 respectively. Josh Donaldson hit 4 homeruns and one double in the series, to go along with 7 rbis.



Next up, the Mets (4-2) travel to the nations capital to face off against Washington (2-4).



Pitching Matchups

Game 1: Marcus Stroman (0-1 6.00) vs James Paxton (0-0 7.20)

Game 2: Drew Pomeranz (0-1 15.00) vs Jake Arrieta (0-1 0.00)

Game 3: Brandon McCarthy (1-0 3.86) vs Hisashi Iwakuma (0-1 9.00)



Nats Lineup

CF Odubel Herrera (L)

2B Joe Panik (L)

LF Rhys Hoskins (R)

1B Brandon Moss (L)

RF Eloy Jimenez (R)

C Francisco Mejia (S)

SS Freddy Galvis (S)

3B Chris Johnson (R)





** just an FYI in regards to Scott Kingery, I edited him from OS roster and upped only his speed (to an 83), as well as his potential (to an 85). Everything else is what came with OS V. 1

Yeah I thought he was rated a little low in those categories as well. Now I really may do a re draft or maybe just trade for him lol


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[J_smith2190]

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Yeah I thought he was rated a little low in those categories as well. Now I really may do a re draft or maybe just trade for him lol


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Yeah man, idk what it is about him maybe I just really like his batting stance, but I’ve been killing it with him on offense. Yeah I know it’s early in the season but shoot. Guy is looking like a straight super star

[Frostball]

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Yeah man, idk what it is about him maybe I just really like his batting stance, but I’ve been killing it with him on offense. Yeah I know it’s early in the season but shoot. Guy is looking like a straight super star

So made a new team and here it is. Same team Nats had a top ten pick but upper half of the top ten. Only played one game with the other team so no big loss

CF Odubel Herrera
2B Scott Kingery
1B Justin Bour
3B Kris Bryant
LF Corey Dickerson
SS Troy Tulowitzki
RF Shin-Soo Choo
C Tucker Barnhart

C Martin Maldonado
3B Yangervis Solarte
3B Eduardo Escobar
LF Matt Kemp
RF Hernan Perez

SP Justin Verlander
SP Aaron Sanchez
SP Felix Hernandez
SP Mike Leake
SP Charlie Morton

LRP Zack Godley
MRP Steve Cishek
MRP Ryan Buchter
MRP Blake Treinen
SU Josh Hader
SU Dellin Betances
CP Greg Holland

Notables in Triple-A
SP Trevor Cahill
SP Tyler Chatwood
SP Alec Asher
RP Brandon Kintzler
RP James Pazos
RP Javy Guerra
1B Brandon Moss
SS Tyler Saladino
LF Andre Either
LF Derek Dietrich

Prospects
SP Kyle Wright
SP James Kaprielian
1B Sam Travis
3B Miguel Andujar
LF Ronald Acuna
CF Austin Hays
CF Mickey Moniak

As you can see I sacrificed some on the MLB level to be able to get some better prospects this time around.

[Frostball]

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Opening Series is vs the Cincinnati Reds at their house.

Opening series match ups are as follows
March 29th Justin Verlander Vs Luis Severino
March 30th Aaron Sanchez Vs Chris Archer
April 1st Felix Hernandez Vs J.A. Happ

Cincinnati Reds Lineup
2B Dustin Pedroia
LF Melvin Upton Jr.
1B Miguel Cabrera
3B Josh Donaldson
RF Randal Grichuk
C Wilson Ramos
SS Trevor Story
CF Keon Broxton

[Frostball]

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Kingery did go 3-6 in my first game with 2 runs scored, but on the bad side he was 0-3 with a runner on 2nd

[J_smith2190]

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Kingery did go 3-6 in my first game with 2 runs scored, but on the bad side he was 0-3 with a runner on 2nd

He’s a beast. Told you!

Did you edit his speed / pot?