Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread
Damn, I feel like I have a problem sticking with one Franchise.. haha.
Last update I had posted was me working through a dual Yankees/Padres chise.
With the release of OSFM 4.0 after the deadline, I decided I wanted to take on a 1-team rebuild and focus more specifically on that. (Plus, the Yankees are stacked and I've played enough games as them - pretty easy to put up 7-8 runs a game with that team, even with competitive sliders
)
So, I've started up a new, main franchise for myself, with the Chisox. Not the most difficult rebuild at all, but there's some fun flexibility here and its a team I've been wanting to check out, and I like their aesthetic (jerseys and stadium).
I ended up simming all of 2018 just to get started in 2019. The big FA moves I made were bringing back Nate Jones as closer (might have traded him during the regular season, but I figured I'd want him to help stabilize the back end of the bullpen) as well as Xavier Cedeno and Luis Avilan - all over 80 ovr with the plan of making the pen a good piece of my team. I also signed Josh Harrison on a two year deal. He's a player I've always liked, and his versatility in playing multiple positions will be supremely helpful for us.
The goal - I'd like to be surprisingly competitive for 2019, despite only winning 67 games in 2018.
Other notable Free Agents: Brian Dozier re-signed with the Dodgers, but Machado ended up going to the Nationals, who lost out on Harper to the .. Blue Jays! They were a wild card team in 2018 and it looks like they want to keep things up for the near future. (With that said, Donaldson, who had a great 2018, went to the Mariners on a 5 year deal).
My lineup was actually a Top 10 offense in 2018 - good years from Luery Garcia, Jose Abreu, Wellington Castillo, and Yoan Moncada helped with that. It was really the pitching that was the Achilles heel -
With that said, my lineup heading into 2019:
2B Nick Madrigal (R) 74 Ovr -
3B Luery Garcia 77 OVR
1B Jose Abreu 83 Ovr
C Wellington Castillo 80 Ovr
DH Yoan Moncada 86 Ovr
RF Avisail Garcia 80 Ovr
SS Tim Anderson 82 Ovr
LF Josh Harrison 79 OVR
CF Adam Engel 75 OVR
Not bad .. but the pitching staff is the bigger Q, although these guys all have either B or A potential
SP Carlos Rondon 82 OVR
SP Lucas Giolito 79 OVR
SP Renauldo Lopez 77 OVR (someone I have my eye on - he was terrible last year. He's on a short leash).
SP Carson Fulmer 70 OVR
SP Alec Hansen 70 OVR (R)
I'm keeping Kopech in the minors for now at AAA. He's a 68, but he has the lowest stamina of the group. I also drafted a stud SP, Brady O'Quinn (lol) in the Draft in 2018. He's 21, a 66 OVR with A potential.
The system is really loaded with young pitching, but theyre all prospects... we might be a year or two a way.
Damn, I feel like I have a problem sticking with one Franchise.. haha.
Last update I had posted was me working through a dual Yankees/Padres chise.
With the release of OSFM 4.0 after the deadline, I decided I wanted to take on a 1-team rebuild and focus more specifically on that. (Plus, the Yankees are stacked and I've played enough games as them - pretty easy to put up 7-8 runs a game with that team, even with competitive sliders
) So, I've started up a new, main franchise for myself, with the Chisox. Not the most difficult rebuild at all, but there's some fun flexibility here and its a team I've been wanting to check out, and I like their aesthetic (jerseys and stadium).
I ended up simming all of 2018 just to get started in 2019. The big FA moves I made were bringing back Nate Jones as closer (might have traded him during the regular season, but I figured I'd want him to help stabilize the back end of the bullpen) as well as Xavier Cedeno and Luis Avilan - all over 80 ovr with the plan of making the pen a good piece of my team. I also signed Josh Harrison on a two year deal. He's a player I've always liked, and his versatility in playing multiple positions will be supremely helpful for us.
The goal - I'd like to be surprisingly competitive for 2019, despite only winning 67 games in 2018.
Other notable Free Agents: Brian Dozier re-signed with the Dodgers, but Machado ended up going to the Nationals, who lost out on Harper to the .. Blue Jays! They were a wild card team in 2018 and it looks like they want to keep things up for the near future. (With that said, Donaldson, who had a great 2018, went to the Mariners on a 5 year deal).
My lineup was actually a Top 10 offense in 2018 - good years from Luery Garcia, Jose Abreu, Wellington Castillo, and Yoan Moncada helped with that. It was really the pitching that was the Achilles heel -
With that said, my lineup heading into 2019:
2B Nick Madrigal (R) 74 Ovr -
3B Luery Garcia 77 OVR
1B Jose Abreu 83 Ovr
C Wellington Castillo 80 Ovr
DH Yoan Moncada 86 Ovr
RF Avisail Garcia 80 Ovr
SS Tim Anderson 82 Ovr
LF Josh Harrison 79 OVR
CF Adam Engel 75 OVR
Not bad .. but the pitching staff is the bigger Q, although these guys all have either B or A potential
SP Carlos Rondon 82 OVR
SP Lucas Giolito 79 OVR
SP Renauldo Lopez 77 OVR (someone I have my eye on - he was terrible last year. He's on a short leash).
SP Carson Fulmer 70 OVR
SP Alec Hansen 70 OVR (R)
I'm keeping Kopech in the minors for now at AAA. He's a 68, but he has the lowest stamina of the group. I also drafted a stud SP, Brady O'Quinn (lol) in the Draft in 2018. He's 21, a 66 OVR with A potential.
The system is really loaded with young pitching, but theyre all prospects... we might be a year or two a way.
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