The Life Of A Prospect

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Idea taken from here

Platform: PC - Ootp 16
We'll start by creating 5 prospects. Two will be between 16-17 and 3 will be between 18 - 21. Every year after we will make 3 new ones. ome between 16-17 and two between 18-21. We will follow them as well
Everything other than their age will be random.

Here are the first years prospects:

16 year old High School student RP Daniel Fierro with 59 potential
17 year old High School student C Jorge Chavez with 21 potential
19 year old High School student C Ben Brown with 21 potential
19 year old High School student 1B Dan De Cast with 21 potential
20 year old High School student LF Ivan Carrillo with 67 potential

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First Year Draft

Ivan Carrillo was drafted in the 13th pick in the 3rd round (78th overall) by the Tampa Bay Rays. He hopes to sign asap. He signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays. He will wear #32

Dan De Cast went undrafted and will head back to school.

Daniel Fierro went undrafted and will head back to school.

Jorge Chavez went undrafted and will head back to school.

Ben Brown went undrafted and will head back to school.

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MLB Off Season Update


Dodgers beat the Angels 4-2

AL ROY: Devon Travis (Blue Jays)

NL ROY: Joc Pederson (Dodgers)

AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez (Mariners)

NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw (Dodgers)

AL MVP: Jose Bautista (Blue Jays)

NL MVP: Jason Heyward (Cardinals)

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Now for 2016's class

16 year old High School student RP Nelson Rodriguez with 20 potential
18 year old High School student 3B Hsueh-liang Ho with 21 potential
19 year old High School student SP Octavio Garcia with 21 potential

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Draft Day

Ivan Carrillo is sent to AA
21 year old LF Ivan Carrillo has been sent to Tampa's SL AA Montgomery Biscuits. He is 4th in batting rotation, and will start in LF

17 year old RP Daniel Fierro was drafted #10 in the 24th round (713th overall) by the Miami Marlins. He plays for the Greensboro Grasshoppers (SA).

19 year old SP Octavio Garcia was drafted #2 in round 18 (525th overall) by the Baltimore Orioles and has yet to sign a contract.

After being undrafted last year, 1B Dan De Cast was drafted #9 in round 26 (772nd overall) by the Texas Rangers. He has yet to sign a contract.

Jorge Chavez was drafted at #11 in the 34th round (1014th overall) by the Chicago Cubs. He signed a contract and is now with the Chicago N (DSL) Cubs in the Dominican Rookie League.

Nelson Rodriguez was drafted at #23 in the 24th round (726th overall) by the New York Yankees. He signed a contract and is now with the Pulaski Yankees in the Appalachian League (R).

Hsueh-liang Ho was drafted #23 in the 32nd round (966th overall) by the New York Yankees. He signed a contract and will join Nelson Rodriguez on the Pulaski Yankees in the Appalachian League (R).

Ben Brown was drafted #18 in the 31st round (931 overall) by the Colorado Rockies. He signed a deal and plays for the Boise Hawks in the North West League (S A).

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July 6th Update
Ivan Carrillo has been promoted to the Durham Bulls (IL AAA). He has started all 8 games since being called up.

Daniel Fierro has yet to start a game, but has played in 13 of them in fielding. He is currently 3-1 with a 3.42 ERR and 23.2 innings pitched.

Ben Brown was promoted from S A to the A league (Ashville Tourists).

Both Nelson Rodriguez & Hsueh-liang Ho were sent to the New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2. Rodriguez has played in 4 games, and is 0-1, while Ho started all 10 games he was in at 3B.

Jorge Chavez started 12 of the 15 games, hitting 1 home run and 4 RBI's.

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Off Season
St Louis Cardinals beat the Oakland A's 4-2

AL ROY: Wilson Zapata (Tigers)

NL ROY: Kevin Brown (Cubs)

AL Cy Young: Chris Sale (White Sox)

NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw (Dodgers)

AL MVP: Josh Donaldson(Blue Jays)

NL MVP: Yasiel Puig (Dodgers)

up next: 3 New prospects

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Breaking News

After failing to sign with their teams, Dan De Cast and Octavio Garcia both will return to school, and be entered into next years draft.

*side note, just made Hs and Collage league , so prospects will now play ball in high school or college

Here are the three new prospects:

16 year old high school student SP Danny Hammad with 20 potential
18 year old high school student 2B Jeff Robinson with 21 potential
21 year old high school student RP Luis "The Admiral" Garcia with 21 potential

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Carrillo hits the big leagues! He will wear #58 for the Tampa Bay Rays. He currently plays LF, but will be replaced every 7 games by B. Guyer. Carrillo will also be 4th in the batting rotation.

Rodriguez has been promoted back to Pulaski Yankees in the Appalachian League, while Ho stays one league below.

Ben Brown was demoted to Grand Junction after a disappointing season in the A league.

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Draft Day Results

Ben Brown has been released by the Colorado Rockies the day after draft day, marking his 1 year anniversary on the team.

Luis "The Admiral" Garcia was drafted #27 in the 6th round (187th overall) by the New York Mets. He failed to sign a contract

Dan De Cast was drafted #5 in the 27th round (795th overall) by the Kansas City Royals out of College. This is the 3rd draft he has entered, after going undrafted in the first, and failing to sign with Texas in the 2nd. He currently plays for the Kansas City (DSL) Royals.

Octavio Garcia was drafted #1 in the 19th round (551 Overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers. He currently signed and is playing for the Milwaukee (DSL) Brewers.

Danny Hammad was drafted #12 in the 75th round (2242 overall) by the Cleveland Indians. He currently signed and is set to play with the Cleveland (AZL) Indians.

Jeff Robinson was drafted #17 in the 55th round (1647th overall) by the Boston Red Sox. He currently signed and is going to play for the Boston 2 (DSL) Red Sox 2

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End of Season update

Carrillo is a gem for Tampa Bay due to the fact that he's very loyal, has great leadership and the fact that money and winning isn't a big deal to him. In 113 games, he started 111 and hit 21 home runs, while getting 67 RBI's. He dawns #58.

Fierro had a disappointing game in the A league, with 4 wins and 8 loses. He wears #60 and allowed 10 home runs and has 82 strikes.

Rodriguez has been promoted to the Stanton Island Yankees (New York Penn League S A) after two years in the rookie league. He has yet to play for this team.

De Cast spent the year split between college and Kansas City (DSL) Royals. In college, he started all 53 games, and in the the rookie league, he started 56 out of 65 games, beltin 8 home runs and 37 RBI's

Ho still plays for New York1 (GCL) Yankees1.

Hammad has yet to play for his team.

Garcia is 3-3 pitching for the DSL Brewers with 3.42 ERA

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Off Season

Toronto Blue Jays beat the White Sox 4-1

AL ROY: Justin O'Connor (Angels) *Carrillo came 3rd

NL ROY: Todd Glaesmann (Diamondbacks)

AL Cy Young: Sean Doolittle (Athletics)

NL Cy Young: John Lester (Cubs)

AL MVP: Xander Bogaerts (Red Sox)

NL MVP: Corey Seager (Dodgers)

up next: 3 new rookies

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2018 prospects
16 year old high school student C Jesus Lerma with 28 potential
19 year old high school student SS Joe Blackburn with 21 potential
18 year old highschool student SP Lyndon Chambers with 20 potential

May 7th 2018
Anyone who is not listed has yet to play.

Carrillo has started all 24 games he's played thus far for the Rays.

Fierro's potential raised to 61. He wears #61 for the Miami Marlins, and is the current starter and is 1-1 in 4 games started. In 28 innings, he's had 2 ER and 13 stike outs.

Luis "The Admiral" Garcia plays for the Columbus College Cats, and is 6-1 with 1.33 ERA

Jeff Robinson was released by the Boston Red Sox

Hammad was released by Cleveland

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Before Playoffs Update

Carillo played 147 games for the Rays, notching 21 home runs and 67 RBI's

Rodriguez was called up to the Charleston Riverdogs (A), where he wears #16 and is expected to play very limited minutes. He currently has only pitched 6 innings.

Garcia had a decent year with the Milwaukee (DSL) Brewers with a 4-1 record in 8 games, and 2.92 ERA. His WAR was 0.6

Ho had only 2 runs in 16 PA, for the New York1 (GCL) Yankees1

Chavez Still plays for the Chicago (DSL) Cubs, 7 HR's and

Luis "The Admiral" Garcia was released by Columbus College Cats, and # 30 in round 6 (186th overall) by the L.A Dodgers. He pitched 91.1 innings in 15 games for the Los Angeles (DSL) Dodgers.

Lerma was drafted #29 in round 25 (755th overall) by the Chicago Cubs. He has 2 RBI in 10 PA for the Chicago N (AZL) Cubs.

Blackburn was drafted #7 in round 32 (943 Overall) by the Houston Astros and has 3 HR's and 21 RBI's for the Houston 2 (DSL) Astro Orange

Chambers was drafted #13 in round 29 (859 overall) by the Texas Rangers. So far, he has 0 games under his belt

Jeff Robinson was signed for 3 months then released by the Washington Nationals

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Off Season Update
Boston Red Sox beat Washington Nationals 4-3

AL ROY: Brent Honeywell(Rays)

NL ROY: Bryan De La Rosa (Braves)

AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez (Mariners)

NL Cy Young: Jose Fernandez (Marlins)

AL MVP: Mike Trout (Angels)

NL MVP: Kennys Vargas (--)