Official MLB The Show 17 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[TattooedEvil]

Quote: Originally Posted by bucknut7

Yeah, it's more like deciding what positions I should avoid temptations on early b/c there's great young talent in middle rounds. For instance, I love the four top third basemen. But Bregman, Franko and Sano are all sitting there in the 6th-7th. It makes me think that first round pick is better spent elsewhere if I'm in the top half. Same story at SS. I find myself always contemplating the likes of Lindor/Seager in the first or Turner/Correa/Bogearts in the 2nd, but there's great value in Russell/Story/Didi/Swanson in the 8th and 9th.

I like how u left out Crawford lmao

[J_smith2190]

First Place, 2 Games Ahead Of The Cubs

The Pirates ended the first month of the season with a two game lead atop the NL Central, certainly thanks to the National League Pitcher of The Month, Justin Verlander.

The theme for the Pirates has been steal bases, score runs, and strike people out. The bench is certainly a weakness, and is sorely missing Whit Merrifield. With Merrifield set to return at the end of the month (hopefully) Kelly Johnson & Eduardo Escobar will have to step it up if they want to continue to play for the big league club.

The starting lineup has been outstanding! Trevor Story, Joc Pederson and Blake Swihart are proving to be the core they were drafted to be. Josh Donaldson hasn't been pushing many runs across the plate, but that is partially due to the top of the lineup slumping.

The bullpen has had its ups and downs, with Ross Stripling on the hot seat. There are rumblings that the Pirates may promote their young flamethrower Koda Glover sometime before June.

Heres a look at the Pirates stats for the first month of the season:

2017 Pirates - May 1st Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
2B Cesar Hernandez (S)	95	11	23	1	0	1	7	0	9	16	0	.262	.250	.284
RF Andre Ethier (L)	63	11	23	3	0	6	12	0	4	9	0	.365	.365	.698
3B Josh Donaldson (R)	87	12	22	6	0	2	9	9	18	7	3	.253	.323	.391
CF Joc Pederson (L)	75	19	27	5	0	10	19	6	16	10	1	.360	.407	.827
SS Trevor Story (R)	80	18	32	2	0	8	18	8	18	15	2	.400	.455	.725
1B Derek Dietrich (L)	54	8	14	3	0	1	4	1	5	2	1	.259	.286	.370
RF Jason Werth (R)	74	9	18	1	0	5	13	4	8	5	2	.243	.291	.459
C Blake Swihart (S)	65	8	20	4	0	3	17	4	7	4	2	.308	.343	.508
-------BENCH-------
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S)	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.211	.250	.263
3B Kelly Johnson (L)	43	4	11	1	0	1	4	1	8	4	1	.256	.267	.349
SS Eduardo Escobar (S)	33	0	6	1	0	0	2	0	6	3	0	.182	.182	.212
CF Desmond Jennings (R)	35	4	9	1	1	0	3	0	4	4	2	.257	.257	.343
RF Joey Rickard (R)	43	8	13	1	0	0	2	2	3	13	1	.302	.333	.326

2017 Pirates - May 1st Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
SP Justin Verlander (R)	5	5	5	0	0	5	0	34.1	17	5	3	0	49	0.50	1.31
SP Cole Hamels (L)	5	5	2	1	0	3	0	32.1	35	14	5	0	39	1.08	3.90
SP Jon Gray (R)	5	5	3	1	0	4	0	30.1	26	7	4	1	28	0.89	2.08
SP Patrick Corbin (L)	5	5	3	0	0	4	0	28.2	29	14	4	3	23	1.12	4.40
SP Tyler Chatwood (R)	4	4	2	1	0	2	0	22.1	19	3	1	3	30	0.99	1.21
----BULLPEN-----
LRP Ross Stripling (R)	12	0	2	2	2	0	0	22.0	25	14	4	3	21	1.27	5.73
MRP Matt Belisle (R)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	1	1	0	5	1.20	2.70
MRP Brad Hand (L)	9	0	0	1	0	0	3	8.0	6	4	2	1	11	0.88	4.50
MRP Casey Fien (R)	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.2	3	2	2	0	4	0.64	3.86
SU Jerry Blevins (L)	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	9.0	5	2	1	1	13	0.67	2.00
SU Joe Blanton (R)	10	0	0	1	0	0	7	7.2	10	3	2	0	10	1.30	3.52
CP Glen Perkins (L)	10	0	0	0	9	0	0	9.0	7	2	2	1	10	0.89	2.00

Standings

AL East Blue Jays 15-10
AL Central White Sox 16-8
AL West Athletics 19-7
AL Wildcard 1 Mariners 18-8
AL Wildcard 2 Royals 15-9

NL East Phillies 15-9
NL Central Pirates 17-7
NL West Diamondbacks 16-11
NL Wildcard 1 Cubs 15-9
NL Wildcard 2 Mets 14-11

Monthly Awards

AL Pitcher Of The Month CP Kenley Jensen (Blue Jays)
AL Player Of The Month CF Franklin Guiterrez (A's)
AL Rookie Of The Month 2B Donald Shibuya (Tigers)

NL Pitcher Of The Month SP Justin Verlander (Pirates)
NL Player Of The Month LF Justin Upton (Marlins)
NL Rookie Of The Month C Ronald Bell (Cubs)


* This franchise is ridiculously enjoyable, thankfully I have had off basically since the game came out, and have played every game. Probably will be slowing down now that baseball season is amongst us.

** Slider adjustments are being made, to temper down mostly on the HR's.

[Armor and Sword]

Glad to see folks playing fantasy franchise again. 17 is amazing. And yes the CPU draft logic is wonky, but if your game to do 30 team control and draft the 25 man for each team....you are a true beast.

But it solves itself after year one just so everyone knows.


I will have a major update today for The Matheny Manifesto now in year two and in the month of May. Lot;s of stories to tell and player news. I look forward to sharing this awesome franchise with all of you again this year in this thread.

I also plan on drafting a new team after OSFM drops employing 30 team control.

[J_smith2190]

May 1st = 2 losses

The Pirates were demolished 9-3 against the Reds to open the month. Adding insult to injury, Eduardo Escobar pulled his calf while diving for a grounder up the middle, and will be out for approximately 2 weeks. In his absence utility man Chase d'Arnaud was called up from AA. Organizational depth is being tested early and often it seems. The buccos will look to their Ace Justin Verlander to shut down a potent offense in game 2 of the series

[thawkprime 21]

armor, how are you going to handle the draft for 30 team controll. will you draft best player left or have a different system in place?

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by thawkprime 21

armor, how are you going to handle the draft for 30 team controll. will you draft best player left or have a different system in place?

I am thinking it through right now. I plan on drafting 25 man rosters for each team. So I will make sure each team get's at least 9 starters in the field, 5 SP, and at least one CP and 6-7 RP as well as a utility IF, OF, CI, C and best available after that.

As far as who I pick? Best player available with no bias to let guys drop to my team wherever they may be drafting.

Once the 25 man rosters are drafted (750 players) I will auto pick the remaining 29 teams while I draft for my team.

I am choosing between the following teams for this next fantasy draft (and I probably won't hold it till this summer):

Arizona
Colorado
Tampa
Florida

Basically choosing between the expansion teams ha ha ha. I really would like to give either Colorado or Tampa a World Series run. Both teams have been close but have not taken it over the top. Could be a lot of fun.

[Armor and Sword]

Cardinals Winning Despite Some Key Injuries


The Matheny Manifesto Year 2 April Report

May 3rd 2017 - The defending World Series champs came out of the gate in year two quite slow. At one point the team was sitting at 5-9. However things started to roll and The Red Birds have raced to a nice 18-10 record (winning an incredible 13 out of their last 14) after sweeping the slumping Brewers in their first series in May to close out a nice road trip. The Cards head home to face Miami for a 4 game set. This all comes in spite of many injuries to hit the team in April and now in May. To begin, Bryce Harper went down in mid April with a bad head contusion making a diving catch in RF. He had a severe concussion and was out for 3.5 weeks before finally returning to play in the Brewers series. Greg "Birdman" Bird was battling a severe back strain early in the year and then in mid April really turned up the heat. He has cooled down here in the last 5-6 games. 2nd year pitcher Kenta Madea is out for at least 1-2 months with a broken hand. The injury occurred on a blast back up the middle. Madea will be missed. To compound things, in the recent sweep of the Brew Crew the Cardinals lost #3 starter Yordano Ventura to an strained shoulder and he will miss 4 weeks. Then in game 2 of the series RF Ender Inciarte whom has been on a tear and earned the lead off spot tore his ACL on a dive back to first on a pick off. he will be lost the entire season. A huge blow to Ender and the team. 2nd year OF Byron Buxton has been given the reigns to take over with 2nd year prospect Jacob Herzberg also getting some playing time.



Cardinals Current lineup

Buxton/Herzberg - LF
Lindor - SS
Marte - CF
Harper - RF
Bird - 1B
Franco - 3B
Perez - C
Moncada/Holt - 2B
White - DH/3B/1B

Rotation
Salazar
Rodon
Matz
Norris
Fulmer

Betances CP


DL

Ender Inciarte - Out for the season ACL
Yordano Ventura - Shoulder - 4 weeks
Kenta Madea - Broken Hand - 4-6 weeks

[J_smith2190]

Pirates take the series

After a 9-3 loss to open the series, the Buccos stormed back and won 3 in a row! The bullpen has continued to be an issue, and as a result Ross Strickland is now on waivers, due to being removed from the 40 man roster.

In his place, the young flame thrower Koda Glover has been called up. "Get used to seeing the bear, because we plan on using him early and often" said Clint Hurdle after news of the call-up. The addition of Glover leaves the Pirates without a traditional long man.

Next Up

The Pirates are back home for a weekend series against the Brewers (13-17), a matchup of the 1st place and last place team in the NL Central. After the Brewers, the Pirates will head back on the road for 7 games on the West Coast, before heading back home. Heres a look at the pitching matchups, as well as the Brew Crew's lineup.

GM 1: Patrick Corbin (3-0 4.40) v Aaron Sanchez (3-1 2.34)
GM 2: Tyler Chatwood (2-2 2.63) v Jordan Zimmerman (2-1 1.79)
GM 3: Justin Verlander (5-0 1.98) v Lance Lynn (3-2 1.83)

Brewers Lineup
CF Adam Eaton (L) .290 / 1 hr / 11 rbi
LF Andrew Benintendi (L) .227 / 3 hr / 13 rbi
RF Mookie Betts (R) .287 / 8 hr / 24 rbi
2B Jason Kipnis (L) .276 / 6 hr / 19 rbi
1B Justin Morneau (L) .321 / 7 hr / 14 rbi
3B Mike Moustakas (L) .192 / 0 hr / 7 rbi
C Tyler Flowers (R) .260 / 2 hr / 12 rbi
SS Tyler Saladino (R) .224 / 1 hr / 10 rbi
--Pitcher--
Brewers Bench
C Cameron Rupp (R) .175 / 0 hr / 1 rbi
2B Julius Cordero (R) .275 / 0 hr / 5 rbi
1B Ryan Zimmerman (R) .254 / 2 hr / 4 rbi