Official MLB The Show 17 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

**thawkprime 21** · 03-28-2017, 03:17 PM

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has anyone done a fantasy draft in 17 yet do RP all still wait and get drafted in the same round

**bucknut7** · 03-28-2017, 03:40 PM

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Originally posted by thawkprime 21

has anyone done a fantasy draft in 17 yet do RP all still wait and get drafted in the same round

Yes, they all go in the 9th

**J_smith2190** · 03-28-2017, 07:35 PM

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Pirates here we come. Gonna wait for OS rosters to do the white sox draft. In round 29 with the live rosters....update coming

Spoiler

On a side note, not that you all don't already know this, but this game is AWESOME!!

**J_smith2190** · 03-28-2017, 10:10 PM

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And So It Beings!!

Pirates fans everywhere were brimming with excitement, knowing their team held the 5th overall pick in the draft. When it came time to pick, it was an easy decision for GM Joe Smith, who had manager Clint Hurdle by his side...Third Baseman JOSH DONALDSON - the bringer of rain himself. Having a long wait until the next pick, the Pirates new brain trust decided to go after two of the top pitchers available in Justin Verlander & Cole Hamels.

The remainder of the roster was what the GM called "A blend of perfect circumstances, veterans and high upside youngsters". The Pirates feel they have a long term solution up the middle in SS Trevor Story, 2B Ceasar Hernandez & CF Joc Pederson. The young core supplements the veterans on the lineup, and should bring excitement to the ballpark daily.

Heres how the 25 man shaped up for Opening Day against the Red Sox:

<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;">Pirates - Opening Day Depth Chart - 2017</div><div class="depthchart"><div id="catcher"><ul><li class="title">Catcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Blake Swihart (S)</b></li><li class="even">Garrod Saltalamacchia (S)</li></ul></div><div id="first_base"><ul><li class="title">First Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Derek Dietrich (L)</b></li></ul></div><div id="second_base"><ul><li class="title">Second Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Cesar Hernandez (S)</b></li><li class="even">Whit Merrifield (R)</li></ul></div><div id="third_base"><ul><li class="title">Third Base</li><li class="odd"><b>Josh Donaldson (R)</b></li><li class="even">Kelly Johnson (L)</li></ul></div><div id="shortstop"><ul><li class="title">Shortstop</li><li class="odd"><b>Trevor Story (R)</b></li><li class="even">Eduardo Escobar (S)</li></ul></div><div id="left_field"><ul><li class="title">Left Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Jayson Werth (R)</b></li></ul></div><div id="center_field"><ul><li class="title">Center Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Joc Pederson (L)</b></li><li class="even">Desmond Jennings (R)</li></ul></div><div id="right_field"><ul><li class="title">Right Field</li><li class="odd"><b>Andre Ethier (L)</b></li></ul></div><div id="rightcol"><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Starting Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Justin Verlander (R)</b></li><li class="even">Cole Hamels (L)</li><li class="odd">Jon Gray (R)</li><li class="even">Patrick Corbin (L)</li><li class="odd">Tyler Chatwood (R)</li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:5px;"><li class="title">Relief Pitcher</li><li class="odd"><b>Joe Blanton (R)</b></li><li class="even">Jerry Blevins (L)</li><li class="odd">Casey Fien (R)</li><li class="even">Brad Hand (L)</li><li class="odd">Matt Belisle (R)</li><li class="even">Ross Stripling (R)</li></ul><ul><li class="title">Closer</li><li class="odd"><b>Glen Perkins (L)</b></li></ul></div><div id="leftcol"></div></div></div></body></html>

Although I chose to manually draft all 90 rounds of the draft, here are my first 40 picks in order:

1) 3B Josh Donaldson - 94 Overall
2) SP Justin Verlander - 88 Overall
3) SP Cole Hamels - 85 Overall
4) CP Glen Perkins - 81 Overall
5) 2B Cesar Hernandez - 81 Overall
6) SP Jon Gray - 80 Overall
7) SS Trevor Story - 78 Overall
8) RP Jerry Blevins - 83 Overall
9) CF Joc Pederson - 78 Overall
10) RP Joe Blanton - 85 Overall
11) C Jarod Saltalamacchia - 76 Overall
12) C Blake Swihart - 75 Overall
13) LF Jason Werth - 80 Overall
14) RF Andre Ethier - 75 Overall
15) 1B Derek Dietrich - 71 Overall
16) 2B Whit Merrifield - 73 Overall
17) SP Jason Vargas - 75 Overall
18) SP Patrick Corbin - 73 Overall
19) CF Desmond Jennings - 71 Overall
20) SP Tyler Chatwood - 72 Overall
21) RP Brad Hand - 72 Overall
22) LF Chris Coghlan - 71 Overall
23) RP Casey Fien - 71 Overall
24) SP Dan Straily - 72 Overall
25) 3B Kelly Johnson -73 Overall
26) RP Ross Stripling - 68 Overall
27) SP Archie Bradley - 70 Overall (A Pot / 24)
28) SS Cliff Pennington - 68 Overall
29) RF Joey Rickard - 68 Overall
30) C Austin Romine - 67 Overall
31) CP Koda Glover - 58 Overall (B Pot / 23)
32) 3B Jason Canon - 64 Overall (B Pot / 19)
33) SS Eduardo Escobar - 67 Overall
34) 3B Jacoby Jones - 60 Overall (B Pot / 24)
35) RP Matt Belisle - 72 Overall
36) CF Jim Cagle - 63 Overall (C Pot / 19)
37) RP Joe Kelly - 68 Overall
38) C Rene Rivera - 69 Overall
39) SP Jeffrey Parson - 66 Overall (C Pot / 23)
40) SP Darren Dixon - 67 Overall (D Pot / 21)

Opening Day Victory 12-6

Justin Verlander was almost unhittable, going 6.1 Innings, allowing 2 hits & 1 Run (a solo homer to Will Meyers) while striking out 11. Brad Hand & Ross Stripling struggled in mop up duty, giving up 5 runs to end the game. Somehow, Verlander was overshadowed by his young short stop Trevor Story. Story went 5-5 with 3 singles, 2 HR & 3 RBI in the season opener. Two more games on the road, and the Pirates will return home to open the season in front of the home town fans.

MAJOR INJURY

Starting in Left Field in order to allow Jayson Werth to preserve some energy while DHing, Whit Merrifield tore his calf in the 6th inning, sliding back into 1st on a pick off attempt. Merrifield's injury is a sore start to the season, as he projected to have a major role on the roster as the defaction super-utility guy as well as Andre Either's right handed platoon partner. Merrifield is projected to be out 1-2 months, and in his absence Joey Rickard has been called up to add to the Outfield Depth.

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**bucknut7** · 03-29-2017, 08:14 AM

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Did my draft last night, decided to rock with the Cardinals. Had something like the 18th pick. Here's the key personnel...

C - Gary Sanchez
1B - Chris Davis
2B - Corey Spangenberg
SS - Francisco Lindor
3B - Yangervis Solarte
LF - Ben Revere
CF - Starling Marte
RF - Matt Kemp

SP - Carlos Martinez
SP - Sonny Gray
SP - Francisco Liriano
SP - John Lackey
SP - C.C. Sabathia

RP - Carl Edwards
RP - Andrew Miller
CP - Ryan Madson

**Brandwin** · 03-29-2017, 09:17 AM

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Can we decide the draft order this year? It's always bothered me we can pick the draft order and it's always random.

**J_smith2190** · 03-29-2017, 09:25 AM

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Originally posted by Brandwin

Can we decide the draft order this year? It's always bothered me we can pick the draft order and it's always random.

No you cannot...but you can now enter a draft, exit and restart it without creating a save or having to restart the entire menu if that makes sense. Saves time if you're looking for a specific spot.

**Brandwin** · 03-29-2017, 09:32 AM

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Originally posted by J_smith2190

No you cannot...but you can now enter a draft, exit and restart it without creating a save or having to restart the entire menu if that makes sense. Saves time if you're looking for a specific spot.

Guess that will have to do. I wonder why they never make that an option?

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**franch1se** · 03-29-2017, 09:58 AM

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Take a late round sleeper of Ryan Schimpf (2B in game, 3B in real life). After 43 games in my franchise leads the majors in home runs

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**J_smith2190** · 03-29-2017, 11:36 AM

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Buccos Drop The Serioes

After an offensive explosion in the first game of the season, the pirates could only manage 5 runs over the final two games of the series. Home runs jilled the pirates, and the bullpen has looked rough. The bright side is Boston has what projects to be one of the top 3 offenses in the league. Hurdles crew will look to right the ship at home starting with atlanta

**Brandwin** · 03-29-2017, 08:49 PM

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Got the 30th overall pick. Now I need to decide on which to draft....

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**thawkprime 21** · 03-30-2017, 09:32 AM

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I'm just waiting for the OSFM rosters to drop and then figure out how to draft Trea Turner, Jonathan Villar, and Billy Hamilton so that I can just run all over everyone.

**J_smith2190** · 03-30-2017, 09:59 AM

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3-3 with the series victory

The Pirates took the series, thanks to Justin Verlander going 6IP allowing 1 hit and striking out 9. That's two dominate starts in a row for Verlqnder. The bullpen held up, as Glen Perkins earned his first save of the season.

Next Up A 3 game series against the Reds (4-2) at home, a day off followed by a 6 game road trip against the Cubs & Cards. Here's how the Reds are looking going into the series.
GM 1: Cole Hamels (0-0 6.00) v Sonny Gray (1-0 1.80)
GM 2: Jon Gray (0-1 2.84) v Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-0 0.00)
GM 3: Patrick Corbin (1-0 3.00) v Kyle Gibson (0-1 8.31)

Reds Lineup
CF Kevin Kiermaier (L)
LF Jeremy Hazelbaker (L)
SS Corey Seager (L)
1B Anthony Rizzo (L)
2B Brad Miller (L)
3B Yangervis Solarte (S)
C Brian McCann (L)
RF Jason Heyward (L)
--Pitcher--

**bucknut7** · 03-30-2017, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by J_smith2190

3-3 with the series victory

The Pirates took the series, thanks to Justin Verlander going 6IP allowing 1 hit and striking out 9. That's two dominate starts in a row for Verlqnder. The bullpen held up, as Glen Perkins earned his first save of the season.

Next Up A 3 game series against the Reds (4-2) at home, a day off followed by a 6 game road trip against the Cubs & Cards. Here's how the Reds are looking going into the series.
GM 1: Cole Hamels (0-0 6.00) v Sonny Gray (1-0 1.80)
GM 2: Jon Gray (0-1 2.84) v Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-0 0.00)
GM 3: Patrick Corbin (1-0 3.00) v Kyle Gibson (0-1 8.31)

Reds Lineup
CF Kevin Kiermaier (L)
LF Jeremy Hazelbaker (L)
SS Corey Seager (L)
1B Anthony Rizzo (L)
2B Brad Miller (L)
3B Yangervis Solarte (S)
C Brian McCann (L)
RF Jason Heyward (L)
--Pitcher--

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