Official MLB The Show 18 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[mangreezy]

First year playing MLB: The Show. After a few months of practicing (I have got the pitching part mostly down, but hitting remains a work in progress), I decided it was time to start a fantasy draft franchise with my (currently hapless) Toronto Blue Jays.

I used the OSFM Hybrid Rosters. Picked at #15. No trades.

Will be using Mike Lowe's slider set (on All Star level with some tweaks to make hitting easier for me and the CPU) with Armor’s True Classic Clean Screen Approach.

As I said I am new to this game (and therefore still not the most skilled) and not the most knowledgeable MLB fan, so I did not focus too much on picking prospects, but rather tried to build a team that could (hopefully) win this year.

I began by picking Jose Altuve as my franchise player to build around. I then took a veteran catcher, Buster Posey, as I think having a catcher who excels at fielding and picking off base runners is an important asset in this game. I then built the top of my rotation, picking three pitchers currently in their primes (Johnny Cueto, Dallas Keuchel, Yu Darvish). After that I focused on adding speed at the top of my lineup (Dee Gordon), and power for the middle (Zack Cozart, Justin Smoak, Ryan Zimmerman), while also building my bullpen (Zach Britton, Darren O'Day, Joakim Soria).

Here is how my team looks after the draft:

Rotation
RHP Johnny Cueto (89)
LHP Dallas Keuchel (86)
RHP Yu Darvish (87)
LHP J.A. Happ (86)
RHP Jeff Sardzija (84)

Bullpen
MRP (R): Seung Hwan Oh (80)
MRP (L): Brian Duensing (81)
MRP (L): Jerry Blevins (79)
MRP (R): Sergio Romo (79)
SU (R): Darren O'Day (86)
SU (R): Joakim Soria (86)
CP (L): Zach Britton (93)

Lineup
CF (L) Dee Gordon (88)
SS (R) Jose Altuve (98)
C (R) Buster Posey (96) / (R) Yadier Molina (78) plays every 5th game
DH (S) Justin Smoak (82) vRHP / (R) Matt Kemp (79) vLHP
1B (R) Ryan Zimmerman (82)
3B (R) Zack Cozart (85)
RF (L) Brett Gardner (82)
SS (R) Troy Tulowitzki (79) vLHP / (R) Dustin Pedroia (81) vRHP*
LF (L) Curtis Granderson (81)

Bench
Utility Player: (S) Ben Zobrist (78)
(*Altuve switches to SS, and Pedroia plays 2B)

Will post an update after our opening 4-game series with the New York Yankees!

[mangreezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by mangreezy

CP (L): Zach Britton (93)

That should read: "CP (L): Zach Britton (83)" (Sorry. Not sure how to edit posts.)

[Frostball]

Ok so after seeing Jsmith's Red Sox Draft. I did a Draft with the Sox as well. I may not play with this team but the draft will just get my craving for picking a team out the way.

Any way had 8th pick> here are my first 25 Picks. I did trade for Solarte. I gave up Logan Forsythe, and SS Prospect Lucius Fox. I also traded for Knebel for my closer. I gave up SP Dillion Tate, CF Jeremy Hazelbaker, and 3B Ryan Mountcastle.

Bellinger
Martinez
Inciarte
Taillon
Diaz
Hernandez
Bichette
Bradley
Claudio
Villanueva
Davis
Bruce
Eickhoff
Buchter
Cabrera
Lopez
Sanchez
Tulo
Giolito
Greene
Lugo
Escobar
Zobrist
Mathis
Forsythe

Batting order and Bench are as Follows

CF L Ender Inciarte
2B S Cesar Hernandez
1B L Cody Bellinger
3B R Christian Villanueva
RF L Jay Bruce
DH R Kris Davis
LF S Melky Cabrera
SS R Troy Tulowitzki
C R Elias Diaz

C R Jeff Mathis
2B S Yangervis Solarte
SS R Yunel Escobar
RF S Ben Zobrist


Pitching rotation and bullpen are as follows

SP Carlos Martinez
SP Jameson Taillon
SP Jerad Eickhoff
SP Reynaldo Lopez
SP Aaron Sanchez

LRP Lucas Giolito
LRP Seth Lugo
MRP Ryan Buchter
MRP Shane Greene
SU Alex Clauido
SU Archie Bradley
CP Corey Knebel


Prospects
SP Erick Feede
SP Cal Quantrill
SP Kyle Funkhouser
SP Touki Toussaint
SP D.L. Hall
SP Darwinzon Hernandez
SP James Kaprielian
SP Luis Medina
SP Alex Scherff
SP Riley Pint
C Aramis Garcia
1B Tyler Nevin
3B Jake Burger
SS Bo Bichette
LF Garrett Whitley
CF Yusniel Diaz
CF Tristen Lutz
CF Mickey Moniak
CF Lolo Sanchez
RF Magneuris Sierra
RF Alex Kirilloff

After looking at all the prospect I have on this one I may decide to play with it. We will see

[KBLover]

Some days...I really hate Coors Field.

Just, really, really hate the place.

And some days, I really, really hate my pitchers.

Won 19-10 to close out a split series with the Brewers. I hate playing games like this.

In fact, the whole game was a sloppy mess on both sides. Brewers made 4 errors, 3 in one inning. Finnegan walked 4 straight batters.

From the 5th inning on, the Rockies had 11 runs and the Brewers 10.

An 8-run first inning was a huge difference.

The other three games in the series were orderly. Rockies lost games one and three 6-3 and 6-4, respectively. They won game two 6-2.

Then this game happened.

The Rockies are going to have to figure out the pitching staff. There may not be a decent arm in the bunch, even from those, like Arrieta, who have good ratings. Ohtani is the only bright spot on the mound.

The Rockies ended Michael Brantley's hitting streak at 25 games. He went 0-for-3 with 2 walks.

"We were determined to put an end to this streak even if we had to walk him every time. I think he got frustrated because I know at least one of those outs he made was on a chase and I believe the one strikeout we got on him was a chase on a high heater, " the Rockies manager commented.

[Bm7414206]

About to do a Fantasy Draft with default rosters. But I have balanced out all positions so they all have same amount of 90+ 80+ 70+ 60+ overalls. I didn't mess with attributes just changed players positions. Only thing I'm changing attributes wise is some players potentials like Barraclough who is a D potential to a B potential. If anyone wants to try these out let me know... I'll let everyone know how my team turns out

[Bm7414206]

This was my draft I only did to 44 because I am doing 30team control. Overall I am very pleased with how it turned out. I got a good mix of young guys and vets. I tried to get defensive first guys up the middle and power guys in corner spots. I tried to get a deep bullpen which didn't happen like I wanted so may have to make some trades. I also tried to alternate hitter/pitcher every round so both pitching and hitting were good. How do u guys thinking did? (Round drafted in) I had 12th overall pick

SP LUIS SEVERINO (3)
SP FELIX HERNANDEZ (7)
SP JOSE BERRIOS (11)
SP NATHAN EOVALDI (14)
SP STEVEN MATZ (15)

LR MIKE FOLTYNEWICZ (24)
MR MATT BARNES (19)
MR EMILIO PAGAN (20)
MR SHANE GREENE (21)
MR DANIEL HUDSON (25)
SU KYLE BARRACLOUGH (5)
SU RYAN TEPERA (18)
CP FELIPE RIVERO (2)

C MATT WIETERS (12)
1B JUSTIN SMOAK (6)
2B LOGAN FORSYTHE (10)
3B NICHOLAS CASTELLANOS (9)
SS ZACK COZART (8)
LF ALEX GORDON (13)
CF LORENZO CAIN (4)
RF AARON JUDGE (1)
DH MARK TRUMBO (22)

C YAN GOMES (16)
1B YONDER ALONSO (32)
3B BRANDON DRURY (17)

[KBLover]

I don't know what's gotten into Miguel Sano.

I don't know if I happen to just mesh with his swing or what, but he has 24 HR...through mid-May.

I mean, Gallo has 16, which is more than enough, but Sano has been off the charts.

Maybe it's Coors. If he keeps this up, he's going to have an insane HR total by season's end.

[KBLover]

After a 3-0 start to May, the Rockies have been inconsistent, going 6-6. The pitching staff has been the real problem and it's largely been a top-to-bottom issue with different guys not getting it done.

The team's lead has dropped to 2 1/2 games over the Dodgers, and now the Giants are coming, just 3 1/2 games back. Of the three teams, the Rockies have been the coldest lately, just 5-5 in the last 10 games, versus the Dodgers at 6-4 and the Giants at 7-3.

While the pitching is getting a lot of the blame, rightly so, the offense shouldn't get a total pass either. The lineup has been heavily reliant on Gallo and Sano in the middle. Everyone else in the lineup can be very uneven and it leads to mixed performances at the plate as a team.

If this continues, the Rockies will need to consider dealing for a pitcher and another hitter somewhere in the lineup once the summer months, and the trading deadline, arrive.