Official MLB The Show 19 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[mlblover15]

yeah but you know how fantasy drafting is... it will take a month or so until it is all sorted out lol

[SethMurphy]

copying this over from the other franchise thread


Found a decent full minors roster in the vault to use for now. Decided to mess with a fantasy draft to see how it played out. Had 12th pick I believe it was. Playing as Marlins

Lineup
LF - Mallex Smith
CF - AJ Pollock
1B - Daniel Murphy
SS - Francisco Lindor
C - JT Realmuto
3B - Eduardo Escobar
RF - Stephen Piscotty
2B - Jose Pirela

BN - Yangervis Solarte
BN - Nick Franklin
BN - Paulo Orlando
BN - Erik Kratz

Rotation
Zack Greinke
Robbie Ray
Tanner Roark
Trevor Richards
CC Sabathia

Bullpen
LR - Yaisel Sierra
LR - Matt Bush
MR - Josh Hader
MR - Diego Castillo
MR - Santiago Casilla
SU - Pedro Baez
SU - Tyler Lyons
CP - Blake Parker

Top Prospects
SP - Chris Paddack A
SP - Jon Duplantier A
SP - Forrest Whitley A
SP - Chance Adams A
SP - Jonathan Loaisiga B
SP - Ben Bowden B
2B - Nick Madrigal A
OF - Christin Stewart A
1B - Pete Alonso A
3B - Alec Bohm A
CF - Leody Taveras A

[Bm7414206]

I'm going to be restarting my fantasy Franchise. I just created a roster using the default rosters but I updated all the contract extensions to opening day. I also redid the salaries of all the players because the realistic contracts don't work at all. So I went thru and gave all the players their "expectation" salary so it fits the game contracts and works out better. I also created my own slider set that works well for me. So I'm going to probably redraft my Franchise later today or tomorrow

[mlblover15]

first game with Pittsburgh against the Reds. Well, I had the chore of trying to beat Mad Max. Well, it didn't happen. I barely got a hit off him. it happened in the top of the 9th inning. Let me say that hitting on AS in the show this year due to increased pitch speeds is insane.

Also hitting in Cincinnati on day games from behind the plate is nearly impossible due to the insane shadows.

After playing this game officially I did find a decent slider set that had lower pitch speeds on it that I used which seemed to help... I think lol

[the_kevstaaa]

Did a 30 team control fantasy draft. I'm interested in where everyone ends up at the end. I'm playing a game here or there with each team. I'll try to post recaps and such in here.

[irishnorz4029]

Does anyone have a positional round map? Kind of giving a ballpark of when certain positions should be drafted? Have always wondered about this over the years and I love doing fantasy drafts but I am always trying to improve my draft strategy, especially because I only recently started following baseball avidly and I am eager to learn some new things for a Fantasy Franchise.

[J_smith2190]

Cubs Lead Division By 3 Games

The Cubs stumbled into May losing 3 games in a row. Unfortunately those three losses came due to the top of the rotation getting abosulutely lit up. Only one major issue has occurred during the first month, with Ian Desmond fracturing his shin (out 1-2 months still). The Desmond injury may have turned into a blessing in disguise, as Mike Gerber has now taken over CF duties full-time, and shown he can hold his own against left handed pitching.

The biggest issue the cubs have faced throughout the year has been the ability to push runner across the plate. Part of that problem seems to be the longball, but Manager Joe Maddon attributes that to just early season adjustments and strong winds at Wrigley to start the year.

Lets take a look at the Cubs stats though the first month of the season:

2019 Chicago Cubs - May 1st - Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
2B Whit Merrifield (R)	112	16	33	2	0	2	8	12	10	12	5	.295	.357	.366
CF Mike Gerber (L)	83	21	30	4	4	3	12	5	16	13	5	.361	.411	.614
3B Josh Donaldson (R)	104	14	35	10	1	4	32	5	18	0	0	.337	.364	.567
1B Anthony Rizzo (L)	111	9	29	11	0	2	13	2	19	0	0	.261	.274	.414
LF Justin Upton (R)	106	14	34	7	2	0	9	7	22	0	0	.321	.368	.425
RF Max Kepler (L)	68	12	20	5	0	0	7	9	5	0	0	.294	.372	.368
C Austin Romine (R)	61	6	18	4	1	0	3	2	4	0	0	.295	.328	.393
SS Tim Anderson (R)	98	12	31	8	4	0	11	8	10	9	2	.316	.368	.480
-------BENCH-------
C Chris Iannetta (R)	36	4	9	3	0	1	5	2	4	0	0	.250	.282	.417
1B John Hicks (R)	44	5	13	3	0	1	10	1	12	0	0	.295	.304	.432
2B Chase D'arnaud (R)	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.154	.214	.231
3B Brandon Drury (R)	55	6	15	5	0	0	5	0	7	0	0	.273	.273	.364
LF Drew Robinson (L)	24	4	9	2	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	.375	.423	.708

2019 Chicago Cubs - May 1st - Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
SP Aaron Nola (R)	6	6	3	2	0	5	0	43.1	27	12	8	1	58	0.65	2.49
SP Chris Archer (R)	6	6	4	2	0	5	0	43.0	34	7	4	0	49	0.79	1.47
SP J.A. Happ (L)	6	6	3	1	0	4	0	36.2	37	71	3	2	34	1.06	4.17
SP Lance Lynn (R)	5	5	4	0	0	3	0	30.2	23	9	5	1	32	0.78	2.64
SP Alex Meyer (R)	5	5	4	1	0		0	31.1	19	2	1	5	31	0.77	0.57
----BULLPEN--------
LRP Clay Buchholz (R)	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	12.0	7	1	0	2	11	0.75	0.75
MRP Fernando Rodney (R)	12	0	1	0	0	0	4	9.2	11	4	2	2	11	1.34	3.72
MRP Sam Freeman (L) Freeman (L)	13	0	0	1	0	0	4	9.1	12	4	1	0	13	1.29	3.86
MRP Trevor Gott (R)	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	11.0	9	1	0	1	15	0.91	0.82
SU Matt Barnes (R)	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	9.1	7	3	2	3	10	1.07	2.89
SU Boone Logan (L)	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	6.0	6	0	0	0	10	1.00	0.00
CP David Robertson (R)	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	5.2	1	0	0	1	13	0.35	0.00

Next Up

In a month in which the Cubs only have 3 off days (May 2nd, 13th, & 30th), the teams depth will be tested. Drury, Hicks & Robinson will again be relied on as the primary depth / pinch hitting options.

Rumors

The cubs may look to trade one or possibly both of their top prospects, SS Scott Kingery & SP Chance Adams. League sources have the cubs looking to move on from each player in an effort to improve the big league club, and possible shed salary (with an attached contract). Its still early in the season, so it seems we will have to wait on an answer for that.

**** I have played every game, beginning on Dynamic Difficulty, and settling on Allstar / Allstar.

[the_kevstaaa]

First time trying one of these box scores. Here's what went down in the first game I played of my 30 team fantasy draft league. Next game played will be posted soon.

Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics
Mar 20, 2019	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (0-1)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	8	0
Oakland (1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	X	4	8	1
W: Matt Bush L: Diego Castillo S: Pedro Strop

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			SEA	OAK
SEA	5	Elvis Andrus RBI single scoring Alberto Ortiz	1	0
OAK	6	Joey Votto RBI single scoring Starling Marte	1	1
SEA	7	Alberto Ortiz 2 run HR also scoring Tyler Flowers	3	1
OAK	8	Joey Gallo 3 run HR also scoring Zack Cozart and Joey Votto	3	4

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Andrus, SS	5	0	3	1	0	1	0	.600
Nimo, RF	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Altuve, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000
Cespedes, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Zimmerman, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Longoria, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Trumbo, DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Flowers, C	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Ortiz, CF	4	2	3	2	0	0	1	.750
TEAM TOTALS	36	3	8	3	2	12	1	.222
BATTING: 2B: Ortiz (1) HR: Oritz (1) RBI: Ortiz 2 (2), Andrus (1)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Marte, CF	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	.667
Cozart, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Votto, 1B	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.333
Gallo, LF	4	1	2	3	0	1	1	.500
Grichuk, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Castro, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Robertson, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Riddle, DC	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
Barrera, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	31	4	8	4	2	6	1	.258
BATTING: 2B: Marte (1) HR: Gallo (1) RBI: Gallo 3 (3), Votto (1) GIDP: Votto (1)
BASERUNNING: SB: Marte (1)
FIELDING: E: Marte (1)

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Carrasco	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	1.28
Castillo (L, 0-1)	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	1	81.00
Dull	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	4.00

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bauer	7.0	5	3	3	2	8	1	3.85
Bush (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Strop (S, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	3	3	2	12	1	3.00