Official MLB The Show 16 Fantasy Draft Franchise Progress Thread

[TheMadleR]

Rotation:
Matt Harvey
Michael Wacha
Wei-Yin Chen
John Lackey
Steven Matz

Bullpen:
Bartolo Colon
Dellin Betances
Koji Uehara
Fernando Rodney
Wil Smith
Bronson Arroyo

Lineup: (Not the Batting Order)
Starling Marte
Adeiny Hecchaveira
Chris Davis
Kyle Schwarber
Chase Utley
Joey Gallo
Yasmany Tomas
Jarrrod Dyson

Bench:
Ichiro Suzuki
Carlos Beltran
AJ Preziensky (Can't remember how to spell his name)
Victor Martinez
Byron Buxton

[bspring3]

Did my fantasy draft with the Marlins to keep me occupied until OSFM comes out. I had the 6th overall pick.

LINEUP:
RF Yasiel Puig
SS Corey Seager
CF Andrew McCutchen
3B Kris Bryant
1B Alfred Pujols
2B Devin Travis
LF Yasmany Tomas
C JT Realmuto
Pitcher Spot

BENCH:
C Gary Sanchez
1B Greg Bird
SS Wilmer Flores
CF Byron Buxton
RF Ichiro Suzuki

ROTATION:
Yordano Ventura
Aaron Nola
Julio Teheran
Andrew Heaney
Jon Gray

BULLPEN:
LRP Chi Chi Gonzalez
MRP Drew Pomeranz
Lefty Specialist Paco Rodriguez
MRP Randall Delgado
MRP Evan Marshall
SU Corey Knebel
CP Dellin Betances

[towncryer3921]

Anyone else notice when using a roster with real salaries that after the draft the system changes the salaries?? Why is this?

[Arrowhead21]

I did a fantasy drafted season instead of a franchise.. I don't want to be too invested this is just a holdover until OsFM drops.. I chose the Braves as somewhat of a tribute to Turner Field. One thing: It's unfortunate that drafting certain players results in an instant overall drop of anywhere from 1-5 points. But anywho..

Rotation:
Strasburg
Carrasco
C. Lee
Ventura
Locke

Bullpen:
Hendriks
Benoit
Abad
Z. Lee
Nathan
(blanking out on the others right now lol)

Lineup & Bench:
C: Posey / Pena
1B: Morneau / Holiday
2B: Holt / Tomlinson
SS: Russell / Tomlinson
3B: Plouffe / Canha
LF: Calhoun / Canha / Holt
CF: Blackmon / Pagan
RF: Holiday / Pagan / Holt

[J_smith2190]

Hello,

I've been reading these forums for quite some time, and using os rosters for two years now (absolute necessity for me!) Just made an account, mainly due to this thread. I am going to do a full 90 man draft this evening and posting the 25 picks and notable prospects. Stuck on who to be, the Reds or the Pirates? Good luck to everyone this year!

[adamjsav]

After that is decided I tend to try to build up the middle first and foremost. CF, SS, 2B and Catcher are critical to being successful and making your pitching staff even stronger than it may appear on paper.

Love your write up. Why do you consider drafting a catcher so important? In real life, completely understand the value. In the show however, I dont see any value at all.

[KomicJ]

I just started a Fantasy Draft with the Minnesota Twins, 23rd pick overall (about to pick in the 23rd round). I'm very pleased with the results so far, mostly because I tend to overlook my bullpen and C.

However, this time I really made sure it wouldn't be the case. Thing is, I don't want to screw this up. So if you have any input as to what I should do / focus on next, it would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the team so far...

ROSTER: Top400Prospects

Rotation
RHP - Noah Syndergaard (Round 2)
LHP - Gio Gonzalez (Round 7)
RHP - Aaron Nola (Round 6)
RHP - Matt Wisler (Round 15)
LHP - Julio Urias (Round 16)

Bullpen
LHP - Kyle Crockett (Round 21)
LHP -
RHP - Jenrry Mejia (Round 20)
RHP - Ryan Cook (Round 14)
RHP - Yimi Garcia (Round 9)
SU - Kelvin Herrera (Round 8)
CP - Arodys Vizcaino (Round 13)

Starting Line-Up
C - Salvador Perez (Round 5)
1B - Freddie Freeman (Round 4)
2B - Yoan Moncada (Round 12)
3B - Nolan Arenado (Round 1)
SS - Corey Seager (Round 3)
LF - Wil Myers (Round 11)
CF - Jackie Bradley Jr. (Round 10)
RF - Nomar Mazara (Round 22)

Bench
PH - Byron Buxton (Round 17)

Key Minor Leaguers
RHP - Alex Reyes (Round 18)
SS - Dansby Swanson (Round 19)

I intend to platoon Bradley and Buxton at CF.

Now, ideally I'd like to add a starting pitcher to my rotation, so that Urias could be sent in the minors at least for a year. Matt Garza and Trevor May seems to be the best fit available right now for that.

2B is also a position of concern, as I'd be much more confortable using Moncada from the bench. Will probably have to settle for a defensively reliable 2B at this point in the draft, best choices seems to be Christian Colon, Ruben Tejada, Donovan Solano, Luis Sardinas

Finally, an outfielder is needed, as I intend to platoon Bradley Jr. and Buxton at CF, and not quite sure Mazara is ready to play that much. There's not much left in terms of quality outfielder though. Right now, I'm leaning towards Dalton Pompey, who looks a lot better defensively, while providing speed.

So, any input ? Any suggestion on who I should be looking at that deep in the draft ? Thanks.

[Frostball]

Saw this thread and figured I would do a draft to eat up time before the Rosters are dropped later today.

So used Miami and got the 29th Pick

Line Up AGE OVR
C Kyle Schwarber (3rd RD) 23 80
1B Greg Bird (12th RD) 23 79
2B Jonathan Schoop (10th RD) 24 78
SS Carlos Correa (1st RD) 21 91
3B Maikel Franco (7th RD) 23 83
LF Christian Yelich (6th RD) 24 81
CF Marcell Ozuna (11th RD) 25 77
RF Miguel Sano (5th RD) 22 85

Bench
C Andrew Susac (22nd RD) 26 73
3B Kelly Johnson (18th RD) 1B,2B,LF,RF 34 75
2B Jose Peraza (19th RD) SS,CF 21 72
LF Eric Young Jr. (21st RD) 2B,CF,RF 30 69
RF Marlon Byrd (23rd RD) LF 38 80

Starters
SP Noah Syndergaard (2nd RD) 23 89
SP Raisel Iglesias (4th RD) 26 84
SP John Lackey (13th RD) 37 81
SP Vince Velasquez (14th RD) 23 79
SP Tyler Duffey (16th RD) 25 77

Bullpen
LRP Brett Oberholtzer (17th RD) LH 26 74
MR Arquimedes Caminero (20th RD) RH 28 76
MR Tanner Scheppers (24th RD) RH 29 70
MR Javier Lopez (25th RD) LH 38 76
SU Kevin Siegrist (9th RD) LH 26 78
SU Brad Ziegler (15th RD) RH 36 79
CP Ken Giles (8th RD) RH 25 86