MLB THE SHOW 23: OPENING DAY STARTING ROTATIONS AND BULLPENS

[Houston]

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ORIOLES:
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ROTATION:

1. Kyle Gibson (R)
2. Dean Kremer (R)
3. Cole Irvin (L)
4. Kyle Bradish (R)
5. Tyler Wells (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Felix Bautista (R)
SU Cionel Perez (L)
SU Bryan Baker (R)
MRP Keegan Akin (L)
MRP Mike Baumann (R)
MRP Logan Gillaspie (R)
MRP Danny Coulombe (L)
LRP Austin Voth (R)
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RED SOX:
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ROTATION:

1. Corey Kluber (R)
2. Chris Sale (L)
3. Tanner Houck (R)
4. Kutter Crawford (R)
5. Nick Pivetta (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Kenley Jansen (R)
SU Chris Martin (R)
SU John Schreiber (R)
MRP Ryan Brasier (R)
MRP Richard Bleier (L)
MRP Zack Kelly (R)
MRP Kaleb Ort (R)
LRP Josh Winckowski (R)
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YANKEES:
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ROTATION:

1. Gerrit Cole (R)
2. Clarke Schmidt (R)
3. Jhony Brito (R)
4. Nestor Cortes (L)
5. Domingo German (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Clay Holmes (R)
SU Jonathan Loaisiga (R)
SU Michael King (R)
MRP Wandy Peralta (L)
MRP Ron Marinaccio (R)
MRP Albert Abreu (R)
MRP Colten Brewer (R)
LRP Jimmy Cordero (R)

* I will need to remove a bench player because on the game we are only allowed to use 13 batters. The YANKEES for opening day had (12) pitchers instead of 13. OF Estevan Florial Designated for assignment on 4/1/23. RP Colten Brewer will need to be the 13th pitcher he was brought up on 4/1/23.
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RAYS:
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ROTATION:

1. Shane McClanahan (L)
2. Zach Eflin (R)
3. Jeffrey Springs (L)
4. Drew Rasmussen (R)
5. Josh Fleming (L)

BULLPEN:

CL Pete Fairbanks (R)
SU Jason Adam (R)
SU Colin Poche (L)
MR Jalen Beeks (L)
MR Garrett Cleavinger (L)
MR Ryan Thompson (R)
MR Kevin Kelly (R)
LRP Calvin Faucher (R)
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BLUE JAYS:
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ROTATION:

1. Alek Manoah (R)
2. Kevin Gausman (R)
3. Chris Bassitt (R)
4. Jose Berrios (R)
5. Yusei Kikuchi (L)

BULLPEN:

CL Jordan Romano (R)
SU Erik Swanson (R)
SU Yimi Garcia (R)
MRP Anthony Bass (R)
MRP Adam Cimber (R)
MRP Tim Mayza (L)
MRP Trevor Richards (R)
LRP Zach Pop (R)
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WHITE SOX:
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ROTATION:

1. Dylan Cease (R)
2. Lance Lynn (R)
3. Lucas Giolito (R)
4. Mike Clevinger (R)
5. Michael Kopech (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Reynaldo Lopez (R)
SU Kendall Graveman (R)
SU Aaron Bummer (L)
MRP Joe Kelly (R)
MRP Jake Diekman (L)
MRP Jose Ruiz (R)
MRP Gregory Santos (R)
LRP Jimmy Lambert (R)
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GUARDIANS:
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ROTATION:

1. Shane Bieber (R)
2. Hunter Gaddis (R)
3. Aaron Civale (R)
4. Cal Quantrill (R)
5. Zach Plesac (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Emmanuel Clase (R)
SU James Karinchak (R)
SU Trevor Stephan (R)
MRP Nick Sandlin (R)
MRP Enyel De Los Santos (R)
MRP Eli Morgan (R)
MRP Tim Herrin (L)
LRP Xzavion Curry (R)
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TIGERS:
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ROTATION:

1. Eduardo Rodriguez (L)
2. Spencer Turnbull (R)
3. Joey Wentz (L)
4. Matthew Boyd (L)
5. Matt Manning (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Alex Lange (R)
SU Jose Cisnero (R)
SU Jason Foley (R)
MRP Tyler Alexander (L)
MRP Trey Wingenter (R)
MRP Chasen Shreve (L)
MRP Mason Englert (R)
LRP Garrett Hill (R)
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ROYALS:
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ROTATION:

1. Zack Greinke (R)
2. Jordan Lyles (R)
3. Brad Keller (R)
4. Brady Singer (R)
5. Kris Bubic (L)

BULLPEN:

CL Scott Barlow (R)
SU Aroldis Chapman (L)
SU Dylan Coleman (R)
MRP Taylor Clarke (R)
MRP Amir Garrett (L)
MRP Jose Cuas (R)
MRP Carlos Hernandez (R)
LRP Ryan Yarbrough (L)
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TWINS:
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ROTATION:

1. Pablo Lopez (R)
2. Sonny Gray (R)
3. Joe Ryan (R)
4. Tyler Mahle (R)
5. Kenta Maeda (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Jhoan Duran (R)
SU Jorge Lopez (R)
SU Caleb Thielbar (L)
MRP Griffin Jax (R)
MRP Emilio Pagan (R)
MRP Jovani Moran (L)
MRP Jorge Alcala (R)
LRP Cole Sands (R)
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ASTROS:
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ROTATION:

1. Framber Valdez (L)
2. Cristian Javier (R)
3. Jose Urquidy (R)
4. Luis Garcia (R)
5. Hunter Brown (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Ryan Pressly (R)
SU Rafael Montero (R)
SU Bryan Abreu (R)
MRP Hector Neris (R)
MRP Ryne Stanek (R)
MRP Phil Maton (R)
MRP Seth Martinez (R)
LRP Ronel Blanco (R)
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ANGELS:
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ROTATION:

1. Shohei Ohtani (R)
2. Patrick Sandoval (L)
3. Tyler Anderson (L)
4. Reid Detmers (L)
5. Jose Suarez (L)
6. Tucker Davidson (L) [He was supposed to be the 6th starter but only has been in relief this season]

BULLPEN:

CL Carlos Estevez (R)
SU Jimmy Herget (R)
SU Ryan Tepera (R)
MRP Matt Moore (L)
MRP Aaron Loup (L)
MRP Jose Quijada (L)
MRP Andrew Wantz (R)
LRP Jaime Barria (R)
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ATHLETICS:
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ROTATION:

1. Kyle Muller (L)
2. Shintaro Fujinami (R)
3. Ken Waldichuk (L)
4. James Kaprielian (R)
5. JP Sears (L)

BULLPEN:

CL Trevor May (R)
SU Dany Jimenez (R)
SU Zach Jackson (R)
MRP Domingo Acevedo (R)
MRP Jeurys Familia (R)
MRP Sam Moll (L)
MRP Adrian Martinez (R)
LRP Adam Oller (R)
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MARINERS:
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ROTATION:

1. Luis Castillo (R)
2. Robbie Ray (L)
3. Logan Gilbert (R)
4. Marco Gonzales (L)
5. George Kirby (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Paul Sewald (R)
SU Andres Munoz (R)
SU Diego Castillo (R)
MRP Matt Brash (R)
MRP Penn Murfee (R)
MRP Trevor Gott (R)
MRP Matt Festa (R)
LRP Chris Flexen (R)
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RANGERS:
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ROTATION:

1. Jacob deGrom (R)
2. Nathan Eovaldi (R)
3. Martín Perez (L)
4. Jon Gray (R)
5. Andrew Heaney (L)

BULLPEN:

CL Jose Leclerc (R)
SU Will Smith (L)
SU Jonathan Hernandez (R)
MRP Brock Burke (L)
MRP Ian Kennedy (R)
MRP Taylor Hearn (L)
MRP Cole Ragans (L)
LRP Dane Dunning (R)
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BRAVES:
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ROTATION:

1. Max Fried (L)
2. Spencer Strider (R)
3. Jared Shuster (L)
4. Charlie Morton (R)
5. Dylan Dodd (L)

BULLPEN:

CL A.J. Minter (L)
SU Joe Jimenez (R)
SU Collin McHugh (R)
MRP Dylan Lee (L)
MRP Kirby Yates (R)
MRP Lucas Luetge (L)
MRP Nick Anderson (R)
MP Michael Tonkin (R) [See notes below]
LRP Jesse Chavez (R)

I decided to leave RP Michael Tonkin off the opening day roster because on the game we can only carry 13 pitchers total and BRAVES were carrying 14 (9) in the bullpen to start the season.
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MARLINS:
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ROTATION:

1. Sandy Alcantara (R)
2. Jesus Luzardo (L)
3. Edward Cabrera (R)
4. Trevor Rogers (L)
5. Johnny Cueto (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Dylan Floro (R)
SU A.J. Puk (L)
SU Tanner Scott (L)
MRP Matt Barnes (R)
MRP JT Chargois (R)
MRP Huascar Brazoban (R)
MRP Andrew Nardi (L)
LRP Braxton Garrett (L)
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METS:
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ROTATION:

1. Max Scherzer (R)
2. David Peterson (L)
3. Tylor Megill (R)
4. Kodai Senga (R)
5. Carlos Carrasco (R)

BULLPEN:

CL David Robertson (R)
SU Adam Ottavino (R)
SU Brooks Raley (L)
MRP Drew Smith (R)
MRP John Curtiss (R)
MRP Tommy Hunter (R)
MRP Stephen Nogosek (R)
LRP Dennis Santana (R)
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PHILLIES:
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ROTATION:

1. Aaron Nola (R)
2. Zack Wheeler (R)
3. Bailey Falter (L)
4. Taijuan Walker (R)
5. Matt Strahm (L)

BULLPEN:

CL Jose Alvarado (L)
SU Craig Kimbrel (R)
SU Seranthony Dominguez (R)
MRP Gregory Soto (L)
MRP Andrew Bellatti (R)
MRP Connor Brogdon (R)
MRP Andrew Vasquez (L)
LRP Yunior Marte (R)
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NATIONALS:
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ROTATION:

1. Patrick Corbin (L)
2. Josiah Gray (R)
3. MacKenzie Gore (L)
4. Trevor Williams (R)
5. Chad Kuhl (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Kyle Finnegan (R)
SU Carl Edwards Jr. (R)
SU Hunter Harvey (R)
MRP Erasmo Ramirez (R)
MRP Mason Thompson (R)
MRP Hobie Harris (R)
MRP Anthony Banda (L)
LRP Thaddeus Ward (R)
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CUBS:
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ROTATION:

1. Marcus Stroman (R)
2. Justin Steele (L)
3. Jameson Taillon (R)
4. Drew Smyly (L)
5. Hayden Wesneski (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Michael Fulmer (R)
SU Brad Boxberger (R)
SU Adbert Alzolay (R)
MRP Michael Rucker (R)
MRP Mark Leiter Jr. (R)
MRP Keegan Thompson (R)
MRP Julian Merryweather (R)
LRP Javier Assad (R)
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REDS:
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ROTATION:

1. Hunter Greene (R)
2. Nick Lodolo (L)
3. Graham Ashcraft (R)
4. Connor Overton (R)
5. Luis Cessa (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Alexis Diaz (R)
SU Buck Farmer (R)
SU Reiver Sanmartin (L)
MRP Ian Gibaut (R)
MRP Fernando Cruz (R)
MRP Joel Kuhnel (R)
MRP Derek Law (R)
LRP Alex Young (L)
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BREWERS:
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ROTATION:

1. Corbin Burnes (R)
2. Brandon Woodruff (R)
3. Eric Lauer (L)
4. Freddy Peralta (R)
5. Wade Miley (L)

BULLPEN:

CL Devin Williams (R)
SU Matt Bush (R)
SU Peter Strzelecki (R)
MRP Joel Payamps (R)
MRP Hoby Milner (L)
MRP Javy Guerra (R)
MRP Gus Varland (R)
LRP Bryse Wilson (R)
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PIRATES:
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ROTATION:

1. Mitch Keller (R)
2. Rich Hill (L)
3. Vince Velasquez (R)
4. Johan Oviedo (R)
5. Roansy Contreras (R)

BULLPEN:

CL David Bednar (R)
SU Wil Crowe (R)
SU Duane Underwood Jr. (R)
MRP Colin Holderman (R)
MRP Dauri Moreta (R)
MRP Jose Hernandez (L)
MRP Rob Zastryzny (L)
LRP Chase De Jong (R)
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CARDINALS:
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ROTATION:

1. Miles Mikolas (R)
2. Jack Flaherty (R)
3. Jordan Montgomery (L)
4. Jake Woodford (R)
5. Steven Matz (L)

BULLPEN:

CL Ryan Helsley (R)
SU Giovanny Gallegos (R)
SU Jordan Hicks (R)
MRP Chris Stratton (R)
MRP Andre Pallante (R)
MRP Drew VerHagen (R)
MRP Zack Thompson (L)
LRP Packy Naughton (L)
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DIAMONDBACKS:
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ROTATION:

1. Zac Gallen (R)
2. Merrill Kelly (R)
3. Madison Bumgarner (L)
4. Zach Davies (R)
5. Ryne Nelson (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Scott McGough (R)
SU Andrew Chafin (L)
SU Miguel Castro (R)
MRP Kevin Ginkel (R)
MRP Cole Sulser (R)
MRP Kyle Nelson (L)
MRP Carlos Vargas (R)
LRP Drey Jameson (R)
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ROCKIES:
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ROTATION:

1. German Marquez (R)
2. Kyle Freeland (L)
3. Jose Urena (R)
4. Austin Gomber (L)
5. Ryan Feltner (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Pierce Johnson (R)
SU Brad Hand (L)
SU Dinelson Lamet (R)
MRP Justin Lawrence (R)
MRP Brent Suter (L)
MRP Jake Bird (R)
MRP Ty Blach (L)
LRP Connor Seabold (R)
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DODGERS:
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ROTATION:

1. Julio Urias (L)
2. Dustin May (R)
3. Clayton Kershaw (L)
4. Noah Syndergaard (R)
5. Michael Grove (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Evan Phillips (R)
SU Brusdar Graterol (R)
SU Alex Vesia (L)
MRP Caleb Ferguson (L)
MRP Yency Almonte (R)
MRP Phil Bickford (R)
MRP Shelby Miller (R)
LRP Andre Jackson (R)
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PADRES:
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ROTATION:

1. Blake Snell (L)
2. Nick Martinez (R)
3. Michael Wacha (R)
4. Seth Lugo (R)
5. Ryan Weathers (L) [He is a RP on the roster we are using so I had to put him as the LRP]
6. Yu Darvish (R)

BULLPEN:

CL Josh Hader (L)
SU Luis Garcia (R)
SU Steven Wilson (R)
MRP Nabil Crismatt (R)
MRP Tim Hill (L)
MRP Domingo Tapia (R)
MRP Brent Honeywell Jr. (R)
LRP Ryan Weathers (L) [See above notes]

* The PADRES were using a 6 man rotation to start the season and we are only allowed to carry 5 Starting Pitchers on the game and luckily they made Ryan Weathers a RP that will be placed in the LRP spot and Darvish will go in at #5 although he is really #6 in there rotation. LHP Ryan Weathers should have been made a SP but they have him as a RP and PADRES were carrying 13 pitchers all together so it worked out as I had to put him as the 8th bullpen guy and the long relief pitcher.
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GIANTS:
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ROTATION

1. Logan Webb (R)
2. Alex Cobb (R)
3. Ross Stripling (R)
4. Anthony DeSclafani (R)
5. Alex Wood (L)
6. Sean Manaea (L) [See notes below]

BULLPEN

CL Camilo Doval (R)
SU Taylor Rogers (L)
SU John Brebbia (R)
MRP Tyler Rogers (R)
MRP Scott Alexander (L)
MRP Jakob Junis (R)
MRP Sean Hjelle (R) [See below notes]
LRP Anthony DeSclafani (R) [See below notes]

CL Camilo Doval (R)
SU Taylor Rogers (L)
SU John Brebbia (R)
MRP Tyler Rogers (R)
MRP Scott Alexander (L)
MRP Jakob Junis (R)
MRP Cole Waites (R) [See below notes]
LRP Sean Hjelle (R) [See below notes]

* I decided to remove bench player Brett Wisely (L) INF/OF and added relief pitcher Sean Hjelle because on the game we are only allowed to use 13 pitchers and 13 batters. Giants for opening day had (12) pitchers and (14) positional players instead of 13.

* They played on March 30th, but did not play on the 31st. There next game wasn't until April 1st and they sent down INF/OF Brett Wisely down and called up OF Bryce Johnson. On April 2nd C Joey Bart was placed on the 10 Day DL and RP Sean Hjelle was called up. C Joey Bart never appeared in a game and I was going to just leave him off the Opening Day roster but decided on INF/OF Brett Wisely.

* The GIANTS for opening day had (12) pitchers instead of 13. INF/OF Brett Wisely was optioned on 4/1/23. I added RP Sean Hjelle to be the 13th pitcher he was brought up on 4/2/23.

* I had to put RP Cole Waites as the missing bullpen guy and RP Sean Hjelle as the long reliever since they did change SP Anthony DeSclafani to a SP on the 5/5/23 Roster Update.

* I also had to leave off LHP Sean Manaea until he makes his first start.

[This was made on 4/15/23 - I finalized it on 5/1/23 because I wanted the season to get about 15 GAMES in to have accurate rotations]

[ts10bar]

Nice job and thanks friend!
All I should do is wait the best roster to start franchise.

[Houston]

The following teams have been updated on this list since position were updated on the 5/5/23 Roster Update that fixed those before issues.

MARINERS
PIRATES
GIANTS

* I am still waiting on them to fix PADRES LHP Ryan Weathers to a SP.

[Arizito Sports]

Quote: Originally Posted by Houston

The following teams have been updated on this list since position were updated on the 5/5/23 Roster Update that fixed those before issues. MARINERS PIRATES GIANTS * I am still waiting on them to fix PADRES LHP Ryan Weathers to a SP.

Thanks for this I’m about too start my franchise this is clutch !