#OSFM 17: Chicago Cubs World Series Champions

[Figment]

A month out from game release I thought I would start the Cubs thread. I put together a list of 131 players that have some legitimate claim to be on the OSFM roster. I know a handful of players will be cut before the season starts and other players will be claimed off of waivers, so this provides some wiggle room for replacement players depending on position or maybe popularity.

A couple predictions of mine is that Tommy La Stella is traded before opening day since Szczur is out of options and he had his whole fiasco last year after being optioned too. I also think Szczur may be traded or waived for them to make room for Jeimer Candelario instead. The versatility of the entire team make it to where they don't NEED a specific position, it's just a matter of tools they think can be more helpful to the team and a good switch hitting 3B/1B may be more valuable to them. I ultimately think Szczur makes the roster since he is a good defensive substitution, good PH against lefties, and a good option for a pinch runner.

I used The Cub Reporter (http://www.thecubreporter.com/cubs-s...al-depth-chart) as my primary source to build these rosters combined with news I've read and just overall paying attention to my team. Prospects on a top ten list will be bold with a bracket displaying what list and number they placed, I used MLB, Baseball Prospectus, and Baseball America for this. All top 10 prospects are included in the 90 man roster. I have all 40 man roster players on the roster denoted by an asterisk*. I also have all "predicted" AAA and AA players listed too. Without further delay, the list:

MLB:
SP Jon Lester* (L)
SP Jake Arrieta*
SP Kyle Hendricks*
SP John Lackey*
SP Brett Anderson* (L)
SP/RP Mike Montgomery* (L)
CP Wade Davis*
RP Hector Rondon*
RP Pedro Strop*
RP Koji Uehara*
RP Carl Edwards Jr*
RP Justin Grimm*
RP Caleb Smith* (L) (MLB Rule 5 Pick)
C/LF Willson Contreras*
C Miguel Montero* (L)
1B Anthony Rizzo* (L)
2B/LF/RF Ben Zobrist* (S)
2B/3B/SS Javier Baez*
3B/OF Kris Bryant*
SS Addison Russell*
LF/C Kyle Schwarber* (L)
LF/OF Matt Szczur*
CF/OF Jon Jay* (L)
CF/OF Albert Almora* [MLB:3][BA:3][BP:3]
RF/OF Jason Heyward* (L)

AAA:
SP Eddie Butler*
SP Rob Zastryzny* (L) [MLB:21]
SP Alec Mills* [MLB:16]
SP Jake Buchanan*
SP Aaron Brooks*
SP Williams Perez
RP Fernando Rodriguez
RP Brian Duensing* (L)
RP Felix Pena* [MLB:26]
RP Jack Leathersich* (L)
RP Pierce Johnson* [MLB:18]
RP Jose Rosario* [MLB:22]
RP Jim Henderson
C Carlos Corporan (S)
C/1B Taylor Davis
1B/3B Chris Dominguez
2B/3B Tommy La Stella*
2B Jemile Weeks (S)
3B/1B Jeimer Candelario* (S) [MLB:5][BA:7][BP:5]
3B/SS Kevin Cornelius (AAA Rule 5 Draft Pick)
SS/2B Munenori Kawasaki (L)
LF/2B Ian Happ (S) [MLB:1][BA:2][BP:2]
LF/RF Mark Zagunis [MLB:6][BA:6]
CF/OF John Andreoli
RF/OF Eloy Jimenez [MLB:2][BA:1][BP:1]

AA:
SP Duane Underwood* [MLB:7]
SP Casey Kelly
SP Ryan Williams [MLB:19]
SP Seth Frankoff
SP Dallas Beeler
SP Jordan Pries
RP Manny Parra (L)
RP David Rollins (L)
RP Dylan Floro
RP Maikel Cleto
RP Zac Rosscup (L)
RP Conor Mullee
RP Daniel Corcino
C/1B/3B Victor Caratini* (S) [MLB:15]
C/1B Cael Brockmeyer
1B Yasiel Balaguert
1B Gioskar Amaya
2B/3B Chesny Young [MLB:29]
2B/SS Stephen Bruno
3B Jason Vosler (L)
SS Elliot Soto
LF/OF Charcer Burks
CF/OF Jacob Hannemann* (L) [MLB:20]
CF/OF Todd Glaesmann
RF Bijan Rademacher (L)

A:
SP Trevor Clifton [MLB:9][BA:8][BP:4]
SP Dylan Cease [MLB:4][BA:4][BP:7]
SP Oscar De La Cruz [MLB:8][BA:5][BP:8]
SP Thomas Hatch [MLB:14][BP:10]
SP Jose Albertos [MLB:10][BA:10][BP:6]
SP Michael Wagner
SP Jen-Ho Tseng [MLB:27]
RP Gerardo Concepcion (L)
RP Jhondaniel Medina
RP Andury Acevedo
RP Corey Black [MLB:28]
RP Miguel Mejia
RP Frank Batista
C Ali Solis
C P.J. Higgins [MLB:23]
2B David Bote
2B Daniel Sepulveda (L)
3B Jesse Hodges
3B Wladimir Galindo
SS Carlos Penalver
LF Roberto Caro (S)
CF Trey Martin
CF D.J. Wilson (L) [MLB:12][BA:9]
RF Jeffrey Baez
RF Eddy Julio Martinez [MLB:13][BP:9]

EXTRAS:
SP Zach Hedges
SP Brad Markey
SP Tyler Skulina
SP Jonathan Martinez
SP Jake Stinnett [MLB:17]
SP Jose Paulino (L) [MLB:30]
SP Justin Steele (L) [MLB:24]
SP Carson Sands (L) [MLB:25]
SP Bryan Hudson (L) [MLB:11]
RP Daniel Moskos (L)
RP Nick Sarianides
RP Steve Perakslis
RP Juan Carlos Paniagua
RP Jeffry Antigua (L)
RP David Garner
RP David Berg
RP James Pugliese
RP Daury Torrez
C Tyler Pearson
C Ian Rice
C Erick Castillo (S)
1B Matt Rose
1B Alberto Mineo (L)
2B Andrew Ely (L)
3B Vimael Machin (L)
SS Zach Short
SS Bryant Flete (L)
LF Kevonte Mitchell
LF Michael Foster
CF Connor Myers
RF Daniel Spingola (L)

Like I said, 131 players. Don't pay too much attention to what level I have them at. Caleb Smith and Kevin Cornelius have to be at MLB and AAA respectively since they are rule 5 picks so I placed them there.
Let me know your thoughts, who should be bumped down or up? Besides that I can't wait until the new game comes out.

Go Cubs Go!

[trackstar121388]

So I just saw a list of the top 18 players at every position and I was surprised by a few things.

They don't have Addison Russell as one of the top 18 SS in the league. Additionally, Schwarber and Contreras don't show up at all. I guess I can see them not putting Schwarber and Contreras in as they're still "unproven" and it might depend what position they list Schwarber at. So my bigger contention is no Russell in the top 18. He was tied for 10th among SS in runs score, 15th in hits, 16th in doubles, tied for 11th in triples, 7th in homeruns, 2nd in RBIs, 6th in walks, 17th in batting average, 10th in OBP., 13th in SLG., 11th in OPS. and is very good defensive player.

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news...o1pqono83flsiw

[Caulfield]

Quote: Originally Posted by trackstar121388

So I just saw a list of the top 18 players at every position and I was surprised by a few things. They don't have Addison Russell as one of the top 18 SS in the league. Additionally, Schwarber and Contreras don't show up at all. I guess I can see them not putting Schwarber and Contreras in as they're still "unproven" and it might depend what position they list Schwarber at. So my bigger contention is no Russell in the top 18. He was tied for 10th among SS in runs score, 15th in hits, 16th in doubles, tied for 11th in triples, 7th in homeruns, 2nd in RBIs, 6th in walks, 17th in batting average, 10th in OBP., 13th in SLG., 11th in OPS. and is very good defensive player. http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news...o1pqono83flsiw

Thats got to be something as simple as oversight. In the last roster update Addison was rated an 82 overall, up from the default 79 he started at. I bet he's an 85 in 17.

[Figment]

Quote: Originally Posted by trackstar121388

So I just saw a list of the top 18 players at every position and I was surprised by a few things. They don't have Addison Russell as one of the top 18 SS in the league. Additionally, Schwarber and Contreras don't show up at all. I guess I can see them not putting Schwarber and Contreras in as they're still "unproven" and it might depend what position they list Schwarber at. So my bigger contention is no Russell in the top 18. He was tied for 10th among SS in runs score, 15th in hits, 16th in doubles, tied for 11th in triples, 7th in homeruns, 2nd in RBIs, 6th in walks, 17th in batting average, 10th in OBP., 13th in SLG., 11th in OPS. and is very good defensive player. http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news...o1pqono83flsiw

I thought I remembered seeing Russell in one of the streams at a mid 80's rating, probably just an oversight by whoever wrote the article, there is no way that his fielding ability and batting production still don't equal at least a 78 overall. As for Schwarber, many don't expect him to be much of anything at LF and I expect MLB the Show to think the same. They had him rated around a 77 last year as a LF and I expect he will be rated about the same. I wouldn't be too worried about it, I'm just going to edit them myself anyway, you should too if you don't like their ratings.

[trackstar121388]

Quote: Originally Posted by Figment

I thought I remembered seeing Russell in one of the streams at a mid 80's rating, probably just an oversight by whoever wrote the article, there is no way that his fielding ability and batting production still don't equal at least a 78 overall. As for Schwarber, many don't expect him to be much of anything at LF and I expect MLB the Show to think the same. They had him rated around a 77 last year as a LF and I expect he will be rated about the same. I wouldn't be too worried about it, I'm just going to edit them myself anyway, you should too if you don't like their ratings.

I probably will edit them. They sometimes under-rate some hitting attributes

[thescoop]

Awesome job putting this together. I can't wait till next week to get start playing this game. Of course I'll be waiting even longer to play with actual minor leaguers as well.

[ItAllFades]

Ready for another fun year, boys. Lets do this.

[trackstar121388]

Cubs roster ratings
Kris Bryant 94
Jake Arrieta 92
Wade Davis 91
Jon Lester 90
Anthony Rizzo 89
Kyle Hendricks 87
Ben Zobrist 85
Hector Rondon 84
Pedro Strop 84
Koji Uehara 83
Javier Baez 81
John Lackey 81
Justin Grimm 80
Carl Edwards Jr. 79
Wilson Contreras 78
Jason Heyward 78
Addison Russell 78
Fernando Rodriguez 77
Kyle Schwarber 76
Mike Montgomery 75
Miguel Montero 74
Brett Anderson 72
Jon Jay 70
Tommy La Stella 69
Jemile Weeks 69
Matt Szczur 67
Munenori Kawasaki 67
Brian Duensing 65
Jim Henderson 65
Alberto Alomra Jr. 64
Williams Perez 64
Jake Buchanan 62
Alec Mills 61
Jeimer Candelario 59
Felix Pena 57
Casey Kelly 56
Rob Zastryny 56
Eddie Butler 55
Conor Mulle 54
Dylan Floro 49