The best possible team right now in my opinion

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@writetoshawn_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

Right Field: 99 Ronald Acuña Jr.
With Acuña's injury, this will probably be the best version we will see this year. And he does not disappoint. At parallel 5, this card will have 120+ power against both sides with 99 speed and 99 arm in a RF primary position. That's insane. The fielding does not go up to 90 so he will have a gold fielding badge at best, but I think he is still gonna be worth using over any other outfielder who does have diamond fielding. His reaction and speed are gonna make up for it. Also, this card has the active quirks just like his LS card, which I value a lot.

I looked at the Acuna and compared him to Soriano. They are almost exactly the same in attributes at RF, but Soriano gets the Diamond badge. Was he a consideration for you? I know a lot of people hate his swing.

Acuna has a better swing for most and live series quirks.

Side note: I watched Soriano his entire career. I’m very surprised they gave him diamond defense.

iBonafideScrub__PSN

@bob_loblaw1984 said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@writetoshawn_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

Right Field: 99 Ronald Acuña Jr.
With Acuña's injury, this will probably be the best version we will see this year. And he does not disappoint. At parallel 5, this card will have 120+ power against both sides with 99 speed and 99 arm in a RF primary position. That's insane. The fielding does not go up to 90 so he will have a gold fielding badge at best, but I think he is still gonna be worth using over any other outfielder who does have diamond fielding. His reaction and speed are gonna make up for it. Also, this card has the active quirks just like his LS card, which I value a lot.

I looked at the Acuna and compared him to Soriano. They are almost exactly the same in attributes at RF, but Soriano gets the Diamond badge. Was he a consideration for you? I know a lot of people hate his swing.

Acuna has a better swing for most and live series quirks.

Side note: I watched Soriano his entire career. I’m very surprised they gave him diamond defense.

Yes, I was surprised about that too

Schwizzle_Nizzle_PSN

Too bad I'll never get 99 Acuna because I'm an idiot and picked two Escobars out of my TA3 pack. It was 2 am, I was tired and I didn't remember I had opened a TA3 west pack already and just saw him and grabbed him. Maybe I'll get SDS to exchange it for me or they will realize they need to do an exchange system for those of us that have messed up due to their horrible programming skills....

llXx_Koa_xXll

@bob_loblaw1984 said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@bob_loblaw1984 said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

With all the new content that has dropped over the past few days, I felt like sharing what I believe to be the best team in DD right now. I'll mention a few pros/cons per player and also a few honorable mentions down below.

Small disclaimer before someone checks out my record to decide whether how much weight they wanna attribute to my opinion (weird phenomenon, but that's how people roll and I get it): my record is 0-0 so save yourself some time. I'm solely dedicated to BR until I move to the US later this year, where I'll once again pick up my RS game. I do play friendlies on legend almost daily, so I know how the game plays online above all-star difficulty. Most who have been around here for a while know that I'm a skilled and experienced player, so that's that.

Also, these are just my opinions. If you disagree or prefer a different player that's totally fine. I would always advise anyone to use a player you perform well with instead of a player someone else recommended.

With that out of the way, here we go:

Catcher: 98 J.T. Realmuto (not the TA3 card, but the one from the AS pack)
A lot of people will probably have Kyle Schwarber here, which is understandable based on the offensive attributes. Schwarber has the better bat. The Catcher Pop Time quirk is a game changer to me though, because you will shut down any run or speed cheese game with Realmuto behind the dish. His offensive attributes are also very balanced and his swing is fantastic. To me he is the most balanced catcher in the game right now.

First Base: 99 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
I was a little on the fence when this card dropped because I struggled a bit with his swing. When you get it down, I think this card outperforms every other first baseman in the game. He has the splits you want to have (better against righties, still elite against lefties), he has active quirks like "breaking ball hitter" and his defense goes up to gold at parallel 5. Which in insane to me. Big Papi is still a close second, but I think Vlad Jr. is the better player. You can also play him at 3B, which is nice.

Second Base: 99 Jackie Robinson
I usually strongly dislike Jackie cards in this game, mostly because of his lack of power and his swing. This Jackie has everything you want, at parallel 5 his power numbers are 85/89 which is insane for a Jackie Robinson card. His high contact and speed make him the best lead off hitter in the game and he has diamond defense meaning he'll have elite range in the field. Not much to dislike about the card.

Third Base: 99 Chipper Jones
This pick probably surprises no one. I'm always a huge fan of Chipper cards (traded in my Joe Random for Chipper in MLBTS 17) and like Jackie, this is the best version of Chipper Jones we've ever seen. Switch hitting lefty killer with some wheels, gold defense at parallel 5 AND positional flexibility (he can play shortstop) make him the best card in the game imo. I can't think of a single thing I don't like about this card, but if I had to pick something I'd say his contact against righties could've been a bit higher. But 108 at parallel 5 is obviously plenty.

Shortstop: 96 Trevor Story
I used to play my CAP here, but I picked Story out of one of my flawless packs and decided to try him out for fun. He has become one of my favorite cards to use with also one of the best swings I've seen. He plays well above his attributes and his defense is godlike, he runs down pretty much everything. At parralal 5 he has 92 speed with 99 fielding and 99 reaction, along with 97 arm strength. This is basically a power hitting Ozzie Smith or Omar Vizquel minus the switch hitting. His vision is a little low, so he will have a small PCI on HOF and Legend difficulty.

Left Field: 96 Mike Trout
I mean, it's Mike Trout. I put him in LF but you can play him anywhere, as long as he's on the field. Can't wait for a flashback Mike Trout, who will be one of my 3 endgame outfielders for sure.

Center Field: 96 Jasson Dominguez
This card is so much fun. His speed and defense practically makes this card a switch hitting Byron Buxton, but with a better swing imo. This card also plays well above his attributes, everything seems to be hit hard. The only knack I have is that he is kind of short and I caught myself chasing some fastballs above the zone because they look so good that I forget about his height. Despite that, he's the best CF in the game right now in my opinion.

Right Field: 99 Ronald Acuña Jr.
With Acuña's injury, this will probably be the best version we will see this year. And he does not disappoint. At parallel 5, this card will have 120+ power against both sides with 99 speed and 99 arm in a RF primary position. That's insane. The fielding does not go up to 90 so he will have a gold fielding badge at best, but I think he is still gonna be worth using over any other outfielder who does have diamond fielding. His reaction and speed are gonna make up for it. Also, this card has the active quirks just like his LS card, which I value a lot.

Honorable mentions:

98 Trea Turner
If this card had gold defense, he would be my starting CF or 2B. Insane swing, insane speed, great hitting attributes. Probably the best budget card in the game.

97 Yoenis Cespedes
I used this card a bit for fun and to mix it up a little. And he surprised me, he literally hits everything hard. I bat .519 with him while slugging 1.221 in just under 80 plate appearances mostly on legend and some on HOF. His lack of defense would prevent me from using him on my God squad, but he is an offensive juggernaut.

99 Prince Fielder
If you're looking for a lefty power bat at 1B, this is your guy. He's practically free if you complete the whole TA3 program and to me he in the same tier as Vlad Jr. and Big Papi.

97 Eduardo Escobar
Many people will sleep on this card, but especially in the lower ranks like All-Star difficulty, this card will perform fantastic. A switch hitter with a great swing and more than serviceable hitting attributes who can play anywhere but CF makes him the perfect utility player on the bench.

Starting Rotation
Note: I won't go into too much detail here, it's personal preference more than anything.

99 Jacob DeGrom

99 Shohei Ohtani

97 Al Leiter

94 Edward Cabrera

96 Tom Glavine / 99 Freddy Peralta

Bullpen

96 Alex Reyes

97 Josh Hader

84 Aroldis Chapman

91 John Franco

95 Rob Dibble

97 Dennis Eckersley

99 Rich Gossage

99 Mariano Rivera

I think you and many others might be overlooking Wander. Your other lineup picks are the same as mine, except I run CAP at catcher.

I used Franco and he's not a bad card at all. I just think Story is way better, but again it's personal preference.

Personal preference for sure. I just don’t see Wander getting much love on the forums. Much better contact than Story, switch hitting, good power, speedy, diamond defense at parallel 3.

I’m gonna have to give the nod to wander on this one as well. Lots of people overlooking him

iBonafideScrub__PSN

@schwizzle_nizzle said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

Too bad I'll never get 99 Acuna because I'm an idiot and picked two Escobars out of my TA3 pack. It was 2 am, I was tired and I didn't remember I had opened a TA3 west pack already and just saw him and grabbed him. Maybe I'll get SDS to exchange it for me or they will realize they need to do an exchange system for those of us that have messed up due to their horrible programming skills....

Their horrible programming skills… wow

aaronjw76_PSN

@llxx_koa_xxll said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@bob_loblaw1984 said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@bob_loblaw1984 said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

With all the new content that has dropped over the past few days, I felt like sharing what I believe to be the best team in DD right now. I'll mention a few pros/cons per player and also a few honorable mentions down below.

Small disclaimer before someone checks out my record to decide whether how much weight they wanna attribute to my opinion (weird phenomenon, but that's how people roll and I get it): my record is 0-0 so save yourself some time. I'm solely dedicated to BR until I move to the US later this year, where I'll once again pick up my RS game. I do play friendlies on legend almost daily, so I know how the game plays online above all-star difficulty. Most who have been around here for a while know that I'm a skilled and experienced player, so that's that.

Also, these are just my opinions. If you disagree or prefer a different player that's totally fine. I would always advise anyone to use a player you perform well with instead of a player someone else recommended.

With that out of the way, here we go:

Catcher: 98 J.T. Realmuto (not the TA3 card, but the one from the AS pack)
A lot of people will probably have Kyle Schwarber here, which is understandable based on the offensive attributes. Schwarber has the better bat. The Catcher Pop Time quirk is a game changer to me though, because you will shut down any run or speed cheese game with Realmuto behind the dish. His offensive attributes are also very balanced and his swing is fantastic. To me he is the most balanced catcher in the game right now.

First Base: 99 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
I was a little on the fence when this card dropped because I struggled a bit with his swing. When you get it down, I think this card outperforms every other first baseman in the game. He has the splits you want to have (better against righties, still elite against lefties), he has active quirks like "breaking ball hitter" and his defense goes up to gold at parallel 5. Which in insane to me. Big Papi is still a close second, but I think Vlad Jr. is the better player. You can also play him at 3B, which is nice.

Second Base: 99 Jackie Robinson
I usually strongly dislike Jackie cards in this game, mostly because of his lack of power and his swing. This Jackie has everything you want, at parallel 5 his power numbers are 85/89 which is insane for a Jackie Robinson card. His high contact and speed make him the best lead off hitter in the game and he has diamond defense meaning he'll have elite range in the field. Not much to dislike about the card.

Third Base: 99 Chipper Jones
This pick probably surprises no one. I'm always a huge fan of Chipper cards (traded in my Joe Random for Chipper in MLBTS 17) and like Jackie, this is the best version of Chipper Jones we've ever seen. Switch hitting lefty killer with some wheels, gold defense at parallel 5 AND positional flexibility (he can play shortstop) make him the best card in the game imo. I can't think of a single thing I don't like about this card, but if I had to pick something I'd say his contact against righties could've been a bit higher. But 108 at parallel 5 is obviously plenty.

Shortstop: 96 Trevor Story
I used to play my CAP here, but I picked Story out of one of my flawless packs and decided to try him out for fun. He has become one of my favorite cards to use with also one of the best swings I've seen. He plays well above his attributes and his defense is godlike, he runs down pretty much everything. At parralal 5 he has 92 speed with 99 fielding and 99 reaction, along with 97 arm strength. This is basically a power hitting Ozzie Smith or Omar Vizquel minus the switch hitting. His vision is a little low, so he will have a small PCI on HOF and Legend difficulty.

Left Field: 96 Mike Trout
I mean, it's Mike Trout. I put him in LF but you can play him anywhere, as long as he's on the field. Can't wait for a flashback Mike Trout, who will be one of my 3 endgame outfielders for sure.

Center Field: 96 Jasson Dominguez
This card is so much fun. His speed and defense practically makes this card a switch hitting Byron Buxton, but with a better swing imo. This card also plays well above his attributes, everything seems to be hit hard. The only knack I have is that he is kind of short and I caught myself chasing some fastballs above the zone because they look so good that I forget about his height. Despite that, he's the best CF in the game right now in my opinion.

Right Field: 99 Ronald Acuña Jr.
With Acuña's injury, this will probably be the best version we will see this year. And he does not disappoint. At parallel 5, this card will have 120+ power against both sides with 99 speed and 99 arm in a RF primary position. That's insane. The fielding does not go up to 90 so he will have a gold fielding badge at best, but I think he is still gonna be worth using over any other outfielder who does have diamond fielding. His reaction and speed are gonna make up for it. Also, this card has the active quirks just like his LS card, which I value a lot.

Honorable mentions:

98 Trea Turner
If this card had gold defense, he would be my starting CF or 2B. Insane swing, insane speed, great hitting attributes. Probably the best budget card in the game.

97 Yoenis Cespedes
I used this card a bit for fun and to mix it up a little. And he surprised me, he literally hits everything hard. I bat .519 with him while slugging 1.221 in just under 80 plate appearances mostly on legend and some on HOF. His lack of defense would prevent me from using him on my God squad, but he is an offensive juggernaut.

99 Prince Fielder
If you're looking for a lefty power bat at 1B, this is your guy. He's practically free if you complete the whole TA3 program and to me he in the same tier as Vlad Jr. and Big Papi.

97 Eduardo Escobar
Many people will sleep on this card, but especially in the lower ranks like All-Star difficulty, this card will perform fantastic. A switch hitter with a great swing and more than serviceable hitting attributes who can play anywhere but CF makes him the perfect utility player on the bench.

Starting Rotation
Note: I won't go into too much detail here, it's personal preference more than anything.

99 Jacob DeGrom

99 Shohei Ohtani

97 Al Leiter

94 Edward Cabrera

96 Tom Glavine / 99 Freddy Peralta

Bullpen

96 Alex Reyes

97 Josh Hader

84 Aroldis Chapman

91 John Franco

95 Rob Dibble

97 Dennis Eckersley

99 Rich Gossage

99 Mariano Rivera

I think you and many others might be overlooking Wander. Your other lineup picks are the same as mine, except I run CAP at catcher.

I used Franco and he's not a bad card at all. I just think Story is way better, but again it's personal preference.

Personal preference for sure. I just don’t see Wander getting much love on the forums. Much better contact than Story, switch hitting, good power, speedy, diamond defense at parallel 3.

I’m gonna have to give the nod to wander on this one as well. Lots of people overlooking him

Thank god for that! Lol

StingrayHD_XBL

@da-kak-wagon_xbl said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

Bullpen

96 Alex Reyes

97 Josh Hader

84 Aroldis Chapman

91 John Franco

95 Rob Dibble

97 Dennis Eckersley

99 Rich Gossage

99 Mariano Rivera

I like Britton or Soto over Franco as a lefty in the pen. Other then that I pretty much agree. Good stuff.

agree....soto over Franco. Rest is go to go!

Schwizzle_Nizzle_PSN

@ibonafidescrub_ said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@schwizzle_nizzle said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

Too bad I'll never get 99 Acuna because I'm an idiot and picked two Escobars out of my TA3 pack. It was 2 am, I was tired and I didn't remember I had opened a TA3 west pack already and just saw him and grabbed him. Maybe I'll get SDS to exchange it for me or they will realize they need to do an exchange system for those of us that have messed up due to their horrible programming skills....

Their horrible programming skills… wow

Yep, they shouldn't make it for the cards to be selected if you already own them know that you have to have all TA cards to get Acuna, Jackie or any other collection. Seems like an easy fix on their part but there's so much wrong with this game this likely isn't on the priority list.

Look, I talked trash about people that selected the same card too but we're human and mistakes happen. I still can't believe I did it. This is a big oversight on SDS's part and they simply need to correct it. I admitted I screwed up because I was literally falling asleep playing the game. If I don't get Acuna, whatever, I have a god squad anyways, but I still want to collect him after putting in 20 hours of play time to get him.

Capt_awesome34_PSN

@writetoshawn_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

Bullpen

96 Alex Reyes
97 Josh Hader
84 Aroldis Chapman
91 James Franco
95 Rob Dibble
97 Dennis Eckersley
99 Rich Gossage
99 Mariano Rivera

Love that you did this and very helpful. One bullpen question though: Which James Franco should I use? The one from Pineapple Express or the one from Rise of the Planet of the Apes?

Fun Fact - John Franco has an older brother James Franco he coaches a 16U travel team

paco__2507_MLBTS

This is my Squad. Suggestions???

CF 95 Byron Buxton (POTM)
SS 94 Fernando Tatis Jr. (Live Series)
LF 97 Juan Soto (HRD)
1B 99 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (MVP)
RF 98 Aaron Judge (ASG)
3B 98 Jose Ramirez (ASG)
2B 98 Ozzie Albies (ASG)
C 98 J.T. Realmuto (ASG)
P 99 Jacob deGrom (ASG)

Bench
1 98 Trea Turner (ASG)
2 97 Trevor Story (HRD)
3 97 Troy Glaus (Awards)
4 96 Dante Bichette (Milestone)
5 96 Mike Zunino (ASG)

Starting Pitchers
1 99 Jacob deGrom (ASG)
2 97 Trevor Rogers (ASG)
3 96 Roy Oswalt (Milestone)
4 94 Garrett Crochet (Future Stars)
5 94 Zack Wheeler (POTM)

Bullpen
1 88 Josh Hader (Live Series)
2 89 Sergio Romo (Postseason)
3 90 Trevor May (POTM)
4 91 Ryan Tepera (POTM)
5 92 Eric Gagne (Breakout)
6 95 Ryan Pressly (POTM)
7 96 Liam Hendriks (ASG)
8 97 Craig Kimbrel (ASG)

Cobain93_PSN

@paco__2507_mlbts said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

This is my Squad. Suggestions???

CF 95 Byron Buxton (POTM)
SS 94 Fernando Tatis Jr. (Live Series)
LF 97 Juan Soto (HRD)
1B 99 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (MVP)
RF 98 Aaron Judge (ASG)
3B 98 Jose Ramirez (ASG)
2B 98 Ozzie Albies (ASG)
C 98 J.T. Realmuto (ASG)
P 99 Jacob deGrom (ASG)

Bench
1 98 Trea Turner (ASG)
2 97 Trevor Story (HRD)
3 97 Troy Glaus (Awards)
4 96 Dante Bichette (Milestone)
5 96 Mike Zunino (ASG)

Starting Pitchers
1 99 Jacob deGrom (ASG)
2 97 Trevor Rogers (ASG)
3 96 Roy Oswalt (Milestone)
4 94 Garrett Crochet (Future Stars)
5 94 Zack Wheeler (POTM)

Bullpen
1 88 Josh Hader (Live Series)
2 89 Sergio Romo (Postseason)
3 90 Trevor May (POTM)
4 91 Ryan Tepera (POTM)
5 92 Eric Gagne (Breakout)
6 95 Ryan Pressly (POTM)
7 96 Liam Hendriks (ASG)
8 97 Craig Kimbrel (ASG)

Able to finish the Chipper and Mo collections?

IIJACKINTHBOXII

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

The Catcher Pop Time quirk is a game changer to me though, because you will shut down any run or speed cheese game with Realmuto behind the dish.

I'm pretty sure this perk just means the catcher has 85+ arm strength.

paco__2507_MLBTS

@cobain93_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

Able to finish the Chipper and Mo collections?

It has been a bit complicated for me. I am trying to complete the different missions to achieve it.

eatyum_PSN

I think Castellanos is getting slept on here, I know his defense is meh at best, but his bat more then makes up for it

dcmo3_PSN

@iijackinthboxii said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

The Catcher Pop Time quirk is a game changer to me though, because you will shut down any run or speed cheese game with Realmuto behind the dish.

I'm pretty sure this perk just means the catcher has 85+ arm strength.

96 Wieters has an arm strength of 99, but doesn't have this quirk. On top of that all his d stats are better than 98 Realmuto. 90 Rutschman also has an arm strength of 85, but also doesn't have it.

iBonafideScrub__PSN

@iijackinthboxii said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

The Catcher Pop Time quirk is a game changer to me though, because you will shut down any run or speed cheese game with Realmuto behind the dish.

I'm pretty sure this perk just means the catcher has 85+ arm strength.

It helps the catcher’s reaction to throw out runners.

IIJACKINTHBOXII

@dcmo3_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@iijackinthboxii said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

@raesone_psn said in The best possible team right now in my opinion:

The Catcher Pop Time quirk is a game changer to me though, because you will shut down any run or speed cheese game with Realmuto behind the dish.

I'm pretty sure this perk just means the catcher has 85+ arm strength.

96 Wieters has an arm strength of 99, but doesn't have this quirk. On top of that all his d stats are better than 98 Realmuto. 90 Rutschman also has an arm strength of 85, but also doesn't have it.

Interesting... very interesting

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