My game recommendation today of MLB The Show 19 Stubs
When you're contending every season, there are no high draft picks. Think about this: The Cardinals haven't had a top-10 pick in 20 years, when they took Drew No. 5 overall in 1998. In that span they've only had one pick higher than 19; Brett Wallace, the No. 13 overall pick in 2008, was a key piece in the trade that landed Matt Holliday in St. Louis.
Now, look at 2018's contenders and their top-10 picks:The Astros have Carlos Correa (No. 1 overall in2012) and Alex Bregman (No. 2 in 2015); the Cubs have Kris Bryant (No. 2 in 2013), Javier Baez (No. 9
in 2011), Kyle Schwarber (No. 4 in 2014), Albert Almora (No. 6 in 2012) and Ian Happ (No. 9 in 2015);the Dodgers have Clayton Kershaw (No. 7 in 2006); the Giants have Buster Posey (No. 5 in 2008) and Madison Bumgarner (No. 10 in 2007); the Indians have Francisco Lindor (No. 8 in 2011); the Phillies have Aaron Nola (No. 7 in 2014); the Red Sox have Andrew Benintendi (No. 7 in 2015).
Hell, the Brewers have Ryan Braun (No. 5 in 2005).You get the point. That list isn't exhaustive, butit's powerful. MORE: Joey Votto's plate approach is a model for the rest of MLB The Show 19When a
team is always contending for a World Series or a playoff spot, there's never a chance to trade valuable MLB The Show 19 players away to give the farm system a midseason influx of talent.
Let's take another look across the majors, and you'll see impact MLB the show stubs players oncontending teams who arrived as promising youngsters via trades in down seasons. The Yankees have Gleyber Torres, acquired in the Aroldis Chapman deal in 2016. Cleveland picked up Corey Kluber in adeadline deal that traded away veteran starter Jake Westbrook in 2010, Carlos Carrasco in a 2009 Cliff Lee deal and Mike Clevenger in an August 2014 deal. The Phillies (Zach Elfin, Nick Pivetta and Vince Velasquez, to name a few) and Braves (Mike Foltynewicz, Ender Incarte and Sean Newcomb, among others) are stocked with imports.
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