New players added with first MLB The Show 18 in-season roster update
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With the notable exception of Shohei Ohtani, players are added to MLB The Show after becoming members of the MLBPA which requires having made a single appearance in a major league game. The first in-season roster update for MLB The Show 18 has gone out and includes 22 new rookies that have debuted and a number of other players added to team rosters. The first changes to player ratings won’t occur until late this month.
The highest rated rookie to be added in this first wave comes in at 79 Overall and only two have an ‘A’ grade for potential. One mistake stands out as Yonny Chirinos is missing ratings in H/9, K/9, BB/9, HR/9 and Clutch resulting in an Overall Rating of 8. This is similar to what happened with Christian Bethancourt last year when he was missing pitching attributes which made him a 6 Overall. He was fixed a week later with the update that followed.
Rookies
Scott Kingery, 2B, PHI – 79 Overall, A Potential
Yairo Munoz, SS, STL – 70 Overall, B Potential
Braxton Lee, OF, MIA – 65 Overall, A Potential
Joey Lucchesi, SP, SD – 65 Overall, B Potential
Carlos Tocci, OF, TEX – 63 Overall, B Potential
Marcus Walden, RP, BOS – 63 Overall, D Potential
Ryan Yarbrough, SP, TB – 62 Overall, B Potential
Victor Reyes, OF, DET – 62 Overall, B Potential
Brad Keller, RP, KC – 60 Overall, B Potential
Tyler Kinley, RP, MIN – 60 Overall, B Potential
Luke Bard, RP, LAA – 59 Overall, B Potential
Clay Holmes, RP, PIT – 58 Overall, B Potential
J.T. Chargois, RP, LAD – 57 Overall, B Potential
Kazuhisa Makita, RP, SD – 57 Overall, D Potential
Yoshihisa Hirano, RP, ARI – 57 Overall, D Potential
Bobby Poyner, RP, BOS – 56 Overall, B Potential
Trevor Richards, SP, MIA – 56 Overall, B Potential
Tim Hill, RP, KC – 55 Overall, B Potential
Pedro Araujo, RP, BAL – 53 Overall, B Potential
Adam Cimber, RP, SD – 53 Overall, B Potential
Nestor Cores Jr., RP, BAL – 52 Overall, B Potential
Yonny Chirinos, RP, TB – 8 Overall, B Potential
Others
Pedro Alvarez, 1B, BAL – 74 Overall, C Potential
Drew Hutchison, RP, PHI – 72 Overall, B Potential
Robbie Erlin, RP, SD – 71 Overall, B Potential
Miles Mikolas, SP, STL – 71 Overall, C Potential
Preston Tucker, OF, ATL – 68 Overall, B Potential
Kevin Jepsen, RP, TEX – 68 Overall, B Potential
Nick Franklin, SS, MIL – 64 Overall, C Potential
Brandon Workman, RP, BOS – 64 Overall, D Potential
Billy McKinney, OF, NYY – 63 Overall, B Potential
Burch Smith, RP, KC – 63 Overall, B Potential
Craig Gentry, OF, BAL – 62 Overall, D Potential
Garrett Cooper, 1B, MIA – 60 Overall, B Potential
Caleb Smith, SP, MIA – 58 Overall, B Potential
Ryan Carpenter, SP, DET – 56 Overall, B Potential
Tayron Guerrero, RP, MIA – 55 Overall, B Potential
Matt Koch, RP, ARI – 54 Overall, B Potential
Zack Weiss, RP, CIN – 53 Overall, B Potential
Wilmer Font, RP, LAD – 51 Overall, B Potential
Sam Moll, RP, TOR – 50 Overall, B Potential
John Curtis, RP, MIN – 50 Overall, B Potential