I Rebuild the Pittsburgh Pirates in MLB the Show 23

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[@Kingfish95]

Ant's videos are like an old friend....you can always come back and enjoy their company regardless of how long you've been apart. Anxiously awaiting this year's draft only rebuild!

[@Erik-vn5xk]

Can’t wait for the annual "best players to trade for” video. One of my favorite vids each year, finding out who’s the sneaky stud sim players is always one of the most fun things at the start of a new mlb the show.

[@kevincango12-07]

When will the draft only rebuild be coming? With the new scouting it would be better than years past.

[@richardbaker5950]

Chill, it’s only 2 days into the game.

[@eliasmichel8008]

Sorry we’re just trying to give suggestions. But do draft only next

[@melkerdurell224]

He’s probably still trying to learn the system

[@Reavezz]

Give him time big dawg! It’s only day 2! It’ll happen don’t worry

[@SportsCousins]

The draft thing takes a while!!

[@CapitaoBarbosa21]

Termarr Johnson is an absolute stud. Excited for the kid. Atlanta Stand Up.

[@TimothyRE99]

Ant: "Ke'Bryan had the best average in the league" Also Ant: "Awards? Batting Title! 😮" Joking aside, love the video as always.

[@kylecreech7183]

Hayes having the best average and you following that by sounding surprised just 2 seconds later that he won the batting title had me rolling

[@TheAntOrtiz]

Yeah, I thought it said something else. So when I actually read it I was caught off guard lol

[@benlocker]

Loving the new uploads. Looking forward to the first 10 year rebuild

[@hoohoomagoo1348]

The Phillies drafting Willy Penn is hilarious

[@Cancel1991]

Been watching your content for a few years now it feels like. Your videos are the perfect watch with my morning coffee. Appreciate the content!!

[@andrewlow5547]

I believe the Pirates said Chandler will only be pitching this season

[@nathanbaca5131]

I've noticed there's a lot of players with a few years of mlb service winning rookie of the year. Hopefully they fix that in future updates.

[@Chuck_EL]

Glad to see you do a video on my pirates

[@RyanMack831]

Please do the Brewers! Would love to see them, they were the team that was a game away from the World Series a few years ago and with Yelich regressing and losing some of their best pitchers, I’d love to see what you do with them

[@unrealorchid8107]

Should do a career sim of that generational guy already mvp conversation at 22 is crazy

[@nbd_mortal]

love the vids bro, mlb 2023 gonna be fun! 0:26

[@adammaurer9095]

You should follow that career of that generational player - Joe Hurley.

[@traegant449]

Hey ant are you gonna do a franchise like the beavers this year?

[@mitchellhopkins9331]

Make sure you offer Reynolds a 10 year $50 million contract. That might be a little steep though.

[@CarterDomb]

Ik u hear this a lot but I love these videos. Thanks for making it!

[@Viper-yd8uf]

Bro is a w for uploading so fast thanks for the content

[@ghostrecon_9043]

does the game release on the 27 or 28? When i look on psn it says its available the 27 but online it says the 28

[@jolenecollins3508]

As a Pirate fan this probably will be the only time I see the Pirates win the World Series. I can’t count 79 because I was only 2 and a half lol

[@Fortnite-jx8de]

At least you were alive man😢

[@jl5822]

I started a Pirates franchise recently and I traded for Elly Dela Cruz, Hunter Green, Asa Lacy, Andrew Vaughn, Oscar Gonzalez, Corbin Carroll and Johan Duran. I also traded Reynolds and Henry Davis for Byron Buxton, then turned around and traded back some minor leaguers for Henry Davis. Got Ezequiel Durán and Kumar Rocker from the Rangers. Picked up Miguel Sano from FA for two years at $5MM/year. Traded off anyone making more than a few million a year that was on the base roster and I have the #1 speed team in the league. I'm playing all games to the 3rd or 4th inning then simming that game to get through the calendar quickly. I'm only about 20 games in. I did a quick sim on a separate save file and I'm basically going to sign Ohtani for $35M a year for 10 years when the off-season hits and Nola. No need for any other players. I'm pretty sure in my mock season 2 I was also able to trade for Mike Trout somehow (for like Buxton and Carroll and some other B or C level player), but I can't remember. This is gonna be a fun franchise!

[@danielkellogg6351]

I'm currently in the 4th season of a Pirates rebuild, and Contreras never developed for me. An ERA of 5+ for the first 3 seasons, I finally just let him walk.

[@michaelpatras9970]

Man really just DHed a dude with 99 fielding 💀

[@skylerabramson1014]

Phillies Rebuild would be amazing

[@tyranttracergaming]

Did you hear that RidinRoster got hired by SDS? Huge move hopefully we still get the rosters posted

[@TheAntOrtiz]

I saw, we'll see what happens with rosters

[@handheldnintendofan]

Those twins jerseys at the end Looks like a Marlins hat to me

[@colliningram2685]

Reds next? Please

[@Dawgers0012]

Good to see the trade logic is still busted 😂 probably always will be

[@chadg4498]

Gotta do the brewers next!

[@CDW123CDW]

Love when you do my Buccos

[@CadChamberlain]

Shocked that Austin Hedges is a 63 overall. Would have assumed his defense would keep him at like a 76

[@tyranttracergaming]

Yeah last year he had terrible hitting stats, like 20 contact and 40 power but his fielding kept him at 79 overall

[@TheAntOrtiz]

they supposedly adjusted ratings so fielding isn't as important to overall

[@tordcountry]

I'm down for a video that follows the career of a generational talent

[@asaulticannoli9235]

I don’t know how cheesy trades have always been in The show. But this year I traded Hayes for Austin Riley and trade teoscar and some other B potential guys for Trevor Story and it really turned us into a power house. We easily made the playoffs my first year 🤙

[@asaulticannoli9235]

Oh I also signed Gary Sanchez for one year out of free agency, and he didn’t perform very well at the plate but hit a decent amount of home runs and easily threw a lot of steals out at the plate somehow and he also won World Series MVP for me batting .600 in the series all singles except for one 3 Run home run that won us a game in the middle of the series. Def worth a sign I’d say

[@Busterallday28]

Please rebuild the sf giants

[@coombs847]

Is the Ohtani rule in effect? Can you pitch & DH?

[@dylanlavalley9447]

tigers next?

[@GIXXERyan]

Gotta say just the colors alone make 23 better than 22. I can read the screen now lol

[@TheAntOrtiz]

YES! Last year's menus were terrible lol

[@handheldnintendofan]

When you quick manage to win a world series you should hop in for the final out and championship celebration

[@R3D_J3T]

🔥

[@calvinr2796]

Pete Alonso hell yeah......#LetsGetIt

[@nanlogi13]

In my game the attribute increases and decreases don’t show up when I view the player cards. Does anyone know if this is a glitch or something in my settings? I can see if their potential or overall is rising or falling, but can’t see the individual attribute changes

[@TheAntOrtiz]

that glitches sometimes. Should reset in the next season

[@elchancho8432]

Might as well do Nationals next do all the bad teams first lol

[@DelusionalLionsFan]

Tigers next!

[@brycebligen0924]

You should do a Royals one next. They’ve been irrelevant since they won it in the mid 00s

[@Peytoneub]

You should try following the career of a generational player

[@Zappytwins]

You broke Matt Frazier’s heart so many times, he just wanted to play in the playoffs lol

[@TheAntOrtiz]

LOL

[@langdonogeay1141]

Need the Brewers rebuild

[@JoshuaRodriguez-og2sx]

Wasn’t Quintana traded for Eloy before?? It really happened a 2nd time in here

[@henleyian]

No left handed pitchers in year 3.. 😂

[@DabbleDom]

If a draft player doesn’t sign, where does he go? Does he return in the next year draft as a 2yr or 4yr college guy? Or are they a free agent the next FA period?

[@troyjorgenson6007]

I know we have generational players but does anyone know if there r two way players you can draft?

[@TheAntOrtiz]

no two way players

[@troyjorgenson6007]

@@TheAntOrtiz that's dumb that they fixed the problems with ohtani but that you can't draft any two way players cause there r more and more irl

[@TheAntOrtiz]

@@troyjorgenson6007 i think they wanted to have that issue 100% working before they implemented drafting two way players

[@juliomendez102]

I see how u draft players and you get players with low overall like 43-70 or 39-75. Do the overall in scout matters? Because I see u getting players with low overall when u scout

[@veno2029]

Seeing Luis Ortiz be awful was hurtful for my soul, considering he may be the best pitching prospect the Pirates have

[@S.H.V.4]

Can u have a custom draft class?

[@TheAntOrtiz]

no

[@Fortnite-jx8de]

Draft is busted this year. In my first draft I got a catcher 4th overall. 18 years old out of high school and was in the MLB by 19 and a 93 overall by 21

[@henrybastyr4131]

Can you do the Twins next ?

[@albertmartinez26]

If we don’t sign them after we draft them do they become free agents or what happens?

[@TheAntOrtiz]

free agents

[@masonboylen]

Can you do a gunner Henderson career sim

[@Woopdidoos]

Can’t tell if the AI is better at drafting finally or the potentials are just higher overall…. Is there a generational player in every draft?

[@TheAntOrtiz]

Not every draft. I'm averaging 1 every 5-6 years

[@HayesDorn]

Supprised you haven’t done the cubs already😂

[@TheAntOrtiz]

I almost did them instead of the pirates. Soon tho

[@nickcrumb8190]

I'm happy that players aren't being valued by defense now. You really don't see a 80 overall player with good defense and terrible offense on teams

[@nickmorgan8078]

Please Ant, realistic Reds 10 year rebuild!!!!! Please.

[@bensweetra4871]

🐜=🐐

[@danspatafore3650]

You’re my only hope as a Pirates fan lol times are tough. The owner is a joke

[@canadasown02]

Hot take: I don’t get the O’Neil Cruz hype, he can’t hit a beach ball and he’s an average defender with a really good arm 🤷🏼

[@TheAntOrtiz]

yeah I get that. One of those ok players that does exciting things

[@user-fx2bx1gz4c]

The Pirates spend $70-80 million on free agents in one offseason?

[@rileyjackson7887]

Reds rebuild 🥺

[@andrewcrow8157]

7/9 77%

[@redf0rdwhite]

Don’t they usually have all the top prospects have face scans? What’s up with all the generic faces.

[@CadChamberlain]

Your face cam needs to be in the top right or left for the draft

[@TheAntOrtiz]

Top left or top right? Will try to remember

[@coleguy9320]

If a prospect doesn’t sign after the draft, do you get a compensatory pick in the next years draft?

[@TheAntOrtiz]

ohhh that's a good question. Let me find out

[@coleguy9320]

@@TheAntOrtiz Thanks Ant, excited for all the rebuilds to come, keep up the good work

[@dylantovitz9298]

It’s jack suwinski not jake

[@TheAntOrtiz]

yeah I think I talk about how I kept saying his name wrong in the video lol

[@richardbaker5950]

Please realistic rebuild the Yankees to win the title. It’s been way too long

[@Marcos-tq5wy]

First

[@loganfortin308]

You move too fast I can’t even look at stats tf

[@SFGiantsFanPage]

I was first!! Pin me please!!

[@donrickles845]

Based Buccos

[@user-gz6gl5lt5v]

Why wouldn't you sign ohtani to 10 years