Closers - Closers go fast in the draft. If you are manually doing the draft, get about nine pitchers (five starters, two or three long relievers, and the last one a closer). You will get a quality pitcher that you can trust to get the saves instead of having to put in a reliever that does not have the kind of skills closers should have. For example, in your first pick of the choose John Smoltz. He has over 150 saves in his career.

Expansion team - Start a season using the normal settings. You will be asked if you want an expansion or not. You can make two teams, set their uniforms, their stadium, logo, etc.. If you want to build a team around hitting, unlock the Local ballpark which costs 10,000 power points in the shop area. If you want a team that will be based around pitching and defense use the Panrika ballpark instead. It is also 10,000 power points in shop area.

Fantasy draft - If you let the game do your draft for you, you will get a good team. If you want to set up the draft yourself the following are a few good players to look for that the CPU does not immediately sign.

John Smoltz
Justin Verlander
Richie Sexon
Stephen Drew
Troy Tuliowitizki
Eric Chavez
Mark Teahen
Brad Penny
Mark Redman
Jason Jennings
Adam Kennedy

Note: John Smoltz is a starter. Being that he was a closer he has had better luck as a starter.