24 Cover Athlete Reveal
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ok were only a few days away from the big cover reveal so I will throw my best guess into the hat. I think Ronnie may be a deep fake, but not too far from home, I will go with Ozzie Albies, with him being the final core collection reward and his involvement with SDS seems like a good fit here. I am not guessing he will be on every cover but IMO makes an appearance.
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Byron Buxton?
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@Dookie-Possum said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
Byron Buxton?
I doubt it. I am a Twins fan, but I'm also realistic. He hasn't done much in the game lately to make him a draw to buy the video game. He's had a difficult time even playing an entire season lately.
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Considering the color splash of the ad, maybe it's the Brewers or Pirates? Maybe a legend from one and an active player from another?
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@palmerjones said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
The graphic in this video is not on any of the MLBTS social channels. So, they probably didn't make it. The one that is by them has yellow around the outside of the graphic. In addition, in their one on Facebook, there is a short clip and at the end, there are two bats. One has a red handle with a black strip separating a gold barrel, and the other is all silver. They both have LS stamped on them.
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@Blind_Bleeder said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
@palmerjones said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
The graphic in this video is not on any of the MLBTS social channels. So, they probably didn't make it. The one that is by them has yellow around the outside of the graphic. In addition, in their one on Facebook, there is a short clip and at the end, there are two bats. One has a red handle with a black strip separating a gold barrel, and the other is all silver. They both have LS stamped on them.
So what's your guess? Is the video just fan made or is it really Sony?
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@palmerjones said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
@Blind_Bleeder said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
@palmerjones said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
The graphic in this video is not on any of the MLBTS social channels. So, they probably didn't make it. The one that is by them has yellow around the outside of the graphic. In addition, in their one on Facebook, there is a short clip and at the end, there are two bats. One has a red handle with a black strip separating a gold barrel, and the other is all silver. They both have LS stamped on them.
So what's your guess? Is the video just fan made or is it really Sony?
Fan made. If it was by Sony, it would be on at least one of the MLBTS social media channels.
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Okay. Thank you.
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I'm sitting here playing the Cardinals, and there is a yellow stripe under their team name on the front of their away jerseys. What if the legend is Pujols? That would match the red/gold bat. Wouldn't that would be cool? On the other hand, the Braves have all three colors in their uniform, so Albies is still the majority pick.
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@palmerjones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzJl_MLEgA8
He figured out that it's Ozzie Albies!!!
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The said it’ll be a wild ride so they are obviously bringing back The Wild Horse aka Yasiel Puig with new legend The Wild Thing aka Mitch Williams as the legend cover.
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@AllRise99 said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
@palmerjones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzJl_MLEgA8
He figured out that it's Ozzie Albies!!!
I'd say he nailed it! Nice detective work.
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@Blind_Bleeder said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
I'm sitting here playing the Cardinals, and there is a yellow stripe under their team name on the front of their away jerseys. What if the legend is Pujols? That would match the red/gold bat. Wouldn't that would be cool? On the other hand, the Braves have all three colors in their uniform, so Albies is still the majority pick.
Doubtful, as much as I would like it to be so.
I was just curious so I looked up all the past covers going all the way back to the previous game incarnation (MLB 98) to see who has and has not gotten covers (just the regular edition covers). This has no bearing on who might be the cover this year but I found it interesting
Has not gotten a Cover
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Chicago White Sox
- Cincinnati Reds
- Cleveland Guardians
- Colorado Rockies
- Houston Astros
- Kansas City Royals
- Milwaukee Brewers
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Tampa Bay Rays
- Texas Rangers
- Washington Nationals
Teams with one cover
- Baltimore Orioles
- Chicago Cubs
- Detroit Tigers
- Miami Marlins
- Minnesota Twins (two if you count Mauers back to back years)
- New York Mets
- Oakland Athletics
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- San Diego Padres
- San Francisco Giants
- Seattle Mariners
- Toronto Blue Jays
Teams with 2 covers
- Atlanta Braves
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- New York Yankees
- Philadelphia Phillies
Teams with 3 covers
- Boston Red Sox
- Los Angeles Angels
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@Dolenz said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
@Blind_Bleeder said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
I'm sitting here playing the Cardinals, and there is a yellow stripe under their team name on the front of their away jerseys. What if the legend is Pujols? That would match the red/gold bat. Wouldn't that would be cool? On the other hand, the Braves have all three colors in their uniform, so Albies is still the majority pick.
Doubtful, as much as I would like it to be so.
I was just curious so I looked up all the past covers going all the way back to the previous game incarnation (MLB 98) to see who has and has not gotten covers (just the regular edition covers). This has no bearing on who might be the cover this year but I found it interesting
That is fascinating! If Albies is the cover, it will throw the Braves in with the Red Sox and Angels.
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@Dolenz Great list
For fun I'll include 2k & EA covers as well (dates back to 1997, no alternate covers included)
Has not gotten a Cover
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Guardians
Colorado Rockies
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers
Texas Rangers
Washington NationalsTeams with one cover
Miami Marlins
Pittsburgh Pirates
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue JaysTeams with 2 covers
Arizona Diamondbacks
Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Los Angeles Dodgers
Minnesota Twins (Mauer x2)
Oakland Athletics
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
St. Louis CardinalsTeams with 3 covers
Los Angeles Angels
New York Mets
Philadelphia PhilliesTeams with 5 covers
Boston Red Sox (5)
Teams with 5+ covers
New York Yankees (8) [Giambi x3, Jeter x3]
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@AfterShockGamer said in 24 Cover Athlete Reveal:
Has not gotten a Cover
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Guardians
Colorado Rockies
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers
Texas Rangers
Washington NationalsWhat is even more interesting is that in the years that these games have been made, 7 of those 9 teams have actually won the World Series, a couple of them more than once, and they still could not manage a cover.
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I can think of several players from those teams that are worthy of a cover.
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@Blind_Bleeder
Agreed, lots of options like Big Hurt, Helton, Altuve, Prince Fielder, Votto, Scherzer
