Do we still get Josh Donaldson for one more year?
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Donaldson just announced his retirement. Congrats yada yada yada whatever. Does anyone know what the precedent is for someone who retires this close to the season? Will we still get his card(s) in MLB24?
I’ve always loved his swing. JD, Brett, and Brooks Robinson are my most productive 3B every year, so I hope we have one last shot before he takes a hiatus.
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@SchnauzerFace said in Do we still get Josh Donaldson for one more year?:
Donaldson just announced his retirement. Congrats yada yada yada whatever. Does anyone know what the precedent is for someone who retires this close to the season? Will we still get his card(s) in MLB24?
I’ve always loved his swing. JD, Brett, and Brooks Robinson are my most productive 3B every year, so I hope we have one last shot before he takes a hiatus.
They should make a mistake and remove John Donaldson instead…
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Official retirement means no he shouldnt be in the game as he would be no longer part of the MLBPA once his papers are submitted. If he just says he's retired and doesn't make it official then he possibly could be in the game.
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@virusts someone needs to tweet him and tell him not to submit the paperwork until after 3/19
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@SchnauzerFace said in Do we still get Josh Donaldson for one more year?:
I’ve always loved his swing.
Man, me too... Loved that "Bringer of Rain" card.
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There were a few players who did the same last year around this time and were in the game. Who they are?
I bet either @SaveFarris_PSN or @BlindBleeder_MLBTS would know.
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Mixed Results.
Last year, Lorenzo Cain (who usually good for a Flashback or two) never got one after retiring on 3/7/23. Neither did Sergio Romo, who quit on 3/27.
But Andrew Miller, who called it quits on 3/24/22, got a Breakout 91 at launch in MLBTS22.
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Curtis Granderson retired before spring training of 2020 and he had a card that year
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He also got a card in this game
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@MycoSynth-Valde- said in Do we still get Josh Donaldson for one more year?:
Curtis Granderson retired before spring training of 2020 and he had a card that year
He had that early diamond in 2020 and his best card didn't even get released until the last Run It Back program which came out in January I think.
His inclusion that year always puts a monkey wrench in me thinking that I understand the retired player algorithm for The Show.
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He should when granderson retired in 2020 super late he was in mlb 20
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Josh should still be in, since they may still do a cover athlete captain thingy. Since he was on '16, he should always be in the game in some form.
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@TheGoaler said in Do we still get Josh Donaldson for one more year?:
Josh should still be in, since they may still do a cover athlete captain thingy. Since he was on '16, he should always be in the game in some form.
Not necessarily so. Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez were on the cover and neither have been in the cover athlete programs the 2 years I’ve played DD. If you wanna argue they’ve made the program for 2024 and won’t want to edit him out of it then I’ll agree.
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@SaveFarris said in Do we still get Josh Donaldson for one more year?:
Neither did Sergio Romo, who quit on 3/27.
I think Sergio Romo has a common LS card, in the free agent section. I think I used him a lot in the final Moonshot event. Maybe I'm playing the game wrong (not a "legend" card).
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Likely as a free agent. Plus as a legend/flashback card
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He should be in the game. What I have noticed in the last few years is that guys who announce their retirement and make it official at the end of the season, for example Pujols and Molina, will not be in the game the following year.
Guys who wait until spring to announce retirement, for example Lorenzo Cain last year, are usually still included in the next version of the game.
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I do agree with what both @SaveFarris_PSN and @Dolenz_PSN said about him sitting in free agent pool. But the fact they might do a cover athlete program I’ll stick with my assessment for the reason I said above.
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