My All-Time Team Lineups in MLB The Show 25
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Let me know once it’s time for the Mariners one. I’d love to see what you come up with
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@HuckTheFuskers3_XBL
I got you, I’m doing the Mets right after Toronto since they’re my favorite team, but I think I’ll do Seattle right afterwards.
Edit: Toronto’s bullpen is usually terrible but it took an even greater with hit with the loss of Tom Henke, who I loved to use the last two years. Louis Varland pitched in all seven WS games and I think set the record for the most playoff appearances in a single postseason. He didn’t get a card. Yes, good job, SDS.
Edit: I did all-time teams last year - only the 2024 All-Time Guardians had a worse bullpen than this monstrosity. SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE LIAM AND LOUIS A GOOD CARD! -
@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in My All-Time Team Lineups in MLB The Show 25:
SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE LIAM AND LOUIS A GOOD CARD!
Or a Chris Bassitt relief pitcher card. Anything to improve that bullpen. Your rendition is only bolstered by the fact you are using one tine blue jays like Chavez or Hendricks otherwise it is really bad with only Hoffman and live series options (I think Hoffman may be the best three options!!)
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@Jeff7407_PSN
These are the only cards that have played for Toronto that are in the game, sadly (oh wait, I forgot 97 Brock Stewart, welp that’s all for Louis). -
So here’s what happened:
Won my first game on a freeze-off rage quit in the first inning of my first game although I was down 1-0
Second game: 5-0 rage quit win:
Alejandro Kirk and George Springer went back-to-back
Vlad Jr. hit the 3 run homer that forced the rage quit in the fifth
Clemens threw 5 scoreless innings
New York Mets coming up next -
My All-Time New York Mets:
C. Hall of Fame Mike Piazza
1B Milestone Pete Alonso
2B Home Run Derby X Daniel Murphy
3B Signature David Wright
SS 2025 Finest Francisco Lindor
LF 2025 Finest Brandon Nimmo
CF Signature Carlos Beltran
RF 2025 Finest Juan Soto
DH Milestone Carlos Delgado
Bench
RF Neon Curtis Granderson
C. Breakout Gary Carter
CF Neon Willie Mays
LF Moonshot Rickey Henderson
Rotation
Cornerstone Tom Seaver
Milestone Jacob deGrom
Neon Al Leiter
Awards Pedro Martinez
Milestone Tom Glavine
Bullpen
Signature Darren O'Day
New Threads Gregory Soto
New Threads Ryan Helsley
New Threads Tyler Rogers
Standout Adam Ottavino
Hall of Fame Billy Wagner
Spooky John Franco
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I ended up winning two games with this team and lost 3. Seaver pitched both of them. 11 k’s in the first, was dominant in the second. I won 2-1 in the first win and 5-4 in ten at home in the second win. Piazza hit a two-run double in the first game, and Alonso, Nimmo, and Beltran all homered. I hit a walk-off single with Carlos Delgado in the tenth off Josh Hader.
From this point on I just choose teams randomly based on my card inventory. So, given that I information, I think I’ll do the Angels next, especially with the new Taylor Ward and Lee Smith. -
@Dolenz_PSN @TheBigPapa55_PSN
Did you see the post in the Improvements for ’26 conversation? Someone suggested allowing any player who ever played for a team be boosted by a team’s captain. So Rockies Arenado and A’s McGwire could be boosted by Cardinals captains. Interested in your thoughts. PXP would go to the team associated with the card, though, I guess. -
@markemark_NSW said in My All-Time Team Lineups in MLB The Show 25:
@Dolenz_PSN @TheBigPapa55_PSN
Did you see the post in the Improvements for ’26 conversation? Someone suggested allowing any player who ever played for a team be boosted by a team’s captain. So Rockies Arenado and A’s McGwire could be boosted by Cardinals captains. Interested in your thoughts. PXP would go to the team associated with the card, though, I guess.That has been suggested before. Obviously as someone this year who could not use 99 McGwire, 99 Goldschmidt, 99 Arenado, 99 Holliday, 99 Lee Smith (You could also add 99 Beltran, 99 Berkman and 99 Edman) and probably a few I am forgetting it would sure add variety to the team.
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All-Time Los Angeles Angels:
C. Prime Mike Napoli
1B Awards Jim Edmonds
2B Hall of Fame Rod Carew
3B Signature Troy Glaus
SS Spotlight Zach Neto
LF Signature Don Baylor
CF Milestone Mike Trout
RF Hall of Fame Vladimir Guerrero
DH 2025 Postseason Shohei Ohtani
Bench
2B Spotlight Bobby Grich
LF 2025 Finest Taylor Ward
CF 2025 Finest Jo Adell
LF Summer Chilli Davis
Rotation
Cornerstone Nolan Ryan
2026 Postseason Shohei Ohtani
Summer Bert Blyleven
2025 All-Star Yusei Kikuchi
Milestone Reid Detmers
Bullpen
2025 Finest Jimmy Herget
Prime Raisel Iglesias
Prime Jesse Chavez
New Threads Andrew Chafin
Signature Darren O’Day
Color Storm Ben Joyce
Hall of Fame Lee Smith
Awards Kenley Jansen -
Party at Napoli’s hit a two-run bomb, Reid Detmers takes 7 seconds to throw, my opponent quit in the first
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@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in My All-Time Team Lineups in MLB The Show 25:
All-Time Los Angeles Angels:
C. Prime Mike Napoli
1B Awards Jim Edmonds
2B Hall of Fame Rod Carew
3B Signature Troy Glaus
SS Spotlight Zach Neto
LF Signature Don Baylor
CF Milestone Mike Trout
RF Hall of Fame Vladimir Guerrero
DH 2025 Postseason Shohei Ohtani
Bench
2B Spotlight Bobby Grich
LF 2025 Finest Taylor Ward
CF 2025 Finest Jo Adell
LF Summer Chilli Davis
Rotation
Cornerstone Nolan Ryan
2026 Postseason Shohei Ohtani
Summer Bert Blyleven
2025 All-Star Yusei Kikuchi
Milestone Reid Detmers
Bullpen
2025 Finest Jimmy Herget
Prime Raisel Iglesias
Prime Jesse Chavez
New Threads Andrew Chafin
Signature Darren O’Day
Color Storm Ben Joyce
Hall of Fame Lee Smith
Awards Kenley JansenHow do you have two Shohei cards in the lineup?
Red Sox?
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@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN
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@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in My All-Time Team Lineups in MLB The Show 25:
@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN
Two-way player Shohei anyone?I didnt know you could have him bat and pitch in the same lineup.
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@markemark_NSW
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All-Time St. Louis Cardinals:
C. Hall of Fame Ted Simmons
1B Awards Mark McGwire
2B 2025 All-Star Brendan Donovan
3B Awards Scott Rolen
SS Moonshot Ozzie Smith
LF Hall of Fame Lou Brock
CF Awards Jim Edmonds
RF Spooky Stan Musial
DH Finest Paul Goldschmidt
Bench
3B Milestone Joe Torre
3B Finest Nolan Arenado
CF Home Run Derby X Rick Ankiel
LF Moonshot Matt Holliday
Rotation
Awards Bob Gibson
2025 Finest Sonny Gray
Milestone Steve Carlton
Signautre Jim Kaat
Hall of Fame Cy Young
Bullpen
Spotlight JoJo Romero
Spotlight Luke Weaver
Awards Dennis Eckersley
Spotlight Matt Svanson
Cornerstone Bruce Sutter
Hall of Fame Lee Smith
Finest Andrew Miller
New Threads Ryan Helsley
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I went 1-3 with the Cardinals. The last game was a dub in a crazy game:
Jim Edmonds solo shot in the 2nd to give me 1-0 lead.
My opponent got three straight two-out hits including two doubles to make it 2-1
My opponent then hit an RBI infield single to make it 3-1 in the 4th
Edmonds and Big Mac went back-to-back in the 5th to tie the game, although I stranded runners on the corners with one out
Miller gave up a solo shot to my opponent's Buxton in the bottom of the 8th to make it 4-3
Ted Simmons went yard to lead-off the 9th off his Lee Smith to tie it at 4
He intentionally walks Rolen to bring up Edmonds, he hits a P-P double to the wall in Coors (I'm the road team btw), somehow thrown out at the plate
With two outs, none other than BRENDAN DONOVAN GOES YARD OPPO for a go-ahead two-run shot
Ozzie Smith followed with a bomb of his own
I left in Miller and he clutched up, although my opponent got a lead-off hit that I dove for, got past me, he tried to stretch into an inside-the-parker but got caught in a rundown and was thrown out.
The Cubbies are next -
@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in My All-Time Team Lineups in MLB The Show 25:
All-Time St. Louis Cardinals:
C. Hall of Fame Ted Simmons
1B Awards Mark McGwire
2B 2025 All-Star Brendan Donovan
3B Awards Scott Rolen
SS Moonshot Ozzie Smith
LF Hall of Fame Lou Brock
CF Awards Jim Edmonds
RF Spooky Stan Musial
DH Finest Paul Goldschmidt
Bench
3B Milestone Joe Torre
3B Finest Nolan Arenado
CF Home Run Derby X Rick Ankiel
LF Moonshot Matt Holliday
Rotation
Awards Bob Gibson
2025 Finest Sonny Gray
Milestone Steve Carlton
Signautre Jim Kaat
Hall of Fame Cy Young
Bullpen
Spotlight JoJo Romero
Spotlight Luke Weaver
Awards Dennis Eckersley
Spotlight Matt Svanson
Cornerstone Bruce Sutter
Hall of Fame Lee Smith
Finest Andrew Miller
New Threads Ryan Helsley
@Dolenz_PSN what do you think?Looks good to me. The only thing I do with my theme team is always have Victor Scott II on the bench for pinch run situations (99 Speed and 99 Steal). Donavan then gives me a lot of flexibility allowing me to move him to any of 6 positions to bring in a sub after the pinch running.
I would have also started Arenado over Rolen. The Arendo Finest card is better than Rolen in every single attribute except the baserunning ones.
Although it kind of stings, since I only do a true theme team that can be boosted with the captain to see you use 99 versions of Arenado, McGwire, Goldschmidt, Holliday and to a lesser extent Rolen. They did the Cardinal fans no favors this year with cutting us out of all of those guys best cards in the same year.
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Again, I think Rolen was the better Cardinal than Arenado, so that's why I started him instead. I was only able to get the tier 2 boosts from Gray and Donovan. Kinda sucks.
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@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in My All-Time Team Lineups in MLB The Show 25:
I went 1-3 with the Cardinals. The last game was a dub in a crazy game:
Jim Edmonds solo shot in the 2nd to give me 1-0 lead.
My opponent got three straight two-out hits including two doubles to make it 2-1
My opponent then hit an RBI infield single to make it 3-1 in the 4th
Edmonds and Big Mac went back-to-back in the 5th to tie the game, although I stranded runners on the corners with one out
Miller gave up a solo shot to my opponent's Buxton in the bottom of the 8th to make it 4-3
Ted Simmons went yard to lead-off the 9th off his Lee Smith to tie it at 4
He intentionally walks Rolen to bring up Edmonds, he hits a P-P double to the wall in Coors (I'm the road team btw), somehow thrown out at the plate
With two outs, none other than BRENDAN DONOVAN GOES YARD OPPO for a go-ahead two-run shot
Ozzie Smith followed with a bomb of his own
I left in Miller and he clutched up, although my opponent got a lead-off hit that I dove for, got past me, he tried to stretch into an inside-the-parker but got caught in a rundown and was thrown out.
The Cubbies are nextRanked?
