Cover Athlete for MLB 26

[Teak2112_MLBTS]

In a World Baseball classic year where MLB will want to push the global appeal I just dont see a Nick Kurtz or Schwarber type on the cover. Acuna could work.

[LQR_NSW]

Also in regards to the wbc it could be a Japanese player like Yoshinobu Yammamoto seeing as he had a great year. And last wbc year it was jazz on the cover.

[myllerymia_PSN]

It should be Acuña

[SakAttack87_PSN]

@myllerymia_PSN said in Cover Athlete for MLB 26:

It should be Acuña

Acuña definitely has the name for sure, but his stock has fallen a bit the last two years. Would be good for the game overall for a star like him to get back to his prime 2023 form.

[Dolenz_PSN]

Whoever SDS thinks will help sell copies. That is the only real criteria that matters.

Personally I would love to see more legend covers.

Acuna's cover should have been a couple years back, after one of his only 2 seasons (out of 8 ) where he played more than 120 games.

[CrystalsParadise_PSN]

@Teak2112_MLBTS I agree with Yamamoto guy is insane

[Elmich29_XBL]

Willy adames

[mhenry23_PSN]

@Elmich29_XBL

im pretty sure that willy adames sucks

no offense

[LIONED 33_XBL]

Soto, i'd love to say Cal, but i just dont see him as marketable. Love the guy. But if i'm marketing baseball, Soto>Cal

[Evil Dead 75_XBL]

@TheGoaler_PSN not being on the cover isn't going to make Soto not jog to 1st or to a fly ball that drops in front of him. Dude is overrated.

[DrBear100_PSN]

J-Ram deserves to be on the cover. He should have enough name recognition for SDS. He's a Meta stud.

[Rubbaneck34_XBL]

Joe McEwing for sure

[Talkingben9558_XBL]

Its gotta be Pepe Alazar. He's gonna win MVP this year!

[DrBear100_PSN]

@Talkingben9558_XBL said in Cover Athlete for MLB 26:

Pepe Alazar

If not J-Ram then it's gotta be Pepe!

[MasterFart3284_XBL]

YAMAMOTO!

[MasterFart3284_XBL]

ok here me out, Julio rodruigez

[ANF_GOLD99_PSN]

I think it's Bobby Witt's time.

[zhangmos8254_XBL]

has to be skubal or cal

[Teak2112_MLBTS]

@Dolenz_PSN said in Cover Athlete for MLB 26:

Whoever SDS thinks will help sell copies. That is the only real criteria that matters.

I think MLB likely has the final say in this, and that its about increasing interest in MLB as much as it is about selling copies.

[SaveFarris_PSN]

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Cover Athlete for MLB 26:

I think MLB likely has the final say in this, and that its about increasing interest in MLB as much as it is about selling copies.

MLB does not have the final say. They can certainly make suggestions, and they can restrict anyone from the permanently ineligible list (Sorry, Shoeless Joe fans), but SDS has the final say.