Finest exchange via gameplay

[NotesOfJohn_PSN]

Thanks for doing this, dude.
Super interesting read.

[Teak2112_MLBTS]

Welcome back to my blog

4 games while having coffee this morning, couple packs earned but not opening yet.
9 hits, 3 HR, and 11k pxp away from Brewers goals. I'll hit the first two soon.

This has actually reinvigorated my desire to play The Show: I am thinking about what to play and which cards to use doing it. The RNG aspect of it sucks vs tangible program progress, but its better than more pack cards to me personally.

Again, its not all about maximum efficiency for me: Im playing a 28 game miniseason because Im tired of always being the home team. While this particular MS doesnt have any seasonable repeatables, the championship rewards I am missing out on add up

[Rubbaneck34_XBL]

Its a money grab hence dumb AF. Especially at this point of the game when dead

[MarioMendoza935_XBL]

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

Welcome back to my blog

I smashed "Like" and subscribed.

[Teak2112_MLBTS]

Snuck in four more games. Got the 9th Brewer hit and 3rd HR on what may have been my first inside the park HR of the year (Yelich, who also had the other 2 HR). Also hit the 54Ks again.

11 Show packs: Nope
16 Ballins: Pena, Luzardo

Messick: 70%
Others: 0

Totals:
26 Show packs: 0 LS
34 Ballin: 2 LS
10 Headliners: 0 LS, 0 Headliners
2 vaults: 1 LS
1 Chase: 1 LS

Ive made 70k in stubs during this time, mostly off ballin golds and deluxe packs (not listing those here)

So one major issue with all this is that these exchange cards just feel like typical program cards...there is nothing particularly special about them. I don't hate this concept of LS dupe exchange (introduced around the all star break when the market for non gatekeepers is low) but not for basic Finest cards.

[rubicante23_PSN]

@Teak2112_MLBTS yeah, who is getting jazzed up to put James Wood and Brice Turang in their lineup?

But like, thats a problem in general with the game - thanks for the rewards, but why would I use them??? (Need a mode that requires you to!).

[Teak2112_MLBTS]

Got the 88+ pack on the inning path

Chourio, would have put Messick at 99% so dumped him into Diaz.

Messick: 70%
Diaz: 19%

Also one diamondless ballin'

Started putting the postseason cards in my lineup to snag the premier pack, which actually hurts this 'challenge' since it removes from a 2 Headliner repeatable. I will probably only trigger that once more anyway. First time using early WC cards Victor Martinez and Yordan Alvarez as I am less likely to use cards I buy with stubs.

I think at this point Im going to finish the mini season before opening new packs (26 games in). That will be a significant pack opening.

[dr_zoidberg25_MLBTS]

My theory is that they reduce pack odds during stub sales. Since finishing the Elly collection, I decided to buy a bunch of 50 packs and go Randy hunting since I have more stubs than I need. I bought 6 50 packs and had about 40 packs from mini season/conquest/TA rewards. I had my longest drought of the year. Didn't pull a diamond from a show pack until pack 325 which was in the final 50 pack. 5 straight 50 packs without a single diamond. I didn't get Randy either. All 85 or 86 diamonds out of the chase packs. For reference, I did this over a few days and didn't buy or open them all at once.

[sbchamps17_NSW]

@teak2112_mlbts this has been a great read, made me want to play mini seasons and get packs to see if I can finish off the 2 finest exchanges that I have left, I'm close to completing Yandy Diaz by just getting packs and using the diamonds from them towards it

[Teak2112_MLBTS]

My main game is down for patching today. So The Show got an extra 2 hours before work. Enough for the final 8 games of the miniseason

So many things came together last two games:
-40 XBH Outfielders
-150 Hits
-300 TB
-75000 Brewers XP (15 Show packs)
-Andruw Jones postseason xp got me 5 Show packs from Braves path
-Ultra pack for overall player xp

Oh and I hit my 1,000th HR of the year

So quite a big pack opening

30 Show packs: Nothing
12 Ballin: Josh Hader
2 Headliner: yay silvers
Chase Pack 28: Bryce Harper
Vault 1: AS Cease, Yamamoto. I didn't have Cease, so took him. Not upset
Vault 2: Easter Wood, that early Adley card again. Had both, at least Adley is somehow going above quick sell. Don't know how thats possible.

Status:
Messick: 70%
Diaz: 19%
Harper, Hader waiting for better math

I believe that leaves the totals as
56 Show, 0 LS
47 Ballin, 3 LS
12 Headliner: Nothing
88+ LS: 1 89 LS
4 Vaults: 1 LS taken
2 Chase: 2 LS

This is roughly 9 hours of play, although I did another hour of catch up on post season moments as well but that didn't really help anything but catch me up on the inning track and give me Brewers to play with in post season.

Next up:
I probably wont play much the next few days. Might do a 7 game run of Postseason to finish the non 2026 postseason Premier pack and get another batch of 10 ballins from the K goal. That will finish up that mini season 100%