Of course, anyone who was around for the Pepe grind in 17 could have predicted this, but making prestige h2h only has turned lower ranked divisions into a grinding ground (and yes, I’ll soon be joining the legions of grinders). It was bad enough in the switch it up event seeing team names (no joke) “give Mantle and Chipper homers and I quit”, but now lower ranked divisions are entirely populated by god squads being prestiged. This is all well and good when they match each other, but it’s not good for actual gameplay nor does it really make the grind all that different from what would be done offline.
I would encourage SDS to add an offline option to prestige before the game goes on its big sale and a bunch of potential new players quit after getting steamrolled in the lowest ranked division by grinders.