Things I would like to see next year

[Teak2112_MLBTS]

1. Better ways to browse, and show, our stats. The screen to review our stats is too limiting. Also we should see our stats in the lineup screen. And let us choose for miniseason to show either total stats or ms specific stats (fixing ms stat presentation in general is an annual request).

2. 5 inning offline mode (and maybe even online?). Conquest is fine at 3 innings, as there is no real penalty for losing and its good for quick games. But if I want to play on All Star or above (or even vet/rookie this year), 3 innings can be a little swingy. 5 innings would avoid most of the cheap losses, and gives more plate appearances and allows a starter to get 3-4 innings.

Suggestion: Gauntlet mode: 30 games vs 30 teams. Can make these the flashback/legends teams like is done in DQ now. Rewards based on points acquired. 1 pt win on rookie, with +1 for each difficulty up until Legend. +2 for using a theme team to encourage this. Max reward based on 28 wins (allowing for 2 disconnects or random losses) * 5 points (legend with a god squad or all star with a theme team), but the main reward at 28*3 so rookie with a theme team gets it. This would be a big repeatable grind for offline players at a fairly light (I assume) development cost. New tracks should drop with each inning but old tracks should not expire. This would solve one of this years glaring issues: innings drops are total [censored] for offliners not interested in WC

3. Bring back BR programs, but make them more focused on playing through the full games then getting high stats per run. Wins should always give a point on any online track, but should never be the main factor. Remove the entry cost (obviously the pack gets removed too).

4. Some variant of salary cap mode. Let people use x number of 99s, x number of 95-98, etc. That way we can still have early 99s (legends only please), but dropping 90s late in the year still has meaning. This would also allow a more interesting lineup, closer to real baseball, with a few guys you dont want to face but not the current scenario of everyone is roughly equal. Oh and maybe cap switch hitters too. Sorry, that meta sucks.

5. In absence of the gauntlet mode I suggested earlier, ensure there is always meaningful grinds for the people that enjoy grinding, but make the rewards for the grind sellable so they are still available to people that just want to play ranked or whatever.

6. Captains: Allow one 'manager' spot on each team. The card placed there will be shown as your manager in any game footage. But more importantly, thats for placing your captain if you dont want him in your lineup. This spot can be a duplicate too, so Jolt McCutchen can give bonus, while prime McCutchen actually plays. The manager card can not actually play in the game though (sorry Pete Rose)