What Needs to be Improved in MLB The Show 26 Franchise
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Front Office & GM Career Depth
Enhanced Hiring Process: A multi-phase interview process for GMs and staff where owners evaluate your "fit" before offering contracts.
GM Rumors & Interest: Systems that track league-wide interest in your services, allowing you to field offers from other teams that provide greater authority over personnel.
Dynamic Staff Management: The ability to promote internal staff to interim manager roles following a firing, paired with an enhanced coaching carousel featuring detailed personality types and "Manager Archetypes" that provide unique team perks.
Ownership Impact: Scenarios where team sales could lead to new ownership changing the front office or forcing you to meet new criteria for increased personnel control.
International & Amateur Scouting Overhaul
International Free Agency: A dedicated international pool for scouting and signing top global talent, moving beyond the current North American-centric draft.
Draft Exposure Logic: Improved logic for amateur player exposure, making the process of finding "hidden gems" more realistic through various scouting rounds.
Scouting Specialization: Front office personnel with specific regional expertise to improve discovery efficiency.
Realism & League Immersion
Enhanced Media & Rumors: A news-driven "Fog of War" system for rumors regarding staff firings, potential team sales, and front-office shifts.
Manager Ejections: Returning manager-umpire arguments and ejections to standard gameplay to increase dugout intensity.
Relocation & Stadium Revamps: Improved relocation logic where free agents recognize new team cities and regional traits, plus better tools for rebuilding or modernizing current stadiums.
MLB Governance: Including a voting system for major league changes (e.g., expansion, rule changes) if ownership or league leadership shifts hands. -
Revamped Front Office: Expect a more dynamic system for trades and free agency, with market setting by top teams.
Improved Logic: Better lineup and rotation logic for a more realistic team management experience.
Relocation/Expansion Tools: Better tools for rebuilding stadiums and improved logic for relocation, with potential for MLB governance voting.
Community-Desired Features (Not Confirmed for 26):
Pre-Hiring GM Contracts: Your idea of signing a contract before being hired as GM is a popular community wish for more depth.
Poaching & Offers: Rival teams poaching GMs and offering better deals/roles (like President of Baseball Operations) is a highly requested feature for realism.
Managerial Revamps: Deeper firing/promotion mechanics (interim/permanent) and archetypes for managers.
Deeper Scouting & Draft: Expanding the draft beyond 6 rounds and a more robust scouting department is a frequent request.
International Free Agency: Bidding for players from Japan and elsewhere is a common demand.
Ownership Changes: Scenarios involving potential team sales, new ownership, and fit discussions are on the community wishlist. -
I would dispute that free agency is good. We are limited to talking to 3 players. That isn't what happens in MLB. Sounds like a gimmick designed for March to October that mistakenly was put in Franchise.
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@sullivanspring_MLBTS You’re actually not, go outside the top free agents and you can sign as many people there and then, the big board for the 3 is only for the top free agents.
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@MrGhost8497_PSN said in What Needs to be Improved in MLB The Show 26 Franchise:
@sullivanspring_MLBTS You’re actually not, go outside the top free agents and you can sign as many people there and then, the big board for the 3 is only for the top free agents.
We disagree. Have you looked at the players outside the top 150? None of them are worth having on a team.
The limit of 3 is not what happens in MLB and is ridiculous. Likely something added as a result of people complaining the offseason was too complicated. Put all that nonsense in March to October. As a person who wants a serious franchise mode this is one of the more disappointing aspects. Instead of making it deeper they keep making it shallower.
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A lot of those outside 150 FAs are not worth it outside of minor league depth but if they kept the statistics from MiLB and had the proper organizational depth & parameters for who can play where (eg AAA has 28 roster spots not including rehab assignments or A Ball cannot have a more than 1-2 players with 5-6 years of MiLB experience) some of those guys would be rostered more often
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Another nice option, would be to know a hitter's history verse the upcoming starting pitchers before the games start. It tells us during the game, and a couple of times, I thought: "I wish I knew that before"
I piggyback on rainouts/doubleheaders
It would also be realistic to have the option to start a franchise with the real life opening day rosters for all teams not just user. It always resets on me from transition from Spring Training to Regular Season.
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I think the player regresion is way to much in the game
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@littlefire12951_XBL said in What Needs to be Improved in MLB The Show 26 Franchise:
I think the player regresion is way to much in the game
I agree. Progression and regression are flawed. I doubt it gets fixed.
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T TheBigPapa55_PSN referenced this topic
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@Hawksfan7292_XBL so basically NBA 2K's franchise mode
I wish this happens
