PSA: Normal Supercharge Criteria - Based on 2025 Supercharges
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It seems like every year we see countless number of the posts that say things like So-and-So hit 2 HRs and had 6 RBIs why isn't he supercharged.
So along with AI I analyzed the supercharges from 2025 and these are the criteria we came up with (although I should probably condense the Walk-Off section)
MLB THE SHOW 25 SUPERCHARGE CRITERIA — DISTILLED LIST
SPECIAL CATEGORIES
- Opening Day supercharges
- Fan-Voted Supercharged Player of the Week
- Significant Career Milestones
- Certain high profile Debuts
- Some MLB or Team records
NORMAL HITTING CRITERIA
- 3+ HR in a game
- 5-hit game
- 7+ RBI game
- Cycle
- 4+ extra-base hits in a game
- 12+ total bases in a game
- Rare offensive oddity / historic combo feat
Rare offensive oddity / historic combo feat examples:
- Riley Greene — first player in MLB history with 2 HR in the 9th inning
- Wilyer Abreu — grand slam and inside-the-park HR in the same game
- Christian Moore — first in MLB history to hit a game-tying HR, walk-off HR while trailing, and drive in all of his team’s runs
NORMAL PITCHING CRITERIA
- 13+ strikeouts
- Complete game shutout
- Rare dominant debut (Jacob Misiorowski)
STREAK CRITERIA
- 20-game hitting streak
- 5-game HR streak
- 10-game XBH streak
WALK-OFF / CLUTCH CRITERIA
- Walk-off HR
- Walk-off grand slam
- Walk-off inside-the-park HR
- Game-tying HR + walk-off HR in the same game
- Multiple walk-off HR in a short span
- Walk-off tied to a milestone / historic note
DEFENSIVE HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA
- Home-run robbery at the wall
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This is really interesting stuff. Thank you
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Really interesting criteria. I wonder how many players have met one of those criteria and not gotten one. Unless SDS actually uses some set criteria. I actually like the fact they are doing a lot of supercharges. Makes some of those underrated players with silver or bronze cards usable even if it just for a couple days. Also keep live series cards relevant beyond just collecting them because you have to. Imagine if the supercharged three or four guys a day. You would see tons of lineup diversity even late game.
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Thanks @dolenz_psn. Adds clarity to how players get supercharged.
