<![CDATA[Please Change Next Year to Franchise!!!]]>

  • Still don't know why option years and front/back loaded contracts were removed. Takes the whole "realistic" feel away from the game.

  • I like how the trading is more difficult, but needs some tweaks. There needs to be something showing how close the trade offer is. Some trades shouldn't take a week to get back to you, just to say either no or they have another offer that is better. This format still has it's flaws as Boston traded for Chapman and gave away Early, but Boston was in dead last in the division and out of playoff contention with SF still contending.

  • Stolen bases seem to be way easier to accomplish this year, for me and the computer against me. The catcher seems to take forever to pop and get rid of the ball. I mean I had 40 SB with PCA in 28 games.

  • What I think a lot of people would find fun and I've heard people express their interest in this, is rain outs and make up games. I think that would be a great addition to the game since there seem to be so many at the beginning of the year.

  • Lastly, it would be fun to have the same feature as Madden in being able to relocate and build new stadiums. Being able to control ticket price, merch and concessions would be a lot of fun. Helps really bring the front office control to the player.

    • Those are some of my thoughts on helping build a more realistic feel for the game and would be a lot of fun.

    ]]>    https://forums.theshow.com/topic/82418/please-change-next-year-to-franchiseRSS for NodeSat, 02 May 2026 15:36:24 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2026 21:35:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Please Change Next Year to Franchise!!! on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:59:19 GMT]]>I think we can all agree that Franchise is missing a ton of features. They sadly do not care about anything other than Diamond Dynasty and haven’t for years.. if you look at the comparison of franchise mode in MLB and NHL, it’s not even remotely close. Am I having fun with it, yes, because I love baseball and acting as a GM. I honestly have a set of rules I give myself that I cannot do to make it more realistic.

    Two GLARING things they took out and because they did, it makes the mode so unrealistic:
    -Contract options and front and back loading. Absolutely embarrassing not having these in the game. Modern day MLB contracts are so complex and this game gives you the most simple year by year contracts with same money AAV. This alone has lead me to not buy a new MLB game until something drastically changes in real life (new expansion team, etc..)
    -player and team morale. This should 100% be in the game and you should have to keep your players happy. If you don’t, they could request trade or performance goes down. You should have to tell a player that he is going to be a starter when you sign him and if you back out on that, he should be pissed and there should be consequences.

    A ton more they could do to the mode but these two are glaring and SDS should be ashamed of themselves for not having these types of features in a video game made in the year 2026

    ]]>    https://forums.theshow.com/post/752803https://forums.theshow.com/post/752803Sat, 02 May 2026 13:59:19 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Please Change Next Year to Franchise!!! on Fri, 01 May 2026 13:04:59 GMT]]>I’m usally a big franchise guy In madden and nhl but won’t even touch it anymore on mlb.

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