<![CDATA[Two solutions for obsolete captain cards]]>A big issue with the current captain system is that teams can quickly lose access to their captain when a better version of that player is released. For example, the Yankees have Jeter and Pettitte captains, but upgraded versions of those cards arrived early this season, creating an unnecessary choice between using the best card and keeping the captain boost.

One solution would be to designate certain players as captains and allow any version of that player to activate the boost. This preserves lineup flexibility while maintaining the theme team concept.

An even better long term solution would be to remove captains from individual cards entirely and make them a customizable theme team option, similar to selecting bats, uniforms, or socks. Players could equip a Yankees theme, Mets theme, or other team affiliation regardless of which card versions they are using. This would also open the door to more creative themes beyond teams, such as nationality, age, era, draft class, or other roster-building concepts. These customization's could also be added as be equip-able items found in packs that have progressive bonuses (based on rarity) and additional themes as the season progresses.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/83543/two-solutions-for-obsolete-captain-cardsRSS for NodeMon, 22 Jun 2026 12:23:09 GMTSat, 20 Jun 2026 01:57:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Two solutions for obsolete captain cards on Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:47:50 GMT]]>Sadly, they want TA (and captains) to die so they won't do a [censored] thing.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/765324https://forums.theshow.com/post/765324Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Two solutions for obsolete captain cards on Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:28:06 GMT]]>The simplest option at this point is:

  • reset all the Captains to have a 95 rating at the All-Star Break
  • reset all the Captains to 99 after the regular season ends

They did something similar in 2024(?) where all of the earlier released captains were reset to 99 at the end of the season.

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@demilio_PSN said:

A big issue with the current captain system is that teams can quickly lose access to their captain when a better version of that player is released. For example, the Yankees have Jeter and Pettitte captains, but upgraded versions of those cards arrived early this season, creating an unnecessary choice between using the best card and keeping the captain boost.

One solution would be to designate certain players as captains and allow any version of that player to activate the boost. This preserves lineup flexibility while maintaining the theme team concept.

An even better long term solution would be to remove captains from individual cards entirely and make them a customizable theme team option, similar to selecting bats, uniforms, or socks. Players could equip a Yankees theme, Mets theme, or other team affiliation regardless of which card versions they are using. This would also open the door to more creative themes beyond teams, such as nationality, age, era, draft class, or other roster-building concepts. These customization's could also be added as be equip-able items found in packs that have progressive bonuses (based on rarity) and additional themes as the season progresses.

No on the second solution. That just screams "Switch Hitting" Theme team.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/765318https://forums.theshow.com/post/765318Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:47:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Two solutions for obsolete captain cards on Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:42:23 GMT]]>Idk why or how they made the game worse in so many different ways this year

U released these cards but don’t find a way to make them upgradable and then release new cards of the players so they can’t be used

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