Let’s look at the Conquest maps. If your team isn't the Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs, or Cardinals, you are essentially an afterthought. The Reds are practically confined to their mandatory stronghold on the USA - Central map. Meanwhile, the developer favorites get continuously recycled into every promo, historic, and event map released.

But the real insult is the Legends and Flashbacks distribution. This one is personal for me—my great-uncle is Harry Craft, a member of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and the center fielder for the 1940 World Series championship team. When you have family ties to that kind of legacy, it’s infuriating to see how the developers treat the franchise. The Reds have the longest history of any baseball team, with roots going back to 1869. That history, let alone the Big Red Machine era, should guarantee a massive, top-tier roster of historical cards. Instead, if you look at the National League, the Reds have some of the fewest legends available. The ratio of Diamond Dynasty cards to actual years of franchise existence is abysmal. The Cubs and Cardinals get flooded with premium historical cards and juiced prospect ratings, while legitimate Reds talents like Sal Stewart and Chase Burns are chronically overlooked or stuck with lower-tier ratings.

And this blind spot isn't just an NL problem. Look at the American League with the Minnesota Twins. Here is a franchise with a deep, rich history stretching all the way back to 1901 as the original Washington Senators, yet they are routinely treated like a secondary expansion team in content drops while the coastal elites get endless attention.

Baseball is built on its history and fundamental mechanics. It’s well past time the developers started respecting the actual legacy of these historic franchises instead of just pandering to the same three or four major markets year after year.