The 20 card ownership limit in MLB The Show might be the worst change SDS has made in years.
What made The Show special was that it wasn’t like other sports games. If you understood baseball and the market, you could invest, build stubs, and compete without spending money.
Now that entire strategy is basically gone.
Investing wasn’t a niche, but it was an entire community, content scene, and playstyle that made Diamond Dynasty unique.
Take that away and the game starts looking a lot more like every other pay to win sports game.
If the goal is stopping bots or extreme hoarding, there’s a better middle ground:
raise the limit to something like 200–500 cards instead of 20.
That protects the market while still keeping the investing strategy that made Diamond Dynasty stand out.
The Show stood out because it respected player strategy.
Don’t turn it into the same thing everyone already complains about. This will ruin the show long term.