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I think its because the inflation due to the stub sale is finally going down

@NatsChampions19 said in Starters as relievers:

@maurice91932 said in Starters as relievers:

There is nothing wrong with starters out of the pen.

This is Ranked Seasons. People are trying to win stubs, XP, and card rewards. They should have their entire 25-man roster available to them in anyway they see fit.

There are no rules in MLB that prevent a manager from using a player however they want. Position player as pitcher? Why not? A pitcher used as a pinch hitter or pinch runner? Go for it. Whatever you think will help you win the game. SDS did the correct thing by allowing us to do this.

What difference does it make if your opponent uses a SP out of the pen? Your job at the plate is to get hits. Period. Starter, Relief, Closer—it makes no difference. Do your job.

But I will say that if SDS wanted to reduce the usage of SPs out of the pen, they have to release better relievers. I think Rollie is the only reliever over 90. At least he’s all I can think of at the moment.

This post is embarrassing on so many levels. The only time you rarely see starters come out of the bullpen during the regular season is during marathon extra inning games or true emergencies. It should not be routine in online play.

Have you ever watched postseason (aka must win) games. Last year in the world series Corbin came into relief many times. Chris Sale closed out the world series in 2018. Even in the division series Kershaw was brought in during the 8th inning(unfortunately he gave up back to back hr) . Online games are not "regular season games" where wins don't matter as much, so it does make sense to bring in your best pitchers when ever you want.

When doing replay they should show the no doubt HR animation on players. I mainly use it when my opponent does cheesy or when it's clutch. For at least replay is like a bat flip. Less slo mo sounds good.

I've been thinking recently about how SDS could implement stadium creator in online DD and franchise mode for next year. I got a great idea that I want them to consider.
First, in online DD, I think the stadium creator could be an XP reward path item. Once reaching level 1 silver, you can first start to create your stadium. This stadium would have default dimensions and default shape so that gameplay in the stadium would still be fair. At silver 1, you could choose the location of the stadium (desert, downtown, grassland, or in a suburban area). You could also choose things that wouldn't affect gameplay such as bullpen location (ex: along the foul lines or behind the outfield wall) , the type of scoreboard, the shape of the seating, etc. At the start, you would get a basic number of seats such as 5,000 to start. At like silver 50, you could extend the lower bowl of seats and add a second deck to make the capacity 15,000.
At gold 1, you could add maybe another 10,000 seats. You could then choose if you want to either extend the lower bowl, extend the second deck, or add seats in the outfield. At gold 50, sort of the same thing. Another addition of seats that can now make it possible to have a third deck.
At Diamond 1, this is what I was thinking. It could be possible to add some things that make other stadiums special. It could be another type of unlockable. It would be possible to add a royals type scoreboard, brewers slide, angels rock formation, dodgers scoreboard, ivy along the walls, etc to your own stadium. At diamond 50, you could earn another 10,000 seats where you could add two levels to the outfield stands or add to the lower bow, middle deck, or third deck making the capacity at 45,000
At Prestige 1, you could add more unlockables to the stadium, change the color of the walls, and change the name of the stadium from “username’s stadium” to whatever you want. At levels 25, 50, and 75, you add another 5,000 seats each level until your stadium is a total of 60,000 fans (this could be the cap on the capacity) Finally, at prestige 100, you would then be able to change the dimensions of the stadium within a certain range. (ex: centerfield minimum distance 390 ft, maximum 430ft, the corners a min of 325ft, a max of 340) and would be able to choose a final shape of the outfield. For example, you can choose if you want straight walls like a fenway or rounded wall like a yankee stadium that would conform to the dimension you choose.
In franchise mode, you would be able to do all of these things once the relocation/rebranding process has begun.
I think another option can be to have stadium creator as a playable mode where you can play around with designs, save them, and then use them in franchise.

I know this is long winded but I really wanted to go in depth with my idea. Hopefully some of the devs can see this and consider it. Please add anything that you think stadium creator should have or if some of the things I suggested wouldn't be fair

I've been thinking recently about how SDS could implement stadium creator in online DD and franchise mode for next year. I got a great idea that I want them to consider.
First, in online DD, I think the stadium creator could be an XP reward path item. Once reaching level 1 silver, you can first start to create your stadium. This stadium would have default dimensions and default shape so that gameplay in the stadium would still be fair. At silver 1, you could choose the location of the stadium (desert, downtown, grassland, or in a suburban area). You could also choose things that wouldn't affect gameplay such as bullpen location (ex: along the foul lines or behind the outfield wall) , the type of scoreboard, the shape of the seating, etc. At the start, you would get a basic number of seats such as 5,000 to start. At like silver 50, you could extend the lower bowl of seats and add a second deck to make the capacity 15,000.
At gold 1, you could add maybe another 10,000 seats. You could then choose if you want to either extend the lower bowl, extend the second deck, or add seats in the outfield. At gold 50, sort of the same thing. Another addition of seats that can now make it possible to have a third deck.
At Diamond 1, this is what I was thinking. It could be possible to add some things that make other stadiums special. It could be another type of unlockable. It would be possible to add a royals type scoreboard, brewers slide, angels rock formation, dodgers scoreboard, ivy along the walls, etc to your own stadium. At diamond 50, you could earn another 10,000 seats where you could add two levels to the outfield stands or add to the lower bow, middle deck, or third deck making the capacity at 45,000
At Prestige 1, you could add more unlockables to the stadium, change the color of the walls, and change the name of the stadium from “username’s stadium” to whatever you want. At levels 25, 50, and 75, you add another 5,000 seats each level until your stadium is a total of 60,000 fans (this could be the cap on the capacity) Finally, at prestige 100, you would then be able to change the dimensions of the stadium within a certain range. (ex: centerfield minimum distance 390 ft, maximum 430ft, the corners a min of 325ft, a max of 340) and would be able to choose a final shape of the outfield. For example, you can choose if you want straight walls like a fenway or rounded wall like a yankee stadium that would conform to the dimension you choose.
In franchise mode, you would be able to do all of these things once the relocation/rebranding process has begun.
I think another option can be to have stadium creator as a playable mode where you can play around with designs, save them, and then use them in franchise.

@BmoreBirds_3 said in Team affinity stage 2:

@JustASeal0 said in Team affinity stage 2:

I'm incredibly disappointed that Robert, Kelenic, Carlson, Rutschman, and Lux will all end up having worse cards than worse prospect counterparts on their own team

Hell, Franco might end up outclassed by some FS card on the Rays

I understand the difference between the card types, the top prospects should be the ones getting the juiced FS cards then

I agree, these top 10-15 prospects should have better cards than guys like Mountcastle or Bohm. SDS has gone a complete different direction with these FS cards. Like last year once guys like Vladdy and Bichette got called up, then they got FS cards. I think releasing more of these prospects are fine but just make them Prospect series and have their attributes reflect where they currently rank as prospects.

I'm guessing SDS will release the 10-15 prospects later on in headliners with 95 plus overalls. Maybe they'll be added in stage 3 team affinity.

@Maxi_Pad_26 said in Sell Now....:

No it does not tell you that 10% will be taken out. I just looked at my clip and just went to look at selling another card.

All it says is “sell now at .....”

If you create an order it will tell you about the 10%

thats why the best players don't do sell now, they create a sell order . It's already known that sell now means it will be taxed

@ImDFC said in new diamond level + rewards:

@TheMoShow__ said in new diamond level + rewards:

@ImDFC said in new diamond level + rewards:

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so stoked about that card. amazing

Though I think it's bizarre that you get another 99 legend from the packs you already took 5 players from

I think that you make them red diamonds