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Has there been any news on the Captains? It is clear that some players the community feels deserves a card did not get one.
Are they live series players only?
Will they be like the 87 packs with 1 hitter and 1 pitcher?
What are we getting?
Is this why SDS pushed the finest news so quickly?

Why not just wait? We don’t even know who the cover athlete is or anything about the game. So why care about when the game will release. Ik 24 isn’t sports game of the year but if they take more time and put more care into 25 maybe 25 is a Sports Game of the Year nominee.

SDS if you’ll give Skenes a third card can you make his pitch mix more like this instead of the other 2 99 pitch mixes you gave him.
I tried in Franchise to give him a more accurate tunnel and I think I made him filthy so just take the one I made.
Keep the Fastball and Splinker thing but hear me out. You’ll have him a 87 slider on his pipeline card- make that a 87 Sluver. Sluvers flatten out at the top of the zone but have drop low in the zone, his slider IRL does that. Both his Sluvers are 84- I changed that is a 84 Sweeper because his breaking ball IRL sweeps. Lastly keep the Vulcan change.
With his arm angle and this pitch mix on HOF, not only does it look accurate to his stuff IRL but he’s disgusting and the S2 one wasn’t as good as the S1 one. So let’s make Skenes great and fun.

Why can’t they just make it like a stadium preset like the grass designs. If there were more presets like stands, bullpens, dugouts, and foul ball territory. Also it would be nice to add team logos to the fields. Like in CF grass or left or right field walls. But also don’t get rid of all the ability to add and move props, a happy medium between more props that can move and more presets to build stadiums easy could make more people use the mode. It could also make the mode more welcoming to newcomers.

I’ve been saying they need to add a 3rd or 4th jersey to the game. Would also be nice to publish the teams in The Vault also for others to use in franchise or DD. Also would be nice to add more logos to the jerseys. Like small ones on the back of hats and neck on Jerseys and sleeves and pants. Would also be nice to have more numbers and last name fonts.
Would be nice to have different team jerseys for the all star games but, the mlb still wants people to buy the all star jerseys so the game will probably rock those to sell the jerseys.
I’d also like the ability to make and edit coaches in Franchise because some teams don’t have accurate coaches. If they won’t do it let us do it then please, or let us add fun custom coaches. Or even elevate a player to be a player coach. The commentators would have more lines to say that would make each game different and more dynamic.

I feel so bad for Pucket, he was in the game for literally 10 minutes as a collection 90overall that no one used. I remember trying him and loving his swing. The fact he didn’t get a 99 that year (or I believe he didn’t) is a shame.

Remember! They are also doing 99 captains. What makes more sense for the Indians, Kwan 99 Captain or J-Ram 99 captain.

What about a filter by postion for secondary postions? Like if you don’t like the 2Bs that are out just hit filter secondary and hit 2B

Remember, they are also doing 99 captains. So if I’m interpreting the content schedule correctly, they could be flashbacks but also players on the team now that also deserve cards. (I say flashbacks because Trout has a card and now Ward is getting a finest and there’s not exactly a ton of good Angels rn that deserve a card unless they give us a fun one.)

L1 R1 dancing makes it easy to steal a base if you hit R2 for a runner to auto steal. If you get your runner to move towards the next base as the pitcher lifts his leg they’ll get a great jump. I’ve been doing it for years in MLB and it works consistently. But if your runner has bad base stealing and mid speed you’re rolling dice.

Remember when Jeter was the Captain of captains last year? Can we get that again or some captain of captains this year too? Make him the collection reward for all the 99 captains.

You ever think if you hit more homers and in ranked vs this event that maybe just maybe you’re trying too hard to hit the ball out? Try and hit a line drive, it’s vs commons those even leave.

@sbchamps17_NSW Wheeler is probably getting a card tho because he’s a CY young tender so keep that in mind. It’d push Ranger Danger out maybe.

Can we be smart for next year and borrow or steal some of the ideas they are doing well in their game so MLB the Show is better? I don’t think the game looks better but the shading and lighting is very, very good. SDS is already doing a good job on that this year but clearly the other game has showed that there is room to improve.
Animations-
If you watch the gameplay there looks to be so many of they and they look to branch off each other well. I’ve watched and played the game more than a few times and I don’t see many or any of the same animations played. Scripted stuff like showing the coaches and stuff are the same but the coaches actually react to errors and good plays in that game which is cool. (I’m a catcher in real like so I watched them close) The catchers in that game look and feel a guy behind the plate catching and receiving the ball. They jump to spots and actually track the ball and move their glove to play the ball; when I go back to The Show the catchers don’t move much and only have 3 stances really. Adding fielding styles on top of the animations there are already would set players apart in how they move to the ball and throw the ball.
Pitches-
Their pitches look like they break more realistic than The Show does. Like all curveballs in The Show look like they move the same and there only feels like a few arm slots like 2 or 3 other then submarine pitchers. It would be nice to pick a windup or stretch and then pick an arm slot for pitchers. I feel like if those are added ontop of better moving pitches, the meta online of 100 and sinkers and sliders could finally change if you allow us to shape and tunnel pitches better. I’m thinking Zach Wheeler who has 3 breaking balls and a cutter.
Hitting-
SDS has them beat but maybe not allowing people to hit from a zoomed in strike zone could be a good change for the future even tho that could upset people. (I use it so I’d be annoyed to adjust.)
Look their game isn’t perfect but neither is MLB the Show. All I’m saying is take notes and make smart adjustments for the future. Hell take a game mode they have that we don’t I don’t care, I just want the best baseball game and for the metas to change so it’s not as sweaty and more fun.

I mean Kyle Schwarber has a 98. That’s probably all he’ll get.

If it’s not Harper SDS can you make it Ranger Suarez. He only has a 93 and he’s actually good for a guy who doesn’t throw 100.

Play 1 mini season on HOF and win basically every game and you’ll be done. I did that and lost 1 game and got all the players and packs. Also I wasn’t pissed or frustrated so I suggest that.

Are we not getting 95overall S3 captains? It feels weird to get them this late anyways. Or (theory) are they seeing how we like Freddie Freeman 99 Captain before they drop a few of those.

Mookie hasn’t gotten it yet so it would make sense because the Dodgers won. Trout also hasn’t gotten it which feels like a crime. SDS though seems to be hitting culture requirements based on the last few cover athletes so it’ll probably be Acuna. Would be smart though to do Skenes.

It would be nice if players get more than 1 bat flip going forward. I like that SDS adds the big bat flip from each past season but it’s kinda silly to celebrate a big homer when it’s 0-0 in the first. It would be cool for the 0-0 homer to be just a dope home run animation and then for big home runs to add the big bat flip animations.
Example- Bryce Harper has a dope bat drop, make that his normal animation and then his big bat flip animation can be the big homer vs the padres to close out that series. Think Jose Bautista when he was in the game and the only way to get his cool bat flip he did vs the Rangers was to hit a clutch late inning homer.
It could be much but maybe by adding those to the players that do different bay flips and different styles based on uniforms that could be a cool subtle difference in MLB 25 that’s a this is cool thing.
Also SDS plz expand ur color palette, Judge and Stanton don’t wear teal they wear Mint Green. Also a lot of guys like to wear a powder or baby blue not the bright annoying one you make Bichette wear all the time then change later.