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With so many September callups and Rookies getting the First hit/rbi/win/etc there are just not going to be enough Topps Now cards to go around.

Just for the Cardinals Leo Bernal got a Topps Now for his first hit a 2 RBI Double.
Today Cooper Hjerpe pitched 4 perfect innings with 6 strike outs and got the win in his First start.

On the Spotlight front Thomas Saggese batted .533 for the week with 3 HRs, 7 runs scored, 8 RBIs and 2 stolen bases and only trailed Rafael Devers in WAR by .1

I just figured with all of the callups there will be a lot of gamers expecting the rookies for their favorite team to get a Topps Now card. I am expecting a whole bunch more "What About..." posts since SDS limits themselves to 5.

It also would not surprise me to see them hold Acuna back as an Inning Boss or Collection reward.

You'll also run into the same problem if you hit more than 255 HRs in a season

From the beginning? No. But I have been around a long time. I think that the first version I played was on the Playstation Portable (PSP)

@TripleH-4481_PSN said:

@Dolenz_PSN

With all due respect who cares about November.

I don't since I am usually done by then. But I am just one person. I would guess their goal is to keep a portion of their player base playing as long as possible. Most gaming companies strive for that.

To me it makes sense to release legends in a tiered type of release if you released a 99 Griffey Jr or Willie Mays then who will pay attention to Willie McGee if he is released after them?

Look, I am the guy who keeps track and posts a list of all the legends without 99 OVR cards. I wish they released more versions of these legends, start the year with an overall in the upper 80s and then give them 2 or 3 cards in the 90s. Some they do and some they don't.

But we have gotten Musial recently so I can see the big names dropping as collection rewards or new inning bosses and of course there are at least 16 more chase cards and Headliners still to come.

Unless they snuck something in I have posted all of the spotlight cards and the lightnings and a picture of the conquest map

Look there! A Cardinal card I don't have to buy!!

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

But as you know all 99s aren't created equal, no reason they couldn't do a low 99 Reds Griffey now and an endgame one in November.

The complaints would just shift to "Same Old Cards. How Many 99s does a player need?"

If we were still at 97s and 98s then a different group pf players would begin complaining about No 99s during the All Star Break.

There is nothing they can do that will please everyone. No pace that they can set not matter how aggressive or conservative that will satisfy all. Should they strive for those goals? Yes, but they will never achieve them.

Spotlight ???? ???????
Spotlight Jake Bauers
Spotlight Carson Benge
Spotlight Cal Quantrill
Spotlight Gary Sánchez
Spotlight Paul Blackburn
Topps Now Quinn Matthews
Topps Now Edmundo Sosa
Topps Now Jackson Kent
Topps Now Dylan Crews

You are all short sighted in my opinion. They should mix in the legends more. More legends need mid-tier cards.

But if they drop 99 May, Ruth, Griffey, Mantle and Gehrig now then come November when they have exhausted those cards by giving them all 99s everyone would be crying that "<Insert name> is not replacing Mays in CF". "Why would I use <insert name> when I have Mantle."

Everybody wants those 99s now without any thought as to what the content would then be in November.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

Logged in for the first time this inning. Saw today's calendar was only spotlight, is that right?

Pipeline was good content but not three weeks worth of content.

People that play other sports game will mostly play those games either way, but still an odd choice to have a major content drought as NBA and NHL both are launching.

If I am playing devils advocate, now that they are releasing 99s they kind of need to pace themselves. They still have 3 to 4 months left for content drops. If we get all the Griffey and Mantle 99s now in big content drops there will be nothing left come November.

We have Spotlight, a new event and a new conquest today. It's the end of the month Spotlight so it is a little longer than normal

@Rhyno1986_XBL said:

@Dolenz_PSN said:

@Rhyno1986_XBL said:

to then tell people they are basically not allowed to take an endorsement deal from said 3rd party contract also violates some of thier rights shows you are probably mid 20s and mad because you have NO real world life experience.

I'm 62 and I think you are full of it.

They are not stopping Streamers from streaming
They are not stopping them from taking those endorsements.
They just won't be playing MLB The Show while they stream and promote their endorsements.

There are plenty of things to be upset about and aspects of the game to protest against, but I don't see this as one of them.

Your Friend Kyle's promotion of this 3rd Party company got hundreds if not thousands of players banned. SDS are actually protecting large portions of their audience by not allowing them to be duped by streamers who are financially motivated to steer their audience down a path that is against the terms of service.

How are they not stopping them? If they can't promote something they aren't gonna get paid for it. How do you think endorsements work? And agian since all of you must just read 1 point i never said that they shouldn't have been banned for it because I don't care either way about that. But when they have blatantly lied about fixing their game, keep allowing ACTUAL CHEATING to continue, but then suddenly punish people because their profit margin was taking a hit. Yeah it's scummy and just shows how most people on here literally don't think and will just celebrate the smallest thing.

Didn't I say that there are plenty of things to be upset about and protest against? Yes I did. I am not blind to the issues but those other issues have no bearing on this one.

Do I wish more things were fixed and resolved?Yes. But just because those have not been resolved does not mean that this should not have been done.

And to respond to your insult, yes I do think. Just because I may not agree with you does not mean I am not thinking.

What I think is that honest players appreciating the "smallest thing" is a way to show SDS that we will appreciate them even more if they keep resolving issues big or small. I think that is far more useful than ragging on them 100% of the time. At that point you just become background noise.

My guess has always been that they are restricted to the event. The same with the Home Run Derby X cards from the last few years

@WizardOfWor1980_PSN said:

@Dolenz_PSN said:

Randal Grichuk

Yes, 2009 Amateur Draft, Angels had back to back 1st RDP at 24th and 25th. With pick 24 they selected Randal Grichuk....With pick 25 they selected Mike Trout.

Obviously the second picked worked out far better, but thats a lot of HR's from 2 picks like that.

I actually was a fan of Grichuk when he was with the Cardinals. I was just surprised to see him on the list.

2016 Kris Bryant.

Based on a Twitter/X post with one of the most obvious clues that showed the year and a series of periods for the name.

The other option is Gary Sanchez but he was just the retro lightning last year and his last name does not fit.

The only curveball would be if they went with a pitcher.

An 8 Team Conquest map with the ultimate reward a Vault Pack

Conquer territories, earn XP, Stubs, and packs, including Spotlight Packs & a Vault Choice Pack!

@GoozeFn_PSN said:

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN Not really relevant to this, but I loved 18 and immortals. I love the grind.

The only year I bounced off in May and never came back that year. I hated it.

It also didn't help that it was also the year they changed RTTS that year and added archetypes to restrict how you could build your player.

@SiberiaTigerCub_PSN said:

@FokkenXCross_NSW I’m not sure if they would be Phillies fans, seeing as they are in San Diego, but as a Braves fan myself, I have noticed Atlanta seems to be the most overlooked/bypassed team in the game for card marketplace events.

Atlanta has the 8th most legend and flashback cards this year.
They have the 5th most unique legend and flashback cards. 4 more unique player cards than Philly (Bryce Harper has 4 extra cards, Schwarber has 3)

Compare that to Tampa who leads the AL East. They are dead last in Legends and Flashbacks.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said:

SDS has frequently missed important real baseball developments, but this year their lack of attention to it seems to be at an all time high. For me, the wholesale lack of focus on the three players inducted into the Hall of Fame is the single worst omission.

What were you expecting? Was it significantly different than last year?