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I don't know the exact amount of games, but I do remember previous shows where I went straight from AA to MLB but I think your OVR played a factor as well as injuries to other players in the organization, more specifically players that play your position that are on the MLB roster.

So far this year I played Double A for like 2 months, got called up to Triple A on 6/3 and then got called up to The Show on 6/23 and my call up to MLB was before I hit my OVR goal of 72... I want to say I was a 70 OVR when I got called up to Marlins this year.

The main thing i want to see is the ability to enter the draft after your junior year of college and participate in the Combine again, and then if you don't like where you are drafted you can return for your senior year of college and then once again following your senior go into Combine one final time before entering the draft for the last time.

I haven't seen it yet but is it even possible to be a 1st Round draft pick out of High School?

In addition to earning tokens I'd like for part of the MLB The Show 19 (I think it was 19) progression system to take effect where in-game performance gives you an attribute boost as well, even if it's just a temporary boost so as to not interfere with the token system. For example if I hit 2 home runs in a game off a RHP, I should get some type of boost to my Power vs RHP whether it's a temporary boost for x-amt of at-bats or games or it just gives me an automatic +1 to that attribute or what have you.

Another thing that I would find interesting would be something similar to NCAA Football, where you can customize your HS between some available options or import your own jersey/HS team.

One final thing and this is probably the most important thing to me, would be to allow us to IMPORT PLAYER into RTTS instead of always having to create your player. WWE allows for you to import your player and it pulls in everything except their attributes and that is such a time saving thing especially if you decide to delete your save or if something happens and you feel like starting over from scratch.

without changing the sliders you have to increase your Stamina rating... I didn't notice until last college game or first Double A game that your starting stamina rating this year is lower than the starting rating in 25, so you will need to increase your stamina because at say "50" stamina that "green" stamina is different than say "60-70" stamina with a "green" stamina bar

@SavageSteve74_PSN Ohtani isn't in the lineup in DD because that's how all of the MLB lineups in DD are... the pitchers never hit and Ohtani is listed as an SP in Live Series... it doesn't slot him in as DH.

As far as the lineups in Franchise, I can't speak to that as I have only played 2 Spring Training Games in my Mets Franchise as I try to figure out what difficulty level I'm going to ultimately play on and if I'm going to play a full 162 or if I'm goingo to play it more "MTO" style like I did on another save.

far as I can tell, you have to have a conversation with your manager about changing your position... at which point you'll get your secondary position... but don't quote me on that as I have yet to approve my coach about doing that... I only did it with my Two-Way to set up my Two-Way balance which ended up being the same balance that I started with because I want to keep my start every five days and remain in the lineup... I'm trying to figure out how to just be a DH on the days I'm not pitching and then DH on the day that I pitch but not sure how that works in-game.

I know last year you would DH the day before you pitched, pitch & DH on the day you pitch, and you would hit and play the field all the other games if memory serves.

I got #1 overall with my Two-Way SP/1B... funny enough it happened after losing the College World Series Final in his Junior Year and then losing the first 2 games in the CWS or getting swept 2-0 in the College World Series Final his Senior Year... Astros drafted me #1 overall... I'm curious to see if you can get drafted in the 1st Round out of High School cause so far I've only gotten drafted in the 2nd round out of HS... the next two guys that I'm thinking about making I'm going to make Two-Way players again but I'm going to only upgrade One-Way... I'm thinking with the first guy I'm going to upgrade his Power primarily and other things on offense while ignoring his pitching, and have him switch to just a DH when he turns pro, then the other guy I'll upgrade his Velocity, along with mainly his K/9 and Stamina and other pitching attributes as I see fit at the time while ignoring his hitting, and have him switch to just an SP or CP (if Two-Way CP works this year) when he turns pro... It is my mission to have someone get drafted in the first round out of High School... I wanted it to be the guy that I posted on YouTube but for whatever reason it just didn't happen... I wonder if I have to just pick a team that needs the position I'm playing and maybe that team will draft me in the first round if I play out of my mind... I got a year to get a High Schooler drafted in the first round but I'm hoping it doesn't take a whole year

As someone who sunk tons of money into Diamond Dynasty in the beginning, this isn't a big deal... you just have to control your impulse... and trust I struggle with that everytime I play a mode like this, especially if I get locked in or there's a stubs sale or a flash sale on packs, I get trigger happy and drop however much to get enough stubs to clear out the store but I have found that if you just play consistently and clear duplicates out of your inventory (having the app helps) you can be very successful at this game and can even have the game give you the stubs to buy these packs and/or players from the market... I've seen tons of people go the "No Money Spent" route and their teams would often times look better than the teams that I "paid" for although I never really paid for my team because I used to rip packs with my stubs instead of going straight to market and grabbing the "top guys" that were on everyone elses team... I just find it to be more fun to build my team from packs vs copying someone else's team because of a "meta"

I'd have to double check but I want to say this has been in RTTS for the longest... just gotta go in the settings for batting but I can almost guarantee that this is already in the game... another option would be to change to "Dynamic" difficulty or increase the difficulty level that you are playing on because I saw a huge difference from when I played on "Beginner" difficulty to get my guy to the Majors as fast as possible and when I put it on "Dynamic" and found myself going into slumps here and there as I got the hang of things and started to adjust my batting approach at the higher difficulty levels... also changing my batting focus to be geared towards perks I unlocked was a game changer as well especially when you have the "Green Light" perk but need to work the count to your advantage to get it to activate.

@SakAttack87_PSN because there will be a Pujols or multiple Pujols later in the game that are maxed out at 125... shrugs

My plan is to rip open my preorder packs and any other packs currently available to me to set my team up as quickly as I can... I will most likely stick to one program or method of playing until I complete it unlike previous years where I would jump all around DD... so most likely what I'll do is jump into a Mini Seasons after the tutorial before trying my hand at Diamond Quest and Conquest... from there I'll hit Ranked, with Battle Royale and Events (when available) and give myself some time to enjoy H2H as that has been a part of the game that I either submerge myself in or avoid it altogether in other years... I think now that I can dedicate more time to playing I can lock in that specific mode.

@Onix_Savage22_PSN thanks yeah I just saw the screenshot someone posted here showing 3B as well as LF and RF... so I'm not understanding what people are saying about the card not being good especially as a collection reward

that Pujols card is going to be a MONSTER... people saying that it lacks value because he's not a switch hitter and only plays 1B (but if I recall there were some Pujols cards that had secondary 3B and maybe even LF, I don't know it's been awhile, I don't think I ventured into the trenches of DD heavy since like 23 or 24, I definitely didn't do much with Diamond Dynasty in 25).

If you don't see the value in that Albert Pujols card, because of it lack of positions and the fact that he's not a switch hitter, then you might not be good at this game on a fundamental level... but I'm not going to knock how you put together your team, just don't get mad when some using Albert Pujols hits a no-doubt walk-off HR against you.

@AppleLemon560_MLBTS you just described Mini Seasons... maybe they could role out a Mini Seasons Head 2 Head where you play against another human player instead of CPU... only hitch I guess would be if you lock 8 playes into a Mini Seasons together or if you play a random H2H player that also loaded into Mini Seasons when you did and go from there... would be an interesting concept and a great way to soft launch/test what bringing some type of online league into DD.

But yeah the idea of playing Mini Seasons H2H sounds intriguing to me.

@Christuffer_NSW not that it's difficult... it's just a matter of how the funds work when doing a preorder. For me I remember preordering and they put a temporary hold on my card for the order to go through but then at some point the funds got released back to me because they can't keep the payment until the item ships... once the item or game ships then they'll collect the money from you at that point since the transaction is actually being completed once the game ships en route to you.

@Christuffer_NSW all the usual retailers will have it... Best Buy, Gamestop, Wal-Mart, Target etc... basically if you can buy a PS5 game from will have MLB The Show 26.

@Tandil1368_XBL MLB.TV and MLB Extra Innings are two different services but I feel what you saying cause I loved having Extra Innings but MLB was lagging behind the likes of NFL with Sunday Ticket and NBA with League Pass... and then MLB.TV changed the game with it being streaming based unlike Extra Innings which was only available through cable/satellite.

@MarioMendoza935_XBL you should still be able to use the stand-alone MLB.TV app... unless I misread... I got the notification from T-Mobile to redeem my subscription starting on the 24th... definitely gonna hopefully get more use out of it this year

My biggest thing that I saw this year is the ability to select more options mainly the ability to play 3 or 9 inning games and 7 or 28 game seasons in Mini Seasons... I'd imagine the goals system in Mini Seasons is probably still the same and your mileage with this feature may vary... I love me some Mini Seasons so I'll probably do 3 inn/7 games, 3 inn/28 games, 9 inn/7 games and 9 inn/28 games all at various points... also might depend on what I'm grinding in the game at the time that will determine the amount of innings and games for me.

My objective this year is definitely to pump out some content and/or stream some gameplay.

I knew this day would come... lol

This happens with almost everything... something gets done one way and people "hate on it", then when something new gets done the old way was "better".

Me personally I loved "Sets & Seasons" because it allowed for you to continue playing with different cards... in the years prior to this it felt like people were almost afraid to go get certain cards once they got the lineup they wanted and those players would complain that there was nothing else worth "grinding" (or "paying") for, at least with Sets & Seasons after a set amount of time you had to build your team again... but let's not pretend like you were forced back to your team looking like the "no money spent" team you start with filled with common and bronzes along with your one silver (or gold) card from your loyalty reward before you start your grind to unlock other cards.

Me personally I'd like an innings model with the ability to still do previous inning programs similar to how it's been the last few years.

The only thing right now that I would change is how the "Reward Path" works... I like what WWE 2K is about to do with their similar feature where you can still do a previous "Reward Path" even after a new "Reward Path" enters the game but you can only have one reward path active at a time.

So if I don't complete "1st Inning Reward Path", I would have the option to continue that "reward path" and then I can move on to "2nd Inning Reward Path" once that's done, or I could move on to the "2nd Inning Reward Path" and then go back to the "1st Inning Reward Path" once I complete it.

@Christuffer_NSW they aren't able to license every song... they have the songs they have for a given year