First, this mode really needs to give us the option of playing with a current MLB player. There’s absolutely no reason we should have to labor through the minor leagues as a position player with some random guy while, for lack of a better term, absolutely sucking because of the game requiring you to go through a bunch of hoops to boost your various player ratings that aren’t even good to begin with. Not to mention that there’s no guarantee you’ll even get called up to the majors. That really makes the mode feel like school homework, not something that’s actually enjoyable. Now I know there may certainly be some who enjoy the grind, so I’m not necessarily saying to change it so that you can no longer create a player. But I do think that we should have the option of playing as a real life major leaguer. Another potentially cool addition would be having brief interviews with media members at certain times throughout the regular season and playoffs, such as after big games. They could be in the locker room at times, but they could be at the podium other times, just as they are at times in the playoffs.
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I do get that hitting is supposed to not be easy, but I truly believe that it is just too hard in this game. I’m not one whose hitting exploits I would consider to be among the elite in this game, but there has been a huge difference in the amount of run scoring I’ve had offensively in franchise mode in The Show 23. I always play on the all-star difficulty level. SDS claimed before release that hitting would really be better, but there appears to have just been way too many times when I’ve made good timing on a good pitch to hit, only to end up with weak contact. And yes, I understand that zone hitting gives you more control over where the bat comes through the zone, but that also takes a lot of practice to get good at. I’m not asking for this game to provide tons of offense every game for me and the CPU. Frankly, that wouldn’t be fun either, but I do believe good timing needs to get rewarded way more than it does. I played through every pitch of four seasons in The Show 21, and in every season, my offense was much better or at least a little better that it was in the one season I’ve played in this year’s game. In two of those seasons, I hit at least .250 as a team. In one of them, I hit just under .250. The best offensive season I’ve ever had with a player was with Cody Bellinger. I hit about .290 with him, with 54 doubles, 28 homeruns, and about 90 RBI. I had another season with him in which I hit 27 homeruns. As a team in The Show 21, yes, I wasn’t exactly good, but I wasn’t nearly as bad offensively as I was in this year’s season, a season in which I only hit about .218 and only averaged a little over 3 runs per game. I also only hit 102 homeruns in the regular season. That was despite playing as the Braves, one of the best home run hitting teams in baseball. At least in 21, even though I wasn’t good as a team offensively, I had some players who had legitimately good seasons. In two of those seasons, I averaged roughly 3.5 to 3.8 runs per game. In one of those seasons, I would’ve averaged exactly four runs per game if I had scored just one more run. Also in one of those seasons, I ranked in MLB’s top 5 in doubles as a team. I would think that SDS would want to make hitting a little more reasonable in this game. I would think that SDS would actually realize that putting up good numbers, whether it’s as a team as a whole, or just with three or four players, is a way for people to enjoy the game, as well as something that would increase sales. Oh, and did I also mention that I hit 16 homeruns with Chris Carter in only 48-56 games in MLB The Show 19? Had a high batting average of as high as .330 with him deep into that season too, not to mention finishing with a .302 average with Justin Turner in The Show 21.
Potential Improvements
Hitting is Unreasonable and Unrealistic in this Game