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Try to log in and play for the first time in probably about 3 weeks, and I can’t even get into the game because of a network error?

I guess this game is literally unplayable now. Figured it was after how season 1 went.

Can we start a petition to get Armando Gallaraga a Perfect Game milestone card to recognize his achievement that was blown by Jim Joyce?

Any update on this one @CBrev47_MLBTS ? Still waiting to start playing BR so I don’t waste my free BR entry

@sullysull08_psn said in Feature Request:

I would like a sandlot where you can put stubs on the games in 3v3s or HRD or maybe a pack and play or retro or other cool game modes and I would also love to see a revamped Franchise and a RTTS similar to 2K but also slightly differnet

The sandlot idea would be really cool, but being able to wager stubs would quickly be abused by a lot of players with secondary accounts and stuff.

@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Feature Request:

Another idea: how about a category for where the players are born? Then we could have all-time teams from certain states, etc.

You can do this on ShowZone.io - not perfect, but a solution. You can also filter by quirks and specific stats.

If it’s Ohtani it would be a sin to not name 22’s game MLB The Sho 22

@jonblaze2424_psn said in Online matchmaking prevents me from succeeding:

Is this true if you keep pushing left it’ll match you up with someone closer to your ranking? Been playing RS for years and never knew this

I just learned it this year from CBrev on YouTube, been playing DD consistently since 18. You just have to press left once and it’ll hold it at the lower window then you can expand or shrink the window as you want.

@natec183_xbl said in Online matchmaking prevents me from succeeding:

Thanks to all who replied! I’ve learned so much! Although I’m still lost on the flipping part. I know what it is but have no good strats for them

So as far as matchmaking goes for RS right when you start matchmaking before it starts expanding the window press the left button on the d-pad to restrict it (you can then manually expand the rating window with left and right buttons) it’ll take longer to find a match but they’ll at least be in a smaller rating window, unfortunately that doesn’t stop you from matching up with guys that quit a bunch to be a low rating.

As far as flipping cards goes go to showzone.io they tell you what cards to flip and how much you’ll make.

@whiplash0013_psn said in Should I sell Trea:

@killerpresence4 said in Should I sell Trea:

You sell Trae now and you’ll never get him again unless you get lucky with a rewind pack. My guess is the rewind packs will be tiered with a base pack and an elite pack from here on out. But it’s your call.

I saw there were 2 rewind packs in the reward path. For the record, I don't play events, so are you saying that these packs are not true choice packs, they give you a few players to choose from similar to the RIB program?

You usually get to pick from like one of 5 players I think.

@the_dragon1912 said in Kenny lofton ... fred mcgriff ...:

Mcgriff is more than fine. Lofton joins Signature Thome and finest Harper as wastes of cards

Have you tried that finest Harper? He’s incredible.

Really weird rewards…no Andrew Jones or Kirby Puckett still? Starting to think they forgot they got Kirby Puckett as a new legend this year? Did they somehow lose his rights after releasing his first cards?

I absolutely love Gagne, I feel like his pitch mix works really well for me. If you have guys waiting on that curve you pump some fastballs in and they’re like deceptively fast. I’ve had a lot of success with him usually over 1-2 innings. If you don’t have Fingers though that’s a shutdown budget reliever.

@ArcticTrotman14_XBL Different players will be more comfortable with different swing types. Some swings are faster, some are slower, some one handed, some two handed. It seems like you do well with high contact ratings with not super high power, I don’t see many people talking about that but I feel like if you don’t consistently get the ball in the upper part of the pci with high power guys you tend to just lineout or groundout a lot whereas the guys with lower power hit gaps more often - this would make sense to me because that’s kind of the case in real life and this is supposed to be a baseball simulator game.

I for example am absolutely brutal with 99 Mickey Mantle (like .180 average over like 200 abs). I was bad with him last year too, which really frustrates me because he’s one of the best cards in the game. Babe Ruth I’ve also been struggling with, in my first 20ish ABs I probably lined out/grounded out/flied out 16 times, struck out twice, and hit 2 homers. I had to just hit it over the wall or else I’d be lining/grounding/flying out.

You can really test out what works for you by creating a ball player and experimenting with different batting stances/swings. Mike Trout/Trea Turner/Austin Riley/Trevor Story are stances/swings that most people seem to do well with.

I’ve recently started figuring out how to actually hit the ball with Tatis and it’s getting a lot more fun with him. I did love Wander and Trea earlier in the year though. Honus also smacks and is good to foul off at least 4 pitches per ab to frustrate my opponent if nothing else.

One I really liked early in the year was live series Corey Seager, I actually got him to P4 and my average with him was around .350 at some point (most my players typically sit around .250 averages - I’m not very good). I don’t hit very well with his WS MVP card though for some reason.

@arvcpa_psn said in FINEST TRE ORDER:

@chuckclc_psn said in FINEST TRE ORDER:

Grinding this right now, jeez man. Literally everyone I play has a .750 win PCT or higher. Save for a couple. So sweaty. 5 more wins to go.

Sweaty is right. I started the event right when it dropped as I was going on vacation, so I had to get him early. Faced lots of WS and 12-0 banners. It wasn't pretty, but I got him for free (if you count 50 Event games as "free").

https://i.redd.it/ma5zgv8d7w811.png

@ericulous1_psn said in Should I sell Trea:

Haven't seen you post much before but you definitely know your stuff based on the last few posts I've read. Great link and solid point.

Thanks @Ericulous1_PSN. I haven’t got too much into posting on the forums before (there’s been a handful of times I’ve just come to complain in all honesty) but I figure it’s a lot of fun reading other peoples opinions on the game and cards since I don’t have friends to play/talk about it with IRL. (I do have friends, just not baseball enthusiast/gamer friends).

@jogger171717_psn said in Should I sell Trea:
because I couldn’t care less about a guy being fast or stealing bases (which statistically aren’t that valuable anyways).

You’re 100% right, it’s totally subjective (he did try to gather some data so it wasn’t totally his opinion, despite only receiving a small sample of survey answers). I think it’s fun to hear what other people’s favourite seasons were. I mean I was just a kid during Bonds 2001-2004 monster seasons, but he wasn’t a speedster and man was it exciting to see/hear about what he was doing. Dude could smash a ball out at ANY moment. I don’t think Trea Turner brings that same TYPE of excitement.

For me this year Shohei and Vlad were like must watch TV whenever they had an at bat. Trea (who should get the opportunity to steal more often) wasn’t quite that, but a lot of fun watching his highlights because he’s so dang fast. I think it translates different on TV vs Live.

Now to your point I kept above, I think they need to value stolen bases more. With no runners on base isn’t it just as valuable (if not potentially more because of the distraction to the pitcher and need to shift differently for the fielders) to hit a single and steal second as it is to hit a double? I feel like it’s more likely for the batter to get a good pitch to hit/ be walked with a runner like Trea on first than he is without Trea on first. As exciting as extreme raw power is (and historically that’s been the case, we don’t talk about Rickey Henderson and Lou Brock nearly as much as we do Bonds and Aaron and Ruth) I think speed is a lot of fun and brings a lot more intrigue to the game than just a bunch of big heavy hitters. How could we better account for the value of a stolen base? Should they be included in total base count?

@chuckclc_psn said in FINEST TRE ORDER:

My first grinding an event all year to the top card. https://imgur.com/a/dHzCktK

Congrats!

Trea Turner is the most fun player in baseball according to statistics (see video linked below). I think the same applies to his Finest Card in this game. Dude plays stellar defence at 2nd base (gets to those pesky balls up the middle that my pitchers never stop), has the same sweet swing as always but now with better stats, and he FLIES. He's incredible.

https://youtu.be/2G202jD5h4E

I'd love to see a LF/RF Shohei Finest card, but kind of doubt that will happen. We might see Andruw Jones or Kirby Puckett as mid way rewards as we haven't seen their 99s yet. As mentioned in another thread seeing the Mondesi from last year would be insane.