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Yermin Mercedes should be a lock for a diamond upgrade tomorrow.

As a new player this year, showdown is HORRID. It's absolutely pre-determined sometimes. Awful draft, awful perks, and the opposing team makes hall of fame legendary plays to steal hits and home runs. I can tell if it's a win or loss within 3 batters.

Other times, I can tell when it's being fair and can get a win (or come close).

The only way to even have a chance, and this only in the NON pre-determined games, is to sit there and waste time while the CPU throws pitch after pitch a mile out of the zone. What a waste of time. I expect that in normal games but not this mode.

This legit makes me want to uninstall the game and I love the game. This is all random number generator in this mode.

There's no way this is true. There are consistent good players that are really good every year. Go watch one of CBrev's streams, he almost always wins, I don't think I've EVER seen him lose although I'm sure it happens sometimes. If what you were saying was true, CBrev would win 50/50 or 75% of the time, not 99%.

I'm thinking of going with Griffey and Pedro Martinez.

Appreciate the replies, I'm new to the game and the FOMO is real in terms of getting a few players I really want. I have no problem playing and slowly building though, I'm still learning what's realistic in terms of expectations for this game. I know 2k really well, this is a new, and much better beast!

It's not free, game pass is double the cost of Xbox Live each year. For many, buying the game outright will be a better deal.

@allmustfall16 said in Will Felix Hernandez's Price Go Up Or Down?:

I think he goes up higher than he is now. But when/if these packs reappear at some point, then he will go down.

He’s really good though.

I agree, I just threw a 1 hitter with him and had 13 strikeouts. He is very dominant! They also got his look and neck tattoo correct also.

I love the devs and this game but how does Yermin Mercedes who literally has the #1 batting average in baseball, how is he a silver right now? He should easily be a 90+ diamond.

@icame2winthegame said in Showdown Makes Me Want To Uninstall This Game:

@mlbfan377_psn said in Showdown Makes Me Want To Uninstall This Game:

Love it, I went into the final game of Showdown 12-12 got 1 hit and lost. I'm stunned. This is beyond an evil game mode, wow.

For the love of a bunt my man.

I did many times. It was pre-programmed, nothing was going to allow me to win that. I was good enough to win every challenge before that so I knew what I was doing, this was just pure evil.

@kangbang8888_psn said in Showdown Makes Me Want To Uninstall This Game:

@mlbfan377_psn said in Showdown Makes Me Want To Uninstall This Game:

Love it, I went into the final game of Showdown 12-12 got 1 hit and lost. I'm stunned. This is beyond an evil game mode, wow.

Lmao [censored] not to sound like a jack@ss but wow that’s sad

I know right? The game mode is very sad and pre-programmed in many ways. I beat all the challenges leading up to the final and have no problem hitting extremely well. It's rigged.

Removing the innings grind would be a horrible decision. Many people won't touch showdown because it's so awful, they definitely need to keep the innings grind for TA.

@doihearbossmusic said in Is there panic setting in right now with the market?:

Good let em, No more lame packs, I'm buying up the LSs

Same here, I'm buying the 90+ diamonds from the LS that are on sale in the market right now!

So I've got 4 good starting pitchers and since Thursday, I play my buddy in online play a friend mode (3 inning games) and also a few CPU 9 inning games. I rotate my starters each time, so I've played probably 6 games and Pedro has only started/played in 1, but he has no energy at all.

Also, ALL of my starting pitchers have no energy. How do I fix this, how do I get them more energy? I don't play ranked or events or anything like that. Help!