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I’m shocked and yet not surprised they forgot this. But seriously, how do you forget something so important.

It’s been basically the same for years now and there’s always large gaps in realism.
SP 97 overall, 3 CY Youngs in a row. Highest offered contract in FA is 19 mil a year. There’s no way I wouldn’t get 10 years 300 offer.

And FA needs an update. How about meetings with potential managers. And would a press conference kill them? It’s a big part of FA, shouldnt be hard in the game. Honestly it’s lack of updates or changes and lack of a lot of realistic aspects of the game. It’s starting to become not enjoyable.

If there are no updates next year. The show will be on par with Madden, won’t be considering next years games. So many good none sports games are coming out and MLB and Madden aren’t that good any more. Why bother.

Share what other updates you think it needs.

I would’ve accepted pre designed stadiums. You are moving to Portland or Montreal, those cities come with 3 or 4 choices of stadium. This way weather could play a role. If they were very bold, then they would be able to include city B Roll, like other teams before a game.

I think the one problem The Show has, is a competition of expectation. The desire by fans is more and fix some items. Rarely is there talk to burn it all down.

It’s impressive they listen to the community and take what people say into consideration. The developments on trade logic and player logic is a worthy effort that I hope works out. It’s something that needed to be addressed and they’re attempting it. Other video games don’t even acknowledge problems. The show should be commended for this.

But I don’t want to be forced to use MTO. Much prefer franchise for team control. Don’t force me to adapt to one game method by gutting a different one.

Ok. I complained as much as most last year, because of how badly they messed up being a starting pitcher. But this year they made corrections. So I have to give them some credit and some tips so that you can be SP in the Show:

1. They corrected it so you can learn a new pitch in the minors, like it should be and you can change the pitch in a slot later on. These are all good updates.
2. You can tell the manager no, when they want to change you to RP. You don’t have to wait to speak with your Agent. You can say no, I believe I’m a starter and the manager backs off.
3. Call up is pretty quick. I did two different careers to see what happens and both times, I was called up year 1 straight from AA. With this in mind, it sucks cause you can’t choose your team, but go back to college after the first draft. Your potential will jump to an A, and that makes a huge change to your development.

Two scenarios, A) potential A and went back to college B) straight from high school and B potential. A) worst record but developed to 77 overall. B) ok record, similar individual numbers and was 67 overall. And here’s the thing, the one way they will still send you to the bullpen, is if your overall isn’t strong enough to be a top 5 SP in the organization going into the next season. Which is what happened in scenario B.

4. when working on your development earlier, work on the main stat numbers. Ks HRs BBs, those type of stats. That helps your overall quickly.

This is always what I look forward to, I know I’m a rarity when it comes to position in the Show. But it’s what I like and I’m glad these changes have been addressed. Hopefully next, they bring their attention to the franchise changes to teams.

Yeah. The AI GM has no logic and it’s been like that for years. One year I played, the Yankees traded Jason Dominguez to the Red Sox. The trades in general are just way too much. This use to be my biggest problem with RTTS, now it’s on a long list.

That is an excellent question and I do not know. If I make a change, I will share the results.
And I agree, there are benefits to years in the minors. I think I’m so pleased that I can finally be a starting pitcher again, that I’ll take what I can get.

Just awful if this is the case with Franchise. I knew when they introduced ballplayer they were gonna start caring more about Esports. Cause that’s where all this is going. It’s so disappointing. It’s making me hope for a competitor as much as Madden

I hope they didn’t forget this like they did two years ago. But has anyone figured out how to learn a 4th or 5th pitch? I just got called up and last season, that’s when you could learn an additional pitch. But now it just keeps asking if I want to replace, which I think is unnecessary. But that’s just me.

One day bring expansion in:

DLC new league configurations. Division sizes and playoff build. I’m crazy, so if the league expanded to 32. I’d do 4 divisions of 8. 12 team playoff. 4 division winners get a bye. Rest of team are all Wild Cards for 3 game series. That would be one of a few options to choose from.
Pre built Minor League team packages. Meaning, you choose a city in this region of the country for your franchise, you can choose from these packages of minor league teams.
Allow a forum to upload computer designed logos. Not a fan of current logo builder. But keep it as an option.
Instead of playing on day one. Allow one season not to play immediately and build the franchise staff then expansion draft.
Make the pre built stadiums for expansion teams, very in depth. MLB stadiums are often so personal to the team. The more you do that the better.
List of 6-8 pre built teams and capabilities to create own. Ability to save multiple uniforms to team history. Could give you the ability to have more than two sets of uniforms?

Again these are just some thoughts. Maybe other people have additional ideas.

This is a lie and in my opinion one of the more frustrating things about the Game. I enjoy RTTS, but the fact that the surrounding roster moves aren’t realistic, drives me nuts and takes me out of the game. I was drafted by the Cubs as a pitcher. Apparently their new Japanese players contract wasn’t worth updating. So he wasn’t on a 5 year contract, so the Cubs traded him. So they don’t even have it accurate and something takes place that would never take place. They say they fix this, but they never do

I have written in depth suggestions for a way to do expansion, including package DLC prebuilt expansion teams. Because there will be 2 challenges to expansion. Realignment of the league and Cool/Individualized stadiums.

The addition I really want, is the ability to sign new TV deals that can increase the budget of your franchise. Call it, the Padres model. The Padres have been able to spend money over the past couple of years, because they had a massive TV deal. This would help someone turn a small market team into a competitor. And would be awesome in the game

@broken_toy1_psn said in Needs Update:

@mtcantwe_psn said in Needs Update:

It’s been basically the same for years now and there’s always large gaps in realism.
SP 97 overall, 3 CY Youngs in a row. Highest offered contract in FA is 19 mil a year. There’s no way I wouldn’t get 10 years 300 offer.

And FA needs an update. How about meetings with potential managers. And would a press conference kill them? It’s a big part of FA, shouldnt be hard in the game. Honestly it’s lack of updates or changes and lack of a lot of realistic aspects of the game. It’s starting to become not enjoyable.

If there are no updates next year. The show will be on par with Madden, won’t be considering next years games. So many good none sports games are coming out and MLB and Madden aren’t that good any more. Why bother.

Share what other updates you think it needs.

Are you on year 5 or year 8? You need 6 complete years before you are eligible for FA. You might still be in your last year of arbitration.

Yeah, it’s year 7 or whatever it’s supposed to be. But it’s always the same. 3 teams have made you an offer. And then you select and the team settings around you change. Update it, make it more exciting.

That’s the other strange thing. My last year of my arbitration, I was offered 2 years 60 mil. Now I can’t get anywhere near that