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Dang, the patch doesn't seem to have helped. Still seeing insane arb numbers and thus insane contract extension prices (non free agent contract offers).

I wish they'd just do a deal with spotrac or mlbtraderumors and have them create a model. Their models aren't perfect but they are far, far better. If I ran business ops for SDS, I'd be on the phone with spotrac or mlbtr and offer to have the arb tile card be sponsored/powered by __. Let them own it, they are better, and you both cross promote the change so free marketing as well. Win/win for them and win for us with a more realistic contract process.

Budget increasing or not doesn't change the fact that arbitration numbers are astronomically too high. Logan Gilbert is not coming remotely close to $31-33MM next year. He won't even touch $20M next year in his final arb year.

Budget increasing or not would just be bandaid, it's still an extremely poor arbitration process and that throws off extensions as well. Bryan Woo, who will be arb eligible for the first of three times entering next year, will likely make $6M in '27, $12M in '28 and $18-20M in '29 before being a free agent. (I used Gilbert and George Kirby's arb numbers for the range he'd get)

That is a total of $36-38MM in those three years but the game wants $27MM on average for those three years or just over $81MM.

Arb process is completely broken.

Am I the only one noticing massive increases to arbitration? For example, Logan Gilbert is supposedly going from $10M to $31M in his last year before FA. In reality, he’s likely going to ~$17M, not $31M.

The game is really suggesting he deserves to match Skubal from last year? Love the M’s but come on. Saw this issue across many many arbitration outcomes.

This is a question to the SDS team. With the game being coded for auto-regression at 10 years of service times regardless of age, how will that handle an 18 year old prospect that is MLB ready.

The new generational prospects is a great addition to the game, however, how can a player be generational if they start to regress at 28 years old? Even if you delay their MLB debut to 20 y/o then they'll regress at 30 years old. Seems like a flaw to the regression logic?

SDS - any plans to fix this for the '23 game?

@Lumberjack84864_XBL said in Over/Under Number of New Features for '23 Franchise:

@OneFountain8464_XBL said in Over/Under Number of New Features for '23 Franchise:

Thought I'd get a temperature check to see what people think the over/under is on the number of new features in '23 for Franchise. In 2021, SDS did a ton of work to bring us... Player Metric 1.0 and the epic depth returned from previous years. After doing too much in '21, the team needed to narrow the amount of Franchise improvements because player metric 1.0 was just too much for one year so they brought us... yes, you guessed it correct. They added Player Metric 2.0 in '22. I'm going to set the over/under at 1.5 features being added. I'm going under but will happily be wrong, but come on, it's been like 5 or 6 years since the mode saw any noticeable improvements.

Does PLAYER METRIC 3.0 Count? lol
Updating MLB rules and then using them as bullet points for franchise mode upgrades doesn't count either.
I have a feeling that the only feature they consider an "UPGRADE" will be what they mentioned with the draft. Which really? The MLB draft has to be the most uneventful pro sports draft there is so the fact that it's the only feature they mention is confirmation that the rest of the mode received nothing.
New features- 0
Refreshing an already existing mode is not new.

I'd give them one feature if the draft is a noticeable change. If it's just a small tweak then I'd have a hard time giving them that. And no, no shot I'd say it's a franchise feature for making the rule changes either. I'm holding out hope that the Draft was the big one but that they'll add more. Not that I'm expecting it either given SDS's history.

It'd be really, really sad if all they did in the last three years was player metric 1.0, player metric 2.0, dust off an old depth change that has no functionality, and revised the draft. At least add in a bunch of small fixes, there are endless small opportunities to improve franchise mode as well.

Hey Jjbryd02 - yes, I read that a few times as well about their code set. I'd be fine skipping a cycle if it meant that MTO became a full franchise mode. However, we have skipped three cycles and haven't had any updates. There were no updates in 20, player metric 1.0 and depth charts (return from prior mode) in '21, and player metric 2.0 in '22. Heck, they didn't even correct the many, many players ages in the game for years and even had fake players.

I'll 100% agree that EA is a train wreck but they are at least trying to improve their franchise mode. They forked it up nicely this year, really bad, but at least they tried something. The Show/SDS hasn't done really anything in 5+ years.

@MLB the show - if you see this, DO NOT put in fake MTO video highlights into your franchise segment again. We both know you've done that to try to make it appear like the mode received any attention, that was VERY clear you in that in '21. Look at the premier video and tell me otherwise!

I'm still 100% sticking with my under pick on the 1.5 features being added. Again, I'd be very happy to be wrong here and will post asap that I'm wrong if I am. Please make me be wrong here, SDS!

Thought I'd get a temperature check to see what people think the over/under is on the number of new features in '23 for Franchise. In 2021, SDS did a ton of work to bring us... Player Metric 1.0 and the epic depth returned from previous years. After doing too much in '21, the team needed to narrow the amount of Franchise improvements because player metric 1.0 was just too much for one year so they brought us... yes, you guessed it correct. They added Player Metric 2.0 in '22. I'm going to set the over/under at 1.5 features being added. I'm going under but will happily be wrong, but come on, it's been like 5 or 6 years since the mode saw any noticeable improvements.