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@LIONED-33_XBL I agree.

I mean, if a player is fast and talented enough to be a center fielder, I think he can play the two other outfield positions...

Same thing for left and right fielders. Each position have his specifity, but not big enough for a professionnal outfielder to not being able to switch from left to right, or vice versa.

Outfielder should be the designation in the game. And every one of them could play all three positions.

Same thing for SS. Every SS should be able to play 2B and 3B. We are talking about the best athletes in the world. There is no way that a SS would make more mistakes playing 2B. At least, I think, from my experience on the field.

The catcher that can't throw is playing for the Lima Lemurs.

Considering I never played The Show (or any baseball game since Griffey in 1994) before June, I think a am doing quite well.

I finish the LS a couple of weeks ago, as long as Rolen. I only need 20 ish cards to get Williams (but at least two of these cards would cost me 100 K or more).

I have Wagner and I am very close to get Allen.

I still need 85 cards to unlock Bautista. Not sure if I will ever get there. Or want to.

I finish the Neon collection yesterday, wich was fun. I am also quite proud that I unlocked Judge AS.

The only place I could really do better is Spotlight. I have all the monthly "bosses", but I have not finish a single retro collection yet. Not that it is a goal. But I am hoping that past Spotlight packs will be awarded in future program, so I can finish this collection.

@EvanD71_MLBTS I have the same question. Same thing for the "thing" you got when you complete the TA program for one team.

And the stuff you get when you complete the Team related Conquest map. I know you can use the uniform. But what about the rest?

Hi guys!

I precise that I am new to the game and the franchise. I have been playing for a little bit more than two months now.

And I have a question.

When you open a Deluxe Choice Pack, wich "kind" of pack do you choose?

Is there a better choice?

I know you will say to choose base on what I need (to complete collections). The thing is: I need everything!

I am still a little bit less than 90 cards away from Scott Rolen 99 (without counting the 26 Diamond Live Series I need) and 215 cards away from Ted Williams 99 (again, without the Diamond Live Series).

I am just curious to know wich is your choice, normally, and the why you make that choice.

Thanks in advance for sharing your widsom with me!

A program with players who were experts at hitting doubles?

There are a couple of names in there that needs a better card:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/2B_season.shtml

Supply and demand...

I just assumed that there was an infinite supply of every cards. Now that I think of it, it was quite stupid of me lol

Thanks to you, I better understand now why these early release cards still sell for big studs. Less people are unloading them, so there are less for us, latecomers, to buy. Just like stocks.

See, I know I would be educated by starting this thread! Hope others are also learning a thing or two

I spent the last three evenings using players of the same team in the new mini-season. The rewards (packs) are raining! Normally, within three 3-innings game, you should get the Neon player of one team (except for the Rockies, who took me five...). It took me a season and a half to unlock Reynolds.

Now, I am grinding with a team composed of Neon player, again in the new mini-season, trying to reach 500 PXP with each. The goal is to get the 50 000 PXP boost on the TA program of each team.

Hope that help!

Thanks guys! I appreciate. I will get back to the basics and hope for better results!

@TheGoaler_PSN I am an Expos fan myself and still mad about 1994...

I am the unluckiest sports fan ever.

In 1994, the strike cost my beloved Expos a World series title. It hurt.

In 1995, my beloved Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver to become the Colorado Avalanche. It hurt. A lot.

In 1996, the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup. I did not care. It was not my Nordiques. But it hurt.

In 2001, the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup. I did not care. It was not my Nordiques. But it hurt.

In 2004, my Expos moved to Washington, DC. It hurt. A lot.

So, no, I do not wish for the Toronto Blue Jays to win it all this year.

The New York Yankees are my favorite team! Long live to the Yankees

Hi guys,

I am new to the game and the franchise. I have been playing for almost three months now.

I am progressing well into the game. I now own Scott Rolen 99 and I am one card away of finishing the Live Series (I miss Ohtani). I gotta say that I never thought I would accomplish these two objectives when I start playing.

I have finish every programs - except two - and and every mini-season - beside Ink.

I also thought I was getting better. Until the last days.

I don't know if SDS tweek something, but winning game and getting hits against the CPU seems harder than ever on the Veteran difficulty.

Logically (well, I think lol), it should be the opposite, right, because I now have a squad that have a 99 overall grade and I still face (in Conquest, Diamond Quest, and Against CPU) Live Series teams that have an overall grade of 75 or 79.

How is it getting harder, then?

I use to destroy the Rockies and the White Sox CPU teams in July. I mean, winning a perfect-game-20-0 level of destruction. Now, I am lucky if I score five runs, even though I face the same 76 or 77 pitcher on the mound.

Balls that were flying over the wall, at the warning track or in the alley now become easy out in the outfield. Balls there were droping on the opposite field become pop up in the infield. The CPU also use outside pitches much more often to prevent me from stealing.

I got to precise that I use the swing timing mode. So, this is not a "location" problem. I still swing at the same time I was in the past week. The balls are just not flying anymore.

How come I was a better player (against the CPU) with a 87 overall team than I am with a 99?

How come I had so much more success hitting HR and doubles with Luke Keaschall Topps Now 86 card in June than I have now with his 99 Spotlight card?

So, is the computer "better" at playing the game to match the evolution of the highest cards everyone is using now?

I am not criticizing. I am just trying to understand why I became so bad in such a short time.

@sbchamps17_NSW With all due respect, these stubs are not free. You have to work to get them.

Some of the CPU pitchers have better reflexes than NHL goalies.

The NHL goalies work a lifetime to always be in perfect position to block a 100 MPH slap shot coming from a 90 feet distance. Most of the time, the puck hit them, no the contrary. There are about 60 human beings that can do that regularly in the whole world.

MLB The Show pitchers can catch, sometime behind their back, a ball coming at 100 + MPH from a 50 feet distance. All of this while being in improper position (after their release) and after the ball made a bounce on an irregular surface like grass or sand. While their super talent is THROWING the ball, not catching it!

As for defense as a whole, as a grinder, I played a lot against the Rockies, at Veteran difficulty. Let's just say that the MLB The Show Rockies are much much better defensively than the actual Rockies.

It is just very frustrating.

Who told you I want everything to be handled to me without playing the game?

I don't mind playing to get packs. That is mostly what I do EVERY day for 2 or 3 hours.

What I would like (not want, I feel the need to precise), is to get a bit of diversity in rewards.

Sorry if I would like to open a Deluxe Choice knowing there is a chance that I could pull a card I actually need instead of another Julio Rodriguez AS or a Dustin May New Thread.

That is all.

I thought about something else: the catchers.

I think it had been adressed in the past week, but there was a time my catcher would drop (or not catch) the ball three of four time each game. Every time, the CPU will get a free base.

Now, it is about one time every two games.

But I NEVER saw a CPU catcher drop a ball. I NEVER got a free base on a wild pitch. Wich is, again, frustrating.

I am 0 for 7 in my last Chase Packs. All common LS Diamond. Yandy Diaz yesterday. At least, it's 21K in stubs. But man, I wish I was more lucky.

Hi guys,

I just tought I could share this little experience.

Like the title said, I opened 100 Headliners pack yesterday. These were all packs I won completing different parts of the game in the last two-weeks (ish).

The goal of this post is not to complain or rip SDS. I will try to be as objective as possible.

So, in 100 packs, I pulled:

• 12 Gold cards worthing less than 1000 stubs
• 12 Gold cards worthing more than 1000 stubs
• 5 Diamond item cards (bats, unifoms) worthing 1000 stubs each
• 3 common Live Series Diamond cards (Cole, Alonso, Joe Ryan)
• 3 non common Live Series Diamond cards (Will Smith, Nico Hoerner, Perdomo)
• 2 Diamond Legend & Flashback cards (Chris Taylor Standout, Robin Yount AS)
• 1 Diamond Award card (Joe Torre)

I kept two cards for my collection (Torre and Yount).

I already had (or does not need) all the other 498 cards, wich I sold for a total of 75 K stubs.

If you add the Torre and the Yount to there 75 K, it means that, in 100 Headliners pack, I pulled the equivalent of 95 K stubs.

Two conclusions:

1. You can buy Headliners packs for 7500 stubs. I pulled the equivalent of 950 stubs per pack in my experience.

2. You can buy Headliners packs for 7500 stubs. I pulled only ONE card out of 500 that worth more than 7500 stubs.

Do what you want to do with these datas.

But me? I won't buy Headliners pack anytime soon. And never grind for 100 Headliners pack ever again lol

My copy of the game should be delivered today. I just can't wait!!!

Last year was my first playing the game. Before that, the last baseball game I played was Ken Griffey Jr on the SNES. It shows my age lol

It took me four months to complete the Live Series and got Rolen. But I got to say that the first month was not very productive as I spend a lot of time doing things that did not help me progress at all in the game lol It also did not help that I bought the game in May!

This year, just like you, I want to complete the Live Series as soon as possible. And as much collection as possible so I can get the "big guy" (last year Rolen, Williams, Bautista, etc.).

To do so, I will grind a lot. I might also be much more agressive than last year, when I wait and wait and wait before finally buying cards from the first collections in the game (like all-stars, rookie, breakout, veterans).

I have to say that I only play offline. The goal is to put the better team together to continue improving my team to unlock the most cards and packs as possible.

I am really excited!!

Hi guys.

I'll start by saying that I bought my first issue of MLB the Show in 2025. I immediately fell in love with the collection concept. I became an addict, in the good sense of the term (if such a thing exist).

I bought the game late (in early May). At first, I was very intimidated. I did not know if I will ever be good enough or play enough to get the Scott Rolen wich was the first big prize. So I grind. And I had fun doing so. I played on Veteran and got Rolen. Than Williams. Than Bautista. Then Donaldson. I was very proud of me and end up having a hell of a summer. It even boost my interest in MLB (wich was very low at the time).
In early January, I start litteraly counting the days before The Show 26 release.

I bought the game on the first day. Played a lot at first. And, like so many offline players, I hit a wall really fast.

You all know the reason: hitting being very hard on easier difficulties, abysmal pack luck, best cards hidden in packs, hall of fame defense for CPU teams on rookie/veteran level and, most importantly, the absolute lack of progress in collections and Innings. The sense of getting rewarded to play the game is gone.

Lately, I said to a friend: it's ironic that, this year, what I like the least in a baseball game is to actually play baseball...

This game end up being more frustrating than fun, so, ten days ago, I stop playing.

I visit the forums from time to time and realized that I am not the only one tempted to just give up.

For me, it is clear that SDS took all the means possible to make us, players, buy stubs (to then buy packs or rare cards). I am sorry SDS, but I won't do that.

On the forums, I red that SDS wants to force us to play online.

After this long preambule, here is my question: why? What SDS have to gain to make us play online? Even more when, from what I read, the experience is a real pain because of the cheaters, the bots and the servers.

Before I delete the game from my Switch and the app from my phone, I would like to understand why SDS wants us to play online. And if MLB The Show 26 is redeemable.

After that, chances are that I will be done with this game forever. I pay good money for this game this year for about a month of gameplay. I won't do the same mistake next year. Or the one after that.

You are just too greedy, SDS.

Thanks guys! Really appreciated!

My fear is that Maikel Garcia MVP in the World Baseball Classic Collection (the one you get when you collect all 140+ cards of the collection) will be a requirement to receive the first big guy (a la Rolen last year).

If so, it will require A LOT of grinding to complete this collection. I don't think there was a collection as massive (number of cards) last year - except for the LS, of course.

Other than that, I really appreciate the game this year. Hitting home runs (at least at Veteran level) seems a little bit easier than last year. Moments are fun too.

Thanks again for your answers!

P.S. Still looking for my first Diamond LS Player card. Pulled three Diamonds cards... all uniform. What a waste lol