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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

Yordan Alvarez All-Star. The exact same one I pulled two weeks ago when there was a flash sale on sale packs. Got 17 K for it yesterday. Not bad.

I pulled Judge and Witt LS. Other than that, I think my best pulls have been Joe Mauer and Ryan Howard Award.
I am the king of commons.

I am playing A LOT in the most recent Mini Season. Best way to earn packs, than stubs, IMVHO.

I play at veteran level, with Timing hitting.

Recently, I have witness a slow but steady decline in hits and home runs from my 99 all around squad. Even If I am facing 65 to 70 level pitchers.

When I am not playing in this mode, I am turn my time to the Conquest maps I did not do earlier this year. There, I face 80-90 level pitchers with the exact same 99 all-around Squad. My performance at the bat is similar. The CPU pitcher performance (pitch speed, location and movement) is also similar

How does it make sense? How is that, let's say, Mason Fluharty 68 card throw as good as Nathan Eovaldi 87 card? What does that tells us about the grade that are given to cards?

What I notice, though, is that the Conquest CPU teams are better offensively than the AAA level teams we are facing in the mini-season. Make sense.

But in my experience, the pitching in the Mini Season in question is clearly boosted.

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.

@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?

Sorry for the dumb question, but who is the Phillies Pitcher (on October 8th)?

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.

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

@NWOStunna_PSN

Amen!

@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

Thanks for your answer!

As for your indecision, I have benn playing with Beltran for more than a month now and I can garantee you that he is much more better than Reynolds.

A switch hitter who can hit with power and steal base very easily? It is the perfect card.

Can I ask wich one you bought? There seems to be two different types of Chase packs avalaible for this flash sale.

I little bit of me is sad that Pedro and Vlad are not in an Expos uniform. But I perfectly understand why this is.

Be assure that I will dress them in an Expos jersey on my still quite small Expos squad!

At the moment, I have Larry Walker, Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, Gary Carter, Pedro, Vlad, Randy Johnson and Lee Smith.

I need to get a Tony Perez.

Did I miss anyone, to your knowledge?

I cross my fingers that SDS could add the Alou family next year (Matty, Felipe, Jesus and Moises). It would be AWESOME!

Hi guys,

I am playing The Show since June. I am new to the franchise. I am making progress in different collections. But now I need some help with pack odd and contains.

I have Rolen. The LS is complete. And now I want to unlock Williams.

I am almost there. I need about 25 cards, most of wich I can buy for less than 10 K each.

The problem is, I need Schwarber Pipeline Past (around 125 K) and at least one Moonshot costing more than 100 K. These two cards alone would cost me way more than half of what I have in stubs.

But before spending my stubs, I have about 100 packs to open.

In the past weeks, my strategy have been to only choose AS and New Thread 2.0 in Choice Packs, keep the cards I don't have and sell the rest at 5K each.

But... here come my questions:

1. I have 18 unopened Deluxe Choice Packs. From my experience, there is no chance in hell that I could pull a Schwarber or a rare Moonshot in there. All I get are commons. But is there a mathematical chance for me pull a 100 K card in these packs? Should I choose Moonshot packs hoping to pull a Bichette, a Mullins or a Candelario or there is no chance at all?

2. I still miss 8 Pipeline Past cards to unlock Seager - beside Schwarber and Guerrero. I am tempted to convert most of my Deluxe Choice into Pipleline Past packs to pull common cards I need like Pearson, Vaughn or Anthony. Thing is: if I pull card I already have, I will have to sell it for 2 or 3K while I can choose a 2005 AS pack and sell my double for 5K. To put thing in other words: If I choose Pipeline Past instead of AS or New Thread 2.0, will I end up losing stubs?

3. I have two unonpened Premier Choice Packs. Is there a single chance for me to pull a Schwarber, a Guerrero, a Bichette, a Mullins or a Candelario in these packs (or even a rare Home Run Derby cards), or, in your experience, it only contains common too (but instead of getting one common, you get five).

Please help me with this guys. I want Williams. I just don't want to unnecessarily burn stubs while chasing it.

@SaveFarris_PSN

All them are at or near QS prices.

Hi! Thanks for your reply. I think I understrand what you mean, but what is QS price?

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.

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!

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

@SaveFarris_PSN I am new. I did not know that. I prefer 5 LS packs, then.