no, you're right, it's still very much a thing. it goes beyond DD tho, my most recent MTO run is getting ruined because George Springer and Michael Brantley are conspiring against me whenever a ball hit 60 mph heads their directions (in other runs, they've made numerous sportscenter top 10 plays against me, so i know it's not bc of their fielding)

SDS for sure. showdown isn't ruining the rest of diamond dynasty for me, which is still a very fun mode. EA is the king of microtransactions and it goes beyond madden and fifa. if EA took over mlb the show i probably wouldn't play it ever again

They did a 30/30 milestone card for Shawn green??? Are u serious??? I love that they’re doing single game feats for some of the milestones, but how do they miss this one?! When I saw they were doing single game I immediately thought of the eventual 99 Shawn green for his 4 homer game…guess that’s not happening

id probably go with power or balanced. having good contact is always a good thing, but so far, having good vision and power seems to be more helpful than having great contact and vision. but yeah, might be a good idea to hold off until the next two or three patches if you have a good shortstop right now

@halfbutt said in Best budget cards?:

So I guess none of the cool kids have gold cards in their lineup anymore?

I thought this thread would be about, yknow, LS Matt Olson or Eugenia Suarez or the like.

i've always been a huge fan of olson and i either want to go for him or snell (FOF versions) after gleyber. i've of course heard a ton about the gallo, but i love olson's swing more

@raesONE said in FOTF Byron Buxton:

I disagree with the statement above. I like Buxton a ton, not just for his defense (best in the game currently) but he has sneaky pop and speed kills. Perfect #8 hitter right now. No need to find your big bat in CF at this stage, plenty of sluggers on the corner positions to fill the heart of your line up.

i don't really remember the stats correctly for him, so i may be wrong about him. i haven't had a chance to use him nor have i faced him, i'm just basing it off cards i've faced with similar or better stats. may give him a shot though

wouldn't recommend. FOTF buxton is just a fielding card, doesn't have much in terms of hitting. i've stuck with grandy almost as soon as he came out, and i'm very happy with him. if you want someone else in center, i'd suggest either FOTF lo cain (not much power, but the vision and contact are good for top of the lineup) or even someone like acuna or bellinger

Red Sox:
Flashback (maybe even MVP) Pedroia
Jon Lester
Ted Williams
Rookie Benintendi
Pedro
Postseason Koji

Don't need all of them, would mainly love the Koji and Pedroia

@chaseb0528 said in Level 40 Pack Reyes:

I like Robles but I have Acuna already. Thanks for the input!

if you would rather have robles, i'll gladly take acuna off ur hands!

@allmustfall16 said in Best budget cards?:

@pedro_is_god said in Best budget cards?:

I never really try to spend my stubs on multiple diamonds, instead trying to find budget low diamonds/high golds who can play well and then splurge on any diamond I want. I'd say I have a pretty solid team so far, but am always looking for an upgrade. What cards have you guys used that don't cost too much, but play really well?

Jimmy Rollins, Todd Helton, and Duke Snider are all fantastic

do you know if Rollins has eligibility at second? I have bogaerts at short right now and feel no need to get Lindor or Javy (especially since I'm gunning for FOF Gleyber currently), but I've definitely been interested in trying Rollins out

@samguenther1987 said in Official Legendary/Historical Player Wishlist & Tally:

@pedro_is_god_psn said in Official Legendary/Historical Player Wishlist & Tally:

Josh Hamilton (MVP)
Roy Halladay (Postseason or PG Milestone)
Ichiro (Hits milestone)
Carlos Beltran
Troy Tulowitzki
Jose Reyes
Francisco Rodriguez (Milestone)
Tim Lincecum
CJ Wilson
Jered Weaver
Manny Ramirez (Postseason)
Jeff Kent
Dan Uggla (random, but he'd be a cool mid-diamond card)
Brian McCann
Jose Fernandez (ROTY)
Jose Bautista (Postseason)
Roy Campanella

There are many more but those are the big ones

Could we get a Jose Bautista with that bat flip? That might rival Kirby Puckett or Reggie Jackson as the best bat flip.

That would have to be his card art, non-negotiable. Otherwise it's not Joey Bats, it's just some dude who played for the Blue Jays

Josh Hamilton (MVP)
Roy Halladay (Postseason or PG Milestone)
Ichiro (Hits milestone)
Carlos Beltran
Troy Tulowitzki
Jose Reyes
Francisco Rodriguez (Milestone)
Tim Lincecum
CJ Wilson
Jered Weaver
Manny Ramirez (Postseason)
Jeff Kent
Dan Uggla (random, but he'd be a cool mid-diamond card)
Brian McCann
Jose Fernandez (ROTY)
Jose Bautista (Postseason)
Roy Campanella

There are many more but those are the big ones

They did a 30/30 milestone card for Shawn green??? Are u serious??? I love that they’re doing single game feats for some of the milestones, but how do they miss this one?! When I saw they were doing single game I immediately thought of the eventual 99 Shawn green for his 4 homer game…guess that’s not happening

Best thing to do is always use ur lowest starting pitcher Bc they’ll then use their lowest. Only steal as many fans as u have to for the missions. If ur using guys u want to have paralleled, go off but if not, get like 3 runs then just bunt for the last AB’s. Try to get enuf fans to do veteran at the very least, u don’t need to stock up fans to play on rookie

you’re on the money with this one. last year I got that 99 papi as soon as I could but once I got him I couldn’t hit for [censored] online. Eventually bought him back later in the year and hit a little better but still not enough to stick with him

@cbpm72_psn said in Legends and Flashback collection coming:

@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in Legends and Flashback collection coming:

Is it normal to have this many 95+ players this early?

Maybe (like stats) they're planning on diamond numbers exceeding 100 this year. I actually don't think so, but just throwing that out there.

Won’t go past 99 overall since the super Fractor (or whatever it’s called) upgrades don’t go past 99. Eventually there will be 99’s that are basically better than that and might as well be 100 ovr, but they’ll still be 99 overall

Surprisingly 99 Mo. most of my bullpen arms are very consistent for me and can do well without needing to strikeout the side. But for whatever reason, I get loads of K’s with Mo. it just happens after I let up hit after hit after hit. Want to get a few more outings with him before I decide to sell so he can redeem himself it’s mainly the sinker. It either sinks way too down out of the zone or doesn’t break at all

DEFINITELY not 120. You should just get to 50. My advice is do some of the moments so u don’t have to do nearly as many exchanges and just go from there. As for the second thing u should get, I did HR derby last night to finish it off (was hoping the fifth POTM would give a voucher but nope) and it cost me only about 250k, but I already had cano, so it brings it to about 300k. The prospect cards have shot up too much in price recently and Franco isn’t even usable, whereas you could still have some fun with Griffey if you really wanted to

@Rod_Dinero said in Trout collection *Help*:

So should I go all the way to 120 on 25 teams on team affinity or just to 50 to get the stage 1 FOTF for those 25 teams?

@Rod_Dinero said in Trout collection *Help*:

So should I go all the way to 120 on 25 teams on team affinity or just to 50 to get the stage 1 FOTF for those 25 teams?

I believe they’re In the 7th inning collections, but they may be in the 8th. Check 7th first tho

I been a fan of the vast majority of the events this year (current one not exactly my cup of tea), but there are definitely some ways to improve. Would like to hear what anyone else thinks can be improved or if they agree.

-Save the lineup from the previous entries but still allow for modification (really helps If u go over the max overall by default)
-make the stadiums represent the event. I like what they’re doing for this event with the locked stadium. And most people chose shippett for moonshot, might as well set it in stone
-make more rewards that can be used. Instead of bundles that don’t really amount to much, maybe a custom bat or socks that pay homage to the event
-lastly, make for more variation so we don’t have cards collecting dust. I liked the prospect of using only sig cards in the signature event, but by the end of it, people were just using most of the players on their RS teams anyway. I’m all for grinding out cards thru events, however, I think this would make things a bit more fun and less predictable