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The RNG is really wacky this season even for the offline modes. I can take a team in mini-seasons and get 4 HR / 10 hit games against a team of 90+ players, but I play against the White Sox in Conquest using the same exact team and I am lucky to get a win with 2 sac flies in the 4th. I don't know why they made the bat a wet noodle for Conquest games, this started last year I used to love Conquest.

@Slyravaniste_XBL In a way I am glad I don't get them often. I have had them happen on my 3rd baseman and I am always caught off-guard. In addition to having old-man reactions I usually miss them, and IMO it's stupid that if you dont react fast enough or are able to hit A B X Y Y B fast enough you get NEGATIVE exp. The only one you don't get punished for is the rob HR minigame, and ironically that's the one I succede at the most.

@Slyravaniste_XBL I have Impact Plays set (I never messed with it so I assume it's default). I thought the issue was for the fielding xp. It's nice to have a bad day at the plate and still get 1 or 2 tokens. As far as the impact plays, I guess I mostly get the routine ones then, the simon says throws or relay off the wall, or run to the catch. I think I've only had 1 or 2 diving catch events, but I do seem to get the rob HR chances at least once a series.

So I know that March to October was basically forgotten this year (you can win some basic packs, yay!) and Road to the Show is pretty stale, but I was thinking wouldn't it be cool to have a combined mode of the two?

So you would start like RttS with high school/college/draft stuff. Once you are drafted you then would take control of the franchise that drafted you. Unrealistic but it would be fun to play both modes at the same time. You could chose to play your minor league games but every couple of days you would also get the MtO events. You could control all the rosters, set up trades (including your own character) and get call-up opportunities (again, including your own character, which you could refuse if you wanted to pad stats). Once you get to the MLB with the character you would then have the option to play the whole team in MtO events or play the created character only. Mix it up how you feel.

I enjoy both modes and think it would be cool to play them both concurrently. It's a bit of a bummer to constant come up for your first AB in RttS and see your team down 9 runs already (realistic for the Angels but come on!). It also would be fun to be building the franchise around the stud character you created.

@CHIKENHAWK1239_XBL Yeah..I gotta say for the RPG element of having your own character Madden is light years ahead of the Show in that department. I can remember a mode in Madden (not sure if it still does it) where you could actually chose one of the top real life rookies and play them through their career. Another year had a full blown story mode for your "rookie" although the only customizable thing was their position I believe, but it had cutscenes and voice acting. I keep seeing youtube videos of the NBA games where you can go and play jokes on your teammates. Here you get an occasional phone call from an extremely wooden agent, with pretty much the same default options of 1. I'm good 2. Trade me 3. Change positions. Just no real flavor, although I did like the minor league announcer's comments.

The franchise really seems to be phasing out some of the modes, like RttS and especially MtO. I'm guessing there won't be MtO next year since it's a complete afterthought here, and RttS seems to have the same trajectory.

So I'm in spring training after getting called up in my 2nd year in Aug. Led the team in BA and OPS by the end of the season. So in my 4th spring training game in the following year the announcers introduce me as the American League Rookie of the Year. I was? My coach never said anything. My agent never said anything. The game didn't even say anything!

You'd think there would be something in the game for this...your agent, your coach, some training tokens, a package, a little pop-up with fireworks saying congrats, Mike Trout saying we bros...something.

Making a note of this when I have steals missions in the future...

@sbchamps17_NSW I know in the past there have been Conquest goals that had a turn requirement, usually 1 or 2 turns to conquer a specific territory. It was a bit confusing on this one because of the wording, but apparently 3 turns is sufficient, if there is any requirement at all.

So I am playing a CF and currently in AAA. I am getting 2 - 3 events a game in the field, usually the simon says mini-game for throws or the catch the bounce throw to cutoff (LB) events, but sometimes rob homeruns also. Also plenty of routine catches, that still award XP. I play on Xbox Series S. So this problem seems a bit random.

Is Atl and SD on the conquest timed? I'm confused what "before the leaderboard resets" means.

Edit: Well I did it in 3 turns and it counted. I guess it's just flavor text and not really a requirement?

@Jimmystick111_PSN So I used to call pitch location low and sit high, but I reversed that last season and I feel it's better for HRs. I call the fastest pitch in the high zone, sit high during the windup then slowly move the pci down during the pitch. My worst pitch is right down the middle because I tend to pull down too far and get a pop up. I'll punish any pitch low in the zone (I'll watch the speed and try to "catch" it in the pci) but I also tend to swing too much on in the dirt pitches.

So I started up a CF and I'm thinking of making him a defensive monster first while in AA. I know some stats are useless in RTTS, like Base Running Aggressiveness and Discipline. I figure Catching controls whether you get drops on those almost out of reach balls, but what about Throwing Power, Throwing Accuracy, and Reaction? Do they help slow down the throwing mini-game at all (which I can get maybe 30% of the time before it times out)?

@Jimmystick111_PSN 0 - 2 you are 90% of the time going to get a ball. It's even worse once you hit MLB, I've got more walks after going 0-2 in the MLB than I did in both AA and AAA.

@GreenEydBndt_XBL It was...just about 1 month.

FYI finally got called up, it happened at the same time you guys posted. End of the 2nd month (2nd year) I was told I was hitting well and would be called up soon, with a 2x boost to exp. At the end of that week (which ended on the first day of month 3) I got called up to AAA.

I remember this advice from somewhere else (I forgot who/where, so sorry I can't give the credit). It goes something like this...The best way to practice with the PCI is to think of it as a catcher's glove, and the swing button is a catch button. I know it sounds simple, but it sort of rewires your perception...follow the ball with the "glove" and if the ball is in the glove press the button to catch it. Fastballs take some practice but offspeed will become crushed hits. I'd been playing MLB the Show for several years but when I tried thinking in that aspect my hitting got a lot better.

I think this way of thinking helped me out because I was always pulling offspeed pitches before, thinking I'm swinging into the ball path, not understanding that the bat actually swings faster than what you would think.

@Crane_MLBTS I checked out some Reddit threads and there are a ton of posts where people have Overalls in the 80s and still not called up. One person says he's in year 5 of AA (THAT is some patience). Apparently sometimes it's broken and sometimes people get called up right away. I may go through 1 more year and if I get sent down to AA again from Spring Training I'll be done.

One note...I remember simming like the last week of Spring Training in the year I am in, assumed I was staying and was anxious to get to the regular season. I wonder if that's what broke it on this character.

@PAinPA_PSN So yeah the AAA scrub they got has a 66 fielding, I've been pumping points into mine got it up to 63. Still no call up. I lead the AA team in every offensive category except triples. 77 Overall now so 12 over the SS they got playing 3rd in MLB. Just makes no sense.

Side question, are there certain time periods that call-ups happen? Do I just need to get closer to the All-Star break?

Anyone notice the AI has improved and rng has gone to [censored]? From last season to the beginning of this one I used mini-seasons to grind hitting stats. Now AI pitchers slider-spam, hardly ever miss in the zone, and good contact with 100+ power hitters fade at the warning tracks. This was the one mode a casual/bad hand eye coord player like me actually enjoyed playing (since they moved Conquest games to "simulation" style). I get the need for nerfing/balancing in the name of fair play for online games, but I mean mini-seasons is an offline mode why nerf it?

So hilarious update. 1 month into the second season of AA. I'm a 75 OVR, 12 more than the AAA guy. The MLB 3rd baseman...the Angels don't even have one, they have a 66 OVR SS covering 3rd. I'm leading AA in BA and HR's so far. At least I'm not getting the disappointed you aren't hitting more HR's speech anymore. Manager don't even talk to me. If I weren't on my favorite team I'd be requesting a trade, LOL.

Also I'm playing on Rookie. I've tried the lower settings (in another mode) and it actually screws my timing up big time because a 95 MPH fastball feels like a changeup. Since I play Mini-seasons and most Conquest games on Rookie I like a consistency on pitch speed.