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I agree. If they give Nick Kurtz his first three 99s at launch, then his other fifteen 99s might start to feel less special as the year goes on.

Depends on what kind of needle we’re talking about. Bonds, ARod, and Canseco all moved plenty of needles. McGwire, Sosa, Ortiz, and Palmeiro are all also bigtime needle movers who are in the game.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said:

White Sox need Carlton Fisk, Nellie Fox, Luke Appling, Eddie Collins, Shoeless Joe & Eddie Cicotte (both banned), Paul Konerko, Mark Buerhle, Julio Franco, Albert Belle, Bo Jackson, and Robin Ventura off the top of my head. I’m sure I’m leaving out a few. Bringing in [censored] Allen last year was awesome (even though he got FOUR Phillies cards and zero Sox cards… despite winning AL MVP with the Sox)

LANCE JOHNSON PLEASE SDS
(has nothing to do with his absolutely stellar season with Mets, I promise)

Yes, please! I’ll never forget this play. It was just a couple days after my 8th birthday and the family went out to dinner, so my dad taped the Sox game. I remember rewinding this catch and watching it over and over. One of the all-time greatest catches in Sox history: https://youtu.be/beY3xg5EAz0?si=HBiHnXjz13kIytxO

Saved a no-hitter!

That catch might be second only to this one: https://youtu.be/kk9nLy-A0qI?si=4H6VCqqNzjLqSdkB

White Sox need Carlton Fisk, Nellie Fox, Luke Appling, Eddie Collins, Shoeless Joe & Eddie Cicotte (both banned), Paul Konerko, Mark Buerhle, Julio Franco, Albert Belle, Bo Jackson, and Robin Ventura off the top of my head. I’m sure I’m leaving out a few. Bringing in [censored] Allen last year was awesome (even though he got FOUR Phillies cards and zero Sox cards… despite winning AL MVP with the Sox)

@GoozeFn_PSN said in Legends Trailer Breakdown:

@w1ck3dx24_PSN That wasn’t the case last year. It was a great year for new legends and the only big legends lost I can think of were Mariano Rivera and Banks.

Didn’t we lose Jimmie Foxx, lefty grove, Walter Johnson, and Christy Mathewson last year too? Or was that two years ago?

I’m both embarrassed that I recognize fewer than half of these names, but equally excited that I get to learn some more. And I am taking my dad to KC to visit the Negro League museum this summer! I went back in 2021 and it was a great experience, but it was before MLBTS had all these players. I think it will be an even cooler experience now after learning so much about these players.

It’s not really about supply and demand. It’s about laziness, a plethora of stubs, and a “you can’t take it with you” mindset. In June, I’m never, ever doing a “sell now” or quick-selling when I open a pack. And I also would never do a “buy now” when a little patience could save me a decent amount of stubs. But by February? Who cares. I’ll just Buy Now or Sell Now because I have the stubs and don’t feel like waiting.

I don’t see why they don’t just have a switch in the settings that you can turn on or off depending on what you prefer. I don’t really care all that much, but it seems like it’s important to a huge chunk of the player base. I wouldn’t be surprised if they undo that with an update at some point.

Yes!! Give us a NLB TA path, please! I tried so hard to grind out TA last year that I barely even used Josh Gibson (or any of the other NLB legends). Once the season wound down I made some NLB theme teams and those are so much fun. Almost every player can play like 5+ positions, so there’s an enormous amount of flexibility. And Josh Gibson is one of my favorite players of all time, so I really want to be able to use his juiced 99s more often.

@ShadowJake77_XBL said in Now that we know cover athlete and some new legends...:

Interesting no legend reveals to end streams like they use to.....seems like they don't want to drum up interest. No wow factor up to this point. Make you wonder if they are going to build up the momentum at all.

What a weird thing to say. “They don’t want to drum up interest.” Why would SDS not want to drum up interest for their major annual release? Why would this make you wonder if “they are going to build up the momentum at all?” I don’t understand what you’re trying to say here.

You may not care about Pujols, Hernandez, Posey, Camp, and Abbott, but I think a lot of people are excited about them. And those are the reveals BEFORE the legends trailer.

I’m interested. But I suppose that SDS would be furious that their ad campaign has drummed up interest, right? Or were you just saying words for the sake of saying words?

@TheRupster12_XBL said in Bad bunny:

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS
And those people can speak Spanish.

My mom can speak Spanish?

@TheRupster12_XBL said in Bad bunny:

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS
With opera, the is beautiful singing and instrumental music to listen to. With Bad Bunny, he's just chanting Spanish into a microphone. At the opera, you can understand what's going on without knowing the language, but with Spanish rap, you have no idea what's being said if you don't know Spanish

Seems like a lot of people were able to understand the story he was trying to tell just fine.

People have been going to the opera for centuries without understanding the language. Music is a universal language. Also… who cares?

I’m a million years old. I grew up playing Ken Griffey Jr’s Winning Run on SNES. To my eyes, these graphics are incredible. Not sure what people are expecting. Also, there is only so much you can do with changes/updates to the gameplay before it’s no longer a baseball game. They’ve added new modes, like mini seasons and diamond quest. There’s still RTTS, MtO, franchise, co-op. There are collections and the market and a million ways to enjoy the game. What else do people want?

I will be frustrated if 2026 still freezes up in the lineup screen the way it does in 2025. And I really hope we don’t lose too many legends. But beyond that, I’m happy with small, incremental changes each year.

People keep parroting this line about how we’re paying for a roster update. That’s silly, of course. But I’ll say this — I would be fine with paying $100 for a minor upgrade over 2025, because it’s the weekly (or even twice weekly) content updates that keep bringing me back. Again, I grew up on NES and SNES. You bought the game and that was it. No patches or updates or new content or bonus levels or anything like that. And even now, after 7 years of playing this game, I’m still floored by all the content we get AFTER buying the game. This is the only game I play from about March through December, and even still I usually can’t finish everything. There is so much cool stuff to work through, and I’m essentially an offline-only player. To me, it’s well worth the hundo for the hundreds of hours of enjoyment this game brings me. I’m sure we’ve all spent way more on leisure activities that brought us way less fun for far fewer hours.

Haters and fanboys — it’s time for all of us to unite as one! In fact, let’s all just wear one big shirt.

@SaveFarris_PSN said in Improvement on opening packs and saving time in DD:

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in Improvement on opening packs and saving time in DD:

But they should have a a checkbox. it should just say “click this box if our tricks to separate you from your stubs are a waste of time and you’d prefer the super-fast, efficient pack-opening option.”

Flip All Cards

I already do that, but it still takes too long and has too many frills. I’m 42. I’m an old man. I just want to be disappointed and move on with my life. I don’t need the scary flashing lights and sounds. And why is my controller moving on its own?? Where am I? Why is it cold in here? I once met Charlie Chaplin on a yacht with William Randolph Hearst.

That would be a nice change. A lot about the pack-opening process is slow and inefficient. I get that all the flashing lights and sound effects and vibrations and long, drawn-out animations are meant to be psychologically addicting to get us to buy more packs and stubs. But they should have a a checkbox for those of us who are NMS. it should just say “click this box if our tricks to separate you from your stubs are a waste of time and you’d prefer the super-fast, efficient pack-opening option.”

@MarioMendoza935_XBL said in Who's pre-ordering on 2/3?:

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in Who's pre-ordering on 2/3?:

I’ll be preordering!

What did you decide to play in the meantime

I was most interested in God of War and Ghost of Tsushima. They were both on sale in the PS store so I snagged them both. Started God of War over the weekend and that’s been really fun so far. But I am probably going to check it GoT tomorrow or Wednesday. I have some work to do before MLBTS26!

I’ll be preordering! Starting to get excited for the new installment. 2025 felt a little blah so I’m hoping 2026 is a step in the right direction.

Thank you! I’ve had Assassin’s Creed on my Amazon “saved” list for so long that I don’t even remember adding it. But I guess it appealed to me at some point!

I remember playing Red Dead Revolver about 20 years ago. Probably on the Xbox 360 I guess. The updated version looks cool! I will look into those — thank you!

Hey there baseball bros!

I have officially finished every collection and every program (aside from Extreme), so it’s time for my annual month of non-MLB games. Aside from a brief stretch between new seasons, I really only play MLBTS. So I’m not plugged into the game community. Anyone have a good recommendation for PS5?

If it helps, I loved all of the Spider-man games, Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West, and Hogwarts. Something I can finish in the next 6 weeks would be best. Once MLB26 comes out, I’m back to being a one-game bro.

Thanks bros!
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