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Yes there are and it’s clear this year they have been directed to do and say whatever it takes to make as much money as possible by Sony to cover the mobile game and possible lockout next season which could drastically impact sales of 27.

@DemIsE4_XBL

That and regardless of skill all pitchers shouldn’t be dotting like prime Greg Maddux just because a player is skilled at drawing shapes.

Overpowering zone hitting and pinpoint pitching at the expense of the others is wild and pushes an unnecessary skill gap. They should give a boost but nowhere near as much as they currently do

@Joe-Del-Maestro_XBL

Stub transfers

Bots are driving down all the prices slowly but surely. Another sweep is needed.

@Oliver230230230_PSN

I’ve been saying it for months. They need to disable all non console transactions. That means none thru the app and none thru internet browsers.

Yes, it means honest players lose some flexibility but it also means the bots are no longer viable. The conservative management of this problem has not and is not working.

@Dolenz_PSN

I believe that’s a huge part of it. There is a good sized chunk of the player base that is only interested in switch hitters and those are 2 of the more rare ones in the game.

@DoIHearBossMusic_PSN

Now he might be a spotlight card and be around 60K lol.

@Dolenz_PSN

Pack for sure but at least as a Topps Now he should only be 6-8K for a 99.

The fact no one is talking about much of anything right now is extremely telling.

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL

Same goes for hitting in that zone should not be over powered compared to directional and timing. If they leveled the playing field regardless of hitting and pitching method “a lot” more casuals would be willing to try other modes and every online game wouldn’t be the sweat fest they are now.

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL

Not letting him off the hook by any means but I think it’s clear Sony has pushed SDS to make as much money as possible while cutting their resources to the bone. SDS certainly isn’t helping their cause by lying and a total lack of transparency. Either way it’s sad that things have gotten this bad this fast.

@Teak2112_MLBTS

Yeah the stupid etch a sketch drawing shapes for pitches is ridiculous. Still feel like meter is the true pitch mechanic.

@Ch-76-1908_PSN

They post them and then quickly buy them up with another account which transfers the stubs to the posting account. In the examples I have given that comes out to over 2M stubs every time. So ultimately we are talking millions and millions of stubs while completely sabotaging the market for people playing the game legitimately.

@NotesOfJohn_PSN

Exactly. Bottom line is that those 2 cards should be far more common than they are. Especially at this point in the game cycle. The only reason to keep them that rare is pure greed.

If anyone cares about gatekeeping those cards from others they have some serious ego issues. I don’t care what cards any other player has as long as they worked for them and didn’t cheat to get them.

@Dolenz_PSN

At this point they have to be trolling you. That’s absolutely ridiculous to land on that many cardinals this year.

Jim Johnson 428 orders posted for 5001 stubs and Keith Foulke 556 orders posted for 5001 stubs. Roy Oswalt 219 orders posted for 5001 stubs. George Kell 488 orders posted for 5001 stubs. Max Clark 473 orders posted for 5001 stubs. Ian Kinsler 482 orders posted for 5001 stubs.

Clear stub transfers as posting for anything under 5500 stubs nets less than the quick sell of 5000 stubs. Almost guaranteed this is the same seller or sellers as they pick a few cards and do this multiple times every day.

SDS just needs to look and who is posting all these and then who is buying them all up and you get 2 birds with 1 stone.

@DrBear100_PSN

No matter how you see it the market has and continues to be manipulated more this year than just about every other year combined.

@Dolenz_PSN

All I can say to this is, WOW. They have given players one middle finger after another this year and it’s like they are going out of their way to do it.

@DrBear100_PSN

Yeah I’ve always thought the late break at times is extremely questionable. We all know there is a lot of things that don’t exactly make sense in this game so it’s just one of many.

Market was doing great but the bots are coming back strong as usual. Posting hundreds of orders on 2026 all star cards alone and completely crashing margins and manipulating the market. Appreciate the effort to combat them but eliminating non console transactions would fix this as no one is gonna putt in 700 orders manually at 5555 stubs. Pressing a single button 700 times just makes it way too easy.