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I feel like the improvements that were made to trade logic were good. I also like that they mentioned the regression system is better.

However, the game doesn’t look better, the franchise improvements just aren’t enough to justify me spending $70. I’ll stick to MLB 25 until next year and see if I pay $20 for 26 or if enough improvements are made to where I want to buy the updated version.

What I would really like to see in the future of MLB franchise mode is:

-Front/Back loaded contracts with team/club options
-Non-Roster invitees to spring training
-Class-A teams
-No more 70-80 overall 18-19 year olds out of the draft
-Have managers/coaches have a bigger impact such as different philosophies or styles
-Batting practice/Bullpens in spring training when pitchers and catchers report and maybe implementing some of the RTTS mini games into franchise spring training

In my opinion Franchise has been lacking in immersion for years. A few ideas I have that would make the game mode much better:

1. Add Class-A teams and allow there to be three affiliates under the major leave teams.

2. Non-roster invitees to spring training. I would like to get some playing time with some of my young guys that might make their way into the 40-man during the season, in spring training.

3. I think player secondary positions should have individual ratings for positions. The more a player plays at that secondary position, the better their fielding rating at that position gets.

4. Developing prospects. The training tab seems to be too basic. Add some type of system that makes it more likely to develop prospects. In real life, a unknown prospect might emerge in one season from performance and make his name known and expedite his MLB ETA, It would be nice to be able to see something along those lines, instead of just looking at my low 69s guys and thinking it will be 4-5 seasons before they are getting into the 70s in overall.

5. Managerial staff: I would like to have more things to look at than the 4 attributes that those managers give. Make managers have different philosophies, habits.

6. Morale: honestly the old morale system was great. I like that you had to think about that players happiness when thinking about their salary. If I offer a 10 MIL salary to guy over 5 years, will that 10 MIL keep him happy in year 3-5? Or will he be upset he’s only making that and it affect his overall.

Minor league stats history: Add a tab shows the minor league history for a player starting when the franchise begins. I’d like to see the statistical improvements or decline of some of my minor leaguers, because in MLB the show, the game does a great job of sometimes players play better despite their overall and that would help to call players up not solely based on attributes.

I personally think that there should never be a 18-19 year old coming out of the draft with more than a 65 overall, and even that is high. I tend to edit all of the drafted players and anyone that found gets dropped to the maximum of a 65. I don’t like the idea of 18-19 year olds being day one starters on CPU rosters. It is just not realistic. Most teams that draft those young players early on understand they are 2+ year projects to get to the MLB.