First time Playing MLB the Show and was loving RTTS for the most part until I got to the 3rd year after being called up. Playing with dynamic hitting I was HR champ, Season MVP and Silver Slugger 3B my first full year. Second year we made the Playoffs, I won the triple crown, Season, Playoff and WS MVP multiple other awards with a 94 - A rating. Arbitration year and the game offers 1.6M 1 year Bench contract. WTH.... Another 3B player as a 95 rating and I get benched.?!?!?!
This is where the game flaw really shine. As stated above, constant server disconnects and baserunning is horrible. None of my Gains for the Awards show up (which would have probably boosted my rating). Stats for your previous seasons should carry over to the next season and have baring on your contract and starting status. There should be an option to call your agent or coach at any point during the game. Open some management options as the RTTS AI management can do some pretty odd and detrimental things to your club (head scratching trades of your best players, benching Triple Crown and MVP winners!) There are some cool things I really like about the player progression and gaining skill but when the game management and AI takes a dump...It make your consumers hate playing the game.!!
The game as a whole is really fun, player models are awesome (some hair issues and Heidi not with standing) and I can't wait to see it on XBOX and PC but MLB 21 needs to be better, SDS please don't just rehash what you have, Improve RTTS, improve the AI and give the player more management options to the player. Take some Franchise pieces and plug them into RTTS and it will be vastly improved. Lock Play Mode in Franchise is great but you loose player progression which IMO is great in RTTS.