Managers Missing From Game

[countryboy]

Here is a list of managers currently missing from the game:

A's - Mark Kotsay
KC - Matt Quatraro
LAA - Kurt Suzuki
NYY - Aaron Boone
SEA - Dan Wilson
TEX - Skip Shumacher
ATL - Walt Weiss
COL - Warren Schaeffer
MIA - Clayton McCullough
STL - Oliver Marmol
SD - Craig Stammen
SF - Tony Vitello
WSH - Blake Butera

Not sure if they will be added via roster update or patch, but thus far they are missing.

Thought I would share for anyone who was wondering about their favorite manager, or managers in general.

[Ghost Of The Year]

I bet Boone isn't going to make it into 26. I feel like his not taking the time to sign an agreement to have his likeness depicted is his way of showing the Bronx brass he is a hundred percent focused on bringing a championship to NY, no distractions. I also bet he's not the Yankee skipper after the all-star break anyway.

Thanks for the list Country, I want to check it if there are any other mgrs. like Boone who were in last year but are now... not.

[tessl]

Just curious. Is Joe Torre still in the Game. In MLBTS25 he was C rated as a manager but A rated as a hitting coach.

[Ghost Of The Year]

So it looks like only Boone and Royals Quatro were in last year but not this year.

[Unlucky 13]

That's a LONG list. And a number of those guys were MLB players who were in video games in those days. Has there ever been any light shed on why so many of them choose not to be included? Is there some sort of notion to stick it to MLB this way? Obviously, they're different sports, but coaches missing in Madden is rare, and usually its Belichick associated guys who are just being jerks because that's who they are.

[JaFFiTh]

Hallelujah, Looks like John Schneider is finally in. No more long hair clean shaven 🤪


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[tessl]

That's a LONG list. And a number of those guys were MLB players who were in video games in those days. Has there ever been any light shed on why so many of them choose not to be included? Is there some sort of notion to stick it to MLB this way? Obviously, they're different sports, but coaches missing in Madden is rare, and usually its Belichick associated guys who are just being jerks because that's who they are.

A lot of players would opt out if not for the agreement with the player's union. Managers have no union to sign an agreement with. Last year Joe Torre was in the game and he hasn't managed in years. Apparently he just likes being in the game.

[Unlucky 13]

I guess MLB managers don't have anything like the NFL coach's association. But heck, there seems to be a higher percentage of head coaches in NCAA Football now than there is in The Show, which seems nuts.

[CBoller1331]

I think Torre has been in the game as a player in Diamond Dynasty/the legend teams - which meant they negotiated with him directly to use his likeness in the game. They probably just added him as a possible manager as a sort of "easter egg"

[MiracleMet718]

NCAA coaches got in because to them it helps with recruiting. Otherwise they wouldn’t care about being in.

[countryboy]

Just curious. Is Joe Torre still in the Game. In MLBTS25 he was C rated as a manager but A rated as a hitting coach.

Didn't see him

[MiracleMet718]

That's a LONG list. And a number of those guys were MLB players who were in video games in those days. Has there ever been any light shed on why so many of them choose not to be included? Is there some sort of notion to stick it to MLB this way? Obviously, they're different sports, but coaches missing in Madden is rare, and usually it’s Belichick associated guys who are just being jerks because that's who they are.

Most of these guys are older and don’t care. It’s nothing more than that. Plus to get a scan and go through that process is a waste of time for them. They are worried about getting their teams ready to play so they have better things to worry about than being in a dumb little video game.

As said above if it was up to the players and the MLBPA relationship, most of them wouldn’t be in either (similar to how Bonds and Millar never cared to be in since they weren’t covered by MLBPA contract). But since they are already in, most of them figure they might as well go through the scan process. Only guy I can think of that doesn’t have a scan is Harrison Bader, but Trout famously didn’t have a scan for years.