MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Franchise Improvements, Inside the Radio Show & More

[feztonio]

Did they improve a Computer-controlled team in franchise mode from throwing players onto the Trade Block 4 or 5 weeks into the beginning of year one of a new franchise, that teams would never ever trade block? the new franchise I just started after updating all the rosters to 2015 spring training (hey - i get bored waiting for a new season), and by mid-may Toronto trade block'd SP-Sanchez, and LAD trade block'd Joc Pederson, BAL trade block'd Kevin Gausman, and WASH trade block'd Max Scherzer. this would obviously never happen in a billion years in actual real life. so does 2015 have any improved logic in this regard or will i have to disable computer trades to prevent a 2015 Franchise mode from looking like fantasy baseball by the end of the 1st season?

[MauerMorneau09]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Franchise Improvements, Inside the Radio Show & More

There are a few culprits - Batted balls down the line have little to no slice, the playing surface has excessive friction, and balls are not hit as hard as in real life.

I remember a few years ago there was a presentation package centered around batted ball velocity and Karros would wet his pants over a 100 MPH line drive... when guys are routinely hitting 110+ MPH HRs in real life. If a guy can hit a homerun that goes 110 MPH, then surely he can hit a line drive 120 MPH. One solution should be upping the power slider, but then you get too many homeruns.

One thing I think about when I hear the whole batted balls down the line is Michael Cuddyer's triple to cap off the cycle in '09. (Although it's somewhat more of a blooper, down the line nonetheless.)

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[Brandwin]

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I am sure it's been answered, but are roster files able to be moved over so the guys don't have to work from scratch creating new ones?

[sink4ever]

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I am sure it's been answered, but are roster files able to be moved over so the guys don't have to work from scratch creating new ones?

Not yet, but I believe they're going to try to get that in next year.

[seanjeezy]

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I am sure it's been answered, but are roster files able to be moved over so the guys don't have to work from scratch creating new ones?

Not for '15, its been mentioned as something potentially for '16 though.

[zbundy3]

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Yes there is, go to the Manage roster screen and you'll see the teams strategy in the upper right. you can cycle through all the teams

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Does anyone know if this changes for certain teams throughout the franchise? Say Miami starts out the franchise in rebuilding mode can they switch to a team making a playoff push?

[HozAndMoose]

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Does anyone know if this changes for certain teams throughout the franchise? Say Miami starts out the franchise in rebuilding mode can they switch to a team making a playoff push?

Yes they can. It might even change during a season. Not 100% sure on that though.

[Russell_SCEA]

Re: MLB 15 The Show Livestream - Franchise Improvements, Inside the Radio Show &amp; More

Yes they can. It might even change during a season. Not 100% sure on that though.

They change