MLB The Show 19 Twitch Stream Schedule Revealed

[R9NALD9]

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Man this is truly disappointing.

The only way I buy this year's Show is if they added an option not to select an archetype in Rtts or have an archetype where you can max out your stats.

I want to and love playing as the GOAT of baseball...40+ HR's and 40+ steals in a season etc. Give me the option at least.

So keen to have a great franchise mode but I just have no hope in these guys. My confidence in SDS has dropped so low that I even doubt they implemented contract extensions properly and let's be honest...how much time could that addition have taken them to implement?

And given the amount of love or rather lack of love franchise has gotten over the last couple of years I doubt they went the extra mile to ensure AI logic around contract extensions is great.

Will keep an eye on the Rtts stream...but if that still forces you to play a certain way them I won't be buying 19....first time since 09.

[LastActionHero]

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I read too much guessing game stuff, but could March to October be referring to the months? You know, the same ones a baseball season is mainly known for. And let me be the first to say March to November doesn't have the same ring to it...

Is there any other way to read it? That’s what I thought immediately.


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[jvalverde88]

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Based on Alpha experience, don't think we can talk about it.

Uh the alpha had no announcing.

[dutchy25]

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Correct me if I'm wrong here...

But in previous years did franchise mode not have it's own, "day."

Here it's just a part of what's being covered on March 7th. If this is, in fact, the case. It could mark the beginning of the end for me with this game, which would be tremendously sad. For years, and years, and years, and years (I along with many on here), have watched as franchise mode has gotten virtually no attention. The last 2-3 years have been especially bad with the new, "features," simply being options and menu's, "brought to the forefront." Not even new features, but literally just menu's moved around. If this year it goes untouched, which I expect it to, and it isn't a main focus of one of their streams... God help us offline franchisers...

I could very well be wrong on this, but I believe last year it was a split stream.

My hope is that they have made changes to existing features in Franchise that wouldn't be beneficial to show on stream. The reality is that the complete over haul of the mode that people want probably won't happen until PS5, if ever. The mode is lacking but overall is still solid, they just really need to fix things that continue to be issues like trade logic, free agency logic, bullpen management, etc....

Is showing that stuff beneficial to make a whole stream on? I don't know.

[eric7064]

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I'm big on franchise. All I play. But I've never thought in season extensions were honestly that needed. It HARDLY ever happens in real life. I'd much rather them focus on other things.

If the CPU can offer in season extensions as well that will be annoying imo. All the big free agents coming out hitting 6 years if service could now be resigned beforehand. Again, something that hardly ever happens.

[countryboy]

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Prior to this year it was:

"Why doesn't SDS add contract extensions to franchise mode? These are vital and needed!"


Now that contract extensions are in:

"Contract extensions aren't that big of a deal, and rarely happen in real life."

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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Prior to this year it was:

"Why doesn't SDS add contract extensions to franchise mode? These are vital and needed!"


Now that contract extensions are in:

"Contract extensions aren't that big of a deal, and rarely happen in real life."

Personally I never have pushed for them. I fear the cpu will abuse it. As it is I take over 30 team control to get more players into free agency the cpu tends to resign almost everyone in the exclusive period.

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[goillini03]

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Personally I never have pushed for them. I fear the cpu will abuse it. As it is I take over 30 team control to get more players into free agency the cpu tends to resign almost everyone in the exclusive period.

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This. I hate saying it, but I believe that they will somehow not work correctly. Or will be abused as you mention. The SDS track record for all things contract/multiple years progression is not good.

[countryboy]

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Personally I never have pushed for them. I fear the cpu will abuse it. As it is I take over 30 team control to get more players into free agency the cpu tends to resign almost everyone in the exclusive period.

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Personally, I've never had an issue with the amount of big free agents, or free agents in general that hit the open market vs those who resign with their current team.

The bigger issue for me has been good free agents left unsigned after the offseason due to the CPU struggling to balance its roster given the 90 player limitation.

[Blzer]

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I'm sure everybody was already talking about this and I'm simply slow/stupid (I think I read somebody mentioning this the other way and I just didn't understand what he was thinking of beforehand), but I literally just now realized that March to October might not mean the month March, but rather the verb "march."

I'm shaking my head at myself.

[Impetuous65]

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Defense and what I would like to see from SDS, turn on the widgets and do the following.

Show an elite defender(SS) Show a pre-loaded throw from a grounder hit directly to him and show a non pre-loaded throw a do the same for a lesser defender as well as an out of position player.

Now show the SS or outfielders range as well as his pre-loaded and non pre-loaded throw and again show a lesser defender, as well as an out of position player to see if there is a discrepancy.

Show an elite defender path to the ball vs a lesser defender as well as an out of position player

Also show these types of throws with different runners on the base path. A slow guy, average guy, and a fast guy.

[JoshC1977]

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I'm sure everybody was already talking about this and I'm simply slow/stupid (I think I read somebody mentioning this the other way and I just didn't understand what he was thinking of beforehand), but I literally just now realized that March to October might not mean the month March, but rather the verb "march."

I'm shaking my head at myself.

It's a fun little play on words they used there (and they 100% did it intentionally)....both the noun and verb are appropriate if this mode has anything to do with a season-based mode.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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Personally, I've never had an issue with the amount of big free agents, or free agents in general that hit the open market vs those who resign with their current team.




The bigger issue for me has been good free agents left unsigned after the offseason due to the CPU struggling to balance its roster given the 90 player limitation.

First few years are not bad with free agents it happens after year 3 and 4 teams get short of budget space.

Here is my post from last year.

https://forums.operationsports.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2049297287

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[countryboy]

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First few years are not bad with free agents it happens after year 3 and 4 teams get short of budget space.

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I'm in year 6 of a carryover from '16 and I don't think budget is the sole culprit. I can go and sign these guys to my team and then trade them to a team for their lowest rated/paid player without issue.

Sure a team or two will be maxed on budget space, but I think roster restriction is the bigger issue as CPU have a bad habit of signing draft picks who are extremely low overall rated and will take years upon years to develop if they ever do.

If they are going to keep the rosters at 90, then they need to adjust the draft so that players have a overall floor min that are either available or that the CPU teams will sign.

EDIT: In response to your addition to your post, I've never had anyone that highly rated be left in free agency. Again though, I don't get that many years deep into a franchise in a single installment of the Show. The best I do is 3 years which I did/will do this year.

Expanding rosters to 100 per organization and then consequently increasing the overall budget for all 30 teams would go a long way to resolving this issue.

[nemesis04]

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What does everyone think the state of carryover saves are with these proposed new modes?