Ichiro in MLB The Show 19?

[Armor and Sword]

Ichiro is an all time great and it is undeniable.

Regardless of a salty pissed off Mariners fans hot take LOL!!

One of the most overrated comments in baseball is “he did not win anything” that is just ludicrous on team sports.


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[El_MaYiMbE]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madden08PCgmr

He was on the Opening Day roster, I would think he would have to be in the game. As for Ichiro himself... as Seattleite/Mariners fan; GROSSLY overrated. Singles hitter who valued his stats over the team. When things really hit the skids for the Ms, they asked Ichiro to bat closer to the middle of the lineup, as one of the most skilled hitters in history, undoubtedly, he could have driven in more runs.. but he declined because it would have meant less ABs. Fitting that he never won squat, and played in next to no meaningful games.

The Mariners never winning anything, was not Ichiro's fault. Regardless of his "selfishness" (he is not overrated); the teams he was on were not good enough.

M's won an (still!) MLB record 116 games with Ichiro and got bounced by the Yankees in 2001. It kinda went down hill from there....he was not their problem.

[Madden08PCgmr]

Classic sorry, not sorry.

All the other great/pure hitters I've seen (Gwynn, Edgar, Mattingly, Boggs..) excelled in areas other than slapping meaningless singles around. That's all Ichiro did at the plate. His record breaking 262 hit season - only 36 extra-base hits!

Gwynn led the League in hitting 8x.. 30+ doubles 7x.. Ichiro; only 3x
Edgar led the League in doubles twice, and RBIs in 2000
Mattingly led the League in doubles 3x in a row.. monstrous '85
Boggs led the League in doubles twice, and OB% 6x, including 5 years in a row

Ichiro is as overrated as it gets.

[JDL375]

I did not intend for this thread to become a debate about if Ichiro is overrated or not.

I'm just concerned that he may be taken OUT of the game, due to his retirement. I know the game is very strongly affected by the legalities of the MLBPA and we've been hamstrung for years over rookies not being able to get in until year 2 (unless you are special like Ohtani), first year managers/coaches not being able to get in until year 2....

He is an OFFICIALLY RETIRED PLAYER as of this moment, thus I am worried that even though he may be in the game when it is released, that they may release a patch to remove him.

To add another wrinkle to this, his date of retirement actually precedes the release of the game, so can he even legally be in the game?

[El_MaYiMbE]

Quote: Originally Posted by JDL375

I did not intend for this thread to become a debate about if Ichiro is overrated or not. I'm just concerned that he may be taken OUT of the game, due to his retirement. I know the game is very strongly affected by the legalities of the MLBPA and we've been hamstrung for years over rookies not being able to get in until year 2 (unless you are special like Ohtani), first year managers/coaches not being able to get in until year 2.... He is an OFFICIALLY RETIRED PLAYER as of this moment, thus I am worried that even though he may be in the game when it is released, that they may release a patch to remove him. To add another wrinkle to this, his date of retirement actually precedes the release of the game, so can he even legally be in the game?

He will probably be removed and then added as a DD card you can grind for hours to get....

[bayman]

Quote: Originally Posted by JDL375

I did not intend for this thread to become a debate about if Ichiro is overrated or not. I'm just concerned that he may be taken OUT of the game, due to his retirement. I know the game is very strongly affected by the legalities of the MLBPA and we've been hamstrung for years over rookies not being able to get in until year 2 (unless you are special like Ohtani), first year managers/coaches not being able to get in until year 2.... He is an OFFICIALLY RETIRED PLAYER as of this moment, thus I am worried that even though he may be in the game when it is released, that they may release a patch to remove him. To add another wrinkle to this, his date of retirement actually precedes the release of the game, so can he even legally be in the game?

Going based on minor leaguers with MLB experience in prior games, he would technically still be part of the PA even next year based on his 1 game this year and wouldn't need to be removed until the '21 game.

[Keirik]

Sounds like someone here was very disappointed with the Ichi-roll at the ballpark and today is all about retribution lol

[Therebelyell626]

Ichiro is definitely not overrated. I am lifelong angels fan and I still have nightmares of the guy in his prime. Complain about him being a singles hitter all you want, but I remember one of his coaches back in the day saying that if ichiro sold out for power instead of average he would have easily been a 20-25 home run a year hitter. By your estimation tony Gwynn must be overrated then too.