Perfecting MLB The Show's Franchise Mode

[russilini]

i AGREE WITH ALL YOU POINTED OUT...some of which i never thought of....the bullpen issue andcontracts ive always had a bug about...EXPANSION would be a great touch....i think the show creators are missing out on not selling complete minor league rosters...and past glory seasons....why can i not buy the 1986 season...for 5 bucks...why dont they offer more old time stadiums for 1.99..old tiger or indian .RIVERFRONT STADIUM..GIVE US MORE MORE MORE CHOICES....it is a great game...but i want more!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[krunchybox]

What about the ability to build a new stadium?

I want to see a purpose for a pitching coach. Let me have him make visits to the mound.

The catcher should have a relationship trust factor with each pitcher. Since the catcher is an on-field coach, give me the opportunity to send my catcher out to calm the pitcher down.

Have the manager do team meetings during a losing streak or before a big series.

Have the sponsorship money actually work. It did last year but not this year. I bought all diamond cards and should be pulling in a bunch of money per game. At the end of April with two teams in same season and in looking at the budget projections, it shows no income for those cards and no increased money for my budget

[bradfish16]

Good article. I agree with most of the ideas, though bullpen AI and sim stats would be my top priority. I would also like to be able to import players with CPU Roster Control set to off, or qt least have sim injuries when it is set to ON.

[jada855]

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A Injuries 2.0 NBA 2K16 type system would be awesome! Where we could actually see the body part or area affected and that would in turn affect performance.

[Bakermob]

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I keep begging for an expansion mode. I do t know if you've ever played the sim game Out Of The Park Baseball but they have a great expansion mode. They have player protection and the draft. There is no greater challenge in a franchise mode than creating a team from scratch. NBA 2K has a relocation mode that is pretty cool. I'd love to be able to import logos instead of having to make them. A stadium created would be an awesome addition too. Great article btw....

[Brandwin]

Good stuff, Mike.

It's funny you brought up International Free Agents - I was thinking of a system to implement them into franchise. I haven't thought of the best or fair way with 30 team control to do that thought.

Do you create a certain amount and do a roll of the dice to see what teams they end up on? How do you decide on positions to create players, attributes, potential etc...

Would love to hear your ideas on this.

Thanks!

[Godgers12]

I think it would be c ool if you could invite a friend to play against you in an offline franchise. Say your playing the NYY or Red Sox and don't feel like playing the CPU, just invite a friend and play them instead.

[glenzariczny]

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Surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but EJECTIONS AND SUSPENSIONS. This is a real life aspect of baseball that is not represented basically at all. Right now the only way to get ejected is to basically deliberately throw at a guys head 2-3 times in a row, and after that happens, and you get tossed, there is still no suspension that follows. It would be nice to see some borderline ball/strike calls get argued more often and see some guys getting tossed every once in a while.

[jb12780]

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Surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but EJECTIONS AND SUSPENSIONS. This is a real life aspect of baseball that is not represented basically at all. Right now the only way to get ejected is to basically deliberately throw at a guys head 2-3 times in a row, and after that happens, and you get tossed, there is still no suspension that follows. It would be nice to see some borderline ball/strike calls get argued more often and see some guys getting tossed every once in a while.

MLBPA and/or MLB won't allow it.

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[glenzariczny]

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MLBPA and/or MLB won't allow it.

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It's in OOTP

[BetteRedthnDead]

Something I'd like to see is a "League History" page (perhaps similar to NBA 2K16's MyLEAGUE League History). This doesn't have to be flashy, but it just shows the winners/losers of each World Series, winners of each year's various awards, and so forth. It could literally just be a list, and could include previous years already completed in real life in addition to the fictional results that play out in each person's Franchise mode.

As a franchise only guy, I'm enthused about the improvements this year. One other thing though--I know it likely won't be fixed, but it's annoying that in my Padres franchise all the players have 2016 ASG patches even though its 2018!

[merchant1874]

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I'd just like to see correct inter league schedule rotation.

Quite honestly ridiculous it still isn't correct.

[Arrowhead21]

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- Single A Games / Stastistics

- Expanded Coaching Staffs (Create generic hitting/pitching coaches ((to avoid the nuisance of liscensing)) with actual attributes that affect your players)

- Rotating Interleague Schedules

- Complete Rebuild of the Scouting System

- Complete Rebuild of AI team building / trade logic / budget management

- More Nuanced Attributes for Pitchers (vs RHB, vs LHB)

- More Variation Seen in Spring Training Lineups

- Team Relocation / Import a Team

[BrianM207]

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Solid read, and all great points/ideas(and comments as well)

Some things that I've been looking for over the years(some of these might just be repeated as other users have mentioned them ad well)

-Contract extentions. Be it spring training, in season, or off season, I'd love to have that aspect in the game(hell, you can do it in Madden!)
-Stadium prices/upgrades. I know some users don't enjoy setting prices of food and tshirts, but this one does! I'm sure there could be an option to turn it off/on. And the ability to upgrade your stadium:add more seats, push the outfield wall back further, etc etc(again, how is Madden ahead of them on this?)
-Expanded class A. Just adding the 15 more spots for a full 25 would make me happy. Playable or not, sometimes those extra prospects come on handy.
-Rehab games. I'd LOVE for this to get implimented someday. If my ace is on the shelf for 2 months, maybe I wanna ease him back into things with a start in AA then one in AAA before I bring him back up.
-Agents. They obviously don't need to be real life people(maybe even a spot for the devs to put themselves in?). Perhaps "Frank Henry" is the Scott Boras type guy. If my power slugging first baseman is a "Frank Henry guy" maybe it's gonna take more for me to sign him when his contact is up. Or maybe he's less likely to sign an extention(going back to my first want)
-Rainouts/doubleheaders. I mean, c'man they were in MVP.
-Suspensions. I know MLB wants NO part of that aspect, but if a guy throws at me multiple times and gets ejected, he should be suspended..especially in something like a playoff series.

I'm sure there's more but I'm short on time

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[Knight165]

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It's in OOTP

In the past...the MLB and MLBPA licenses weren't in the game......
They both just haven't caught up to it yet or....figure OOTP isn't big enough to care about it.(I'm talking about suspensions here)
(just like it took two years for the MLB to have the Show see the old "snot rocket" cut scene and force them to remove it)

GUARANTEED that the reason it's not in the Show is the reason stated by the other poster.

M.K.
Knight165