MLB The Show 18 Franchise Mode: Some Impressions After A Few Days

[Steve_OS]

I’m always impressed by how San Diego Studio manages to improve MLB The Show every single...

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[jada855]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Mode: Some Impressions After A Few Days

Line Up Based On Performance

Has anyone seeing this feature in use? I am batting .137 AVG and am still in the lead off spot! About 14 games in and all task settings set to auto.

Maybe it will take more games for the CPU to move the lineup around. Also thought this feature was announced in either MLB 16 or MLB 17.

I hope it's not due to using the Player Lock selection from the launch screen. Because when you do stamina does not work and you can play a infinite amount of games with no stamina affect resulting in poor performance. Now wondering if this affects line up performance as well.

[Bacong]

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Line Up Based On Performance

Has anyone seeing this feature in use? I am batting 1.37 AVG and am still in the lead off spot! About 14 games in and all task settings set to auto.

if we're being real, if you're batting 1.37 you're a mathematical fluke and the best player in the history of sports.

[milkmanbonzai]

^Yeah, I'm fairly certain the lineups are generated purely on attributes and not stats, even once the season is underway, which is why I have manual everything but scouting.

Also, a small thing but much appreciated by me, I'm glad they doubled the soundtrack size this year. With how much time I spend in the menus, I'm glad it takes a little while longer to hit the playlist loop.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Good article for pointing out valid criticisms. I get tired of reading articles that do nothing other than carry Sony's water, so articles like these stand out.

[wisdom less13]

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Between phases and the new menus, everything seems faster to get to. Been fighting the urge to sim these last few months just to check out the offseason...

[tfcfan4life]

The trades are a problem and this part of the game needs to be addressed in the next patch. I'm not even touching Franchise mode until this is addressed.

[ItAllFades]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Mode: Some Impressions After A Few Days

The trades are a problem and needs to be addressed in a the next patch. I'm not even touching Franchise mode until this is addressed.

Have trades ever been worked on? They've been broken for years.

[Mike Lowe]

Trades and free agency sound scary. I recommend turning the trade slider way down that first year as really this is an issue when a game is simply trying to reorganize itself at the start of a new franchise.

Another Issue: Simulated stats will require manually adjusting your sliders to compensate for inflated CG/S) and too many innings being pitched by RP, especially LRs still.
Biggest Positive: I was happy to see how clean the carryover saves worked this year. I haven't noticed anything other than having to rename those guys that legally can't be carried over. Everything else was very clean.

[tfcfan4life]

Thanks Mike. Been using your sliders and settings for MLB the show for years. Looking forward to seeing what you have for MLB 18. Thanks buddy.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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I'm at the point where I'm going back to 17. The young star players bug is back where they go unsigned and I easily get 7 or 8 seasons or more into franchise. My guess is with more higher potential players introduced in osfm it will be worst.

I'm seeing a few things that are really ruining franchise mode for me.
1. Teams are running out of money and not signing 90 plus overall rated players 5 to 6 years in future.
2. Budgets do not make sense and you cannot tell if you have an increase or decrease in budget each year.
3. Teams are offer salary arbitration less than what they made the previous season and free agent contracts are less than what they receive in arbitration.
4. I like the idea of closers moving out of the position but it is way too fluid now.
5. Roster logic still has holes. Some teams do not carry extra catchers.
6. Playoff eligibility is still not correct. Unless player is physically on 25 man roster they are not eligible for playoffs.* This is not the rule and hamstringing teams who sometimes carry 23 or 24 players in playoffs due to not being able to add a player to.roster after injury.*


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[bigmike0077]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Mode: Some Impressions After A Few Days

I'm at the point where I'm going back to 17. The young star players bug is back where they go unsigned and I easily get 7 or 8 seasons or more into franchise. My guess is with more higher potential players introduced in osfm it will be worst.

I'm seeing a few things that are really ruining franchise mode for me.
1. Teams are running out of money and not signing 90 plus overall rated players 5 to 6 years in future.
2. Budgets do not make sense and you cannot tell if you have an increase or decrease in budget each year.
3. Teams are offer salary arbitration less than what they made the previous season and free agent contracts are less than what they receive in arbitration.
4. I like the idea of closers moving out of the position but it is way too fluid now.
5. Roster logic still has holes. Some teams do not carry extra catchers.
6. Playoff eligibility is still not correct. Unless player is physically on 25 man roster they are not eligible for playoffs.* This is not the rule and hamstringing teams who sometimes carry 23 or 24 players in playoffs due to not being able to add a player to.roster after injury.*


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Thanks for pointing these out, Hopefully they can take a look at this for the patch in the near future, i also play many seasons of franchise mode

[tfcfan4life]

Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Mode: Some Impressions After A Few Days

Trades and free agency sound scary. I recommend turning the trade slider way down that first year as really this is an issue when a game is simply trying to reorganize itself at the start of a new franchise.

Another Issue: Simulated stats will require manually adjusting your sliders to compensate for inflated CG/S) and too many innings being pitched by RP, especially LRs still.
Biggest Positive: I was happy to see how clean the carryover saves worked this year. I haven't noticed anything other than having to rename those guys that legally can't be carried over. Everything else was very clean.

Hey Mike the trade slider you made for 17 apply to 18 as well? Wondering if you got a chance to test them or tweak them.

5 for Spring Traning
1 for April
3 for May
4 for June
5 for July 1-29
10 for July 30-31
5 for non-waiver trades set (past July 31)
4 for offseason

[Therebelyell626]

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I've been running a few tests franchise until OSFM drops, and here is a few things I have noticed.

1) players do not develop as quickly as years past, and maybe not quick enough. Example Dominic smith of the mets is rated a 55 overall with A potential at age 22. By year three (age 25) season he is still only rated a 63 and is nowhere near major league ready. A little dissapointing considering he is a top prospect. I have no problem with lower rated guys taking a while to develop but top guys should be major league ready by age 25 season minimum.

2) training absolutely does not work. Does not matter what excercises you choose to focus on. It is completely random and I would even say has no effect at all. This may be leading to the prospects not developing issue as it may not be working correctly. This leads to a couple of problems. A) you cannot shape your your prospects into being the type of players you want. B) I honestly don't think it's working at all. I guarantee you if I worked on contact hitting for six months straight I would at least see incremental progress. As of right now you may see absolutely no progress on a given category. I would be happy with even a two point increase with training over a year. But it really needs to be at a 5 point increase a year minimum if A potential. This would allow prospects to actually develop and allow you to shape your future roster.

3) Trades are still absolutely horrendous. I saw one in year 1 of my franchise where the Rockies traded Nolan arrenado while still in contention for a couple of low overall high potential prospects. If any of the prospects had at least an overall of 70 or more I could try and rationalize this. But none of them were rated over a 62. There are a lot more examples I could provide but this one stands out the most.

In closing, even with all of the touted "improvements" in the pre release franchise stream franchise mostly feels the same. I would even go as far as to say it has taken a step back as at least training somewhat worked last year and I could shape my roster the way I wanted. To me progression also seems to be a problem this year and may be a problem for someone using a team that is looking to rebuild. Rebuild could take 5 plus years where as a team like the Astros was able to do a full rebuild on 3-4 years (they didn't win the World Series until year 5 after rebuild, but they made playoffs after year three from when the rebuild started)

Just my observations

*sorry for spelling and grammatical errors as I was typing this on my phone

[Hayman19]

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Honestly the only way I can play franchise is with 30 team control and budgets off. I am constantly undoing trades because they are horrid most of the time.

Every start of spring training I have to go through and sign the maybe 20 or so 70+OVR free agents to teams because the rosters fill up and don't get signed. If i dont, previously they would sit there all season and good players would retire the next season. I usually go through and release the cpu generated players with D potentials to make room.

Its a little more work on my end but allows me to enjoy my franchise a bit more as good players don't retire every year.