Archive for the ‘Baseball’ Category
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Some of May’s best performers get the spotlight in new MLB The Show 16 card pack
While there are unfortunately no new Flashback cards being introduced this week, theﾃつlatest limited-time Diamond Dynasty card pack in MLB The Show 16 includes six players - three of which come from a pool comprised of the best performers from the month of May. At 2,500 Stubs each, are these Players of the Month packs a good investment vs standard packs of spending in the Marketplace? Here's a look at what I got with the four that were purchased....
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MLB The Show 16 roster update details for week eight
There's lots of ratings movement in today's roster update for MLB The Show 16. Bryce Harper is the highest rated player to be adjusted, and after reaching peak 99 Overall just one month ago he's now down to 97. He hit just .200 in the month of May and his Contact ratings in the game have suffered for it. Meanwhile Dodgers phenom pitcher Julio Urias has been added to the game and is rated 75 with A Potential. Other players taking ratings hits this week include David Price (-1 to 93),ﾃつFe...
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Baseball’s most disappointing players this season as seen through MLB The Show 16
The MLB season is now two months in and nearing one-third complete, and that means early trends which emerged and have stuck are necessitating being acted upon within MLB The Show 16. Though usually given the benefit of the doubt for some period of time, players who are struggling and failing to live up to expectations can easily be identified and adjusted. That's been the case with the 15 most disappointing players as profiled based on their ratings drops in MLB The Show 16. Included in ...
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MLB The Show 16 roster update details for week seven
Some big name starting pitchers have taken a hit to their ratings with the latest roster update for MLB The Show 16. Matt Harvey, Sonny Gray, and Dallas Keuchel have struggled mightily early this season and their attributes are now beginning to reflect that. Harvey is one of the players that has disappointed the most this year. He's 3-7 with a 6.08 ERA and 1.69 WHIP. After opening MLB 16 with a rating of 94 he has now dropped to 88. Gray is now down 5 points from where he began the sea...
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New card pack in MLB The Show 16 highlights early season surprises and pitching
With the fifth limited-time pack of the regular season, MLB The Show 16 is offering up an opportunity at three unspecified players who have surprised early in the season, higher chance of Golds/Diamonds, and five new cards added to the player pool. The pack goes for 3,000 Coins and includes six player cards. The new cards introduced with the pack are all pitchers: Mike Scott (Legend), Sergio Romo (Postseason), Stephen Strasburg (Rookie), and Steve Cishek and Drew Smyly (Prime). Check out ...
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MLB The Show 16 roster update details for week six
The latest roster update for MLB The Show 16 went out early this morning. The biggest movers are those on the way down, with some big name players taking a major hit to their attributes. Joey Votto has plummeted to 90 Overall which dropsﾃつhim out of the Diamond tier, having lostﾃつconsiderable points in Vision and both Contact and Power categories. He's batting just .215 on the season and on pace for nearly 180 strikeouts.ﾃつJustin Upton fell 8 points to 77 though a portion of that is...
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New MLB The Show 16 patch is here to fix the baserunning broken by the last patch
Two weeks ago a patch went out for MLB The Show 16 that addressed various issues with the game including the auto-baserunning that had not worked properly since the game released in late March. Unfortunately, the patch wrecked manual-baserunning in the process, and messed up several other areas of the game along with it. Today the fourth patch for the game went live. It's intended to fix multiple problems with baserunning, cloud saves, and other issues. (more…)...
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New pack in MLB The Show 16 goes heavy on speed and introduces some new cards
The fourth special pack to release during the regular season is now available for a limited time in MLB The Show 16. For 3,000 Coins it contains six player cards for a chance at some of the fastest players in the game and a ﾃ｢竄ｬﾅ電oubled chanceﾃ｢竄ｬﾂ atﾃつGold and Diamondﾃつcards. As with the first three packs itﾃ｢竄ｬ邃｢s questionable whether anyone should risk their coins on these given the nature of the supposed increased odds, not having the two item cards found in standard packs, ...
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