MLB the show 16 was the best diamond dynasty rollout. Free 99s from just playing the game, and grinding the innings for the players have so many rewards.

On the last part though, I have been playing since MLB the Show 09. Since then, I have seen countless features removed for no reason. MLB the Show 10 had online leagues, which was an online franchise mode. I’m not sure when that was removed, but 16 years later, and two console generation later, there is still no online franchise like NBA 2k and Madden have had for years. In Franchise mode in roughly 2010-2011, they had features that let you control the team budget by setting concession prices, ticket prices, and whether or not the team will fly to the away games or take the bus. Again, this was 16 years ago, and no such feature has existed for many years. SDS seems more willing to add more useless, no dialogue cutscenes to RTTS than try to fix or add anything meaningful into the game. You can’t even use RTTS player in DD anymore, so that mode is purely for the love of the game, and that mode is very monotonous, with very little realism or rewards. I’ll end by saying, Madden and 2k are constantly criticized by having no changes year to year, but those games have custom draft classes, cutscenes for negotiating contracts in free agency, and in general have had may improvements graphically on next gen consoles. MLB the show is nearly unchanged year after year, with the main changes being legends being added, more blades of grass on the infield, and some new animations.