All-Star Fred McGriff has been added to the 2nd Inning Program in MLB The Show 21. This is the first player added to the latest Diamond Dynasty Inning program. McGriff is an 88 overall 1B with 78 contact vs. RHP, 76 contact vs. LHP, 90 power vs. RHP, and 86 power vs. LHP. He is a bronze fielder, which is obviously less than ideal, but it’s at first base so shouldn’t be too big of an issue.
All-Star Fred McGriff is on the lower end of McGriff cards we have seen in The Show through the years, but he has his fans. He has 73 vision and 106 discipline so he’s sort of between worlds as a 1B option right now. He doesn’t quite have top-tier power, contact, or vision, but if you’re familiar with his swing, he’ll still be a fun change of pace. McGriff generally falls into my underrated bucket. I’m a big fan of his swing, and I just like using players who don’t get a lot of love. Plus, I’m just a big Crime Dog fan as a child of the TBS Superstation era. In short, Ted Turner forced me to be a fan of players like Andruw Jones and Fred McGriff by sucking me in with lots of Saved By The Bell and WCW as the appetizer.
As for the impact on the 2nd Inning Program, you will earn 35,000 XP for locking him in your collection. We will get at least one more player program for the 2nd Inning, and I mention that because I know many folks are still trying to scrounge up enough XP to get the 2nd Inning Bosses unlocked. A couple of the moments look like they might take some doing for McGriff, so this might be one where you split your time a bit between online and offline if you don’t feel like grinding out a couple of them. That being said, I know some folks are anti-online in all facets for DD, so I still think the moments are manageable — just more annoying than a standard player program.
All-Star Fred McGriff Player Program – MLB The Show 21
Moments
Each moment is worth 7 points. Also, just a friendly reminder that if you’re having issues with multi-game moments, go the “Moments” tab and go to the McGriff Player Program there so you can easily restart multi-game moments without getting kicked back to the main DD menu after finishing moments.
- Pretty Slow Start – 5 games
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 16 total bases
- Slam Dog
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- Padres Vs. Expos – 4 games
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 7 hits
- Tally 4 XBH
- 1992 All-Star Game
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 2 hits
- More Homers Than You
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- Crime Dog
- Tally 2 hits
- Tally 1 XBH
Completing all the moments will net you 1,250 stubs in total.
Missions
- Tally 5 XBH with 1B online – 10 points
- Tally 3 home runs with Padres players online – 10 points
- Beat the San Diego Padres on All-Star difficulty – 8 points
Exchanges
- Exchange 1B – 5 points
Rewards
- 10 points – 500 stubs
- 20 points – The Show pack
- 30 points – 1,000 stubs
- 40 points – The Show pack (x2)
- 50 points – All-Star Fred McGriff
All of this information has been added to the 2nd Inning Program guide as usual.
