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MLB The Show 18 Cover Athlete to be Announced on November 6, Any Guesses?
The cover athlete for MLB The Show 18 is scheduled to be revealed on November 6. Let us know who you think it will be.
Who’s next? #TheShow18 #Cover #Reveal pic.twitter.com/tS9vuK12Gj
— MLB The Show (@MLBTheShow) November 3, 2017
First news of '18!!!
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Or a catcher like Yadier Molina. :)
Seriously though, if it's a current player, it's going to be Altuve. I'd be willing put money on it.
EDIT: Outside chance it's Harper since they haven't had an NL player since 2015.
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thats my guess also
or Aaron Judge
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Of current players I'd like to see Giancarlo.
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I was thinking about this today. How about a picture like
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They could pick the MVPs, CY Young, ROY winners or just pick random players. Not just one.
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Just thinking out loud here.
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I second this.
Can't wait to hear some more news about MLB 18!
One cover athlete is disappointing, as if that one athlete is the only player worthy of recognition. Celebrate this perfect game with a collage-like poster-worthy cover with players, stadiums, equipment, and the nuances of the game.
Quite abstract, but with the creativity that exists today within the graphic artist world, a cover like that would be quite spectacular.
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Seriously though I'm guessing it will be Judge, Stanton, or Altuve. You could make a case for all three, but Stanton I think won't get it because of the trade talk surrounding him.
With the Astros pulling off the World Series I'm leaning Altuve. However, if they want to continue the cycle of a legend on the cover I'm down for another new legend.
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Regardless, I just hope carryover saves work this time around...
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Altuve and Judge are a good bet...
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I'm hoping we do but I'm not getting my hopes up.
We may get information on when more information will be released. :)
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We may get information on when more information will be released. :)
The season starts March 27th this year, so the release date should be around that time.
i haven’t heard a time but the mlb twitter account makes it sound like it’ll be tonight “Who will grace the cover of @MLBTheShow 18? Find out Monday night!”
I feel like The Show has had way too many small market team players for so long on the cover.
I feel like The Show has had way too many small market team players for so long on the cover.
Man. That’s some good ol’ fashion ‘world revolves around the Yankees’ mentality.
I take that back, this is also ‘world revolves around New York city’ mentality.
Since The Show began in order: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Minnesota, Minnesota, Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Los Angeles, Toronto, Seattle. I mean Pittsburgh is the only real ‘small market’ team there. I know people associate Minnesota with small market but M/StP is a pretty large metro.
I feel like The Show has had way too many small market team players for so long on the cover.
Outside of mauer and Cutch?
Mauer had it for two years. One of those years should've been Cano.
I feel like The Show has had way too many small market team players for so long on the cover.
Toronto and LA are not small markets. Both are in the top 5 cities in North America by population.
I hate that crap gets "leaked".
Why can't people just wait and let it be announced??
Care to explain?
I'm getting Deluxe baby!! 3 days early!!
Excluding those cities, obviously.
Minneapolis/St Paul metro has a population of 3.5 million, the 16th largest in the US. They have all five major US sports leagues present, and one of the most successful WNBA franchises ever. They’re only small market when compared to Houston/NYC/LA. But that basically is every team. Mauer was an MVP and one of the best players in baseball. Let’s not act like he didn’t deserve to be there. Again, this is purely ‘Yankees > Everything’ mentality. Let’s say Mauer was only on the cover for 2009. The 2010 AL MVP was Josh Hamilton. Miguel Cabrera was second. One could absolutely make the argument that either of them deserved it more. Hell, let’s go NL. Joey Votto was a god amongst boys that season. Pujols was more deserving than Mauer or Cano too. CarGo was awesome. A-Gon in San Diego. But he got the cover the following year, when he was in a big market.
Boston was on the cover 3 times in 11 seasons of The Show. You’re gonna tell me Boston isn’t a major city? David Wright was on it in 2007. (That’s New York just by the way.) Detroit has almost the same population as Boston, Miguel Cabrera. Man this is just choosing to be ignorant at this point.
Love it. :woot:
Beautiful.
At last we get a cover!
This is becoming commonplace with all the major publishers now. And if it's the same price as last year's MVP Edition and you get it three days early, then I can't see how that's a bad thing.
I know it is becoming common place, hence my comment. I guess if you play the online card collecting crap of these games it is good for you. I prefer to only play offline franchise and RTTS modes. So for me it is a waste of money. I will probably pass on this years version. Unless some guys on here tell me it is worth the investment or at least until the price drop and the 11 patches that make it a working game.
:)
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Is Aaron judge going to fix the terrible CPU AI decision making especially the bullpen pitching moves that been in MLB The Show since the beginning?
I am still going to buy MLB The Show 18 because I love baseball and is pretty much all I play. But for some reason this is the fist time in the 10 years I have been playing this game that I am not really that excited for the next release. There are just way to many CPU AI and gameplay issues that have not gotten fixed some going back even 10 years! :(
And of course I am not happy that Citizens Bank Park continues not to get the upgrades it needs even after some of us here sending in photos and info for the last 5+ years.
Is Aaron judge going to fix the terrible CPU AI decision making especially the bullpen pitching moves that been in MLB The Show since the beginning?
I am still going to buy MLB The Show 18 because I love baseball and is pretty much all I play. But for some reason this is the fist time in the 10 years I have been playing this game that I am not really that excited for the next release. There are just way to many CPU AI and gameplay issues that have not gotten fixed some going back even 10 years! :(
And of course I am not happy that Citizens Bank Park continues not to get the upgrades it needs even after some of us here sending in photos and info for the last 5+ years.
This is a thread about the cover though.
Is Aaron judge going to fix the terrible CPU AI decision making especially the bullpen pitching moves that been in MLB The Show since the beginning?
I am still going to buy MLB The Show 18 because I love baseball and is pretty much all I play. But for some reason this is the fist time in the 10 years I have been playing this game that I am not really that excited for the next release. There are just way to many CPU AI and gameplay issues that have not gotten fixed some going back even 10 years! :(
And of course I am not happy that Citizens Bank Park continues not to get the upgrades it needs even after some of us here sending in photos and info for the last 5+ years.
There's plenty of other threads for these types of posts.
No need to bring it into a thread discussing the cover
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No need to bring it into a thread discussing the cover
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True sorry about that
Judge hit 52 homers and 4 more in the playoffs and not once flipped the bat or showed up a pitcher. Judge is a great choice as this year was the year of the home run in baseball. For you to hate the Yankees that much is ok, but the hate that Judge gets is unfair this young man plays baseball the right way.
I would have love to have Altuve or Trout but my goodness Judge or Stanton we’re better choices.
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I know right? "Three days early" = we're releasing the regular version three days late.
However, maybe there is method to the madness beyond just trying to gouge people on the hype. At the very least, this will stagger the load on the servers a little.
Thats a load of crap and you know it, i'll be having none of what you are serving (reasonable logic). Its been this way since the dawn of time that the cover athlete always dictates how the game is. Hated player = hated game, loved player = loved game. You always Judge a book by its cover, everybody knows that. :splat:
However, maybe there is method to the madness beyond just trying to gouge people on the hype. At the very least, this will stagger the load on the servers a little.
I disagree. Not to go too far off track but I think the majority of the people, not all ( I know Countryboy will buy it), who play DD and such will be the ones that buy more of the Deluxe/MVP whatever it is version. So the servers will get hit just as hard and crash and suck like they have every year. OS will fill up with "this game is broken, I didn't get my packs, Sony sucks" threads for a month or so. Then gradually over the summer it will all fade away to the main core on OS who play the game regularly, though a lot of that crowd is moving on to other places as well.
Back on track, I have nothing against Judge, I think he is a good player and at least so far seems to be a good kid. I just don't like the cover that I have seen. It looks like a GQ add, not a video game cover.
However, maybe there is method to the madness beyond just trying to gouge people on the hype. At the very least, this will stagger the load on the servers a little.
Looking at the site I don't see anything that ties the extra-cost editions to early access. It seems like you get it 4 days "early" by preordering.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/mlb-the-show-18-ps4/
We'll see, I guess.
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