MLB The Show 18 Screenshots - Captured From Today's First Look Gameplay Trailer

Looks like the full beard A style has changed. Nice to see.

Thanks for this!
Here's hoping there are instant replay calls at home plate, or and even 2nd and 3rd base. Would be nice if they added this.
I would also like to see more variety in strikes called as balls and vice versa. Making it random and not dependent on the umpire.

Red uniforms still look too dark/dull/faded/washed out or some combination of the 4. Giants orange still looks horrendously bad. So many things look great, why are colors so hard to get right? Didn’t notice any Pittsburgh in the video, so I wonder if they improved their yellow and washed out black jerseys. Blue Jays blue looks better. Cleveland still has the only good looking red color in the game.

Well firstly all the trailers are from an old build.
Secondly, Ramone said they paid even more attention to uniforms this year.

I know they’re an older build. But this has been a problem for years. Obviously I still buy the game every year, and I love it. Most played franchise ever. But baseball is my favorite sport. This is my favorite franchise. I just want it to be as perfect as it can be. So I really hope you’re right. That they did pay even more attention. And that the final build will have some vibrant colors.

What is the umpire doing in those screenshots? It looks like he's throwing someone out of the game to me.
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I have umpired a long time. At college level now. That is clearly the motion for ejection. It can’t be anything else!!
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I re-watched the trailer and he definitely says "you're out!" Man , I hope that means we can argue calls this year.
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I noticed that Kepler got a new face, looks pretty good as well. Also, what’s going on with Bellingers hands in his follow through? Something looks off, he doesn’t normally take one hand off like that does he?

Still looks like the majority of Blue Jays fans are wearing red jerseys in the Stroman screenshot. Why?
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I would love that, however this motion has been in the game for years. Pitchers get ejected after hitting like 3 batters in a row, pretty lame.

I know, it just seems odd that they would include that in a trailer.
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I really wish they would add more classic stadiums. As a Braves fan I'd love to play at old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. I'd love to see all the original cookie cutter multipurpose stadiums like Busch Stadium, Three Rivers Stadium, Riverfront Stadium. Also, make sure they have the original astroturf like the old days. Then there's a couple of other classic stadiums I'd love to see like Tiger Stadium, the original Angel Stadium and Oakland Coliseum, and the Astrodome. I'm such a history junkie that the classic stadiums are so fun to see in the game, I just want more.

my eyes are so bad I thought this was a screenshot from NBA2K

Kyle Schwarber is still fat! why?

Not very polite to call him fat. He can't help it that he has a big appetite.
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I think the word he was looking for was corpulent.
incidentally, Schwarber as a child:
and the Schwarber family pet:

I agree!! And it would be awesome with doing seasons past with classic rosters people do. It doesn’t feel right playing 1987 season without those stadiums. Also would be nice to do those old seasons and create the old divisions. Old NL East AL West. You drop the expansion teams. It would add so much to the game
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SCREENSHOTS for main menu and franchise from CARLOS CORREA instagram
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Well this pretty much explains what PHASES are in franchise mode.
It appears there are going to be set dates throughout franchise mode that you can quickly sim to without having to select that date from the calendar.
EDIT: Wonder if SDS will ask Correa to remove these pictures and ask OS to remove these pictures, since we are about a month away from when SDS planned to talk about this feature.

So phases kind of looks like OOTP simming, which I am totally cool with.
I just hope they have added more...
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If that's what Phases are then I really hope they added other stuff in Franchise mode because we can already sim to a set date. It's going to be disappointing if that's the big thing they added to Franchise this year.

Franchise Mode: More Control. Less Time. No New Features.
Bold part is my own addition to the slogan. Yes, we'll hold out hope, but, no, it does not look at all encouraging. Wish they'd get some fresh blood in on that mode in terms of devs.

It's amazing to me how SDS some how manages to improve the MLB The Show Menus year after year. 18 menus look better then ever from what I can see very sleek looking! :)

Yea it seems as if they added a way for Us to sim forward to a particular phase even tho we could still do that before lol.
I Hope the mode got some other love......What is Franchise Front office? anyone know what that means, maybe changed a few things like the budget etc.

I should not be so hasty. Blasting them over Franchise Mode when we haven't even seen the streams yet is petty. But, if my instincts serve as any guide.......well.....I'm happy to eat crow if they prove me wrong is all I'm sayin'

No Worries, Its okay for the Franchise mode players to Speak their opinion and get there voices heard, usually They listen. Just like how those who play online speak up and this year got their voice heard,
What is your guess about Front Office?

I bet front office has more tie-ins with cashflow this year. Ticket prices, marketing players, etc.

Confirmed Rain delays are in MLB 18. And there is a batting stance creator as well.
https://www.facebook.com/GameStop/videos/1885244431495474/

That batting stance creator is amazing. Awesome that rain delays are in there and you have to make a choice on whether to leave the pitcher in (I'll always take him out haha)

Oh yes, that would be epic.
Also, I know SDS guys do a create job and have been all about realism, but I'd love a create-a-team and create-a-stadium feature. Would be cool. Expansion team was one of my favorite modes of the old All-Star Baseball series.

Is there a hard and fast rule of thumb on this strategy or is it as complex as football's ''when to go for 2''?

It is usually based on length of delay. You wouldn’t want your ace getting back up in the pen to warm up then the game doesn’t start because it’s still raining. Then to get back up or finally take the mound 4 hours later and blow out his arm!
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