When it comes to MLB The Show 22 Diamond Dynasty and its online options, SDS has brought back Events, Battle Royale, and Ranked Seasons. The structure of some of these online modes has changed slightly, but the reward structures are about the same. So let’s go through all the launch programs for competitive online play.
MLB The Show 22 Diamond Dynasty Online Programs
Battle Royale Season 1
The new top “Flawless” rewards:
- 2nd Half Heroes Jason Bay
- Breakout Andrew Miller
- Breakout Chipper Jones
- All-Star Craig Biggio
- All-Star Pedro Martinez
Rewards
- 5 BR – 500 stubs
- 10 BR – 2,500 XP, Bronze BR choice pack
- Veteran Bob Feller
- Rookie Trevor Hoffman
- Veteran Jimmie Foxx
- Rookie Xander Bogaerts
- 15 BR – 500 stubs
- 20 BR – 2,500 XP, The Show pack
- 25 BR – Silver BR choice pack
- Rookie J.T. Realmuto
- Rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
- All-Star Mark Melancon
- Breakout Nick Castellanos
- 30 BR – 2,500 XP, Gold BR choice pack
- Veteran Lou Gehrig
- Veteran Hunter Renfroe
- All-Star Alex Wood
- Breakout J.R. Richard
- 35 BR – 1,500 stubs
- 40 BR – 2,500 XP, Silver BR choice pack
- 45 BR – Gold BR choice pack
- 50 BR – 2,500 XP, The Show pack
- 55 BR – 1,500 stubs
- 60 BR – 2,500 XP, Bronze BR choice pack
- 65 BR – Silver BR choice pack
- 70 BR – 2,500 XP, Gold BR choice pack
- 75 BR – Ballin’ Is A Habit pack
- 80 BR – 2,500 XP, Silver BR choice pack
- 85 BR – Gold BR choice pack
- 90 BR – 2,500 XP, All-Star Larry Doby
- 95 BR – The Show pack (x10)
- 100 BR – 2,500 XP, Diamond Flawless BR choice pack
- 110 BR – 3,000 stubs
- 120 BR – Ballin’ Is A Habit pack
- 130 BR – The Show pack (x10)
- 140 BR – 3,000 stubs
- 150 BR – Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x5)
Missions
- BR Missions
- Win 1 BR game – 1 point (repeatable)
- Go 12-0 – 20 points (repeatable)
- Win 9+ games in a run – 10 points (repeatable)
- Tally 4,000 Parallel XP in one BR entry – 10 points
- Tally 40 hits in one BR entry – 10 points
- Tally 15,000 Parallel XP in BR entries – 15 points
- Hit 20 home runs in BR games – 5 points
- Bronze BR-Exclusive Parallel XP Missions
- Tally 250 PxP with Veteran Jimmie Foxx – 4 points
- Tally 350 PxP with Veteran Bob Feller – 4 points
- Tally 350 PxP with Rookie Trevor Hoffman – 4 points
- Tally 250 PxP with Rookie Xander Bogaerts – 4 points
- Silver BR-Exclusive Parallel XP Missions
- Tally 500 PxP with Rookie J.T. Realmuto – 4 points
- Tally 500 PxP with Rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 4 points
- Tally 500 PxP with Breakout Nick Castellanos – 4 points
- Tally 500 PxP with All-Star Mark Melancon – 4 points
- Gold BR-Exclusive Parallel XP Missions
- Tally 500 PxP with Veteran Hunter Renfroe – 4 points
- Tally 500 PxP with Breakout J.R. Richard – 4 points
- Tally 500 PxP with All-Star Alex Wood – 4 points
- Tally 500 PxP with Veteran Lou Gehrig – 4 points
Ranked Seasons 1
Ranked Seasons is back with a new format for the rewards structure beyond simply reaching World Series. The gates for the program now relate to innings rather than wins if you want to take the long path to a World Series player reward.
Rewards (Road To WS)
Spring Training – Play 1 game
- Bronze live series player
- 100 stubs
Regular Season – 200 points
- Silver live series player
- 300 stubs
All-Star – 400 points
- Silver live series player
- Silver nameplate and icon
- 600 stubs
Pennant Race – 500 points
- Choice of gold Garret Anderson, Rookie Johnny Bench, Veteran Jim Palmer
- Gold nameplate and icon
- 1,000 stubs
Wild Card – 600 points
- Gold Live Series player
- Gold nameplate and icon
- 1,500 stubs
Division Series – 700 points
- Diamond bat skin
- Gold nameplate and icon
- 2,000 stubs
Championship Series – 800 points
- Gold Live Series player
- The Show pack (x5)
- Diamond nameplate and icon
- 3,000 stubs
World Series – 900 points
- Choice of Milestone Dontrelle Willis, 2nd Half Heroes Cal Ripken Jr., 2nd Half Heroes Jorge Posada
- Diamond nameplate and icon
- 4,000 stubs
Rewards Structure For Total Innings
- Play 50 innings – 5,000 XP, The Show pack
- Play 100 innings – 1,500 stubs
- Play 150 innings – 5,000 XP, The Show pack
- Play 200 innings – 5,000 XP, Pennant Race choice pack
- Play 250 innings – 1,500 stubs
- Play 300 innings – 5,000 XP, Ballin’ Is A Habit pack
- Play 350 innings – 5,000 XP, The Show pack (x5)
- Play 400 innings – 5,000 XP, World Series choice pack
- Play 450 innings – 5,000 XP, The Show pack
- Play 500 innings – 5,000 XP, Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x5)
- Play 550 innings – 3,000 stubs
- Play 600 innings – 10,000 XP, The Show pack (x20)
The Show Starts Now Event
- All players eligible
- Minimum player overall of 60
- Maximum team rating of 99 overall
- 3-inning games
- Difficulty: All-Star
- Free entries (as always)
- Event runs until April 8
Rewards
- 1 win – 500 stubs, The Show pack
- 3 wins – 750 stubs, gold banner
- 5 wins – 2,500 XP, diamond profile icon
- 10 wins – 2,500 XP, The Show pack
- 12 wins – The Show pack (x3)
- 15 wins – 2,500 XP, 2nd Half Heroes Alfonso Soriano
- 17 wins – 1,250 stubs
- 20 wins – 2,500 XP, All-Star Nolan Ryan
- 25 wins – 2,500 XP, Headliners Set 1 pack
- 30 wins – 2,500 stubs
- 35 wins – 2,500 XP, The Show pack (x5)
- 40 wins – 2,500 XP, Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x2)
- 45 wins – 3,500 stubs
- 50 wins – 5,000 XP, Big Dog Set 1 choice pack
Bottom Line
At first glance, it seems like Battle Royale should remain the quickest one to complete “the long way” if you’re not skilled enough to quickly rack up a lot of wins in any of these modes. All in all, this is a really nice start for SDS with the online programs. I do hope we see more “lower rated” themes for Events so there is more team variety and usage of bronzes and silvers, but that will rely on SDS continuing to put out new bronze/silver/gold players all year.
