The second Featured Program in MLB The Show 22 is the Spring Cleanup Program. Coming off Faces of the Franchise, this is a smaller program by comparison with just five “bosses” to choose from in one pool of players. You will have two chances to secure a boss pack, so you can get two of the five bosses. The other three bosses you will need to secure on the marketplace as of now. We will update this article with any other updates that occur with the Spring Cleanup program.
The Spring Cleanup Program ends in 21 days, so we’ll have the majority of May to work on it.
Spring Cleanup Program
Silver Stars
- Rookie Eddie Mathews
- Rookie Ernie Banks
- Veteran Tom Seaver
- Veteran Zack Britton
- Veteran David Justice
Diamond Classics
- Postseason David Price
- Monthly Awards Victor Reyes
- Monthly Awards Ross Stripling
- Prospect Alec Bohm
- Monthly Awards Alex Dickerson
Spring Cleanup Bosses
- Breakout Eddie Mathews
- Milestone Zack Britton
- All-Star Ernie Banks
- All-Star Tom Seaver
- 2nd Half Heroes David Justice
Standard Goals
- Gameplay XP
- Daily Moments
- March to October
Featured Program Moments
Each moment is worth 1,500 XP:
- Britton On The Bump
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Strike out 2 batters
- Do not walk 1 batter
- Do not give up 1 hit
- Do not hit 1 batter
- Britton Shuts Down Boston
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Strike out 4 batters
- Do not give up 1 run
- David Is Dialed In
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 4 total bases
- Serving Justice
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 2 hits
- Tally 1 XBH
- Easy Does It For Eddie
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 2 hits
- Tally 1 XBH
- Mathews Goes Yard
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- Seaver Always Shoves
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Pitch 3 innings
- Do not give up 1 hit
- Strike out 5 batters
- Tom Twirls A Gem
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Strike out 6 batters
- Do not give up 1 run
- Ernie Earns More Hardware
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 1 XBH
- Banks Gets On Base
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Get on base 3 times
Spotlight Moments
All moments are worth 1,250 XP each:
- Ron The Record-Breaker
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 6 total bases
- No, This is MY Stadium
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- First Hit Off Sandman
- Difficulty: All-Star
- Tally 1 hit
- Nobody Wiser Than Hershiser
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Pitch 3 innings
- Do not give up 2 runs
- Win 1 game
- The First Of Three
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Pitch 2 innings
- Strike out 2 batters
- Do not give up 1 run
- Saved By Submarine
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Pitch 1 inning
- Strike out 2 batters
- Do not give up 1 run
- Giambino Enters New York
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 2 hits
- Hit 1 home run
- Hoot Blows Fastballs By You
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Win 1 game
- Strike out 4 batters
- Do no give up 1 run
- Carlos Is Crushing It
- Difficulty: Rookie
- Tally 1 XBH
Week 1: Legend & Flashback Missions
New this year, Parallel XP missions are missions where you use a player and earn a certain amount of Parallel XP with the player. You earn Parallel XP more quickly depending on the mode you play and how well you do with that player.
All missions are worth 2,000 XP each:
- Tally 250 PxP with Braves Rookie Eddie Mathews
- Tally 250 PxP with Cubs Rookie Ernie Banks
- Tally 250 PxP with White Sox Veteran Tom Seaver
- Tally 250 PxP with Yankees Veteran Zack Britton
- Get on base 5 times with Athletics Veteran David Justice
- Tally 250 PxP with Red Sox Postseason David Price
- Tally 250 PxP with Dodgers Monthly Awards Ross Stripling
- Tally 250 PxP With Giants Monthly Awards Alex Dickerson
- Tally 250 PxP with Tigers Monthly Awards Victor Reyes
- Tally 250 PxP with Phillies Prospect Alec Bohm
Week 2: Team Build PxP Missions
All missions are worth 3,000 XP each:
- Tally 3,000 PxP with Orioles
- Tally 3,000 PxP with Braves
- Tally 3,000 PxP with Cubs
- Tally 3,000 PxP with Mets
- Tally 3,000 PxP with Yankees
- Tally 3,000 PxP with Live Series
- Tally 3,000 PxP with Monthly Awards
- Tally 3,000 PxP with Topps Now
Events
- Each win in the Bosses Band Event is worth 2,000 XP
Collections
- KC Nike City Connect Uniform (15,000 XP)
Exchanges
- Exchange Live Series players (10,000 XP)
- Exchange Live Series players (15,000 XP)
- Collect Lightning Monthly Awards Anthony Rizzo (10,000 XP)
Spring Showers Conquest Map
With this Conquest map, you will earn 30,000 XP if you complete the goals. You can also earn five The Show packs, a Headliners Set 1 pack, a Headliners Set 2 pack, a Headliners Set 3 pack, a Ballin’ Is A Habit pack, and perhaps some secrets as well. You will need to conquer The Blue Jays before the second turn ends, and you will need to capture 75 territories in total before the fifth turn ends.
Mother’s Day Flowers Conquest Map
With this Conquest map, you will earn 30,000 XP if you complete the goals. You need to conquer all territories by turn 13, take both New York strongholds before turn three ends, and conquer three strongholds overall before turn five ends.
Spring Cleanup Showdown
Worth 15,000 XP, the Spring Cleanup Showdown ends with a Final Showdown against the Zack Britton card from the program itself. You have to run through two other boss battles to get to the final battle.
Kansas City Royals Nike City Connect Program
This program is listed under “Other Programs” and basically revolves around doing Parallel XP missions, exchanges, and moments with players from the Kansas City Royals. You will also get a Veteran Bret Saberhagen card when you’re close to finished with the program:
Rewards Structure
- 5,000 XP – 500 stubs, diamond legend icons choice pack
- 10,000 XP – 500 stubs, Silver Stars choice pack
- 15,000 XP – 1,000 stubs, legend bat skins choice pack
- 20,000 XP – 2,500 stubs, unlockables East choice pack
- 30,000 XP – 500 stubs, Silver Stars choice pack (x2)
- 45,000 XP – 2,500 stubs, unlockables West choice pack
- 50,000 XP – Classic stadium choice pack
- 60,000 XP – 500 stubs, Silver Stars choice pack (x2)
- 75,000 XP – 2,500 stubs, unlockables Central choice pack
- 90,000 XP – Diamond Classics choice pack
- 105,000 XP – The Show pack (x5)
- 120,000 XP – 1,500 stubs, New York Mets Road 1964 uniform
- 135,000 XP – 1,500 stubs, Diamond Classics choice pack
- 150,000 XP – Spring Cleanup Bosses pack
- 165,000 XP – 1,000 stubs, gold NL flashbacks and legends choice pack
- 180,000 XP – 1,000 stubs, gold AL flashbacks and legends choice pack
- 195,000 XP – Diamond Classics choice pack
- 210,000 XP – Headliners Set 1 pack
- 225,000 XP – Headliners Set 2 pack
- 240,000 XP – The Show pack (x5)
- 255,000 XP – Spring Cleanup Bosses pack
- 270,000 XP – 2,000 stubs, Headliners Set 3 pack (x2)
- 285,000 XP – AL flashbacks and legends choice pack
- 300,000 XP – 2,000 stubs, Headliners Set 4 pack
- 320,000 XP – NL flashbacks and legends choice pack
- 340,000 XP – 2,500 stubs, Headliners Set 5 pack
- 360,000 XP – 2,500 stubs, Headliners Set 6 pack (x2)
- 380,000 XP – The Show pack (x10)
- 400,000 XP – Big Dog Set 1 choice pack
- 420,000 XP – 3,000 stubs, Headliners Set 7 pack
- 440,000 XP – Big Dog Set 2 pack
- 460,000 XP – 3,000 stubs, Headliners Set 8 pack (x2)
- 480,000 XP – Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x3)
- 500,000 XP – Big Dog Set 3 choice pack
- 525,000 XP – The Show pack (x10)
- 550,000 XP – Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x3)
- 575,000 XP – The Show pack (x5)
- 600,000 XP – 5,000 stubs, The Show pack (x3)
- 625,000 XP – Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x3)
- 650,000 XP – The Show pack (x5)
- 675,000 XP – 5,000 stubs, The Show pack (x3)
- 700,000 XP – 2,500 stubs, Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x2)
- 725,000 XP – 2,500 stubs, The Show pack (x3)
- 750,000 XP – The Show pack (x20)
Bottom Line
There are some relatively big changes between the first and second programs. There are far fewer “bosses” to snag in this Featured Program, but SDS kept the variety up with the first introduction of a Classics pack, plus we still get some bronze and silver players to mix in with some golds from the last program. On top of that, this program is shorter than the last one but the XP goals have been lengthened, which should help alleviate the concerns of some folks who felt they had nothing to do once they finished the XP path for the last program.
As for the bosses themselves, I think this is a really nice set of cards to be getting in April. I would say all five of the bosses are usable right now, with maybe Seaver being the one who falls out of favor the fastest since his attributes don’t quite hit in a couple key categories. That said, Seaver can be hard to hit at times, so it might end up working out even for that card for the time being.
