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Bryce Harper has been announced as the first candidate for the MLB 13 The Show cover, which will be voted on by fans.

In this Kotaku article, Bryce talks about the possibility of being the MLB 13 The Show cover athlete. Ramone Russell and Owen Good give us a few more details about the game, including a few nuggets about Beginner Mode, fielding, hit timing and a complex formula in the game's franchise mode.

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Russell said hitting timing will be adjusted slightly in MLB 13 The Show to give batters a more satisfying payoff on solid contact. "You're going to see more offense like you do in real life," he said, addressing criticisms that The Show's rigorous contact physics last year made the game a station-to-station game of base hits for most novices. "If you square up on a fastball, it's going to be hit harder than it was before," Russell added. "People are going to be very surprised."

Other upgrades Russell described involved a complex formula in the game's franchise mode, whereby team payroll—i.e., management's willingness to spend—will expand or contract relative to the team's success, and not just because a team made the playoffs or won a World Series. Teams like the Padres will never spend like teams like the Yankees, and vice versa. But especially in Road to the Show, if you end up in a small market or a perennial loser, and take them to a breakout season, you have a reasonable hope of seeing management spend for a supporting cast to get your club further into October, without stranding you there until you become an unrestricted free agent.

Source - No Longer a Rookie, Bryce Harper Wants to Welcome You to The Show (Kotaku)

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# 101 tvman @ 12/15/12 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by mvottop19
JOEY VOTTO FOR THE COVER!!!
You'll have to get the Canadian copy for that.
 
# 102 queman11 @ 12/15/12 03:59 PM
Russell, how about the hot/coldzones for the hitters. Will it be like mvp 05 where we edit those, or do they reflect performance ingame?
 
# 103 24 @ 12/15/12 11:26 PM
With the all this improvement going into Franchise mode I already paid off my copy today.
 
# 104 Bobhead @ 12/17/12 11:12 PM
I'm looking forward to see if the batting AI has been improved, especially to tone down the jesus-like plate discipline CPU batters have.

Either way though I already cannot wait for this game.
 
# 105 BenGerman @ 12/18/12 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobhead
I'm looking forward to see if the batting AI has been improved, especially to tone down the jesus-like plate discipline CPU batters have.

Either way though I already cannot wait for this game.
Yeah, this was one issue I had with the gameplay. It was slightly mitigated by turning down CPU contact for more strikeouts, but I would love to see it be fixed.
 
# 106 DodgerFanatic2K3 @ 12/20/12 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA
Even if we added a bypass for spring training the CPU would change the lineups after the first injury or when a player needed a day of rest.
That's fine and it would be like it was in the past where at least we would be able to start seasons quickly with correct rosters and lineups and then turn off injuries and adjust accordingly. Also if I remember correctly when a player returned to the lineup after a day off in the past the lineup was still how we set it

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Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA
We've added team specific lineup logic and the teams will base the lineups of what they value the most.
This should be something that can be turned ON & OFF. It's really frustrating when the CPU sends down players that made there teams 25 man rosters because they don't value them when there actually on the team in real life
 
# 107 Russell_SCEA @ 12/20/12 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DodgerFanatic2K3
That's fine and it would be like it was in the past where at least we would be able to start seasons quickly with correct rosters and lineups and then turn off injuries and adjust accordingly. Also if I remember correctly when a player returned to the lineup after a day off in the past the lineup was still how we set it



This should be something that can be turned ON & OFF. It's really frustrating when the CPU sends down players that made there teams 25 man rosters because they don't value them when there actually on the team in real life
There is no option to turn the logic off.
 
# 108 DodgerFanatic2K3 @ 12/20/12 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA
There is no option to turn the logic off.
I understand that and the logic wouldn't even be a problem at the start of a season if you just made participating in spring training an option because it's the CPU roster cuts at the end of spring training that cause the problem.

If there was a way to just set every teams 40 man rosters and bypass spring training then at least we could start our season with all 30 teams lineups & rosters the way we set it
 


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