MLB The Show 17 News Post

MLB The Show 17 Franchise Improvements Include Player Lock, Quick Manage & More

10:04 AM - March 6, 2017 by Steve_OS

GameStop has just posted another MLB The Show 17 video. This one features some of the improvements in Franchise mode, including more details on Critical Situations, player lock, quick manage and more.

More details will be revealed in the vlog scheduled for tomorrow and the Twitch stream on Thursday.

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# 101 asu666 @ 03/06/17 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Cowboy008


	The video was very underwhelming.

Yep, hopefully there is a lot more to come.

# 102 johnnyg83 @ 03/06/17 06:24 PM

Isn't player lock already in 2016?

# 103 Trackball @ 03/06/17 06:36 PM

Player lock is great, don't get me wrong.

But one thing I'd love for them to take from NBA 2K? Position lock.

You see, I'm a far better pitcher than I am a hitter. Currently, if I player-lock, I can control only the starting pitcher--once he's taken out, it sims to the end.

I'd like to be able to control the pitcher position for all 9+ innings, including all relievers.

This of course goes for any other position--say, I take the third baseman, but he gets injured in the fourth inning somehow, and I get to control his replacement for the rest of the game.

...Unless I seriously failed a spot check and this option is already in THIS year's game.

# 104 jada855 @ 03/06/17 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyg83


	Isn't player lock already in 2016?

That's correct it is in the MLB 16 version of the game. There were some issues though mainly on playing defense and no way to disable fast forwarding until after your initial turn which really affected a in-game save in Franchise mode. So hopefully there are some improvements made in MLB 2017.

# 105 jada855 @ 03/06/17 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Trackball


	Player lock is great, don't get me wrong. But one thing I'd love for them to take from NBA 2K? Position lock. You see, I'm a far better pitcher than I am a hitter. Currently, if I player-lock, I can control only the starting pitcher--once he's taken out, it sims to the end. I'd like to be able to control the pitcher position for all 9+ innings, including all relievers. This of course goes for any other position--say, I take the third baseman, but he gets injured in the fourth inning somehow, and I get to control his replacement for the rest of the game. ...Unless I seriously failed a spot check and this option is already in THIS year's game.

You did not miss anything it does not yet exist. This would be a nice addition/ improvement to add both just like in NBA 2k16/NBA 2K17!

NBA 2K when using player lock fast forwards when you are subbed out and you can come back into the game with your team being up or down. I wish there was a way to fix this in MLB 16 and NBA 2k17. MLB 15 did it perfectly never understood why it was changed.

# 106 Caulfield @ 03/06/17 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tessl


	Until they officially deny it everything is still possible. We have to stay positive.

Ok, I am positive expansion mode, team relocation, and stadium creator creator wont be in 17.

Though none of these would really be easy to implement, team relocation would probably be the easiest of these 3, but I bet MLB is the hold up on that, not Sony.
Stadium Creator would probably be the hardest to put in, a lot harder than say basketball or football because at least the field dimensions are the same from stadiumto stadium and arena to arena, but baseball is such a drastically different animal.
As forExpansion mode, MLB might be the hold up on that as well.
I would love to see NRI's for spring training. If you could just expand rosters to 100 per team until ST ends and have 50-60 players participate in ST, that might allow split squad games for ST as well.

# 107 bcruise @ 03/06/17 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Trackball


	Player lock is great, don't get me wrong. But one thing I'd love for them to take from NBA 2K? Position lock. You see, I'm a far better pitcher than I am a hitter. Currently, if I player-lock, I can control only the starting pitcher--once he's taken out, it sims to the end. I'd like to be able to control the pitcher position for all 9+ innings, including all relievers. This of course goes for any other position--say, I take the third baseman, but he gets injured in the fourth inning somehow, and I get to control his replacement for the rest of the game. ...Unless I seriously failed a spot check and this option is already in THIS year's game.

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Originally Posted by jada855


	You did not miss anything it does not yet exist. This would be a nice addition/ improvement to add both just like in NBA 2k16/NBA 2K17! NBA 2K when using player lock fast forwards when you are subbed out and you can come back into the game with your team being up or down. I wish there was a way to fix this in MLB 16 and NBA 2k17. MLB 15 did it perfectly never understood why it was changed.

It kinda does exist in '16, actually. When a player lock player leaves the game, the game reverts to normal play - controlling the whole team. From there you can go to the lineup screen and choose to player lock another player.

Obviously it doesn't work this way in RTTS because the whole mode is centered around 1 player.

# 108 Trackball @ 03/06/17 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bcruise


	It kinda does exist in '16, actually. When a player lock player leaves the game, the game reverts to normal play - controlling the whole team. From there you can go to the lineup screen and choose to player lock another player. Obviously it doesn't work this way in RTTS because the whole mode is centered around 1 player.

Wow, really? Huh. Okay, this is a good enough workaround. I'll take it.

At least until position lock is officially put in.

# 109 ninertravel @ 03/06/17 07:16 PM

I am holding slim hope for a import player option into franchise.

# 110 KrushEm12 @ 03/06/17 07:17 PM

Does anyone else hope they revamp the Draft ??
Just wish it was a lil more exciting if that makes
sense ....
Same with Playoffs games ....
Would be cool to see some jets fly over at begining
of game with some 1 singing the Natial Anthem ...
Lol ... Sounds good anyway #littlethings ...

# 111 lil_bomber_713 @ 03/06/17 07:22 PM

I wish you could edit your draft picks after they've been signed, not after the next season starts.

# 112 jada855 @ 03/06/17 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ninertravel


	I am holding slim hope for a import player option into franchise.

This was mentioned a few years ago. Would definitely be nice to import players into and existing franchise. Even better if there was like a list on the left where you could check and a list on the right.

Hit import and replace players updated faces and scans. Even though year to year saves is a beautiful idea. I know some people start their franchise over once player models are updated the following year.

# 113 ninertravel @ 03/06/17 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jada855


	This was mentioned a few years ago. Would definitely be nice to import players into and existing franchise. Even better if there was like a list on the left where you could check and a list on the right. Hit import and replace players updated faces and scans. Even though year to year saves is a beautiful idea. I know some people start their franchise over once player models are updated the following year.

I know exactly this makes year to year saves pretty useless to me unless I wanna spend 30 mins with my phone taking a video of a player and editing him in franchise. so time consuming, nothing worse then starting a franchise and one of a veteran players is missing from your roster

a simple 2 second import option to fix this would be awesome, and make year to year saves more worthwhile to replace all the turned generic players

# 114 Drew127 @ 03/06/17 07:43 PM

It's 2017 and it took until 2016 just to get career stat tracking. Still can't even view team stats in any useful manner...unless you can memorize everything internally as you scroll through.

And no minor league career stat tracking.

I doubt anything changed with stat tracking this year too.

Say what you want about the game and about me, but you have to admit, it's pretty crazy that it's 2017, the PS4...and we still don't have much in the way of useful stat tracking.

Maybe it will be announced later this week? Sure, but it's a bit naive to think that will be the case.

# 115 WaitTilNextYear @ 03/06/17 08:11 PM

All I need from this franchise dev cycle is...

1. Expanded "owner" mode/financial system/more detailed contracts.

2. Rotating interleague schedules. Imagine being able to play every team in MLB after a few seasons!

3. Slightly more intelligent cpu roster management AI.

Even with 2 out of 3 on this list I am a happy camper considering all the other improvements (faces, bodies, personalization, equipment options, new commentary, stadium tagging, ball physics etc) this cycle.

Also, with the new sim options, this could be a game changer for people trying to play all 2430 via using the 'critical moments' feature. Probably not something I'll do, but it fills me with intrigue.

# 116 Russell_SCEA @ 03/06/17 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyg83


	Isn't player lock already in 2016?

Yes one must remember that a lot of new PS4's get sold over a calendar year and MLB The Show brings in a decent sized # of new users each year. We don't just sell the game to people who purchased it the last 5 years.

# 117 jeffy777 @ 03/06/17 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA


	Yes one must remember that a lot of new PS4's get sold over a calendar year and MLB The Show brings in a decent sized # of new users each year. We don't just sell the game to people who purchased it the last 5 years.

So it's a new feature only for people with new PS4s?

# 118 Rawdeal28 @ 03/06/17 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullit


	Interesting additional features. But honestly don't think I will use any of them. I play every inning and every game of my franchise so they wont be an option for me. Though come to think about it, they might get some use down in my minor leagues. This could actually get me more time invested in playing even more of those game. So yeah never mind, opinion changing as I type this.

Same here. I play every inning of every game. So this is useless to me. I don't even use quick counts. Only time I may use any of this stuff is in a blowout to finish it quickly.

Come to think of it, this stuff is already in the damn game. I have MLB 15 and you can already pick one player to stick with before you begin the game so that is not new.

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# 119 Durrl Brakes @ 03/06/17 09:12 PM

This is fantastic. Cant wait to see what else Franchise will reveal on twitch March 7th and 9th.

# 120 Bullit @ 03/06/17 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rawdeal28


	Same here. I play every inning of every game. So this is useless to me. I don't even use quick counts. Only time I may use any of this stuff is in a blowout to finish it quickly. Come to think of it, this stuff is already in the damn game. I have MLB 15 and you can already pick one player to stick with before you begin the game so that is not new. Sent from my Z981 using Operation Sports mobile app

Wow. Missed the point of my entire post and violated terms of service in one fell swoop. Good job!

Now I will give you a chance to change your tactics or you to get to win a vacation from OS.

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