MLB The Show 17 News Post

MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

05:00 PM - March 9, 2017 by Steve_OS

The franchise mode Twitch stream has started for MLB The Show 17. Once the stream has finished, we will post an archive link.

HDR mode has been confirmed, as seen in the screenshot below. More details on that, along with all of the graphical improvements will be shown on the Twitch stream on March 23.

For those of you asking "What is HDR"? Read this.

Make sure to post your thoughts!

UPDATE: Here is the archive link.

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# 341 BDKiiing @ 03/12/17 05:16 PM

I'm just here for non-roster invites.

# 342 ninertravel @ 03/12/17 09:18 PM

Is it confirmed 10 day disabled list is in game?

# 343 jw9036 @ 03/13/17 02:10 AM

I saw this video now. EA MVP 2005 was a great game. I hope someday, this feature will be included in MLB The Show.

# 344 dran1984 @ 03/13/17 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by BDKiiing


	I'm just here for non-roster invites.

Instead of actually improving spring training, they made it easier to skip.

# 345 SoxFan01605 @ 03/13/17 04:06 AM

So, I was talking about franchise mode with a friend last night and we discussed our frustrations with the mode last year as I was telling him what we've learned so far for this year (he doesn't follow along).

In that, I realized that I forgot to ask about a few things that were left unaddressed in 16 that maybe could have made it into 17 without getting a mention in the stream since they wouldn't necessarily qualify as noteworthy features/fixes for a lot of people:

1) The option for delayed trades. It was removed last year and was mentioned and reported a bunch. I know it was speculated that it was perhaps removed due to an issue with offers getting pulled with the delay on in 15.

It was also reportedly being looked at during patch cycles last year, so hopefully the devs figured it out and it was quietly added back for 17 as, IMO, it's an invaluable tool for 30 team control.

2) This is VERY minor, but in 16, after a player was resigned or signed a FA deal in the offseason, his previous season was recorded as TOT for the team played instead of the actual team he played on. The issue was that they apparently based that on the calendar year instead of the baseball season, since anyone signed in the new calendar year had correct stats.

This was organizational as well, meaning it was the same for minor league players even if they only played at the MLB level for one of the teams (hope that makes sense!).

Ideally, this will eventually be changed to displaying more than just TOT anyway (such as both teams AND the total), but hopefully at least that one aspect was addressed.

3) The stats section of the player card was missing in the lineup screen and in-game for 16. Also, I don't think you could see minor league players' season stats on player card at all anymore.

4) You could no longer see team totals on the bottom of the player stats screen. It was replaced by the toggle info for 16's new stat sorting.

Again, none of these are huge deals or anything (though the trade delay ranks as pretty important to me, at least), but these are all things that would certainly add to 17 while being minor enough to potentially fall under fixes/improvements that might not be the kind of things mentioned in feature overviews (we do get some of these every year).

Plus, at one time or another, I believe they were all reported to the dev team via bug reports, meaning they should have been on their radar. So, I'm hoping there was enough time and/or feasibility for at least a couple of these to be addressed for 17.

# 346 countryboy @ 03/13/17 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ninertravel


	Is it confirmed 10 day disabled list is in game?

No confirmation that I've seen/read that 10 day DL is in the game.

# 347 BigOscar @ 03/13/17 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dran1984


	Instead of actually improving spring training, they made it easier to skip.

Remove the words "spring training" and that could be the tagline of this years Franchise mode tbh!

# 348 Scott @ 03/13/17 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BigOscar


	Remove the words "spring training" and that could be the tagline of this years Franchise mode tbh!

Please stop. We don't need any trolling.

# 349 SilverBullet1929 @ 03/13/17 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dran1984


	Instead of actually improving spring training, they made it easier to skip.

Which you could do before but hey it was too hidden so here it is more clearly visible.

# 350 Caulfield @ 03/14/17 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dran1984


	Instead of actually improving spring training, they made it easier to skip.

I dont believe its any 'easier' to skip. I cant imagine anyone in the past went ahead and played ST games they didnt want to play, because it was too inconvenient to skip them. What it seems SDS did do was streamline it to be quicker to skip. As for improving, I sure hope its on the agenda over the next 2-3 years to add NRI's, split-squad games and a couple more things to give it a more 'real ST' feel.

# 351 Bullit @ 03/14/17 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Caulfield


	I dont believe its any 'easier' to skip. I cant imagine anyone in the past went ahead and played ST games they didnt want to play, because it was too inconvenient to skip them. What it seems SDS did do was streamline it to be quicker to skip. As for improving, I sure hope its on the agenda over the next 2-3 years to add NRI's, split-squad games and a couple more things to give it a more 'real ST' feel.

Along the same topic as skipping spring training. We don't know if we will still have to go to into spring training to set and fix our rosters to 25 man and line ups to keep the CPU from doing whatever wonky thing they do.

It seems to me that they really haven't made things easier to skip just, they just made the menu's easier to navigate and find these features that have been in the game. I mean honestly for a new player some of those older menus could be a little daunting. We know where everything is and how it works, but we have been playing for years. Not to mention you know as soon as the game releases we are going to have to explain everything all over again to new people just like the old timers have always had to do. I don't care how many threads are stickied, within the first week we are going to get inundated with "30 team setup, How do I...., and why can't I" questions.

Which is when we as OS really need to pull it together, stop the bickering and help these new players enjoy the game. No matter what your personal feeling are about this years launch. It is in everybodies best interest to be a welcoming and helpful environment.

# 352 Armor and Sword @ 03/14/17 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Bullit


	Along the same topic as skipping spring training. We don't know if we will still have to go to into spring training to set and fix our rosters to 25 man and line ups to keep the CPU from doing whatever wonky thing they do. It seems to me that they really haven't made things easier to skip just, they just made the menu's easier to navigate and find these features that have been in the game. I mean honestly for a new player some of those older menus could be a little daunting. We know where everything is and how it works, but we have been playing for years. Not to mention you know as soon as the game releases we are going to have to explain everything all over again to new people just like the old timers have always had to do. I don't care how many threads are stickied, within the first week we are going to get inundated with "30 team setup, How do I...., and why can't I" questions. Which is when we as OS really need to pull it together, stop the bickering and help these new players enjoy the game. No matter what your personal feeling are about this years launch. It is in everybodies best interest to be a welcoming and helpful environment.

What�s mind boggling is no one has played the game yet......the sheer amount of gameplay improvements are going to blow most long time veterans away. The videos I have seen simply look "next gen" gameplay to me with the new fielding animations and humanity AI improvements I have seen. Gameplay looks like it clearly got the most attention which to me is a great thing. Because you know 98% of my time with the game is actually you know....playing baseball on the field.

I seriously can�t wait for 17.

# 353 Arty23 @ 03/14/17 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteM5


	The ball physics alone should get you excited enough to buy, but to each his own. I suspect you would be happier with something like OOTP baseball.

I love playing the actual games, but I have played in franchise mode exclusively as its always been the only mode that appealed to me. My point in making the post is that franchise hasn't made any meaningful steps to incorporate international players (Asian or Latin America), provide more realistic contract options (multiple option years, extensions, front load/back load, Can't trade an arb player unless they have a contract), the coaches section is laughably bad (No minor league coaches, almost half of the ones in the game are fake and each staff only contains half the real life coaches), and other things that are off like non-roster invitees, Super 2's, minor league players with service time and stats, etc.. I realize many of those features would be lost on a typical player and I understand that. If I played DD or RttS I'd probably still play buy the game. Its just the lack of any meaningful improvement to the realism of GM-type features doesn't make me feel like buying the game this year.

# 354 WaitTilNextYear @ 03/14/17 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Arty23


	I love playing the actual games, but I have played in franchise mode exclusively as its always been the only mode that appealed to me. My point in making the post is that franchise hasn't made any meaningful steps to incorporate international players (Asian or Latin America), provide more realistic contract options (multiple option years, extensions, front load/back load, Can't trade an arb player unless they have a contract), the coaches section is laughably bad (No minor league coaches, almost half of the ones in the game are fake and each staff only contains half the real life coaches), and other things that are off like non-roster invitees, Super 2's, minor league players with service time and stats, etc.. I realize many of those features would be lost on a typical player and I understand that. If I played DD or RttS I'd probably still play buy the game. Its just the lack of any meaningful improvement to the realism of GM-type features doesn't make me feel like buying the game this year.

I co-sign every part of this post except the not buying the game part. Even with none of the additional franchise depth wanted (when do we get our "foundation year"?), this new version is still loaded with improvements. I can see myself watching the flight of the ball for about 5-10 games just to behold round-on-round ball physics. And the HDR + better player faces could make it appear like an enitirely new game.

BAWL FIZZICKS!!!

# 355 Factzzz @ 03/15/17 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by PhilliesFan13


	This so much. People get so caught up in aesthetics that they sometimes forget what the core of this game really is. Playing the great game of baseball. Sent from my LGLS991 using Operation Sports mobile app

Yeah but the game already plays a great game of baseball. It has for like a decade now. This game's gameplay is the best representation of any sports game in my opinion.

So it's the other things that i pay attention too now that get me excited. The "aesthetics."

# 356 Caulfield @ 03/15/17 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear


	. BAWL FIZZICKS!!!

^ FTW

I am prepared to be blown out of the water this summer, over bawl fizzicks.
that just sounds good. looks good. and, hopefully, plays great lol

# 357 Blzer @ 03/15/17 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Caulfield


	\I am prepared to be blown out of the water this summer, over bawl fizzicks. that just sounds good. looks good. and, hopefully, plays great lol

I don't know why, but when read out of context, this sounds so wrong.

# 358 RLB @ 03/15/17 05:56 PM

It sounded perfectly normal until you pointed it out. Now excuse me while I head home to get my bawl fizzicks blown out of the water. I'm sorry guardians of the forums.....but you know you laughed too.

# 359 Blzer @ 03/15/17 08:53 PM

How nicely does the import franchise work when it comes to new features being added in the mode(s)? Obviously this year's items won't affect much, but even when it comes to you being in Year 12 of your franchise, and the game has possibly replaced certain skin tones, facial hair, etc. How much does this affect the players in your franchise? Or if they add more historical stats in the future, would it be able to go back and find some things that weren't in the game previously?

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Originally Posted by RLB


	It sounded perfectly normal until you pointed it out.

Haha that's because I must have clicked on the thread, something came up and I left my computer (or that tab), and when I went back to it I read it with no context whatsoever.

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