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However, I like the idea of being able to create and grind to get my guy off-the-chart ratings in each category. It's true, this was very difficult to do in previous versions, but it was possible. It's something about placing that hard ceiling there that I don't like.

Any time modes are being removed it's usually not a good thing. Removing season mode will be a big deal for some fans. It allowed you to play seasons with fewer than 162 games. I'm sure SSDS will say you can get the same experience with the flexible franchise option, but it's really not identical.

Season mode was less involved than franchise and the fans who were hoping to carry over their saves from 17 to this year's version are out of luck.

This was a big one for me. Baseball is one of the more franchise-mode friendly sports. Because of that, finding a group of Show fans interested in having an online season is more realistic than in some other games. That option has been removed as SSDS dedicates most of their online resources to DD.

I don't blame online franchise mode fans for saying, "what about us?" However, I can also understand SSDS wanting to make sure DD played well considering it is more popular.

Only a handful of elite players land at or near the top of the ratings scale in "MLB The Show," and this year four begin the season at 99 Overall with another just a single point behind them.

That represents an increase at the upper echelon from the start of last season. Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw return at the top along with Jose Altuve, who earned the 99 distinction in the middle of last season Buy MLB18 Stubs