I created a Control Freak starting pitcher MLB from lolgatom's blog

that developer Sony San Diego has taken with the series in ages, and it’s a much-needed one. Road to the Show, the single-player career offering in the studio’s MLB The Show franchise, has long been the game’s most popular mode. But it was at risk of becoming stale, with few meaningful changes in recent years.

If elements of sports games can be examined on a spectrum from “fun” to “realistic,” Sony San Diego seems to be coming down more heavily on the latter side with this year’s long-awaited overhaul of Road to the Show. That’s not inherently a bad decision — especially for a simulation sports title — but it needs to be backed up with a sound internal logic, an ability to expect certain behavior because that’s how things work in real life. Unfortunately, MLB 18’s Road to the Show suffers from a lack of consistency that often makes it a frustrating exercise, despite all the improvements Sony San Diego has delivered this year.

As is now customary in MLB The Show, you can import your Road to the Show player and progress from last year’s game. But I’d recommend starting from scratch for a couple of reasons. First off, MLB 18 features clear improvements to the player creation process: There are more diverse options than ever, in faces and hairstyles, to support a wider variety of ethnicities. And the character models are more lifelike this year, thanks largely to skin that looks much less shiny (unless it’s a hot or rainy game, in which case skin will look appropriately wet from sweat or rain, respectively). MLB The Show 18 Stubs 

The other reason is one of the major changes that Sony San Diego has made to Road to the Show this year. It’s no longer possible to raise each of your athlete’s attributes to 99. When you start out, you must choose what kind of player you want to be, and that “archetype” puts hard caps on certain attributes — sometimes well below that ideal 99 rating. I created a Control Freak starting pitcher: a Greg Maddux-esque hurler who doesn’t have overpowering stuff to blow hitters away with, but can use pinpoint pitch location to limit solid contact.