MLB 06 - The Show

i'm francis btw, i haven't posted here before

i wish there was an easier way to research players stats and attributes.

Yes you can. When you replace your pitcher it will say "Square to double switch". If you're not replacing a pitcher, just make two replacements. Easy peasy.

why do I have to do all that marketing shit when I just want to play the game?

Every single sub-element of the management mode can be switched to CPU instead of Manual in the Options.

Player Progression isn't as good as 2K's, but better than EA's.

Yeah it isn't great. Players don't improve as much as they should year to year, especially young players.

sometimes the fielders let the ball go past them

Drives me CRAZY!

The announcers sometimes mess up who did what earlier in the game, like a shift of +1 in the lineup card.

Yeah, it's really weird. "Neifi Perez hit a home run earlier!" No he didn't.

I sim until I get a healthy record and then sim for a month and then check my management stuff.

I'm only in my second season, but my team is pretty amazing. Justin Verlander is the #5 starter... on my AAA team! And I have like 8 million in cap room.

Which prospects have proved the most worthwhile?

Has anyone been tempted by drafting/trading for Reggie Stocker yet?

I have pumped a ton of money into my development, but it doesn't seem to have much of an effect on the guys with minor league stats. Then again, I'm only in year two. The best way to get prospects is to just spend a ton on scouting and let the computer pick your guys. Every year I wind up with two or three guys who don't even really need to play in the minors at all, they're already good enough.

Has anyone been tempted by drafting/trading for Reggie Stocker yet?

The main reason I haven't is his salary and his age. My team is young and my payroll is spread out very evenly. The first thing I did as a GM is trade Jake Peavy and his ridiculous 16mil/year contract to Tampa Bay for Kazmir and his 2-3mil contract. There is just no reason to have a player who makes that much money.

Anyway, I am a huge nerd and should probably be shot.

Im enticed to try the franchise mode, but figure I might as well wait until the new game comes out for the new season. I too am a huge nerd and get pissed when I look at the Dodger minor leaguers and only see Broxton as a starter, that guy who got the cadaver TJ surgery and maybe even Edwin Jackson.

Are the 2K folk officially sanctioned by MLB going forward? I still kinda miss the EA games, but the college baseball game sucked.

Always.

I too am a huge nerd and get pissed when I look at the Dodger minor leaguers and only see Broxton as a starter, that guy who got the cadaver TJ surgery and maybe even Edwin Jackson.

It is very weird how they have a few of the minor leaguers but not even close to all of them. How hard could it be to just grab the baseball america charts and plug the data in?

Oh weird, I didn't notice that. I guess I just assumed.