MLB The Show 22 Franchise mode will included updates player metrics and logic, contract updates

It’s fair to say that some amongst the MLB The Show community have been fervently waiting for announcements on updates for Franchise mode. Franchise mode has been plagued in recent years by odd trade logic and player evaluation, but it appears that San Diego Studios intends to change that. SDS has released a new Features video blog for MLB The Show 22, outlining many of the changes that are coming for the mode for this year.

Among the new additions laid out by the development team is a refined player metric system. Players will now be valued based upon a weighted formula that takes into account their performance over the past three seasons.

This new metric system will not just affect the values of players in Franchise mode, but also trade logic, as well. CPU teams will now have an increased tendency to hang on to elite players, and label those athletes with higher trade demands. Newly signed free agents will now no longer be traded away in the offseason upon inking a deal, and the new value system will put starting pitchers at a higher value than relievers.

Among some of the other additions include:

Updated team market sizesPlayer payrolls that are determined base upon 40-man rostersPlayers can now be signed for a maximum of 15 years, and a max average annual value (AAV) of $35MContract demands changed and will be based upon three-year WAR valuesBoosted relief pitcher demands in free agencyTwo-way players can now DH every day that they do not pitchTwo-players will re-gain pitching stamina while DHingPitchers that have secondary positions can become two-player if they are the best option to DH Arbitration and renewable contracts now based upon new player metricsCPU will be more inclined to keep valuable players in Read more on gamepur.com