MLB The Show Needs to Revamp Its Trade Logistics
Though it’s widely viewed as one of the better sports video games, MLB The Show has flaws like any other game. One of these MLB The Show issues that could be rectified in order to improve gameplay is the trade logistics, as it can be all too easy for players to acquire a star-studded lineup that allows them to dominate game in and game out.
Altering the trade logistics is a big project that would take a complete overhaul of how Franchise mode works, but it’s a risk worth taking. MLB The Show is facing the same challenges as baseball as a whole. As the demographic that loves baseball ages out of video games, The Show is fighting to pull the eyes of gamers away from other sports franchises and back to baseball. Revamping the trade logistics would be a step in the right direction.
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Improper player evaluations are the crux of the flawed trade system.MLB The Show’s trades put too much emphasis on veterans, and not as much on the prospects that are acquired. Taking a look at any MLB transaction in the last 20 years, great players are almost always acquired with a collection of young minor leaguers, not other guys in the majors. On the flip side, it’s incredibly easy for a user-controlled team to acquire the top prospects in baseball. Gamers can often flip a mid-level veteran for a prospect that a real MLB team would never trade away.
Switching to a more MLB-realistic trade system would require an overhaul of The Show’s current system. Under its current construction, teams can only trade three players at once in The Show, meaning a lot of the bigger transactions gamers want to make are completely unavailable to them.
A great example of the flawed system lies in the real-life Juan Soto
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