FRANCHISE
Put your baseball knowledge to the test! You call the shots on all management aspects, such as drafting players, training programs, signing free agents, hiring new staff, choosing the home stadiums for your Minor League affiliate, and managing your budget. The only way it could feel more like running your own team is if you played from a corner office!
NEW TO FRANCHISE
Bust the block!
We put a lot of effort into improving the Franchise trade engine in MLB® THE SHOW™ '26, and the result is a more realistic version of franchise building than we've ever been able to achieve before. Trades can now involve up to four players per side, and CPU-controlled teams will provide actionable feedback - and sometimes come back with their own counteroffer - if your trade isn't quite what they were looking for. Each organization weighs trade offers differently - their market size, the trade market at large, state of the farm system, and whether they're considered buyers, sellers, or neither, and many more factors will all come into play.
We put a lot of effort into improving the Franchise trade engine in MLB® THE SHOW™ '26, and the result is a more realistic version of franchise building than we've ever been able to achieve before. Trades can now involve up to four players per side, and CPU-controlled teams will provide actionable feedback - and sometimes come back with their own counteroffer - if your trade isn't quite what they were looking for. Each organization weighs trade offers differently - their market size, the trade market at large, state of the farm system, and whether they're considered buyers, sellers, or neither, and many more factors will all come into play.
We put a lot of effort into improving the Franchise trade engine in MLB® THE SHOW™ '26, and the result is a more realistic version of franchise building than we've ever been able to achieve before. Trades can now involve up to four players per side, and CPU-controlled teams will provide actionable feedback - and sometimes come back with their own counteroffer - if your trade isn't quite what they were looking for. Each organization weighs trade offers differently - their market size, the trade market at large, state of the farm system, and whether they're considered buyers, sellers, or neither, and many more factors will all come into play.
Use the hub to stack more dubs!
Our new-and-improved Trade Hub will help you master the finer points of wheeling and dealing. Go there to get a feel for the trade market around your players, check out the proposals you've gotten from around the league, inform yourself about the latest rumors circulating, and accept, decline, or counter those trade offers in your inbox.
Our new-and-improved Trade Hub will help you master the finer points of wheeling and dealing. Go there to get a feel for the trade market around your players, check out the proposals you've gotten from around the league, inform yourself about the latest rumors circulating, and accept, decline, or counter those trade offers in your inbox.
Our new-and-improved Trade Hub will help you master the finer points of wheeling and dealing. Go there to get a feel for the trade market around your players, check out the proposals you've gotten from around the league, inform yourself about the latest rumors circulating, and accept, decline, or counter those trade offers in your inbox.
Take Full Control or Go Steamlined
The Full Control experience is what you've come to expect from Franchise, and exactly what it says - full control over playing games, managing the roster, and running the front office. Streamlined is a less immersive, more focused approach - you're responsible for the most critical Front Office tasks, and you'll load into the late innings of critical games rather than playing the full nine. Don't worry, if you're not happy with the experience you selected, you can always change it through the Franchise settings at any time.
Written on the Schedule in 'Pen!
It's the dog days of August, and minor catastrophe just struck - your third starter tweaked a muscle, and he'll be out for about two weeks. You've got some off-days on the schedule, but not enough to survive on a four-piece rotation. And that kid in the minors, the future ace? He's not ready yet, not this year. In MLB® THE SHOW™ '26, just like in real life, the answer is a couple of scheduled bullpen games. Empty that spot in your rotation, select your opener, and make today's win a group effort!
It's the dog days of August, and minor catastrophe just struck - your third starter tweaked a muscle, and he'll be out for about two weeks. You've got some off-days on the schedule, but not enough to survive on a four-piece rotation. And that kid in the minors, the future ace? He's not ready yet, not this year. In MLB® THE SHOW™ '26, just like in real life, the answer is a couple of scheduled bullpen games. Empty that spot in your rotation, select your opener, and make today's win a group effort!
It's the dog days of August, and minor catastrophe just struck - your third starter tweaked a muscle, and he'll be out for about two weeks. You've got some off-days on the schedule, but not enough to survive on a four-piece rotation. And that kid in the minors, the future ace? He's not ready yet, not this year. In MLB® THE SHOW™ '26, just like in real life, the answer is a couple of scheduled bullpen games. Empty that spot in your rotation, select your opener, and make today's win a group effort!
