FRANCHISE
Franchise Responsibilities
Running an MLB® franchise is a challenging job! There are many factors to supervise: balancing the team budget, maintaining player morale, signing new players, keeping up with your GM goals, and more. These Franchise responsibilities are separated by who is ultimately responsible for them - the Manager, or the Front Office. When creating a franchise, distribute these tasks between yourself and your staff by setting them to Auto or Manual. Tasks can quickly be reassigned at any time.
Running an MLB® franchise is a challenging job! There are many factors to supervise: balancing the team budget, maintaining player morale, signing new players, keeping up with your GM goals, and more. These Franchise responsibilities are separated by who is ultimately responsible for them - the Manager, or the Front Office. When creating a franchise, distribute these tasks between yourself and your staff by setting them to Auto or Manual. Tasks can quickly be reassigned at any time.
Running an MLB® franchise is a challenging job! There are many factors to supervise: balancing the team budget, maintaining player morale, signing new players, keeping up with your GM goals, and more. These Franchise responsibilities are separated by who is ultimately responsible for them - the Manager, or the Front Office. When creating a franchise, distribute these tasks between yourself and your staff by setting them to Auto or Manual. Tasks can quickly be reassigned at any time.
Build from a Strong Foundation
MLB® The Show™ 26’s powerful Scout & Draft system gives you all the controls needed to construct the franchise of your dreams! It starts with hiring your scouts – each one has different attributes, the best ones command a larger salary, and the end goal is a well-balanced set of who can cover for each other’s weaknesses and unearth some diamonds in the run-up to the draft.
Next, you’re going to send those scouts to comb the ranks of amateur players.
MLB® The Show™ 26’s powerful Scout & Draft system gives you all the controls needed to construct the franchise of your dreams! It starts with hiring your scouts – each one has different attributes, the best ones command a larger salary, and the end goal is a well-balanced set of who can cover for each other’s weaknesses and unearth some diamonds in the run-up to the draft.
Next, you’re going to send those scouts to comb the ranks of amateur players.
MLB® The Show™ 26’s powerful Scout & Draft system gives you all the controls needed to construct the franchise of your dreams! It starts with hiring your scouts – each one has different attributes, the best ones command a larger salary, and the end goal is a well-balanced set of who can cover for each other’s weaknesses and unearth some diamonds in the run-up to the draft.
Next, you’re going to send those scouts to comb the ranks of amateur players.
Each Scout will have different abilities and aptitudes, and a great GM is able to get the best from them by playing to their strengths – whether those strengths are discovering overlooked gems, putting together accurate scouting reports quickly, or knowing their positional area of expertise better than anybody in the industry. Maybe you want them zeroing in on a specific player. Perhaps you want them to research the best options at one position in a region of the country. Early in the season, before the draft, you’ll set your Scouting plan every week.
Each Scout will have different abilities and aptitudes, and a great GM is able to get the best from them by playing to their strengths – whether those strengths are discovering overlooked gems, putting together accurate scouting reports quickly, or knowing their positional area of expertise better than anybody in the industry. Maybe you want them zeroing in on a specific player. Perhaps you want them to research the best options at one position in a region of the country. Early in the season, before the draft, you’ll set your Scouting plan every week.
Each Scout will have different abilities and aptitudes, and a great GM is able to get the best from them by playing to their strengths – whether those strengths are discovering overlooked gems, putting together accurate scouting reports quickly, or knowing their positional area of expertise better than anybody in the industry. Maybe you want them zeroing in on a specific player. Perhaps you want them to research the best options at one position in a region of the country. Early in the season, before the draft, you’ll set your Scouting plan every week.
Finally, Draft Day is here – but your work is far from over. Just like the real MLB draft, it’s not as simple as just picking the best-rated player. Do you target the finished college product, or the raw high school player with more potential? Will the player you ultimately choose accept a signing bonus a little bit below what they’re demanding, or will they shut you out and choose college ball over the slight? The right answers could yield championships, while the wrong ones likely give you some more experience with the Draft Lottery process.
The Big Board – A Blueprint for your Offseason
Every great conquest begins with a battle plan, and The Big Board is your plan of attack for the offseason. Target your most coveted players, woo their representatives, negotiate their contract, and add the missing piece who’s going to bring home the championship!
Every great conquest begins with a battle plan, and The Big Board is your plan of attack for the offseason. Target your most coveted players, woo their representatives, negotiate their contract, and add the missing piece who’s going to bring home the championship!
Every great conquest begins with a battle plan, and The Big Board is your plan of attack for the offseason. Target your most coveted players, woo their representatives, negotiate their contract, and add the missing piece who’s going to bring home the championship!
Free Agency – A Marketplace of Ambition
The MLB® The Show™ 26 Front Office Experience features an engaging Free Agency system with risk/reward elements that bring strategy, immersion, and excitement to the pursuit of the top free agents each offseason. Layer upon layer of depth is packaged within a refreshingly streamlined format. Choices matter, consequences are real, and time is precious ... so choose your Free Agent pursuits wisely.
The MLB® The Show™ 26 Front Office Experience features an engaging Free Agency system with risk/reward elements that bring strategy, immersion, and excitement to the pursuit of the top free agents each offseason. Layer upon layer of depth is packaged within a refreshingly streamlined format. Choices matter, consequences are real, and time is precious ... so choose your Free Agent pursuits wisely.
The MLB® The Show™ 26 Front Office Experience features an engaging Free Agency system with risk/reward elements that bring strategy, immersion, and excitement to the pursuit of the top free agents each offseason. Layer upon layer of depth is packaged within a refreshingly streamlined format. Choices matter, consequences are real, and time is precious ... so choose your Free Agent pursuits wisely.
As the GM of your team, it's up to you to decide when the time is right to offer a contract. Offer a deal too soon and the free agent's motivation may not be high enough, offer too late and another team may swoop in and steal your free agent. Sometimes a mystery team may be lying in wait to spring an offer. Occasionally a free agent may come back to you to give a team a "last chance" opportunity before signing. Free agents may also reach out to you. These unexpected opportunities can allow holes to be filled with players that want to be part of your organization.