All-Star Program adds 99 OVR reward, packs and bat skins!

July 15th, 2021

Fresh off the 2021 MLB All-Star Game, MLB The Show 21 has plenty of new and exciting content for you to sink your cleats into starting off with the new All-Star Program! Take on these moments, missions and a collection to earn a Home Run Derby Choice Pack, an All-Star Game Choice Pack and a number of other rewards along the path to salute 99 OVR All-Star Ronald Acuña Jr..

4th Inning Collection – 2nd Half Heroes

Earn 15,000 XP towards the 4^th Inning Program by collecting 10 2^nd Half Heroes player items in the “4^th Inning Collection – Second Half Heroes”.

4th Inning Showdown – Christy Mathewson

Take on Christy “Big Six” Mathewson in this all-new 4^th Inning Showdown. Build your squad then face-off against “The Gentlemen’s Hurler” to earn 35,000 XP you can use towards progress in the 4th Inning Program.

New Topps Now Moments

Try your hand at the new Topps Now Moments to earn 3 Topps Now Flashbacks player items. This week’s Topps Now Choice is a straight-up pick 3 from the following player items:

Topps Now Moments – Choice Pack Rewards – Choose 3 player items

Brad Miller PHI 1B 93 OVR
Mitch Haniger SEA RF 92 OVR
Pablo Lopez MIA SP 92 OVR
Vidal Brujan TB 2B 91 OVR
Bobby Bradley CLE 1B 91 OVR
Bailey Ober MIN SP 90 OVR

Headliners Set 23 Pack

Headliners Set 23 brings Milestone Robb Nen to MLB The Show 21. Similar to previous Headliner Packs, this pack contains 1:10 odds of pulling a Diamond. Although, that Diamond is not guaranteed to be the Milestone Robb Nen player item. The Headliners Set 23 Pack is available now in The Show Shop for 7,500 Stubs and is limited to 5 packs per player.

All-Star Summer Event – Split Squad 1

Build a team from your favorites in the NL and AL, or any All-Star player items and head into the Split Squad 1 Event to earn Future Star Luis Campusano, Signature Zack Greinke, and Home Run Derby Yoenis Cespedes as a part of the All-Star Summer Events.

Event Rules:

National League Pitchers & Infielders
American League Outfielders
or ANY All-Star Series Players (Including 2021 All-Stars)
Max Player OVR: 99 OVR
Max Team OVR: 99 OVR
Difficulty: All-Star
3-Inning Games (with Quick Counts ON)
FREE Entries!

The Split Squad 1 event ends on July 22nd @ 11:00 AM PT, but the rewards will stick around for a total of 3 All-Star Summer Events (1 event to go).

ROSTER UPDATE NEWS

We’re taking a break from Roster Attribute Updates as we wait for the second half to gather some steam. Look for our next update to player attributes on July 30th. In the meantime, make sure to keep tabs on who’s starting to look like a second half hero!