Lightning Strikes Twice, Tatis Jr. To 99 Once Again
2020 August Monthly Awards
Work through the August Monthly Awards Program by completing Missions, Moments, and Collections. On your way to the Lightning Fernando Tatis Jr. (Diamond, 99 OVR SS) you will earn an enormous amount of Topps Now choice packs and Monthly Awards diamond player items.
Fernando Tatis Jr. Prestige
After earning the August Monthly Awards Fernando Tatis Jr. player item, play with it. While you rack up hits and complete the Missions to unlock the Prestige version which sports an increase in attributes.
Collection: July+August Monthly Awards
Add Tatis Jr. and the previous four Monthly Awards Lightning players to the Lightning collection (under Legends & Flashbacks collections) to earn the beloved Flashback, 2019 August Monthly Awards Nicholas Castellanos.
Chicago Cubs – Nicholas Castellanos (Diamond, 99 OVR RF)
Night Lightning Bat Skin
Along the Reward path for the August Monthly Awards you will unlock the Night Lightning Bat Skin to use in Diamond Dynasty or in Road To The Show.
Topps Now
Play the newest Topps Now Moments featuring the biggest and most memorable plays of last week’s MLB action and earn a Topps Now Choice Pack. Once you complete this set of Moments you get to choose 3 of the 6 diamond player items listed below:
San Francisco Giants – Alex Dickerson (Diamond, 95 OVR LF)
Cincinnati Reds – Eugenio Suarez (Diamond, 97 OVR 3B)
Cleveland Indians – Franmil Reyes (Diamond, 96 OVR RF)
Washington Nationals – Trea Turner (Diamond, 99 OVR SS)
Atlanta Braves – Adam Duvall (Diamond, 98 OVR LF)
St. Louis Cardinals – Brad Miller (Diamond, 96 OVR 3B)
Roster Update
Going to Diamond
- Paul Goldschmidt
- Seth Lugo
- Liam Hendriks
- Marcell Ozuna
Going Gold
- Jake Cronenworth
- Wil Myers
- Marco Gonzales
- Rhys Hoskins
- Brandon Belt
- Michael Brantley
- Zach Plesac
- Adam Duvall
- Tony Gonsolin
- Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
REMEMBER: We are doing Roster and Attribute Updates each week with the shortened 2020 MLB season. This means each real-life MLB game matters more than ever to the ratings of the Live Series player items in MLB The Show 20. So make sure to check back each week on who is on the move!
Dead-Ball 1 Event
Earn Packs, Stubs, and three new, diamond player items in the Dead-Ball 1 Event that ends Friday, September 18th.
- Diamond & Gold Pitchers
- Hitters with Less than 65 PWR vs LEFT and RIGHT
- Max Team: 90 OVR
- Difficulty: Hall of Fame
- 3-Inning Games
- Stadium locked: Forbes Field
- FREE ENTRIES!
50 WINS: San Francisco Giants – Signature Series Christy Mathewson (Diamond, 99 OVR SP)
35 WINS: San Diego Padres – Awards Benito Santiago (Diamond, 95 OVR C)
25 WINS: Kansas City Royals – Prime Joakim Soria (Diamond, 92 OVR CP)
Final Headliners Pack – Set 50
Awards Max Scherzer is the featured player item in the final Headliners Pack Set 50.
*Limit of five Headliners Pack – Set 50 per account.
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