MLB® The Show™ 22 Goes Retro In the Back To Old School Featured Program

September 1st, 2022

Check out the Back to Old School Featured Program available now in MLB The Show 22 showcasing players, packs, and additional prizes from the recent and distant past. Take on all-new Moments and Missions, as well as a Conquest Map, Showdown, and Event to earn progress in this Featured Program to unlock awesome rewards including Diamond Prime Eric Davis (99 OVR), at 175,000 XP, and the Back to Old School Bosses Choice Pack, at 200,000 XP, featuring:

  • Takashi Okazaki series Billy Wagner, CP Houston Astros (99 OVR)
  • Awards series Chipper Jones, 3B Atlanta Braves (99 OVR)
  • Prime series Lou Gehrig, 1B Lou Gehrig (99 OVR)

Back to Old School Boss Moments

Relive, and potentially rewrite, some of baseball’s most historic plays to earn up to 18,000 XP towards the Featured Program (2,000 XP per Moment) as you take control in the Back to Old Boss Moments.


Back to Old School Conquest Map “Grasshopper”

Jump into the Back to Old School Conquest Map “Grasshopper” then conquer territories, increase your fanbase, and defeat your rivals’ strongholds to earn 30,000 XP towards the Featured Program, as well as the Grasshopper Bat Skin and a swarm of additional rewards along the way.


Back to Old School Showdown

Select your Showdown Squad leader from one of the Back to Old School Featured Program Bosses, then draft your team and get ready to face-off against “Billy the Kid” Wagner to earn 30,000 XP towards the Back to Old School Featured Program.


Back to Old School Event

Add Retro Finest Elvis Andrus (at 15 Wins) and Retro Finest Lorenzo Cain (at 20 Wins) to your Diamond Dynasty squad in the Back to Old School Event.

Event Rules:

  • Build your lineup from Takashi Okazaki series, Awards, Prime, Finest, Monthly Awards, Live Series, Program Legends & Flashbacks player items
  • Min Player | 60 OVR
  • Max Team | 97 OVR
  • 3-Inning Games
  • Difficulty: All-Star

Roster Update

Today’s content update contains a Roster Update focusing on player attribute upgrades and downgrades. Find out below which of your favorite players went Gold or Diamond this week:

New Diamonds:

  • Michael Harris
  • Hunter Renfroe
  • Spencer Strider
  • Luis Castillo

New Golds:

  • Adley Rutschman
  • Rhys Hoskins
  • Danny Jansen
  • Ha-Seong Kim
  • Felix Bautista
  • Andres Munoz
  • George Kirby
  • Drew Rasmussen
  • Charlie Morton
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