Twenty-seven years ago, the MLB and baseball fans everywhere experienced one of the greatest feats of athletic proficiency, unmatched to this day, when the Chicago Cubs Sammy Sosa set the record for most home runs in a single month with 20 in June of 1998. Relive the excitement of this achievement in the Twenty in June Program, only available in MLB The Show 25.
Added periodically through the month of June, play Moments featuring Sammy Sosa in some of his most impactful plays and complete Missions recapping Sammy’s record-setting month in June of 1998 to add Retro Lightning Spotlight Series Sammy Sosa (95 OVR) to your Diamond Dynasty Squad on June 30th.
Step to the plate as Ronald Acuna Jr. when he made his MLB return by blasting a 467-foot leadoff home run to give the Atlanta Braves as 1-0 lead or take the mound as Detroit Tigers Tarik Skubal when he tossed his first career complete game shutout finishing the game with 13 strikeouts, the most ever by a pitcher in a Maddux (a complete-game-shutout with less than 100 pitches thrown).
Play these Moments and more, including an Optional Extreme Moment, complete Drop 4 PXP & Stat Missions, the Lightning Collections, and the Optional Spotlight Pack Collections featuring Topps Now Series and Spotlight Series player items, and earn progress in the May Spotlight Program – Drop 4 to earn the following players to your lineup and earn a sellable May Spotlight Pack – Drop 4:
*Collect May Spotlight Program player items each week to earn the May Lightning player item and collect Spotlight Pack players to earn the Retro Lightning player item headed your way on June 6th! Spotlight Packs can be found in each Spotlight Program drop for your chance to earn more Spotlight Series cards.
Chase Pack 12 features 2023 All-Star and AL Reliever of the Year – All-Star Series Felix Bautista (94 OVR).
Every purchase of The Show 50-Pack Bundle includes one Chase Pack 12, and don’t forget there’s a chance to find a Chase Pack in every individual The Show Pack as well. The Chase Pack guarantees 1 Diamond player item with a chance to find the featured Chase Pack 12 player item, All-Star Series Felix Bautista.
Challenge of the Week 12, available in Instant Action, features Negro Leagues Pitching Legend Hilton Smith going up against 6-time World Series Champion Legend Lou Gehrig. Compete as Gehrig vs CPU-Controlled Smith, and accumulate hits to achieve as many points as possible within 3 outs for a chance to earn Stubs for use in MLB The Show 25.
Today’s content update brings another Roster Update focusing on Transactions, intended to align your MLB The Show 25 rosters with the current MLB rosters.
Roster Updates focusing on Transactions will occur weekly while Roster Updates focusing on Attributes will occur every 3 weeks throughout the season, with the third Attributes Update of the season currently scheduled for Friday, June 13th.
As you enjoy this week’s content, get geared up for all-new content headed to MLB The Show 25 next week. Start the week off with a baseball legend in the Lou Gehrig Day Program, along with the Pinstripes Quest, Event, and Map on Monday, June 2nd. Wednesday, June 4th delivers a new Program, Showdown, and Collection introducing an all-new card series that’s sure to excite fans of all ages. End your week with the newest May Spotlight Program & Pack – Drop 5, which also ushers in the Lightning and Retro Lightning Collections, and May Spotlight Program, along with Weekend Classic 3, and the much anticipated 4th Inning XP Reward Path coming your way on Friday, June 6th.