MLB The Show 25 Spring Breakout: How To Complete The Program?

Cornerstone Captains system in MLB The Show 24 can improve the strength of players with lower total ratings. In MLB The Show 25, this system has been changed to Cornerstone Evolution. Even ordinary cards have a chance to be evolved.

Cornerstone Evolution and FC series player evolutions sound similar, but they are actually very different. You can think of these evolution as a small battle pass, which will provide MLB The Show 25 packs and stubs, and the latter reward of Cornerstone Evolution is the player’s Cornerstone card.

When Can Cornerstone Evolution Be Performed?

Cornerstone Evolution usually appears in Inning Program. The current one is 2nd Inning Program. The players that can be evolved are:

• Tony Clark
• J.D. Martinez
• Bruce Sutter

The players who can be evolved are all 80 OVR, and their Cornerstone cards are all 87 OVR.

In addition, in 1st Inning Program in March, the cards that can be evolved are:

• Bobby Abreu
• Dick Allen
• Ubaldo Jiménez

These cards are originally 79 OVR, and the evolved cards are 85 OVR.

Currently, the cards that can be evolved can only be done in the corresponding Inning Program. If you missed their Cornerstone Evolution, you can’t evolve them again.

Evolvable Player Cards

Tony Clark

1. 5 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack and 2,000 XP
2. 10 Points: 250 Stubs
3. 20 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack and 2,000 XP
4. 30 Points: 250 Stubs
5. 40 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack (x2) and 3,000 XP
6. 50 Points: 87 OVR Cornerstone Tony Clark and 3,000 XP

Complete five moments (25 points - 5 points each)

80 OVR Tony Clark Missions:

• Get five hits with 80 OVR Tony Clark (5 Points)
• Get two extra-base hits with 80 OVR Tony Clark (5 Points)
• Get 200 PXP with 80 OVR Tony Clark (5 Points)

Stat Missions:

• Get 15 hits with a hitter from Veteran series (5 Points)
• Hit 5 home runs with a primary first baseman (5 Points)
• Use a Tigers player to earn 750 PXP (5 Points)

80 OVR Tony Clark is a 2nd Inning XP Path reward that cannot be obtained through MLB The Show 25 Stubs trade. Tony Clark is a first baseman with 6 Quirks, while 87 OVR Cornerstone Tony Clark has a boost in hitting, making him a good switch-hitter.

80 OVR Tony Clark is a Veteran hitter, and you can also choose 84 OVR Rafael Palmeiro and 79 OVR Adam Dunn, 87 OVR Gary Sheffield.

J.D. Martinez

1. 5 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack and 2,000 XP
2. 10 Points: 250 Stubs
3. 20 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack and 2,000 XP
4. 30 Points: 250 Stubs
5. 40 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack (x2) and 3,000 XP
6. 50 Points: 87 OVR Cornerstone J. D. Martinez and 3,000 XP

Complete five moments (25 points - 5 points each)

80 OVR J.D. Martinez Missions:

• Get 5 hits with 80 OVR JD Martinez (5 Points)
• Get two extra-base hits with 80 OVR JD Martinez (5 Points)
• Total 200 PXP with 80 OVR JD Martinez (5 Points)

Stat Missions:

• Hit out 15 total hits with Contributor series hitters Hit (5 Points)
• Hit 5 home runs with a primary left fielder (5 Points)
• Gain 750 PXP with Red Sox players (5 Points)

80 OVR J.D. Martinez is also from 2nd Inning XP Path. He is a Tigers left fielder who evolves into a Red Sox player. 87 OVR J.D. Martinez is a very good hitter, but his vision attribute is low.

Contributor series has many good hitters, such as 88 OVR Adrian Beltre, who now needs about 40,000 stubs, 87 OVR Terry Pendleton and 88 OVR Mike Napoli. They can all help you complete Stat Missions effectively.

Bruce Sutter

1. 5 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack and 2,000 XP
2. 10 Points: 250 Stubs
3. 20 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack and 2,000 XP
4. 30 Points: 250 Stubs
5. 40 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack (x2) and 3,000 XP
6. 50 Points: 87 OVR Cornerstone Bruce Sutter and 3,000 XP

Complete five moments (25 points - 5 points each)

80 OVR Bruce Sutter Missions:

• Pitch six innings with an 80 OVR Bruce Sutter (5 Points)
• Get two saves with an 80 OVR Bruce Sutter (5 Points)
• Earn 350 PXP with an OVR 80 Bruce Sutter (5 Points)

Stat Missions:

• Pitch 10 innings with any Veteran Series pitchers (5 Points)
• Get 15 strikeouts with any Primary Position Closers (5 Points)
• Get 750 PXP with any Cubs Players (5 Points)

80 OVR Bruce Sutter is a Cardinals closer from Veteran Series, while 87 OVR Bruce Sutter is a Cubs pitcher. The evolved Bruce Sutter has all his pitching attributes improved, making this card the ninth-best player pitcher currently.

To complete Stat Missions, you need a Veteran Series pitcher. Besides 80 OVR Bruce Sutter, you can also choose 79 OVR Joe Kelly, 86 OVR Liam Hendriks, and 90 OVR Johan Santana.

Once 2nd Inning Program ends, you can no longer obtain these three Cornerstone cards, so it is recommended that you complete these missions as quickly as possible. Among them, 87 OVR Bruce Sutter is the most valuable card in my opinion.

With the update of Last Epoch Season 2, some new content has been added to the game, and many classes have been adjusted. It’s time to start a new journey! If you are really looking for a build that can make you play the game easily, Skeletal Necromancer endgame build is a build that can make you have a good time in the game.

This build mainly relies on summons and ice spells. It can increase damage by providing amplification for the summons. It is very efficient in killing monsters and farming gold. And this build is not very dependent on equipment, but good equipment can make its damage reach a higher level.

Pros And Cons

Pros

• Easy to operate
• Large AOE range
• Powerful summons, long survival time
• Great equipment and unique items can bring significant improvements

Cons

• Reliant on Minion AI
• Need to pay attention to buffs
• The character’s health is relatively low
• Need to manage CD time of skills

Skills

This build is an endgame build, so it is assumed that you have reached level 70. The following skills are required for the build:

Summon Skeletal Mage (24 Allocated Points)

This skill is a core skill, and your other skills mainly rely on improving this skill to build. You need Archmage to allow you to summon a skeleton mage and then use Frost Lich to ensure that you summon an ice mage.

The following are the nodes required for this skill:

• Archmage
• Cryomancers
• Frost Lich
• Grey Merchant
• Egoism
• Dread Shade
• Gravetide
• Forbidden Arcana
• Ossein Frenzy

Dread Shade (20 Allocated Points)

Dread Shade is also a skill to enhance Summon Skeletal Mage. After activating this skill, your summons will lose a certain amount of health per second, but the damage will be increased.

The following are the nodes required for this skill:

• Flesh Harvest
• Lingering Doom
• Blind Fury
• Lone Watcher
• Flesh Harvest
• Egoism
• Dying Coven

Infernal Shade (20 Allocated Points)

Infernal Shade can provide buffs to Summon Skeletal Mage, increasing the casting speed and movement speed of Skeletal Mage, and can also reduce the cooldown of Summon Skeletal Mage.

The following are the nodes required for this skill:

• Soulfire
• Manic Pyre
• Burn Trail
• Brimstone
• Ignition
• Influence

Chaos Bolts (20 Allocated Points)

Chaos Bolts can cause area damage and also add new power to Skeletal Mage. Revolution node can increase the damage and casting speed of Skeletal Mage.

The following are the nodes required for this skill:

• Revolution
• Mana Anarchy
• Abrupt Chaos
• Condemned Chaos
• Doom’s Vindication
• Reaper of Mayhem
• Cthonic Chaos
• Pandemonuim
• Scatter

Transplant (20 Allocated Points)

Transplant is the ultimate skill, which consumes 13% of health to release, and can create an explosion that causes physical damage to surrounding enemies.

The following are the nodes required for this skill:

• Acolyte’s Fervor
• Bone Armor
• Apostasy
• Fleeting Form
• Sticky Blood
• Simulacrum

The above are the general skills required for Skeletal Necromancer endgame build. If you think there is a better skill combination, you can use Last Epoch Gold to reset the skills and add more points.

Equipment

This build does not rely heavily on legendary items and unique items, but good equipment can increase your tolerance. The following are some equipment suitable for this build:

• Amulet: Death Rattle or Inheritance of the Erased
• One-handed sword: Apogee of Frozen Light, or Apogee of Frozen Light of Brutality
• Off-Hand Catalyst: Lich’s Scorn
• Body Armor: Exsanguinous
• Boots: Last Steps of the Living
• Ring: Ribbons of Blood

Most of the above items are unique items. If conditions permit, you can upgrade them to legendary equipment. Some of them are dropped through echo rewards, but the chance is not high. You can wait until you have enough gold before trying to change your equipment.

Before you get these equipments, you can use normal equipment instead. Here are some useful affixes:

Offensive Affixes

• Increased Minion Spell Damage
• Increased Mana
• Increased Intelligence
• Minion Critical Strike Multiplier
• Increased Armor Shred Chance
• Increased Minion Cast Speed
• Increased Minion Spell Damage
• Increased Cast Speed

Defensive Affixes

• Increased Health
• Increased Armor
• Increased Minion Health

How To Play?

Although this build is simple to play, it does not mean that you don’t need to operate. After you summon Skeletal Mage, you still need to release other skills to provide it with buffs.

The general way to use the skills is as follows:

1. Release Summon Skeletal Mage skills
2. Release skills in the order of Infernal Shade, Dread Shade to Chaos Bolts to provide buffs for Summon Skeletal Mage
3. Rely on Bone Armor or Transplant to ensure your own safety
4. Let your Skeletal Mage join in the battle
5. Release a Chaos Bolt from time to time to maintain the buff

When you are farming the map, don’t let Skeletal Mage leave you too far, let it clean up the monsters around, and use Transplant to escape when necessary.

When you are dealing with the boss, leave all the offensive tasks to Skeletal Mage, and you only need to focus on avoiding the boss’s attacks. Use Transplant to avoid the boss’s attacks when you can’t avoid them.

The above are the skills required for Skeletal Necromancer endgame build. It requires almost no operation, but it can still clean up monsters and minions very efficiently. It is the best choice for lazy-man players.

MLB The Show 25 releases new cards every once in a while, and they launched another new program in mid-April. This program brings us cards from The Negro Leagues.

Jackie Robinson Day Program is to commemorate Jackie Robinson, the first African diaspora player in the modern history of Major League Baseball. The rewards of this program include five new diamond cards, including an overall score of 89 Jackie Robinson shortstop card. 

Jackie Robinson Day Program Rewards

Besides Diamond Cards, the rewards of Jackie Robinson Day Program also include card packs, XP, and MLB The Show 25 Stubs. You can unlock the rewards of this program by completing various activities and accumulating points. This program does not expire, so you can complete it slowly.

The specific rewards are as follows:

1. 5 Points: Bat Skin
2. 10 Points: 2,000 XP
3. 15 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack
4. 20 Points: 86 OVR Andy Cooper
5. 25 Points: 250 Stubs
6. 30 Points: 2,000 XP
7. 35 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack
8. 40 Points: 86 OVR Rap Dixon
9. 45 Points: 250 Stubs
10. 50 Points: 2,000 XP
11. 55 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack
12. 60 Points: 87 OVR Leon Day
13. 65 Points: 4,000 XP
14. 70 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack
15. 75 Points: 4,000 XP
16. 80 Points: 87 OVR Rube Foster
17. 85 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack
18. 90 Points: 6,000 XP
19. 95 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack (x2)
20. 100 Points: 89 OVR Jackie Robinson and 15,000 XP

86 OVR Andy Cooper is a starting pitcher. His stats are good, but not great. He doesn’t have any Quirks, which means this card has a low ceiling. 

86 OVR Rap Dixon is a right fielder. His strengths are speed, hitting, and power, but this card doesn’t show them. His Speed, Stealing, and Baserunning are good, which makes him a good fielder. 

87 OVR Rube Foster can be a starting pitcher, first baseman, or right fielder. As a starting pitcher, his advantage is that his Stamina attribute is high, but his other attributes are mediocre. This card can be used for collection.

Unlike the previous three cards, 89 OVR Jackie Robinson is not only collectible, but also very powerful. This card has very good contact attributes on both sides, but the Powers attributes on both sides are not very high. Jackie Robinson has a very high Speed attribute and is also good at stealing bases, and this card is currently ranked fifth in the shortstop position. 

How To Complete The Program? 

You need to complete this program by collecting points. Here’s how you earn points: 

• Complete three Moments (10 points each, 30 points total)
• Earn 42 PXP with Dodgers (12 points) 
• Complete Jackie Robinson Day Showdown (20 points) 

Negro League Missions: 

• Earn 350 PXP with 86 OVR Andy Cooper (5 points) 
• Earn 150 PXP with 86 Rap Dixon (5 points) 
• Earn 350 PXP with 87 Leon Day (5 points) 
• Earn 350 PXP with 87 OVR Rube Foster (5 points)
• Earn 500 PXP with The Negro Leagues players (5 points) 
• Earn 1,000 PXP with The Negro Leagues players (5 points)
• Earn 1,500 PXP with The Negro Leagues players (10 points)

Optional Storyline Collections:

• Collect Cool Papa Bell 80 OVR, Bullet Rogan 80 OVR and Turkey Stearnes 80 OVR (20 points)
• Collect Leroy Matlock 84 OVR and Oscar Charleston 84 OVR (20 points)

Negro Leagues Collection

Larry Doby 89 OVR and John Donaldson 90 OVR are new cards added to Jackie Robinson Day Program. They can be got through The Negro Leagues Collection. As long as you successfully collect 13 cards of The Negro Leagues, you can unlock Larry Doby. To unlock John Donaldson, you need 20 cards.

These two cards can only be obtained this way and cannot be traded through stubs. Larry Doby 89 OVR is one point lower than John Donaldson 90 OVR, but it is more valuable than him.

Larry Doby 89 OVR is the third-best center fielder in MLB 25 with 9 Quirks, and is also very good against right-handed pitches as a hitter.

John Donaldson 90 OVR is the 14th-best starting pitcher with 4 Quirks, and most of his stats are close to or even above 90, but his K/9 and BB/9 stats are low. All-Star Corey Kluber is a better starting pitcher than him, and the way to get this card is very simple, and you can get this card for around 20,000 stubs.

If you want to collect Larry Doby 89 OVR and John Donaldson 90 OVR, here are the 20 cards from The Negro Leagues and how to get them:

1. 90 OVR Josh Gibson: 2nd Inning Program Boss
2. 90 OVR Martin Dihigo: World Series Reward
3. 89 OVR Satchel Paige: Ranked 2 Program
4. 89 OVR Jackie Robinson: Jackie Robinson Day Program
5. 89 OVR Larry Doby: 13 Negro League-themed cards
6. 87 OVR Rube Foster: Jackie Robinson Day Program
7. 87 OVR Leon Day: Jackie Robinson Day Program
8. 87 OVR Hilton Smith: 42 Conquest
9. 86 OVR Jose Mendez: Negro Leagues Showdown Choice Pack
10. 86 OVR Rap Dixon: Jackie Robinson Day Program
11. 86 OVR Andy Cooper: Jackie Robinson Day Program
12. 86 OVR Toni Stone: Negro Leagues Showdown Choice Pack
13. 86 OVR Bill Foster: Negro Leagues Showdown Choice Pack
14. 86 OVR Buck O’Neil: Negro Leagues Showdown Choice Pack
15. 84 OVR Leroy Matlock: Storylines
16. 84 OVR Oscar Charleston: Storylines
17. 83 OVR Buck Leonard: Storylines
18. 80 OVR Cool Papa Bell: Storylines
19. 80 OVR Turkey Stearnes: Storylines
20. 80 OVR Wilber Rogan: Storylines

The above are the rewards and cards of Jackie Robinson Day Program. Although most of the cards are not necessarily powerful, they are definitely worth collecting. Among them, I think the cards of Larry Doby and Jackie Robinson are the most valuable.

April 20, 2025 is Easter, and the most representative of this day is Easter eggs and Easter bunnies. MLB The Show 25 also launched Egg Hunt Program on this holiday. Players need to collect seven different egg vouchers in various activities to redeem rewards.

Egg Hunt Program Rewards

Egg Hunt Program has 10 rewards. The rewards do not include MLB 25 stubs, but there are many more valuable items than stubs:

1. 10 Points: 86 OVR Joe Boyle
2. 20 Points: 10,000 XP
3. 30 Points: 87 OVR Logan O’Hoppe
4. 40 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack (x3)
5. 50 Points: 88 OVR Riley Greene
6. 60 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack (x5)
7. 70 Points: 10,000 XP
8. 80 Points: Golden Egg Icon
9. 90 Points: Deluxe Egg Hunt pack
10. 100 Points: 15,000 XP and 89 OVR Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is a left-handed hitter who is good at handling pitches from the right side. However, his strength is speed, so you can use him as a shortstop in your team.

Riley Greene is also a left-handed hitter who is better at handling pitches from the right side than Jazz Chisholm Jr., and he often plays as an outfielder in MLB.

Logan O’Hoppe has fast reaction stats and is better as a catcher than a hitter. If you are missing a good catcher, then Logan O’Hoppe can basically meet your requirements.

Joe Boyle is a good pitcher with good stats, but he has no Quirks, which limits the performance of this card. However, you only need 10 points to get him, so there is no need to ask for more from him.

How To Get Rewards?

Similar to other programs, Egg Hunt Program can be progressed by completing Moments, Missions, and other miscellaneous tasks. However, because of the existence of Eggs, this program is completed differently.

Here’s how you get 100 points:

• Complete 9 Moments (10 points - 1 point for each 9 Moments, 2 points for each Moment)
• Complete Missions (40 points - 5 points each)
• Complete Egg Collection (50 points)

Mystery Missions

• Big Conquest Mystery: Get a save as a left-handed pitcher in Conquest mode
• Trivia Night: Get a quality start as Vida Blue in any 9-inning game mode
• Wait a Second: Get a win as Randy Johnson in any game mode (can use Randy Johnson with 79 OVR)
• Woah There, Slow Down: Get a double play with a player with a speed attribute lower than 15
• Swordfish: Use Mike Trout in any Diamond Dynasty game mode (can use Mike Trout with 79 OVR in Team Affinity)
• Tax Season: Get 2 holds in Mini Seasons mode
• Let’s Roll: Hit 6 times in a single Diamond Mission game
• Small Ball: Hit a sacrifice bunt or fly in the mini season, but the sacrifice bunt cannot be a home run

If you don’t have a high-rated player, you can also complete the mission with a low-rated player. Although this will make the mission more difficult, it can save you stubs.

Easter Egg Locations

Finding Easter eggs can be said to be the most fun activity in Egg Hunt Program. There are 7 Easter eggs and you only need to find 5 to get a voucher.

Finding Easter eggs yourself will have the most fun, but if you can’t find them, the following content may help you. All Easter eggs are basically concentrated in Diamond Dynasty:

• Red Easter Egg: Beat Royals and Rockies in Egg Conquest map
• Orange Easter Egg: Get 25 bases in multiplayer mode
• Yellow Easter Egg: Win the game between Marlins and Rays in Egg Conquest map
• Green Easter Egg: Each stadium in Showdown mode can be regarded as an egg in the latest Diamond Mission
• Blue Egg: Each stadium in Showdown mode counts as an egg in the latest Diamond Mission
• Purple Egg: Complete all Egg Hunt Moments
• Pink Egg: Strike Out 25 Times in Multiplayer

Egg Hunt Series Cards

In addition to the rewards from Egg Hunt Program, you can also get new cards by collecting cards from Egg Hunt series cards.

• 28 Cards: Jacob deGrom (90 OVR)
• 18 Cards: Ryan McMahon (89 OVR)
• 7 Cards: Pete Crow-Armstrong (89 OVR)

Egg Hunt Program series has 30 cards, with the highest rating being 90 Overall Rating and the lowest being 85 Overall Rating. Jacob deGrom is the only 90-rated card in this series, and can only be obtained through collection, and is currently not traded through MLB The Show 25 Stubs.

Egg Hunt pack contains 20 players. Here are the individual players and their ratings:

• Logan Webb (89 Overall Rating)
• Dansby Swanson (89 Overall Rating)
• Jorge Polanco (89 Overall Rating)
• Tim Raines (89 Overall Rating)
• Wade Boggs (87 Overall Rating)
• Shea Langeliers (87 Overall Rating)
• Jason Bay (87 Overall Rating)
• Edward Cabrera (87 Overall Rating)
• Matt Brash (87 Overall Rating)
• Vinnie Pasquantino (87 Overall Rating)
• Rod Carew (85 Overall Rating)
• Jeffrey Springs (85 Overall Rating)
• Gregory Soto (85 Overall Rating)
• Tony Oliva (85 Overall Rating)
• Sean Hjelle (85 Overall Rating)
• Jeff McNeil (85 Overall Rating)
• Eguy Rosario (85 Overall Rating)
• Joe Torre (85 Overall Rating)
• Duke Snider (85 Overall Rating)
• Brandon Webb (85 Overall Rating)

Lucas Erceg and Rickey Henderson need you to complete Egg Hunt Diamond Quest to get, and Anthony Volpe needs you to complete Bunny Ears Conquest Map to get.

The above are the rewards and cards of Egg Hunt Program. Some players may find that they cannot complete the task in Mini Mission. This task may indeed have some bugs. You can wait for the developer to fix it.

MLB The Show 25 April Spotlight Program 2 is now online, and you can get MLB The Show packs and new players for free by completing the tasks of this program.

Although they are free players, these cards have their own characteristics and are not useless cards. You need to collect stars to unlock the cards and card packs in April Spotlight Program 2. Completing these tasks is not difficult, and these will save you a lot of stubs.

April Spotlight 2 Rewards

April Spotlight rewards are a bit like a battle pass in other games. You need to unlock rewards one level at a time. April Spotlight 2 Rewards do not include MLB The Show 25 Stubs:

• 5 stars: MLB The Show pack
• 10 stars: Topps Now Jacob Wilson (86 Overall Rating)
• 15 stars: MLB The Show pack
• 20 stars: Topps Now Carson Kelly (86 Overall Rating)
• 25 stars: MLB The Show pack
• 30 stars: Ballin’ Is A Habit pack
• 35 stars: MLB The Show pack
• 40 stars: 5,000 XP
• 45 stars: April Spotlight Drop 2 pack
• 50 stars: April Spotlight Trent Grisham (88 Overall Rating)

How To Get Rewards?

The way to collect stars is similar to other programs. You need to complete specific tasks in Diamond Dynasty mode to get stars.

Moments

• Have a Day, Elly: Get an extra-base hit with Elly De La Cruz (Veteran difficulty)
• Mangum’s Memorable Debut: Get a double hit with Jake Mangum (Veteran)
• First Cycle of 2025: Get an extra-base hit with Carson Kelly (Veteran)
• Herrera Makes Cardinals History: Hit a home run with Ivan Herrera (Veteran)
• Ohtani Leads Dodgers to 8-0 Start: Hit a home run with Ohtani (Veteran)
• Three-Homer Game for J-Ram: Hit a home run with Jose Ramirez (Veteran)
• Grisham is on Fire: Get 4 base hits with Trent Grisham (Veteran)

Drop 2 Missions

• Accumulate 1,000 PXP with Drop 2 players
• Carson via Topps Now Kelly 350 PXP
• 350 PXP via Topps Now Jacob Wilson
• 350 PXP via Spotlight Jordan Westburg

Stat Missions

• Hit 5 home runs with primary center fielder
• Hit 15 extra-base hits with primary shortstop
• Tally 20 hits with primary catchers
• Get 50 total bases with Yankees

Free Cards Of April Spotlight 2

Topps Now Jacob Wilson

This card of Jacob Wilson is a good right-handed hitter with moral vision. However, his Contact Left and Power Left are both terrible, and his speed is not very fast, and these severely limit this card.

Topps Now Carson Kelly

This card is very similar to Jacob Wilson. Although he has good contact stats on both sides, his Power Left is only 58, and his poor speed makes this card difficult to score.

April Spotlight Trent Grisham

This free card is a pretty good left-handed hitter with excellent contact and power. But he still has the problem of not being fast enough, which makes it difficult for Trent Grisham to score when running the bases. However, it is still a card that is worth trying and using.

April Spotlight 2 Pack New Players

Added several new players in April Spotlight 2 Pack:

• Spotlight Kris Bubic: 88 Overall Rating
• Spotlight Tyler Soderstrom: 88 Overall Rating
• Topps Now Ivan Herrera: 86 Overall Rating
• Toops Now Jake Mangum: 86 Overall Rating
• Topps Now Tomoyuki Sugano: 86 Overall Rating

Topps Now Tomoyuki Sugano

Tomoyuki Sugano is a pitcher who is relatively average in all aspects. He has no shortcomings, but he also has no strong points. If you need an Orioles pitcher for the time being, then you can use this card.

Topps Now Jake Mangum

Although Jake Mangum has a high Contact stat, his pitifully low Powers stat makes this card not among the top hitters. Fortunately, 99 Stealing, 99 Baserunning and 84 Speed save this card, so I think Jake Mangum can be an excellent baserunner for your team.

Topps Now Ivan Herrera

Ivan Herrera is good at dealing with left-handed pitchers. He can almost perfectly handle pitches from the left. Since his Clutch is also very high, the more critical the moment, the better he can play.

Spotlight Tyler Soderstrom

Tyler Soderstrom is the opposite of Ivan Herrera. He can effectively suppress right-handed pitchers. He has two Quirks: Rally Monkey and Table Setter, and combined with his 99 Clutch stat, so as your team falls behind, the better Tyler Soderstrom will perform, but don’t ignore his poor defense.

This is a very worthwhile card to use, and it’s currently worth around 30,000 stubs, but I think it may drop a bit soon.

April Spotlight Kris Bubic

As a pitcher card with an overall rating of 88, Kris Bubic has very good stats. And he also has Day Player Quirks, which makes his performance even better during the day.

He is definitely a top 10 left-handed pitcher in the game right now. Besides April Spotlight 2 Pack, you can also unlock this card for around 20,000 stubs.

April Spotlight 2 adds some very distinctive players, but they are still a little farther from the top player cards, but they can bring a richer combination to your team. You can get April Spotlight Drop 2 pack by completing April Spotlight 2 quest.

Stubs are an important currency in MLB The Show 25. If you want to get new players or gift packs in the game, you always need to use stubs. If you can’t accumulate stubs, then you can’t unlock the players you want as you wish.

But the good news is that it’s not difficult to get MLB The Show 25 stubs. There are many ways to get stubs in the game, and veteran players of this series often say that they have hundreds of thousands of stubs that they can’t use up. Do you want to do this too? Then you can try the following methods.

1. Top Up

This is the easiest and fastest way, but not the best way. Many games will keep some recharge services in the game to allow players to get quick wins. You can always get any number of stubs at Xbox or PlayStation store with real money. Sometimes you can also find the stubs discount. The general steps are as follows:

1. Log in to Xbox/PlayStation store.
2. Go to MLB 25 page and look for stub offers.
3. Choose the one discount that suits you best and unlocks it.
4. Log in to your game and check if stubs have been added to your account.

2. Completing Programs

There are many programs in the game, which are similar to battle passes in other games. You need to complete various challenges in the game to unlock rewards. These rewards include experience points, player cards, card packs, and MLB The Show 25 Stubs. As long as you complete Tokyo Series, Pipeline or New Threads program, you can get these rewards for free.

There are many challenges, some of which require you to complete specific operations with specific players or specific teams. Some require you to get enough XP with players from a certain team. After completing the challenge, you will get stars, and accumulating enough stars will unlock the corresponding reward.

Each challenge has a certain connection with the previous one. If you want to complete the next challenge, you have to use some player cards included in the reward of each program. After unlocking all the rewards of a program, you can basically build a strong team.

3. Sell Duplicate Cards

When you open a card pack, you can always get some duplicate cards, such as some bronze cards or silver cards. Duplicate cards are almost useless for your team, so you can sell them. If you think this is also troublesome, you can check your inventory every once in a while and get rid of all the duplicate cards at once.

Here are the steps:

1. Find “My Inventory” option.
2. Find a player card that has at least one duplicate.
3. Go to “View in Market” and sell the card.
4. You can also use “Sell Order” function, which will sell the cards once someone needs them.

Because the value of bronze and silver cards is not high, you can’t accumulate too many stubs in the short term, but after a week or half a month, you can accumulate hundreds of thousands of stubs.

4. Conquest Playthrough

Conquest mode is a good way to quickly get card packs and stubs. You need to play and win at least one three-game match in each Stronghold to complete Conquest map.

You only need to complete each Conquest to receive various Diamond Dynasty mode rewards. Including Headliners Pack, The Show Pack, Stubs, and XP rewards. After opening the card pack, duplicate cards can also be exchanged for stubs.

5. Mini Seasons

Mini Seasons rotate throughout the year, and sometimes you can get wonderful rewards. You can also choose the classic mini season, which is less difficult, but the rewards are not very generous.

Mini Seasons have no difficulty requirements, so you can still get rewards even if you play at the lowest difficulty. The packages usually contain silver players, but sometimes gold players can appear if you are lucky. Duplicate players can be traded for stubs.

6. Diamond Quest

Diamond Quest is also a mini-game that provides free rewards. To get these rewards, you need to complete the challenges in the game mode. Completing higher difficulty challenges will get you more generous rewards. Although Diamond Quest does not directly provide stubs, it is the most efficient way to earn various cards. For duplicate cards, you can exchange them for stubs, which is also very efficient in obtaining stubs.

However, compared with Conquest mode or Mini Seasons, this Diamond Quest is more difficult. You’d better familiarize yourself with the map in advance, otherwise you may fail in the mission. In addition, you’d better focus on the missions that can obtain players. It is too difficult to get all the rewards in one pass, so you can complete them in several times.

7. Card Flipping In Marketplace

Because the value of players is not static, they fluctuate most of the time, so as long as you know how to use card flipping correctly, you can easily accumulate millions of stubs through card flipping.

These methods may help you.

• It is best to flip cards when the difference between the get value and the sell value of the player is large.
• Since there is a 10% tax on each card sold, you need to consider how much profit you can get before considering selling a card.
• It is more profitable to create a sell order than to sell the card immediately. However, whether the order can be completed depends on the market.
• Gold card players are in greater demand, and you can choose to collect cards from a specific series to sell according to market conditions.
• Websites such as ShowZone and Showdd.io can help you understand the fluctuations in the value of cards.

These are the 7 ways to get stubs in MLB The Show 25. As long as you learn each way, you will definitely be able to accumulate a lot of stubs.