How The Legends Are Rated and Utilized in MLB 15: The Show
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Though the addition of “legends” didn’t really resonate with the community for MLB 15: The Show their presence in the game is at the very least worth exploring. The 30 players, one representing each franchise, are available for use in Diamond Dynasty and Franchise modes.
To obtain any legends for your Diamond Dynasty team they have to be found in packs of cards, granted as a Universal Rewards bonus, purchased in the card marketplace with Stubs, or earned by completing a team’s “Collection” in the mode. In Franchise they can simply turned “On” as an option when starting it up and the 30 players will be available as free agents. They can also be added to the pool of players for a Fantasy Draft when beginning a new Franchise.
As free agents in Franchise mode there’s a big challenge to adding them to your roster. Every team, no matter the size of their budget and their current payroll, is only given $10 million and some change to work with at the start. Since almost all of the legends want huge contracts it won’t be possible to sign them immediately unless dramatic action is taken.
One way to do that is to decimate your roster – which I did with the Rockies here to get Ted Williams. I was forced to release all of the good players on the team…which obviously isn’t a great strategy for winning in the mode. The other option is to spend money. You can buy Stubs and put them towards increasing your team’s budget.
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