MLB The Show 24 Season 3 Diamond Dynasty mode was released on Thursday, August 29 at approximately 12pm PST (3pm ET / 8pm BST) and brings with it a wealth of new content. This new content includes a new Team Affinity program, a brand-new collection, and a new reward path. This massive update is designed to keep MLB The Show 24’s popular Diamond Dynasty mode fresh and entertaining. Now, let’s take a look at some of the key new features.

Season 3 New Contents

In Season 3’s Two 6-week XP Reward Paths, players can earn XP Rewards earlier than ever before. In Season 3.1, players will receive Two 99 Bosses as rewards. And in Season 3.2, there will be another Three More 99 Bosses as rewards. Now, players can earn 60,000 XP on Day 1 by completing Head Start goal.

Additionally, three Wild Card Slots can be won in Season 3, and Core Ernie Banks be brought into Season 3 lineup. Team Affinity starts at 95 OVR x30 teams, forming a new card series.

Power Curve Accelerated

The power curve is reset again, which may cause some changes in your team. Cards that will be available through Team Affinity in the initial stages of Season 3 will be 95 OVRs, while players with 97 OVRs are waiting for you in Ranked World Series rewards.

As Season 3 progresses, the power curve will increase faster, with players with 99 OVRs on the horizon as you enter the exciting MLB Postseason.

Two New XP Reward Paths

The game has made significant improvements to XP Reward Path in the previous MLB The Show 24 Season 2, based on some player feedback, by shortening the upgrade time and making XP Reward Path Bosses more accessible. MLB The Show 24 has made further major improvements to enhance this feature in Season 3.

Season 3 will allow you to unlock boss rewards faster than in previous seasons, as Season 3 introduces two separate and shorter XP Reward Paths, each lasting six weeks and requiring 350,000 XP to complete. The first XP Reward Path of Season 3 not only features two 99 OVR Hall of Fame Bosses but also many other rewards along the way. Here are some rewards you can earn in 3.1 XP Reward Path:

• 95 OVR player item at 20,000 XP
• 97 OVR player item at 90,000 XP
• First 99 OVR boss reward at 160,000 XP
• Second 99 OVR boss reward at 350,000 XP

3.1 XP Reward Path ends after six weeks to make way for 3.2 XP Reward Path, which introduces three new 99 OVR Bosses and has a similar reward structure to 3.1 XP Reward Path. As XP Reward Path continues to improve, many players will unlock bosses faster and earn MLB The Show 24 Stubs rewards.

Double XP Weekend & Daily Gameplay XP

Season 3 is a great opportunity to quickly earn 99 OVR XP Bosses, with a Double XP Weekend in Season 3. Daily gameplay XP cap for MLB The Show 24 will also be increased from 15,000 to 30,000. It is important to note that this daily cap only applies to in-game XP earned by playing MLB The Show 24, and does not limit XP earned through Team Affinity and Other Programs.

Season 3 Team Affinity Programs

Season 3 kicks off a new chapter for Team Affinity, ushering in a group of powerful players from Team Affinity Season 3 Chapter 1, and providing players with 30 premium cards, one for each MLB team. In addition, players can also earn some excellent rewards such as Stubs and card packs that will help them improve their team. Look out for beloved legends like Randy Johnson and Mariano Rivera, as well as current players from 30 different clubs, in a brand new card series.

The missions in Season 3 Team Affinity Programs will no longer have in-season requirements. You can freely combine in-season and out-of-season themed squads to make Team Affinity progress. In addition, starting with Season 3, OVR curve will be higher, and two Team Affinity Chapters will be released this season, each with two XP Reward Paths. Season 4 will also continue to introduce new Team Affinity Chapters.

Season 3 Wild Card Slots

Once you get Wild Card slot, you will add player items from previous seasons to Season 3 eligible squad. You can get three Wild Card Slots by completing Season 3 Collection after August 29.

Season 3 differs from Season 2 in how XP Reward Path is obtained, so you should make sure that the three Wild Card Slots are unlocked faster than in Season 2. The total number of Wild Card slots available in Season 3 is capped at 4 and you cannot use Wild Card slots from Season 2.

Season 3 Limit Breakdown

In Season 3, cards will all be labeled “S3”. Some modes will require you to add players with “S1” or “S2” logo to your lineup without using a Wild Card slot. For example, Solo Ranked always requires an in-season team, while Events and Conquest modes sometimes require in-season squads, and Play VS. CPU mode allows cards from any season. However, you will not lose any of your Season 1 and 2 player items when a new season starts.

Be sure to get the best Season 3 cards, because Season 4 will be the last season of MLB The Show 24, and with Season 3 ending in late November, you will be free to use any cards from any season. This also means that any cards introduced in Season 3 will be unrestricted.

As we all know, Season 2 of MLB 24 has been going on for a while. Today we are going to discuss how to build a strong team in Season 2.

My team has been improved in Double XP Weekend. Luis Castillo is captain of my team. I think he is one of the best Cornerstone Captains for most people.

But if you have already got most of the cards, then this statement is not true. I only have more than 90 cards now, but I missed a lot of big boys such as Mike Trout and Yordan Alvarez. Missing some cards will cost us more MLB The Show 24 Stubs to build a strong team.

For a card with an overall rating of around 89, it is already good. But if Luis Castillo can join this team, it will be a boost for us. After Castillo joins, your team’s overall rating will reach 91, and it can also increase contact percentage by 15.

My Wild Card is currently Willie Mays. I have used other players before, such as Mookie Betts, but I think Willie Mays is more suitable for my team. You can also modify your Wild Card, there is no limit.

In terms of pitching, we also have some good candidates, such as Cy Young and Trayce Thompson. In addition, I have always liked Roy Halladay card. This card is much better than I thought, but it is indeed weak in pitching.

So far, we have been able to beat most opponents. Hopefully, a really good pitcher will appear soon. Now let’s talk about 88 Cornerstone captain from Season 1, Luis Castillo, and Nolan Arenado.

In Season 2, we can of course give them Wild Cards, which may not sound very attractive, but you can see 15 contact right, 10 power left, 10 clutch and five Fielding right, and you can get all outfielders by doing this.

If you only have 13 available players, and you have 11 hitters among them, it means you can only have two outfielders. I don’t have the top cards in this game, I think this position should be more suitable for cards that are well-balanced in all aspects.

Most players can easily get Corey Seager or Jose Ramirez, and these cards need to be upgraded step by step to get boosts. Eddie Murray, Luis Castillo and Nolan Arenado, all three are live series. William Contreras almost got the biggest boost, and he performed very well.

If someone gets a top player like Yordan Alvarez, it is a very good boost. But his defensive ability is very poor, and the player’s him is very suitable for Designated Hitter position. Like Yasmani Grandal, we have a high probability of getting him on the reward path.

But he only has one speed and there is no way to change it, which I think is more speechless than having a speed of 0. At the same time, we can also see that Mark McGwire has indeed received some additional boosts.

As we know, there are many Cornerstone captains, such as Giancarlo Stanton and Corbin Carroll, but I think Giancarlo Stanton is not suitable for the position at the moment. We just need to make sure that they are not in your lineup and are no longer on your main screen.

Cornerstone captains can be swapped at will as long as you want, but I think it is best to fully understand who is the most suitable captain. If you want to see if Stanton is really not suitable, you can add him to the team and see if your team has a boost.

For Stanton, he only has set two. Then the core cards live series are not suitable for him. He must be a flashback or a legends card. So far, there are very few people who are suitable for Striker position.

You can also add filters to filter which cards are suitable for your captain. Especially as we can get more and more cards, this function becomes particularly important.

So when discussing how we should build a team, you should understand what you have, what you need, and what you can get. Another thing we often talk about is where you’re going to play?

If you have a fast outfield, you have a lot of fields to choose from. They can turn doubles into triples and knock down balls. In this situation, it is not wise for us to still play in Shield Woods.

But overall, in the second season, we are very much looking forward to building some new teams in Season 2, and different teams from before. We spent at least three months grinding most of these cards, but unfortunately, we only got a small part of the remaining things.

Hopefully, game can improve events mode and other offline experiences so that we can use Season 1 and Season 2 cards in Season 3.

As Diamond Dynasty in MLB The Show 24 enters Season 2, OVRs, which once seemed a bit outdated, have become the standard for determining the best cards in the game. While you can still put some of the best cards from Season 1 into your side in Season 2 through Wild Card slots, you can also try out cards that may seem unpopular on the surface but have great potential.

This guide will introduce some of the best players in MLB The Show 24 Diamond Dynasty Season 2 who have an OVRs under 95, but are really good. These players will cost you less MLB The Show 24 Stubs than some of the hottest players, but they will also give you unexpected surprises.

Ken Griffey Jr. / Roy Halladay / Chipper Jones

The best change in Diamond Dynasty Season 2 is the addition of three new players who have been selected for XP Reward Path. This is a great way to upgrade some of the lower versions of players while you upgrade to the 99 OVR Hall of Fame cards in XP Reward Path.

You can get 91 OVR and 95 OVR versions of these three players in this upgrade process. But in fact, many players can directly upgrade to the best version of 99 OVR Griffey and Jones in XP Reward Path. But don’t forget that the 91 OVRs are their meta-related cards and are likely to be the lowest-end options.

This is probably a good thing for most DD players who didn’t play Season 2, because 91 Jones is a lefty-and-righty hitter, 91 Griffey is a slugger who hits hard from the right side, and 91 Halladay is a workhorse throughout the team. All three cards are nice free starters waiting for players to climb XP mountain.

Cornerstone Captain Luis Castillo

Also worth noting are Cornerstone Captains of Season 2, and the one that is most worth exploring is Luis Castillo. This is mainly because he is a Live Series Captain, which can greatly improve the attributes or abilities of other cards.

Castillo himself is not very good, as can be seen from his overall rating of 88. You can choose to put a little effort into Team Affinity, which may slightly improve his speed and four-pitch arsenal. However, in the field, he may not overcome some fast shots. He will be beaten by some capable opponents.

But you can completely ignore him and just use him as a tool - he needs him to make a lot of contact with Live Series players. And relatively improve H/9, and BB/9. Maybe at the beginning of Season 2, you don’t have many other options, but using a Captain boost build is also a good way to gain strength in Season 2 gradually.

Paul Goldschmidt

In Diamond Dynasty, you have two ways to get Paul Goldschmidt’s 92 OVR card. The first way is to participate in Rickwood Field event and get 10 consecutive wins to drop this card directly. But you want to get 2022 NL MVP into your lineup, which may take hours or even days.

If you don’t want to have so much free time, you can directly use 30,000 MLB The Show 24 Stubs to get him. He will definitely make your stubs worth it because he is a maximized left-handed hitter, so you can hit some unexpected ball directions when facing opponents on the field.

Lee Smith

Who is the most difficult pitcher in Goldschmidt? It is definitely 93 Lee Smith in XP Reward Path. Long before the word aura was popularized by young people, Smith’s aura was very feared. He is one of the most impressive pitchers in Diamond Dynasty, and may become the best pitcher in MLB The Show 24 in the subsequent game.

His most outstanding skill is fastball, which is the power of most of his 123 K/9, as other pitchers have no outliers. But his other skills - slider, cutter, and forkball give you three ways to attack moving hitters, and on top of that, fastballs per at-bat can reach 87 or even higher.

Of course, Lee Smith is not without flaws. He has a hard time controlling these pitches, so these pitches can become wild and uncontrollable after he throws them. But as a free relief pitcher, you can put him forward.

Aroldis Chapman

But with more cost-effectiveness, Aroldis Chapman is still slightly better than Lee Smith. Not only can he do most of Lee Smith’s work, but he is also a left-handed player, and like Paul Goldschmidt, he can also play unexpected effects.

If you want a Chapman card just because he pitches hard, you’re missing out! Chapman is a Season 2 Collection card that locks in 30 Season 2 cards for you. This card is actually a Team Affinity Season 2 Chapter 1 set collection reward, making him a great complement to Smith.

Trea Turner

If you’re looking for a player who can handle lefties like Chapman well, then Trea Turner’s new 92 OVR Incognito series is in your range. His 125 contact and 98 power against lefties make him one of the best right-handed hitters, and his speed is pretty amazing.

What’s special about Turner cards since MLB The Show 24 came to Diamond Dynasty is that he’s very effective against inside pitches. As a Chase Pack exclusive, you’ll have to spend 100,000 MLB The Show 24 Stubs to get him. But if you think about it, you’re getting a shortstop who can rake and run, and is eligible for Giancarlo Stanton and Corbin Carroll Cornerstone Captains. You’ll feel that these stubs are well worth it!

These player cards will make your team even better and invincible in the field. I hope you can have fun playing MLB The Show 24 Season 2 Diamond Dynasty and achieve more victories!