Examining the Mariners Rankings in MLB The Show 22

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There are few things that excite me more than anything that has to do with the start of baseball season for the Mariners. Spring Training, prospect updates, the start of the actual season. It extends to the realm of video games as well though, as MLB The Show 22 comes out on April 5th.

“Wait a minute, how are you releasing the player rankings for the game if it isn’t out yet?”

If you were one of those who took advantage of pre-ordering a special edition of the game, as I did, then it was available to you on March 31st at 9 PM Pacific Time or midnight on the morning of April 1st.

It’s the game I most look forward to every year. My wife knows that we aren’t going to watch shows after the kids go to bed for a while because I’ll be playing this. It happens every year and has for as long as I can remember.

Before I get into actually playing too much of the game, I wanted to list out all of the Mariners Rankings for people who either didn’t get the special edition with the early access, or those who are just curious and want to have them in one spot.

Here are the Mariners Rankings from MLB The Show 22

What I’ve done is gone ahead and list out the rankings from not just Franchise mode but from Diamond Dynasty instead. For those unfamiliar, Franchise is your basic “take over a team and try and win the World Series” mode. Diamond Dynasty (DD) features players as collectible cards that you can insert into your lineup, mixing and matching as you go along. The better players are higher ranked, and therefore, harder/more expensive to acquire.

I’m a big DD guy, so before I get to creating my team and making my way through all the challenges, I’ve put together the list of rankings from both modes. Along the way, I’ll have some thoughts and opinions on what they got right and what they got wrong. Last year, they had omitted some of the top prospects from the Mariners and created some completely fake ones with great ratings. Let’s see if this year is better with the Mariners MLB The Show 22 rankings.

SEATTLE – SEPTEMBER 15: Mitch Haniger #17 of the Seattle Mariners bats during the game against the Boston Red Sox at T-Mobile Park on September 15, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. The Red Sox defeated the Mariners 9-4. (Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /

Every year, Franchise is kind of placed on the back burner. Not as many users care about it, and the majority of the focus from the development team is placed on Diamond Dynasty. It’s where the money gets spent, so it’s where the focus gets placed. You see it with Ultimate Team in Madden, and the Franchise mode there has become nearly unplayable due to the massive lack of updates.

MLB The Show 22 is better, but they could definitely put a lot more work into the player ratings. Check out some of these, and you can see what I mean. Most years, prospects get fixed after some updates, but the beginning is usually tragic.

Robbie Ray – 87
Marco Gonzales – 79
Chris Flexen – 78
Logan Gilbert – 80
Drew Steckenrider – 78
Casey Sadler – 76
Paul Sewald – 80
Diego Castillo – 81
Anthony Misiewicz – 70
Luis Torrens – 67
Ty France – 77
Adam Frazier – 81
Abraham Toro – 72
JP Crawford – 76
Eugenio Suarez – 80
Kyle Lewis – 75
Jarred Kelenic – 61
Mitch Haniger – 81
Jesse Winker – 83
Dylan Moore – 81
Cal Raleigh – 70
Tom Murphy – 80
Julio Rodriguez – 63
Justus Sheffield – 72
Noelvi Marte – 72
George Kirby – 63
Emerson Hancock – 67
Harry Ford – 71
Levi Stoudt – 64
Matt Brash – 66
Alberto Rodriguez – 68

Nailed it!

Harry Ford at 71 and Noelci at 72 are spot on. Haniger at 81, Marco at 79, and Toro at 72 are spot on also. The bullpen is pretty accurate also, although Sewald should probably be a bit higher.

What were they thinking?

Again, prospects are a joke. Hancock is the Mariners top prospect and ranked 24th. Why in the world is Julio a 63? Im assuming that an update will come out soon, and he will jump to 99. Just kidding. He should likely be in the mid-high 70s though.

WALKING CABRERA IS RANKED HIGHER THAN JULIO! It’s like they don’t care. Some of the other things that stand out are Tom Murphy at 80 and Dylan Moore at 81. Also Ty France at 77. Come on now. Dylan Moore hardly belongs on a roster, and Ty France is one of the best hitters in baseball.

SEATTLE – SEPTEMBER 14: Ty France #23 of the Seattle Mariners bats during the game against the Boston Red Sox at T-Mobile Park on September 14, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. The Red Sox defeated the Mariners 8-4. (Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /

We ended up with some amazing specialty cards by the end of the year in MLB The Show 21. There’s also a hope that, at some point in this year’s edition, we could see some new legends in the game. It’s also been released that Randy Johnson is going to be in the game for the first time in DD, so time will tell if they have a Mariners card to go along with the Diamondbacks card that was originally in the trailer.

Here are the Mariners rankings for this season, though, along with the tiers that they fall into. Keep in mind, a lot of the prospects aren’t going to be on here yet as they will show up in later card releases and programs. So it’s only guys on the 40-man, or even only those that played in the majors last year.

Robbie Ray – 85
Marco Gonzales – 74
Chris Flexen – 72
Logan Gilbert – 77
Drew Steckenrider – 74
Casey Sadler – hurt, not listed
Erik Swanson – 70
Paul Sewald – 77
Diego Castillo – 80
Matt Brash – 64
Luis Torrens – 68
Evan White – 68
Ty France – 78
Adam Frazier – 78
Abraham Toro – 74
JP Crawford – 75
Kyle Lewis – 76
Jarred Kelenic – 72
Mitch Haniger – 90/80
Jesse Winker – 81
Eugenio Suarez – 76
Dylan Moore – 74
Cal Raleigh – 65
Tom Murphy – 74
Julio Rodriguez – 68
Noelvi Marte – n/a
George Kirby – 61
Emerson Hancock – n/a
Levi Stoudt – n/a
Harry Ford – n/a
Alberto Rodriguez – 71

Nailed it!

Robbie Ray definitely deserves a diamond, and I’m glad he got one. Castillo has nasty movement, and deserves the 80 ranking. That Haniger 90 is a Face of the Franchise card, but it’s nice to see his normal card get recognized with an 80 as well. Winker has awful defense, so he gets penalized, although he is a gold hitter that RAKES against RHP. Seeing Gilbert at 77 shows that he does have nasty stuff that has to show in the game.

What were they thinking?

The game either got Julio and Alberto confused, or just really loves Alberto. There is no world that in the beginning of 2022, Julio Rodriguez should be ranked lower than Alberto Rodriguez. Sure, Alberto is a good prospect, but Julio is special.

You also won’t see a lot of prospects on here yet, as they prefer to save them for special releases later on. So, guys like Marte and Kirby will probably pop up over the next 4-6 weeks of game play as special “prospect” cards.

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Now get out there and play (or buy) MLB The Show 22. Find a league, play RTTS, play franchise mode, or look up DeionValkyre and send me a challenge and we can play sometime.

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Here are the Mariners Rankings from MLB The Show 22

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