Examining the Mariners Rankings in MLB The Show 22

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.

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.