MLB Dropped Out of Position Players!

Bryce Harper at catcher Randy Johnson in left field and Mike Trout as your starting pitcher these are things you can do with MLB the show's new out of position series that just dropped today so season 3 launched an MLB the Show which means we have a brand new team affinity and this team Affinity is highlighted by all of these outof position players so you have guys like Manny Machado who's a relief pitcher who's got 118 clutch 114 hits per nine who throws a slur Sinker and a cutter what am I looking at or you have Kenley Jansen a switch hitting catcher with over 100 contact and 112 clutch and 99 arm strength behind the dish look man these out of position cards are definitely not going to be for everybody some people aren't going to like this concept but for me I love it we're always complaining about MLB the Show using the same players over and over again in team affinity and we know how MLB the Show works at this point we're never going to get a large new pool of Legends dropping halfway through the year that's just never been the way MLB the Show operates so in my opinion this outof position series is a great way to recycle players that we have while also making them feel new and fresh and yes you're obviously going to have to throw realism out of the window here and for me I am perfectly okay with that I've never looked at Diamond Dynasty is a realistic baseball Sim anyway it's fun who cares if Chuck nasty is throwing a sinker with with 99 break so the way these outof position cards work is that most of the time pitchers become hitters and hitters become pitchers it's not like that all the time like for example you have Jonah Heim who's now a third baseman as opposed to a catcher or you have Willie Mays who is now a third baseman and these players do not have their real position as a secondary you're legitimately playing them out of position from what they normally play however there are a few players that can kind of play two-way like Manny Machado is going to be a solid relief pitcher but he can also hit but you'll have to bring him off the bench because he doesn't have a secondary position of DH but yeah you have a Mariano Rivera center field card a Roy Halliday card that's a second baseman that's basically a 6'6 utility player like dude this is so cool to me or how about Jacob deg Grom this shortstop card look at the hitting on this card man over a 100 hitting on all four major hitting attributes with 116 clutch as a short stop I was hting tanks with this guy back in MLB 21 when he had a starting pitcher card that had just a little bit of power on the hitting side now look at this or here you go here's Ellie De La Cruz with 120 hits per n 99 vo with double outliar but anyway I'm at 31% in each of the six new team Affinity divisions which means I have one pack from each division so let's use some of these out of position players all right we have AL Central um who do I do I want to take here I'm not going to take a pitcher because I know who my pitcher is going to be I could either go with shortstop Zack grinkie or first baseman sa young and you know what I am literally never excited when I see a new Sai Young card this is a rarity for me to actually be excited about using one so I'm going to take sa young as my first baseman AL East now so this is the one that has Roy Halliday Mariano Rivera dude I kind of want to try out Roy Halliday as a utility guy he's going to be at second base for me AL West now here is where I'm going with my starting pitcher look at Mike Trout starting pitcher with a sinker changeup slurve slider and a cutter the attributes are not the best but check this out he has a secondary position of shortstop and he has great hitting attributes we have a two-way Mike Trout this lowkey would kind of be crazy for Angel in the Outfield I'm not saying I'm bringing it back or anything right now but this would lowkey be a lot of fun so obviously I'm taking Mike Trout NL Central now uh who's in this one we could go Ellie but we already have our pitcher uh a couple dh's but you know what I'm going to take Paul skin as a catcher Mike Trout pitching to Paul skines is going to be wild we have our NL East pack now and I think I think I got to go Jacob De Grom I was thinking about Bryce Harper at catcher but I already got Paul skes there so let's go ahead and take Jacob De Grom at shortstop and we have our last pack from Team Affinity the NL West where do I want to go right right here I could go with a reliever I could go with uh another infielder I think I'm going to roll with Willie Mae over at third base now I have one more out of position pack this comes from the new XP reward path let's open this up and just kind of see what this looks like all right 95 so you don't get both rounds you only get one round Jose trino they gave him a screw ball dude yeah no Jose trino is absolutely the pick for me so these are the out of position players I have so far obviously I'm going to do some more grinding on team Affinity to earn more of these cards so you should see a full outof position team on the channel in the next day or two but for now this is what I'm going to go with with Mike Trout at DH and the starting pitcher dude this is going to be a lot of fun as I look for this game I just want you guys to know that if you're going to a baseball game you can use code cougs on SeatGeek to save $20 on your tickets and Underdog fantasy has a ton of promos going on right now they have a free Travis Kelce pick for the first week of NFL football and you can add that to any of your pick entries it doesn't have to be exclusive to football but you can get that pick when you sign up with my code coug so give it a shot here we go I'll be on the road against Pedro I honestly have not been this excited to play A ranked game in a while I'm a little excited I'm a little aggressive that was also a really slow change up Paul SK perfect perfect 113 off the bat 435 for my catcher this is so sick all four oh he's terrified of Roy Halliday at the plate oh perfect for Willie Mae that's going to leave the yard too Willie May my third baseman going yard oh here we go Sai Young my power-hitting first baseman oh I got under the change up damn all right time to pitch with Mike Trout got to see what this Sinker looks like he's got an over-the-top windup hit him with the cutter inside okay 02 on change up in yeah Mike drout has his first strike out also yeah he is using Chipper Jones and I think a few more wild cards as well I think the wild cards either might be bugged or they decided to keep like the wild cards we had I don't know it don't matter to Mike Trout though and that's his first home run allowed okay little yin and yang can't say I'm surprised attributes on Mike Trout as a pitch are just not that great but I don't even care man this is just fun don't throw a fast ball right there to supercharg yordon yordon is obviously not out of position that's the live series card so thanks yordon okay Babe Ruth yordon Babe Ruth save some for the out of position dudes we're back now Jacob deg Grom he needs Redemption after his first AB honestly and he's going to get it base knock up the middle oh that's going to be an out yeah I just straight up missed that with skin and I'm doubled up at first I I don't want to talk about it I really want him to run with 99 speed Bobby Wht Jr CU I want to see how Paul skin does with a runner on base I want to see what his pop time is oh all right second and third Mike let's figure this out I'm bringing the infield in Got a Boy sa young out a boy that's a huge play popped him up let's go dude is Mike Trout about to get out of this Jam Roy hallay should get that Mike Trout had second and third nobody out and worked through it no damage can't believe I'm saying that sentence in 2024 Roy how that's rude ah come on man can't be late there that's easy don't tell me I just got two perfect outs in one inning what's going on here who did I piss off at SDS hey but down in the comments let me know how you feel about this out of position stuff like I said I know there was a lot of people that you know weren't really feeling it when they were revealing it on Twitter they felt it was just too gimmicky or you know they're out of ideas or whatever the case may be I've already expressed my opinion about it I think this is a lot of fun I think this is something different something fresh obviously it's not technically unique because this has been done in other sports games but it's new to MLB the Show so for me that's all I need I just need some variety and this brings that yeah let me know what you think is this going to get you on season 3 there's also new collection rewards new XP reward path all that stuff that we normally expect at the start of AAS season but for me the draw right now is the out of position stuff so let me know how you feel about it God damn Mike and also let me know which out of position player you're most excited to use that's a one two three for Mike Trout he's allowed one through three Innings hit griffy with the slve here yep got him to chase in the dirt Ernie's got that kind of feel like I have Bobby wit set up well for this change up yeah way out in front on the check swing I'm going to try to beat Babe Ruth with a sinker highing in oh got him another strike out for Mike all right I got to help trout out a little bit more here I haven't scored since the second inning we're on the third time through the order got to get it going Jacob deg Grom another hit ball four here we go two guys on and Roy Halliday got robbed of a perfect swing in his last AB damn dude Roy Halliday is so unlucky right now Willie May Come on Willie Mays his second of the game it's now 8 to one Mike Trout's got to be feeling great about this seven-run lead I need to do something with Sai Young though there we go sa young I think Mike Trout is actually one of the only guys who hasn't gotten in the hit column yet and there it is it's just Roy Halliday that hasn't gotten a hit okay well yordon is going absolutely nuts here that's a 460t home run that puts us in Mercy territory get up the middle get up there out a boy Ernie oh I think Babe Ruth has another home run as well it's 13 to one here in the fifth inning let's go Mike let's get through five let's get this Mercy all right it's 13-2 I would not be that upset if this guy extended this game I want Roy Halliday to hit again okay it's 10 he still has to get one more that's three straight hits to start the inning thank goodness this is happening with a 10-run lead this pitch has worked a few times got him how many strikeouts does trout have six on a little double play to end the game right here the double play is still very much alive we're okay blind him out one out way let's do this ah the game gets extended did damn I had him on two strikes as well and now we're out of the inning hey that's fine because now I actually get another shot with Roy Halliday he walked him hey you know what he doesn't have a hit but he's been on base twice with two hard line out so it's still been a good day for Roy all right I have Jose trino warming up in the bullpen I'm going to let Mike Trout start this sixth inning he's getting in the yellow energy though got a boy yordon we'll just kind of see how this goes with Mike Trout you on again okay that is good enough for me Mike Trout six Innings and he leaves with a nine run lead and there goes yordon again he's really going to win player of the game in this one Babe Ruth also has another one make it 15 runs Jacob deg Grom man he loves hitting it right back up the middle and hey as long as Paul SK doesn't hit into a double play Roy Halliday will get another shot oh baby Paul SK another perfect blast 17 to four come on Roy get through there come on don't you dare take this away from him beat it Roy safe everyone has a hit they really tried to Rob him again dude sa young hits a home run that's that's the icing on the cake here did he do it did he do it sa young what is going on in this inning all right Jose trino you have a 15-run lead you have one job that's a great start buddy doing it again blowing in this time jammed him and that should do it Roy Halliday is going to make the grab in center field and that's one of the most fun ranked games I've played in a while obviously scoring 19 runs and getting a mercy helps but even if this was a one-run game a battle back and forth being able to use all of these out of position guys was so much fun for me [Music]