MLB The Show 20 Opening Day Promotion: Free Diamond Pack, Twitch Drops, and Showdown
Baseball is back! While it appeared the MLB season was in jeopardy due to the coronavirus pandemic, the league was able to put together a plan for a shorter season. It officially got underway on Thursday as the New York Yankees took on the Washington Nationals. The Giants and Dodgers also joined in the fun. In celebration of the start of the season, an MLB The Show 20 Opening Day promotion is underway. It brings a number of ways to get free packs and players.
Free Diamond Player Pack Available for Diamond Dynasty
While Thursday brought the first MLB games of the season, Friday, July 24 marks Opening Day. Many more games are on the slate from Friday through the weekend. With that, an MLB The Show 20 Opening Day promotion got underway featuring a free pack for all gamers. That pack contains one Live Series Diamond player rated from 85 to 89.
To claim the free Diamond player pack, gamers simply need to log into MLB The Show and go into Diamond Dynasty mode. On the main menu, you’ll see a “Free Pack” option to go to. Choose that and then open the pack to see which card you get.
While many people playing MLB The Show’s Diamond Dynasty will find the card to be unusable for their squad, newer gamers might enjoy this. For those who are trying to build up team collections in Affinity this can also be helpful.
We pulled a Ronald Acuna for the Braves in our pack, which is the highest-priced card in their team collection. Unfortunately, the card can’t be sold so you’ll be stuck with it either way.
MLB The Show 20 Opening Day Twitch Drops all weekend
In addition to that free Diamond player pack, there’s another cool part of the MLB The Show 20 Opening Day promotion available. Starting on Friday and continuing through Opening Weekend, there will be various Twitch streamers playing MLB The Show 20. By watching their live online streams, gamers can earn free Twitch Drops.
Here’s a complete list of all of the Twitch MLB The Show streamers:
- healy6
- outconsumer
- mills
- scuffymcgee
- moviegamingtv
- theantortiz
- officialatrin
- clutch
- twingamingtv
- sporer
- thefinnftw
- koogs46
- realshelfy
This particular promotion started at 12 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, July 24, and will officially run until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT. In order to get Twitch drops, you’ll have to link up your MLB The Show Nation account (via your Sony PlayStation account log-in) and your Twitch account.
Free Showdown for Edwin Encarnacion Diamond card
While the above options are easy to do and basically give free rewards, there’s another free one available that takes a bit of work. There’s a new 95 OVR Edwin Encarnacion Diamond card up for grabs via Showdown Moments.
While the other Showdowns have an entry fee, this one does not. Head into Showdown mode, and navigate to “Starter 2” where you can participate in the Encarnacion series. Along the way, you’ll have to face Felix Hernandez and Mariano Rivera in order to ultimately unlock Encarnacion.
In addition to being able to earn that Encarnacion for your DD squad, you’ll gain XP and MLB The Show Stubs along the way. Not bad for some free MLB The Show 20 Opening Day promotions!
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