Babe Ruth, Bob Gibson, Mike Piazza among new legends in 'MLB The Show 18'

Bryan Wiedey

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Three years ago, the "MLB The Show" video game franchise introduced 30 greats from the past to its pool of players. The two years that followed saw that number expand to 75. With another 35 making their debut in "MLB The Show 18," which officially released Friday, the group of legends now stands at a very healthy 110.

After a decade-long absence, Babe Ruth makes his return to video games in "MLB 18" but there are many other notable additions that will get fans excited. There are two ways in which legends are utilized in "The Show," as they are found as rare commodities in the team-building Diamond Dynasty mode or can be signed to teams as free agents in Franchise Mode. 

By turning on the "Allow Legend Free Agents" setting when starting Franchise Mode, the historic players enter the free-agent pool and can be signed by any team. Given that each club starts with limited monetary flexibility, considerable salary has to be dumped by those interested in signing one of them or the "Ignore Budgets" option needs to be turned on. The legends have been created based on their peak seasons, and that is reflected in their contract demands.

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MLB The Show 18 Mike Piazza

LF Babe Ruth
Age 26
99 Overall Rating
Seeking $31M per year contract

SP Vida Blue
Age 22
99 Overall Rating
Seeking $31M per year contract

SP Bob Gibson
Age 32
99 Overall Rating
Seeking $31M per year contract

RP Fergie Jenkins
98 Overall Rating
Age 28
Seeking $8.3M per year contract

C Mike Piazza
97 Overall Rating
Age 28
Seeking $31M per year contract

LF Albert Belle
96 Overall Rating
Age 28
Seeking $31M per year contract

RF Vladimir Guerrero
96 Overall Rating
Age 29
Seeking $31M per year contract

MLB The Show 18 Vladimir Guerrero

SP Bob Feller
94 Overall Rating
Age 21
Seeking $31M per year contract

SP Don Sutton
94 Overall Rating
Age 31
Seeking $29.5M per year contract

1B Frank Thomas
93 Overall Rating
Age 26
Seeking $31M per year contract

SP Roy Oswalt
93 Overall Rating
Age 26
Seeking $31M per year contract

RF Dale Murphy
92 Overall Rating
Age 27
Seeking $31M per year contract

3B Joe Torre
91 Overall Rating
Age 30
Seeking $23.1M per year contract

RP Troy Percival
91 Overall Rating
Age 40
Seeking $8.3M per year contract

LF Billy Williams
91 Overall Rating
Age 32
Seeking $20.5M per year contract

SP Doug Drabek
90 Overall Rating
Age 27
Seeking $29.5M per year contract

RP Ron Guidry
90 Overall Rating
Age 27
Seeking $8.3M per year contract

RF Shawn Green
89 Overall Rating
Age 27
Seeking $21.4M per year contract

SS Omar Vizquel
89 Overall Rating
Age 32
Seeking $17.3M per year contract

C Benito Santiago
89 Overall Rating
Age 25
Seeking $29.5M per year contract

LF Jim Rice
89 Overall Rating
Age 25
Seeking $31M per year contract

RP Lee Smith
88 Overall Rating
Age 25
Seeking $8.3M per year contract

RP Dock Ellis
87 Overall Rating
Age 26
Seeking $8.3M per year contract

RP Eric Gagne
87 Overall Rating
Age 27
Seeking $8.3M per year contract

SS Pee Wee Reese
87 Overall Rating
Age 30
Seeking $16.3M per year contract

1B Tony Perez
86 Overall Rating
Age 28
Seeking $20.2M per year contract

1B Steve Garvey
86 Overall Rating
Age 25
Seeking $31M per year contract

LF Lou Brock
85 Overall Rating
Age 35
Seeking $10.3M per year contract

3B Paul Molitor
84 Overall Rating
Age 36
Seeking $9.3M per year contract

CF Richie Ashburn
82 Overall Rating
Age 24
Seeking $22.4M per year contract

1B Keith Hernandez
81 Overall Rating
Age 25
Seeking $20.5M per year contract

CF Larry Doby
81 Overall Rating
Age 30
Seeking $7.3M per year contract

RF Enos Slaughter
80 Overall Rating
Age 26
Seeking $15.2M per year contract

2B Bill Mazeroski
79 Overall Rating
Age 21
Seeking $19.3M per year contract

RF Harold Baines
78 Overall Rating
Age 26
Seeking $13.1M per year contract

Among the players carrying over from the 2015-17 editions of the series are Ken Griffey Jr., Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Ernie Banks, Joe Morgan, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr., Nolan Ryan, Bert Blyleven, Chipper Jones, Johnny Bench, Willie McCovey, Wade Boggs, Roberto Alomar, Mike Schmidt, Cal Ripken Jr., Yogi Berra, Eddie Murray, Juan Marichal, Rollie Fingers, Reggie Jackson, Billy Wagner, Edgar Martinez and Ozzie Smith.

Bryan Wiedey posts sports gaming news and analysis daily at Pastapadre.com, is co-founder of the sports gaming site HitThePass.com, hosts the "Press Row Podcast" and can be reached on Twitter @Pastapadre.

Bryan Wiedey

Bryan Wiedey posts sports gaming news and analysis daily at Pastapadre.com, is a regular participant in the Press Row Podcast and Press Row Hangout shows, and can be reached on Twitter @Pastapadre.