Dual Captains: Increasing Complexity and MLB The Show 25 Stubs Opportunity
Hitting and Pitching Captains
Every MLB team now features two captains — one specializing in hitting and another in pitching. These captains provide tailored buffs that encourage strategic squad-building, offering strong incentives to include more players from the same team to unlock Tier 2 and Tier 3 synergy bonuses.

Economic consequences:

Pitchers who were undervalued previously gain market relevance, boosting their demand and price.

Team-specific supply-demand imbalances emerge, especially for teams with deep rosters or uniquely powerful captain buffs.

Trading strategies must account for the dual nature of boosts — buyers and sellers consider how pitching and hitting cards combine economically.

Variable Boost Strengths
Some captains deliver significant attribute increases (+12 to +20 in certain stats), while others provide modest or situational boosts. This uneven distribution affects card liquidity and pricing:

Cards on teams with powerful captains experience price spikes and increased stub flow.

Cards from teams with weaker or less versatile boosts remain stagnant or depreciate.

This disparity can create arbitrage opportunities across theme teams and cheap MLB The Show 25 Stubs across patches.