MLB The Show 20: Custom Leagues fully explained, new Legend revealed

While it’s not quite Online Franchise, MLB The Show 20’s Custom Leagues come close. Here’s everything we know.

Sony San Diego unveiled a new mode for MLB The Show 20 in a Twitch livestream Thursday afternoon. The stream added more detail to the Custom Leagues feature teased in a video earlier this week.

Custom Leagues will allow between four and 30 players to compete against each other in an online league (no CPU default teams). Leagues can use real-life rosters or players’ Diamond Dynasty teams. The commissioner can offer up various restrictions in the league, from imposing a maximum team overall to mandating players complete a certain amount of games per week and the length of the regular season and the World Series.

Commissioners will be able to mark their leagues as “Competitive” or “Relaxed.” They’ll be able to mandate that players play a certain number of games per week. If players don’t play their mandated games, commissioners can simulate games or pick the winners of unplayed games. They can also make other players co-commissioner and give them those permissions. If a player is kicked, that team turns into a CPU team until another player is invited.

Postseasons can be either two, four, or eight teams. Teams that don’t make the postseason will still be able to challenge other players, but those games won’t affect the postseason itself.

If leagues use the Diamond Dynasty option, players can’t use their Create-A-Player. You’ll be able to add and drop player cards that you unlock in Diamond Dynasty mode outside of your league throughout the season, meaning you won’t need to restart the league to access newly unlocked cards. 40-man roster leagues will see player ratings adjusted based on updates released by Sony San Diego throughout the real season.