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MLB The Show 26 Announces Massive Update on Cover Athlete

ByVincent Pensabene
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MLB The Show 26 is still a few months away from being officially launched, but there has been some news regarding the game to come out. With Spring Training getting closer and closer, the news regarding who will be on the cover is expected to be announced soon. While we still do not know the cover athlete for MLB The Show 26, we did get a bit of an update on it. Let’s take a closer look at what was announced and what it means going forward for the game.

MLB The Show 26 Will Have No New Cover Athlete

After seeing three new cover athletes on MLB The Show 25, it appears that MLB The Show 26 will be undergoing a different strategy. On Monday afternoon, their official social media channels posted the following message:

“First off, we at San Diego Studios want to thank you, the MLB The Show Community, for your continued support and feedback. We know that you are all just as excited as we are for the release of MLB The Show ’26, so we wanted to let everyone know that this year we have decided that we will not have a new cover athlete. Please stay tuned to all our social channels for more information to come.”

MLB The Show has been a yearly release since 2006, and below are the athletes who have been cover athletes for the game:

  • David Ortiz (2006)
  • David Wright (2007)
  • Ryan Howard (2008)
  • Dustin Pedroia (2009)
  • Joe Mauer (2010, 2011)
  • Adrian Gonzale (2012)
  • Andrew McCutchen (2013)
  • Miguel Cabrera (2014)
  • Yasiel Puig (2015)
  • Josh Donaldson (2016)
  • Ken Griffey Jr (2017)
  • Aaron Judge (2018)
  • Bryce Harper (2019)
  • Javier Baez (2020)
  • Fernando Tatis Jr (2021)
  • Shohei Ohtani (2022)
  • Jazz Chisholm Jr (2023)
  • Vladimir Guerrero Jr (2024)
  • Paul Skenes (2025)
  • Elly De La Cruz (2025)
  • Gunnar Henderson (2025)

The post indicates that there will be no new cover athlete, meaning one or more of the men on the list above will be on the cover athlete for MLB The Show 26. There are also rumors regarding a World Baseball Classic cover, since the event happens in March. It will be intriguing to follow how things will unfold here.

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