On August 11, Sony San Diego dropped a rare Monday program for MLB The Show 25. This is a big one, as the featured reward is a 99 OVR Milestone Justin Verlander — with Outlier on the four-seamer — in Diamond Dynasty. This is to celebrate his 3,500th career Major League strikeout.

Verlander Program reward path

Here’s a look at the reward path for the MLB The Show 25 Verlander Milestone Program:

• 10 Points: 3,500 XP
• 20 Points: 95 OVR Awards Justin Verlander
• 30 Points: 3,500 XP
• 40 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack
• 50 Points: 3,500 XP
• 60 Points: 300 Stubs
• 70 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack
• 80 Points: 3,500 XP
• 90 Points: MLB The Show 25 pack
• 100 Points: 99 OVR Milestone Justin Verlander and 3,500 XP

This program matches the template for the 99 OVR Milestone Kershaw one that dropped earlier in the year. Inside it are packs and XP bonuses that match the strikeout milestone.

Here’s a look at the 99 OVR Verlander:

Addditionally, here are the attributes for the 95 OVR Verlander, which will be needed for the tasks:

How to make progress

• Complete 10 Moments (40 pts. – 4 pts. each)
• Complete Verlander Showdown (20 pts.)
• 95 OVR Verlander Missions:
  • Tally one win with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
  • Tally three wins with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
  • Tally five wins with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
  • Tally 10 strikeouts with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
  • Tally 20 strikeouts with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
  • Tally 35 strikeouts with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
  • Tally 350 PXP with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
  • Tally 700 PXP with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
  • Tally 1,000 PXP with Awards Verlander (5 pts.)
• Stat Missions:
  • Tally five wins with Tigers, Astros, Mets, or Giants pitchers (10 pts.)
  • Tally 35 innings with Tigers, Astros, Mets, or Giants pitchers (10 pts.)
  • Tally 35 strikeouts with Tigers, Astros, Mets, or Giants pitchers (10 pts.)
  • Tally 2,373 PXP with Tigers pitchers (5 pts.)
  • Tally 962 PXP with Astros pitchers (4 pts.)
  • Tally 81 PXP with Mets pitchers (3 pts.)
  • Tally 84 PXP with Giants pitchers (3 pts.)

For those who don’t mind doing Missions or Showdowns, doing all of them for this program gets to 60 Star Points.

There are not enough Missions to completely skip those, though. However, the recently-added New Threads cards should be able to help with some of the stat Missions, including the Paddack (Program) and Helsley (Showdown) cards.

Check out more of our gaming coverage.