On August 21, the MLB The Show 26 team released the Pipeline Series Program & accompanying collection in Diamond Dynasty. As the name suggests, it focuses on some of the best prospects in the game, including a former first-overall pick and a slew of other familiar names currently in the Minors.
Program
First, let’s start with the Pipeline Program in MLB The Show 26:
- 10 Points: 98 OVR Pipeline Josiah Hartshorn & 2,000 XP
- 20 Points: Pipeline Choice Pack
- 30 Points: 98 OVR Pipeline Tyler Bremner & 2,000 XP
- 40 Points: Ballin’ is a Habit pack
- 50 Points: 99 OVR Pipeline Alfredo Duno & 2,000 XP
- 60 Points: MLB The Show 26 pack (x3)
- 70 Points: 99 OVR Pipeline Caleb Bonemer & 2,000 XP
- 80 Points: Ballin’ is a Habit pack
- 90 Points: Pipeline Choice Pack
- 100 Points: 99 OVR Pipeline Eli Willits & 1,000 XP
- 125 Points: Pipeline Choice Pack
- 150 Points: Pipeline Choice Pack
Aside from the four Pipeline Choice Packs (three cards per pack), there are five player rewards embedded here, three of which are 99 OVR.
Josiah Hartshorn
Tyler Bremner
Alfredo Duno
Caleb Bonemer
Eli Willits
How to make progress
Now, a look at the tasks for the Pipeline Program:
- Complete five Moments (25 pts. – 5 pts. each)
- Program Player Missions:
- Tally three hits with 98 OVR Hartshorn in any mode (5 pts.)
- Tally six strikeouts with 98 OVR Bremner in any mode (5 pts.)
- Tally two extra-base hits with 99 OVR Duno in any mode (5 pts.)
- Tally one home run with 99 OVR Bonemer in any mode (5 pts.)
- Tally four total bases with 99 OVR Willits in any mode (5 pts.)
- Pipeline Series Missions:
- Tally 35 hits with Pipeline Series cards in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Tally 15 extra-base hits with Pipeline Series cards in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Tally seven home runs with Pipeline Series cards in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Tally 25 innings pitched with Pipeline Series cards in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Tally 35 strikeouts with Pipeline Series cards in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Pipeline Choice Pack Player Missions:
- Tally 15 hits with Pipeline Choice Pack players in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Tally seven extra-base hits with Pipeline Choice Pack players in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Tally four home runs with Pipeline Choice Pack players in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Tally 15 innings pitched with Pipeline Choice Pack players in any game mode (5 pts.)
- Tally 25 strikeouts with Pipeline Choice Pack players in any game mode (5 pts.)
- BONUS Pipeline PXP Missions:
- Tally 500 PXP each with Pipeline Josh Baez, Max Clark, Kaelen Culpepper, George Lombard Jr. (20 pts. – 5 pts. each)
- Tally 500 PXP each with Spotlight Nathan Flewelling & Angel Genao (10 pts. – 5 pts. each)
- Tally 500 PXP each with New Threads Zyhir Hope & Arjun Nimmala (10 pts. – 5 pts. each)
- REPEATABLE PXP Pipeline Missions:
- Tally 10,000 PXP with Pipeline Series cards in Mini Seasons (25 pts.)
- Tally 10,000 PXP with Pipeline Series cards in Conquest (25 pts.)
- Tally 10,000 PXP with Pipeline Series cards in Multiplayer Modes (25 pts.)
More on which players are in the choice pack in the next section.
Collection
Kade Anderson
Josue De Paula
Jesús Made
You’ll need 20 Pipeline Series cards for Anderson, 30 for De Paula, and 40 for Made.
So, where are these cards located? Well, let’s take a look:
- Chase/My Legacy: 1 (De Vries)
- Choice: 15 (S. Hernandez, Walcott, Sirota, Holliday, Doyle, Jo. González, Salas, R. Velázquez, Rainer, Arroyo, Level, Wood, George, Lagrange, Cunningham)
- Collection: 2 (Anderson, De Paula)
- Miscellaneous: 4 (Baez, Clark, Culpepper, Lombard Jr.)
- Pipeline Pack: 15 (Arias, Sloan, Gillen, R. Rodriguez, Caminiti, Jenkins, Parker, Arnold, Florentino, Chourio, Arquette, King, Reimer, Neyens, Condon)
- Program: 5
Aside from the cards released on August 21, there were several other Pipeline cards released beforehand. Max Clark was released at the start of the 6th Inning Program. Lombard Jr. was in a free pack, while Joshua Baez and Kaelen Culpepper were in programs.
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