Three Pittsburgh Pirates Legends MLB The Show Should Include

Honorable Mentions

There are plenty more legends from the Pittsburgh Pirates I’d like to see in the game, so let’s highlight a few:

RHP A.J. Burnett

A.J. Burnett is up there with Andrew McCutchen as my favorite Pittsburgh Pirate of all time. SDS already owns his rights and has given him diamond cards with the Florida Marlins, but c’mon. I want to see a 97+ card of Burnett during his time in Pittsburgh. Sure he won a World Series in Florida, but Pittsburgh is where he became Batman and made his one and only all-star game.

RHP Dock Ellis

SDS once had Dock Ellis’s name-and-likeness rights in MLB The Show in 2018. However, he hasn’t made an appearance since, as they’ve likely lost his rights. I’m sure any baseball fan would love to see a milestone card for his LSD no-hitter. Although given the drug use surrounding the no-no and MLB The Show being an E-rated game, they likely wouldn’t give him a card for that accomplishment if they had the opportunity to put him in the game.

RHP Doug Drabek

Like with Ellis, San Diego Studios did have Doug Draebek’s rights at one point. They gave him a diamond card in MLB 17 The Show; however, he hasn’t made an appearance since then. He’d make a good award series card for his 1990 Cy Young season, or just a Prime series card. The issue is Draebek likely wouldn’t play very well in-game, but like with Tekulve, it would be a nice addition for Pirate fans.

Catcher Manny Sanguillen

Manny Sanguillen is one of the best catchers in Pirate history. He’d be a fun catcher to use with 100+ contact and 90+ fielding (fielding only goes up to 99). He might only have power below 60, though many high-contact cards are glitchy in MLB The Show. Give him a swing players like to use and he’d be an underrated diamond catcher in the game. He’d also likely have secondary positions of right field, left field, and first base.