Ramone Russell Game Designer & Online Community Manager at San Diego Studio took to the PlayStation Blog to announce the upcoming cover athlete for Sony’s exclusive Baseball title, MLB The Show 19.

This year’s cover athlete will be Washington Nationa’s outfielder, Bryce Harper. Harper has been an amazing player all year round and certainly is fitting for the role of the cover athlete. His stats alone show that he’s a worthy of the spot clocking in 184 home runs, 521 RBIs, Six-time MLB All-Star, 2012 NL Rookie of the Year, 2015 NL MVP. However, the interesting take here is that Harper will be a free agent this off-season, resulting in the cover not showing the usual Washing National uniform on Harper.

Will Bryce return to Washington or is he taking his talents to another team? No one is for sure yet, but time will tell. For this season though, the cover athlete will have no designated assigned team to represent until the final decision by Harper himself, which is very interesting.

Rusell then goes on to detail the upcoming special editions of the game. Check out all the special editions of MLB The Show 19 down below, thanks to the PlayStation Blog:

Gone Yard Edition (GameStop/EB Games Exclusive)

How about something shiny and new? This year we wanted to create a truly unique collector’s edition baseball hat. To do so, we’ve partnered with New Era once again to create a limited Gone Yard 9FIFTY commemorative snap back cap. Pre-order now, because quantities are limited! The Gone Yard Edition is $99.99 USD / $129.99 CAD (MSRP).

Gone Yard Edition includes:

• 1 New Era Gone Yard Edition 9FIFTY Hat
• Limited Edition Steel Book
• Digital Diamond Dynasty New Era Gone Yard Edition 9FIFTY Hat for use in game
• 1 Prestige Gear Up Choice Pack
• Choose 1 of 30 Diamond Flashbacks
• 15,000 Stubs
• 20 Standard Packs
• Choose 1 Classic Stadium
• 30 Custom Avatars

Digital Deluxe Edition (PS Store)

For our biggest digital fans, we are bringing back the Digital Deluxe Edition for ’19, at the PlayStation Store. The Digital Deluxe Edition is $99.99 USD / $129.99 CAD (MSRP). For those of you that need packs on packs on packs, this is the edition for you.

Digital Deluxe Edition includes:

• 1 Prestige Gear Up Choice Pack
• Choose 1 of 30 Diamond Flashbacks
• 15,000 Stubs
• 1 Ballin is a Habit Pack
• Choose 1 Classic Stadium
• 30 Standard Packs
• 30 Custom Avatars

MLB The Show 19 MVP Edition

The gamer’s favorite MVP Edition is back for another year! This $69.99 USD / 89.99 CAD (MSRP) edition not only includes a ton of digital goods, but also the limited edition Steel Book (physical version only). It’s available for Pre-Order now at retail and on the PlayStation Store.

MVP Edition includes:

• Prestige Player Gear Up Choice Pack
• Choose 1 of 30 Diamond Flashbacks
• 6,000 Stubs
• Choose 1 Classic Stadium
• 10 Standard Packs
• 30 Custom Avatars

With MLB The Show 19 cover athlete revealed and special editions of the game detailed, which version of the game do you plan on picking up? Let us know in the comments below!

MLB The Show 19 is set to release exclusively on the PS4 in Spring 2019.

Source: PS Blog