Aaron Judge will be on the cover of MLB The Show 26

Félix Forget
Aaron Judge will be on the cover of MLB The Show 26
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Every year, it's around the end of January that we start to get details about the next edition of the MLB The Show game series. We're talking about the leading baseball video game on the market, which has a large following.

And usually, the first thing that's revealed about the game is the player who will be featured on the game's cover. It's always a hot topic of debate, as the goal is to feature players who will sell the game.

Last year, the developers made a change by opting for a line of young stars—Paul Skenes, Elly De La Cruz, and Gunnar Henderson—instead of a single player.

But this year, they're returning to a more traditional format with a single player: Aaron Judge will be on the game cover.

This will be his second appearance on the cover, as he was also featured on the 2018 edition of the game. Only Joe Mauer (who appeared in 2010 and 2011) had been on the cover of two editions of the game before Judge.

We know that Judge, who is the best hitter in the sport and the star of the most iconic franchise in the sport, is a logical choice. He has been breaking everything in his path for years, so he is obviously going to sell.

However, beyond his performance with the Yankees, there is another factor that explains this decision: the fact that he will be captain of the United States team for the upcoming World Baseball Classic . That's right, the game's developers have confirmed that the World Classic will be featured in the next edition.

We still know very little about what to expect from the next edition of the game (we'll have more details next week on the heels of the first trailer), but the few elements that stand out are related to the fact that the World Baseball Classic, as in 2023, will have its place in the game.

Remember that at the time, players such as Munetaka Murakami and Roki Sasaki, who were then playing in Japan, were playable characters. It was a first… and according to rumors, an agreement between the Players Association in Japan and OneTeam Partners opens the door to seeing a large number of Japanese players featured in the game.

In 2023, the only edition in which Japanese players were playable, only a few of them were available. However, it seems that in the 2026 edition of the game, all players from the Japanese team in the next World Classic will be playable.

We'll see what that looks like, and we can expect to get some answers next Tuesday with the game's first trailer. And we know that developers usually take this opportunity to reveal the identity of a new legend available in the game…

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