If you’ve been grinding the World Baseball Classic Mini Seasons in MLB The Show 26 hoping to stockpile rewards by skipping straight to the championship game, those days are over. Sony San Diego quietly dropped Game Update 12 early Tuesday morning, and buried in the patch notes is a fix for a glitch that let players repeatedly simulate the WBC Mini Seasons Championship Game for rewards without actually playing through the rest of the bracket.
The exploit had been a hot topic in community forums for weeks, with some players claiming they’d racked up dozens of top-tier packs by abusing the loop. The team has not confirmed how many users took advantage of the bug, but the patch notes make clear that rewards earned through the glitch will be reverted to a standard championship bundle after a content update later in the day. For anyone who thought they’d struck gold, that’s a tough pill to swallow.
What Else Made the Cut in Update 12
Beyond the big fix, this patch is largely a cleanup operation for Diamond Dynasty. Here’s what else changed:
Mini Seasons playoffs now display the series record in the UI, a small quality-of-life improvement that fans online had been requesting since launch. A separate bug causing logos to vanish when selecting specific games in Mini Seasons has also been squashed.
Diamond Quest, Moments, Conquest, and Play vs CPU should now correctly display the uniforms for the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. Players had reported seeing generic jerseys instead of the proper road grays and home whites, breaking immersion for anyone trying to build a competitive squad.
Outside of Diamond Dynasty, the patch fixes an issue in Exhibition’s Daily Lineups where pitching decisions were missing from the calendar view. A visual bug that made the daily login reward timer appear ahead of schedule has been corrected, as has a problem that prevented the depth of field setting from rendering properly on Xbox consoles.
Player Likeness Updates Arrive
Starting Tuesday afternoon, you’ll notice updated player models when you fire up any game mode. Sony San Diego pushed a batch of new likeness scans live on June 16, though they haven’t specified which players got the refresh. Given we’re still in the thick of the regular season, expect more of these updates throughout the summer as rookies get better scans and veterans get touch-ups on their facial hair and equipment.
Notably absent from this patch: any changes to Franchise mode or Road to the Show. Those modes remain untouched, leaving the simulation and RPG crowds waiting for a future update. For now, Diamond Dynasty remains the priority, and the fixes in Update 12 should make the mode feel a little cleaner — even if the WBC exploit crowd is feeling the sting.
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