Rodriguez fits the mold of the last five cover athletes and is thus a heavily-favored frontrunner to grace the game’s cover this year. In 2022, there were a whopping one million additional home game tickets sold than in 2021.
His remarkable freshman season drove up attendance and merchandise sales for the Mariners.
It’s hard to imagine a better rookie season than Rodriguez’s in 2022 and the combination of his talent and long-term commitment to Seattle bodes well for the franchise’s future. Based on the strength of this performance, he signed a 14-year extension with the Mariners for around $400 million. He finished the season with a 6.2 WAR and. He was the American League Rookie of the Year and an All-Star. Seattle Mariners sensation Julio Rodriguez played his first season in the majors last year with stunning results. Perhaps we’ll see two different cover athletes this time around? If so, there may be one especially strong duo to consider, one that ties baseball past and present together. The Show 22 went a different route, selecting Shohei Ohtani for both the regular and special edition covers. The first, The Show 21, featured Jackie Robinson, which seemed like a sensible decision given the sociopolitical climate at the time. There is also the wild card of the special edition covers, which have only existed for the past two years. So while it’s obviously more likely that we see a younger player selected, the possibility of a veteran can’t be totally discounted, especially considering the historical circumstances surrounding the 2022 season of one vet in particular. Every subsequent release since then has seen the cover feature a star of today, someone expected to rock the league in the coming seasons. Griffey had been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame the previous year but hadn’t played the game for at least seven years.
on the cover of The Show 17 seemed like a classy decision but also a bit of a strange one.
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