*Individual Statcast data for every pitcher, modeling his real-life form and pitches, such as Dustin May’s sinker and Sixto Sanchez’ changeup *Create-a-player mode in which a player builds the ultimate five-tool player *Play-by-play commentary by MLB Network’s Fran Charles Baseball 21 – as developed by the MLB Games & VR team – offers new in-demand features including: The new edition continues its legacy of offering arcade baseball entertainment with an increasing array of new features and enhancements, many of at the request of the R.B.I. Baseball franchise developed by Major League Baseball. This is the eighth installment of the R.B.I. 21 is also available for pre-order from Gamestop and goes on sale nationwide March 16. Baseball 21 cover athlete, Topps, the Exclusive Trading Card of MLB, is creating an exclusive run of Tim Anderson Foil Cards which are available only to fans who pre-order the game online at Target and Walmart. In celebration of Anderson’s selection as the R.B.I. The 27-year-old, who was selected by the White Sox in the first round of the 2013 draft, also won his first Silver Slugger award as the best offensive player at his position as voted upon by the league’s managers and coaches, while finishing seventh overall in the 2020 AL MVP voting. They just have to believe in themselves, follow their dreams and work at it.”Īnderson, the 2019 American League batting champion, finished the 2020 season among the AL leaders in several key offensive categories, including second in batting average (.322), tied for first in runs (45), fourth in hits (67), and 10 th in total bases (110). And I hope that kids will see my picture on the cover and realize they can do this, too. So now to see myself on the cover of R.B.I. And it was always cool to see who was on the cover every year - those were guys I aspired to be. “When I couldn’t get outside to play ball or we had bad weather, that was a time to have fun with my friends and live out some fantasies. “Like a lot of kids, I grew up playing video games,” Anderson says. Anderson is the first member of the Chicago White Sox to be featured on the cover of the popular baseball video game. Baseball 21, as announced by Major League Baseball today. Here's part of what the White Sox had to say in their media release:Īfter helping to lead the Chicago White Sox into the Postseason in 2020, shortstop Tim Anderson has been selected as the cover athlete for R.B.I. Oh, and I anticipate a slew of new bat-flipping and smack-talking options as well. Here’s hoping that TA7 can make RBI2021 as unYelich as possible. last year’s cover went to Christian Yelich, a no-brainer given his 2019 season. While I don’t anticipate numbers QUITE like these in 2021, I think Tim will be a worthy cover man.
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490/31 HR/84 RBI performance during my 56-4 run to a World Series championship. Remarkable, you say? Not compared to Moncada’s. 407 with 24 home runs and 68 RBIs in 60 games. During my mock 2020 Covid season campaign, Luis Robert started as one of the slower and least powerful players in baseball, but after a midseason update, he became lightning fast and was cranking homers left and right. The series took a big step forward in 2020 in terms of gameplay as well as keeping the player abilities updated. There is no one better to represent the excitement of the game in 2021 than our very own Tim Anderson. As an avid player (for better or worse) of the RBI Baseball franchise, I've experienced the many ups and downs of the series since its 2014 reboot.