# MLB The Show 24

MLB The Show 24 is a 2024 baseball video game developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The nineteenth installment in the MLB: The Show series, it was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. It features Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on its cover. The Playstation 4 and Xbox One versions are digital only.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Xbox versions of the game are available for Xbox Game Pass subscribers at no additional cost.

## Gameplay

Gameplay additions include roughly 400 new animations and logic improvements, 4 more pinpoint pitching gestures, and additions in line with Major League Baseball rule changes for the new season, such as the Pitch clock, and bigger base sizes.
For the first time in baseball video game history, the game includes a career mode with female players, dubbed Road to the Show: Women Pave Their Way.
Storylines: The Negro Leagues returns in MLB The Show 24, now including Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Larry Doby, and Toni Stone, the first ever woman player to be added to the game, at launch. Negro Leagues legends Andy Cooper, Rap Dixon, Bill Foster, Leon Day, and José Méndez have since been added to the game and have their own storylines. A separate Storylines mode is also dedicated to Derek Jeter's career.
Alex Miniak returns as public address commentator, with Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton return as play-by-play commentators. Dan O'Dowd and Sarah Langs serve as commentators in Road to the Show mode.

## Reception

The game received an 80/100 from 34 critic reviews on Metacritic, making it "Generally Favorable". However it scored it a 3.9 out of 10 from 97 user ratings, making it "Generally Unfavorable".

### Accolades

| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2025 | 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards | Sports Game of the Year | Won | |

## Soundtrack

| Artist | Song |
| 2 Chainz | Threat 2 Society |
| Aaron May | Cream |
| Alfie Templeman | Just a Dance (feat. Nile Rodgers) |
| Al Green | How Can You Mend a Broken Heart |
| Ari Lennox | Pressure |
| A Tribe Called Quest | Excursions |
| A Tribe Called Quest | Find A Way |
| Babyface | Keeps on Fallin' (feat. Ella Mai) |
| Big K.R.I.T. | Fly the Coop (feat. Girl Talk) |
| Big K.R.I.T. | Get Up 2 Come Down (feat. CeeLo Green & Sleepy Brown) |
| Big K.R.I.T. | Rhode Clean |
| Black Pumas | Gemini Sun |
| Brittany Howard | What Now |
| Camp Lo | Luchini AKA This Is It |
| CARRTOONS | Groceries (feat. Nigel Hall) |
| Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band | The World (Is Going Up in Flames) |
| Citizen | Hyper Trophy |
| Curren$y | Airborne Aquarium |
| Eladio Carrión | Coco Chanel (feat. Bad Bunny) |
| Eladio Carrión | La Canción Feliz del Disco (feat. Milo J) |
| Feid | CHORRITO PA LAS ANIMAS |
| Fiddlehead | Fifteen to Infinity |
| Flowda, Lil Baby & Skrillex | Pepper |
| Free Nationals | Gidget (feat. Anderson .Paak & T.Nava) |
| Gary Clark Jr. | MAKTUB |
| Idles | Dancer (feat. LCD Soundsystem) |
| indie tribe | ACT (feat. nobigdyl., John Keith & Mogli the Iceburg) |
| James Brown | It's a Man's Man's Man's World |
| Jay Electronica | Exhibit C |
| Jenevieve | Baby Powder |
| Joey Valence & Brae | HOOLIGANG |
| Karol G | BICHOTAG |
| Katori Walker | Uncomfortable |
| Kula Shaker | Natural Magick |
| Little Brother | Say It Again |
| Lovejoy | Normal People Things |
| Makua Rothman | The One and Only |
| Marlena Shaw | California Soul |
| Momma | Sunday |
| Naughty by Nature | Feel Me Flow |
| Phoenix | All Eyes on Me (feat. Benee, Chad Hugo & Pusha T) |
| Phonte | Sweet You |
| Play-N-Skillz | Somos Latinos (feat. Gente de Zona & Dale Putiti) |
| Priya Ragu | One Way Ticket |
| Rauw Alejandro, Lyanno & Brray | Lokera |
| REASON | Flick It Up (feat. Ab-Soul) |
| Roosevelt | Feels Right |
| Stevie Wonder | Do I Do |
| Yung Gravy, bbno$, Freddie Dredd & BABY GRAVY | Nightmare on Peachtree Street |
| ZEV | Parachute |
| ZZ Top | Just Got Paid |