Battle Royale Season 2 - Ron Santo, Jason Giambi, Orel Hershiser

With Battle Royale Season 2 in Diamond Dynasty, we get Postseason Orel Hershiser, All-Star Jason Giambi, and All-Star Ron Santo right before the Flawless pack. The All-Star Ron Santo coming into DD and Postseason Orel Hershiser making a return are the headliners here for me, but let’s go through all the other new players in the program as well.

Battle Royale Season 2

The new top “Flawless” rewards:

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• All-Star Jason Giambi
• Postseason Orel Hershiser

It seems like the Postseason Orel Hershiser will be in relatively high demand because at points Orel Hershiser has been one of the best starting pitchers in all of DD. When his cards are good, it’s usually because there’s elite control to go with a sinker that moves all over the place. His cards won’t have top-end velocity, but with a sinker and cutter with solid control, he should be quite solid once again.

All-Star Jason Giambi will obviously hit well, but it’s a card you know won’t last in the longer term. So even though right now he’s one of the 3-4 best 1B in the game, it’s going to be fleeting in a way that it might not be with someone like Postseason Orel Hershiser.

Rewards

• 5 BR – 500 stubs
• 10 BR – 2,500 XP, Bronze BR choice pack
  • Veteran Tom Glavine
  • Rookie Nelson Cruz
  • Rookie Anthony Rendon
  • Rookie Jose Altuve

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• 15 BR – 500 stubs
• 20 BR – 2,500 XP, The Show pack
• 25 BR – Silver BR choice pack
  • Rookie Barry Larkin
  • Rookie Shawn Green
  • Rookie Corbin Burnes
  • Topps Now Juan Soto

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• 30 BR – 2,500 XP, gold BR choice pack
  • Breakout Byron Buxton
  • All-Star Tony Watson
  • Veteran Yasmani Grandal
  • Topps Now Gerrit Cole

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• 35 BR – 1,500 stubs
• 40 BR – 2,500 XP, silver BR choice pack
• 45 BR – Gold BR choice pack
• 50 BR – 2,500 XP, The Show pack
• 55 BR – 1,500 stubs
• 60 BR – 2,500 XP, bronze BR choice pack
• 65 BR – 2,500 XP, bronze BR choice pack
• 70 BR – 2,500 XP, gold BR choice pack
• 75 BR – 2,500 XP , Headliners Set 5 pack
• 80 BR – 2,500 XP, silver BR choice pack
• 85 BR – 2,500 XP, gold BR choice pack
• 90 BR – 5,000 XP, All-Star Ron Santo

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• 95 BR – 5,000 XP, The Show pack (x10)
• 100 BR – 10,000 XP, diamond Flawless BR choice pack
• 110 BR – 3,000 stubs
• 120 BR – Headliners Set 6 pack
• 130 BR – 2,500 XP, The Show pack (x10)
• 140 BR – 3,000 stubs
• 150 BR – 5,000 XP, Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x5)

Missions

• BR Missions
  • Win 1 BR game – 1 point (repeatable)
  • Go 12-0 – 20 points (repeatable)
  • Win 9+ games in a run – 10 points (repeatable)
  • Tally 4,000 Parallel XP in one BR entry – 10 points
  • 50 TB in a single BR entry – 10 points
  • Tally 15,000 Parallel XP in BR entries – 15 points
  • 30 XBH in BR games – 5 points
• Bronze BR-Exclusive Parallel XP Missions
  • Tally 350 PxP with Veteran Tom Glavine – 4 points
  • Tally 250 PxP with Rookie Jose Altuve – 4 points
  • Tally 250 PxP with Rookie Nelson Cruz – 4 points
  • Tally 250 PxP with Rookie Anthony Rendon – 4 points
• Silver BR-Exclusive Parallel XP Missions
  • Tally 500 PxP with Topps Now Juan Soto – 4 points
  • Tally 500 PxP with Rookie Shawn Green – 4 points
  • Tally 500 PxP with Rookie Corbin Burnes – 4 points
  • Tally 500 PxP with Rookie Barry Larkin – 4 points
• Gold BR-Exclusive Parallel XP Missions
  • Tally 500 PxP with Veteran Yasmani Grandal – 4 points
  • Tally 500 PxP with All-Star Tony Watson – 4 points
  • Tally 500 PxP with Topps Now Gerrit Cole – 4 points
  • Tally 500 PxP with Breakout Byron Buxton – 4 points

Bottom Line

This looks like a really enjoyable season of Battle Royale. The grind isn’t too rough, and the bronze, silver, and gold players you’ll get in your rounds look quite viable for drafted squads. I do think Orel Hershiser is the obvious Flawless pick, and All-Star Ron Santo has reverse splits and great fielding to make him a unique player right now.