MLB The Show 20: July Monthly Awards Program Overview

With the June Monthly Awards now behind us, this will be the last month of flashback Monthly Awards — assuming the relaunch of the MLB season goes according to plan. The July Monthly Awards program is headlined by a 99 overall James Paxton. Those who are veterans of MLB The Show should remember Paxton from prior seasons because he’s at points been one of the hardest pitchers to hit in Diamond Dynasty.

That being said, I don’t know if this card will be quite as coveted as last month’s Cody Bellinger. Either way, Paxton is a terrific “free” card should you choose to grind out the missions and moments to acquire it. Of course, you’ll also be able to get a Prestige James Paxton if you grind out online missions after getting the base player.

Let’s go through the various players and goodies you can get for this program.

July Monthly Awards Program

July Monthly Awards Program – Moments

Jonathan Schoop Moments

• Stay Fresh With Schoop
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Hit 1 HR
• Don’t Mope, It’s Schoop
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Tally 2 hits
  • Tally 1 XBH
• Schoop From The Top Rope – 4 games
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Tally 7 hits
  • Tally 3 XBH

Yasmani Grandal Moments

• Grandal Does It All
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Tally 2 hits
  • Tally 1 XBH
• Grand Return
  • Difficulty: All-Star
  • Tally 2 hits
  • Tally 1 XBH
• Young Money Grandal
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Tally 6 total bases
• Yasmani’s Grand Game
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Tally 2 XBH

Ramon Laureano Moments

• Ramon’s In The Zone
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Tally 5 total bases
• Laser Laureano – 3 games
  • Difficulty: All-Star
  • Tally 4 hits
  • Tally 2 XBH
• Razor Ramon
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Tally 3 hits
  • Tally 1 XBH
• Loving Laureano
  • Difficulty: All-Star
  • Tally 2 XBH
• Rollin’ Ramon
  • Difficulty: All-Star
  • Tally 2 hits
  • Hit 1 HR

Edwin Diaz Moments

• Dealin’ Diaz
  • Difficulty: Rookie
  • Strike out 3 batters
  • Save 1 game
  • Do not give up 1 run
• Edwin’s Perfect Save
  • Difficulty: Veteran
  • Save 1 game
  • Strike out 1 batter
  • Do not give up 1 hit
  • Do not walk 1 batter
  • Do not hit 1 batter
• Electric Edwin
  • Difficulty: All-Star
  • Save 1 game
  • Strike out 1 batter
  • Do not give up 1 hit
  • Do not walk 1 batter
  • Do not hit 1 batter
• Diaz Dominates July
  • Difficulty: Hall of Fame
  • Save 1 game
  • Do not give up 1 run

July Monthly Awards Program – Missions

You’ll need 25 points for each stage between the missions and moments (and, again, 15 points in total can be earned for each set of player moments). For the fourth stage, you’ll get Edwin Diaz at 15 points, and then James Paxton at 25 points.

Jonathan Schoop Missions

• Tally 5 XBH hits online with 2B (+10 points)
• Tally 3 home runs online with Orioles (+10)
• Tally 10 hits with Orioles (+5)
• Beat CPU Orioles on All-Star or higher (+8)
• Exchange Orioles and 2B (+10)

Yasmani Grandal Missions

• Tally 10 hits online with Dodgers (+10)
• Tally 5 XBH with catchers online (+10)
• Tally 3 XBH with Monthly Awards Jonathan Schoop (+5)
• Defeat CPU Dodgers on All-Star or higher (+8)
• Exchange Dodgers and C (+10)

Ramon Laureano Missions

• Tally 5 XBH online with Athletics (+10)
• Hit 3 home runs with CF (+10)
• Hit 2 home runs with Monthly Awards Yasmani Grandal (+5)
• Beat CPU Athletics on All-Star or higher (+8)
• Exchange Athletics and CF (+10)

Edwin Diaz Missions

• Pitch 9 innings online with Mariners pitchers (+10)
• Tally 10 strikeouts online with relievers (+10)
• Tally 5 hits with Monthly Awards Ramon Laureano (+5)
• Record 1 save with Monthly Awards Edwin Diaz (+5)
• Beat CPU Mariners on All-Star or higher (+8)
• Exchange Mariners and relievers (+10)

Goals/Rewards

The awards are gated, so you can’t start accruing points for the next part of the program until you finish off the prior stage.

• 10 points – 500 stubs
• 15 points – The Show pack
• 20 points – 1,000 stubs
• 25 points – Monthly Awards Jonathan Schoop

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• 30 points – The Show pack (x2)
• 35 points – 1,000 stubs
• 40 points – The Show pack (3)
• 45 points – 1,500 stubs
• 50 points – Monthly Awards Yasmani Grandal

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• 55 points – The Show pack
• 60 points – 1,500 stubs
• 65 points – The Show pack (x3)
• 70 points – 2,000 stubs
• 75 points – Monthly Awards Ramon Laureano

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• 80 points – The Show pack (x2)
• 85 points – 2,000 stubs
• 90 points – Monthly Awards Edwin Diaz

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• 95 points – Pink Lightning bat skin
• 100 points – Monthly Awards James Paxton

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Prestige James Paxton

There is also a Prestige program, much like there was last month for Cody Bellinger. It is two parts where you first unlock Prestige James Paxton via online missions, and then in the second part you use Prestige James Paxton to get a Red Lightning bat skin via more online missions.

Missions (Part 1)

• Pitch 34 innings online with James Paxton
• Pitch 68 innings online with James Paxton
• Tally 39 strikeouts online with James Paxton
• Tally 78 strikeouts online with James Paxton
• Collect James Paxton

Missions (Part 2)

• Pitch 20 innings online with James Paxton
• Pitch 40 innings online with James Paxton
• Tally 23 strikeouts online with James Paxton
• Tally 46 strikeouts online with James Paxton

Goals/Rewards

• 10 points – 1,000 stubs
• 20 points – The Show pack
• 30 points – 2,000 stubs
• 40 points – The Show pack (x3)
• 50 points – Prestige James Paxton

• 60 points – 2,500 stubs
• 70 points – The Show pack (x5)
• 80 points – 3,000 stubs
• 90 points – Red Lightning bat skin, 2,000 stubs