Frequently Asked Questions

ShowDraft is a comprehensive Custom League Manager designed for admins to use as a companion for their custom leagues in MLB The Show. It provides advanced drafting tools, league management features, and season tracking to help you run professional-quality fantasy baseball leagues with friends.

ShowDraft is currently free for all users to join and be part of a league, to participate in the draft, have their games tracked, be included in the standings etc. Admins pay to create a League after selecting one of our multiple pricing tiers that fit different needs. We have Basic ($9.99), Pro ($24.99), and All-Star ($39.99) one-time payment options, each including different numbers of seasons and features. Anyone can pay to upgrade their league at any time to access additional features and season credits.

To join a league, you can either enter the Join code provided by your league admin, or find the league in list of leagues and click the Request button to request access to the league..

Yes! Anyone can pay to upgrade their league tier at any time. The upgrade will unlock additional features and season credits. You'll only pay the difference between your current tier and the new tier.

ShowDraft provides an interactive draft board with real-time MLB The Show* player data. Pro and All-Star leagues include draft clocks, auto-drafting for AFK players, scouting lists, and detailed player statistics to help you make informed picks. The draft order can be set or randomized and follows a snake format by default.

The scouting list (available in Pro and All-Star tiers) lets users pre-rank players they're interested in drafting. During the draft, users can quickly sort by their scouted players, and can edit the preference order of these players. Should a user miss their deadline to pick or go afk for whatever reason, the Auto-Draft Feature will select first from the users Scouting List before selecting the best avaialble player.

Auto-drafting (Pro and All-Star tiers) is the functionality that automatically selects players for users who aren't able to make their pick for whatever reason. The system uses players' Scouting Lists first when determining which player to auto-draft before falling back to the highest overall rated player. Auto-drafting is typically triggered by the clock expiring, the user being marked 'AFK', or a leauge admin manually triggering the auto-draft by clicking the 'Scout Player' button. This feature helps keep drafts moving smoothly even if some users are unavailable or miss their pick for any reason, and ensures that all teams end up with a full evenly drafted roster by the end of the draft.

Yes, Pro and All-Star leagues have access to detailed player statistics, ratings, and performance data directly in the draft interface. This helps you make informed decisions when selecting players for your team.

On the game results tab of a Season, League admins can input game results, and the system will calculate wins, losses, and playoff seeding based on your league's scoring settings, and display the standings in the Standings tab. All users have the ability to enter scores of the games they play, while admins have the ability to input/edit/reset any game result.

ShowDraft generates playoff brackets automatically based on regular season standings. You can customize the number of playoff teams and format. The system manages playoff matchups and tracks results through to the championship.

Yes! The Trade Center (available in All-Star leagues) allows you to propose and negotiate trades with other league members. All trades are subject to league settings and admin approval if required.

Pro and All-Star leagues include a drag-and-drop roster builder where you can easily set your starting lineup and bench players. The interface shows player positions and helps ensure you have a valid lineup.

Absolutely! ShowDraft is fully responsive and works great on phones, tablets, and computers. You can draft, manage your team, and check league standings from any device with a web browser.

Yes! Pro and All-Star leagues can set up Discord webhook notifications to automatically post draft picks, trade announcements, and other league updates directly to your Discord server. Create a Discord webhook integration in your Discord server and paste the link for that webhook in the respective field in the Season Settings modal.

Player data is updated manually by the ShowDraft team as soon as they become aware of a recently published Roster update. This ensures the latest statistics, ratings, and roster changes from MLB The Show are reflected. You always have access to current and accurate information for your drafts and team management.

You can update your profile information by clicking on the profile icon next to your username in the top-right corner. From there, you can change your password, link your Discord account for notifications, and update other profile details.

ShowDraft accepts major credit cards and debit cards through our secure payment processor Stripe. All transactions are encrypted and secure and final.

No. All Sales Final

No, league purchases are one-time payments that don't expire. Once you purchase a league tier, you can use those season credits whenever you want to start new seasons.