MLB The Show 25: Corbin Carroll Is April's Lightning Collection Reward

The final piece of the April content puzzle has arrived with Spotlight Drop 5, and it leads to 92 Overall Lightning Corbin Carroll. If you've kept up with Spotlight Programs each week, completing the fifth and final program will earn you the Diamondbacks' speedster.

Here are the tasks to complete the Spotlight 5 Program and earn your free Carroll:

Moments

There are 7 standard Moments, each worth 3 stars, testing your skills with various Drop 5 and Topps Now players.

For those interested in Extreme Moments, you get a juicy one featuring 91 OVR Eugenio Suárez. Suarez recently lit up the scoreboard with a 4-HR game, and those brave enough to attempt the challenge can earn a massive 30 program stars for replicating the feat.

• This is optional but highly efficient if you're capable. You can skip a solid chunk of stat and PXP grinding and earn Carroll much quicker if you complete this Extreme Moment. The value trade-off will depend entirely on how long completing this Moment takes you.

PXP Missions

This section features both cumulative and player-specific missions as usual:

Cumulative PXP:

• 1500 PXP with any Drop 5 Topps Now or Spotlight Series players = 10 stars

Individual PXP (5 stars each):

• Each Spotlight Drop 5 player up to and including Pete Alonso has their own mission:
• • Hitters: 350 PXP
  • Pitchers: 500 PXP
• Also includes a carryover mission:
• • Rhys Hoskins (Drop 4 reward) – 350 PXP

These missions stack well with Conquest or CPU grinding and can snowball with multi-player lineups. These PXP missions pay out 5 program stars each.

Stat Missions

• 12 XBH with RF = 3 stars
• 8 HR with CF = 3 stars
• 12 XBH with 1B = 3 stars
• 30 Hits with Texas Rangers = 6 stars
• 20 XBH with Arizona Diamondbacks = 6 stars
• 50 Total Bases with April Topps Now players = 6 stars
• 20 HR with April Spotlight Series players = 6 stars
• 25 Strikeouts with April Spotlight Series pitchers = 6 stars
• 10 SB with April TN or Spotlight players = 6 stars

These overlap nicely with the PXP grind and can be knocked out efficiently with optimized lineups.

Optional Collections

• Collect all 4 Topps Now cards from the Spotlight Drop 5 pack = 15 stars
• Collect all 5 Spotlight cards from Spotlight Drop 5 pack = 45 stars

You get two Spotlight Drop 5 packs in the program, so completing this collection could be a little easier than usual for those that typically skip it.

Rewards

Completing the Drop 5 program showers you with some solid loot:

• 91 OVR Wyatt Langford and the 5 Topps Now/Spotlight Program cards
• 9 Show Packs
• 2 Ballin’ Packs
• 35,000 XP
• 2 Spotlight Drop 5 Packs
• 1 Deluxe Choice Pack
• • Contains a random choice from the Egg Hunt, New Threads, or Pipeline Series

Spotlight Lightning RF Corbin Carroll (Arizona Diamondbacks)

After putting up a torrid-April, Carroll finds himself back in the Lightning Throne as the April Lightning reward.

We know what to expect with Carroll cards at this point, and this looks like what you'd expect a 92 overall version to look like. Debuting as the #3 RF according to True Overall and ranking #2 at the other OF positions, Carroll brings his 99 Speed and 95 Stealing with Gold Fielding and solid offensive attributes. Carroll has one of those sweet swings we talk about often, and paired with the on-card attributes, this Lightning version of Carroll certainly looks like a Lightning card.

Closing Thoughts

There's often debates on if the "right" guy earned the Lightning honors, but we know SDS at least attempts to navigate star players getting juiced cards early. There's no denying that Carroll had a stellar month, so he's certainly worthy of the selection.

You can earn this card completely for free just for completing the five April Spotlight Programs. You also get a ton of other free cards, plenty of packs to rip, and certainly a load of XP just for completing those programs. Also getting a card like this at the end of that grind is a cherry on top.