The Double Agent Program is live in MLB The Show 25, bringing a very unique grind that features the rewards in different uniforms! Danny Jansen, Jim Edmonds, and Gaylord Perry are the featured players, and they each get two different cards featuring variants from different teams!
Program Structure
- 100 Stars to Complete
Moments
- Five Moments – 5 stars each (25 stars total)
Program PXP Missions
Using either version of each player from the program – 5 stars each
- 350 PXP with Danny Jansen
- 750 PXP with Danny Jansen
- 350 PXP with Jim Edmonds
- 750 PXP with Jim Edmonds
- 500 PXP with Gaylord Perry
Stat Missions (10 stars each)
- 20 Hits with Topps Now series
- 7 Extra-Base Hits with Topps Now series
- 20 Hits with Awards series
- 7 Extra-Base Hits with Awards series
- 20 Innings Pitched with Awards series
- 35 Strikeouts with Awards series
Optional Mystery Moments
A unique twist with some rather challenging and quirky Moments. Listed below is how you complete each Moment.
- Level 1 – Walk 2 hitters, allow 1 hit, no runs (10 stars)
- Level 2 – Strike out 4 batters in one inning (20 stars) [Don't let a runner get on 1st base and simply bury a Changeup or breaking ball in the dirt until you're able to get a chance to throw to 1st on a Strikeout and simply do not throw the ball so the runner reaches. Then ring up the last batters to complete the Moment.]
- Level 3 – 2 Sac Flies in 4 at-bats (20 stars) [Adjust your lineup in the main DD squad menu if needed to get an ideal group to get on base, then move up on a fly ball. Your first hitter in the Moment is your 5-hole hitter on your DD squad.]
- Level 4 – Hit a double, triple, and homer in 1 inning and get caught stealing twice (30 stars)
- Level 5 – Steal 6 bases in 1 inning without scoring (30 stars) [Hit RT or R2 in mid-steal to stop the runners and allow yourself to be tagged out to prevent yourself from scoring on steal attempts.]
Rewards
Completing the Double Agent Program nets:
- 28,000 XP toward the Season Path
- Deluxe Choice Pack (includes New Threads 2.0)
- 2x 98 Topps Now Danny Jansen (Toronto Blue Jays & Boston Red Sox)
- 2x 99 Awards Jim Edmonds (Los Angeles Angels & St. Louis Cardinals)
- 2x 99 Awards Gaylord Perry (Cleveland Guardians & San Diego Padres)
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Closing Thoughts
This is one of the most unique programs we've ever seen in Diamond Dynasty and I love it. By this point in the year, content always feels redundant in a way because the content pipeline is established and doesn't change. Programs often feel identical, but this shakes up the paradigm in a big way.
This is an entirely new concept where we're getting multiple high-level versions of a player, representing two different teams. One of the more frustrating occurrences that can come up in theme team building is the lack of a card for players featured in the game. While this program doesn't suddenly enable the players to get boosts for any team they've played for, it does provide wholly unique cards on different teams - which enables a multi-team boost of sorts for that player.
The fact that we're getting two unique cards with unique attributes might be the coolest aspect of the program to me. The differential between each player's respective cards is notable enough that the cards do feel like different cards, and not just simple copy+paste with the attributes.
A very fun program that will also help you with collection fodder and features a bunch of XP to be earned. What's not to love?
Cory Wayne Dell
Cory has been writing about all things baseball and gaming since 2022 and has been featured at Operation Sports as well as cited by Forbes. Cory is also a multi-instrumentalist and founder of the band Cargocastle. Cargocastle's latest single, "Truth and Reconciliation," is available on Spotify and all major streaming platforms. Cory is also the author of Shadow of a Monster, a personal memoir currently seeking publication.
