Roberto Clemente Day is celebrated each year on September 15, and MLB The Show 25 joins the celebration with a special Roberto Clemente program. A pretty mild grind hands out a free 99 overall Clemente, the ultimate way to celebrate the Pittsburgh Pirates' legend.
Breakdown
50-stars to complete
Moments
There are five Moments worth 5 stars each.
Stat Missions
Worth 5-stars each.
- Tally 5 Hits with RF
- Tally 2 Extra-Base Hits with RF
- Tally 5 Hits with Pittsburgh Pirates
- Tally 1 HR with a Pirates hitter
- Tally 210 PXP with Pirates players
Clemente Day Conquest Map
There's also an accompanying Conquest Map. Completing it gives 50 Stars outright, enough to finish the entire program in one go.
The conquest map features 5 strongholds, meaning you’ll need at least 15 innings of CPU play. This is a great way to knock out other missions or programs you're still working on, while simultaneously completing the Clemente program in one shot.
Program Rewards
Grinding through the Clemente Program nets some strong rewards, capped by a true endgame legend:
- 10,500 XP toward the Season XP path
- 4 Standard Show Packs
- Clemente Bat Skin
- 99 Overall Awards Roberto Clemente
Certainly not the best Clemente we've seen, and most likely not the best we'll see this game cycle. Awards Clemente debuts inside the top-20 in Meta Overall at RF, featuring the key attributes you'd expect from a 99 Clemente. Max Contact against both sides and max Clutch along with 99 Arm Strength and Accuracy almost feels like a bare minimum requirement and we get it here.
There's 100 Power against LHP and 91 against RHP, which is certainly below the threshold many will look for this time of year. Clemente wasn't exactly known for power prowess and hit only 23 HRs the year the card is based on.
Rounding out the free Clemente is 70 Speed and 90 Fielding to go with the massive cannon of an arm. We also get Dead Red and Breaking Ball Hitter Quirks, so there's some extra fuel in the offensive tank despite some middling Power.
That's the full breakdown for the Roberto Clemente Program in MLB The Show 25. Will Clemente make your squad?
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.
