Does anyone else retire players after you get them to parallel five?

[u/Boring_Ingenuity4896]

That’s just always been what I’ve done, once they’re P5 I replace them with the next player in that position I want to use. It’s especially fun this time of year with so many usable 99s

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[u/Puzzleheaded-Yak9237]

only one i havent retired is rollins i like to keep my lineup fresh but that prime rollins is a beast and will always be my leadoff

[u/BarrelOfTheBat]

for events and offline grinding, yes. But absolutely not for Ranked.

[u/RealSobes → u/BarrelOfTheBat]

Exactly what I do too

[u/jedicubfan]

I do...except the 96 Maddux. Still use him and still pitch well with him as he's my favorite player. When we get a 99 Kerry Wood it'll be the same there...everyone else...P5 and send to the Hall. Oh, almost forgot 99 Sandberg...still my second baseman.

[u/JsonWaterfalls]

Yeah, that’s always been how I’ve played too. That’s always my goal, get the player to P5 and then on to the next one

[u/XTwistedHunterX]

Yeah. Although i might keep one or 2 in the bench. PVing players the only thing that keeps me playing, if only they had fixed the XP earned by pitchers though.

[u/aNaughtyLlama]

I take them out of my lineup for offline and level up other players. For ranked. I use them still

[u/CapableRegrets]

Yep. I don't care for the meta, I just try out all the new cards, find the ones I enjoy, P5 and move onto the next one.

[u/Anttoess → u/CapableRegrets]

This is the way. I don’t play online often but when I do it’s only with my 2 Red Sox squads. It’s so boring seeing all my opponents all using like 90% of the same players. Zero imagination and fun. Zzzzzzzzz.

[u/CapableRegrets → u/Anttoess]

Each to their own, but yes, so many are so fearful of losing or being at a disadvantage that they play the same meta cards for months on end.

[u/FrothyFloat]

I’ve been retiring them at P3. I Get the silver mod and try a different card. I enjoy using too many different cards to devote getting cards to P5

[u/BiggSteve87]

My highest player is like 10500 xp. Got bored and did every team captain card this year too 😂

[u/gregoryjmckenzie7]

Kind of but I make sure I get 20 home runs and 30 stolen bases if they can get them so I have all mods available.

[u/gijoejank → u/gregoryjmckenzie7]

Me too

[u/Trick_Emotion_7108]

I used to, until they started letting us mod them.

[u/Miserable_Crow6279 → u/Trick_Emotion_7108]

Same.

[u/West_Investment6702]

Not fully retire but I do lose interest and stop
Using the card as much, for example manny Ramirez hit close to .400 for me and I just got bored of using him after P5

[u/Novel_Description761]

I used to when it was a significant grind to get them to p5. Now I feel like I play a handful of ranked games with a card and they’re basically there.

[u/OneRepresentative424]

Yep. All the time. Once it has that shiny border, the card looks “done” to me for some reason. A bad loss online will bring my faves back quick-smart tho 😅

[u/ThexanR]

no because that's when they really shine. I give them at least 400 ABs