The developers of MLB’s The Show have announced an Astros Edition as part of the series’ 2020 release.

The Astros Edition will include all the content bundled with the MVP Edition, along with an exclusive ‘Sign-Stealing’ perk for all at-bats faced at home.

“We’re really excited to be able to bring you this edition,” a spokesperson for SIE San Diego said during the announcement. “We feel that this really reflects our commitment to bringing gamers the most realistic baseball experience possible.”

The perk, which will only be available for players who purchase the special edition, starts out with a basic audio cue that will sound when the opposing pitcher selects an off-speed pitch.

Players will also have the option to upgrade the perk, which will replace the banging audio cue with vibration on the players controller.

Rumours that a sign-stealing edition was coming had started circulating after the studio brought Alex Cora onboard as a creative consultant.

“Alex has been great,” an SIE developer told Aimbot Media. “We were really struggling trying to implement this thing, but Alex came in and really helped mastermind the whole system.”

“We brought him in part-time over the off-season, but now it looks like he’s gonna have a lot more free time,” the developer continued. “If it goes well we’ll definitely look to keep him on.”

SIE also confirmed that any PlayStation trophies unlocked using the perk would contribute to the player’s Trophy Score, however the trophies themselves would be considered tarnished.

The Astros Edition will be available for pre-order shortly and will cost $5 million and several draft picks.

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