MLB The Show 26 streamer “YourFriendKyle” has uncovered a dark side of the game’s community: extremely dedicated cheaters. Taking to X, YFK detailed his infiltration of a massive cheating ring operating on Discord. The streamer states that he thought only a couple of people were using a new cheating program for the Show 26, but it turns out the Discord community houses “thousands of people”.
According to YFK, he was given access to the Discord server by someone from within the community. The community there has incredibly detailed guidelines for using the software and staying under the radar. According to the streamer, the group maintains a comprehensive document that lists the names and gamer tags of every notable MLB The Show 26 streamer. The document instructs the cheater to immediately quit — or offer a friendly quit — if the match is against any of the people on the list. According to YFK, this includes almost everyone with “TTV” in their name.
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A Highly Sophisticated Group Of Cheaters
Our own MLB The Show 26 community over at the Operation Sports forums works hard to create custom rosters, sliders, and entire simulation overhauls to improve the game. A prime example of this is the TrueSim project.
But this explosive revelation outing these cheaters shows there’s always a darker side to every competitive game. It also raises the question of how rampant cheating is, even in a console-exclusive title.
The primary cheating method involves using third-party hardware devices (such as the Cronus) and sophisticated AI-driven scripts. While we can’t cite the sources for the following information (for obvious reasons), here’s a snippet of what’s on offer from one particular script:
- Perfect swing and pitch timing
- Auto perfect pitch release
- Automated optimal PCI control
The worst part is that all of these scripts are paywalled behind Patreon subscriptions. To actively cheat, you have to buy the hardware, buy the scripts, install them, and then play the game. It’s a length that most players will never go to, but when there’s a market for it, stuff like this will always continue to exist.
The only hope is that San Diego Studio has a sophisticated enough anti-cheat system to determine who is using this software and ban them from the game.
Published: Apr 27, 2026 01:00 pm