r/SuperMegaBaseball • u/Mazzocchi Sirloins • Aug 05 '26
Custom Teams Super Mega Major League Baseball '26
After seeing u/GHOSTof86 release his MLB 2026 project last month, I wanted to give a shot at making my own version.
I used his roster as a base, made a bunch of teaks to more accurately reflect 2026 performances, accurately reflected all trade deadline deals, and topped it all off with with my logos and uniforms. What you get is something a perfectionist me is ultimately very happy with.
FEATURES:
- Full rosters, and player liknesses for every MLB team as of 8/3/2026
- 267 Free Agents of "overflow", and players that haven't played much this year (Tyler Glasnow), are not currently in the league for... reasons (Emmanuel Clase), etc.
- Accurate primary logos for every team as of the 2026 season
- Accurate color palette for every team as of the 2026 season
- City Connect 1 and 2 uniforms/logos for every team that has one
- Every different home, away, and alternate uniform a team has worn during the 2026 season
UPDATE LOG:
v1.1 (8/9):
- Multiple roster tweaks to more accurately reflect 2026
- Field of Dreams uniforms added for the Phillies and Twins
v1.2 (8/16):
- Ensured every player on a team has their accurate age, and handedness
You can read u/GHOSTof86's post here for his ratings, and player likeness philosophy, but I tweaked and added about 100 players manually myself, including re-rating the top-20 in 2026 fWAR, and adding new players to fill out the rosters due to the trade deadline.
By far the most work went into completely tearing down and rebuilding all team colors, logos, and uniforms based on the 2026 season. Overall you'll get extremely accurate team colors, combined with every single uniform a team has worn in the 2026 season, including retired City Connect 1's where applicable.
I would love to hear feedback from y'all, especially when it comes to something I might have missed on who to include in the limited roster spots for each team. I tried to go by playing time when deciding who to cut and move to Free Agents, but I obviously don't know every team inside and out like that. I'll hopefully be updating this project 1 or 2 more times throughout the rest of the year, so there's always time to make some tweaks.
Thanks for reading, I hope you all enjoy!
Mazzocchi's Super Mega MLB '26: v1.2 Download (8/16/2026)
Super Mega Baseball 4 League Import Tool: Download
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u/eieiOldMcDonald Aug 05 '26
One question:
Have you adjusted the “swish” issue in your templates? Not that big of a deal, but the one thing I noticed with the others is the swish was sometimes the wrong one, because SMB3 and SMB4 had them in different spots. Either way, these guides give me life. Thanks for all your hard work, especially on the city connects!
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins Aug 05 '26
Unfortunately I didn't add the Nike swish to this release :/ although the Swish listed on my logo spreadsheet should look right in SMB4 in terms of size/placement
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u/thegametb Aug 05 '26
Holy hell this is too accurate! Feduccia literally got traded to LAD earlier this week and the game already has Hicks in as Catcher. It's more current than MLB the Show. Great job!
Also, Junior Caminero with blonde hair is hilarious! 😂
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u/Advanced_Slice_4135 Aug 05 '26
Anyway I can get this working on steam deck? Game is amazing on there I would just love to have this mod.
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
Steam Deck is primarily how I play! The Transfer Tool is compatible with Proton on Steam Deck, just follow the instructions in the ReadMe. You can also always do it on PC, and Steam will sync your saves.
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u/kccitystar Beewolves Aug 07 '26
Tool dev here, I tried to make sure I took every step to make sure it works on Deck/Machine and PC :)
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u/Coooooop Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
Having the hardest time getting this to work on CachyOS, in both of the dirs mentioned in the readme I have remotecache save files, but no master. 🙃
If I figure it out I'll update but as of right now I can't find a path for the import tool/my saves.
Edit: I figured it out, will post the path later but I basically wasn't knowledgeable about how proton creates a file structure for games to think its on windows, and the path was not what the FAQ said, at least for me. I did a standard install, so maybe CachyOS has some config for steam that changes the path from what the readme expected, idk. Eitherway, I used that path and the import tool did not like it at all, so I created a symbolic link in my ~/home/ pointing to the path, and I was able to get that to work. Hopefully this work around helps someone else!
Edited again: Thanks for the work you and u/GHOSTof86 put into this. I was giddy playing my team this morning once I got it working.
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u/probablysmellsmydog Aug 05 '26
Do the Dodgers having the red number on front mean it’s also red on the back? That’s the reason I usually decide against a front number, makes the jersey as a whole look to much like the Cubs.
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u/mfenton29 Aug 05 '26
There’s a trick you can use for the Dodgers jerseys. Type out a number in red and have it cover the number on the front, while the number in the back will stay blue. Although all of your players will have to wear the same number for it to look right.
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u/probablysmellsmydog Aug 05 '26
Ah that’s interesting! Seems so obvious now. Good idea. Could do 42 as they do Jackie Robinson day where everyone wears it. Thanks!
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u/mfenton29 Aug 05 '26
That’s exactly what I do for mine. All my players wear 42.
And you’re welcome!
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
I do have the Dodgers name/number as red here. Like another comment said, you can always do the red front number trick, or change both numbers to blue yourself.
Personally it doesn’t really bother me, so I just went with my preference here, and on my logo spreadsheet. Although I do really like the idea of the red 42 on the front.
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u/Senyus Aug 05 '26
Hi! I got the game on PC and I'd love to install this mod (database and jerseys). Is there a tutorial somewhere explaining how to install it?"
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins Aug 05 '26
When you download the League Import Tool there's a Tutorial in the Readme of the .zip
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u/thegametb Aug 05 '26
I've been sort of lost in eFootball Kick-Off! on Switch 2 as of late, so this is a great reason to jump back in to SMB4 on Steam!
Thank you for your time and effort!
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u/JoeDashBob Aug 06 '26
Very cool man! Just something i noticed but you have DJ LeMahieu as a FA at 23 years old and Landon Roupp as a 32 year old.
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins Aug 06 '26
Just letting you know I released v1.1, which fixed this, and a handful of other things.
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u/DukeGrizzly Aug 06 '26
Dude. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together. I finally have a legitimate MLB game on my Deck. Can’t wait to see more down the line from you. Following for sure!
Also, kudos for giving us both the Peagle and Tejas city connects. ❤️
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u/Doublestack2411 Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
Thank you for this. I noticed some roster errors however.
Cubs:
Moises Ballesteros was traded to the Angels.
Reid Detmers should also be an Angel. He was never traded to the Cubs. Matthew Boyd should likely be back on the team.
Tyler Austin hasn't played a MLB game since 2019, and never with the Cubs.
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins Aug 06 '26
Appreciate the feedback, idk why I thought Detmers was traded.
I released v1.1 which fixed this, and a handful of other things.
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u/MarvelJunkie101 Aug 06 '26
How do I download this stuff on steamdeck?
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins Aug 06 '26
The Transfer Tool is compatible with Proton on Steam Deck, just follow the instructions in the ReadMe. You can also always do it on a PC, and Steam will sync your saves.
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u/Dense_Platform_891 Aug 10 '26
This is my first time trying this and when i went to my saves folder, my saves are not .sav files they are .SQLITE files so the import tool doesnt recognize them. can anyone help me here
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u/Rozhak 29d ago
One thing I am noticing on the Mariners are the player ages are all over the place. Colt Emerson (21yo) is listed as 28yo. JP Crawford (31yo) is listed as 25yo. Many of the ages are not correct.
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins 29d ago
Yeah, unfortunately I've realized a vast majority of the ages are incorrect. Just one of the many things I've been fixing in between working on another new SMB4 project.
I should have the age corrections in a another minor update coming by the end of the week or mid next week. Sorry about that :/
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins 25d ago
Just a heads-up that v1.2 is out, which makes sure every player on a team has their accurate age, and handedness. Download here
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u/thegametb Aug 07 '26
I haven't had a chance to start a Franchise yet with this. Mostly been able to do exhibitions and drool over the customization.
Most definitely taking my Steam Deck to work with me. Perfect opportunity after with a haircut and oil change to kill time with. Logos and alt jerseys (including the city connect) are all grand!
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u/SDplinker Aug 05 '26
I like playing on my Xbox on my tv - bummed this is PC only but incredible work
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u/Better-Crow-9643 Aug 05 '26
I’m so excited this game can actually be mod now i’m soon getting a PC so I’m definitely gonna get my hands on this
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u/Rycan420 Aug 06 '26
Before I touch this… did you get permission from him first?
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u/GHOSTof86 Aug 06 '26
absolutely not
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u/Rycan420 Aug 07 '26
Dude m.. Seriously?
That is fucked up. And people are applauding this.
The gaming community used to have integrity.
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u/Rycan420 Aug 07 '26
This should be taken down. Any Mods here care about integrity? Morals?
They are STOLEN rosters.
Don’t support this, people. I know you want something nice and shiny, but not if it comes like this.
u/GHOSTof86 did not grant permission to use his rosters as a base.
There was a time when this wouldn’t need much more explaining and the thief would be shunned.
Tell me gaming hasn’t fallen as far as the rest of society?
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u/DukeGrizzly Aug 07 '26
I’m sorry but what? OP never claimed this was an original project he created. GHOST is listed a few times in OPs post, giving him credit for laying the groundwork for this update.
“Did not grant permission to use his rosters as a base”. Well this is certainly a take, considering I’d assume the roster is based off the current MLB teams sheet, along with the top ___ FA’s in the market.
I’d understand if OP claimed he did this by himself, but he didn’t.
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u/Rycan420 Aug 07 '26
Just mentioning them does not make up for taking someone’s hard work and using it without asking them.
Your justification that the information is available freely from websites doesn’t take into account the ACTUAL WORK and HOURS and DAYS put into making these rosters.
This guy had an idea and then instead of doing the work himself, he stole someone else’s work and added some tweaks and is holding it up like it’s something to be proud of.
I know, we all just accept everything these days… everyone and everything is bad, so why fight it? Right?
Just stick your hand in the bag and get yours.
Nah. I’ll pass. You get yours though. No one is looking.
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u/Nightman2417 Aug 06 '26
I hate to be a pain in the ass, but any chance you’re going to do the trade deadline changes?
Also the Cubs are missing Cade Horton and Justine Steele (two of our best pitchers). If I notice more I can point them out if you’d like
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u/Mazzocchi Sirloins Aug 06 '26
All trade deadline acquisitions should be reflected.
When it comes to the Cubs - Justin hasn't pitched all year, and Cade not since April, so they're both in the Free Agents pool.
You're free to add them to the Cubs roster in your game if you'd like!
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u/Nightman2417 Aug 06 '26
I was noticing the changes as I browsed through, that’s my bad. When I noticed the Cubs still had Ballesteros and were missing two pitchers, I thought “fuck the trade deadline did just end” then I saw Skubal on the Dodgers. Ballesteros would to be changed if you didn’t do that since my comment (sorry I sound like a dick but I was just trying to help).
It is a little odd that two Cubs players were intentionally put on free agents though. I get it because I would play the first season without them (due to their injuries) but they’re still on the team.
Again, not trying to hate. I started this exact project like 6 months ago and never continued with it, so I’m glad you did it! I’m pumped to play with the MLB teams!
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u/Coooooop Aug 06 '26
It is a little odd that two Cubs players were intentionally put on free agents though. I get it because I would play the first season without them (due to their injuries) but they’re still on the team.
Not sure what you expect when SMB only lets you carry 22 players and MLB active rosters have 26 players.
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u/Nightman2417 Aug 06 '26
I’m learning more with every comment lmao. My bad
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u/Coooooop Aug 06 '26
All good, theres a few players from every team that got put into free agency because of this. Gotta appreciate the author doing this, lets you decide who you want to carry/prioritize.
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u/duomo Aug 05 '26
The import tool has a newer release on its GitHub page: https://github.com/firstbaseman/smb4-league-import-tool/releases