Moonshot didn't ask players to grind in one narrow lane. It gave you room to chase stats, wins, packs, and the 93 OVR Mike Moustakas card at your own pace, while still making MLB The Show 26 stubs part of the bigger planning picture if you wanted to buy, sell, or skip market noise.
What Was the Moonshot Event Program
The Moonshot Event Program was an expired Events program in MLB The Show 26, with its listed end date sitting on May 22, 2026.
It worked through Program Points earned inside Moonshot Event gameplay. You weren't locked into one exact route, which made the grind feel a bit more player-led.
1. Reward Path Built Around Quick Checkpoints
This part suited players who wanted clear targets instead of a long mystery grind. You could see the useful stops early, especially the Moustakas reward at 50 points.
The main rewards were spread like this.
• 10 Program Points gave 10,000 XP.
• 25 Program Points gave 3 The Show Packs.
• 50 Program Points gave 93 OVR Mural Series Mike Moustakas at third base.
• 75 Program Points gave a Deluxe Mural Pack.
• 100 Program Points had conflicting old listings, with one naming an Events Rewind Pack and another calling it only a bonus reward.
The smart play was knowing that Moustakas didn't require the full 100-point run. If you only cared about the card, 50 points was the real target.
2. Missions That Rewarded Power Hitting
This branch was made for players who like swinging big. Moonshot progress stacked fast when homers, hits, runs, and extra-base hits started overlapping.
The key mission goals included.
• 10 total bases for 5 Program Points.
• 10 runs for 10 Program Points.
• 20 hits for 10 Program Points.
• 10 extra-base hits for 10 Program Points.
• 10 home runs for 15 Program Points.
• 5 wins for 15 Program Points.
• 2,500 Parallel XP with Mural Series players for 10 Program Points.
• 30,000 Parallel XP with any players for 25 Program Points.
Home runs were the cleanest shortcut. One blast counted as a hit, four total bases, an extra-base hit, a run, and Parallel XP progress.
3. Moustakas And The Mural Series Angle
This section mattered if you were chasing both the card and the Mural Series PXP mission. Moustakas was the headline reward, but he wasn't available from the path until halfway through.
Useful card notes were.
• Mike Moustakas was listed as a 93 OVR Mural Series third baseman.
• His reward point was 50 Program Points.
• Scraped market data showed 43,425 stubs Buy Now and 38,016 stubs Sell Now.
• Those prices were only a market snapshot, not a stable value.
• The source data didn't confirm full attributes, quirks, secondary positions, or sellability rules.
If you already owned Mural Series cards, they helped before Moustakas. If not, he could only help with that PXP mission after you earned him and if the event still allowed him.
4. Don't Mix It Up With WBC Moonshot
This is where a lot of players get crossed up. The WBC Moonshot Event was a separate expired program, not the same reward track.
The older WBC version looked different.
• It expired on March 18, 2026.
• Its main reward was 88 OVR World Baseball Classic Brice Turang.
• It ended at 50 Program Points.
• It gave 10,000 XP at 10 points.
• It gave a World Baseball Classic Gold Player Pack at 25 points.
The later Moonshot program stretched to 100 points and used the Mural Series theme. Same Moonshot name, different grind, different prize.
Which Moonshot Goal Should You Chase
Want the card fast, stop at 50 points. Want packs, push to 75. Want every listed reward, prepare for wins and the 30,000 PXP job. If the market looks easier than the grind, checking MLB The Show 26 stubs for sale can fit naturally into your plan before you decide whether to play, buy, or wait.
