This Event
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I started out strong 4-1 and I've gone on to lose 5 in a row... Not sure what is happening. I generally pitch pretty well and can't hit a lick (its the first year I've ever played online). I seemed to have lost all ability to pitch.
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I've been averaging 8 or 9 runs a game. Slugfest out there.
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I think the lineups you can create for this event include some top cards in game. Especially the prestige versions. It being on all star and quick counts people are more likely to try and throw strikes. I have noticed a lot of home runs, but that’s pretty common on all star.
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Yeah - pitching is awful in this event. Even guys like Prestige Paxton are getting hit around for me which wasn't even the case in West Event with same theoretical settings. I've yet to find anyone I'm confident in. I used to be able to dot Paxton sinkers/fastballs on the outside and inside black and now they are either going 2 feet outside the zone or sucked into the middle of the plate.....
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@rosborn27 said in This Event:
Yeah - pitching is awful in this event. Even guys like Prestige Paxton are getting hit around for me which wasn't even the case in West Event with same theoretical settings. I've yet to find anyone I'm confident in. I used to be able to dot Paxton sinkers/fastballs on the outside and inside black and now they are either going 2 feet outside the zone or sucked into the middle of the plate.....
It’s all star, you can’t expect pitching to be good
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If you go into the games expecting to give up at least 7 or 8 runs then I feel like it helped me win a lot more. Al leiter currently has over a 10 ERA for me and I really only used him in this event and he’s still ~12-3ish. You just gotta hit
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@The_Canuckler said in This Event:
@rosborn27 said in This Event:
Yeah - pitching is awful in this event. Even guys like Prestige Paxton are getting hit around for me which wasn't even the case in West Event with same theoretical settings. I've yet to find anyone I'm confident in. I used to be able to dot Paxton sinkers/fastballs on the outside and inside black and now they are either going 2 feet outside the zone or sucked into the middle of the plate.....
It’s all star, you can’t expect pitching to be good
Agree but felt like the West/Central/East event with same setup wasn't this bad. But may just be recency bias...
Plus doesn't help when the best relievers for this are guys like Greg Holland, Wade Davis, Zach Britton & Rob Nen.
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Like the rest of you, my pitching has been horrendous. It doesn’t matter who, where or what I throw. Usually pitching is a strength of mine, even in all-star RS. Wouldn’t feel quite as bad, but for me, it doesn’t feel as though I’m getting rewarded for good swings either.
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@writetoshawn said in This Event:
I must have about 5 wins to around 20 losses. I’m likely in the minority for this community, but wanted to create a space for those struggling. I’m getting pounded, nasty style!
In my experience after the first few days the competition evens out and the wins happen. This same thing happened in the West event. Thought to squeak out a win for the first few days and then all the goons get their wins and move back to RS. It'll likely get easier.
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I had much better luck with the last event than this one. Getting lit up a lot. In the first few days of the event and especially on weekends, the comp is definitely much higher. I’m at 18 wins and initially had high hopes of going for the rewind pack to try for Goose, but will probably stop after Ohtani.
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Well the event is about teams that lost a lot last year.
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Well I think they shouldn’t allow cards that are legends in the Event. It should be current players, and there are enough to make [censored] good teams.
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Having to insert commons to get a valid lineup means I will pass on the event.
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@hoboadam said in This Event:
Having to insert commons to get a valid lineup means I will pass on the event.
0 commons on my team, 4 diamond starters 1 gold starter. 6 diamond bullpen arms, full 99 roster with 1 98, prestige Soto on the bench, diamond zimmerman, gold pete alonso, 2 bronze pinch runners
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Yeah I just carry a common backup catcher because Salvy is not leaving the lineup.
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@The_Canuckler said in This Event:
@hoboadam said in This Event:
Having to insert commons to get a valid lineup means I will pass on the event.
0 commons on my team, 4 diamond starters 1 gold starter. 6 diamond bullpen arms, full 99 roster with 1 98, prestige Soto on the bench, diamond zimmerman, gold pete alonso, 2 bronze pinch runners
Those diamonds are NOT all 99's for your SP and bullpen.
The point is that anything that requires me to shuffle bantha poodu into a lineup configuration at this stage of the game, will get a hard pass from me
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@lvega127 said in This Event:
I started out strong 4-1 and I've gone on to lose 5 in a row... Not sure what is happening. I generally pitch pretty well and can't hit a lick (its the first year I've ever played online). I seemed to have lost all ability to pitch.
Amazing how it just flat out disappears on you. Had it happen recently I went back and did the first POTM moment against Rockies using Patrick Corbin it got me back on track its fairly long think its 12 k's 7 innings and you dont get many cheap K's, that group of Rockies is juiced plus want to say a run given up fails you
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@hoboadam said in This Event:
@The_Canuckler said in This Event:
@hoboadam said in This Event:
Having to insert commons to get a valid lineup means I will pass on the event.
0 commons on my team, 4 diamond starters 1 gold starter. 6 diamond bullpen arms, full 99 roster with 1 98, prestige Soto on the bench, diamond zimmerman, gold pete alonso, 2 bronze pinch runners
Those diamonds are NOT all 99's for your SP and bullpen.
The point is that anything that requires me to shuffle bantha poodu into a lineup configuration at this stage of the game, will get a hard pass from me
There are no 99 bullpen arms for this event, 2 99s 1 94 Shohei because I just picked him up and a 90, before getting Shohei I was running 3 99s
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@hoboadam said in This Event:
Having to insert commons to get a valid lineup means I will pass on the event.
At this rate the forever event will have an overall cap.
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I wouldn’t want it just current players. No thanks, though I get where you’re coming from. Frankly, I’m only using guys I can prestige (and Miggy, who I still don’t have 3 HRs with). I even load up my prestigeable SP and use them as relievers because there are no relievers to prestige in this event. I probably wouldn’t even bother playing the event if I couldn’t prestige guys.
Played a few more times today. Won a few but still had games where I’m getting blasted and where I don’t seem to get rewarded for good swings. checking feedback after the game and some good feedback not producing hits. Also, a ton of warning track fly outs for me.
I did look up two of my opponents I faced today and they are fairly good players. So, I just have to tip my hat I guess. Just frustrating to lose so much and not have good feedback rewarded pitching and hitting.
