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  • dbarmonstar_PSND Offline
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    i do not care for Ortiz, I can not wait to get Murray.

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    Soriano just has a slow swing so unless you adjust you approach you will struggle with him. The others combined with your success with Abrams sounds like you might be pressing with your big hitters and swinging outside the zone more, combined with opposing players pitching around the big hitters more out of fear this leads to strikeouts and weak contact. I do the same thing when I get shiny new cards. Their first few games I end up hitting sub .200 with them. Right around the time I write them off and stop caring they start climbing up to .350-.400 due to me not pressing and opponents not fearing them due to their average and challenging them.

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    @wardo_518_psn said in Struggling with top players:

    Anyone else struggle with some of the games top players?

    Soriano - I am awful w/ him. Took me about 15 ab to even get a little seeing eye single.
    Rizzo - started off on fire first few games but now can’t hit anything
    Thome? My god …. Might as well blindfold me.

    Maybe just pressing bc I wanna do well with them, but man … rough.

    But CJ Abrams?! He’s my MVP. Make it make sense!

    It's all about using players you are good with, I still have LS Acuna in my lineup, 42 Grisham on my bench, LS Story was hitting close to .450 for me online, I was in the top 50 getting him to P5, now I have his 96 and it won't ever leave my lineup. What works for others won't always work for you, I'm not great with Chipper or Ortiz for that matter, that 96 Banks hates me, but I mash with TA2 Bench, and Torre. You don't need to use 99 cards to find success.

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    @wardo_518_psn said in Struggling with top players:

    Anyone else struggle with some of the games top players?

    Soriano - I am awful w/ him. Took me about 15 ab to even get a little seeing eye single.
    Rizzo - started off on fire first few games but now can’t hit anything
    Thome? My god …. Might as well blindfold me.

    Maybe just pressing bc I wanna do well with them, but man … rough.

    But CJ Abrams?! He’s my MVP. Make it make sense!

    Yep! I cannot hit with Soriano to save my soul. He's terrible at the plate. I'm sure others rake with him though. But Thome is my most reliable PH. I think it's just different for everyone. BTW. I'm right handed but in the game I hit better with Lefties. I don't know why.

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    @dbarmonstar_psn said in Struggling with top players:

    I like Soriano. MVP is 99 Jackie Robinson. I been using a lineup of players to finish mission. Yesterday, Robinson was on my bench. I got down 1-0 in the 7th I pinch hit bring in Robinson hits a solo shot game is tied 1-0. I think it was the 9th I hit a 3 run shot with Robinson won 4-1.

    Agree...JR is the best i have played with so far. Just a stud.

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    @stingrayhd_xbl said in Struggling with top players:

    @dbarmonstar_psn said in Struggling with top players:

    I like Soriano. MVP is 99 Jackie Robinson. I been using a lineup of players to finish mission. Yesterday, Robinson was on my bench. I got down 1-0 in the 7th I pinch hit bring in Robinson hits a solo shot game is tied 1-0. I think it was the 9th I hit a 3 run shot with Robinson won 4-1.

    Agree...JR is the best i have played with so far. Just a stud.

    Do you notice he’s a little slow to turn on inside fb? I can’t decide if it’s just a small sample size or a mental thing. He crushes anything out over the plate though

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    @jacksonvance35 said in Struggling with top players:

    @stingrayhd_xbl said in Struggling with top players:

    @dbarmonstar_psn said in Struggling with top players:

    I like Soriano. MVP is 99 Jackie Robinson. I been using a lineup of players to finish mission. Yesterday, Robinson was on my bench. I got down 1-0 in the 7th I pinch hit bring in Robinson hits a solo shot game is tied 1-0. I think it was the 9th I hit a 3 run shot with Robinson won 4-1.

    Agree...JR is the best i have played with so far. Just a stud.

    Do you notice he’s a little slow to turn on inside fb? I can’t decide if it’s just a small sample size or a mental thing. He crushes anything out over the plate though
    You might be right. I did notice over the plate as you mentioned, and towards the outer part of plate he is better at.

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    Never done well with Piazza but I keep choosing him as a reward. I have also started out AWFUL with Glaus.

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    Last two nights I switch to Helton Rookie card, his card for me plays above what it should. I like his swing. Playing him over Ortiz and Thome. I still Have Ortiz on my bench. Ortiz Defense has not played well for me.

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    My batting avg is like .258 with Thome but I attribute that to facing so many lefties all the time. Whenever I face righties I hit at least 1 homerun in a game with him.

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    @dolenz_psn said in Struggling with top players:

    Never done well with Piazza but I keep choosing him as a reward. I have also started out AWFUL with Glaus.

    I don’t have Glaus, but I notice most people with him have lower numbers. Only seen a handful of high avg. HR/RBI with him.

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