Batters fouling off pitches.

[Buff1030_XBL]

The sheer quantity of foul balls is staggering. Through CPU vs CPU simulations, I've observed numerous instances where pitchers are pulled from the game in the 4th or 5th innings despite not allowing any runs and only permitting 2 to 4 baserunners. Remarkably, the pitch count often reaches the 40s and 50s after just two innings. This phenomenon stems from batters consistently fouling off 7, 8, or even 9 pitches per at-bat. I have tried the sliders and set it all the way to minimum foul balls and that does nothing.

[Endoffxi_PSN]

I dont know if this is helpful or not but when I was aiming where I wanted and not going with my catcher suggestion I was getting a lot of foul balls sometimes pitch count 14 even. I started following my catcher suggestions a lot more and my strike out rate went up along with pitch count going down per batter. I thought I understood the nuances of pitching in the bigs but I was throwing a lot of wrong pitches in the wrong locations. This is my first year playing though so if this isnt helpful I apologize