I'm fading fast this year....
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A bunch of new content this weekend here how it has went.
Friday - Sat down and did the moments for the April Spotlight. Got inexplicably stuck on the Ohtani homerun, spending significantly more time on it than I did the other moments combined. Quit out of frustration. Did not play again that night.
Sat - Finished Ohtani (of course quickly this time). Decided to put all the April Spotlight and various cards needed for that program's stat grind into my lineup to see if I could get the pack to see if I could pull Herrera. Played 2 nine inning games at Coors on rookie. Stupidly only put up 5 runs in the first game. Second game I win 16-1. Neither program is complete. In fact I am only 1 POINT away from finishing the first one. Who structures their mission and moments to allow players to come up 1 point shy?
Sun - I decide not to chase the leftover Stat Missions from yesterday. Ivan Herrera is cheap and I pulled and sold Tatis yesterday so I can just buy him. I decide to play the new conquest, which is only 5 games, with my Cardinals Squad and try to earn some parallel levels. Here is how it went playing all games on veteran.
- I won all five games by only 1 run. Four 1-0 games and one 3-2 game.
- Two of the games went into the 4th inning, including the 3-2 game which was against the Dodgers and tied at 0-0 after 3.
- I only had 15 hits in 17 innings.
- I grew tired of seeing pitches on the outside edge, inside edge and circle changes on the lower edge
So as I said, I am fading fast. I just did not find todays session enjoyable. I don't know if I am not enjoying it because I am playing poorly or if I am playing poorly because I am not enjoying it.
And yes, I know the remedy to all of this is to "Git Gud"
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Just sounds like you don’t like baseball that much. Maybe try basketball, football, hockey or golf
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@Dolenz_PSN
Yep, I remember when you could just hang 30 runs on the Yetis with ease and grinding was much easier. It is frustrating, that even on Rookie, the CPU will throw 3 balls way out of the SZ then dot the black with the other pitches. If you are patient the CPU will eventually make mistakes, but you have to keep your focus but who wants to do that when you are just trying to level up? However, I do get that they're just trying to protect the power creep.BTW: Why did your Cards not keep Edman? I did not follow him in St. Louis but Tommy Tanks has been money in LA. My Dodgers may not have won the WS last year without him.
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Yep, I completely relate. Kicking back and just playing is not a thing this year. They have made it so you need to hunt your pitch and it makes the grind painful at times. The CPU wastes a ton of time throwing non competitive pitches and then suddenly dots all the corners. DD is not supposed to be a simulation, it’s fantasy baseball by nature, doesn’t need to be all home runs but it certainly could be much more player friendly than it is at this time.
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@xElRojo44x-_MLBTS said in I'm fading fast this year....:
@Dolenz_PSN
Yep, I remember when you could just hang 30 runs on the Yetis with ease and grinding was much easier. It is frustrating, that even on Rookie, the CPU will throw 3 balls way out of the SZ then dot the black with the other pitches. If you are patient the CPU will eventually make mistakes, but you have to keep your focus but who wants to do that when you are just trying to level up?BTW: Why did your Cards not keep Edman? I did not follow him in St. Louis but Tommy Tanks has been money in LA. My Dodgers may not have won the WS last year without him.
I don't need to score 30 and I never actually played against the Yetis a single time.
As for Edman? It was not a popular move but one the team felt compelled to do beause they needed pitching at the time. Remember it was a 3 team deal..
Cardinals got Fedde and Tommy Pham and some cash from the White Sox
Dodgers got Michael Kopech from the White Sox and Edman and Oliver Gonzalez from STL.
White sox got 3 players from the Dodgers along with future considerations.At the time The Cardinals were considered the winner in that deal but as we know that is not always how it works out. Fedde pitched well enough for the Cardinals (3.72 ERA in 10 starts) but it did not help them win games because their offense was so bad last year.
I'm surprised I remember that much because according to Tyler, I don't like Baseballl very much
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BY the way, has any active player played for more teams than Pham? 10 teams in 12 seasons.
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@Dolenz_PSN If you’re fading then take 3 full days off. Don’t log in or anything for 3 days. Play COD or whatever other games you like. After 3 days you’ll be chomping at the bit and be revitalized.
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@Dolenz_PSN said in I'm fading fast this year....:
BY the way, has any active player played for more teams than Pham? 10 teams in 12 seasons.
Active,no.
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Sounds like you're tiring of those rookie/veteran brain rot contests where you're expecting big margin wins so you can get missions done faster.
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@Dolenz_PSN
Yep, Pham gets around..... maybe maybe RP Jesse Chavez? That guy seems to have pitched everywhere.
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@xElRojo44x-_MLBTS said in I'm fading fast this year....:
@Dolenz_PSN
Yep, Pham gets around..... maybe maybe RP Jesse Chavez? That guy seems to have pitched everywhere.Close Baseball statistics shows he has been with 9 teams.
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@Tylerslikewhoa_XBL said in I'm fading fast this year....:
Just sounds like you don’t like baseball that much. Maybe try basketball, football, hockey or golf
All of the other sports games are horrendous to play through. I mean this without exaggeration; this is the only decent sports game left. Even though it has taken its share of steps back in multiple areas, it's still the best, which unfortunately doesn't mean much in 2025.
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@Jacob151167_XBL this is very true. Ive always been more of a "casual" baseball fan, especially compared to football. But madden has become such a broken joke it drove me to the show (which ironically in recent years kinda reignited my interest in baseball irl again) but unfortunately, like you said, while it IS still the "best" of the sports games, thats not saying much compared to its competitors and it too has gotten noticeably worse in recent years itself.
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@xElRojo44x_MLBTS Because money
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Wait, so the complaint is that you actually have to move the PCI to hit home runs, resulting in the game being LESS fun?
Here I am thinking actually playing the game was MORE fun...
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I do feel like on Rookie, the CPU needs to throw more pitches in the strike zone and tone down the superhuman defense. So tired of barely making it to second base on balls hit to the wall in the gap or having an 80+ runner barely make it home on a sac fly to the warning track. The reaction times of CPU defenders should be the same as human defenders, considering the players are supposed to have the same attributes. The CPU grabs every ball with a bare hand and throws immediately. Slow it down. So annoying this year, even worse than years past. Making a game on lower levels tedious does not make me want to continue to play the game.
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@MetalDoc17_XBL agreed on all counts
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@MetalDoc17_XBL the superhuman defence gets me everytime lol. I always have to check the player card in the stats after and it’s usually a bronze player with 65 fielding who just laid out and robbed a double in the gap or snatched a 105mph grounder down the line at 3rd and underhands a laser across the diamond to 1st. Meanwhile my diamond players are letting 60mph grounders past them because they stood still for a whole second before attempting to run through quick sand.
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Yeah there is something I put my finer on that has me fading out, I think that DD is so much better this year but I'm already looking to play something else
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@xElRojo44x_MLBTS said in I'm fading fast this year....:
@Dolenz_PSN
Yep, I remember when you could just hang 30 runs on the Yetis with ease and grinding was much easier. It is frustrating, that even on Rookie, the CPU will throw 3 balls way out of the SZ then dot the black with the other pitches. If you are patient the CPU will eventually make mistakes, but you have to keep your focus but who wants to do that when you are just trying to level up? However, I do get that they're just trying to protect the power creep.BTW: Why did your Cards not keep Edman? I did not follow him in St. Louis but Tommy Tanks has been money in LA. My Dodgers may not have won the WS last year without him.
O and when you get a good pitch and hit it for a perfect perfect, for instance I'm playing in Polo Grounds and trying to get doubles/triples but a CPU fielder like Bader (65 speed) or Alvarez (35 speed) will come out of left field to center field and make the catch easily. 105 mph and the CPU doesn't even break a sweat catching it. I might be close to done as well.
