I'm fading fast this year....
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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.
Edwin Jackson has the most,he played for 14 teams (retired in 2019) -
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.
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@DodgerMatt93_NSW said in I'm fading fast this year....:
@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.
I kid you not, I had a perfect game with J.R. Richard's, 1 out to go, ball hit right at 1st base should be a easy final out.... ball gets past my fielder because he got a late break to the ball even though I acted as fast as I could. Mewhile like I stated in my above post the CPU has Alvarez running from out of left field to center in Polo Grounds to make a catch.... Alvarez.
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Yeah I'm not seeing a whole lot of xp gain in this season....the base missions from the initial release is what gotten me so far in the 2nd inning program. Just not seeing the 20-30 k xp in the program like spring break and the others. Playing a full game betting you 2k isn't a whole lot of progress. It's still early but last inning I was close to 200k after three days... half that right now. I'm hoping jr and Easter have better gains
