Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?
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crazy concept...
why not get rid of all the stupid cut scenes
get rid of the 5 min load up at the start of each game we are going on year 10 plus of that where you watch the starter warm up
maybe now after 3 years of foul ball simulator they figure out that 20 pitch at bats with 17 foul balls might take up some time
all 3 of these would speed the game up more then making people pitch in the stretch
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I am really thankful they implemented this. I would purposely not use players with a long wind up, it was just a waste of time. The games will feel and be slightly faster which is a positive for ranked play. I guess I just don’t see the negative side to this. Why would I want to wait 2-3 more seconds for every pitch.
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Looks like hitting is becoming easier and easier when it was already getting easier for people.
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@TheRupster12_XBL Some good points. I didn’t consider that not every pitch will come from the windup. While many relievers pitch quickly, some still pitch from the windup Fingers, Dibble and Mason Miller to name a few off the top of my head. We’re still talking about a ~10% reduction in game time on average. Even if it’s 8%, that’s not insignificant.
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@Daddy-Padre_XBL How about all of the above. Let’s have 20 minute 9 inning games.
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Why not just go to 2 outs per inning. That would greatly speed up games and is about a baseball accurate as getting rid of the windup. I sometimes think some people on these boards (and at SDS) just cosplay as actual baseball fans.
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@GradektheBard_PSN said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?:
Why not just go to 2 outs per inning. That would greatly speed up games and is about a baseball accurate as getting rid of the windup. I sometimes think some people on these boards (and at SDS) just cosplay as actual baseball fans.
This is a game mode where .240 hitters get the same contact rating as Ted Williams
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Bingo! This will not speed up games drastically at all.. so it’s kinda silly imo
Also like you said.. aren’t some pitchers more difficult to hit from the stretch bc they have glitchy releases(from the stretch)
I know one off the top of my head that has a glitchy stretch release.. Kershaw
Not sure how many other pitchers have the kershaw thing going on
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@GodShammGod2_XBL said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?:
Kershaw
Well, he won't be in the game this year so that is one less to worry about
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Pitching from the stretch is going to make toxic players constantly slide step and not slide step as it changes the release point of the pitcher. I HATE when people do that especially when they just randomly break not out in a high leverage spot. If it gets abused it would make online play pretty miserable
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0 reason to not give players the option to choose in H2H play
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@rageincage007_XBL said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?:
Because baseball is all about speeding up. Getting the game over and going on to the next one. Ruining the beauty of the game with impatience.
Slight update to your well written words ... "Because SDS thinks MLB The Show is all about speeding up. Getting the video game over and going on to the next one. Ruining the beauty of the game with impatience."
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@ref479ode_PSN You can only slide step with runners on. How is it any different without windups?There’s a new pause between pitches, so no quick pitching either.
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This change is so disheartening. Please quit trying to make Ranked a “fast” mode. If people want a quick game then they can play BR or Events… or heck make a 3-inning Ranked mode as an option.
There needs to be a realistic 9 inning online competitive option. With the changes to pause timer so you barely have time to make a pitching change or set your defence, and now this change so you can’t see legendary windups of all-time great pitchers and will always be rushed, I fear I’m going to lose interest in ever playing online…
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Glad I found this post. Money saved this summer.
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@GoozeFn_PSN said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?:
@ref479ode_PSN You can only slide step with runners on. How is it any different without windups?There’s a new pause between pitches, so no quick pitching either.
You can slide step whether people are on base or not if you're using a pitcher that doesn't wind up like Corbin burnes or virtually every rp
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I’m not 100% on this move from SDS. One of the things I like to do as a pitcher online is mess with the timing of the runners and batters. And as a runner, stealing was hard enough with input lag…now it’s going to be virtually impossible.
Overall I think I understand why they might have thought this was a good move…but it’s definitely a net negative.
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If they are going to revamp pitching for something nobody has asked for. How about these 2 things…
- shrinking sliders…..but we get the 2026 equivalent of “Working as intended”. Make adjustments.
- if a pitcher throws a pitch he has to finish that batter.
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@Lord-Oimak_MLBTS said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?:
- if a pitcher throws a pitch he has to finish that batter.
Yes, I was playing a tight back and forth game with someone into the 10th. No r2, no bunt dance, no weird stuff.
And a guy subbed in kenley with 2 strikes and 2 outs against my batter and I had runners on in the 10th. I struck out looking cause i just didn't pick up the release point.
I quit right after. It ruined the whole experience of the game. We're in February and can't just play a straight up man 2 man game. I haven't played online since that game a few weeks back.
It was such a solid competitive back and forth game too.
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No other sports game focusing shortening the time of the game. In NBA games you play shorter quarters (not make the time tick faster). So in baseball you play less innings modes like Battle Royal, and events. They could make a ranked option where you can choose your desired amount of innings. But taking away the windup from pitchers is a lazy/uncreative approach to fixing the length of games. We shouldn't sacrifice realism or what makes players unique from each other to shave off 8 minutes off gameplay. Will not purchase until this gets changed.
