<![CDATA[Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing?]]>If they don’t fix the balls on the black not being called strikes then what’s the point.

Everyone is just (rightfully so) taking every pitch that’s even close and getting rewarded for it. Add in the foul balls on early swings and low control on pitchers it’s such a laughable experience on all star difficulty.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/81829/ranked-gameplay-what-are-we-doingRSS for NodeFri, 10 Apr 2026 15:09:42 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 00:01:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:17:39 GMT]]>@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN your wanting any pitch the barely touches the zone to be a strike there is a possibility if they shrink it, it could still knick the zone. But to each their own.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746681https://forums.theshow.com/post/746681Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:10:24 GMT]]>@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN Exactly

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746654https://forums.theshow.com/post/746654Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:10:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:51:49 GMT]]>Yes you all need to stfu about pitching. Its hard to hit as is in this game. 60 percent of squared up balls arnt resulting in hits to begin with.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746636https://forums.theshow.com/post/746636Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:51:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:51:08 GMT]]>@BrthrDarkness_PSN I would def struggle at first but I don’t hate this tbh. It is supposed to be competitive, after all.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746635https://forums.theshow.com/post/746635Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:51:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:50:01 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS you know that if they shrank the zone like they’re saying the pitches that clip it wouldn’t be any farther away than they already are, right?

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746633https://forums.theshow.com/post/746633Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:50:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:37:19 GMT]]>My suggestion is get rid of the box on your screen you know the strike zone by now. And actually give us abs in ranked. Let the real hawk eyes work the zone. Challenge it if you must. We can all see the strike zone in our heads

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746631https://forums.theshow.com/post/746631Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:37:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:50:04 GMT]]>@GoozeFn_PSN how would it not? The game needs to cater more towards offense for it to be enjoyable. Any ball can barely scrape the zone almost every pitch you throw. People already love to spam sinker fastball cutter inside. It’s the only part of the game that really shouldn’t be completely realistic. Later in game the pitchers only get better.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746615https://forums.theshow.com/post/746615Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:50:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:31:55 GMT]]>With good pitchers later in the year and even right now, it is incredibly easy to dot the very corners of the zone. Next time you are in an online game, count how many times a ball scrapes some part of the by the book strike zone. I guarantee that if you are facing an opponent who knows how to pitch, over half of the called balls would be almost unhittable superdots. This game should favor offense, games are more fun that way and the better player wins more of the time. If SDS decides to go full by the book strike zone, basically every game would be a pitchers duel, and this problem would be magnified even more once we get to the endgame where guys have 120+ control

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746611https://forums.theshow.com/post/746611Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:31:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:46:05 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS It would not kill the game. This game needs a defined strike zone for online play. You could shrink the box and make everything touching it a strike.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746582https://forums.theshow.com/post/746582Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:46:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:59:44 GMT]]>How does a guy is fouling off 10 pitches outside the zone and then hitting homerun equate to pitching being easier than hitting? Y’all just type words and forget to read them.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746575https://forums.theshow.com/post/746575Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:59:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:09:03 GMT]]>Agreed its just as hard to hit as ever. Harder in fact.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746552https://forums.theshow.com/post/746552Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:09:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:57:31 GMT]]>

@AppleLemon560_MLBTS said:

it's probably warranted for now, while hitting is more dominant than pitching. but it would really make things tough when facing the John dons and Randys of the world.

Lol no hitting is not, hitting is literally just as broken as pitching. It's worse then ever where 1 player will be allowed to swing at 10 pitches and foul off 7 even if they aren't near the strike zone. Then the complete lie about sliders shrinkage being removed from online play, it's absurd to try and claim this. I've seen good squared up be anywhere from 74 ev pop up/grounder to 99 ev no doubt. Perfect swings are about a 60% shot at being a line out or hitting the SDS invisible wall and do a 90 degree turn down at the wall.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746549https://forums.theshow.com/post/746549Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:57:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:39:05 GMT]]>

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@bjd10048_MLBTS because it will kill the game to get everything on the line called a strike. Why would you want that?

With how many online games are nothing but slugfests? I wouldn't mind having the zone correctly expanded to include those on the black. That's baseball now

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746520https://forums.theshow.com/post/746520Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:39:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:22:13 GMT]]>ngl I actually kinda wanna see that now - they shrink the box to the standard MLB TV K-zone but anything that touches it is a strike - zone would be about the same as in the game currently but it would have a different feel to it that might be fun

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746513https://forums.theshow.com/post/746513Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:22:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:18:26 GMT]]>@SavageSteve74_PSN true - but I think they adjust for this cause the game’s standard for strike is half the ball. the problem is that in contexts where you can’t challenge calls even this standard isn’t always reflected. which is to say for everything on the line to be a strike they would have to shrink the box

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746510https://forums.theshow.com/post/746510Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:18:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:16:25 GMT]]>@bjd10048_MLBTS

They aren’t even following the rules of baseball for the current strike zone. If you notice your box, it’s wider than the plate, that’s not the real life strike zone.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746509https://forums.theshow.com/post/746509Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:16:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:03:59 GMT]]>@bjd10048_MLBTS because it will kill the game to get everything on the line called a strike. Why would you want that?

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746458https://forums.theshow.com/post/746458Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:03:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:43:12 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS but that’s the rules in MLB so why not here ??

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746404https://forums.theshow.com/post/746404Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:43:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:40:53 GMT]]>Calling every ball that touches the box a strike would kill this game.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746381https://forums.theshow.com/post/746381Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:40:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:14:08 GMT]]>

@bjd10048_MLBTS said:

If they don’t fix the balls on the black not being called strikes then what’s the point.

Everyone is just (rightfully so) taking every pitch that’s even close and getting rewarded for it. Add in the foul balls on early swings and low control on pitchers it’s such a laughable experience on all star difficulty.

Online I would like to see any ball touching the black as a strike. The balls on these along with the foul balls make the game less enjoyable. I have also fouled off plenty of pitches 2 feet off the strike zone that I had zero business fouling off which should have been a strike. I would like to see all these addressed.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746374https://forums.theshow.com/post/746374Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:14:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:54:18 GMT]]>it's probably warranted for now, while hitting is more dominant than pitching. but it would really make things tough when facing the John dons and Randys of the world.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746369https://forums.theshow.com/post/746369Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:54:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ranked Gameplay - What are we doing? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:30:29 GMT]]>@bjd10048_MLBTS
Next game keep track of how many balls just barely scrape the strike zone. If they made the strike zone exactly as stated in the rulebook, online would be hell, any experienced player would tell you that. What we should have though, is actually consistent umpires, theres just too many balls 3/4 in the zone being called balls and then next pitch one 3/4 out of the zone gets called a strike.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/746363https://forums.theshow.com/post/746363Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:30:29 GMT