Ranked Needs a cap on switch hitters
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@Aron1740_MLBTS Or they could just fix the shrinkage like they said they would. Limiting how many switch hitters is an awful idea.
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@Aron1740_MLBTS nah they won’t put a cap knowing are luck we get a switch hitting captain to boost them…
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@Aron1740_MLBTS Or they could just fix the shrinkage like they said they would. Limiting how many switch hitters is an awful idea.
Honestly, while I am all for removing the shrinkage, I think a lot of people would still run all switch hitting teams so that they never have to deal with a same handed pitcher.
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@Dolenz_PSN And I think people should be able to choose to do that. I’m tired of every idea in this community being to limit or take things away.
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Switch hitters matter more than ever before because of adding lefty/righty attribute splits for pitchers.
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Or...learning how to pitch to navigate unfavourable match-ups might be easier? People act like this is impossible. I'm likely in the bottom third of Ranked players and even I can do this
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@Graeves-_PSN Limiting switch hitters is like putting a bandaid on an amputated limb. How about fixing the root of the problem?
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There is nothing more fun than playing a team full of switch hitters at Coors. I wish we could customize match-up searches to exclude certain stadiums and line-up strategies.
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@Graeves-_PSN Limiting switch hitters is like putting a bandaid on an amputated limb. How about fixing the root of the problem?
Preaching to the choir, I don't see a need to limit switch hitters.
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@Graeves-_PSN I agree it would be unrealistic to cap this just sucks that there is no lineup diversity in this game… it’s all willi Castro Marte Ozzie j ram lindor. In every single ranked game…
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@Graeves-_PSN IRL MLB has balks
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I don't know why people advocate for "rules" in the video game that would be totally fake in terms of real world baseball rules. There is no rule in MLB regarding how many switch hitters one can have in the lineup.
Now, if there is some contrived (artificial) reason why switch hitters have some special advantage in the video game, then it would be reasonable to take a look at that artificial reason. But, phony make believe rules do not need to be put into the game -- there are already too many phony aspects to how the game code functions.
The video game needs to become more realistic, not less realistic.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL I fully agree with this people are gonna complain either way tho it’s what people do best all I can ask for as a baseball fan is a realistic baseball game.
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@Graeves-_PSN Limiting switch hitters is like putting a bandaid on an amputated limb. How about fixing the root of the problem?
Preaching to the choir, I don't see a need to limit switch hitters.
IRL MLB doesn't have that rule, neither should a MLB video game IMO.IRL MLB has a 25 man active roster limit and teams don’t have access to every single player in the league to insert into their lineup.
I don’t know if a cap is the solution, but something needs to be done. Tired of facing all switch hitter lineups
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN I knew this was gonna happen a few years ago when everyone was complaining about all the captains. That year was great for lineup diversity and they ruined it.
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PriorFir4383355_XBL said:
I don't know why people advocate for "rules" in the video game that would be totally fake in terms of real world baseball rules. There is no rule in MLB regarding how many switch hitters one can have in the lineup. So, this is fairly termed a legal competitive advantage -- and no, I don't play DD so I don't have any person stake in this issue.
Now, if there is some contrived (artificial) reason why switch hitters have some special advantage in the video game, then it would be reasonable to take a look at that artificial reason. But, phony make believe rules do not need to be put into the game -- there are already too many phony aspects to how the game code functions.
The video game needs to become more realistic, not less realistic.
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@GoozeFn_PSN yes i remember that the most popular one was the Carlos Santana switch captain. but u also had other viable team like the durability team the shortstop team and probably others im forgetting. that still remains one of my favourite shows to date. 23 I think.
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Most teams in ranked just spam the same switch hitters. SDS should implement a 3/4 max switch hitter roster construction so it's more balanced with cards and not exploiting opposite handed hitting every batter. This will improve hitter and pitcher strategy. It's gotten so bad.
While on 1 hand yes it is tiresome to see 80% of the players only using switch hitters, but its not like there is an MLB rule against having all switch hitters. Next problem is though is that 1 of the reasons most people use all switch hitters is to negate the PCI shrinkage issue that has been lied about, then claimed they fixed and lied about, then doubled down on by trying to say why it's needed. Personally I don't use all switch hitters because some players I don't have an issue with same handed hitting (trout, Harper, trea, justice), but I also probably have 4 in my lineup up. I feel like the new visual zone has helped some with this though because now alot of less skilled players who just guessed and would get to walk on balls that should've been strikes are having to defend or get struck out. Also I've noticed that really alot of switch hitters minus a few are high contact but less power so far this year.
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You would have hated those 80’s and early 90’s Cardinal teams in real life: Smith, Coleman, McGee, Pendleton, Oquendo
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN The greatness of captains that year was that they gave us relevant captains throughout the year that could be mixed and matched. We had several cornerstone captains each season that were relevant to the planned content. It’s like they were actually considering how content worked back then. The captains actually had meaningful boosts. Now, captains are dead and basically worthless and so is lineup diversity as a result.
