<![CDATA[Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized]]>I've been grinding mini seasons (since that's the only productive thing to do as an offline player), and beginning this week, I've noticed a troubling trend with my offense. No matter how I configure my lineup, no matter how much time I spend in custom practice, or how patient I try to be in at-bats, EVERY at-bat feels like I have no control over the outcome.

I just hit a sweeper perfect-perfect up in the zone for a home run. Good timing and location.

The very next pitch is the same. Sweeper that hangs up in the zone. I crush it with good location and timing, and it's a flyout that isn't even close to the warning track.

Make it make SENSE! I don't know why, but I haven't struggled this badly in the WBC mini season until this week. All of my games have been ending within three runs. The ABS change is a small thing to me that is different this week. I wonder if it's the frame rate drops I experience in mini seasons too? Because this doesn't happen nearly as much in, say, conquest. Did they change anything else besides ABS?

All day it's flyout, lineout, infield lineout, diving catch, every infuriating way you could get out despite getting good contact. I feel that my patience and skills is going unrewarded, and my success is at the mercy of the game. I don't know what to do.

Anyone else feel this way or is experiencing this?

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/82432/hitting-feels-wrong-and-randomizedRSS for NodeTue, 12 May 2026 22:40:00 GMTFri, 01 May 2026 19:14:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Fri, 08 May 2026 04:02:59 GMT]]>Game is completely rng. Hit the ball with great contact and pray

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@go4stros25_PSN said:

Hitting sucks, you can output your opponent all game, but since you arent one who got the homerun you lose. Its all rng.

Yeah this makes grinding events a pain in the rear. Takes a lot longer than it should when every other good/perfect has a negative result.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/754535https://forums.theshow.com/post/754535Fri, 08 May 2026 03:27:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Fri, 08 May 2026 03:02:43 GMT]]>Hitting sucks, you can output your opponent all game, but since you arent one who got the homerun you lose. Its all rng.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/754530https://forums.theshow.com/post/754530Fri, 08 May 2026 03:02:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Thu, 07 May 2026 20:34:47 GMT]]>this is the first year maybe in a long time where you and your opponent can hit a ball 5 feet away from the bat.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/754404https://forums.theshow.com/post/754404Thu, 07 May 2026 20:34:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Thu, 07 May 2026 19:57:42 GMT]]>I play at Mack Park for my mini seasons. Some games I crush the ball and score a lot of runs, other games It can be a struggle. A few days ago I went up against Cam Schlittler and he plunked 3 of my guys and was all over the place, 35 pitches in the 1st inning.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/754381https://forums.theshow.com/post/754381Thu, 07 May 2026 19:57:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Thu, 07 May 2026 19:09:44 GMT]]>Some people just prefer not to play online against other players man.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/754354https://forums.theshow.com/post/754354Thu, 07 May 2026 19:09:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Sat, 02 May 2026 04:07:01 GMT]]>Do not play the cpu on rookie, play it on all star. You will score the same amount of runs, you'll get better at the game and get more xp and pxp. You need to get used to real pitch speed. All star is the majority pitch speed most people play on. Then when you get better you'll have more confidence to go online and play real games and become real mlb the show players. Lol que the angry replys. 😆 🤣

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/752773https://forums.theshow.com/post/752773Sat, 02 May 2026 04:07:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Sat, 02 May 2026 03:33:12 GMT]]>@LadySwampfox_XBL it is wrong and is randomized

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@MetalDoc17_XBL said:

To me it’s feels different today. I was scoring 15-20 runs per game and now all of a sudden I scored 1 runs against the Rookie CPU after the rollover in content today.

Same here, just had a sweat out with the CPU where half my swings were late, swinging feels slow again, I swinging as soon as the ball leaves the pitchers hand and still end up with very late swings. I don't know.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/752734https://forums.theshow.com/post/752734Sat, 02 May 2026 02:18:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Fri, 01 May 2026 22:51:03 GMT]]>To me it’s feels different today. I was scoring 15-20 runs per game and now all of a sudden I scored 1 runs against the Rookie CPU after the rollover in content today.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/752683https://forums.theshow.com/post/752683Fri, 01 May 2026 22:51:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hitting Feels Wrong and Randomized on Fri, 01 May 2026 22:31:54 GMT]]>Hitting is randomized. It’s one long algorithm, really, where the PCI and timing are the be-all end-all. Based on those two factors, the game rolls a dice to determine the outcome, and the animation follows. The game’s decided outcome sometimes completely ignores, actually mostly, real-world physics to get the result it decided, which is why we see balls phasing through gloves, good PCI resulting in popups and parabolas to infielders, and calls be absolutely [censored] butchered. No real-time physics whatsoever. We are playing a collection of recordings meshed together and called an MLB sim. This is prevalent in most of the industry, but they do a better job of hiding it at least.

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