<![CDATA[Bring Back Old Strike Zone]]>For the love of god, I cant hit to save my life with this new look strike zone

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/82657/bring-back-old-strike-zoneRSS for NodeWed, 13 May 2026 08:11:51 GMTMon, 11 May 2026 13:37:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Wed, 13 May 2026 03:47:17 GMT]]>Do the majority of people really believe what SDS tells us?

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755673https://forums.theshow.com/post/755673Wed, 13 May 2026 03:47:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:09:45 GMT]]>It makes your pitching better but demoralized your hitting with easy out pitches on the corner but hey that was their remedy, poor one at that. Got too use to either inside or outside pitches barely touching being called balls. Takes guts to take those pitches with two strikes now

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755467https://forums.theshow.com/post/755467Tue, 12 May 2026 05:09:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 04:44:38 GMT]]>

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@allday9128_PSN I mean it’s more than just a visual change lol the box disappears and no you have to protect more. I have gotten used to it but it’s more than just a visual change.

Its not any more than that. They said in the stream when it was implemented, that it was just a visual change.

Does it take some time to get used to a pitch that is barley touching the strike zone being called a strike in DD? Yeah it does after seeing pitches half way in the zone get called balls for so long. But that pitch that was half way in the zone before and called a ball is still called a ball now.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755463https://forums.theshow.com/post/755463Tue, 12 May 2026 04:44:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 01:39:35 GMT]]>

@TheGoaler_PSN said:

It has made me better against the inside Cutter.
The Splitter is still my Kryptonite, though. I despise that pitch, lol. At least 'against.'
Pitching-wise, it's great!

Noted.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755456https://forums.theshow.com/post/755456Tue, 12 May 2026 01:39:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 01:26:02 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS They literally told us it’s the exact same strike zone. The only thing that changed is the box which is smaller.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755454https://forums.theshow.com/post/755454Tue, 12 May 2026 01:26:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:44:02 GMT]]>@Onix_Savage22_PSN ain’t no problem brother

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755450https://forums.theshow.com/post/755450Tue, 12 May 2026 00:44:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:41:24 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS my apologies just skimmed over it while signing free agents in my franchise😂😂

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755449https://forums.theshow.com/post/755449Tue, 12 May 2026 00:41:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:41:14 GMT]]>@JDHalfrack_PSN I see some of yall are very literal.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755448https://forums.theshow.com/post/755448Tue, 12 May 2026 00:41:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:39:55 GMT]]>@Onix_Savage22_PSN now where did I say every pitch was a strike. Maybe is was lost in the context of my actual comment. But I was was talking solely about borer pitches only. Not that every individual pitch is a stike.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755446https://forums.theshow.com/post/755446Tue, 12 May 2026 00:39:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:34:53 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS if every pitch is a strike it sounds like u have a chase problem. just because they changed the size of the box doesn’t mean everything is a strike…

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755444https://forums.theshow.com/post/755444Tue, 12 May 2026 00:34:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:31:31 GMT]]>It is LITERALLY just a visual change. There’s not even an argument to have about it. Plus, the strike zone always disappeared as the pitch was being thrown. This was before the change too.

I’m not sure where you’re getting the “nearly every ball is a strike” from. I have plenty of balls thrown to me. In fact, since the new strike zone, I’ve probably doubled the amount of walks I’ve had.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755442https://forums.theshow.com/post/755442Tue, 12 May 2026 00:31:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:07:27 GMT]]>@GoozeFn_PSN the actual itself is smaller and disappears. You can’t say the same pitches that were balls are balls or vice versa. Almost every ball is now a strike. It has also changed the dynamic of gameplay On both hitting and pitching. It’s has been a good change tbh. I have adapted but to say it’s just a visual change is just ridiculous.

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@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

tear4eddy_PSN it’s not the same. And I wasn’t complaining. It really doesn’t make sense to say they shrunk something and say it’s only a visual change. If you change the size it’s more than just a visual.

What exactly do you think changed that isn’t visual?

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755414https://forums.theshow.com/post/755414Mon, 11 May 2026 22:42:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:40:55 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS It’s not more than a visual change. The same pitches that were balls are balls and the same pitches that were strikes are still strikes.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755413https://forums.theshow.com/post/755413Mon, 11 May 2026 22:40:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:39:57 GMT]]>

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

tear4eddy_PSN it’s not the same. And I wasn’t complaining. It really doesn’t make sense to say they shrunk something and say it’s only a visual change. If you change the size it’s more than just a visual.

It’s literally just a visual change. The same balls are being called balls and the same strikes are being called strikes. Now the strike zone just actually lineups to what was already being called.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755412https://forums.theshow.com/post/755412Mon, 11 May 2026 22:39:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:14:26 GMT]]>tear4eddy_PSN it’s not the same. And I wasn’t complaining. It really doesn’t make sense to say they shrunk something and say it’s only a visual change. If you change the size it’s more than just a visual.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755408https://forums.theshow.com/post/755408Mon, 11 May 2026 22:14:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:07:17 GMT]]>

@Onix_Savage22_PSN said:

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN the key is to try and not get the ball in the zone but just glance the zone. mistakes will happen but live on the black and u should be fine.

Probably doesnt help that I use Meter pitching.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755405https://forums.theshow.com/post/755405Mon, 11 May 2026 22:07:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 21:51:14 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS 100% false. It’s the same strike zone size. That’s why all this complaining is hilarious. They shrunk the visual of the strike zone to accommodate the new ABS-type zone. So that pitch that now just grazes the zone for a strike would’ve previously been 50/50 on the black for a strike in the old version.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755404https://forums.theshow.com/post/755404Mon, 11 May 2026 21:51:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 21:39:33 GMT]]>@platewelder_363_MLBTS I can’t speak on that part I was still to young rly for diamond dynasty I was on the franchise mode and rtts at that time. 😂 first dd was 2018.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755401https://forums.theshow.com/post/755401Mon, 11 May 2026 21:39:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 21:36:37 GMT]]>When I began playing this game back in 2015 it was rip city!!! Every game was a slugfest! It was so much fun!! Now…..it’s abysmal. It’s turned me into an offline player.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755400https://forums.theshow.com/post/755400Mon, 11 May 2026 21:36:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 21:33:03 GMT]]>@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS my approach has been the same in this game as it was in real life and it has worked for me for years look to attack look for a “damage pitch” sit on the pitcher making a mistake in ur wheelhouse and when u get to 2 strikes and be tough with 2 and battle.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755397https://forums.theshow.com/post/755397Mon, 11 May 2026 21:33:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 21:26:45 GMT]]>@allday9128_PSN I mean it’s more than just a visual change lol the box disappears and no you have to protect more. I have gotten used to it but it’s more than just a visual change.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755396https://forums.theshow.com/post/755396Mon, 11 May 2026 21:26:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 19:48:16 GMT]]>@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN the key is to try and not get the ball in the zone but just glance the zone. mistakes will happen but live on the black and u should be fine.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/755379https://forums.theshow.com/post/755379Mon, 11 May 2026 19:48:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bring Back Old Strike Zone on Mon, 11 May 2026 19:18:54 GMT]]>

@Sarge1387_PSN said:

@DrBear100_PSN said:

@TheGoaler_PSN said:

It has made me better against the inside Cutter.
The Splitter is still my Kryptonite, though. I despise that pitch, lol. At least 'against.'
Pitching-wise, it's great!

I hate the splitter. If it's up in the zone I can crush it, down around the knees dropping out of the zone forget about it, the spectators are feeling the breeze of my bat swinging through hopefully making contact with a mosquito because it sure isn't making contact with the ball

Change up for me...It looks like a juicy meatball and then the bottom just falls right out of it. It's also my humble opinion they gave changeups WAY too much vertical break, but I still gotta hit or lay off the d@mn thing.

The only time I go after a change up if it starts up out of the zone then I will know it will be somewhere in the middle of the zone. It it starts im the zone, no bueno for the worms. Probably my second least favorite pitch

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