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George Brett, always has been and always will be for me. I don’t know if it’s stance, swing, distance he stands from the plate, or all the above, BUT that’s the one card I have all the confidence in the world with when going to the plate. It could be bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, GOAT difficulty, John Don on the mound, tying runner on second, and I JUST know I’m going to get a hit.

What are your guys thoughts on a salary cap for DD? Lets say you get 100 points to build a team, and for instance the new John Don would cost 25 points, milestone Chipper 15 points, HOF Billy Wagner 9 points, Finest Jimmy Rollins 18 points, and so on…

It’s always insane to me that SDS releases all these cards and 99.99% of them just end up being collection fodder. I would love to see/use more variety on Ranked.

@Barfy-Bad-Gas_XBL Agreed. I’m a HUGE Chipper fan. He was my favorite player growing up, and all his cards in this game have mashed! With that said, if it’s my last at bat and need to get on base to win the game, I’m using Chase over Chipper currently (and I have the 99 Chipper).

@Talkingben9558_XBL I understand what you’re saying, but I also feel OP’s frustrations. There are games where the winner is already decided before the first pitch of the game. This coming from a 38 year old dad who could care less about a win or loss in a virtual baseball game.

I’ll play a game where my opponent is swinging out of his shoes at everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. You could throw the ball into the concession stands and my opponent would still try and yeet it 476 feet dead center.

Then here I am with an above average eye at the plate, with a sound approach, and literally every ball squared up is a line out, deep fly to the warning track, a perfect perfect missile to an infielder, or that insane animation where a line drive hovers 4 feet off the ground for 376 feet just to find the center fielders glove.

Only for the inevitable to happen; 9th inning, my diamond defense second baseman boots a routine grounder just for him to walk it off next at bat with a bloop hit on a cutter 4 feet out of the zone.

Again, at the end of the day I could care less. But come on guys, you cant deny that it doesn’t happen, and that it also happens way too often…?

Yes, an SDS developer said so in a forum recently. There will still be collections per se, but JD was the last large reaching L&F collection. Which imo is a bummer, those large collections made the year long monotonous grind to get almost every card worth it.

Unfortunately, anything that doesn’t have ‘in game purchases’ will be ignored. It’s not an SDS issue, it’s just how the industry operates in this day and age. As hard as it is, you guys have to understand at the end of the day it’s a business.

Do you think Sony would be more pleased with; A) MLB The Show wins sports GOTY and voted best customer service or, B) They maximize every aspect of sales and net profits at end of the year?

It’s B, and will always be B. This isn’t an SDS issue, it’s just the greedy capitalistic society we participate in.

Studio’s can’t watch EA make BILLIONS off micotransactions and just ignore that, and pour time and resources into game modes that can’t produce yearly profits. It would honestly be a fireable offense for whoever is running the show at SDS, or any studio for that matter.

I’m by no means a 1000 rated goon, but I’m a competitive WS player who can pretty much hang with anyone 900s rated and below. As much as I enjoy playing this game (diehard baseball fan), there’s nothing more frustrating than playing a game and just KNOWING it’s going to end in a loss no matter what. You can just tell after only a few outs at the plate.

I’m talking about the game where your opponent is swinging at everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. They have no approach or eye at the plate. You could literally throw the ball 6 rows in the stands behind the home team dugout and they’re swinging at it. Yet here I am with an above average eye at the plate, not chasing, and any pitch I square up is a line out, deep fly to the warning track, or a perfect perfect out.

Those are the games I’m talking about. After a few innings you just know a loss is certain no matter user input. Then the inevitable happens, it’s the 9th inning and your opponent gets on base because your diamond defense 2nd baseman boots a routine grounder, and the very next at bat is a walk off bloop hit on a cutter 4 feet off the plate. Is it RNG, built in code, or is it just a fluke? IDK, but those are the games that over the years have made me take online play a lot less serious. Those are the games I think about when Ohchev, YFK, Major Mangoes, etc go in depth on why this game can’t be played competitively for monetary gains.

Im a 38 year old dad who works full time, so winning and losing in a video game isn’t that big of a deal anymore these days. With that said, someone pls tell me Im not the only one where this happens to them?

I wanted to like this card so much, unfortunately I cant hit consistently with him. IMO he’s the true definition of a wet noodle as a bat. I’d sale him if you’re not hitting well with him. The large Legends and Flashback collections are over for the year, so I highly doubt you’ll NEED him for any time of major collection.

Touché

@Teak2112_MLBTS

I can’t hit bro? What would you have titled it lol?

I’m working tonight but I’ll check soon as I get home in the morning

PCI shrinkage is ludicrous. MAYBE for a pull hitter I could understand it somewhat, but for a push/balanced hitter it’s just a miserable addition to the game.

I’ve been an avid DD player for 5+ years. I’m usually a .290-.320ish World Series player. Can pretty much hold my own with anyone, minus the 1000 rated goons who hit .450+ with everyone on the team.

I don’t know what’s wrong this year, but I absolutely can’t hit. I’m hitting .190-.225 overall. My timing windows seem nonexistent, my PCI is always late to the pitch, I can’t track pitches from the release point, and they just seem to teleport to the plate. I play on a monitor w/ 120hz and 1ms response time, have high speed internet (not fiber unfortunately), I’m hard wired with an Ethernet cord and use a Power A/Gamesir G7 both wired.

Anyone else having issues? The only thing I can think of is I did recently move from Georgia to Maine. My latency has been running 65-85ms the last few weeks, could that be an issue?

It’s so frustrating because I genuinely love this game, but not being able to hit a beach ball is infuriating.