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@DannyDevito8997_XBL said in HRs with low power guys:

Do both their power stats have to be under 75 or just the respective side? I hit a homerun with someone with 59 power against the pitchers handedness but 90 on the opposite side, the homerun didn't count so I am assuming it has to be both sides?

That being said what are some good players for this?

Given all of this. There are 873 hitters that have less than 75 power on both sides. Here are the cards that have a 90 or over OVR

Name Team OVR Series POS
Ken Griffey Sr. Reds 99 Finest RF
Richie Ashburn Phillies 98 Finest CF
Luis Aparicio White Sox 98 Finest SS
Rod Carew Twins 98 Prime 2B
Juan Pierre Marlins 97 Finest CF
Andrew Benintendi Royals 97 2022 All-Star LF
Luis Arraez Twins 97 2022 All-Star 1B
Jeff McNeil Mets 96 Monthly Awards 2B
Honus Wagner Pirates 96 Takashi Okazaki CF
Keith Hernandez Cardinals 95 Awards 1B
Masyn Winn Cardinals 95 Future Stars SS
Vidal Brujan Rays 95 Future Stars 2B
Ke'Bryan Hayes Pirates 95 Future Stars 3B
Pete Crow-Armstrong Cubs 95 Future Stars CF
Michael Harris Braves 95 Future Stars CF
Alan Trammell Tigers 94 All-Star SS
Joe Morgan Reds 94 Takashi Okazaki 2B
Tony Gwynn Padres 93 All-Star RF
Ozzie Smith Cardinals 93 Takashi Okazaki SS
Jon Berti Marlins 93 Monthly Awards 3B
Barry Larkin Reds 93 2nd Half Heroes SS
Lou Brock Cardinals 92 Postseason LF
Wade Boggs Red Sox 92 Breakout 3B
Paul Molitor Blue Jays 92 2nd Half Heroes 1B
Jose Iglesias Rockies 92 Topps Now SS
Juan Pierre Marlins 91 Milestone CF
Kenny Lofton Guardians 91 All-Star CF
Elvis Andrus Rangers 91 Prime SS
Craig Biggio Astros 91 All-Star 2B
Cal Ripken Jr. Orioles 91 2nd Half Heroes SS
Todd Helton Rockies 91 All-Star 1B
Rod Carew Twins 90 All-Star 1B
Honus Wagner Free Agents 90 Rookie CF
Robin Yount Brewers 90 2nd Half Heroes CF
Ray Durham White Sox 90 Prime 2B
Brooks Robinson Orioles 90 Postseason 3B

I do use the Slider a lot. I'm just saying that's the one pitch the CPU homers off me the most if I hang one or two. It's as if they know you pressed Slider!

Maybe it went away because they just updated Mini Seasons to get a Takashi card. I really don't know though. Just guessing.

@Orcin_NSW said in Trying to get better at the game.:

I assume that you are playing against the cpu only? If so, I suggest continuing to use directional hitting and concentrate on pitch selection and timing. Learning these two skills is important and will help you later if you decide to advance to zone hitting. Try to take marginal pitches until you get into a two-strike count. Your contact will improve if you are swinging at pitches over the plate (your pitch) instead of on the edges of the strike zone (pitcher's pitch). Also, you will lower the pitcher's confidence and that will result in seeing more mistake pitches.

This is good advice. I'm 61 and have played the show regularly (a couple of hours a day) since I retired in '16. Before that, it was hit and miss when I had the time (and when my kids could get me to sit down with them and play). I only played Franchise until the end of '20, when I was talked into playing DD. That's also when I began spending much more time playing each day.

I played directional until last year when I began flirting with zone. This is the first year that I've dedicated to zone and finally feel more comfortable with it over directional.

Directional can help you focus on your timing without worrying about anything else. Once you feel you have your timing down, then try zone here and there. You'll know when you're ready.

In the long run, zone hitting is where you want to be. It is more accurate. As you have noticed, there is a lot more to think about with it, though.

Play the way that feels the best for you. That's the great thing about this video game; it has almost something for everyone.

The proper hardware can help your timing too. A monitor over a television, for example.

The most important thing to remember is to have fun. There are too many guys on here that hate the game but play it anyway. They'll rant and rave about how bad the game is, but they'll play it anyway. So, just have fun. That's important.

@tmichae10_PSN said in Rework for parallel system:

@DannyDevito8997_XBL said in Rework for parallel system:

@tmichae10_PSN said in Rework for parallel system:

I would prefer SDS not emulate/employ anything similar to EA platforms.

Also, there’s already enough discontent with people regarding fake attributes (i.e. future stars), that giving us attribute points to assign just further moves it into fantasy/arcade land.

You’ve got the option now to adjust and make up attributes for a player, donne outside of DD in franchise mode.

EA has its problems for sure, however their content is significantly better. Other than the final divisional rewards and 2 or 3 team rewards their collections are useless by the time you can complete them. Then you get the big collection rewards throughout the year, what 3 or 4 of them? Majority of the collections are just fodder for a bigger collection.

So I will offer that I don’t play madden (don’t care for real nfl either, my last EA sports games were NCAA football), so I can’t speak to how their content specifically plays out. What I’ve seen here and other gaming centric public platforms speaks to the cash grab/micro transaction requirements for their system. They seemed to have pioneered and exploited that style of pay to play/win, whereas SDS you can be competitive and win without spending an extra dollar and there are countless videos showing how to achieve that.

The content has hits and misses (as I’m sure people believe the same with EA), but I think SDS generally does a good job of trying things out, not making all elite cards behind paywalls, and allowing a platform for various types of play for as many people as possible.

No doubt EA has mastered microtransactions. But EA has forums like this as well, and if you are half decent at the game and willing to use the forums you can have the best team without dropping a dime. Madden is definitely geared more for the underground gambling scene. I definitely fell off the last few maddens, but the couple maddens I went hard in I was making enough for the best team possible and then trading the currency over for other game currencies. What I meant by the better content is I feel like at least in Madden, the collections aren't outdated I guess. When you are capable of completing a collection the player reward is still viable. In this game I feel like the majority of collection rewards were useless for most teams and just were there to feed into the next collection, which by the time you got there that player might also be obsolete. Just to be clear I havent played Madden in awhile. I definitely prefer the show, however I feel like collections and content like that madden does it better.

I have main, P5 squad, program, and Astros

Any two outfielders will do as long as you have Chuck Nasty in Right field

Only the ones for may. you have to go into the stage 1 collection and either write them down or screenshot it.they have a date on the side of the card, but that print is so small i was an inch from the screen and still couldnt read it, so a pic is best bet

@b00std_mark_ii said in Pinch hitter bug:

so your saying he somehow used a Designated hitter basicly.. thats a gamebreaking glitch if how to do it were to get around

Yeah pretty much but it did the whole animation thing of him bringing in the pinch hitter.

Starters get a hit to stamina when they are used as relievers.
If you need a few good RP try doing the Baltimore and Oakland collections.

Yes I am using one now

@xxchaosmnkyxx_psn said in Do you need to actually touch first base?:

I tell my girlfriend that every time

Haha

@nymets1987_psn said in How many moments needed to complete POTM?:

@loveyeshu33_psn said in How many moments needed to complete POTM?:

@nymets1987_psn said in How many moments needed to complete POTM?:

@dap1234567890 said in How many moments needed to complete POTM?:

The MA player missions were reduced from 4 points to 3 points. Either skip one moment or one MA player stat. All the moments were easy!

I can’t hit with France

That one took me waaaaaaaayyy too long

I gave up on it started missions with conquest games

I guess we all quit? Awesome lineup cards but....cod starts soon? (I know where this is heading) I pulled trout a couple days ago. I'm leaving 21 on a good note. It's been fun but baseballs almost over and I can't see the game progressing much. Seems like I busted my [censored] as a casual player and really didn't achieve anything.

Here's what I do on top of the advice already given; if it's a single at-bat moment, I attempt it 10 times. If it's a full-game moment, I attempt it 5 times. If I haven't completed it by then, I move on to something else and come back later. It helps keep my brain from eating itself. I promise you; you'll get them done.

It is usually easier to read and react to breaking pitches when hitting from the opposite side. With so many RHPs you will see them more than LHPs so lefty hitters can be useful. Switch hitters are great because they always go to the opposite batter's box of the pitchers throwing arm for this reason. It's harder to jam high/inside fastballs when they come across the plate!

It is usually best practice to have batters from both sides and to spread them throughout the lineup card. For instance, it would not be optimum to have three lefty hitters batting consecutively because the opponent could bring in a LHP to face those batters.

The only dumb question is the unasked question! You are looking to get better and there are some on this forum that is willing to help you out!

I actually saw a clip of, I think one of the Olympic women's softball games and saw a player from Japan do a headfirst slide into first base on a groud ball force out. I remember thinking that it was the first time I remember seeing someone do that outside of MLB The Show.

Yes will probably be Finest cards 99s for current players who didn’t receive one yet .

@dannydevito8997_xbl said in Where do they go from here as far as cards?:

@whitejw98_psn said in Where do they go from here as far as cards?:

It's true that there isn't much room for improvement with the cards at this point, but we're also getting close to the time of the year when a large chunk of the game's player base will leave to go play something else. Playing one game and one game only for an entire year just isn't something that most people do.

Also, a pretty significant chunk of the players are casual and still have some grinding to do before they earn the awesome cards we've been getting lately. Not everybody treats this game like a job and plays all day every day.

True I am not judging how they are running it, I enjoy this game I am just curious previous years do we just get like obscure 99s now of players you wouldn't expect or do they just re-release top tier guys with somewhat different stats or do they pretty much stop new cards releases?

I'm actually not sure. I'm usually one of the people who gets burned out at around this time of year and moves on.

@dannydevito8997_xbl said in Where do you get Breakout Gary Sheffield from?:

@jwepical23_xbl said in Where do you get Breakout Gary Sheffield from?:

@dannydevito8997_xbl said in Where do you get Breakout Gary Sheffield from?:

Can not find which pack he is from anywhere.

I think it was may daily moments you can't get him from anywhere anymore

Dang that sucks. Was a big Sheffield fan back in the day.

I’m sure he’ll have another high diamond card later on. The BO card is 3B only with no OF secondary, so it’s hard to play him. Like his timing window in this year’s game, too.

@bob_loblaw1984 said in Is a new Tatis expected in future card programs?:

@dannydevito8997_xbl said in Is a new Tatis expected in future card programs?:

Or judging my previous years are the expected card programs not something he would fit into?

100% chance cover boy gets a 99 this year. Probably a Finest. If he struggles or gets injured a POTM or Awards flashback is likely.

97 Bryce Harper...