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Just curious about the likelihood of The Show coming to Stadia, possibly by next year...?

This would be my argument against dynamic difficulty. AI shouldn't be necessary to make pitching and hitting more difficult while also facing tougher competition as you climb divisions.

Of course skill is still involved, but luck also has way too much to do with it.

I do pretty good with Maddux. Jury is still out on Smoltz, hit & miss. Haven't picked up Glavine yet.

I bought the 20 pack + Ballin' is a Habit, and didn't pull a single diamond.

Also, I'm off to my worst start ever. Usually hang around Wild Card/Division Series, occasionally getting knocked down to Pennant Race.

Now I can't beat anybody in Pennant Race. After an 11-1 start this year, I've been under .500 since lol.

I think The Show has always been this way.

Genuinely curious what the typical DD player does to build a diamond squad so quickly. I've got 50 hours in and am at Bronze 46. I hate playing offline but have done what is necessary just to get Pudge, Kerry Wood, and Granderson. Have also come up with 87 Robles, Smoltz and Maddux via marketplace. All gold players so far otherwise.

It all requires way more offline play than I would like.

But then I go to play online, and don't make it very far these days because as soon as I hit Pennant Race, I'm facing all-diamond squads, usually high-diamond at that, and get killed. I've been playing DD since 2012 and don't remember having as much difficulty ranking up as I am this year. So I'm stuck playing offline trying to build up my squad... but offline is so boring lol.

Even had a friend send me a $50 gift card. He bought the 50-pack and pulled Trout, Bellinger, and Ketel. I did the same and managed a JD Martinez and DJ LeMahieu. Maybe 20 just isn't my year lol.

I can't hit for once I reach Pennant Race. At All-Star division or below, most of my guys are hitting well over .300, some around .400. Then I reach Pennant Race and get knocked back down every time because I can't hit/score.

Doesn't help that guys already have full diamond squads and I'm still gold. Wish it were easier to earn rewards without having to play offline so much. Online is all I care about.

Have been hosed a few times already because the runner from 2nd automatically slides into 3rd base on a ground ball... even if that ground ball was obviously going into the outfield all the way.

Stuck at 3rd unable to score because of that unnecessary slide.

Yep, just got the game yesterday and have had the same thing happen to me a half dozen times. Although I don't think I was called out on most of them, if any.

@ImDFC said in Can't Sub Pitcher?:

I think it's lame that I can't take out a pitcher before he even throws out a pitch. I'm tired of the showdown missions where they force a pitcher with sub 60 H/9, K/9, BB/9 and HR/9

That's been a real baseball rule forever. Always had to face one batter. Apparently that has recently changed to three lol.

@Hikes83 said in Can't Sub Pitcher?:

With the new MLB rules, a pitcher must face 3 batters unless the inning ends. Same in this game. No more 1 batter relievers

Holy smokes. How did I not know that? Lol

Side note: Don't like that rule.

Thanks!

Been playing offline until I build up a semi-decent squad.

In Conquest mode, if I bring in a reliever, pitch to a batter or two, and then try to bring in another reliever, there is no option to bring him in. I can only sit the guy warming up in the pen.

I first noticed this after bringing in a lefty to face a lefty, but walked him. So I tried to bring in a righty for the next batter, but couldn't. I thought maybe the "glitch" was that the first batter didn't count since it technically as not an at-bat. But, after the next batter struck out, I still couldn't bring in a reliever.

Just now, I decided to see what would happen if I tried bringing in a reliever for the second batter of the game. Couldn't do it.

Seems like a reliever cannot be brought in within the same inning of bringing in the previous pitcher...?