Content is always good, but when early, red zone swings on pitches low and away result in no-doubt pulled bombs and good timing/center PCI balls have exit velo's of 85-90mph and float to the OF....the game is not playing well.

Glad you're having fun with it though.

@nymets1987 said in Predetermined losses?:

Is this real thing? Played a guy with all golds and I have 99s everywhere and he hits all homers to win the game and I have to claw to get enough runs to keep up.

I don't know if it is actually real, but I can swear it feels like it exists.

Games where you strike out the other guy like 16x, they look lost at the plate but manage to get a one or 2 early swing HRs late in the game while on the other side good timing/contact has terrible exit velos and launch angles.

I've had games where easy playable grounders get past my IFs or bloop singles on very late swings happen and you can predict a forced hanger next pitch or 2 will result in a 2 run shot.

I think Allstar is just not a very good difficulty when it comes to balance...

Don't like getting bunted on against the shift? Turn the shift off.

You better believe I'm trying to bunt at least once with a lefty against someone like Hader or Chapman in a close game if they bring those guys in to face my better lefty hitters.

Its one thing to situationally bunt, its another to build your lineup around speed dudes and just bunt every at bat imo.

@Harrisville318 said in Perfect release missing spots?:

Are perfect releases suppose to hit the spot or is just a random chance like the rest of the game?

@ryansitko11 said in Perfect release missing spots?:

Just random chance. SDS doesn't reward user input

Pretty much. Nothing says rewarding like grooving an 0-2 pitch for a HR on perfect release/input. I'm all for card stats mattering but the amount of override is ridiculous.

@aaronjw76_psn said in H/9, K/9, BB/9:

Was hoping someone could offer some information on what each of contribute to?

I know HR/9 was basically removed from having any impact but I really don't know what the impact of the others are.

Thank you.

H/9 competes against hitters contact rating to determine the inner PCI size. Higher H/9, the smaller the PCI.

BB/9 I think helps with control but it also just might be a sim stat. Not entirely sure.

K/9 is supposed to help generate swings/misses instead of foul tips.

@lazy_toast_psn said in How to hit the sinker:

Yea it sux man. Edward is by far the worse. Just whiff after whiff. I legit just quit when I see him. I don’t care. I haven’t figured him out and those games are boring af so free win for you

If you're going to do that, I would recommend making him throw an inning first so he gets his stamina nerfed for the next game and the guy has to use someone else.

@whitejw98_psn said in My new catcher!!!:

My current OF is Soriano, Sizemore and Bichette. At Catcher I have Torre.

Who gets sent to the bench to make room for Schwarber?

Torre, Schwarbers 40 speed isnt cutting it in any OF.

@qwesty16_mlbts said in Shohei Hype:

Now my starting rotation

TA3 degrom
AS ohtani
F. Valenzuela
Crochet
Leiter
Jenkins
Cabrera

Way too many end game pitchers.

There is no such thing as "too many end game pitchers". The more end game pitchers means more variety which is a good thing. Same with all the juiced up high diamond releases everyone wants to complain about. Variety is good. I dont think anyone really wants to go back to having the same lineups face each other every game.

@PhillyRunt44 said in Sig series Chapman?:

Looking at him on the market right now. I've always wanted to try him but my question is is it worth paying that kind of stubs for a reliever when I'm playing on all star? Pitching on AS has been a cluster so I feel like it's an overpay for someone who wont play every game and will probably be erratic because of the pitching on the game. Thoughts?

If you're stuck in the 400-600s, you're probably better off using LS Chapman and using the stubs to boost your team elsewhere.

If you're fully happy with your team and don't want/can't improve it anymore....then why not spend it upgrading the pen.

@desolator78_psn said in [censored] Polo Grounds:

@khain24_psn said in [censored] Polo Grounds:

@desolator78_psn said in [censored] Polo Grounds:

Just had a ball hit to deep right center, ball bounced, landed on the bullpen roof, and roll around until Kelbert Ruiz was rounding 3rd base for an in the park HR. Gotta love the fact it wasn't the typical ground rule double, but was absolutely unplayable for 3+ seconds

I've seen that happen in prior years. Not fun to have happen to you but that feels so rare its entertaining to see imo.

I had a ball that I shot into the gap that hit the bullpen mound weird and died. Turned what was probably an inside the parker to I think a double.

Yeah had one that died on the wall back there myself. Just took a day for Ruiz to run home, was funny. I've had some strange goings lately, like a ball bounce off my left fielder's glove for a HR, bounced a good 6 feet off the glove.

Think my current favorite fake out is the HRs that hit off the facing of the upper deck will show where the ball will land on a ricochet so its like "hey you got a chance!....for a souvenir"

@poksey_mlbts said in Off the wall cards you'd create?:

Pitcher Ray Caldwell had to be revived after getting hit by lightning in a game. He then got the final out after that for the complete game. That deserves a card.

Would we dare say he should get a Lightning POTM card? Too soon? (probably not)

I'll see myself out.

@thongypu_psn said in Off the wall cards you'd create?:

@dbarmonstar_psn said in Off the wall cards you'd create?:

@steelymacbeam said in Off the wall cards you'd create?:

I got to thinking about some off the wall cards that could (but would never) be in the game

Doc Gooden 8-Ball Milestone with 125 Stamina

Chuck Knoblauch Milestone from when he hit Olbermann's mother with 0 throwing accuracy.

Rick Ankiel Prime with 0 pitch accuracy

Any others?

Randy Johnson Hitting the bird in the ALL STAR game, On FB Perfect pitch the bat explodes

All star Larry walker who bats right handed

Or a John Kruk with no plate discipline who nopes right the f- out.

Topps Now 50 cent - SP, 0 control, low velo, max break. Throws only a curve (or slurve).

@the_dragon1912 said in My Issue with TA4 ....:

@ericulous1_psn said in My Issue with TA4 ....:

Yeah, the first two TAs had 60 reward cards, 10 per division. TA3 was shorter because they also had the Acuna all star program and Field of Dreams the following month. I imagine this will be at least as big as the first 2, if not bigger. There should be plenty of FS cards, but the general fans dont know prospects and fresh faces (other than Wander) the way huge baseball fans do. So I imagine they are using these names to market the program for the average fan but there will be a huge amount of FS as henchmen like most people here are saying.

If in fact the remaining 6 teams are FS and there are no henchmen, I would agree, it's a disappointment. But I dont see that happening. The Yankees should have a huge legend, same with the Giants. I imagine Adley will headline the FS...we'll all know more in like 13 hours.

I just can't see the remaining 6 all being future stars personally. At most 2(Adley and Kelenic/Julio). I'm in the camp that thinks future stars will be henchman, but I do see the other side of it too. What if Wander was originally supposed to be the Rays TA4 and thats why Price is so out of place? Guess we will find out in a few hours. I think we 100% get Adley today, whether he is a Henchman or a "boss" is the real question

My predictions are the last 6 are all legends and FS cards are henchman based on every other TA4 card being a legend. I'm guessing:

BAL - 99 Ripken (already got 98 Palmer, 99 Robinson and Murray)
NYY - 99 Ruth (1A), 99 Gehrig (1B) or 99 Mantle (personal preference but doubt it)
SEA - 99 Griffey Jr
SD - 99 Gwynn (99 Hoffman 2nd option)
SF - 99 Mays or 99 McCovey
WSH - 99 Carter (since no Dawson anymore and we got Vlad)

EDIT: I just cant see SDS release 1 "FS" card as a TA4 for Baltimore and the rest are all "legends" (Quotes are for Price's TB card).

@schwizzle_nizzle said in Will there be another collection?:

I've been spending all my stubs collecting every card I can from the Collection tabs in anticipation for the next and probably final collection.

I started doing this pre-mookie and I still wasn't remotely close lol.

Think there has only been one time (maybe 2) that one of my stat players has been intentionally put on and it was a situation that actually made sense.

But honestly, its kind of a terrible approach by putting guys on for no reason. Just because you see a mission player doesn't mean that mission isn't already done. Some guys pop up a ton. I think I used silver Buhner a lot last "season" because I hit well with him.

Pretty sure I had a guy bunt with one of his better players (he was losing and there was no shift) because I had mission P on the mound. Felt like a weird time to do it so I assume they did it so I couldn't get a K but jokes on that guy, I already finished that mission.

@brandonm13x_psn said in My MLB Morning (Pls Read):

he just hit another off a slider at his ankles on the later side of good this game just loves me today

Apparently this is a thing now? Lost a BR game last night 2-1 with the other guys 2 runs coming off a 2-r hr in the first.

Pitch was a slider low and in (gold Keiber Ruiz) at his ankles.
PCI? Was slightly above and to the left of the pitch (ball was just touching the edge of the PCI) and his timing was just on the late side of good which is normally a death sentence (But apparently only if you have good PCI placement).

I agree pinpoint is fine (mostly). Its Outlier and stamina that are the issue. Its fine for a bullpen guy to come in and throw 102mph each pitch because they tend to throw 1 inning. Maybe 20 pitches.

Starters throwing 100 pitches shouldn't be hitting 102mph on their fastball every time unless they try to put a little extra on it (in which case stamina should decrease faster and accuracy should be negatively affected).

The one aspect of meter pitching I loved was the ability to control when you went to get "that little extra". There's no way to control how hard you throw with pinpoint. Needs to be a toggle or a button (kinda like slide stepping) that you hold when you select the pitch/throw that juices it up and stamina needs to be tanked accordingly.

Pulled DeGrom and Cole within like 5 packs of each other early in the year which gave me a huge head start on some collections.
Pulled Trout recently and sold him (already saved up to buy him at 450k previously =/).
Always got at least one "higher priced" 85-89 LS diamond from the choice pack from the first 3 innings that I didn't yet have for collections.
Got Soto from one of my early HRD packs but sold him....got mid-round again from the daily so that was kind of nice (hoping for top tier round on ASG pack).

First thing pops into my head is the Shadow Realm that I think YourFriendKyle created. Super weird stadium.