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I’m still playing 24, and one thing I believe about pure analog pitching is definitely not that it’s too hard but that consistently making well located pitches can take a little more time, effort, and precise controller movements. So my question is, “What’s your general pitching strategy?” Do you try to hit the corners at all costs, or do you pitch a little faster and focus a little more on not trying to be perfect and not killing yourself trying to be perfect? And I realize many don’t use pure analog, so feel free to answer even if you don’t use it.

I hope to see the addition of a stat like team strikeout rate, as well as number of times picked off, to this game. Strikeout rate gives you a better idea than just total amount of strikeouts since it takes into account either total at bats or total plate appearances.

As much as I’d like to buy 25, I definitely won’t be. I’m 73 games into a season in franchise mode in 24, and I’m definitely not buying the game if I’m just going to have to start over.

I’m assuming these are indeed not coming back. Does anyone know for sure? At this point, I don’t expect them to ever return.

Just thought it would be cool if some of the walk up songs that players use in real life got added so that they could be used for walk up songs in the game too. I know there may be some hindrances to that, but it would be pretty cool if that happened. It would definitely add some realism to the game. For example, “Baila Conmigo” has been Freddie Freeman’s walk up song for a while now, and that’s one that definitely resonates with me as a Dodgers fan.

I also can’t tell you how many times right after an in game save in about the 4th inning or later that I’ve seen the CPU pitcher’s stamina just magically go from pretty low to anywhere from 40% upward. And this happens even though the guy has thrown anywhere from 75-100 pitches. So essentially he just magically turns into basically a 1950s Bob Gibson when it comes to stamina. SDS has absolutely got to get that out of the game this year, as well as clean up a lot of the missed check swing calls. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to replay and see a guy cross the plane of the plate, only for the umpire to say he didn’t actually go around.

I’m taking the no response to mean that we really don’t know that it has an impact. Also, have the developers ever said anything about whether it does?

@GixxerRyder750_PSN said in Stealing:

@knc104pcknc_PSN A player with a higher Steal Stat has a better chance to return to the base on a pickoff even if you've preloaded the steal. Personally, I load the steal and Hold L1 then release on the leg kick. It's faster IMO but does set you up for a higher probability to get picked off in the event the pitcher does through over. Sometimes if it's an obvious pickoff I can hit the R1 in time to cancel the steal attempt, but more often than not I'm dead to rights. I usually try and wait for the pitcher to come set to hold L1. Tin Hat talk...it seems like if I immediately hold L1, the CPU coding picks up on it and will throw over right away. Even if it's not a normal situation to try and throw over.

I know what you’re saying, but how do we know this is really how the game works? After all, on the controls screen, there’s nothing about pressing anything other than L2 before the pitch. There have also been times when I thought that I pressed L1 right after the pitcher started his motion, only for a runner who has a high steal rating to still not get a good jump. Also, occasionally I’ve pressed R1 as soon as I needed to on a pickoff attempt, only for the runner to not react right after my input. I tend to think it doesn’t matter. And after all, every player has a steal and baserunning aggression rating, which are both supposed to impact the quality of the jump most of the time. If hitting L1 had an impact, that would basically be a way to get around that, which I just don’t know is really the case.

Matty V was definitely a great commentator for the game. Maybe they could add somebody from MLB Network at some point? Maybe Greg Amsinger?

Just because it was in the game didn’t mean people had to play shorter seasons. But it should’ve been kept in the series so that anyone who may want to play a shorter season can.

@sbchamps17_NSW said in Shorter Season Options:

That would defeat the purpose of franchise mode, people do actually play all the games in franchise. Franchise is basically you taking over as your favorite team and either rebuilding them or trying to win the World Series so making the season shorter wouldn't work
That doesn’t mean SDS can’t or shouldn’t at least give people the option of playing a shorter season if they want to. It used to be in the series.

It would also be nice to see the return of the option to play a shorter season. For example, maybe a 60 game season or an 80 or 100 game season. I’ve often enjoyed playing through every pitch of 162 games since I’ve enjoyed having to perform well consistently, but it has definitely led me to being burned out at times. Having the option to play a shorter season could change that.

For the commentary, it’s weird that you can sometimes have a weakly or even very weakly hit ball and have it described as a “screamer” or some other word meant to mean a hard hit ball. That really needs to be changed so that it’s not in this year’s game. You could have a ball with an 85 mph exit velocity, and somehow it’s described as hard hit.
Also, I know that year-to-year saves may very well never return, but why are they still nonexistent? And why were they even taken out years ago?
Usually in the past, I’d play EA Sports NHL in the winter. But because EA can’t make a real hockey video game (as it’s way way way too easy to play against the CPU no matter what your difficulty level or sliders are) I don’t play any NHL video games anymore, so I’ve kept playing The Show 24 through the fall and winter. I mainly play franchise, and I play every pitch of every game because I just enjoy having to be consistently good in my own performance. So I’m 55 games into a new season I started in September. And at the start of this season, I began playing on hall of fame because I wanted a little more of a challenge. And I haven’t changed the difficulty level.
Given that, I’m not really interested in restarting a whole season if year-to-year saves do indeed never return. So otherwise, I may just not buy 25.

@nameless0711_XBL said in Your thoughts on Who do you think is going to be the next cover athlete for MLB The Show 25:

Freddie Freeman.... I also think Giancarlo Stanton could make a solid pick... Idk why ppl think Elly is a shoe in... Fan boys probably...
I’ve never thought he’s a shoe in. Just someone being considered. Personally, I’d like to see Betts on more than anyone, even Ohtani. He’s very well liked around the league, is very marketable, and has never been on.

I predict Elly De La Cruz. But who knows. There are a lot of good options, as there probably always are. It’s hard to narrow it down to one guy.

I hope to see changes to the stats that are displayed on the home screen. For example, the addition of team strikeout rate for both pitching and hitting. Strikeout rate tells you more than just total number of strikeouts. I also hope to see total number of successful pickoffs that you’ve been on the right side of as well as the wrong side of.

Spitting sunflower seeds at another player is a good idea for an addition.

I understand that not all mound visits should increase the pitcher’s confidence level, but what’s the point of even having mound visits if having a mound visit is not at least going to keep the confidence level the same and is actually going to decrease the pitcher’s confidence?

As a content creator said recently, regression seems to be a bit weird in this game. It’s as if the game has code written in to it that says you must regress, regardless of your performance. One example of mine would be Merrill Kelly, who I’ve had in Franchise Mode. Going in to his last start, his card said he had regressed to an 82 overall. Despite having roughly a 0.75 ERA through 34 1/3 innings. Only three runs allowed in that span too. The way a pitcher’s stamina rating regresses seems a bit weird too. It seems like it’s coded to regress no matter what. I think there should also be a reward for a pitcher consistently going deep into games. I think the game should actually be able to increase your stamina rating for that. For example, it could increase it for averaging let’s say 6 2/3 innings or 7 innings per start over a long period of time, like 10-15 starts.

Another thing came to mind too. For a home run that lands in one of the bullpens, sometimes they could have one of the relievers catch the ball on the fly. And they could also have players standing up in the bullpen sometimes. After all, in real life, relievers aren’t going to just sit down in the bullpen literally the whole game, even if they aren’t warming up.