Please get rid of the unhittable pitch

[JohnMcClaneTW]

Re: Please get rid of the unhittable pitch

Oh I know! It frustrates me to no end there isn't someone who's job it is to keep the pitches and equipment accurate for every player throughout the season. It wouldn't even be that hard if you were actually getting paid to do it.

Yep. Really all they'd have to do was go on fangraphs PitchFX all day and find the right values.

[bfindeisen]

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I'm derailing the thread with those comments but the point is that nomo gave the best advice. You really do have to sit on same handed high inside fastballs. There's simply not enough time to react to that unless you are superhuman or maybe under the age of 30, which I am not.

Oh I'll def agree with that. I tend to only make good contact on them when I'm sitting fastball or notice a pitcher's pattern and wait on it.

[baseballsim]

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Just wanted to share a video of 2 innings I had last night. I admit, I probably would have fared better if I was more patient but the intent was to show what happens when someone keeps swinging at these high and tight pitches. Also, keep in mind I was just playing casual so I was more careless than I probably should have been.

If you are willing to study the video I'm looking for tips on how to be better with these pitches. Is it simply an issue where I'm just too late on these pitches? Notice how I place the PCI in the upper inside corner but after the pitch I'm always under the ball. I don't think I'm moving the PCI during the pitch but maybe I am but not aware of it.

If you pay close attention, I also flashed a preview of the pitch location before and after each pitch. This will sort of give you an idea how much my opponent abused this type of pitching in this game.

Also, I did swing and miss on some pitches. Just ignore those as they don't really apply to the topic anyways.

Finally, I'm not interested in reading how you are able to crush these types of pitches. I'm just looking for tips if anyone has some.

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[nomo17k]

Re: Please get rid of the unhittable pitch

Just wanted to share a video of 2 innings I had last night. I admit, I probably would have fared better if I was more patient but the intent was to show what happens when someone keeps swinging at these high and tight pitches. Also, keep in mind I was just playing casual so I was more careless than I probably should have been.

If you are willing to study the video I'm looking for tips on how to be better with these pitches. Is it simply an issue where I'm just too late on these pitches? Notice how I place the PCI in the upper inside corner but after the pitch I'm always under the ball. I don't think I'm moving the PCI during the pitch but maybe I am but not aware of it.

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From what I see, I think you are releasing L3 right before you start swinging. If you look closely, in most pitches, you see the PCI move toward the center on the swing.

I'd really make sure to hold L3 steady and try again. Those are great fastball pitchers so catching up would still be tough (especially if off-speed junks are mixed in effectively), but if I try to find any glaring issue, then that's something I quickly noticed.

I have the same issue of not holding L3 steady at times, and need to actively correct that tendency quite often.

[bcruise]

Re: Please get rid of the unhittable pitch

From what I see, I think you are releasing L3 right before you start swinging. If you look closely, in most pitches, you see the PCI move toward the center on the swing.

I'd really make sure to hold L3 steady and try again. Those are great fastball pitchers so catching up would still be tough (especially if off-speed junks are mixed in effectively), but if I try to find any glaring issue, then that's something I quickly noticed.

I have the same issue of not holding L3 steady at times, and need to actively correct that tendency quite often.

Yeah, same here. It does look like the PCI is either re-centering or actually being pushed down. If it's the latter, it's the same kind of problem I have - that I often see a ball coming in as being lower than it actually is, and moving my PCI down to adjust to it. The result is the same as baseballsim's - pop-ups.

[cain9371]

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I wanted to reply to this cause I had something funny happen.

I absolutely love the inside high fastball. My created character has only one blue zone in his hitting zone and its the High and tight area. So I have people consistantly trying to pitch me there and I crush it.

Last Night I was losing 3-0 in the 9th inning. In this game everytime Jose Bautista came up for the guy I would strike him out by throwing up and in to him. On his last at bat I threw 3 straight pitches up and in and he was never able to make contact.

Then in the 9th inning I got two straight hits and he walked my 4th place batter. Now here comes my Jose Bautista.

For some reason the way I treated his Bautista I new what was going to happen so I waited for it.

He attempted to throw me the exact same pitch I gave him, up and in and I ambushed the pitch and crushed a 457 foot triple decker home run in New York Mets stadium for a walk off Homerun.

[zfdhgh]

Re: Please get rid of the unhittable pitch

Use zone hitting, place the marker and hit it out of the ballpark. I usually play timing, but when I see someone using that spot too much, I just wait for it the next time.

[andrew342678]

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never had this happen to me

[cmutat17]

Re: Please get rid of the unhittable pitch

High and tight in the strike zone is effective - even in real life. It's a jam pitch unless you have a quick bat and can turn on it. Definitely not cheese, though. If I can't hit those, then yes, my opponent should spam me all day. Weakness exposed.

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I would agree with this. I was watching the Jays and Marlins the other night and the only way they got Stanton out was pitching him high in tight. He hit three bombs when they didn't pitch him inside.