Official MLB 16 : Road to the Show Thread

[Mekias]

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What's everyone's bb% and k% at? Mine is about 6% now for walks and 16% for strikeouts.

In my 3rd season right now. Most of it on all-star with TNK & PsychoBulk's sliders.

Season 1: 6.1% Walk Rate, 11.8% strikeout rate
Season 2: 7.4% Walk Rate, 10.4% strikeout rate
Season 3: 7.8% Walk Rate, 9.9% strikeout rate

I seem to be getting better at walks but some of that is just pitchers trying to nibble more as my hitting ability gets better.

For strikeouts, I mostly use contact swing and hitting fastballs the other way with 2 strikes. Although sometimes I think my low strikeout rate just means more popups and weak dribblers. I guess that's better than a strikeout but still infuriating.

[Mekias]

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Ha ha. Yea, I have seen this happen a few times in Mlb 14 and 15 too. Poor Phillies. Correct me if I am wrong, but in real life a pitcher would not be classified as a reliever or closer at the time they are drafted. Pitchers are just pitchers and they move them around to see who is best suited to be a starter, reliever, etc., and eventually they settle into a particular role. Of course the higher draft picks are expected to be starters. It would be cool if the game better replicated how it works in real life.

Most relief pitchers in high school and college are just the worst pitchers on their team. That means they don't get much attention in the draft. However, there are some pitchers who are closers for their college team that do get drafted. I've never heard of one becoming a starter. They are drafted to be relievers.

That being said, it's completely ridiculous that a relief pitcher would be taken at the top of the first round. I know the Mariners drafted Josh Fields (a closer for Georgia) as the 20th overall in the first round back in 2008. They never considered making him a starter. I absolutely hated the decision as I don't think any relief pitcher is worth a first round pick.

In general you are right. Most relief pitchers in the major leagues were starters when they were drafted. They typically get moved to relief work if they either can't develop a 3rd good pitch or else just fail as a starter.

[itaita]

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Just picked up the game and i have a question. How does the game handle the Single A players on the roster in RTTS? Just wanna know if i have to edit the AA roster a bit to make sure a few of the guys there are gonna be there for the mode.

[kmoser]

Re: Official MLB 16 : Road to the Show Thread

Just picked up the game and i have a question. How does the game handle the Single A players on the roster in RTTS? Just wanna know if i have to edit the AA roster a bit to make sure a few of the guys there are gonna be there for the mode.

In The Show, single A guys don't actually play games. It's weird but only AA and up have games, I guess they put in A so you can put extra guys there and can bring them up if there are injuries. Think of it as like reserve players kinda, but if you have young guys with potential you would want them in AA so they actually play games and progress


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[forme95]

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What's a good base sliders set to start out with if I'm going to create a SP? I don't want to dominate but I'd like realistic type results. I mostly play MoM, but wanted to get into a rtts cause I miss the playing.

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[Mekias]

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What's a good base sliders set to start out with if I'm going to create a SP? I don't want to dominate but I'd like realistic type results. I mostly play MoM, but wanted to get into a rtts cause I miss the playing.

I haven't tested many sliders. I just copied TNK and Psychobulk's set and it seems fine to me. I did move the CPU Manager Hook down to 3 so I might stay in the game a little longer.

If you weren't aware, the difficulty level will change in RTTS depending on whether you are in AA, AAA, or MLB. If you set it to All-Star, that will be:

AA - Veteran
AAA - All-Star
MLB - Hall of Fame

I would start on All-Star when you're in AA. That would give you an effective level of Veteran and allow you to get used to the interface. Once you've become comfortable, you might move up to All-Star level. You'll probably start to dominate quickly on Veteran. If you've been on All-Star awhile and it's feeling too easy, move up to Hall of Fame.

It's hard to say at what difficulty level you'll end up at. Basically, if you're having fun, no need to change things.

[forme95]

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I haven't tested many sliders. I just copied TNK and Psychobulk's set and it seems fine to me. I did move the CPU Manager Hook down to 3 so I might stay in the game a little longer.

If you weren't aware, the difficulty level will change in RTTS depending on whether you are in AA, AAA, or MLB. If you set it to All-Star, that will be:

AA - Veteran
AAA - All-Star
MLB - Hall of Fame

I would start on All-Star when you're in AA. That would give you an effective level of Veteran and allow you to get used to the interface. Once you've become comfortable, you might move up to All-Star level. You'll probably start to dominate quickly on Veteran. If you've been on All-Star awhile and it's feeling too easy, move up to Hall of Fame.

It's hard to say at what difficulty level you'll end up at. Basically, if you're having fun, no need to change things.

Well I have always played on All-Star, so that is what I will continue to use. Yes, I knew about how the difficulties work. Thanks for the insight. I loaded TNK's.
So I made my SP with a FB, SL, 12-6 Curve, and bought a CH. So had a rough scouting and showcase. I went 5th rd to the Marlins. Played my first game (Stamina 65) and I had a complete game shutout 127 pitches, 1 BB, 13 K's. There is no way I should have lasted that long. If my first game wasnt on my birthday (4/11) I would have shut it off lol. Do I need to up Hook to 7 or 8 to make it realistic?

[underdog13]

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Well I have always played on All-Star, so that is what I will continue to use. Yes, I knew about how the difficulties work. Thanks for the insight. I loaded TNK's.
So I made my SP with a FB, SL, 12-6 Curve, and bought a CH. So had a rough scouting and showcase. I went 5th rd to the Marlins. Played my first game (Stamina 65) and I had a complete game shutout 127 pitches, 1 BB, 13 K's. There is no way I should have lasted that long. If my first game wasnt on my birthday (4/11) I would have shut it off lol. Do I need to up Hook to 7 or 8 to make it realistic?

I find a hook of 6 to be realistic but if you want it to be quicker try 7.

[Mekias]

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Well I have always played on All-Star, so that is what I will continue to use. Yes, I knew about how the difficulties work. Thanks for the insight. I loaded TNK's.
So I made my SP with a FB, SL, 12-6 Curve, and bought a CH. So had a rough scouting and showcase. I went 5th rd to the Marlins. Played my first game (Stamina 65) and I had a complete game shutout 127 pitches, 1 BB, 13 K's. There is no way I should have lasted that long. If my first game wasnt on my birthday (4/11) I would have shut it off lol. Do I need to up Hook to 7 or 8 to make it realistic?

That's very similar to my current RTTS left-hander. I got a 4-seam, Circle Change, Cutter, and 12-6. I went with the Cutter since I was a lefty and would face more opposite-handed batters. If I was a righty, I would have went Slider. My #5 pitch will probably be either a slider or 2-seamer.

CPU Hook is "heavily" reliant on the situation. It depends on how you are performing and what the score is. If you have a shutout and your team is leading by more than 3 runs, the CPU will let you pitch until your arm falls off or until you give up a run. I'm not sure how much the CPU Hook slider has to do with that. I've found that if it's a close game or you've given up a run, the CPU Hook at 3 is pretty realistic. I had a 65 Stam for the first 2 years of my career and it usually lets me pitch 6 innings, sometimes 7. The only time it let me go past that is in the specific case that you encountered. Recently I've bumped my Stam to 75 and it's letting me get into the 8th occasionally.

Play around with the slider to find what you like. Personally I don't like getting pulled if I have a good amount of energy left (unless I'm getting hammered of course).

[forme95]

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That's very similar to my current RTTS left-hander. I got a 4-seam, Circle Change, Cutter, and 12-6. I went with the Cutter since I was a lefty and would face more opposite-handed batters. If I was a righty, I would have went Slider. My #5 pitch will probably be either a slider or 2-seamer.

CPU Hook is "heavily" reliant on the situation. It depends on how you are performing and what the score is. If you have a shutout and your team is leading by more than 3 runs, the CPU will let you pitch until your arm falls off or until you give up a run. I'm not sure how much the CPU Hook slider has to do with that. I've found that if it's a close game or you've given up a run, the CPU Hook at 3 is pretty realistic. I had a 65 Stam for the first 2 years of my career and it usually lets me pitch 6 innings, sometimes 7. The only time it let me go past that is in the specific case that you encountered. Recently I've bumped my Stam to 75 and it's letting me get into the 8th occasionally.

Play around with the slider to find what you like. Personally I don't like getting pulled if I have a good amount of energy left (unless I'm getting hammered of course).

So, now I'm thinking more of moving stamina down for starting and relievers. I currently have it at 5/3 for hum and cpu. So I'm thinking 3/1. I think the stamina plays out different because they aren't seeing like actual gameplay like in franchise so to say.

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[underdog13]

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Just made my 2nd All-Star game in my 4th season! I'm really enjoying this career. Still not mvp after 3 seasons it's incredible.

[S2S]

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I robbed my first home run of my career in my 3rd year at the major league level. Of course I found it funny that I robbed Mike Trout of all people as I climbed up the whole wall to bring it back in the short left field at Tigers stadium... Do any of you guys ask to be traded, got traded? I got drafted by the Padres, played 3 seasons, 2 in the majors then they traded me in the offseason right after signing me to the Tigers.

[Syce]

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ok anyone having a issue with being a starting pitcher and throwing like 130+ pitches a game and still not being pulled? the last 3 starts on my starting pitcher ive thrown over 130 pitches and they still would not pull me. my last game i was up to 109 pitches at the end of the 7th inning and they kept me in the whole game.

[forme95]

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ok anyone having a issue with being a starting pitcher and throwing like 130+ pitches a game and still not being pulled? the last 3 starts on my starting pitcher ive thrown over 130 pitches and they still would not pull me. my last game i was up to 109 pitches at the end of the 7th inning and they kept me in the whole game.

I was having the same issue. Move the hook up to 8 will help. Also give up a run or two lol. The stamina in rtts works different then in franchise. I've even considered lowering stamina

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[Syce]

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I was having the same issue. Move the hook up to 8 will help. Also give up a run or two lol. The stamina in rtts works different then in franchise. I've even considered lowering stamina

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thanks for the tip