My only gripe. Too many plays made by the catcher. What's yours?

[countryboy]

Re: My only gripe. Too many plays made by the catcher. What's yours?

okay my biggest gripe right now is the blank signs the fans hold up at busch stadium. it looks like they are holding up a piece of drywall...

This literally makes me laugh every time I see it.

[PRiMETiME559_ps4]

Re: My only gripe. Too many plays made by the catcher. What's yours?

Not sure if it's been mentioned, got 2-3 pages in of reading before posting this, but

anything about 89+ mph up in the zone is almost always a pop up. Especially if it's up and in. I've hit one homerun when a fastball was up in the zone with Joc Pederson and it's because it wasn't all the way at the top of the zone. Even when I'm (miracle) able to get good timing on anything up or inside in the zone 89+ mph it results in a broken bat or a pop-up. Guys who only throw 91 and leave a fastball up should be getting punished by power hitters. If it's 96-100 that's a different story, all hail the pop up and broken bat in that situation if it isn't perfect timing.

And, the difference of results you get from timing when using the timing/directional (whatever it's called now) hitting. 90 up in the zone and 90 down in the zone, you still have to swing at the same time to be in a good position to drive it. In this game though? Swing at a pitch up in the zone at 90 and get the "Little Late" timing, swing at the same time but the pitch just above the knees? Get the "Early" timing.

[IWND46]

Re: My only gripe. Too many plays made by the catcher. What's yours?

I really dislike how the game's Cy Young voting works. It always just gives it to the guy with the most wins, when in reality it hasnt been like that for years. For example Ubaldo Jimenez just won with a 3.61 ERA and 19 wins, while Chris Sale had a 2.13 ERA and 278 strikeouts and 11 wins. It really irks me.

[kaptainkarl76]

Re: My only gripe. Too many plays made by the catcher. What's yours?

Good Timing = Foul balls, swing and misses, foul tips, weak grounders..

[KBLover]

Re: My only gripe. Too many plays made by the catcher. What's yours?

And, the difference of results you get from timing when using the timing/directional (whatever it's called now) hitting. 90 up in the zone and 90 down in the zone, you still have to swing at the same time to be in a good position to drive it. In this game though? Swing at a pitch up in the zone at 90 and get the "Little Late" timing, swing at the same time but the pitch just above the knees? Get the "Early" timing.

I think what the game might be trying to simulate is the time it takes the swing to get there. The pitch at 90 will get to the plate at X time no matter, but the swing time might be slower when up than down.

That's my guess as to what might be happening.

For the 91 up not being punished - pitches high in the zone have lower BABIPs in real life (i.e. more times they become outs than in other locations) and the highest pop up rate.

It might be overdone in the game since popups are probably/possibly too frequent in general, but I think the game might be on the right track.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/batte...tion-location/

[ronc524]

Re: My only gripe. Too many plays made by the catcher. What's yours?

My problem is the outfielders always seem to be able to play a ball that isn't a home run. A ball hit in the air will be run down or if a line drive the SS or 2B will leap and make the catch. Too few actual line drive hits in the game.

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