Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

[AncientDiety]

Very, very frustrated with MLB 16...never had this much issues with the offense ever in other years...Whenever I get runners on base the same thing happens....Pitchers almost always start painting corners and turn into cy young....I nail a ball with perfect contact but it's always right at someone, amazing diving plays and constant double plays. lead the league in hits, average yet way down in runs because of the crazy unrealistic split in hard contact no reward. I know this happens in real ball, but not remotely the frequency it happens here it is infuriating...Its almost like the game has decided I won't score many runs no matter what. They need to tone this down a lot....it's unrealistic and plays like arcade baseball. Having games with 15 hits and 3 runs is common because the AI defense all are superman and perfect contact right at sometime is way too common.

[countryboy]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

Not common for me.

I play on default Hall of Fame and have no issue driving in runs with men on base. Sometimes, I'm unlucky as you describe and hit into outs even on hard hit balls, but its no where near every single time or even a majority of the time.

I'm not in front of the game right now, but I do know for a fact that I'm in the Top 10 in runs driven in/scored and in the Top 15 in average.

[AncientDiety]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

Not common for me.

I play on default Hall of Fame and have no issue driving in runs with men on base. Sometimes, I'm unlucky as you describe and hit into outs even on hard hit balls, but its no where near every single time or even a majority of the time.

I'm not in front of the game right now, but I do know for a fact that I'm in the Top 10 in runs driven in/scored and in the Top 15 in average.

What hitting view do you use?

[countryboy]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

What hitting view do you use?

I hit from the WIDE view.

[dalger21]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

Am I the only one that saw Nolan Ryan in the title and instantly saw Robin Ventura getting punched in the head while in a headlock?

[Bullit]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

Yeah I just had my best game of the season so far and destroyed Miami. Batted around twice in the game and won 19 to 2. I am leading the league right now in runs scored and RBI so not having an issue scoring with runners on.

I play at All Star with everything else default, including the rosters and use the new Fish Eye camera.

[AncientDiety]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

Yeah I just had my best game of the season so far and destroyed Miami. Batted around twice in the game and won 19 to 2. I am leading the league right now in runs scored and RBI so not having an issue scoring with runners on.

I play at All Star with everything else default, including the rosters and use the new Fish Eye camera.

I found I could not pick up the ball in Fish eye view.

[countryboy]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

I found I could not pick up the ball in Fish eye view.

Try WIDE. They raised it a bit this year making it easier to lay off the low pitches.

[AncientDiety]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

Try WIDE. They raised it a bit this year making it easier to lay off the low pitches.

Thanks I will give it a try although I do pretty well with MLB 15 view, my issue is like I posed above, tonnes of baserunners, a lot of hard contact and way too many double plays, line drives at people.

[Bullit]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

I don't want to sound like that guy but I kind of have to a bit. I am sure you have a good knowledge of Baseball as a lot of us do on here.

But I struggled early with 16 and had a lot of issues with hitting and general gamelplay. It was then the I realized I was not playing baseball anymore, I was playing the video game. So I took a step back and started playing baseball again. Patience at the plate, waiting for the pitch I needed to do what I needed to do. Sure for a few games i continued to struggle but then things started to click.

My hitting, fielding and overall gameplay started to improve. I started seeing results. Even my pitching improved. Baserunning all of it. I am in my second season with my Nationals franchise and I can honestly say for the first time in a long time of video game baseball I am making a serious run at the World Series. I can feel the momentum sliding into my favor. Things, little and big, are starting to happen and I can honestly see and feel the change in my team. I am in August and have just pulled ahead of the Mets by 10.

So all I am saying is maybe slow your game down a bit. Have runners on? Sit on some pitches, really work it. Think about what you are trying to accomplish. You may strike out looking for a bit but if you are not scoring anyway, what does it matter. Go back to basic. Practice being late/early on purpose. Really work the pitches. Don't swing at anything except the pitch you want! In time it will come back to you and the runs will start flowing again.

Anyway thats my two cents.

[Padgoi]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

I actually agree with the OP. Every single time I get runners in scoring position with less than 2 outs, it seems as if (1) corners are painted with a LOT more consistency, (2) bad calls are made by umpires resulting in strikes that were clear balls, (3) fastballs seem . . . faster . . . I'm not imagining this; and (4) the volume of foul balls increases to force me into bad hitter's counts. This happens regularly and consistently.

[AncientDiety]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

I don't want to sound like that guy but I kind of have to a bit. I am sure you have a good knowledge of Baseball as a lot of us do on here.

But I struggled early with 16 and had a lot of issues with hitting and general gamelplay. It was then the I realized I was not playing baseball anymore, I was playing the video game. So I took a step back and started playing baseball again. Patience at the plate, waiting for the pitch I needed to do what I needed to do. Sure for a few games i continued to struggle but then things started to click.

My hitting, fielding and overall gameplay started to improve. I started seeing results. Even my pitching improved. Baserunning all of it. I am in my second season with my Nationals franchise and I can honestly say for the first time in a long time of video game baseball I am making a serious run at the World Series. I can feel the momentum sliding into my favor. Things, little and big, are starting to happen and I can honestly see and feel the change in my team. I am in August and have just pulled ahead of the Mets by 10.

So all I am saying is maybe slow your game down a bit. Have runners on? Sit on some pitches, really work it. Think about what you are trying to accomplish. You may strike out looking for a bit but if you are not scoring anyway, what does it matter. Go back to basic. Practice being late/early on purpose. Really work the pitches. Don't swing at anything except the pitch you want! In time it will come back to you and the runs will start flowing again.

Anyway thats my two cents.

No Offense but I don't need tips on how to play..I am patient, wait for my pitch..like I already said hitting the ball very hard is not an issue nor are drawing walks, it is the high instances of Diving plays, line drive hard out hits that increase dramatically with runners on. I know how to sit on pitches, read pitchers and be patient at the plate.

[AncientDiety]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

I actually agree with the OP. Every single time I get runners in scoring position with less than 2 outs, it seems as if (1) corners are painted with a LOT more consistency, (2) bad calls are made by umpires resulting in strikes that were clear balls, (3) fastballs seem . . . faster . . . I'm not imagining this; and (4) the volume of foul balls increases to force me into bad hitter's counts. This happens regularly and consistently.

You're not...the game is definitely doing this with silly frequency in scoring opportunities... along with the crazy diving plays and Perfect contact, hard line drive outs.

[countryboy]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

Thanks I will give it a try although I do pretty well with MLB 15 view, my issue is like I posed above, tonnes of baserunners, a lot of hard contact and way too many double plays, line drives at people.

What level are you playing on? Maybe you should try adjusting difficulty level, adjust sliders?

[Bullit]

Re: Pitchers turn into Nolan Ryan with runners on almost everytime..

Ok well then just trying to help, but since it is going to be one of those threads Im out.

Good luck