I have always enjoyed the pitcher/batter match-up and the strategy used to get batters out. Do you prefer power pitchers? Guys who throw junk? Pitchers with great breaking balls? What strategy works best for you? Hitting the corners? Pitching to contact? Challenging hitters with the Gas? Disrupt timing? Do you prefer sinkerball pitchers? Guys who use a Change up or Curveball as their bread and butter? Do you use your Fastball to set up your breaking balls or vice versa?
I currently have 2 franchises going: A Yankee franchise in MLB 2017 but also one in MLB 09. (yeah, I know, MLB 09? But its been a ton of fun so far)
In MLB 09, my pitching rotation is all over the place. Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina are a combined 0-4 in 5 starts with a combined ERA over 10. Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes, and Ian Kennedy are 4-0 with an ERA under 3.
Wang throws a Sinker/2 Seamer, Running Fastball, Slider and Circle Change. I usually will pitch what my catcher calls, but when I get 2 strikes on a batter, I have a hard time finishing him with the 2 Seamer. The CPU fouls off pitch after pitch and when I throw something else he always seems ready for it. Drives his pitch count up big time.
Mussina barely hits 90 MPH because it was his last year in the Majors. His Fastball doesn't get a lot of strikeouts and it makes it hard to set up his offspeed pitches.
Does anyone else have this issue with similar pitchers? Not sure why I am pitching so well with Pettitte so far. Hughes and Kennedy are good because I can set batters up off of the Fastballs they throw.
I wish the Catchers had a rating on how they call a game. Some catchers are better than others. One thing I have learned from experience is not to go against the gain. By that, I mean if the catcher calls for a 2 Seamer inside to a left-handed batter and I am pitching with a right-handed, DON'T throw it. If you miss your spot, the ball goes right over the plate and gets crushed. Same thing with a running fastball: go with the break. If I throw a Cut Fastball against the break, that always gets crushed too... Sometimes my catcher will call for the same pitch 3 times in a row and it never seems to end well for me.
How do you guys like to pitch? Do you use the PCI or do you like to throw your own game? Do you like to throw Change-ups on Fastball counts? Do you always throw a waste pitch when you have a batter 0-2? Will you throw a curveball on 3-0 if you think the batter is expecting a Fastball? Will you pitch around batters? Make them chase when behind in the count?
Who is your favorite pitcher to pitch with? Your least favorite Pitcher?
I currently have 2 franchises going: A Yankee franchise in MLB 2017 but also one in MLB 09. (yeah, I know, MLB 09? But its been a ton of fun so far)
In MLB 09, my pitching rotation is all over the place. Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina are a combined 0-4 in 5 starts with a combined ERA over 10. Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes, and Ian Kennedy are 4-0 with an ERA under 3.
Wang throws a Sinker/2 Seamer, Running Fastball, Slider and Circle Change. I usually will pitch what my catcher calls, but when I get 2 strikes on a batter, I have a hard time finishing him with the 2 Seamer. The CPU fouls off pitch after pitch and when I throw something else he always seems ready for it. Drives his pitch count up big time.
Mussina barely hits 90 MPH because it was his last year in the Majors. His Fastball doesn't get a lot of strikeouts and it makes it hard to set up his offspeed pitches.
Does anyone else have this issue with similar pitchers? Not sure why I am pitching so well with Pettitte so far. Hughes and Kennedy are good because I can set batters up off of the Fastballs they throw.
I wish the Catchers had a rating on how they call a game. Some catchers are better than others. One thing I have learned from experience is not to go against the gain. By that, I mean if the catcher calls for a 2 Seamer inside to a left-handed batter and I am pitching with a right-handed, DON'T throw it. If you miss your spot, the ball goes right over the plate and gets crushed. Same thing with a running fastball: go with the break. If I throw a Cut Fastball against the break, that always gets crushed too... Sometimes my catcher will call for the same pitch 3 times in a row and it never seems to end well for me.
How do you guys like to pitch? Do you use the PCI or do you like to throw your own game? Do you like to throw Change-ups on Fastball counts? Do you always throw a waste pitch when you have a batter 0-2? Will you throw a curveball on 3-0 if you think the batter is expecting a Fastball? Will you pitch around batters? Make them chase when behind in the count?
Who is your favorite pitcher to pitch with? Your least favorite Pitcher?
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