Anyone out there have any freakin' advice on hitting with JD Martinez?! I'm hitting much better this year, compared to years' past, with one exception.......JD Martinez. Through 25 games he's hitting .114 with 2 homers. The only homers he has are hanging offspeed pitches. I consistently make "good" contact on fastballs that are strikes, and it does nothing. The defense plays this crazy shift on him, and he hits bullets right at people. I use a normal swing with everyone, but am wondering if anyone is having success with power swings? I occasionally will use a power swing if he's facing a lefty and up in the count either 2-0 or 3-1. He's killing me.
-
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
change his batting stance. if a real player were struggling that much, he would tinker with his mechanics in some way. -
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
Play another 25 games and see how it evens-out. Guys get off to horrid starts all the time...it just always looks worse at the beginning of the season.
Another thing too....when I have a guy that is struggling, I'll use the contact swing more...get a couple of dribblers through for base hits...sometimes it just takes a little hit here or there to kinda snap out of the funk...Play the games you love, not the games you want to love.Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
Sounds familiar, except for me its with Aaron Judge. He is hitting a robust 1.90 w/ 3 HR over the first 15 games.Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
To be fair, I hit .198 with Freddie Freeman last year, but also had 38 homers. Plus, I didn't hit with anyone, last year. I have MULTIPLE guys over .300 right now............which is the first time in a while. I play every game of a season each year, and then sim 5 years and usually get in another 50 games or so.Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
He could be one of those guys you just have a hart time using. Everyone has them."The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws."
- Rick WiseComment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
Best thing do, trade him to the Yanks for Brett Gardner
OSFM23 - Building Better Baseball - OSFM23
A Work in ProgressComment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
I had a SS who spent an entire season suffering from bad luck. He was squaring up the ball often enough, it just was always directly at someone. Ended the season with a .220 AVG with an OBP that was barely better.
Then was my best player in the playoffs... Basically single-handedly won the world series for me.
Then went on to be the best SS in the league for a few years. Retired and walked off into the sunset (and into the baseball hall of fame).
Unlucky years can and will happen.Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
One thing I can definetely tell you to do is to turn your swing feedback off cause all that checking to see if you made good, or, late, or early timing is giving you way too much to think about.
Plus it's not necessary it's fairly easy to tell if you were on it, early, or late. And if you can't tell without the feedback you have bigger recognition problems than I can help with.
Join us in the 3K Gaming Discord for the best Sim Sports Setups!!
3K Gaming Discord
Link to my YouTube.
Denny 3K Gaming
Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
I’ve got a slightly different problem. JD is driving in a lot of runs for me but I can’t buy a hit with Mookie! Sometimes I think you just don’t gel with a batting animation. I’m giving Mookie one more series then I may tinker slightly with his stance and swing as I have done with players who weren’t working for me in previous versions of the game.Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
JD IS BACK!!! 4 homers, 6 doubles, and he's all of a sudden "on fire" after the past 10 games or so. Average is up over .200!!! :-).
I'm sitting right around .300 with Mookie. I find that when I stay up the middle with him, he gets most of his hits. The only homers I hit with him are hanging breaking balls.Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
Can't keep a good man down lolOSFM23 - Building Better Baseball - OSFM23
A Work in ProgressComment
-
Join us in the 3K Gaming Discord for the best Sim Sports Setups!!
3K Gaming Discord
Link to my YouTube.
Denny 3K Gaming
Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
Good to see it’s working out for you! JD has certainly made the Red Sox a fun team to play with. Recently had a 3 Homer game with him. Mookie has turned the corner as well. Broke the drought with a lucky inside the park home run that just cleared the CF and bounced 30 metres away after it hit the fence. I love this game!Comment
-
Re: JD Martinez help?!?!
I had the same issue with Ender Inciarte through the first like 30 games. I was hitting .097 with him at that point. After another months worth of games, though, I brought his average back up to a solid .290.Comment
Comment