Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

[RaychelSnr]

Last Monday, Bryce Harper hit a preposterous broken bat home run. It was one of those...

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[TheWarmWind]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

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https://forums.operationsports.com/forums/mlb-show/907904-directional-hitting-guide.html

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Sorry about that, had a thread stuck in my throat.

[Caulfield]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

I assume this is with pure analog because I dont have this issue with directional

[RockPowderDownLoL]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

i always thought the game punished me for swinging early. that is until i learned the art of hitting.

[Caulfield]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

i always thought the game punished me for swinging early. that is until i learned the art of hitting.

Now if you can marry that approach to the science of hitting, you can hit that .400 mark.

[Therebelyell626]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

I find this article very misleading. I personally feel there is no "nerf" for early count swings. I have hit a ton of first and second pitches of the at bat for home runs, doubles, triples, singles. Just last night I took the first pitch of an at bat for a walk off home run with many machado. If you swing at a pitch that is questionable regardless if it is the 1st or 6th pitch of an at bat you are not going to get desired results. Definitely be selective but telling people there is a "nerf" I feel is counter intuitive because I can hknestly say it does not exist.

[My993C2]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

I find this article very misleading. I personally feel there is no "nerf" for early count swings. I have hit a ton of first and second pitches of the at bat for home runs, doubles, triples, singles. Just last night I took the first pitch of an at bat for a walk off home run with many machado. If you swing at a pitch that is questionable regardless if it is the 1st or 6th pitch of an at bat you are not going to get desired results. Definitely be selective but telling people there is a "nerf" I feel is counter intuitive because I can hknestly say it does not exist.

Completely agree ... there is no nerfing built into the game. The bottom line is to just develop into better hitters with more discipline where we do not swing at bad pitches, especially the bad pitches early in the count. Oh and bad pitches also include ones in the strike zone. Lay off the pitches in the extreme edges of the strike zone early in the count because even if we make contact, chances are we weren't going to be able to do anything with it anyway. Obviously when we are deep in the count, we need to be able to do anything to try and stay alive. But if it makes sense to swing at the first pitch and that first pitch is thrown somewhere where you can make solid contact, then by all means swing away.

[SandGropeR]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

I made a hitter in RTTS and after about 10 games I realised I don't have the eye or reflexes for hitting and deleted him and went back to my Closer role with a smile on my face, I tip my hat to you guys that can hit and know what pitches to take and what to lay off, I just ended up angry and frustrated and I don't play this game for that result

[doubledeuceR6]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

I have no idea if there's a nerf or not but I've been using this approach for 4 games now and had some really good results. Maybe I'm just on a hot streak, 4 games probably not a big enough sample.

It's helped me relax a little bit and definitely see more pitches which isn't a bad thing. I've chased the starter in 3 of those 4 games before the 5th inning.

[flinnian]

Re: Tips From a Wannabe Hitting Superstar in MLB The Show 18

I know some folks claim that there is no penalty aka nerfing going on, but I would 'til the end of the earth to argue that penalty exists. The only real way to prove it, short of developer confirmation/denial, is video, so perhaps we can get some posted, one way or the other.