MLB The Show 18 Patch 1.10 Available, Patch Notes Here

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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Talk to Adrian Beltre....he is a master low ball hitter. Guy is not human. He will drop to a freaking knee and lift a ball for a gap single or double LOL. And you should know that!!

Lol yeah true i get a kick out of watching him every day (when he plays). He is hilarious to watch. My wife even likes watching him and she doesnt even like baseball. But im referring to most MLB games, and most MLB players. Balls that low are rarely hit in the air, in general. It just is too hard to get under them in MLB. But with certain freaks of nature like AB and a handful of others they can do it a little more often, which makes it even more amazing to watch.

[countryboy]

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Lol yeah true i get a kick out of watching him every day (when he plays). He is hilarious to watch. My wife even likes watching him and she doesnt even like baseball. But im referring to most MLB games, and most MLB players. Balls that low are rarely hit in the air, in general. It just is too hard to get under them in MLB. But with certain freaks of nature like AB and others they can do it more often, which makes it even more amazing to watch.

I want to express that its not automatic that you're going to get the ball in the air, let alone be able to drive the ball after the patch.

What I was seeing prior to the patch was good low ball hitters (Matt Carpenter and Patrick Wisdom on my current team) were struggling to have any success driving the ball when it was low in the zone. Most of the time it was either a lazy fly ball, a pop out, soft liner, or ground ball.

Now they can drive the ball for success.

[KBLover]

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I want to express that its not automatic that you're going to get the ball in the air, let alone be able to drive the ball after the patch.

What I was seeing prior to the patch was good low ball hitters (Matt Carpenter and Patrick Wisdom on my current team) were struggling to have any success driving the ball when it was low in the zone. Most of the time it was either a lazy fly ball, a pop out, soft liner, or ground ball.

Now they can drive the ball for success.

Will be interesting to see if I start seeing more liners/driven flies on low pitches. Certainly no shortage of them on Legend.

In that 7-3 game I posted about post patch, I had a 46% GB rate. Last game pre-1.10 was 47%. I didn't really notice any different behavior on low balls hit by either team, but it might be hitting interface and certainly 1 game is like no sample at all.

Can't wait to get more games post patch to see where the trend goes in my games.

[KBLover]

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I can appreciate that. But I have played pretty much every console sports game from here to kingdom come. This one is in rare air for my money.

Console sports game...I don't play many...honestly only The Show so I don't know the state of the others.

Most of the sports games I've played have been PC and still are which is interesting since there's fewer of them now lol. There are some there I would put higher than The Show, especially relative to their era.

I do still think Baseball Stars was far ahead of it's time but can't really compare an 8-bit game era to now...need an era adjusted stat for that lol

[Armor and Sword]

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Console sports game...I don't play many...honestly only The Show so I don't know the state of the others.

Most of the sports games I've played have been PC and still are which is interesting since there's fewer of them now lol. There are some there I would put higher than The Show, especially relative to their era.

I do still think Baseball Stars was far ahead of it's time but can't really compare an 8-bit game era to now...need an era adjusted stat for that lol

Yeah I was talking strictly console. And I still own Baseball Stars and my original but refurbished NES!


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[DJ]

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There does seem to be more hit variety with this patch, which I'm all in favor of. Game is playing very well for me, so I'm heading back to my Mets franchise. In mid-June already and having a blast!

[Frostball]

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Yeah I was talking strictly console. And I still own Baseball Stars and my original but refurbished NES!


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Haha I still have mine as well, I'm never getting rid of that game


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[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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Console sports game...I don't play many...honestly only The Show so I don't know the state of the others.

Most of the sports games I've played have been PC and still are which is interesting since there's fewer of them now lol. There are some there I would put higher than The Show, especially relative to their era.

I do still think Baseball Stars was far ahead of it's time but can't really compare an 8-bit game era to now...need an era adjusted stat for that lol

Baseball Stars was no doubt ahead of its time. When i play fictional players in the Show sometimes i always think of Baseball Stars. And you could actually play a long season. On NES. I still have that game too.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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I want to express that its not automatic that you're going to get the ball in the air, let alone be able to drive the ball after the patch.

What I was seeing prior to the patch was good low ball hitters (Matt Carpenter and Patrick Wisdom on my current team) were struggling to have any success driving the ball when it was low in the zone. Most of the time it was either a lazy fly ball, a pop out, soft liner, or ground ball.

Now they can drive the ball for success.

Ok cool. yeah that makes sense. With several people talking about seeing it so quickly i just had caution flags fly up lol. As long as line drives located in the bottom third of the zone and borderline/below the zone are below 1 per game, per team, on average still, there isnt an issue.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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I want to express that its not automatic that you're going to get the ball in the air, let alone be able to drive the ball after the patch.

What I was seeing prior to the patch was good low ball hitters (Matt Carpenter and Patrick Wisdom on my current team) were struggling to have any success driving the ball when it was low in the zone. Most of the time it was either a lazy fly ball, a pop out, soft liner, or ground ball.

Now they can drive the ball for success.

By the way im still loving hitting on legend default (near default. I still have fielder speed lowered). I thought there would be hard line drives everywhere and caught by outfielders too much, robbing singles. But it has played great for about 22 games so far. Even for a stat junkie like me. How many doubles are you hitting approximately. Mine are a bit high but not bad. I may need to just raise fielder speed a notch if anything.

[bcruise]

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By the way im still loving hitting on legend default (near default. I still have fielder speed lowered). I thought there would be hard line drives everywhere and caught by outfielders too much, robbing singles. But it has played great for about 22 games so far. Even for a stat junkie like me. How many doubles are you hitting approximately. Mine are a bit high but not bad. I may need to just raise fielder speed a notch if anything.

For hitting purposes this is basically identical to my settings (fielder speed down 2 clicks) and seeing a good number of extra base hits. Still need to get a lot more AB's in with the new patch to know if that's changed but I did have several in the one game I played. Lowering fielder speed just a bit really opens up the offensive game.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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For hitting purposes this is basically identical to my settings (fielder speed down 2 clicks) and seeing a good number of extra base hits. Still need to get a lot more AB's in with the new patch to know if that's changed but I did have several in the one game I played. Lowering fielder speed just a bit really opens up the offensive game.

Thats perfect because if i raise fielder speed one click, like i was considering, i will be identical to your settings. Right now even where it is looks great. Doubles are only about .35 per game high. But i cant complain too much about that. One click up with fielder speed might take care of that. Either way i am happy if it keeps playing like this.

[bcruise]

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Just hit a HR that I absolutely loved to see (my first one in a game since the patch) and it shows a really good example of how the PCI works.

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Let's break this down a little. Here's the frame before I press the button to start my swing:



And here's the frame after (or as close as I can get it).



That's not me moving the PCI - as I've said many times, I try not to move it unless I'm on 2 strikes or adjusting to a hanging mistake pitch going down the middle (which is about the only thing I can react to consistently). The PCI did that itself because I swung early. Not only does that generate more power, it also puts the ball more down the line where the walls are going to be closer and there's more chance of a good result.

Here's the other thing - as you can probably tell by the swing analysis, I didn't hit it clean. And this is another way of confirming that:



The 10 there is on a scale of 0-15 that represents hit chance/quality - how well your PCI was lined up. A lot - and I mean A LOT - of < 15 hitchance hits are going to be outs - it means you didn't barrel it. Bryant being Bryant though, his power is enough to turn on a fastball (with the power bonus from an early swing) miss it slightly and still hit it over the fence.

This is why "Good" timing isn't always Good to me - because it just means that you're hitting the ball more towards the center of the field where it can be caught easier. It's also why I tend to aim below where I want the ball to be - because the PCI moves up by itself on an early swing. It creates the "uppercut" effect that you see in a lot of power hitter swings IRL.

I know I'm probably saying stuff a lot of people know already, but I just wanted to share.

[KBLover]

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The 10 there is on a scale of 0-15 that represents hit chance/quality - how well your PCI was lined up. A lot - and I mean A LOT - of < 15 hitchance hits are going to be outs - it means you didn't barrel it. Bryant being Bryant though, his power is enough to turn on a fastball (with the power bonus from an early swing) miss it slightly and still hit it over the fence.

This is why "Good" timing isn't always Good to me - because it just means that you're hitting the ball more towards the center of the field where it can be caught easier. It's also why I tend to aim below where I want the ball to be - because the PCI moves up by itself on an early swing. It creates the "uppercut" effect that you see in a lot of power hitter swings IRL.

I know I'm probably saying stuff a lot of people know already, but I just wanted to share.

Good stuff and good images to visualize it. Yeah, I feel the same way re: Good timing. I prefer JE/JL if I can get it.

I always get a kick out of the hit chances. Nothing like seeing a lot of 12s or something being outs but the 8's and 9's going for hits

[callmetaternuts]

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Does anyone have any issues when they save midgame and come back and play with stats missing or not being correct?