How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

[MightyMaxxx13]

I swear every time I face a Jay Bruce, or Adrian Gonzalez etc they can lace doubles down the third base line with ease. Should I stop shifting? I know these guys can’t go the other way with any regularity in real life.

[countryboy]

Re: How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

I swear every time I face a Jay Bruce, or Adrian Gonzalez etc they can lace doubles down the third base line with ease. Should I stop shifting? I know these guys can’t go the other way with any regularity in real life.

I don't shift for this reason and I actually turned off automatic defensive shift so that my guys don't shift without me knowing/catching it.

I personally don't like to shift anyways, but when my team would do an extreme shift, it seemed, on Legend pitching, that the CPU was good at beating the shift.

[KBLover]

Re: How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

Often enough to where it can be frustrating.

I haven't stopped shifting - I'll throw offspeed constantly trying to get them to pull and/or swing early. Occasional inside fastball.

The Show hitters aren't as stubborn as IRL ones that's for sure.

[Unlucky 13]

Re: How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

I don't ever shift, and left handed batters still line doubles down the third base line every single game. If they're fast, its a triple. I'd say that I give up at least two or three of them per game, on average.

My own left handers almost never do this. If I get hits to the opposite field with them, they're generally floaters that land in the grass or way back to the wall. The CPU's are hard hit line drives with a lot of oomph.

However, my right handers will line screamers down the first base line with much more frequency. They're often caught by the CPU's first baseman, but if not, I get my share of doubles that way. Perhaps its just the way I play and my reactions.

[DeJohn11]

Re: How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

You might want to make you’re “pitching to the shift”. I haven’t had an issue with guys beating shifts when I make sure I’m giving them pitches they’ll must likely pull into the shift.


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[bigwill33]

Re: How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

The CPU definitely beats my shifts more than it hits right into them. I haven't turned off automatic shifts, but every time they hit one right at the open part of the field and realize there is a shift on I think about doing so.

Surely part of it is due to the fact that I am not cognizant of the shift being on in the first place and that I do not pitch accordingly. But still, they do it with too much regularity with players that almost cannot ever hit the opposite way in real life.

In a game just yesterday I was beat twice with routine grounders to 3rd that ended up being doubles against my shift.

Also, I don't know if it is adaptive AI or what, but I don't nearly see as many CPU defensive shifts against my batters as I used to.

[countryboy]

Re: How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

You might want to make you’re “pitching to the shift”. I haven’t had an issue with guys beating shifts when I make sure I’m giving them pitches they’ll must likely pull into the shift.


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My experience has been that it doesn't matter. Offspeed pitches, fastballs buried on the hands, the CPU seems to find a way to beat the shift.

[LowerWolf]

Re: How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

I get burned all the time, even when pitching to the shift. I need to remember to turn off auto shifting.

[Vanilla_Gorilla]

Re: How often do CPU batters beat your defensive shift?

I feel like shifting is just asking to be beat.

The CPU doesn't necessarily manage the percentages well either. If a player hits a ball 40% of the time to right field and 31% to left, it's not a good idea to shift extremely to the right and that's what it often does.