Pitcher confidence

[JHodges57]

Can someone tell me how the logic works? I play MoM.

In a recent game I was playing against Oakland with Mengden pitching.

His stat line through 3 innings.....3 walks, 8 hits including a grand slam, 6 runs. His confidence level was around 60%.

My pitcher gives up 2 hits and a walk in 3 innings with no runs allowed, his confidence is around 30%.

This is just one example but this sort of thing happens a lot.

I remember another game a while back. I was managing Washington. The opposing pitcher worked 3 innings allowing 10 hits, 7 runs and 2 walks. Confidence level around 60%.

In the meantime, Scherzer allows his 2nd hit in the 4th inning and his confidence drops like a rock to around 30%.

So do those pitchers who got shelled come into the game expecting to get bombed so that's why they remain confident or am I missing something?

I've said many time the confidence thing has been broken and overpowered for years now.

[forme95]

Re: Pitcher confidence

Can someone tell me how the logic works? I play MoM.

In a recent game I was playing against Oakland with Mengden pitching.

His stat line through 3 innings.....3 walks, 8 hits including a grand slam, 6 runs. His confidence level was around 60%.

My pitcher gives up 2 hits and a walk in 3 innings with no runs allowed, his confidence is around 30%.

This is just one example but this sort of thing happens a lot.

I remember another game a while back. I was managing Washington. The opposing pitcher worked 3 innings allowing 10 hits, 7 runs and 2 walks. Confidence level around 60%.

In the meantime, Scherzer allows his 2nd hit in the 4th inning and his confidence drops like a rock to around 30%.

So do those pitchers who got shelled come into the game expecting to get bombed so that's why they remain confident or am I missing something?

I've said many time the confidence thing has been broken and overpowered for years now.

I have not seen this to this extreme. Are you playing with any sliders? What difficulty are you using?

I have seen guys come in with lower confidence (35 to 45%) to start. I assume that is because they had a bad outing or going through a cold streak. I've seen my pitchers start games in the 40's.

Did Mengden start the game with high confidence?

Confidence works off clutch rating I believe. If they have high clutch, the confidence wont drop as fast if they give up something or have a bad inning.

[JHodges57]

Re: Pitcher confidence

I have not seen this to this extreme. Are you playing with any sliders? What difficulty are you using?

I have seen guys come in with lower confidence (35 to 45%) to start. I assume that is because they had a bad outing or going through a cold streak. I've seen my pitchers start games in the 40's.

Did Mengden start the game with high confidence?

Confidence works off clutch rating I believe. If they have high clutch, the confidence wont drop as fast if they give up something or have a bad inning.

I haven't messed with the sliders and difficulty doesn't matter in MoM as far as I know.

I don't know what Mengden's confidence was coming into the game but if it was me on the mound with that stat line I wouldn't be very confident that anything I was doing was working. It all just seems whacked to me.

Seems to me, as you said, that the clutch rating should matter but . Just seems to be no rhyme or reason with confidence.

[forme95]

Re: Pitcher confidence

I haven't messed with the sliders and difficulty doesn't matter in MoM as far as I know.

I don't know what Mengden's confidence was coming into the game but if it was me on the mound with that stat line I wouldn't be very confident that anything I was doing was working. It all just seems whacked to me.

Seems to me, as you said, that the clutch rating should matter but . Just seems to be no rhyme or reason with confidence.

MoM is defaulted in All Star difficulty if I remember correctly. So I always set my setting to be in All Star.

Well, if his confidence was high coming in and then he had that 3 innings, then that would explain it being at 60%. Ive had games with Clevinger up in the mid 70 -80's and he have a bad outing and never fall below 60. It all depends what he does in between bad hits, walks, etc. If he struck out 6 lets say, that boosts his confidence. If he had a double play or two, that boosts it.

Without seeing the game, I really couldnt say what the factors were. As I said earlier, I have never noticed confidences be that off. I dont watch it that closely inning by inning or havent noticed anything like it from inning to inning. I really kind of look at the start and before they are replaced. My team more then the cpu's

[JoshC1977]

Pitcher confidence

Two words: Clutch Rating

This also plays a role in how quickly players lose confidence.


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[JHodges57]

Re: Pitcher confidence

Two words: Clutch Rating

This also plays a role in how quickly players lose confidence.


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Clutch rating should be the factor but it doesn't explain how Scherzer dropped so far down after giving up 2 hits in four innings. One in the 2nd and one in the 4th. So I have to wonder if the clutch rating works correctly since I've seen this type of thing way too often.

Speaking of weird situations involving clutch, I saw a pitcher with a ZERO clutch rating and overall rating in the upper 40's load the bases in 2 consecutive innings with 0 outs in 1 inning and 1 out in the other and never allowed a run. Not bad against a lineup of hitters with high clutch ratings and considering his ERA coming into the game was around 12.00. I wasn't even sure why he was on the MLB roster to begin with. There were much higher rated pitchers in their minors who were available.

[countryboy]

Re: Pitcher confidence

Zero clutch doesn’t guarantee that he will give up runs. There are many factors/attributes at play that determine any given at-bat/situation.




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