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  • Fours
    Rookie
    • May 2015
    • 245
    #1

    Best Defense in a Baseball Game Ever

    There's a lot to complain about with the '21 release, and I've been power swinging on SDS all over this forum. Yet still I'm firing the game up and spending a few hours each night in custom team practice while I wait to start a franchise. It's time for some positivity.

    The defense is awesome. You can finally attack the ball with confidence, and make some game changing plays. You can absolutely feel the difference between a poor, average, and great fielders, and with the extra out they provide it might finally make sense to use glove-first guys at premium defensive positions.

    It would be great to see some defensive highlights posted, there's no replay in practice or I would have dozens. I set a repeating play with bases loaded and a 3-1 count, 1 out, and just get the ball in play and field.

    What's your feedback on defense so far?
    Tags: defense, positive, the show 21
    • NYJin2011tm
      MVP
      • Oct 2011
      • 2762
      #2
      Re: Best Defense in a Baseball Game Ever

      A few years ago I switched to auto fielding because I was having too many errors/outfield dropped balls even tho I was in the correct spot(even with good fielders). I still manually controlled throws.

      So far this year I’ve switched back to manual. It’s just so much smoother now and I’m not having the problems I was having before. In one of my first couple games I robbed Altuve of a two run HR which turned out to be big. I scored three runs in the ninth to win 7-6.

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        • jada855
          Pro
          • Aug 2013
          • 943
          #3
          Re: Best Defense in a Baseball Game Ever

          From a Player Lock SS perspective. The defense still has a lot left to be desired. I brought the game based on said defensive improvements in the stream but basic defensive principles are still missing.

          My perspective is from Player Lock and not full team control. I was able to make a long range play behind the 2nd base bag which was impossible last year so that was nice to see. But the following are critical when playing defense.

          • Covering the bag: If it is not a scripted scenario play you will either over run the bag or the cpu will casually jog into 2nd base. Knowing a play could have been made is frustrating.

          • Cut Off Throws: You cannot cut off organic throws from the outfield. I know how to play SS and know where to position a player. And the CPU will skip right over you as if you don't exist.

          • Strafing as touted in the stream for both outfield and infield is not really there for infield play. Still over running balls on plays.

          • At least your player locked player will adjust to defensive shifts this year. This was nice to see.
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            • Fours
              Rookie
              • May 2015
              • 245
              #4
              Re: Best Defense in a Baseball Game Ever

              Originally posted by jada855
              From a Player Lock SS perspective. The defense still has a lot left to be desired. I brought the game based on said defensive improvements in the stream but basic defensive principles are still missing.

              My perspective is from Player Lock and not full team control. I was able to make a long range play behind the 2nd base bag which was impossible last year so that was nice to see. But the following are critical when playing defense.

              • Covering the bag: If it is not a scripted scenario play you will either over run the bag or the cpu will casually jog into 2nd base. Knowing a play could have been made is frustrating.

              • Cut Off Throws: You cannot cut off organic throws from the outfield. I know how to play SS and know where to position a player. And the CPU will skip right over you as if you don't exist.

              • Strafing as touted in the stream for both outfield and infield is not really there for infield play. Still over running balls on plays.

              • At least your player locked player will adjust to defensive shifts this year. This was nice to see.
              That's unfortunate.. I'm judging only from the franchise perspective, though I do agree on the cut off positioning logic being something they clearly don't understand.

              But if you told me two years ago that cut-off positioning would be one of the glaring issues I would have taken that in a second. They've come a long way.

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                • Potatoes002
                  MVP
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 2143
                  #5
                  Re: Best Defense in a Baseball Game Ever

                  I like how you can feel the difference in defensive outfielders, especially corner ones. Having a big lumbering idiot in RF will struggle turning and getting a deep fly.

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                    • jeffy777
                      MVP
                      • Jan 2009
                      • 3325
                      #6
                      Re: Best Defense in a Baseball Game Ever

                      Well this is certainly good news.

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