Outfielders with no sense of urgency?

[JWDixon120]

For whatever reason, this year it seems like OF’s have no sense of urgency trying to gun down a runner.

They are extremely casual when it comes to throwing a runner out at the plate. Seems like it takes them 5 seconds from receipt of the ball to throw it.

Anyone else seeing this?

[countryboy]

Re: Outfielders with no sense of urgency?

Are you preloading your throws?

I'm not experiencing a delay in outfielders getting the ball and getting rid of it, when I preload throws to a base.

Here's Jordan Walker throwing out a runner at home

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[JWDixon120]

Re: Outfielders with no sense of urgency?

Are you preloading your throws?

I'm not experiencing a delay in outfielders getting the ball and getting rid of it, when I preload throws to a base.

Here's Jordan Walker throwing out a runner at home

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Yep! Always preloading. Here's an example.... not the best but it's happened in the game I'm currently in. A lot of these guys do the little step back behind their lead leg and it just looks a little lazy to me. I see it a lot in CF as well.

On this play, the Marlins had a guy with 50 Speed score from 2B on a ball hit to LF. Seems like that should never happen unless the throw is way off line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-LmZUKzH8c

[countryboy]

Re: Outfielders with no sense of urgency?

I don’t really see anything erroneous about that play. The runner was going on the hit, the fielder got the ball, gathered and threw and it was a fairly close play.

I don’t view that as a delay due to lack of urgency but rather a half second delay in release so fielder could get feet set to throw


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[detroitlions12]

Re: Outfielders with no sense of urgency?

I have noticed the same thing. I've always preloaded the throw but this year there definitely seems to be a delay or as you said lack of urgency in throws from the outfield. I can understand off target throws especially if the fielder is rushed to get the ball in but they seemingly are out there just to play catch.

I would even be fine with it if a delay in throwing was tied to fielding rating but I've had gold fielders do this. It can be super frustrating.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Re: Outfielders with no sense of urgency?

I have Baserunner Speed turned down from default 5 to 4 and Outfielder Arm Strength turned up from 5 to 6 and I'm happy now with how those two settings work together.

[Therebelyell626]

Re: Outfielders with no sense of urgency?

I mentioned this another thread, but the fielding as a whole seems to have gotten worse with the patch. The CPU is making a lot more throwing errors than they did the first few weeks before release. From release up until this patch I didn’t see many throwing errors from the CPU, now I am seeing a couple a game.

Also, turning double plays feels a lot slower now as well. The second baseman/shortstop seems to turn the second throw fine, but the initial toss from my player receiving the grounder seems to have a weird delay more often than not. To the point where turning double plays is like a 50/50 proposition for me, even with average speed players. Yes, even on preloaded throws

Granted, small sample size as I have only played about 10 games since this latest patch, but something feels just a bit off in my honest opinion