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The pitch clock is not in the game, at least not in any of the offline single user modes. I believe that online games have a pitch timer, but I believe that has always been the case.I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
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8Originally posted by DonkeyJoteIf you're playing alone against the CPU and taking a long time between pitches, the only person impacted by that is you.
So them adding a pitch clock feature to the game would have zero impact.
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But with the clock, there's no way to really make it authentic. For one, the game typically cuts out the pitcher getting the ball. So they'd have to add that back in and/or have the clock start at a different time (since you can't really make players always have to go through that animation; you have to give the option to skip that). They'd have to have the clock on the scorebug at all times (which isn't how most broadcasts are doing it), because the physical pitch clock in the stadium wouldn't be visible to people using the default pitching cameras (by design; MLB didn't want the clock visible on broadcasts).
I'd be all for adding the physical clock to the stadiums, even if they're not actually counting down. But even from an authenticity standpoint, I don't think adding the pitch clock as a mechanic benefits the game (and would certainly take a lot of work to implement, which means something else is getting minimal attention or skipped outright). Same goes with the bases; I don't think the juice is worth the squeeze there, I think that's something that gets touched on when they go back into make foundational changes to the engine (which could be next year if they're dropping Xbox One/PS4/Switch).
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They would also have to find a way to make it authentic on the batter's side of things. It doesn't make sense for it to affect just the pitcher in the game when the batter has to abide by the clock as well. As cool as it would be in the game, don't think its all too possible unfortunately.Comment
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They would also have to find a way to make it authentic on the batter's side of things. It doesn't make sense for it to affect just the pitcher in the game when the batter has to abide by the clock as well. As cool as it would be in the game, don't think its all too possible unfortunately.Comment
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Oh yeah this is ridiculous. I'm aggressive and I'll admit I get a little trigger happy when I see the pitcher move and I'll go for a steal. I think at one point during RTTS I had 3 pickoff attempts, batter fouled, 3 more pick off attempts, batter fouled again, and 2 more pick off attempts (I ran on the last one and got caught at 2nd). I was soooo mad haha.Comment
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They would also have to find a way to make it authentic on the batter's side of things. It doesn't make sense for it to affect just the pitcher in the game when the batter has to abide by the clock as well. As cool as it would be in the game, don't think its all too possible unfortunately.T-BONE.
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As others have said I don’t know how a pitch clock would make any sense playing against the computer. It’s on a time scale already, the one designed by the developers. Online it makes sense.
However, the pickoff limit would REALLY help and impact single player as it would prevent the dang CPU from limitless pickoff attempts whenever you take a bigger lead. It BETTER be in next years game for both SP and Multi.Comment
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As others have said I don’t know how a pitch clock would make any sense playing against the computer. It’s on a time scale already, the one designed by the developers. Online it makes sense.
However, the pickoff limit would REALLY help and impact single player as it would prevent the dang CPU from limitless pickoff attempts whenever you take a bigger lead. It BETTER be in next years game for both SP and Multi.
I almost never took an extra step in previous seasons (unless I wasn't being held on) since it just wasn't worth the risk. But I think I've been picked off maybe once all year. I take the extra lead with any competent baserunner now.
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Agreed about pickoffs, but they'll need to be reworked overall for the limit to work. They just aren't effective enough (unless it's a pickoff move to 2B with a left handed hitter; then it's way too effective).
I almost never took an extra step in previous seasons (unless I wasn't being held on) since it just wasn't worth the risk. But I think I've been picked off maybe once all year. I take the extra lead with any competent baserunner now.
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