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  • Ay BayBay
    Rookie
    • May 2009
    • 9

    #1

    Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

    This threads for pitchers that you struggle with online and just don't know why.

    For me, it's Matt Cain- my overall team ERA is about 3.00 and after 7 starts with Cain, his is 6.74. I just can't seem to locate any of his pitches.

    The only collection I've completed is Oakland's, but Ecklersley is probably one of the worst relievers in the pen. Dennis racks up the Ks but when he gets hit he gets hit HARD. I'm having way more success with Tyler Clippard/Sean Doolittle than him, but it's still early so I'm hopeful.
  • ALLMAN93
    Rookie
    • Feb 2014
    • 296

    #2
    Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

    Kershaw, Buerhle and Dickey were all pretty underwhelming. Well, underwhelming would be better used to explain Kershaw. Buerhle and Dickey were just terrible. lol. Kershaw was good if and when you got him going however, that didnt happen very often. Mix that with the fact hes a 99 and almost impossible to get made for a very underwhelming experience with him.

    I have Niekro and hes fantastic. I dont usually use him as hes a legend and I don't really care to use them atm but he is very good and effective. Dickey on the other hand, was awful. His knuckleball felt as if he was just throwing some slow pitch softball pitches. They hardly ever actually knuckled and for the most part went for balls most times. He got 2 starts for me and then was removed from the rotation.

    Buerhle was such a disappointment for me. I like him IRL and would love to use him in game but he was just couldn't locate his pitches consistently and lacked a real put away pitch.

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    • Dag_BoomStick
      Rookie
      • Apr 2015
      • 317

      #3
      Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

      Joe Nathan in my closer role. Sure he has 6 saves for me but he's blown a few saves that he shouldn't. My overall era is (I think) a pretty good 1.77 but his era is around 2.9. Idk if that's ok in some of your eyes but I just can't seem to get the swing and miss stuff I want. Now this may not all be him and could very we'll be his pitches (4fb, 12-6 curve and I forget his other two off hand) when I go to use a pitcher I tend to do best with pitchers that have a good change up, 2fb and a hard cutter or slider. Now I could be wrong but I think Nathan doesn't have any of these so it's either hard stuff followed by the 12-6 which I don't like doing bc a good hitter can pick up on the difference early on that. If I'm throwing a 12-6 I like to have something else off speed to go with it. Now it could all be just be but I've done better with some of my middle relief pitchers then Nathan. In all honesty he isn't bad it just feels like he is a heart attack closer in my hands.

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      • VoItage
        Pro
        • Jun 2011
        • 748

        #4
        Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

        Harvey seems to always get lit up, to the point where he's no longer in my rotation... Yet his ERA is 2.72. Probably because I pull him before the carnage begins.

        I get lit up with Darvish fairly regularly (3.72).




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        • 55
          Banned
          • Mar 2006
          • 20857

          #5
          Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

          Matt Harvey has been absolutely awful for me. His ERA is over 8.00 for me through 3-4 starts. I play on Legend difficulty, but still. Niekro has an ERA under 2.00 for me and all he has is one pitch. Harvey is just awful and it's a shame because I'm a big fan of the guy in real life.

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          • Matt1108g
            Rookie
            • Dec 2013
            • 127

            #6
            Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

            The first couple of times I used Niekro, he was a beast. Now, whenever I use him I get absolutely destroyed. I mix up my pitches and locations, but I think many players are facing him more and more and are getting used to his movement and speed. I took him out of my rotation.

            Dennis Eckersley... wow. Horrible playing head-to-head games. I used him twice and will never, ever, ever, ever use him again.
            Last edited by Matt1108g; 04-21-2015, 05:27 PM.

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            • FloppyDivac
              Rookie
              • Apr 2015
              • 32

              #7
              Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

              I'm super terrible with Cobb

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              • jobylovelamp
                Rookie
                • Jul 2014
                • 58

                #8
                Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

                jeff samardzija

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                • 55
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 20857

                  #9
                  Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

                  Originally posted by FloppyDivac
                  I'm super terrible with Cobb
                  So am I and it's a shame. I was planning on going with an all Rays rotation for a side team, but Cobb's pitching motion just messes me up so bad.

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                  • juan3o5
                    Rookie
                    • Oct 2008
                    • 7

                    #10
                    Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

                    I dot struggle with any pitcher and my starting pitchers are 76 and under, I do need better pitchers though even though my ERA is a 1.05
                    Goon

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                    • jyoung
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 11132

                      #11
                      Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

                      Originally posted by Ay BayBay
                      The only collection I've completed is Oakland's, but Ecklersley is probably one of the worst relievers in the pen. Dennis racks up the Ks but when he gets hit he gets hit HARD. I'm having way more success with Tyler Clippard/Sean Doolittle than him, but it's still early so I'm hopeful.
                      Clippard's curveball is better than anything in Eckersley's arsenal. Eckersley's fastballs get hammered every time I bring him out, so now I use Clippard instead as my first guy out of the pen, and Eckman never goes in the game anymore.

                      Any pitcher who doesn't have a curveball, changeup, or something equivalent is worthless online in my experiences.

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                      • GiantsMLB
                        Rookie
                        • Jun 2014
                        • 18

                        #12
                        Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

                        Cobb and Garrett Richards

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                        • 55
                          Banned
                          • Mar 2006
                          • 20857

                          #13
                          Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

                          Originally posted by GiantsMLB
                          Garrett Richards
                          Haven't you heard? There is no difference between him and Nolan Ryan in this game.

                          Anyway, I've only played one game with Felix Hernandez on the hill for me so far but he got shelled.

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                          • goodplanbarf
                            Rookie
                            • Aug 2013
                            • 85

                            #14
                            Re: Pitcher you STRUGGLE with- never again!

                            carlos martinez is the pitcher i am best with. His curve and circ-change are really good pitches, his 98 mph fb helps too. He's not too expensive. 81 silver

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