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  • hyacinth1
    MVP
    • Aug 2003
    • 1537

    #1

    Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

    So i got this guy from my first pack when I got the game. I had to use him and oh boy, is he great or what.

    Now a month later I guess I find out everyone is using him.

    So what gives? Why is this guy who's playing AA ball right now the best player in the game? LIterally the guy is better than diamond players. I play offline 99 percent of the time and I think I'm cheating the CPU if I put him in my lineup.

    Another guy that is just as good and sometimes better is Gallo. Both these guys rake more HR's than the Babe or Trout or Harper.

    Sort of ridiculous I'd say but is this something they're going to fix or it's a glitch in this years game?
  • Mercury112491
    All Star
    • Mar 2007
    • 7426

    #2
    Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

    Yeah it’s dumb.


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    • dougdfc
      Pro
      • Feb 2011
      • 581

      #3
      Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

      If memory serves me, Scooter Gennett was a killer card last year as well

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      • Dolenz
        MVP
        • May 2014
        • 2056

        #4
        Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

        Yeah, power trumps contact by a large margin this year. It seems broken

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        • shark547
          Pro
          • Jun 2014
          • 666

          #5
          Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

          I agree. The gap between power hitters and contact hitters is too great. I just started using cards with power and I am hitting a ridiculous amount of homers. I all most feel like the amount of homers for power guys should be tied to launch angles more than just how hard they hit the ball. It is widely known that Ichiro could hit homer after homer in BP. He just didn't try for HR in game. I am sooooo sick of weaker players that constantly hit line drives that barely make it to the infielders. Or line drives to the gap that should be doubles, but, just die out for singles. Just because you don't hit home runs doesn't mean you aren't roping the ball all over the place.

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          • BigOscar
            MVP
            • May 2016
            • 2971

            #6
            Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

            Originally posted by Dolenz
            Yeah, power trumps contact by a large margin this year. It seems broken
            Contact and vision seem to actually be detrimental this year, which is truly messed up. All the mean is you get really bad contact on pitches that you should be missing completely. Given how hard it is to strike out, that's a very bad thing compared to the guys who either miss it or hit it a mile

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            • BigOscar
              MVP
              • May 2016
              • 2971

              #7
              Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

              Originally posted by shark547
              I agree. The gap between power hitters and contact hitters is too great. I just started using cards with power and I am hitting a ridiculous amount of homers. I all most feel like the amount of homers for power guys should be tied to launch angles more than just how hard they hit the ball. It is widely known that Ichiro could hit homer after homer in BP. He just didn't try for HR in game. I am sooooo sick of weaker players that constantly hit line drives that barely make it to the infielders. Or line drives to the gap that should be doubles, but, just die out for singles. Just because you don't hit home runs doesn't mean you aren't roping the ball all over the place.
              There is something very demoralising about seeing an infielder outrun a linedrive in order to catch it. The physics this year seem miles off in terms of how quickly the ball travels in comparison to the speed of the fielders, the ball just floats, hanging in the air while the fielder runs it down.

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              • 19
                Chaos Theory
                • Aug 2008
                • 8859

                #8
                Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

                Originally posted by Dolenz
                Yeah, power trumps contact by a large margin this year. It seems broken
                So many guys just feel like you're swinging a wet noodle at the plate.

                I'm looking at you, George Brett... and Joe Torre... and rookie Ryne Sandberg... and IV Mike Piazza.

                I could go on, but I won't, but I could.

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                • dougdfc
                  Pro
                  • Feb 2011
                  • 581

                  #9
                  Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

                  I was super excited to see Richie Ashburn as a collection reward, since he's a Phillies and his vision is insanely high. Turned out to be completely worthless

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                  • mikeq672
                    MVP
                    • Mar 2010
                    • 1761

                    #10
                    Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

                    Theyve gradually broken hitting for like 2-3 years. Im telling you guys, it comes with the territory of these card collecting cash grabs. More random results keep more people playing and spending. Its a game killer. Every sports game is essentially trash at this point.

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                    • hyacinth1
                      MVP
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 1537

                      #11
                      Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

                      I wonder since Schimpf played for the Padres and SDS is in San Deigo, maybe they had a good relationship with him and boosted his stats for old funs sake.

                      But since now people are saying there is something wrong w/ the power vs contact players, i guess not.

                      I mean I sort of like playing w/ these guys like Gallo and Schimpf since if I play HOF or Legendary, I know these guys will come thru for me (all offline). I don't know if that's real baseball but its sort of fun in a way. After all it's a videogame still.

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                      • mikeq672
                        MVP
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 1761

                        #12
                        Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

                        The problem is higher contact/vision should result in a better chance of squaring up a ball for a hit, but in this game high contact/vision just means greater variance of contact. The entire hitting system is broken.

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                        • Mercury112491
                          All Star
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 7426

                          #13
                          Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

                          Right. It’s like the higher vision guys still have the exact same size sweet spot at the low vision guys. They just have a bunch of extra ****ty contact areas.


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                          • shark547
                            Pro
                            • Jun 2014
                            • 666

                            #14
                            Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

                            but then I hit like crazy with the 1st Molitor card....what gives?

                            I am not sure how it all works.

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                            • Frostball
                              Rookie
                              • Dec 2014
                              • 391

                              #15
                              Re: Should have renamed game as MLB 18 THE SCHIMPF

                              I rake with Sean Rodriguez and Matt Joyce the ones for the missions. in 86 AB's with Rodriguez I have 38 hits, 11 Doubles, 1 Triple, 10 Home Runs 25 Rbi's, 11 Runs scored. I'm in game and just hit Rodriguez's 10th so I cant look up what I hit with Matt Joyce right now, but I know he kills it too

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