MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

**MuffinMangx** · 07-30-2011, 11:07 PM

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

Does anyone else get a day off ...like every other day???? It's ridiculous I'm ranked as the #1 Right Fielder in baseball yet my manager sits me like I'm a platoon player.

Every game I've sat this year no joke, my team has lost. For the second season in a row I haven't even cracked the top 50 in at bats, yet I lead the league in almost every offensive category.

Man I really hope they fix the manager and GM AI next year, because it's atrocious.

**railsldr** · 07-31-2011, 02:40 AM

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

Originally posted by MuffinMangx

Does anyone else get a day off ...like every other day???? It's ridiculous I'm ranked as the #1 Right Fielder in baseball yet my manager sits me like I'm a platoon player.

Every game I've sat this year no joke, my team has lost. For the second season in a row I haven't even cracked the top 50 in at bats, yet I lead the league in almost every offensive category.

Man I really hope they fix the manager and GM AI next year, because it's atrocious.

multiple people have complained about this.... work on raising your durability. It doesn't just effect injuries it effects stamina for position players so you wont be sat as often

**Mercury53** · 07-31-2011, 11:30 AM

Re: MLB 11 "Road To The Show" thread

Originally posted by MuffinMangx

Does anyone else get a day off ...like every other day???? It's ridiculous I'm ranked as the #1 Right Fielder in baseball yet my manager sits me like I'm a platoon player.

Every game I've sat this year no joke, my team has lost. For the second season in a row I haven't even cracked the top 50 in at bats, yet I lead the league in almost every offensive category.

Man I really hope they fix the manager and GM AI next year, because it's atrocious.

Durability, durability, durability!!!!! That's the only way to change this from happening. Raise it to 99 and see what happens.

**ChernoTheInferno** · 07-31-2011, 07:07 PM

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Best way to avoid the fielders? Hit the ball over them and the wall! Lead-off upper deck home runs against lefties FTW.

**PurplePitchers** · 07-31-2011, 07:10 PM

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Like you try the durability thing and it dosen't work then what? You waste all those points for nothing. Plus that hasn't happend to my SS and i've been in the bigs for 1 3/4 years. My durability is only in the 60's.

**Bronxzoo29** · 07-31-2011, 07:48 PM

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It's been about a week since I have played I lost my dad last week and it has been a crazy 8 days. But me and him always loved to play RTTS together and we would always make big power guys. I only played 1 game today but I hit 3 home runs and had 7 RBI's to give me 20 Homer's and 68 RBI's.

**floyd84s** · 07-31-2011, 10:07 PM

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thank you for shaing

**tribefanisu2003** · 08-01-2011, 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by ChernoTheInferno

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Best way to avoid the fielders? Hit the ball over them and the wall! Lead-off upper deck home runs against lefties FTW.

Nice! Glad you got that figured out! I had a similar problem 2 seasons ago. (I might be repeating some stuff, because I think I posted this earlier in the thread...) Anyway, I started off the season GREAT in my first two evaluation periods. To the tune of batting nearly .350, more power than usual, etc. Then, got in a MONSTER slump, and got all the way down to .210 or so. I kept thinking "My ratings are WAY too good for this to be happening! It's GOT to turn around at some point!" Well, I just happened to be flipping through the menu at one point, went to "Locker Room", and then "Player Evaluator". Noticed that in the swing timing graphs, I had many more early swings than I did good or late ones. So, I started making myself wait a little longer, and wound up clawing my way back up to, ahem, .236 to end the year.

(Which is good when you consider I only had like a month left in the season when I happened upon the graphs showing me exactly what my problem was.) The following season (which is the one I just finished), I finished up at .297, with career highs in HRs and RBIs. So, that was a good bounce back.

Anyway, I was thinking at the end of last season I was going to be a free agent. All I got was one offer (from the O's, my current team), and it was only for 1 year (granted, at 16.5 mil, which I talked them up to 17.5). Couldn't figure it out. Well, as it turns out, I only have 4 FULL seasons at the MLB level (the upcoming is my 5th), so I have to finish this year and next before I can hit the open market. The nice thing? The O's SHOCKINGLY made the World Series in 2017! We won game 1 against the Phillies, but then lost 4 straight. My player actually got hot after the first couple games of the playoffs, and wound up being the AL Playoff MVP! (As well as winning his first Gold Glove).

So, here I sit, getting ready to start the regular season in 2018. More of my ratings are at 99 than not, and I'm just now starting to work on maxing out my power ratings. I wanted to save those for last, as I wanted my player to be a speed guy first with decent power. I've only increased my power ratings when it was a goal or it had been 3 weeks or more since its last increase. All of my spring training points this season went to power, however, and now they both sit at 80. So hopefully I'm due for some monster years the next couple seasons, before hitting the open market.

Really liking this thread! It's cool to follow and see what you guys are all doing in yours as well. Pitchers seem to be a pretty popular choice this year!

**tribefanisu2003** · 08-01-2011, 02:56 PM

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Also...

Originally posted by ChernoTheInferno

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I have 99 speed, 99 BR ability, and 99 BR aggression, and I still only had 35 SBs, with 35 caught stealing this past season. (Yep, exactly 50%). Can't figure it out... I know the hyperspeed windup took quite a few away from me, as well as taking off just a little too early and having the pitcher step off and throw me out. That, and I've had Jason Pridie hitting behind me for the last couple seasons. That guy, for some reason, has an awful habit of fouling off a pitch, no matter the count, when I've gotten a great jump, time and time again. I also have to sit there and watch him foul off about 10 pitches after getting 2 strikes ALL THE TIME. Nobody else on the team seems to do that as much, but Pridie has the longest at-bats...

Do you sim any of the teammate ABs? I have my setting at 1/4, so I am a little limited when it comes to count (there are a lot of times that it gets to me on the basepaths and the batter already has 2 strikes on him). So I can't be terribly selective on the count to run on. I use the "lean towards 2nd / hold the stick back toward towards 1st" method, or I'd be picked off all the time.

Just can't get it down the way I want to. I figured once I maxed out those ratings things would get a little easier in the SB department.

**B1ackswords** · 08-01-2011, 08:09 PM

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Hey I noticed someone posting about high teamate ERA's. I noticed on my rtts (Astros LF) that our pitches always have 4.00 ERAs. We had a guy in the bullpen who finished the season with a 7.43 ERA and he had around 50 IP. Also guys that you would thimk would be good like Roy Halladay has had a 4-5 ERA the last 3 seasons. In Franchise it seemed to be normal and my rtts has a few slider changes do you think this could make a difference?

**ChernoTheInferno** · 08-01-2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by tribefanisu2003

Also...

I have 99 speed, 99 BR ability, and 99 BR aggression, and I still only had 35 SBs, with 35 caught stealing this past season. (Yep, exactly 50%). Can't figure it out... I know the hyperspeed windup took quite a few away from me, as well as taking off just a little too early and having the pitcher step off and throw me out. That, and I've had Jason Pridie hitting behind me for the last couple seasons. That guy, for some reason, has an awful habit of fouling off a pitch, no matter the count, when I've gotten a great jump, time and time again. I also have to sit there and watch him foul off about 10 pitches after getting 2 strikes ALL THE TIME. Nobody else on the team seems to do that as much, but Pridie has the longest at-bats...

Do you sim any of the teammate ABs? I have my setting at 1/4, so I am a little limited when it comes to count (there are a lot of times that it gets to me on the basepaths and the batter already has 2 strikes on him). So I can't be terribly selective on the count to run on. I use the "lean towards 2nd / hold the stick back toward towards 1st" method, or I'd be picked off all the time.

Just can't get it down the way I want to. I figured once I maxed out those ratings things would get a little easier in the SB department.

I have it sim all base running opportunities.
Partly because of the hit-and-run glitch. Partly because all catchers have perfect throwing arms. Partly because I'm just not good at reading the pitchers. Mind you, I had that many attempts because for a good two weeks I constantly bunted to get on base, and because in addition to being Ichiro with power last 3 months of the season I also walked. My SB total skyrocketed in August. To get that many attempts you need an OBP over .400.

**Buckeyes_Doc** · 08-02-2011, 09:01 AM

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Originally posted by Bronxzoo29

It's been about a week since I have played I lost my dad last week and it has been a crazy 8 days. But me and him always loved to play RTTS together and we would always make big power guys. I only played 1 game today but I hit 3 home runs and had 7 RBI's to give me 20 Homer's and 68 RBI's.

Sorry about your loss. 3 homeruns in 1 game, wow. I've never done that.

I did hit 2 HR's in a game yesterday.

I'm currently in April of 2016 with the Detriot Tigers. I'm hitting .284 with 8 HR's and 24 RBI's. My team is in last place as usual. We have finished last place every year I've been in the majors, this is my 3rd year.

My team is terrible. We make horrible moves. We traded away Miquel Cabera for Prince Fielder. Only to trade Prince Fielder a year later for a mediocre reliever, can't think of his name right now.

Hopefully I'll be traded this year but I doubt it.

**Mercury53** · 08-02-2011, 01:01 PM

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So, for you guys that are in 2015 and so on, are your teams filled with fake players from the drafts? That would annoy me if this was the case.

**Buckeyes_Doc** · 08-02-2011, 02:18 PM

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Originally posted by Mercury53

So, for you guys that are in 2015 and so on, are your teams filled with fake players from the drafts? That would annoy me if this was the case.

My team, no. But other teams like Seattle have quite a few fake players on their 25 man roster. Overall I think this is a realistic number of players who have been called up to the major leagues. It's interesting to see young superstars emerge years into my RTTS.

**Mercury53** · 08-02-2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally posted by Buckeyes_Doc

My team, no. But other teams like Seattle have quite a few fake players on their 25 man roster. Overall I think this is a realistic number of players who have been called up to the major leagues. It's interesting to see young superstars emerge years into my RTTS.

That's what I figured. I always hated fake players for some reason. I guess that's why I always use the Full Minors Rosters. Guess I'll have to make due.

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