Your hitting strategy

[RTTSNate]

Re: Your hitting strategy

Depends on the player, but I try and make the opposing pitcher work if they can. I don't want to end an inning in under ten pitches if I don't have to. If I'm ahead in the count, I'll almost never bite at corner pitches, or at least not try to. I'm willing to take the ball/strike and wait for a better pitch.

I can get a lot deeper than that, but most of it might pertain to the situation. Furthermore, I just try and do things how I hit in real life. It may not be the best approach for every player, so sometimes I just try and play like the player himself.

I don't use Guess Pitch.

What game is your quote talking about?

[DaTwolves21]

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Just finished a truly epic game between the atlanta braves and the Baltimore orioles. I was using the braves and won in extra innings, I stopped mid flight to read this post and it tremendously helped me. I took first pitches every batter, ran the count up and got the pitch I wanted. The starter comes after you, which I had trouble with but the relievers weren't as much trouble. Thanks guys this post had made me a better player.

[abjsuperstar]

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1 and 2 hitters i take first pitch.. 3 4 5 hitters i look for best pitch to hit, 8 and 9 hitters i take first pitch usually, depends on score and inning to be honest.

[ScouserHUN]

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The most important thing is to take about 50-60% of pitches. My aim is to see at least 20 pitches in an inning. This leads to 80-90 pitches to a starter by the 5th inning, and this is my time to go ahead. Of course this might come earlier, but you will have a better chance to do that in this scenario.

[pistolpete]

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The most important thing is to take about 50-60% of pitches. My aim is to see at least 20 pitches in an inning. This leads to 80-90 pitches to a starter by the 5th inning, and this is my time to go ahead. Of course this might come earlier, but you will have a better chance to do that in this scenario.

I'm generally happy when I get the opposing pitcher to double digit pitches in an inning.

[bemo03]

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I know everyone has their own and I was curious to what every does.

I use guess pitch 1/4 and usually guess to the inside for my guy and fastball. I let every pitch go by unless I have two strikes or it lands in the zone I pick. I find this works pretty well for me. I have trouble picking up pitches sometimes and would rather complete a game than be patient and try to draw walks without guess pitch, especially after work when I'm tired. I find that I can usually draw 3 or more walks per game with my method and get a variety of hits.

So what is your strategy?

Guess pitch off, and I just play it like I did when I played competitive baseball when I was a little bit younger in life. I usually always take the first pitch unless I notice that the Pitcher is just starting to lay em in there the first time. Try to work the counts and get into a Fastball count and then look for that in a certain spot.

I NEVER use Power swing EVER, no need for it. I use Normal swing most of the time and when I am down in the count or in a Pitchers count I will tend to use Contact swing.

[Blzer]

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What game is your quote talking about?

NBA 2K12. It's not as funny anymore now that the word "epic" is no longer censored here.

[Doormat]

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In my first few games I had guess pitch 1/4 and guessed fastball down in the zone (in the middle).

Now I don't use it and swing on anything close

[pistolpete]

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I am going to really try to recognize pitches through the rest of my April (10 games or so left) and if I can't generate walks or high pitch counts I'm just going to treat the game as if BBs aren't part of baseball. They kind of boring anyways.

[tvman]

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This game definitely needs some sort of pitch recognition system, either like the old MVP series had or what 2k uses. Make it so it can be toggled on or off, that way everyone is happy.

[pistolpete]

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This game definitely needs some sort of pitch recognition system, either like the old MVP series had or what 2k uses. Make it so it can be toggled on or off, that way everyone is happy.

If you have the Vita you can find the exact location sometimes if you guess correctly.

2k's system works great. You can turn it on, off, control to what extent it works. You don't have to pick the location, depending on your batter it's given to you.

[stealyerface]

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No Guess Pitch for me.

The way I figure it is if I want to guess pitch, then I guess fastball and gear up for it, and put a swing on it.

Having a red light flash to tell me I guessed right seems like cheating to me. Especially when I figure I am in a fastball count, and the pitcher drops a gnarly curveball on me. I love saying to myself, "That was just nasty", as I flail at the ball, or get locked up. That never happens when the game tells you which pitch is or is not coming.

I always take a pitch for a strike. This helps me get some 4 pitch walks, and also helps me make the pitcher work harder over the course of the game.

The other thing folks may not realize, is that the game does a great job making you a better 2-1 hitter, by increasing the PCI size based on a hitter's count, and shrinking it when the pitcher has the advantage. Ever notice that when you swing and miss with a Contact swing on a 3-1 pr a 2-1 pitch, the PCI almost covers the entire strike zone? Now notice what that PCI looks like when you hack away at an 0-2 pitch with the same Contact swing.

Getting your batters into a hitting count, by taking pitches and forcing the pitcher to find the strike zone will immediately pay dividends at the plate.

Use that to your advantage, make the pitcher make high-pressure pitches, and get that number 1 out of the game.

Getting to the bullpen early can start the Merry-Go-Round, and lead to big innings.

~syf

[tvman]

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No Guess Pitch for me.

The way I figure it is if I want to guess pitch, then I guess fastball and gear up for it, and put a swing on it.

Having a red light flash to tell me I guessed right seems like cheating to me. Especially when I figure I am in a fastball count, and the pitcher drops a gnarly curveball on me. I love saying to myself, "That was just nasty", as I flail at the ball, or get locked up. That never happens when the game tells you which pitch is or is not coming.

I always take a pitch for a strike. This helps me get some 4 pitch walks, and also helps me make the pitcher work harder over the course of the game.

The other thing folks may not realize, is that the game does a great job making you a better 2-1 hitter, by increasing the PCI size based on a hitter's count, and shrinking it when the pitcher has the advantage. Ever notice that when you swing and miss with a Contact swing on a 3-1 pr a 2-1 pitch, the PCI almost covers the entire strike zone? Now notice what that PCI looks like when you hack away at an 0-2 pitch with the same Contact swing.

Getting your batters into a hitting count, by taking pitches and forcing the pitcher to find the strike zone will immediately pay dividends at the plate.

Use that to your advantage, make the pitcher make high-pressure pitches, and get that number 1 out of the game.

Getting to the bullpen early can start the Merry-Go-Round, and lead to big innings.

~syf

Yeah well like i said make it so it can be on or off.

[RTTSNate]

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Well if a guy has 5 pitches 1 being a FB and other being a 2-seam FB then if it tells you it's a FB then you guessed right... generally when i used to hit we'd always sit fastball and adjust offspeed... basically the same thing. And if i got 2 strikes and i dont know a 97 mph is coming, one that's up in the zone but still a strike, no way in hell im' catchin up to it. And then if it's 'not' a FB... well it can be 1 of 4 other pitches for a lot of pitchers... so i dont see how it's any form of cheating at all.

[tvman]

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It's hard enough to tell if the pitch is going to be high or low let alone what speed it is, a little help would be nice.