Re: PLAYER BATTING STANCES THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED FOR MLB 13
I don't know if this has been said or not, but BJ Upton HAS to be updated. He has a REALLY high leg kick now and it needs to be completely overhauled.
And I've already said this before, but Jeter needs to have to Pedroia motion where he leans towards the ball after every pitch, specifically the ones where he doesn't swing. Look at Pedroia's stance in this game and you'll know what I mean.
And Miggy's stance and Fielder's stance need to be updated. Miggy moves his bat a lot and is bent over and he just stands there in the game. Also, I believe he has a two handed follow through in the game, which I don't think he does in the game. And Fielder's bat moves too much and his home run follow through isn't good. It really needs to emphasize that Fielder pulling his bat back after a homer. Ray Durham in MVP 05 had the PERFECT Fielder stance.
And Hanley needs a good follow through. Every home run he holds his bat out and just kind of looks at the ball it looks awesome. Josh Hamilton is the obvious one. His follow through and leg kick are PERFECT, but he needs the bat to move more sort of like Alvarez's in the game, have his bat up higher and move it more, but keep the follow through. And on the opposite end, I feel like Stanton moves his bat too much. His crouch is perfect, but he's pretty calm at the plate and in the game he shakes his bat pretty bad and his bat is now on his shoulder standing still.
And Bautista needs to be crouched more, have his legs apart, and have his bat higher towards his head and moving. And Pujols needs to be standing up straight instead of bent over and have his bat higher.
And Ichiro moves towards the ball like a soft ball player and his legs are extended outwards more and he has that high leg kick. That NEEDS to be in there. With all these custom swings and follow throughs now, there is no excuse. And Granderson needs to have his follow through which makes him pull the ball a lot. His one handed follow through looks bad, and he needs to be crouched more and have his bat back moving more.
And Longoria is good except he needs to be calm. He moves too much in his batting stance and the bat needs to be higher. I'm not being critical, because I love the game, but all these players swings and follow throughs have been updated, and these are some key players that need updates.
And I know in the past y'all have fixed plenty of players like Cano etc. Cano used to have a horrible stance, but now it is perfect. And Verlander's looks perfect, but it goes too slow. His motion is really quick in real life. Oh, and I wish y'all would change Teixeira's follow through. It still feels like the old school swings despite being a new stance.
And I hope Cespesdes HR celebration in 13 is AWESOME like it is in real life lol, he's a skinny freak in the game, he looks like Sammy Sosa in real life!
Oh, I know this doesn't have anything to do with batting stances. But players like Mike Moustakas and Andruw Jones have these awesome camera angles when they hit bombs, but other players that should don't. For instance, when Moose hits a homer, the camera goes really high and you know its a homer, players like Fielder should definitely have that and they don't.
I hope you take all of these into consideration, I tried to get as many pictures as I could find, even though videos are significantly better. And I'm sure I'll think of more later. I just love the new follow through home runs that you gave specific players like Bautista. It's so cool that they all aren't the generic swing anymore.
Couldn't find a good picture for jeter
This is the best picture I could find of Longoria
Best picture I could find of Pujols
And THIS is the perfect picture demonstrating Grandy's stance.
I'm struggling to find a picture of Upton, but if you watch an at bat, you will see the huge leg kick where he contorts his body. It looks really cool.
I don't know if this has been said or not, but BJ Upton HAS to be updated. He has a REALLY high leg kick now and it needs to be completely overhauled.
And I've already said this before, but Jeter needs to have to Pedroia motion where he leans towards the ball after every pitch, specifically the ones where he doesn't swing. Look at Pedroia's stance in this game and you'll know what I mean.
And Miggy's stance and Fielder's stance need to be updated. Miggy moves his bat a lot and is bent over and he just stands there in the game. Also, I believe he has a two handed follow through in the game, which I don't think he does in the game. And Fielder's bat moves too much and his home run follow through isn't good. It really needs to emphasize that Fielder pulling his bat back after a homer. Ray Durham in MVP 05 had the PERFECT Fielder stance.
And Hanley needs a good follow through. Every home run he holds his bat out and just kind of looks at the ball it looks awesome. Josh Hamilton is the obvious one. His follow through and leg kick are PERFECT, but he needs the bat to move more sort of like Alvarez's in the game, have his bat up higher and move it more, but keep the follow through. And on the opposite end, I feel like Stanton moves his bat too much. His crouch is perfect, but he's pretty calm at the plate and in the game he shakes his bat pretty bad and his bat is now on his shoulder standing still.
And Bautista needs to be crouched more, have his legs apart, and have his bat higher towards his head and moving. And Pujols needs to be standing up straight instead of bent over and have his bat higher.
And Ichiro moves towards the ball like a soft ball player and his legs are extended outwards more and he has that high leg kick. That NEEDS to be in there. With all these custom swings and follow throughs now, there is no excuse. And Granderson needs to have his follow through which makes him pull the ball a lot. His one handed follow through looks bad, and he needs to be crouched more and have his bat back moving more.
And Longoria is good except he needs to be calm. He moves too much in his batting stance and the bat needs to be higher. I'm not being critical, because I love the game, but all these players swings and follow throughs have been updated, and these are some key players that need updates.
And I know in the past y'all have fixed plenty of players like Cano etc. Cano used to have a horrible stance, but now it is perfect. And Verlander's looks perfect, but it goes too slow. His motion is really quick in real life. Oh, and I wish y'all would change Teixeira's follow through. It still feels like the old school swings despite being a new stance.
And I hope Cespesdes HR celebration in 13 is AWESOME like it is in real life lol, he's a skinny freak in the game, he looks like Sammy Sosa in real life!
Oh, I know this doesn't have anything to do with batting stances. But players like Mike Moustakas and Andruw Jones have these awesome camera angles when they hit bombs, but other players that should don't. For instance, when Moose hits a homer, the camera goes really high and you know its a homer, players like Fielder should definitely have that and they don't.
I hope you take all of these into consideration, I tried to get as many pictures as I could find, even though videos are significantly better. And I'm sure I'll think of more later. I just love the new follow through home runs that you gave specific players like Bautista. It's so cool that they all aren't the generic swing anymore.
Couldn't find a good picture for jeter
This is the best picture I could find of Longoria
Best picture I could find of Pujols
And THIS is the perfect picture demonstrating Grandy's stance.
I'm struggling to find a picture of Upton, but if you watch an at bat, you will see the huge leg kick where he contorts his body. It looks really cool.
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