MLB The Show 14 Questions and Answers Thread

[OUSOONERS#1]

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It's just one player

Ok thanks .. Figured as much but wanted to confirm .

[Sports fanantic]

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Does Yoenis Cespedes have a real-life picture for his game card?

[jkeefeholmes]

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My question for those who have it, how do you have it already? :-)

But more baseball type question, in all the years I have played this game, and 14 will be about my 4th I think, I have never, ever, never never ever, seen an outfielder or infielder, make an error on a pop up. Never.

Yes they may miss running it down in the OF and it falls in, but I have never seen an error on a popup, IF or OF. Sliders do not affect this at all either in my experience.

It sure makes going halfway as an RTTS runner on base easy. You know if its a routine popup, its going to be caught, so why bother going halfway, just scamper back to your base.

Is that fixed yet?

Thanks.

[CaseIH]

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My question for those who have it, how do you have it already? :-)

But more baseball type question, in all the years I have played this game, and 14 will be about my 4th I think, I have never, ever, never never ever, seen an outfielder or infielder, make an error on a pop up. Never.

Yes they may miss running it down in the OF and it falls in, but I have never seen an error on a popup, IF or OF. Sliders do not affect this at all either in my experience.

It sure makes going halfway as an RTTS runner on base easy. You know if its a routine popup, its going to be caught, so why bother going halfway, just scamper back to your base.

Is that fixed yet?

Thanks.

I saw quite a few OF'er errors in 13, which was a 1st. Im guessing it should be even more realistic this year. I saw poor fielders like Choo and Matt Holiday not only missplay ball but also drop them last year. Although it was a edited roster so that might be why, cause they were rated low where thye should be, as whoever does the ratings for SCEA typically rates household names to high.

[torpidbeaver]

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Free Agents 70 OVR >:

Name OVR
Nelson Cruz 83
Ervin Santana 82
Rafael Betancourt 82
Octavio Dotel 81
Johan Santana 80
Kendrys Morales 78
Ryan Madison 78
Chris Capuano 78
Jeff Niemann 77
Chris Getz 76
Joel Hanrahan 76
Hiroyuki Nakjima 75
Alex Gonzalez 75
Stephen Drew 75
Oliver Perez 74
Darren Oliver 74
Cristhian Martinez 74
Vernon Wells 74
Yorvit Torrealba 74
Aaron Harang 74
Placido Polanco 73
Chad Gaudin 73
Jair Jurrjens 72
Brennan Boesch 72
Elliot Johnson 72
Travis Hafner 72
Tim Byrdak 72
Andrew Bailey 72
Clay Rapada 71
Juan Pierre 71
Ricky Romero 71
Andres Torres 70
Casey Kotchman 70
Jason Marquis 70
Cole De Vries 70
Daniel Bard 70

[dukefan123a]

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What's deal with coop? I heard there was going to be an online coop mode coming out. Is this true and if so can someone expand on what it's going to be like? Thanks

[ShowTyme15]

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Free Agents 70 OVR >:

Name OVR
Nelson Cruz 83
Ervin Santana 82
Rafael Betancourt 82
Octavio Dotel 81
Johan Santana 80
Kendrys Morales 78
Ryan Madison 78
Chris Capuano 78
Jeff Niemann 77
Chris Getz 76
Joel Hanrahan 76
Hiroyuki Nakjima 75
Alex Gonzalez 75
Stephen Drew 75
Oliver Perez 74
Darren Oliver 74
Cristhian Martinez 74
Vernon Wells 74
Yorvit Torrealba 74
Aaron Harang 74
Placido Polanco 73
Chad Gaudin 73
Jair Jurrjens 72
Brennan Boesch 72
Elliot Johnson 72
Travis Hafner 72
Tim Byrdak 72
Andrew Bailey 72
Clay Rapada 71
Juan Pierre 71
Ricky Romero 71
Andres Torres 70
Casey Kotchman 70
Jason Marquis 70
Cole De Vries 70
Daniel Bard 70

Before everyone freaks out about this list. SCEA will have an Opening Day roster update and most of these guys will be on their respective teams.

[torpidbeaver]

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Before everyone freaks out about this list. SCEA will have an Opening Day roster update and most of these guys will be on their respective teams.

Yeah... actually, they already sent an update to the PS3. I got this list off of the Vita, which I guess doesn't have an updated roster yet.

So I just looked on my PS3 version, and it has three separate Free Agent "categories." I don't get it. It's like "Free Agents 1," "Free Agents 2," and "Free Agents 3." Each one has different guys in it. But it looks more or less like the list I made, so they must be prepping one more roster update for tomorrow/tonight.

[Benz87]

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Can someone please confirm if The Show's abysmal, and somehow rarely mentioned career stat tracking has seen any improvement?

Am I now able to view how many times a batter has struck out in his career, or how many hits a pitcher has given up? I don't want to get too greedy and actually expect to view career awards.

The Show is definitely a great game on the field, but it amazes me year after year SCEA gets away with little to no effort in the career stat tracking category. I know a handful of stats are present on the player card, but it is extremely limited and far from what should be expected out of a deep baseball simulation; this makes it very difficult for me to dig deep into a franchise. It's also shocking to me there is not more outcry about it considering how heavily baseball is measured in statistics. I certainly hope this changes for next gen, but from what I've heard thus far, or better put haven't heard, my expectation are not too high.

[ShowTyme15]

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Can someone please confirm if The Show's abysmal, and somehow rarely mentioned career stat tracking has seen any improvement?

Am I now able to view how many times a batter has struck out in his career, or how many hits a pitcher has given up? I don't want to get too greedy and actually expect to view career awards.

The Show is definitely a great game on the field, but it amazes me year after year SCEA gets away with little to no effort in the career stat tracking category. I know a handful of stats are present on the player card, but it is extremely limited and far from what should be expected out of a deep baseball simulation; this makes it very difficult for me to dig deep into a franchise. It's also shocking to me there is not more outcry about it considering how heavily baseball is measured in statistics. I certainly hope this changes for next gen, but from what I've heard thus far, or better put haven't heard, my expectation are not too high.

See here.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...a-ps3-ps4.html
and here.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...franchise.html

[jkeefeholmes]

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I saw quite a few OF'er errors in 13, which was a 1st. Im guessing it should be even more realistic this year. I saw poor fielders like Choo and Matt Holiday not only missplay ball but also drop them last year. Although it was a edited roster so that might be why, cause they were rated low where thye should be, as whoever does the ratings for SCEA typically rates household names to high.

Hmmm, that is curious. I've played literally 100s of games, granted just about all in RTTS in 2013, and like I say, have never seen anybody flub it. If they are under it, its a done deal. Misplay I may have seen, but never just a flub, due to sun, lights, or just plain human error.

I do hope they take care of it. Sounds like a lot of overhaul this year.

Another thing I think was weird in RTTS is how much bunting the AI team does. I always play first base, so see a lot of plays. 2 outs, bases loaded, and or 2 strike count, guys who would never bunt IRL etc. An amazing amount of 2 strike bunt attempts, almost all go foul also on the 2 strike count ones.
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So tomorrow I start again, no longer a starter on the A's, but a snot nosed kid in double A Rockhounds. LOL

[RogueHominid]

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Hmmm, that is curious. I've played literally 100s of games, granted just about all in RTTS in 2013, and like I say, have never seen anybody flub it. If they are under it, its a done deal. Misplay I may have seen, but never just a flub, due to sun, lights, or just plain human error.

I do hope they take care of it. Sounds like a lot of overhaul this year.

Another thing I think was weird in RTTS is how much bunting the AI team does. I always play first base, so see a lot of plays. 2 outs, bases loaded, and or 2 strike count, guys who would never bunt IRL etc. An amazing amount of 2 strike bunt attempts, almost all go foul also on the 2 strike count ones.
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So tomorrow I start again, no longer a starter on the A's, but a snot nosed kid in double A Rockhounds. LOL

Just to add a different perspective, I have seen a few downright drops by OF standing right under a fly ball this year. Less than a handful, but 3-4 for sure, and all while sitting dead-red in the middle of the landing region (so not moving at all).

I have also seen an interesting animation where a player runs then turns to pivot too early, undercutting the ball, then stumbles as he pivots, resulting in a pretty hilarious-looking flub.

[Benz87]

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See here.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...a-ps3-ps4.html
and here.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...franchise.html

Your original response was more helpful.

[ShowTyme15]

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Your original response was more helpful.

LOL sorry man I edited my post and didn't realize it got deleted. My bad, but Online franchise will have better stat tracking. Offline will be the same as it's always been.

[jkeefeholmes]

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Just to add a different perspective, I have seen a few downright drops by OF standing right under a fly ball this year. Less than a handful, but 3-4 for sure, and all while sitting dead-red in the middle of the landing region (so not moving at all).

I have also seen an interesting animation where a player runs then turns to pivot too early, undercutting the ball, then stumbles as he pivots, resulting in a pretty hilarious-looking flub.

Very puzzling. I think I do on my sliders have errors pretty low now that I think about it, as it seems even at 4 or 5, my own team makes them like crazy, while the AI team rarely does. So on further review, maybe it is my sliders. My rtts team had a fielding pct of like .825 or something, last in the majors by far, so I did lower it and it helped.

Maybe I've done that every year, solve one problem, creates another.