Armor & Swords/Marino's - MLB The Show 13 Timed/Classic Sim Sliders

[DirkDiggler12]

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I hold the button until the release... not sure if it means anything but that is what I do. Also you have to understand not all pitches r going to go to there exact location all the time. The players attributes play a major role pitching in classic mode. Am I correct in this Marino & A/S?

I understand that pitches aren't always gonna go where you intend, but it seems like a lot of them aren't even close. And a lot of pitches catch too much of the plate. I think I just need more time with it to understand it more.

[jake44np]

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Just beat the Dodgers as the Reds 3-2 in 13 innings.
I couldn't touch Kershaw the first 8 innings. Shoo hit a 2 run hr with 2 outs in the 9 th to force extra innings. I had 10 hits and they had 11. They scored both of their runs in the 2nd. Both teams hit 3 doubles, I struck out 13 times and struck them out 8 times. Very fun game.

[theSmilingAssassin27]

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I struggled with classic pitching last year until I read through this thread - lot of useful stuff in there, and eventually you'll develop your own method that works for you.

As for the sliders, these are great! I've played 5 games with these and had a nice variety of dominant pitching and offensive bursts. I really don't feel the need to adjust anything, so hopefully future patches wont affect the gameplay too much. This is my first time not using the ball marker for pitching and the meter off for fielding, and they were both nice changes that I quickly got used to. Well done guys!

[DirkDiggler12]

Re: Armor & Swords/Marino's - MLB The Show 13 Timed/Classic Sim Sliders

I struggled with classic pitching last year until I read through this thread - lot of useful stuff in there, and eventually you'll develop your own method that works for you.

As for the sliders, these are great! I've played 5 games with these and had a nice variety of dominant pitching and offensive bursts. I really don't feel the need to adjust anything, so hopefully future patches wont affect the gameplay too much. This is my first time not using the ball marker for pitching and the meter off for fielding, and they were both nice changes that I quickly got used to. Well done guys!

Thanks for this!

[erod550]

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One issue I'm running into in online leagues is that CPU starter fatigue is already pretty high on default 5. To the point where they'll throw 80 pitches or so and be back to start again 2-3 games later. This could also just be bad AI logic in online leagues. I haven't played offline franchise to see if this happens there as well.

Anyway, I'm hesitant to increase CPU starter stamina but I'm anxious to try out the rest of the sliders.

Do you know if you'll have another hybrid Veteran set this year? My league has a couple newer people who might struggle too much on All-Star but I'll try them out and see how it goes.

[The Kid 24]

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Just curious what everyone is using for Pitch Speed?

I'm at 6 and it works good for me.

[BrianU]

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Just curious what everyone is using for Pitch Speed?

I'm at 6 and it works good for me.

7 on Catcher cam is perfect for me. According to stopwatch tests people have done 10 is the most realistic to MLB level speed so I wanna work up to that eventually

[jake44np]

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Beat the yanks with orioles 6-5 in 11 innings. I hit 4 hrs they hit 2. Starting to hit a lot of hrs.

[NDAlum]

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I might move up to 6 for speed. On 5 it's surprisingly too slow

[Brandwin]

These should work for RTTS as well, correct?

[Armor and Sword]

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These should work for RTTS as well, correct?

Absolutely.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Swords/Marino's - MLB The Show 13 Timed/Classic Sim Sliders

I understand that pitches aren't always gonna go where you intend, but it seems like a lot of them aren't even close. And a lot of pitches catch too much of the plate. I think I just need more time with it to understand it more.

Read that thread for sure.


As far as some quick tips. When your warming up your pitchers, use all your warm up pitches to get a feel of his stuff for that day. If he has 4 pitches....throw 2 pitches of each type.

When your positioning the ball marker it is ok to start it out of the strike zone. For example try placing your slider outside the zone to break across the plate. Place a fast ball low and inside on the zone and watch your pitcher jam up a hitter.

When you have a 1-2 or 0-2 count waste a couple of pitches. Be smart about mixing it up...the AI is great at picking up your patterns fast.

Classic pitching is truly a nice challenge and really makes player ratings matter IMO.

[jake44np]

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I am going to up pitch speed to 8. 5 is just too slow for me.

[jake44np]

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Just pitched a 5 hit shutout with Jeff Samardzila vs the Phillies and won 1-0. I had 6 hits neither team had an extra base hit. I struck them out 9 times and I struck out 7 times.

[NDAlum]

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Just pitched a 5 hit shutout with Jeff Samardzila vs the Phillies and won 1-0. I had 6 hits neither team had an extra base hit. I struck them out 9 times and I struck out 7 times.

Game 1 of my franchise with Washington I take down the Marlins 9-4 behind five home runs. (Harper, Zim, LaRoche x2, Ramos). Stras had a shaky 1st inning giving up 3 hits, 3 runs, and walking one. Proceeds to shut them down 6 straight innings until a solo home run on pitch #100 chases him in the 8th (7.1 IP, 4 ER, 5 K)

I hit a triple with D Span and got thrown out at 2nd with Ramos on a bullet to the wall.

I walked 3 times and walked them once. They helped me out a time or two on a full count. Overall it was a fun game and battling back after going down 3-0 was exciting. LaRoche hit two BOMBS and Zims was a 3-run blast. Harper & Ramos hit oppo-field HR's. The HR Stras surrendered came on a hung CB.