Mike Lowe MLB Show '16 Sliders

[Mike Lowe]

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Going to stream to share what's happening in my #franchisenation season and discuss sliders, Show '17 etc.

Stream will be live on my YouTube channel in a few minutes.

[CanYouRead]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB Show '16 Sliders

Going to stream to share what's happening in my #franchisenation season and discuss sliders, Show '17 etc.

Stream will be live on my YouTube channel in a few minutes.

Hey Mike. Going to try your sliders with the new foul frequency in my D-Backs franchise. Season just started and will be playing my series against the Rockies later today. I will provide some feedback after I am finished.

[rspencer86]

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The only way I've been able to get more swing-and-miss and strikeouts from the CPU is to reduce the hitting difficulty level. The trick seems to be finding the right settings to boost their batting sliders so when you do leave fat pitches over the plate, they get punished.

[Mike Lowe]

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The only way I've been able to get more swing-and-miss and strikeouts from the CPU is to reduce the hitting difficulty level. The trick seems to be finding the right settings to boost their batting sliders so when you do leave fat pitches over the plate, they get punished.

That could definitely be part of it. It seems the AI loves contact swing with 2 strikes on them. I wish it mixed that up some as there are times you might NOT want to put weak contact on the ball, such as runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out.

Maybe the game does this already, I dunno, but it does seem that they always are contact swinging, even with their mashers.

Then again, I'm not sure the Twins should be ranked much higher than 25th in the league in Ks.

What about assists? Are you guys always leading the league? This might just be because I pitch down in the zone so often, that perhaps I'm getting a ton of groundballs. Then again, I'm also giving up a lot of HRs!

We just suck! lol

[Mike Lowe]

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I'm wondering if either Pitcher Consistency or Pitcher Control effects human pitch effectiveness. Thinking of bumping one up to test for more swing and misses, and also increasing human contact for more hits, less GIDP.

[Mike Lowe]

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Ok, scratch increasing human contact lol I hit 3 HRs and a 2B in my first 5 ABs.

Reseting that game

[Mike Lowe]

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Well, this most recent game w human contact at 6, human solid hits back to 5, and human pitcher control at 5:

We won in 10 innings 10-3 (huge 10th for us)

We hit 2 HR, 2 2B, 1 GIDP, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP in 38 AB.

They hit 3 2B, 1 HBP

We also still walked 4 of their guys and struck out 6. I did throw 65% 1st pitch, but had Hughes on the mound who has exceptional control and was painting corners.

Drum roll...they missed on swings 25% of the time and fouled off 13% of total pitches!

So it seems pitch control may indeed impact a pitcher's ability to finish a guy. The AI definitely chased some pitches which hardly ever happened before, so at least it makes an impact on less balls in play.

We also missed on swings 25% yet only fouled off 7% of total pitches.

[HustlinOwl]

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Well, this most recent game w human contact at 6, human solid hits back to 5, and human pitcher control at 5:

We won in 10 innings 10-3 (huge 10th for us)

We hit 2 HR, 2 2B, 1 GIDP, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP in 38 AB.

They hit 3 2B, 1 HBP

We also still walked 4 of their guys and struck out 6. I did throw 65% 1st pitch, but had Hughes on the mound who has exceptional control and was painting corners.

Drum roll...they missed on swings 25% of the time and fouled off 13% of total pitches!

So it seems pitch control may indeed impact a pitcher's ability to finish a guy. The AI definitely chased some pitches which hardly ever happened before, so at least it makes an impact on less balls in place.

We also missed on swings 25% yet only fouled off 7% of total pitches.

Human hits back to 5 and not human pitch control to 5 from 0?

[Mike Lowe]

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Yes H solid hits 5 H contact 6, H control 5.

[Mike Lowe]

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Also, I'll stream right now. I'm a day away from the draft.

#franchisenation

[Mike Lowe]

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Updated the first post to v7.5 with some changes that I'm confident we'll be happy with:

Pitching ball marker: Off
Human contract 6 for zone
Human foul frequency 5
Reliever stamina for both sides 5 but sim at 0
Human pitch control 4
CPU contact 4
CPU timing 0
CPU solid hits 6

[davidb69]

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I'd like to see more balls get through the IF too to increase batting averages some, and raising contact will help draw some more walks for users as well. I'm considering it all though right now--I'm still leading the league in stupid GIDP, and have the least amount of Ks while batting (although that has ballooned more recently, luckily).

Although I have the least amount of Ks, I still swing and miss A LOT! I also never really use contact swing, so maybe I just get too defensive with two strikes, but I honestly don't feel that to be the case.

The issues I'm seeing:

1) My team has the 5th most HRs, but very low everything else for offense including 2B, BB, hits, average, etc. Seeing a proper amount of HBP though, among many other things.
2) the CPU still makes too much dang contact and does not strikeout enough. Foul % is usually fine (15%), but when they swing, it's in play most of the time, if not fouled off. We should be seeing more swings and misses from them, period.
3) The AI also probably hits too many HRs.
4) I'm leading the league (yet again, like everyone else it seems) in GIDP.
5) Pitcher confidence is too overpowered in this game (side note)
6) Mistake pitches miss too often in the zone--this is why I am top 5 in BB against while pitching, but still get CRUSHED too often.
7) I'm noticing I suck pitching with lefties using the meter. I'm even considering trying classic again just for kicks.

Tangent over!

I've had my phillies season in MLB 16 with default settings, I always use analog pitching and generally aim for the corners and plot what I do per batting round because the CPU can catch how u r pitching. I average depending on starters about 7-10 Ks per game versus the CPU. I agree about too many HRs but my players with no power were not hitting them and they were capped out in the 40s(where they normally get in the 20s or 30s max). I really can keep the ball down in the zone against CPU and limit them to a max of 1 or 2 per game and the Phillies aren't exactly a great pitching club. Your low walks could mean you are not waiting enough. Generally I only power swing with no strikes or if the game needs a fly ball or a hr. 2 strikes is always normal or contact swing.


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[Mike Lowe]

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Your low walks could mean you are not waiting enough.

Pitching or batting? I am a pretty patient hitter, and usually get pitchers to throw 15-25 pitches per inning on average. I average a tick under 1 walk per 10 ABs.

[davidb69]

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Pitching or batting? I am a pretty patient hitter, and usually get pitchers to throw 15-25 pitches per inning on average. I average a tick under 1 walk per 10 ABs.

Batting, I get 3 or 4 walks in a game, pitching wise I don't let up that many walks, probably 2-3 max


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[Mike Lowe]

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I feel what works best for me is human contact 5 and human solid hits at 6. I might even try both at 5, but my percentages are perfect here, but I need to make sure I'm not crushing too much either.

I'll keep my eyes on the results, but v7.6 shows this most recent change.