FenwayMac Variety Hitting and Scoring Sliders

[CoachModer]

Re: FenwayMac Variety Hitting and Scoring Sliders

I haven't really noticed an increase in meatball frequency. And if you did, you could always go +1 to CPU consistency.

There were simply too many pitchers pounding the zone. In the early innings, cpu strike percentage was close to 80%. I never walked, or was even able to get into a hitter's count. I'm definitely seeing more 2-0, 3-1 counts now.

This is why I use quick counts. Better experience in my opinion. I used to play every pitch, but now with quick counts it is more of a challenge to come to the plate with say a 3-0, 1-1, 0-2, 1-2, 3-1, 0-1 count for example. I just completed a season and ranked in the upper middle in walks and on within the MLB average for walk per game. Give it a shot if you already haven't.

[CoachModer]

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I currently use a consistency of 4 and control of 3 for both Human and CPU. Now I do apply modifiers if I receive them, but you can read about that under my slider blog. I received some good info from FENWAY that helped fine tune my set.


I have stats from my 2016 posted as well and are within FENWAY's percentages of Singles, 2b, 3b, HR and runs. Modifiers to me make each game unique and presents various challenges through a long 162 game season so I like to mix it up and add some variety.

[Daonlyjmo7]

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First time ever using these and already sold. Lost 2-0 in a postseason fantasy draft mode game (because that is the most fun way to test out sliders) and it was a great game. It was the first time that both me and the CPU really worked each pitcher. My pitcher, max Scherzer was pulled after giving up a hit in the 7th that led to the second run with 99 pitches and 0 outs. The CPU, Johnny Cueto, made it thru 8.1 with 129 pitches (Yes! 129!) and was pulled after giving up two hits. CPU got 10 hits, I got 7. Out of those 17, there was 3 2B (both CPU), 1 HR (CPU), and 14 1B. There was also 5 BB (3 CPU, two user). So yes I am already sold. The only complaint would be no extra base hits from user but it is one game and I am sure that it will be different next game. I will let you know what I think after I play my second game.

[FenwayMac]

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First time ever using these and already sold. Lost 2-0 in a postseason fantasy draft mode game (because that is the most fun way to test out sliders) and it was a great game. It was the first time that both me and the CPU really worked each pitcher. My pitcher, max Scherzer was pulled after giving up a hit in the 7th that led to the second run with 99 pitches and 0 outs. The CPU, Johnny Cueto, made it thru 8.1 with 129 pitches (Yes! 129!) and was pulled after giving up two hits. CPU got 10 hits, I got 7. Out of those 17, there was 3 2B (both CPU), 1 HR (CPU), and 14 1B. There was also 5 BB (3 CPU, two user). So yes I am already sold. The only complaint would be no extra base hits from user but it is one game and I am sure that it will be different next game. I will let you know what I think after I play my second game.

Nice! Yes, those are both tough pitchers so give it a few games and your bats will wake up. I occasionally have a game with no extra base hits, and the. One with several. It all works out.

[Daonlyjmo7]

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Nice! Yes, those are both tough pitchers so give it a few games and your bats will wake up. I occasionally have a game with no extra base hits, and the. One with several. It all works out.

Sounds great! These will 100% be my sliders moving forward.

[FenwayMac]

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Hey all,

Been a long time, but I have been plugging away at my season and just finished up an absolutely outstanding regular season that came down to the final game of the season to determine both the AL East division champion as well as the wild card teams.

The last 10 games of the season were all playoff-intensity and there was plenty of scoreboard watching going on. As it turned out, I held off several Toronto rallies in the last game of the season to take the AL East at 87-75, one game over the NY Yankees, who did not have a good enough record to even take a wildcard. This razor-thin margin determined my playoff fate. Amazing finish! On to the playoffs...barely.

Great numbers to report to you. I would love to give my team stats but am wondering if anybody knows of an document such as the boxscore sheet that I can plug player and pitcher data into?

But for the moment, lets go to the percentages..

MLB Average (through today)

1b - 65.05%
2b - 19.58%
3b - 2.02%
HR - 13.35%

BA - .256

Fenwaymac HUM All Star Hitting Sliders (162 game sample)

1b - 63.95%
2b - 18.87%
3b - 2.16%
HR - 15.03%

BA - .263

Fenwaymac CPU Hitting Sliders HOF Pitching (43 game sample)

1b- 60.61%
2b- 21.72%
3b- 1.26%
HR- 16.41%

BA - .257

Summary

HUM Sliders

A fantastic regular season with the HUM hitting sliders. I really do like hitting on All-Star. I like the game challenging, but not so frustrating that the tiniest of distractions throws my game off. That makes the game no fun when you are stressing on every single pitch. I love the hit percentages and the varied scoring plays. My team is mildly HR heavy, but Big Papi played a large role in that.

Adjustments needed: Of course, nothing is perfect, and my strikeouts are too low as well as my walks. I may drop human timing a tick as well as CPU pitch control a tick to draw a few more walks. an adjustment to pitch speed may also aid in a few more whiffs. Overall though, I had a great season with these.

CPU Sliders (HOF Pitching)

These feel sooooooo close. you will notice a few too few singles, and a few too many homeruns, but the BA is just about right, which was too low on All-Star. My guess is that may one more drop to CPU timing or a tick drop for solid hits may do the trick to keep the ball in the field a bit more. I have to say though that the drama of the game is excellent with HOF pitching. Really makes you come up with a good strategy each inning and pay closer attention to your pitchers energy, confidence, and strengths and weaknesses. I still feel like there is a small amount of cheese from the CPU pitching on HOF, but it definitely is fun.

BUT, in the end it is all about your experience. I am happy to see that people are enjoying the All-Star sliders and that the HOF version is being fairly-well received as well. I am always open to feedback to make them even better, so feel free to share your stories!

[CoachModer]

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Fenway. I would say you are right on track. Looks like you had better stats on All-Star as far as hitting and seemed to hit more HR and 2B on HOF. Interesting. I believe though you had power up higher on HOF than All-Star so I would attribute it to that. Maybe knock it down a notch to bring those down if you want, but I wouldn't touch the timing unless it is used to create separation as I give an explain below. Bump your Solid Hits up to 4 and drop the power to 4.


I believe a timing of 5 for human and a 4 for CPU is a good starting point. I recently added a post on mine to try to create a little separation between home and away BA. So maybe for home games the Timing for Human or CPU is 5 and for the away team Timing is 4....Just a thought. That is why I like my modifiers so over the course of the season I get so much variety and create different challenges along the way.


Great bouncing ideas around. Thanks for your input as well.

[FenwayMac]

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Fenway. I would say you are right on track. Looks like you had better stats on All-Star as far as hitting and seemed to hit more HR and 2B on HOF. Interesting. I believe though you had power up higher on HOF than All-Star so I would attribute it to that. Maybe knock it down a notch to bring those down if you want, but I wouldn't touch the timing unless it is used to create separation as I give an explain below. Bump your Solid Hits up to 4 and drop the power to 4.


I believe a timing of 5 for human and a 4 for CPU is a good starting point. I recently added a post on mine to try to create a little separation between home and away BA. So maybe for home games the Timing for Human or CPU is 5 and for the away team Timing is 4....Just a thought. That is why I like my modifiers so over the course of the season I get so much variety and create different challenges along the way.


Great bouncing ideas around. Thanks for your input as well.

Thanks for the thoughts on timing. There seem to be some interesting ideas floating around between timing as well as pitch consistency and accuracy that I may play with.

For clarity, the human hitting (my hitting) was a full season on All-Star, and the next set of stats was the results of the CPU hitting stats while I am pitching on HOF. I have always hit on all-star (at least this far).

[BUCSRTJR]

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These sliders look like they are giving some great game play. I am going to have to try these.

[FenwayMac]

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These sliders look like they are giving some great game play. I am going to have to try these.

Much appreciated! Let me know how it goes and if I can answer any questions.

[stormchaserck19]

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These looks like fantastic sliders. I did a long RTTS earlier this year as a CP but now I'm thinking about starting a new one with a position player. I need realistic sliders to stay interested though as I'm not one of those guys who wants to hit .475 with 1000 HR for a career. I need a challenge with realistic numbers. Do you see those working in that fashion?

[FenwayMac]

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These looks like fantastic sliders. I did a long RTTS earlier this year as a CP but now I'm thinking about starting a new one with a position player. I need realistic sliders to stay interested though as I'm not one of those guys who wants to hit .475 with 1000 HR for a career. I need a challenge with realistic numbers. Do you see those working in that fashion?

I am not certain how these will react with RTTS, I play franchise mode and had the entire game and team stats in mind with my settings and not just an individual player with 4-5 AB a game, BUT I would be curious to see your results.

[stormchaserck19]

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I am not certain how these will react with RTTS, I play franchise mode and had the entire game and team stats in mind with my settings and not just an individual player with 4-5 AB a game, BUT I would be curious to see your results.

I'll definitely let you know. I have to get through a busy works schedule here and then I'll get going on it.

[CoachModer]

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Fenway,


I am currently testing another aspect of my slider set with modifiers and I took your suggestion via your slider set with lower numbers. What I am currently testing is using Veteran hitting and Hall of Fame hitting with the following being the same for CPU and human for these main categories:


Contact 5
Power 4
Solid H 5
Timing 5
Pitch Control 3
Pitch Consis 3


I am working a new spreadsheet that does not add to any offensive category only 1 card the Joker for +1 pwr for either the CPU or human. All other cards will only reduce the pwr and contact and I have set minimum values for those. What I did was add positive modifiers to the pitching sliders, because I wanted to see what results I got from just adding to those and not the offensive categories. So far so good and games that are in line with MLB stats.

[Chunky_Cracker]

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Just started trying to use these and having an issue.

Whenever I attempt to warm up a pitcher and bring him in he is always already tired no matter how short a time I have him in the bullpen.

Only seems to happen with this slider set as I have also tried Armor&Sword&Marino's set as well and also have gone with base All-Star sliders and do not see this issue. Although with A&S&M's I seem to get A LOT of pop foul outs.