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  • Yankees82
    Rookie
    • May 2018
    • 100

    #1291
    Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

    So I am playing as the Yankees in my franchise. I play every game and use Quick Counts. I follow the sliders exactly. Even the pitch speed. I was going to report the end of April stats but I need some help if I need to make any adjustments if any. My strikeouts are low but I am striking the AI out at a good average. I am debating on putting pitch speeds at 5 to get some more strikeouts but I don’t want to mess up my other stats. I have a good BABIP at .290 so I could live with the strikeouts.

    Avg
    Human: .274
    CPU: .255

    My batting average is a little high for the Yankees. The CPU is about average.
    BABIP
    Human: .290
    CPU: .298

    Strikeouts
    Human: 122 (5.3 per game)
    CPU: 190 (8.3 per game)

    I feel the CPU strikes out at the right pace. The league average is about 8-9 per game in real life. I would like mine to be a little higher.

    Extra base hit %
    Human: 10.2%
    CPU: 8.7%

    I am good with my percentage but the CPU needs a little bump.

    Homeruns
    Human: 31 (1.3 per game)
    CPU: 31 (1.3 per game)

    I think that’s par maybe a little high.

    Walks:
    Human: 3.3 per game
    CPU: 2.6 per game

    I am happy with the walk numbers for each.

    Hit Distribution
    Singles: Human - 62.9% CPU - 65.8%
    Doubles: Human - 20.7% CPU - 16.3%
    Triples: Human - 1.9% CPU - 2.5%
    Homeruns: Human - 14.6% CPU - 15.3%

    Everything is in line with the league average in real life. The only thing low is the CPU’s doubles. I would like for some of the homeruns to be doubles.

    So I am really really happy with the results. I am having a good variety of games. I beat the Blue Jays 10-6 one game and lose 2-1 the next game. Two things I want to work on is my strike outs and the CPU’s extra base hits.

    I am trying the pitch speeds at 5 for both but I don’t want to have more soft contact being late. I don’t know if that’s just in my head cause it’s coming a little faster. But I don’t want my other stats to drop by trying to raise strike outs. What about lowering timing by 1?

    The CPU needs more extra base hits but no more home runs. Do I raise CPU solid hits by one? But their average is right there so I don’t want to mess up anything else.

    Sorry for the long message and I appreciate your time and help.

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    • TopSide83
      MVP
      • Sep 2016
      • 1402

      #1292
      Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

      Originally posted by Yankees82
      So I am playing as the Yankees in my franchise. I play every game and use Quick Counts. I follow the sliders exactly. Even the pitch speed. I was going to report the end of April stats but I need some help if I need to make any adjustments if any. My strikeouts are low but I am striking the AI out at a good average. I am debating on putting pitch speeds at 5 to get some more strikeouts but I don’t want to mess up my other stats. I have a good BABIP at .290 so I could live with the strikeouts.

      Avg
      Human: .274
      CPU: .255

      My batting average is a little high for the Yankees. The CPU is about average.
      BABIP
      Human: .290
      CPU: .298

      Strikeouts
      Human: 122 (5.3 per game)
      CPU: 190 (8.3 per game)

      I feel the CPU strikes out at the right pace. The league average is about 8-9 per game in real life. I would like mine to be a little higher.

      Extra base hit %
      Human: 10.2%
      CPU: 8.7%

      I am good with my percentage but the CPU needs a little bump.

      Homeruns
      Human: 31 (1.3 per game)
      CPU: 31 (1.3 per game)

      I think that’s par maybe a little high.

      Walks:
      Human: 3.3 per game
      CPU: 2.6 per game

      I am happy with the walk numbers for each.

      Hit Distribution
      Singles: Human - 62.9% CPU - 65.8%
      Doubles: Human - 20.7% CPU - 16.3%
      Triples: Human - 1.9% CPU - 2.5%
      Homeruns: Human - 14.6% CPU - 15.3%

      Everything is in line with the league average in real life. The only thing low is the CPU’s doubles. I would like for some of the homeruns to be doubles.

      So I am really really happy with the results. I am having a good variety of games. I beat the Blue Jays 10-6 one game and lose 2-1 the next game. Two things I want to work on is my strike outs and the CPU’s extra base hits.

      I am trying the pitch speeds at 5 for both but I don’t want to have more soft contact being late. I don’t know if that’s just in my head cause it’s coming a little faster. But I don’t want my other stats to drop by trying to raise strike outs. What about lowering timing by 1?

      The CPU needs more extra base hits but no more home runs. Do I raise CPU solid hits by one? But their average is right there so I don’t want to mess up anything else.

      Sorry for the long message and I appreciate your time and help.
      The only thing I’d change if I were you would be pitch speed. Take it up one notch. All your other stats look great man. You’re just hitting a little too well.

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      • Yankees82
        Rookie
        • May 2018
        • 100

        #1293
        Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

        Originally posted by TopSide83
        The only thing I’d change if I were you would be pitch speed. Take it up one notch. All your other stats look great man. You’re just hitting a little too well.
        I agree. I am just nervous that would skew my other good stats. Like my extra base hits percentages and hit distribution percents. I know that I’m a little late on the fastballs now but I’m not necessarily swinging and missing I’m popping it up.

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        • JoshC1977
          All Star
          • Dec 2010
          • 11564

          #1294
          Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

          Originally posted by Yankees82
          The CPU needs more extra base hits but no more home runs. Do I raise CPU solid hits by one? But their average is right there so I don’t want to mess up anything else.
          My suggestion....don't go OCD on doubles/triples....those are the kinds of stats that will vary more....a couple of series in some bigger ballparks could bring those numbers right in-line.
          Play the games you love, not the games you want to love.

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          • Yankees82
            Rookie
            • May 2018
            • 100

            #1295
            Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

            Originally posted by TopSide83
            The only thing I’d change if I were you would be pitch speed. Take it up one notch. All your other stats look great man. You’re just hitting a little too well.
            Would you raise both to 5 and 6 or keep them at 5?

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            • TopSide83
              MVP
              • Sep 2016
              • 1402

              #1296
              Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

              Originally posted by Yankees82
              Would you raise both to 5 and 6 or keep them at 5?
              5 fastball 6 off speed

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              • BleacherCreature
                MVP
                • Apr 2007
                • 3160

                #1297
                Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

                Originally posted by Fcshuckers73
                Yea just no need to get personal

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                I agree


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                • Jonotheking9
                  Rookie
                  • Nov 2012
                  • 240

                  #1298
                  Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

                  Originally posted by Jonotheking9
                  So the bats were on fire in Game 1 at Tropicana field. A 7 run 4th inning (Reddick Grand Slam the big hit) followed by a 4 run 5th carried the Astros to a 14-1 rout over the Rays. Keuchel threw 8 shutout innings and was just as good as the offense.

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                  ALDS Game 2 Live now!


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                  • HighCmpPct
                    Denny 3K
                    • Oct 2011
                    • 3596

                    #1299
                    Re: Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

                    Here's 3 more games from the Yanks chise. 3 games away from my May update!

                    <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 26, 2018</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Los Angeles (33-19)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (26-25)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Tyler Skaggs (7-2) <b>L:</b> Mashiro Tanaka (5-4) <b>S:</b> Blake Parker (15)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">LAA</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">2nd</td><td width="70%">Luis Valbuena Solo HR to Right 421ft</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">3rd</td><td width="70%">Didi Gregorius RBI Single to Left (Judge scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">3rd</td><td width="70%">Tyler Austin 2-run Double to Left (Stanton,Gregorius score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">4th</td><td width="70%">Luis Valbuena Solo HR to Right</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th</td><td width="70%">Justin Upton Solo HR to Right</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th</td><td width="70%">Luis Valbuena RBI Double to Right (Cozart scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">7th</td><td width="70%">Mike Trout Solo HR to Left 431ft</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Giancarlo Stanton Solo HR to Left</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#CE0F41" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Angels</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Kinsler (13), Valbuena (6)<br /><b>3B:</b> Trout (7)<br /><b>HR:</b> Trout (12), Upton (11), Valbuena 2 (12)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Trout (37), Upton (36), Valbuena 3 (29)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Cozart (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">36</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Stanton (9), Austin (6)<br /><b>HR:</b> Stanton (19)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Gregorius (19), Stanton (39), Austin 2 (7)<br /><b>SAC:</b> Torreyes<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Stanton, Austin</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#CE0F41" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Angels</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tyler Skaggs 88 Pitches (57strikes/31balls)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3,54</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Noe Ramirez (H, 4)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">8.36</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cam Bedrosian (H, 10)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">2.08</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Blake Parker</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.12</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Masahiro Tanaka 89 Pitches (58strikes/31balls)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right" class="active">3.38</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Adam Warren</td><td align="right">3,0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">1.06</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table></body></html>

                    <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 27, 2018</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Los Angeles (34-19)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (26-26)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">x</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Sonny Gray (4-3) <b>L:</b> Matt Shoemaker (6-3) <b>S:</b> Aroldis Chapman (16)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">LAA</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">1st</td><td width="70%">Giancarlo Stanton Solo HR to Right</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAA</td><td align="center" width="7%">2nd</td><td width="70%">Justin Upton Solo HR to Center 458ft</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th</td><td width="70%">Aaron Judge Solo HR to Left 429ft</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Didi Gregorius RBI Liner to Left (Judge scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#CE0F41" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Angels</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Valbuena (7)<br /><b>HR:</b> Upton (12)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Upton (37)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Pujols</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Cozart (4)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Judge (17)<br /><b>HR:</b> Stanton (20), Judge (20)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Judge (50), Gregorius (20), Stanton (40)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Austin (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#CE0F41" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Angels</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Matt Shoemaker 93 Pitches (63strikes/30balls)</td><td align="right">6.1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">2.65</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jim Johnson</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.31</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sonny Gray 94 Pitches (69strikes/25balls)</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.74</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Aroldis Chapman </td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4,76</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table></body></html>

                    <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Houston Astros at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 28, 2018</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Houston (29-25)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (27-26)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">x</td><td align="right" class="active">11</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> C.C. Sabathia (5-5) <b>L:</b> Charlie Morton (5-3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C61" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Correa (10)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Springer (48), Correa (36), Reddick (25), Gonzalez (28), Stassi (1) <br /><b>GIDP:</b> Bregman, Gonzalez</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Andujar (2), Austin (7), Ellsbury (3)<br /><b>HR:</b> Gardner (8)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Gardner 4 (26), Sanchez 2 (39), Drury 2 (12), Stanton (41), Ellsbury (5)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Austin<br /><b>SF:</b> Sanchez<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Walker</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Andujar 4 (6)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C61" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Charlie Morton 70 Pitches (41strikes/29balls)</td><td align="right">3.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5.37</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brad Peacock</td><td align="right">3.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.50</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hector Rondon</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5.40</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brad Smith</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">7.88</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>WP:</b> Morton 2 (3), Smith (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C.C. Sabathia 93 Pitches (64strikes/29balls)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.61</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>David Robertson (H, 9)</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.45</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chad Green (H, 4)</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.91</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>A.J. Cole</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.10</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table></body></html>

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                    • HighCmpPct
                      Denny 3K
                      • Oct 2011
                      • 3596

                      #1300
                      Re: Armor &amp; Sword &amp; Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

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                      • NolanRyansSnowmonkey
                        MVP
                        • Jun 2016
                        • 1354

                        #1301
                        Re: Armor &amp; Sword &amp; Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

                        Originally posted by Yankees82
                        So I am playing as the Yankees in my franchise. I play every game and use Quick Counts. I follow the sliders exactly. Even the pitch speed. I was going to report the end of April stats but I need some help if I need to make any adjustments if any. My strikeouts are low but I am striking the AI out at a good average. I am debating on putting pitch speeds at 5 to get some more strikeouts but I don’t want to mess up my other stats. I have a good BABIP at .290 so I could live with the strikeouts.

                        Avg
                        Human: .274
                        CPU: .255

                        My batting average is a little high for the Yankees. The CPU is about average.
                        BABIP
                        Human: .290
                        CPU: .298

                        Strikeouts
                        Human: 122 (5.3 per game)
                        CPU: 190 (8.3 per game)

                        I feel the CPU strikes out at the right pace. The league average is about 8-9 per game in real life. I would like mine to be a little higher.

                        Extra base hit %
                        Human: 10.2%
                        CPU: 8.7%

                        I am good with my percentage but the CPU needs a little bump.

                        Homeruns
                        Human: 31 (1.3 per game)
                        CPU: 31 (1.3 per game)

                        I think that’s par maybe a little high.

                        Walks:
                        Human: 3.3 per game
                        CPU: 2.6 per game

                        I am happy with the walk numbers for each.

                        Hit Distribution
                        Singles: Human - 62.9% CPU - 65.8%
                        Doubles: Human - 20.7% CPU - 16.3%
                        Triples: Human - 1.9% CPU - 2.5%
                        Homeruns: Human - 14.6% CPU - 15.3%

                        Everything is in line with the league average in real life. The only thing low is the CPU’s doubles. I would like for some of the homeruns to be doubles.

                        So I am really really happy with the results. I am having a good variety of games. I beat the Blue Jays 10-6 one game and lose 2-1 the next game. Two things I want to work on is my strike outs and the CPU’s extra base hits.

                        I am trying the pitch speeds at 5 for both but I don’t want to have more soft contact being late. I don’t know if that’s just in my head cause it’s coming a little faster. But I don’t want my other stats to drop by trying to raise strike outs. What about lowering timing by 1?

                        The CPU needs more extra base hits but no more home runs. Do I raise CPU solid hits by one? But their average is right there so I don’t want to mess up anything else.

                        Sorry for the long message and I appreciate your time and help.
                        Your stats look great. Impressive how good they are.

                        On the Human side, really the only thing that throws other things like batting average and HR a little high is the lack of human strikeouts, like you pointed out. (not just for you but many people that play the Show)

                        Because you are striking out at a low rate, you basically have put approxmately 62 more balls in play (including HR), over 23 games, than you would if you were striking out an average of 8 times or so per game.

                        Out of those 62 or so extra balls in play, approximately 16 or so would be base hits, also increasing home runs a bit.

                        So basically you have added an extra 16 or so hits and a few home runs in the place of almost 3 strikeouts per game over 23 games. This is the main reason youre batting average is up so much (not unrealistically high, but top of the league high). So by year end, at that pace you should have an extra 100+ hits and 14 or so more HR than normal.

                        So any inflation of numbers is only coming from this really.

                        Its not so much you are hitting too good, as hitting too often. Balls in play look nearly perfect to me, there are just too many in play.

                        The best remedy, like you said is to strike out more. Unfortunately you probably cant make yourself strikeout 2+ more per game without moving up, (I had to go to Legend hitting to strike out at the MLB pace, but not sure if that would even work with Directional...) so your best option, in my opinion, is to decrease your balls in play average, since you are putting extra balls in play. (For example, where you would ideally want fielder reaction at exactly where you have it, you could bump it up a notch to compensate for the extra Balls in Play. This is only an idea, not necessarily a suggestion. Of course this should also decrease CPU singles. If you raised CPU solid hits it may make up for this... and 'could' even decrease CPU HR's...there is debate here...not saying you should do this, but only you can figure out what you like. )

                        This doesnt change the remedy much, since you're already looking for ways to bring down the offense a bit without affecting balls in play production.

                        You probably already realized all of this, but i thought i would post, since most humans dont strike out enough, and may look at their stats and not know why certain numbers are a bit inflated.

                        A few extra balls put in play per game add up pretty quickly, and 33% of those are hits.
                        Last edited by NolanRyansSnowmonkey; 05-04-2018, 08:43 PM.

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                        • HighCmpPct
                          Denny 3K
                          • Oct 2011
                          • 3596

                          #1302
                          Re: Armor &amp; Sword &amp; Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

                          Back to the losing ways ughhhh.

                          <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Houston Astros at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 29, 2018</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Houston (29-26)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (28-26)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Dallas Keuchel (6-4) <b>L:</b> Cole Hamels (3-5)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">HOU</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">4th</td><td width="70%">Alex Bregman scores on WP</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">4th</td><td width="70%">Jose Atluve scores on SF8</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">7th</td><td width="70%">George Springer RBI Grounder to Center (Correa scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Carlos Correa 2-run Grounder to Center (Reddick,Bregman score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Evan Gattis RBI Grounder to Right (Altuve scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Marwin Gonzalez RBI HBP (Correa scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C61" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Bregman (13), Altuve (15), Correa (11)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Springer (49), Correa 3 (39), Gonzalez (29), Gattis (33)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Gonzalez<br /><b>SF:</b> Correa</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Bregman (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>HBP:</b> Sanchez<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Stanton</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C61" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dallas Keuchel 91 Pitches (57strikes/34balls)</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.93</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Cole Hamels 99 Pitches (68strikes/31balls)</td><td align="right">7.1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.01</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Adam Warren </td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.45</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>WP:</b> Hamels (5)</td></tr></table></body></html>

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                          • Yankees82
                            Rookie
                            • May 2018
                            • 100

                            #1303
                            Re: Armor &amp; Sword &amp; Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

                            Originally posted by NolanRyansSnowmonkey
                            Your stats look great. Impressive how good they are.

                            On the Human side, really the only thing that throws other things like batting average and HR a little high is the lack of human strikeouts, like you pointed out. (not just for you but many people that play the Show)

                            Because you are striking out at a low rate, you basically have put approxmately 62 more balls in play (including HR), over 23 games, than you would if you were striking out an average of 8 times or so per game.

                            Out of those 62 or so extra balls in play, approximately 16 or so would be base hits, also increasing home runs a bit.

                            So basically you have added an extra 16 or so hits and a few home runs in the place of almost 3 strikeouts per game over 23 games. This is the main reason youre batting average is up so much (not unrealistically high, but top of the league high). So by year end, at that pace you should have an extra 100+ hits and 14 or so more HR than normal.

                            So any inflation of numbers is only coming from this really.

                            Its not so much you are hitting too good, as hitting too often. Balls in play look nearly perfect to me, there are just too many in play.

                            The best remedy, like you said is to strike out more. Unfortunately you probably cant make yourself strikeout 2+ more per game without moving up, (I had to go to Legend hitting to strike out at the MLB pace, but not sure if that would even work with Directional...) so your best option, in my opinion, is to decrease your balls in play average, since you are putting extra balls in play. (For example, where you would ideally want fielder reaction at exactly where you have it, you could bump it up a notch to compensate for the extra Balls in Play. This is only an idea, not necessarily a suggestion. Of course this should also decrease CPU singles. If you raised CPU solid hits it may make up for this... and 'could' even decrease CPU HR's...there is debate here...not saying you should do this, but only you can figure out what you like. )

                            This doesnt change the remedy much, since you're already looking for ways to bring down the offense a bit without affecting balls in play production.

                            You probably already realized all of this, but i thought i would post, since most humans dont strike out enough, and may look at their stats and not know why certain numbers are a bit inflated.

                            A few extra balls put in play per game add up pretty quickly, and 33% of those are hits.
                            Thank you very much for the insight. You hit it on the nose with everything. I tried 4 games so far with pitch speed at 5/6 and I struck out 34 times (8.5 per game) which is spot on. But my BABIP is .225 so that is too low. My batting average is .195 so that is way too low too. I don’t know if it’s just me having to get used to faster pitches cause I am late on a lot of swings. But i am playing the Angels now and faced Ohtani and Heaney who in the game has an ERA of 2.40. I might try your suggestion tomorrow and try raising Fielder reaction and maybe cpu solid hits.

                            But thank you for the insight and breaking down the numbers for me.

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                            • Jonotheking9
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                              • Nov 2012
                              • 240

                              #1304
                              Re: Armor &amp; Sword &amp; Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

                              Originally posted by Jonotheking9
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                              • HighCmpPct
                                Denny 3K
                                • Oct 2011
                                • 3596

                                #1305
                                Re: Armor &amp; Sword &amp; Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

                                Last 2 games of May, May update and 1st game of June upcoming.

                                <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Houston Astros at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 30, 2018</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Houston (30-26)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (28-27)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">x</td><td align="right" class="active">8</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Masahiro Tanaka (6-4) <b>L:</b> Lance McCullers Jr. (6-5)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">HOU</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">3rd</td><td width="70%">Evan Gattis Solo HR to Left 415ft</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">3rd</td><td width="70%">Derek Fisher Solo HR to Right</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">5th</td><td width="70%">Ronald Torreyes RBI Double to Left (Walker scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">5th</td><td width="70%">Miguel Andujar scores on Groundout (4-3)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">5th</td><td width="70%">Brett Gardner RBI Grounder to Right (Torreyes scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">5th</td><td width="70%">Aaron Judge RBI Liner to Left (Gardner scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">5th</td><td width="70%">Giancarlo Stanton 2-run HR to Right 379ft (Judge scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th</td><td width="70%">Josh Reddick RBI Triple to Center (Fisher scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th</td><td width="70%">Josh Reddick scores on Groundout (4-3)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">7th</td><td width="70%">Aaron Judge Solo HR to Right</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Miguel Andujar RBI ground-rule Double to Left (Gregorius scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">9th</td><td width="70%">Carlos Correa RBI Single to Right (Bregman scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C61" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Bregman (14)<br /><b>3B:</b> Reddick (4)<br /><b>HR:</b> Gattis (12), Fisher (7)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Altuve (17), Correa (40), Reddick (26), Gattis (34), Fisher (23)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Correa (8)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Anduajr (3), Torreyes (3)<br /><b>HR:</b> Judge (21), Stanton (21)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Gardner (27), Judge 2 (52), Andujar (3), Torreyes (9), Stanton 2 (43), Ellsbury (6)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Gregorius</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Gardner (14)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C61" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Lance McCullers Jr. 80 Pitches (47strikes/33balls)</td><td align="right">4.1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.17</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Colin McHugh</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.53</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tony Sipp</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.92</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hector Rondon</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Masahiro Tanaka 85 Pitches (63strikes/22balls)</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">3.48</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>A.J. Cole</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.22</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table></body></html>

                                <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 31, 2018</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (29-27)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baltimore (21-36)</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Luis Severino (7-3) <b>L:</b> Pedro Araujo (3-4) <b>S:</b> Aroldis Chapman (17)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td><td align="right" width="8%">BAL</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">1st</td><td width="70%">Aaron Judge Solo HR to Left 417ft</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">1st</td><td width="70%">Manny Machado RBI Grounder to Center (Beckham scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">1st</td><td width="70%">Jonathan Schoop RBI Grounder to Left (Machado scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">1st</td><td width="70%">Adam Jones 2-run HR to Left 425ft (Schoop scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">6th</td><td width="70%">Brett Gardner scores on SF8</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">7th</td><td width="70%">Neil Walker RBI Double to Left (Joseph scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">7th</td><td width="70%">Neil Walker scores on SF8</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">8th</td><td width="70%">Gary Sanchez 2-run HR to Left 390ft (Stanton scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BAL</td><td align="center" width="7%">9th</td><td width="70%">Danny Valencia RBI Grounder to Center (Alvarez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Walker (7), Stanton (10)<br /><b>HR:</b> Judge (22), Sanchez (16) <br /><b>RBI:</b> Judge (53), Sanchez 3 (42), Walker (12), Torreyes (10)<br /><b>SF:</b> Sanchez, Torreyes</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Gardner (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#F47D31" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Baltimore Orioles</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Beckham (7), Machado (11), Alvarez (7)<br /><b>HR:</b> Jones (7)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Schoop (33), Machado (34), Jones 2 (27), Valencia (19)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Luis Severino 99 Pitches (75strikes/24balls)</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.48</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tommy Kahnle (H, 3)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.45</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Aroldis Chapman</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>WP:</b> Severino (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#F47D31" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Baltimore Orioles</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Andrew Cashner 76 Pitches (49strikes/27balls)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.84</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brad Brach (BS, 2)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.82</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pedro Araujo</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">5.73</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr></table></body></html>

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