Ball to the wall/Single

[Hammerhunker]

Time and time again, I'll hit the ball down the line to the wall and the hitter will only get a single. I have
Power-5
Solid Hits-5
Fielder Run Speed- 4
Fielder Reaction 5
Outfield Arm Strength 4
Baserunner speed- 6

Felt like 18 did a better job at this than previous years, and 19 is back to what was experienced pre-18

Any suggestions?

[Azamien]

Re: Ball to the wall/Single

Sadly there's not a lot you can do to fix that with sliders. The problem is that runner AI is way too conservative on the bases this year (except on pitches in the dirt, on which they're far too aggressive.) If you to fix that with sliders you'll end up unbalancing everything else.

[Lilly Of The Valley]

Re: Ball to the wall/Single

Time and time again, I'll hit the ball down the line to the wall and the hitter will only get a single. I have
Power-5
Solid Hits-5
Fielder Run Speed- 4
Fielder Reaction 5
Outfield Arm Strength 4
Baserunner speed- 6

Felt like 18 did a better job at this than previous years, and 19 is back to what was experienced pre-18

Any suggestions?

Try:

Fielder speed @ 1.
Fielder reaction @ 3.
Infielder arm strength @ ZERO.
Outfielder arm strength @ 3.
Baserunner speed @ 4.

Also, try Solid Hits @ 2.

[ivanvarini]

Re: Ball to the wall/Single

Probably you are getting too many rockets with solid at 5, suggest to set it at 3 which seems to be quite balanced. I am still undecided between power at 5 o 6, but hard contacts this year are the rule if you contact Slider at values above 3,imho

[capa]

Re: Ball to the wall/Single

I do see a lot of balls hot down the lf line into the corner or cut off by the LF where the batter only gets a single. They do not seem to try to take the extra base.

Now, some of this may be due to the roster sets. Some may have run speeds for players on the low side and/or OF arms jacked up. This would prevent the runners from trying to take an extra base unless their runs speed was very high I think.

C

[Lilly Of The Valley]

Re: Ball to the wall/Single

I do see a lot of balls hot down the lf line into the corner or cut off by the LF where the batter only gets a single. They do not seem to try to take the extra base.

Now, some of this may be due to the roster sets. Some may have run speeds for players on the low side and/or OF arms jacked up. This would prevent the runners from trying to take an extra base unless their runs speed was very high I think.

C

I believe the baserunner knows his speed rating vs the particular outfielders, arm strength. If you lower all outfielders arm strength/accuracy on a 1-10 scale, this completely fixes the "only singles" issue.

Also, simulation stats for average assists per team from outfielders is then almost exact. Just jack-up outfielders arm strength to "10" in-game, to compensate for low arm strength.

[tuckermaine]

Re: Ball to the wall/Single

Try:

Fielder speed @ 1.
Fielder reaction @ 3.
Infielder arm strength @ ZERO.
Outfielder arm strength @ 3.
Baserunner speed @ 4.

Also, try Solid Hits @ 2.

I’ve noticed this since first day I loaded the game..last year you would see the cpu baserunner challenge the outfielder and try and stretch a single into a double ..exciting to watch as baserunner slides into second ...but this year I’ve maybe seen this animation once or twice...most usually the runner stands up going into second when clearly he should of slid...or he holds to a single as above notes on ball hit to wall or bounced into corner..
Have you actually tried that mix of outfielder, runner, Lilly ?
If so did it work because I kind of gave up ...play cpu vs cpu franchise and that has become frustrating..my question is fielder speed at 1 doesn’t that bring up the jogging effect...also if you are running this setup could I see your other sliders...?