S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

Having tried a bunch of games with power at 2/2 in sims, I feel it doesn’t matter. I found Leury Garcia, who hit 5 HRs in 2021, hit 4 HRs in the first 8 games, which could still happen but way unrealistic.

This stuff like this with the homeruns is just a killer. I know for a fact he hit at least one, maybe two against me in a 3 game series I played. That was power at 4 though, but it just goes to show homeruns are too much.

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[Head Coach]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

Nationals 2 10 0
Mets 1 7 0
10 innings

Carrasco pitched 6.1 decent innings but didn't get any run support besides a 1-0 lead.

The Nationals ran a squeeze play with the bases loaded to tie the game in the 7th. They then got a lead off single in the 10th to put them ahead.

This game had 17 hits with 3 doubles and zero home runs. Another ground game with only one ball being a real HR threat.

[bellz666]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

I have it set where I manage the CPU injuries to mlb only. So when I sim, I only get pop ups for mlb injuries. I read in the general forums that there is a bug that teams are adding someone to the 40 man roster when someone goes on the DL and the put someone on waivers. So now I just manage it for them.

Sometimes there are a lot of injuries. I’ll get about 3-5 injury notices per calendar day.

If you set the lineups to auto, it will change the lineups on their own.

Oh I did not know that I could ignore the AA and AAA injuries, that would be sweet, I'll need to look at my settings.

I have to say, these sliders are playing absolutely fantastically right now every game I play is ultra-realistic and the HR numbers are still a bit high but they have tempered a bit using lower power.

[bryanm1982]

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We had a rough series in TB.

Game one:

SEA 3 4 0
TB 6 16 0

W- Matt Wisler ( 2 - 1 )
L- Matt Brash ( 1 - 1 )
S- Nick Anderson ( 7 )

SEA SP- Gonzales 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 6.08 ERA
TB SP- Kluber 7 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 5.13 ERA

SEA HRs- Suarez (4)
TB HRs- None

PotG- Kiermaier 3 for 4 - 2 2B, RBI

Notes -

Game two:

SEA 1 6 0
TB 6 13 0

W- Ryan Yarbrough ( 3 - 1 )
L- Chris Flexen ( 0 - 3 )
S- None

SEA SP- Flexen 5.1 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 8.88 ERA
TB SP- Yarbrough 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 4.94 ERA

SEA HRs- None
TB HRs- Choi (1)

PotG- Choi 3 for 4 - HR, 2B, 2 RBI

Notes -

Game three:

SEA 3 8 0
TB 2 8 1

W- Drew Steckenrider ( 1 - 1 )
L- J.T. Chargois ( 0 - 1 )
S- Paul Sewald ( 6 )

SEA SP- O'Brien 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4.18 ERA
TB SP- Rasmussen 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 4.35 ERA

SEA HRs- Torrens (1)
TB HRS- Arozarena (6)

PotG- France 3 for 4 - 2B, RBI

Notes -

~~Injury news~~



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Up Next:

Mariners ( 15 - 10 , 2nd AL West , 3.5 gb ) @
Marlins ( 9 - 16 , 5th NL East , 6.0 gb )

Game one: Robbie Ray ( 3 - 1 ) 4.85 ERA vs Pablo Lopez ( 0 - 3 ) 5.40 ERA

Game two: Logan Gilbert ( 2 - 0 ) 2.67 ERA vs Sandy Alcantara ( 0 - 3 ) 6.39 ERA

Game three: Marcos Gonzales ( 0 - 1 ) 6.08 ERA vs Trevor Rogers ( 2 - 3 ) 6.26 ERA

[iikoharik]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

We had a rough series in TB.

Game one:

SEA 3 4 0
TB 6 16 0

W- Matt Wisler ( 2 - 1 )
L- Matt Brash ( 1 - 1 )
S- Nick Anderson ( 7 )

SEA SP- Gonzales 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 6.08 ERA
TB SP- Kluber 7 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 5.13 ERA

SEA HRs- Suarez (4)
TB HRs- None

PotG- Kiermaier 3 for 4 - 2 2B, RBI

Notes -

Game two:

SEA 1 6 0
TB 6 13 0

W- Ryan Yarbrough ( 3 - 1 )
L- Chris Flexen ( 0 - 3 )
S- None

SEA SP- Flexen 5.1 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 8.88 ERA
TB SP- Yarbrough 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 4.94 ERA

SEA HRs- None
TB HRs- Choi (1)

PotG- Choi 3 for 4 - HR, 2B, 2 RBI

Notes -

Game three:

SEA 3 8 0
TB 2 8 1

W- Drew Steckenrider ( 1 - 1 )
L- J.T. Chargois ( 0 - 1 )
S- Paul Sewald ( 6 )

SEA SP- O'Brien 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4.18 ERA
TB SP- Rasmussen 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 4.35 ERA

SEA HRs- Torrens (1)
TB HRS- Arozarena (6)

PotG- France 3 for 4 - 2B, RBI

Notes -

~~Injury news~~



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Up Next:

Mariners ( 15 - 10 , 2nd AL West , 3.5 gb ) @
Marlins ( 9 - 16 , 5th NL East , 6.0 gb )

Game one: Robbie Ray ( 3 - 1 ) 4.85 ERA vs Pablo Lopez ( 0 - 3 ) 5.40 ERA

Game two: Logan Gilbert ( 2 - 0 ) 2.67 ERA vs Sandy Alcantara ( 0 - 3 ) 6.39 ERA

Game three: Marcos Gonzales ( 0 - 1 ) 6.08 ERA vs Trevor Rogers ( 2 - 3 ) 6.26 ERA

Good games! Did you set power at 2/2 in these games?

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic/Quick Counts MLB 22 Sliders

I am locked in with the OP sliders. My hit percentages are spot on now over the last 15 games. My only problem now is this Mariners bullpen has been trash since the start of May. I can't hold a lead or keep a game tied to save my life lol. We are 18-20 and 2.5gb of the Angels. Astros with a bad start are still behind me, but just barely.

I would encourage everyone to give the hitting sliders of 5/3/5 a good long play through of at least 10-15 games. If you're still getting too many homeruns it may have to be something you have to live with. Dropping power to 2 will have you seeing far too many weak hits and it just won't look natural.

If you need more cpu offense raising their solid hits to 6 will do the trick just fine. And don't underestimate dynamic difficulty! Use it for as long as needed and lock in somewhere. Or keep it on the whole season, especially for hitting.

Personally I have locked in on HOF pitching and right now dynamic hitting I am stuck on Rookie+. Apparently that is my level cause I still strike out plenty and lose games more than not since being on that level.

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[bryanm1982]

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Good games! Did you set power at 2/2 in these games?

No this was power at 3. I think power at 2 will not be good in the long haul. And the line drive doubles and liners get softer. Now I haven’t tested it fully but I would feel like it would be harder for the mid range guys to get homers. But I could be wrong. If you want to keep their power at 2, we would love to hear your feedback and results. Just keep an eye on the non-homerun balls to see if they get hard hits.

[iikoharik]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic/Quick Counts MLB 22 Sliders

I would encourage everyone to give the hitting sliders of 5/3/5 a good long play through of at least 10-15 games. If you're still getting too many homeruns it may have to be something you have to live with. Dropping power to 2 will have you seeing far too many weak hits and it just won't look natural.

If you need more cpu offense raising their solid hits to 6 will do the trick just fine.

Sounds convincing! I’ve been playing with 2/2 power for several games and found many mere singles. Naturally games are easy to get boring.
I had been playing a lot of games with power at 3/3 before that. Actually I liked it and now I’m totally convinced 3/3 is much better in terms of having balanced games. I didn’t like seeing my players hitting like 4HRs in a single game, but as you said that’s maybe what I have to live with (I have games with zero, one HR of course).I’ll try raising CPU solid hits to 6 to compensate that.
Thanks for your awesome advice!

[bryanm1982]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

We took 2 out of 3 from the Marlins. We have a big series coming up against the Astros who are 2 games behind us in 3rd place.

Game one:

SEA 5 10 1
MIA 13 14 0

W- Pablo Lopez ( 1 - 3 )
L- Robbie Ray ( 3 - 2 )
S- None

SEA SP- Ray 4 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 5.88 ERA
MIA SP- Lopez 6 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 5.51 ERA

SEA HRs- France (1)
MIA HRs- Cooper (3) Garcia (3) Sanchez (2) Aguilar 2 (7)

PotG- Aguilar 2 for 5 - 2 HR, 3 RBI

Notes -

Game two:

SEA 8 12 0
MIA 2 8 1

W- Logan Gilbert ( 3 - 0 )
L- Sandy Alcantara ( 0 - 4 )
S- None

SEA SP- Gilbert 7 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 2.65 ERA
MIA SP- Alcantara 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6.46 ERA

SEA HRs- Winkjer (4) Suarez (5) Kelenic (5)
MIA HRs- Sanchez (3)

PotG- Winker 2 for 4 - HR, 2B, 3 RBI

Notes -

Game three:

SEA 7 9 1
MIA 6 9 0

W- Andres Munoz ( 1 - 0 )
L- Jesus Luzardo ( 3 - 1 )
S- Paul Sewald ( 7 )

SEA SP- Gonzales 6 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 6.07 ERA
MIA SP- Rogers 4.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 6.83 ERA

SEA HRs- Suarez (6) Crawford (1) Rodriguez (1) Lewis (5)
MIA HRS- Soler (3) Cooper (4)

PotG- Rodriguez 2 for 5 - HR, RBI, 2 R, 2 SB

Notes -

~~Injury news~~



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Up Next:

Mariners ( 17 - 11 , 2nd AL West , 2.5 gb ) @
Astros ( 15 - 13 , 3rd AL West , 4.5 gb )

Game one: Chris Flexen ( 0 - 3 ) 8.88 ERA vs Framber Valdez ( 2 - 1 ) 5.33 ERA

Game two: Riley O'Brien ( 1 - 0 ) 4.18 ERA vs Jose Urquidy ( 1 - 2 ) 5.33 ERA

Game three: Robbie Ray ( 3 - 2 ) 5.88 ERA vs Justin Verlander ( 4 - 2 ) 4.41 ERA

[Head Coach]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic/Quick Counts MLB 22 Sliders

I am locked in with the OP sliders. My hit percentages are spot on now over the last 15 games. My only problem now is this Mariners bullpen has been trash since the start of May. I can't hold a lead or keep a game tied to save my life lol. We are 18-20 and 2.5gb of the Angels. Astros with a bad start are still behind me, but just barely.

I would encourage everyone to give the hitting sliders of 5/3/5 a good long play through of at least 10-15 games. If you're still getting too many homeruns it may have to be something you have to live with. Dropping power to 2 will have you seeing far too many weak hits and it just won't look natural.

If you need more cpu offense raising their solid hits to 6 will do the trick just fine. And don't underestimate dynamic difficulty! Use it for as long as needed and lock in somewhere. Or keep it on the whole season, especially for hitting.

Personally I have locked in on HOF pitching and right now dynamic hitting I am stuck on Rookie+. Apparently that is my level cause I still strike out plenty and lose games more than not since being on that level.

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The fielding and overall gameplay is flawless. Unless they do a patch and change things the fielding and throwing is damn near perfect. At the current settings stronger armed IF are very valuable to have. The IF's Dont all have rocket arms.Its amazing how many games will turn on a infield hit because the runner beat the throw.

JD Davis one of my bench players has a very good arm so I always try to get him some playing time at 3rd.

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic/Quick Counts MLB 22 Sliders

The fielding and overall gameplay is flawless. Unless they do a patch and change things the fielding and throwing is damn near perfect. At the current settings stronger armed IF are very valuable to have. The IF's Dont all have rocket arms.Its amazing how many games will turn on a infield hit because the runner beat the throw.



JD Davis one of my bench players has a very good arm so I always try to get him some playing time at 3rd.

Great to hear! Our fielding sliders for sure make good fielders valuable, especially those with good arms. At default or close to it, every fielder feels and looks the same imo.

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[CLORPIOUS]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

Would raising power to 4 be optimal I can’t seem to hit anything out of the park anymore

[bryanm1982]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

Would raising power to 4 be optimal I can’t seem to hit anything out of the park anymore

Yes, if you are not seeing home runs. We are actually testing user timing at 3 to try to limit the home runs by us.

[ninertravel]

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I seen the CPU do something I never seen before. bring the closer in the 9th innings while losing 5-2!! yes the Angles brought in Inglisess and I was able to hit 3 more runs off him and win 8-2

It's like the most random thing that will probably never happen again maybe it is programmed into the game for Maddon to make some crazy management things lol he also had been used the last game so it wasn't like he had pitched in days

[bryanm1982]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

I seen the CPU do something I never seen before. bring the closer in the 9th innings while losing 5-2!! yes the Angles brought in Inglisess and I was able to hit 3 more runs off him and win 8-2

It's like the most random thing that will probably never happen again maybe it is programmed into the game for Maddon to make some crazy management things lol he also had been used the last game so it wasn't like he had pitched in days

That is crazy. But awesome to see. I was doing a test game in my franchise and the visiting team brought in their closer in the bottom of the 9th inning in a tied game. Haven’t seen that before either.