S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Right now it is between Pittsburgh and Cleveland for my second franchise.



I just wish Pittsburgh had better pitching talent.

All the SP are rated in the 70's with low stamina.

That means you will be guaranteed to be in the bullpen by the 6th inning even with the best of circumstances. Unless you jack up the stamina you will almost never reach 100 pitches in the game.



I like Pittsburgh best but that staff is a managerial nightmare for a game that is already hard enough as it is.



Cleveland has better pitching talent to work with.



Pittsburgh would require some roster moves.

I just got through 5ip for the first game out of 9 played with a Pirates SP lol. 4.2ip seems to be max. Bullpen gets tired from usage to where each game I have a couple RP that are simply unavailable to go that game. Love the challenge but man it's rough.

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[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Also not helping matters is a few RP have been complete garbage out of the pen so far. 4 or 5 have been solid at least. Feels very realistic for that team however. I'll probably trade Bednar at the deadline for prospects.

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[HeadCoach2.0]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

You could get Plesac from the Guardians. They are needing spots open for their younger pitchers that are better. Another one would be Greinke.

Thanks for the idea. Plesac sounds good.

I can keep one of the replaced staters around as a long reliever because I am going to need all the help I can get.

I am think I may also sign Jared Eickhoff off the free agent wire. That will be two new arms.

[HeadCoach2.0]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I just got through 5ip for the first game out of 9 played with a Pirates SP lol. 4.2ip seems to be max. Bullpen gets tired from usage to where each game I have a couple RP that are simply unavailable to go that game. Love the challenge but man it's rough.

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That's exactly what I expected. I think my strategy will be to use one of the replaced starters as a long reliever to add depth to the bullpen and help handle some of the innings.

[HeadCoach2.0]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I traded a young prospect for Plesac.

I signed Jared Eickhoff off the free agent wire as a SP.

I am also going to sign Ken Giles off the free agent wire as a reliever. That is 3 acquisitions with realistic ratings to add some BIG TIME depth to the staff.

I can consider myself the brand new manager attempting to turn around the franchise with some fresh new managerial techniques.

Quantity over Quality. The pitchers aren't the greatest but the plan is to use the replaced starters as long relievers and spot starters to handle the pitching load. They can pitch games without losing all their stamina making them more durable over 162 games.

[DonkeyJote]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

And difficulty only effects PCI size and nothing else. Cpu will pitch same exact way, and plate approach is exactly the same on all difficulty levels.

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This is true on everything from rookie to legend, but it is not the case on the lower difficulties. They lay it out in game. Beginner Difficulty is all fastballs down the middle. Beginner+ is fastballs and 1 offspeed, always down the middle. Amateur is fastball and 1 off speed always in the strike zone. Amateur+ reduces that to 80% in the strike zone. Minors allows for all pitches, 60% strikes (but avoiding the edges). Minors+ is all pitches, just 60% strikes.

It is important to note that, in general, the CPU (and human players fwiw) throw in the strike zone way more often than they do irl. When I've tested in the past, the CPU on default throws a little over 50% of their pitches in the zone (irl, it's hovered around 42% the last few years). Like a lot of things in this game, such as lineup logic, it's not so much inaccurate as it is outdated. Around 15 years ago, pitchers were throwing in the zone 50-53% of the time. But that just isn't the case anymore.

I just got through 5ip for the first game out of 9 played with a Pirates SP lol. 4.2ip seems to be max. Bullpen gets tired from usage to where each game I have a couple RP that are simply unavailable to go that game. Love the challenge but man it's rough.

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I'm using the A's, and not much better. 3 games in, I'm 0-3, my starting pitchers have gone 5, 5, and 4 innings with a combined 9.00 era. Weirdly, though, my terrible bullpen has only allowed 1 er. This might be a rough rebuild lol.

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[bcruise]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

This is true on everything from rookie to legend, but it is not the case on the lower difficulties. They lay it out in game. Beginner Difficulty is all fastballs down the middle. Beginner+ is fastballs and 1 offspeed, always down the middle. Amateur is fastball and 1 off speed always in the strike zone. Amateur+ reduces that to 80% in the strike zone. Minors allows for all pitches, 60% strikes (but avoiding the edges). Minors+ is all pitches, just 60% strikes.

It is important to note that, in general, the CPU (and human players fwiw) throw in the strike zone way more often than they do irl. When I've tested in the past, the CPU on default throws a little over 50% of their pitches in the zone (irl, it's hovered around 42% the last few years). Like a lot of things in this game, such as lineup logic, it's not so much inaccurate as it is outdated. Around 15 years ago, pitchers were throwing in the zone 50-53% of the time. But that just isn't the case anymore.




I'm using the A's, and not much better. 3 games in, I'm 0-3, my starting pitchers have gone 5, 5, and 4 innings with a combined 9.00 era. Weirdly, though, my terrible bullpen has only allowed 1 er. This might be a rough rebuild lol.

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Post gets an auto-like from me for reading the in-game guide (which is where the difficulty info comes from).

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

This is true on everything from rookie to legend, but it is not the case on the lower difficulties. They lay it out in game. Beginner Difficulty is all fastballs down the middle. Beginner+ is fastballs and 1 offspeed, always down the middle. Amateur is fastball and 1 off speed always in the strike zone. Amateur+ reduces that to 80% in the strike zone. Minors allows for all pitches, 60% strikes (but avoiding the edges). Minors+ is all pitches, just 60% strikes.

It is important to note that, in general, the CPU (and human players fwiw) throw in the strike zone way more often than they do irl. When I've tested in the past, the CPU on default throws a little over 50% of their pitches in the zone (irl, it's hovered around 42% the last few years). Like a lot of things in this game, such as lineup logic, it's not so much inaccurate as it is outdated. Around 15 years ago, pitchers were throwing in the zone 50-53% of the time. But that just isn't the case anymore.




I'm using the A's, and not much better. 3 games in, I'm 0-3, my starting pitchers have gone 5, 5, and 4 innings with a combined 9.00 era. Weirdly, though, my terrible bullpen has only allowed 1 er. This might be a rough rebuild lol.

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Yes, you are correct about beginner level and up to rookie. I guess I wasn't counting those cause I assume no one actually played a game using those lol. But you are correct

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[bryanm1982]

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Yes, you are correct about beginner level and up to rookie. I guess I wasn't counting those cause I assume no one actually played a game using those lol. But you are correct

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I have a confession. I have been using beginner+ level and I swing and miss at that one off-speed everytime lol.

[HeadCoach2.0]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I will be looking at the Guardians franchise too to see if that one works.

So it will be either Mets/Guardians or Mets/Pirates.

I could actually do 3 franchises. Play games for two and then sim a third just for the hell of it. I have never simmed a team before.

Now that I am done with NHL 23 I have more time.

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I will be looking at the Guardians franchise too to see if that one works.



So it will be either Mets/Guardians or Mets/Pirates.



I could actually do 3 franchises. Play games for two and then sim a third just for the hell of it. I have never simmed a team before.



Now that I am done with NHL 23 I have more time.

I play first and last game of each series and really enjoy playing this way. Saves time that I don't have to play 162. But I like playing the last going into it looking to sweep, avoid a sweep, or take series win. At least your typical 3 game series anyway. Just an idea if you're looking to save time but still be largely involved in overall record and stats.

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[HeadCoach2.0]

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I play first and last game of each series and really enjoy playing this way. Saves time that I don't have to play 162. But I like playing the last going into it looking to sweep, avoid a sweep, or take series win. At least your typical 3 game series anyway. Just an idea if you're looking to save time but still be largely involved in overall record and stats.

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That is a very good idea. That definitely helps get through the season faster while still getting to experience the majority of the season.

[bryanm1982]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

That is a very good idea. That definitely helps get through the season faster while still getting to experience the majority of the season.

I think that way you still play enough to keep a connection to the team.

[kamackeris76]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I will be looking at the Guardians franchise too to see if that one works.



So it will be either Mets/Guardians or Mets/Pirates.



I could actually do 3 franchises. Play games for two and then sim a third just for the hell of it. I have never simmed a team before.



Now that I am done with NHL 23 I have more time.

Was nhl 23 any good? Got it on gamepass but not really played?


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[jcar0725]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I will be looking at the Guardians franchise too to see if that one works.

So it will be either Mets/Guardians or Mets/Pirates.

I could actually do 3 franchises. Play games for two and then sim a third just for the hell of it. I have never simmed a team before.

Now that I am done with NHL 23 I have more time.

I have a guardians franchise going right now ( 1 of 3 ) and its pretty fun.

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