Pitcher or hitter you have the most trouble against?

[war_eagle23]

Like the topic says, name the pitcher or hitter that you seem to have a lot of trouble against.

For me, the two toughest pitchers to face are Rich Harden and Ubaldo Jimenez. I can't seem to do well offensively against either of them.

I haven't noticed a particular hitter that I struggle against though.

[TeixeiraFanatic]

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Matt Cain because the ball doesn't come out of his hand. It comes out after he follows through.

[thornie]

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Any junkballer that has a 90 mph fastball, a 70 mph Curveball, a 85 mph 2 seamer, and an 80 mph change. Guys like Kawakami on the braves, who routinely strikes me out 14 times a game. Hitting in this game is hard enough, factor in vast changes in speed and trajectory, batting on All-Star difficulty and it's damn near impossible.

When pitchers in this game throw their off speed stuff inside it's IMPOSSIBLE to tell the difference between fastball or off speed. It looks exactly the same. I can tell off speed from fast ball when they try and hit the outside corner, but when they float a curveball low and inside, I'm swinging early every time.

[duke776]

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Any junkballer that has a 90 mph fastball, a 70 mph Curveball, a 85 mph 2 seamer, and an 80 mph change. Guys like Kawakami on the braves, who routinely strikes me out 14 times a game. Hitting in this game is hard enough, factor in vast changes in speed and trajectory, batting on All-Star difficulty and it's damn near impossible.

When pitchers in this game throw their off speed stuff inside it's IMPOSSIBLE to tell the difference between fastball or off speed. It looks exactly the same. I can tell off speed from fast ball when they try and hit the outside corner, but when they float a curveball low and inside, I'm swinging early every time.

Yup, same here. Randy Wolf, Doug Davis are two who have repertoire's like that, and they strike me out at least 10-15 times each game. I faced them both twice already this year, here's to hoping I don't face them again.

[dansaint]

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Zach Duke gives me headaches as does Tim Redding.

Against Redding I seem to put baserunners on....but he seems to get that ground ball double play at the exact moment he needs it.

Maybe it's me being too aggressive and chasing that low and away pitch...but he just irritates me to make me go after it

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Ubaldo and Lincecum are impossible for me. Also, this rookie in my franchise that plays for the A's is so hard to hit off of because he has a 100 MPH Fastball and an 83 MPH Cut Fastball.

[UATide]

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Ubaldo and Lincecum are impossible for me. Also, this rookie in my franchise that plays for the A's is so hard to hit off of because he has a 100 MPH Fastball and an 83 MPH Cut Fastball.

Pitcher: Roy Halladay.

He is just sick nasty, obviously

Hitter: A-Rod, I guess.

I guess he is expected though, lol.

I had a series with NYY as the Rays and he smashed me 2 out of 3 games.

[Wavebird99]

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Rich Harden owns me all the time.

[SphillyBG]

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I hate drafted pitchers that have a 76 mph fast ball,i play with pitch speed at 100 and i swear i strike out 9 outtta 10 times against them cuz i swing so early,and by the time i get the speed down their outta the game.

[reyes the roof]

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Barry Zito gave me a fit when I faced him, Chien-Ming Wang did too. I've been pretty lucky in my franchise because I have missed a lot of other teams aces so far like Lincecum, Halladay, and Zambrano

[therizing02]

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I am Chris Carpenter's *itch. Lol! Really any pitcher that has more than 3 good pitches really keeps me off balance.

Jason Bay owns me as well.

This is one of the great things about this game. I can really tell a difference from the good players, average players, and minor league players. It makes for a good mix of different game types and results.

[SphillyBG]

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Barry Zito gave me a fit when I faced him, Chien-Ming Wang did too. I've been pretty lucky in my franchise because I have missed a lot of other teams aces so far like Lincecum, Halladay, and Zambrano

I hate chien ming wangs wind up,it seriously aggrivates me,or is it daisuke?Either way they both take way to long and i hate which ever one does their little dance(honestly no need to shake your hips like a belly dancer).

[UATide]

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I hate chien ming wangs wind up,it seriously aggrivates me,or is it daisuke?Either way they both take way to long and i hate which ever one does their little dance(honestly no need to shake your hips like a belly dancer).

I know Matsuzaka does the little hip thing and he takes FOREVER. But, not sure about Wang. I had a Red Sox franchise last year and would literally dread pitching with Dice-K simply because of his delivery haha.

[JBH3]

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Rich Harden owns me all the time.

He owns me too. I was able to get 2 runs against him in an O's/Rangers game, but he K'd me 9 times and Texas won 5-2.

[Sullyb2332]

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Hideki Matsui absolutely dominates me. In my last series with LAA (I am the Mariners), he hit 5 HR's in a 3 game series. I tried everything to get him out. The last HR came when I was trying to pitch around him and he hit a B. League sinker that I started at his knees and was heading towards his ankles into the right field seats. From here on out, I plan to put one in his earhole each time he comes up with first base open.