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  • christianc5692
    Rookie
    • Aug 2010
    • 71

    #1

    Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

    I am in the middle of may in my franchise and I am seeing an extreme lack of home runs from my non power hitters. I am currently playing with the Phillies and I have 8 with Ryan Howard, 5 with Hunter Pence, and 3 with Chase Utley. And 1 with about 4 other players. But Shane Victorino has 0 home runs and so does Carlos Ruiz and Jimmy Rollins. I had the same exact problem in MLB 2k11 where these non power hitters would have barely any home runs throughout the season. I have my contact at 30 and power jacked up to 80 and I am using Classic Batting. I know Carlos Ruiz usually doesn't hit more than 10 a year but Rollins and Victorino are usually hovering around the 20 hr mark every season.
  • Yeats
    MVP
    • Mar 2012
    • 1581

    #2
    Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

    It's pretty much a known issue with the game engine and it's been discussed in a few threads. Players with power ratings under 60-65 rarely hit home runs. Maybe raise the power slider more and lower the contact slider to balance things out? Is that an option?

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    • Yeats
      MVP
      • Mar 2012
      • 1581

      #3
      Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

      Oh something else... The contact slider in 2K baseball acts like a loft modifier. The higher it is, the more loft you get on your hits. I play with my pitch speed slider at 90. One possibility is to RAISE the contact slider, then compensate for any loss in difficulty by raising the pitch speed and making the game harder that way.

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      • christianc5692
        Rookie
        • Aug 2010
        • 71

        #4
        Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

        You put the CPU pitch speed up or yours?

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        • Yeats
          MVP
          • Mar 2012
          • 1581

          #5
          Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

          Originally posted by christianc5692
          You put the CPU pitch speed up or yours?
          CPU pitch speed, makes it much harder to hit when the CPU pitches you see. Makes up for the easier difficulty that will result when raising the contact slider, if you go that route.

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          • duhitsrandy
            Pro
            • Jul 2011
            • 728

            #6
            Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

            do you use total control hitting or classic? do you play all your games or sim a good chunk of them?

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            • wudl83
              Pro
              • Jun 2011
              • 627

              #7
              Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

              Depends on the sliders that are noted in the thread and another thing: the pitcher you are up against and the ballpark you are in. With low power guys I can not hit homers e.g. against Cain in AT&T but in Coors Field of Moyer it is possible. I also hit a homer with Hanley Ramirez (62 power vs RHP) against Vorley. I use classic hitting and MKharsh sliders (with 2 modifications).

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              • TheNumber35
                Just Bad at Everything
                • Jan 2012
                • 2708

                #8
                Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

                Originally posted by wudl83
                Depends on the sliders that are noted in the thread and another thing: the pitcher you are up against and the ballpark you are in. With low power guys I can not hit homers e.g. against Cain in AT&T but in Coors Field of Moyer it is possible. I also hit a homer with Hanley Ramirez (62 power vs RHP) against Vorley. I use classic hitting and MKharsh sliders (with 2 modifications).
                Same here. Brennan Boesch has mid 60s power and has 10 HR on July 1st in my franchise. Austin Jackson has 4 with 40ish power, Ryan Raburn with mid 60s power has 7 or 8, Avila has 6 with his 60ish power, Dirks has 6 with his 60s power, and Inge has 4. Also, Santiago, Peralta, and Laird have all homered 1 time for me. Cabrera and Fielder both have in the 20s lol but still. There isn't a lack of HRs for me with mkharsh's sliders. It just depends on the sliders, pitch speed, pitcher, and ballpark like you said wudl83.
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                • Rdrunner
                  Banned
                  • Jan 2012
                  • 263

                  #9
                  Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

                  So ballpark factors are involved? I didn't know if they were or not.

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                  • pistolpete
                    MVP
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 1816

                    #10
                    Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

                    That'll happen.

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                    • wudl83
                      Pro
                      • Jun 2011
                      • 627

                      #11
                      Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

                      Originally posted by Rdrunner
                      So ballpark factors are involved? I didn't know if they were or not.
                      I don't know if it's just imagination or if it's real. But IMO in some ballparks it is way easier to hit homers than in others. As I said in AT&T I can't hit many homers for some reason, but in Detroit, Texas or in Colorado and Philadelphia they drop and drop.

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                      • TheNumber35
                        Just Bad at Everything
                        • Jan 2012
                        • 2708

                        #12
                        Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

                        I've noticed this as well...I played a series at Wrigley. Both teams hit at least 2 HR per game, with one game having 6 HR balls. So there has to be some kind of ballpark factor, because the ball seemed to carry more at Wrigley than I was used to it doing in Detroit or anywhere I'd played (and playing at Oakland was the opposite, it felt very vast and difficult to hit out of the park.)
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                        • Rdrunner
                          Banned
                          • Jan 2012
                          • 263

                          #13
                          Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

                          Originally posted by wudl83
                          I don't know if it's just imagination or if it's real. But IMO in some ballparks it is way easier to hit homers than in others. As I said in AT&T I can't hit many homers for some reason, but in Detroit, Texas or in Colorado and Philadelphia they drop and drop.
                          I hadn't look that close but I do know (I'm the Rangers) when we go to Oakland my bats go to sleep. But that was so obvious I couldn't miss it. I hadn't really paid attention to any other parks.

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                          • tvman
                            MVP
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 1392

                            #14
                            Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

                            So are you guys saying that parks play realistically as far as hitting hrs.?

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                            • Rdrunner
                              Banned
                              • Jan 2012
                              • 263

                              #15
                              Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.

                              Originally posted by tvman
                              So are you guys saying that parks play realistically as far as hitting hrs.?
                              I am leaning to believing they do based on my inability to do much of anything in Oakland's park compared to my own park or what we do in Detroit. I don't see anything in game that let's us see any park ratings tho.

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