Have a quick question/suggestion.

[nkhera1]

I noticed they had the effort metor. Now i'm not quite sure what is does, but i have an idea on how it could be used next year. My idea is that the more effort you try to put into it, the more break there should be for a breaking ball. For example one time i saw Carlos Zambrano strike out Pujols on a nasty slider with more "break" then his normal slider. Also players like johan santana and matt clement have 2 grips for a slider. I'f i'm not mistaken one grip makes the pitch faster with little break, and the other grip adds more break and less speed.

If you do that for a fast ball, that should add more speed but make less movement on the ball. The reason i'm saying this is because guys like Randy Johnson can throw fastballs as fast as about 98, but can't always keep doing this, so if you really need a strikeout you can put more effort in. Of course this has a greater chance for not throwing the ball where you want, and if you keep using all your effort the pitcher will get fatigued quickly.

[Blzer]

Re: Have a quick question/suggestion.

I'm confused, I think that that's kind of how it works. Only one problem, and it's that the more effort automatically puts more speed on the ball (except the changeup, which is the same speed). The effort pitches are used at times when you want them to your advantage, mainly for strikeouts and groundballs (with sinkers, splitters, and cutters). However, there are the downsides, like what most people know are that it will lower fatigue a little quicker than usual, and that you will have a little more variety in location.

However, what many people DON'T know is something that any physics or baseball nut would know, and that's the pitcher supplies all of the power. So, when you use more effort on your pitches, the batter has a MUCH better chance of popping one out, and this game reflected that well. I don't think that should always be the case, because with curveballs and sliders, better movement will usually lead to less home runs, and the flat pitches are what go out. So, if they can change the breaking pitches, that would be better.

[Blzer]

Re: Have a quick question/suggestion.

I'm confused, I think that that's kind of how it works. Only one problem, and it's that the more effort automatically puts more speed on the ball (except the changeup, which is the same speed). The effort pitches are used at times when you want them to your advantage, mainly for strikeouts and groundballs (with sinkers, splitters, and cutters). However, there are the downsides, like what most people know are that it will lower fatigue a little quicker than usual, and that you will have a little more variety in location.

However, what many people DON'T know is something that any physics or baseball nut would know, and that's the pitcher supplies all of the power. So, when you use more effort on your pitches, the batter has a MUCH better chance of popping one out, and this game reflected that well. I don't think that should always be the case, because with curveballs and sliders, better movement will usually lead to less home runs, and the flat pitches are what go out. So, if they can change the breaking pitches, that would be better.

[nkhera1]

Re: Have a quick question/suggestion.

I'm confused, I think that that's kind of how it works. Only one problem, and it's that the more effort automatically puts more speed on the ball (except the changeup, which is the same speed). The effort pitches are used at times when you want them to your advantage, mainly for strikeouts and groundballs (with sinkers, splitters, and cutters). However, there are the downsides, like what most people know are that it will lower fatigue a little quicker than usual, and that you will have a little more variety in location.

However, what many people DON'T know is something that any physics or baseball nut would know, and that's the pitcher supplies all of the power. So, when you use more effort on your pitches, the batter has a MUCH better chance of popping one out, and this game reflected that well. I don't think that should always be the case, because with curveballs and sliders, better movement will usually lead to less home runs, and the flat pitches are what go out. So, if they can change the breaking pitches, that would be better.

thats what i'm trying to say. If that's what effort is for then that would be great, but it would be cool if it was also for fastballs. I guess more effort would make the ball go faster with less break, and less effort would make the ball go slower with more break. Now the mph shouldn't change too dramatically, but the break should.

[nkhera1]

Re: Have a quick question/suggestion.

I'm confused, I think that that's kind of how it works. Only one problem, and it's that the more effort automatically puts more speed on the ball (except the changeup, which is the same speed). The effort pitches are used at times when you want them to your advantage, mainly for strikeouts and groundballs (with sinkers, splitters, and cutters). However, there are the downsides, like what most people know are that it will lower fatigue a little quicker than usual, and that you will have a little more variety in location.

However, what many people DON'T know is something that any physics or baseball nut would know, and that's the pitcher supplies all of the power. So, when you use more effort on your pitches, the batter has a MUCH better chance of popping one out, and this game reflected that well. I don't think that should always be the case, because with curveballs and sliders, better movement will usually lead to less home runs, and the flat pitches are what go out. So, if they can change the breaking pitches, that would be better.

thats what i'm trying to say. If that's what effort is for then that would be great, but it would be cool if it was also for fastballs. I guess more effort would make the ball go faster with less break, and less effort would make the ball go slower with more break. Now the mph shouldn't change too dramatically, but the break should.